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In their first discussion of 2025, the Ladies speed run through various 2024 awards contenders giving their thoughts on gender at the Oscars, how international films are presented, and why Emilia Perez just doesn’t work.

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• 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 special episode because we aren’t just reviewing one movie, we are reviewing four movies. We’ve selected four films that stood out in 2024 that we did not get a chance to review on the main show, and bringing back the speed run format from 2022 to review each in short 15-20 minute sections. The four films we are covering are A Complete Unknown, A Different Man, Babygirl, and Queer. 

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

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

In a psychological thriller from director Drew Hancock and the producers of Barbarian, Companion follows a billionaire's death which sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate. The film stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, and Lukas Gage. 

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Intro & Initial Thoughts
• 0:09:42 Spoiler Review
• 1:03:10 Oscars Assessment
• 1:06:01 Final Ratings

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Companion Review by Nadia Arain

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

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

Alongside the recent release of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, we revisit Christian Gudegast's 2018 action heist thriller. The film follows an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank. Watch along with us as we react and comment.

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• Artwork 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 the Oscar nomination announcements for the 97th Academy Awards, we break down the results by analyzing all of the expected nominations we received along with any surprises and snubs. We reveal how accurate our final predictions were before we move into analyzing the final phase of Oscar campaigning leading up to the announcement of the winners on March 2nd, 2025. 

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

Oscar Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced live by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott! Here are our live, uncut reactions to the nomination announcement ceremony with immediate analysis following the ceremony.

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Eugene Rocco Utley and Courtney Ward

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Oscar Nominations

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

To kick off 2025 with our first review of a January release, we’re discussing Wolf Man directed by Leigh Whannell, the newest iteration of the Universal classic monster franchise. The film is described as follows: a family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. Wolf Man stars Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, and Leigh Whannell.

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Wolf Man Review by Evan Miller

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

Oscar nomination morning has been delayed to January 23, and since our final nomination predictions episode last week, we have received additional insight to the race through BAFTA and PGA nominations as well as some guild announcements. We revise some of our predictions and discuss the implications of the latest precursors. 

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, we are reviewing Nickel Boys directed by RaMell Ross. Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. The film stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:01:48 Initial Thoughts
• 0:16:51 Spoiler Review
• 1:34:39 Oscars Assessment
• 1:49:53 Final Ratings

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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTok, and YouTube

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Nickel Boys Review by Adam Patla

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

With 2024 and the second full calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our favorite films, performances, scenes, and all the superlatives in between before unveiling our team’s top film of the year. We then look ahead at 2025 and discuss our most anticipated releases that will be screening and streaming for the next 365 days.

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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTok
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok

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• 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