Top 5 Film

E141 is our first episode back from a long hiatus. It is a catch-up episode for the first-half of 2019. There are about 20 movies talked about in-depth or recommended.

Show Notes:

00:22 - We're Back from the Hiatus

01:49 - Plenty to Talk About

02:59 - The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

08:14 - Under the Silver Lake

20:44 - Serenity

25:33 - John Wick 3

28:36 - Us

32:10 - The Beach Bum

37:17 - Captain Marvel, Shazam!, and Endgame

45:01 - Dragged Across Concrete

51:44 - Her Smell

57:24 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters

64:15 - Fighting with My Family

67:05 - Booksmart

70:31 - Pet Sematary and Brightburn

76:31 - High Flying Bird

85:14 - Hellboy

89:27 - Outros

E140 contains 5 favorite movies that released in 2018 from both Jonathan and Trevor as well as the two of them creating a collaborative Top 5 for 2018.

Show Notes:

00:20 - History Repeats Itself

11:21 - Segment I: 5 Favorites from Jonathan

16:12 - Shoplifters

18:39 - Annihilation

24:42 - BlacKkKlansman

29:37 - Eighth Grade

31:18 - Segment II: 5 Favorites from Trevor

31:36 - The Tale

35:02 - Unsane and Hereditary

37:33 - Upgrade

44:04 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

50:37 - Segment III: Collaborative Top 5

51:18 - Brainstorm for the First Three Spots

55:17 - What About the Final Two Spots?

67:37 - A Final Rundown: Upgrade, Three Identical Strangers, Into the Spider-Verse, Eighth Grade, and Blockers

69:59 - Outros

E139 houses discussions and reviews of three new 2018 releases. "Blindspotting," "Eighth Grade," and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout."

Show Notes:

00:38 - Segment I: "Blindspotting" Review

02:42 - A Lot of Ground to Cover

04:29 - Performances and Rapping

05:48 - Gentrification and Definition of Perceptions

10:17 - No Escaping a Black Male with a Felony Conviction

13:32 - Highly Recommended

16:17 - Segment II: "Eighth Grade" Review

16:43 - An Emotional Ringer

20:29 - Technology and Gratification

23:02 - Brutal Hurdles with Good Outcomes

25:41 - Parents Don't Understand

28:10 - Impressionability

33:54 - The "Sail Away" Que

36:01 - Segment III: "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" Review

37:35 - Ranking the Mission: Impossible Films

41:07 - Emotional Connection

43:24 - Too Long

44:43 - Action Sequences

48:50 - The Inevitable Will Happen

52:22 - Ethan's the Guy

E138 houses discussions and reviews of three 2018 releases. "Uncle Drew," "The First Purge," and "Sorry to Bother You."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: "Uncle Drew" Review

00:34 - Lil Rel Howery and Kyrie Irving

02:07 - Bad Grandpa with Basketball Stars

05:06 - Nick Kroll

06:31 - A Ham Sandwich!

07:41 - Playground Stakes

12:09 - Segment II: "The First Purge" Review

12:57 - Blaxploitation Purge

14:13 - The Value of Killing

16:10 - The Crack Kingpin Savior

17:25 - Socio-Political, Economic, and Cultural Lense

21:20 - Saving Four People

25:40 - Segment III: "Sorry to Bother You" Review

26:27 - Mainstream Social Awareness

28:59 - Uncle Tom for the 21st Century

31:01 - In Your Face

33:37 - The Girlfriend and Her Values

40:16 - Grand Gestures

44:21 - Outros

E137 houses discussion and review about four studio sequels released in 2018; "Incredibles 2," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," and "Ant-Man and the Wasp."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Four Forgettable Sequels setup

01:00 - Segment I: "Incredibles 2" Review

02:11 - Screenslaver

03:52 - No Backbone and Low-Hanging Fruit

07:01 - Animation and Action

08:34 - Is it Helen or Mr. Mom?

12:36 - Bao

13:37 - Segment II: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Review

13:59 - Nostalgiafest

16:08 - Grain of Salt

20:32 - Dino Auction and the Mansion

24:29 - Actually Jurassic World

27:05 - Segment III: "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" Review

29:15 - Too Close for Comfort

32:45 - Taylor Sheridan's Sequel

34:06 - Assaulted with Technology

36:25 - Small Movie for Big Things

39:54 - Segment IV: "Ant-Man and the Wasp" Review

41:41 - Ghost and Goliath

45:20 - Where's the Wasp(s)?

48:08 - The Quantum Realm

51:26 - Outros

E136 houses reviews for three new 2018 movies, "The Tale," "First Reformed." and "Hereditary."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Dark Subjects

01:08 - Segment I: "The Tale" Review

01:57 - Fractured Perspective

05:41 - Asking the Hard Questions

08:15 - Trail of Abuse

09:43 - Her Body

11:33 - Laura Dern

15:38 - Segment II: "First Reformed" Review

17:01 - Spectrum of Perspectives

18:31 - An Unreliable Protagonist

24:30 - Amanda Seyfried and Questionable Behavior

27:34 - Radicalized and the Upperhand

31:26 - Subverting Expectations and Political Satire

34:21 - Two Sides of the Same Coin

37:16 - Segment III: "Hereditary" Review

37:30 - Coping with Grief and Loss

40:14 - Constantly Working

42:13 - Jarring Imagery and the Process

44:11 - The Dinner Sequence

46:26 - Paimon

49:02 - No Happy Ending

52:06 - Family Laundry

55:21 - Mileage May Vary

58:39 - Last Fifteen Minutes

E135 houses three reviews of 2018 heist movies; "Solo: A Star Wars Story," "American Animals," and "Ocean's 8."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Introductions

01:35 - Segment I - "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Review

02:10 - Easy to Like, Easy to Pick Apart

03:57 - Hologram Teases

06:28 - Qi'ra

09:51 - Dryden Vot's Showroom

12:35 - Alden Enrenreich's Han Solo

15:37 - Quality Assurance Checkpoints

17:32 - Beckett, Val, and Rio Durant

21:45 - L3-37 and the Millennium Falcon

24:38 - Chewbacca and Han Shoots First

30:41 - Segment II - "American Animals" Review

31:32 - Limitations of a Docudrama

33:20 - Impact of What They've Done

36:30 - They'll Convince Themselves of Anything

39:57 - They Want to Get Caught

43:38 - Segment III - "Ocean's 8" Review

44:33 - Where's My Reaction?

48:15 - Doubting Women

52:46 - Diminishing Returns

54:31 - The Crew

57:59 - Flash and Style

61:21 - Outros

E134 includes reviews for two superhero releases in May; "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Deadpool 2."

Show Notes:

00:20 - A Deliberate Pause

03:04 - Segment I: "Avengers: Infinity War" Review

03:09 - The MCU Mindset

07:54 - Emotional Weight

11:26 - Breadcrumbs

14:32 - Scenes Without Action

16:53 - The Russo's Action

21:18 - Thor, Cap, and Tony

25:31 - Predictions

29:11 - Mega Event

31:09 - Segment II: "Deadpool 2" Review

31:46 - Second Chances

33:20 - 9 to 5 with Pathos

38:51 - The Big Guy

42:49 - Cable and a Dial that Goes to 11

46:01 - Domino and Action

49:12 - Sluggish

51:24 - Making Rob Liefeld Cry

E133 houses a new segment called Two Likes & Two Dislikes highlight the career of Steven Spielberg as well as two reviews for "Ready Player One" and "A Quiet Place."

Show Notes:

00:20 - He Makes Two Movies a Year

04:06 - Finding New Segments

06:18 - Segment I: Two Likes & Two Dislikes

06:49 - "Always"

08:52 - Holly Hunter

11:00 - Big Themes

14:24 - "Saving Private Ryan"

14:55 - Mechanics and the D-Day Sequence

17:33 - A Fictional Layer

19:52 - "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence"

22:53 - The First Act

25:09 - "Jurassic Park"

25:37 - The Book

32:20 - Segment II: "Ready Player One" Review

33:42 - Weighed Down

35:26 - Nostalgia Skins

38:58 - The Overlook Hotel

40:48 - Real or Fictional

43:20 - The Message

46:13 - You Can't Keep Going Back

47:31 - Segment III: "A Quiet Place" Review

48:30 - Conservative Values

51:27 - Taking Advantage of Sound

53:36 - Having Babies

58:04 - Family Survival

E132 includes reviews for three March movies; "Pacific Rim Uprising" directed by Steven D. Knight, Wes Anderson's new stop-motion feature "Isle of Dogs," and "Unsane" directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: "Pacific Rim Uprising" Review 00:58 - The GoBots and Robot on Robot 05:34 - Boyega, Eastwood, and Day 07:51 - Meet the Jaegers 11:29 - A lot of Jibberish 17:55 - Busy Action Cutscenes 21:27 - Segment II: "Isle of Dogs" Review 22:06 - Japan and Cultural Appropriation 24:35 - Complicated Imagery and Critical Thinking 27:46 - Japanese Language and Subtitles 29:03 - Ambition, Animation, and Scrutiny 33:51 - Letdown by Unmemorable Characters 40:43 - Segment III: "Unsane" 41:48 - Doubt 46:14 - Horrors of Insurance Fraud 49:16 - Compliant Faculty 52:21 - Soderbergh and iPhone 55:23 - The Stalker 57:58 - Making it Look Easy