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No Other Choice is directed by Park Chan-wook. Based on The Ax by Donald Westlake, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, and Woo Seung Kim. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2025. At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, it was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Lee Byung-hun). It was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. The film is described as follows, after being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:03:32 Initial Thoughts
• 0:12:57 Spoiler Review
• 1:40:36 Oscars Assessment
• 1:50:12 Final Ratings

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

This is a special episode because we aren’t just reviewing one movie, we are reviewing five movies. Our team has selected five films that stood out in 2025 that we did not get a chance to review on the main show, in a speed run format reviewing each in short 15-20 minute sections. The five films we have selected are It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, Hedda, and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:03:03 It Was Just an Accident
• 0:24:35 The Secret Agent
• 0:43:57 Train Dreams
• 1:04:02 Hedda
• 1:22:04 If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

Oh Captain, my Captain, Big Jim. It’s been quite the journey and I’m honestly pretty sad that it’s over. We have finally arrived at the final destination for our biggest season yet in which we’ve covered the filmography of director James Cameron. 

With past seasons traversing the "Jurassic" Franchise, the "28" Franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography, and Edgar Wright's filmography, season 5 of our Patreon exclusive series is set to be the biggest yet featuring...Big Jim himself, James Cameron! Leading up to and including Avatar: Fire and Ash, we will collaboratively rank his entire filmography. 

Today, we look at his ninth and tenth features, Avatar: Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash.  We have reached the final episode of our James Cameron season and today we join our host Evan Miller to dive deep into the vast world of Pandora.

Our current collaborative ranking so far:

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Titanic
3. Aliens
4. Avatar
5. The Terminator
6. The Abyss
7. True Lies
8. Piranha II: The Spawning

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Evan Miller
Timmy Lee
Sara Ciplickas

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• Theme music by Karl Vincent
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

The recently rebranded Actor Awards, formerly SAG Awards, have announced their nominations and are the latest guild to weigh in on the award season. We analyze the significance of the nominations, surprises, and the implications for the upcoming Oscars delving into ensemble, leading, and supporting roles, while sharing predictions and insights on the performances that are gaining traction in the awards race.

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Our full video recaps of all Stranger Things seasons are available on Patreon.

When Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it quickly became a cultural phenomenon for Netflix capturing small-town mystery, supernatural horror, and 1980s nostalgia. This mini-series on The Rolling Remote has run the gauntlet through recapping all four previous seasons up until and through the release of Season 5. We have already discussed and reviewed Volume 1, and today, after the release of the series finale, close out our final conversation from the Upside Down.

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With the Golden Globes approaching this coming Sunday (1/11), we make our final predictions for all film categories before live reacting to the ceremony. 

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With 2025 and the third full calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our favorite movies, performances, scenes and superlatives. We then look ahead to 2026 and discuss our most anticipated releases that will be screening and streaming for the next 365 days along with our team’s movie watching goals. 

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• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

In our unfiltered series that explores the state of the film industry, we discuss the evolving landscape of the movies and box office in 2025. Everything from the impact of cultural trends and the changing dynamics between studios and theaters to the importance of original storytelling and the need for quality films and a better relationship between studios and theaters. From Netflix's dominance to the impact of IMAX on audience experiences, movie theaters and audience expectations are changing constantly, and we're here to unpack it all, after dark. 

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

With past seasons traversing the "Jurassic" Franchise, the "28" Franchise, Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography, and Edgar Wright's filmography, season 5 of our Patreon exclusive series is set to be the biggest yet featuring...Big Jim himself, James Cameron! Leading up to and including Avatar: Fire and Ash, we will collaboratively rank his entire filmography. Today, we look at his seventh and eighth features, Titanic and Avatar.  We have reached the penultimate episode of our James Cameron season and today we join our host Evan Miller to talk icebergs and sacred trees.

Our current collaborative ranking so far:

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Aliens
3. Terminator
4. The Abyss
5. True Lies
6. Piranha II: The Spawning

On this episode:
Evan Miller
Timmy Lee
Danny Jarabek
Paul Rai

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Karl Vincent
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

After multiple drafts of way-too-early above the line predictions through the summer, and a “state of the awards race” pulse check episode discussing the first round of major precursors, we are now on the back half of rolling out our specialized prediction episodes that feature 3-4 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning on January 22. After the Oscar shortlist announcement last week, we are discussing Best Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature. All the while, our team’s predictions will be available in real time on our website.

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller