Top 5 Film

E121 includes a new round of the PS Score along with results from E120 PS Score. E121 Features reviews for "Wonder Woman" and "The Mummy."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Intros

00:55 - Segment I: The PS Score

01:08 - Recap Ep. 120 PS Score

07:31 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #1

09:54 - "Frozen" Talkback

12:44 - PS Score: Transformers: The Last Knight (TS 17% & JC 10%)

15:03 - PS Score: Despicable Me 3 (TS 80% & JC 65%)

18:38 - PS Score: Spider-Man: Homecoming (TS 85% & JC 82%)

22:21 - Segment II: "Wonder Woman" Review

22:48 - Earned that Photo

24:59 - The Jenkins Touch

27:55 - Saving the Pure Hero

29:41 - Never Feels Unreal

35:19 - Supporting Diana

43:18 - Doubting Parallels

48:12 - Understanding Her Impact

52:30 - Clarity, Spirited, and Emotional

56:23 - Segment III: "The Mummy" Review

56:56 - What We Asked For

58:37 - Mummy: Impossible

60:40 - Kneecapping Ahmanet

63:48 - Why Start with the Mummy?

65:40 - A Nick Morton Pitch

70:24 - A Unbaked Brownie

74:45 - Can You Explain the End?

77:01 - Lean In and Outros

Episode 120 features "Alien: Covenant" review and the introduction of a brand new game titled the PS Score.

Show Notes:

00:20 - The Internet

01:35 - A New Game: The PS Score

05:07 - PS Score: Rules

06:17 - PS Score: Reward

10:15 - Segment I: The PS Score

10:50 - PS Score: Baywatch (JC 62% & TS 70%)

15:18 - PS Score: Wonder Woman (JC 87% & TS 81%)

19:55 - PS Score: The Mummy (JC 44% & TS 53%)

24:48 - Segment II: "Alien: Covenant" Review

25:16 - AVP Movies Don't Exist

29:36 - "Big Things Come from Small Beginnings"

33:38 - A Different Kind of Alien

38:31 - How We Came To Be

43:32 - David

48:36 - Meeting Your Maker

53:22 - Like a Dumbass

57:25 - Graduating Into New Territory

64:05 - Is it an "Alien" Movie?

68:57 - Challenging the Audience

72:39 - Outros

Episode 119 includes reactions to the first trailer for "Blade Runner 2049" and reviews for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Segment I: "Blade Runner 2049" Trailer Reactions

01:05 - The Nutcracker Suite

03:34 - A Variety of Cuts

08:39 - Iconic Visuals

10:27 - Modern Action

13:23 - Segment II: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" Review

13:43 - The Best Thing in MCU

15:35 - A Single Issue, Vol. 2

21:01 - Yondu and Quill

27:00 - Pieces Don't Line Up

32:42 - Mr. Blue Sky

37:03 - Alchemy

40:27 - Segment III: "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" Review

41:18 - He-Man Mashed into King Arthur

43:54 - Some Kind of Magic

45:33 - Not Above the Character

49:13 - Sword & Sorcery and a Reluctant Swordsman

55:37 - Charlie Hunnam

58:59 - BFD

61:41 - Sword in the Stone

In Episode 118 your hosts give their reactions to the first trailer for Star Wars "The Last Jedi" as well as a full review of Warner Brothers latest King Kong entry "Kong: Skull Island."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Disney Owns the World

03:38 - Didn't see Beauty and the Beast

05:39 - Segment I: Celebration and "The Last Jedi" Trailer

07:52 - Star Wars Celebration

12:14 - Shift in Fandom

17:31 - Ending the Jedi?

26:11 - Rian Johnson

32:51 - Segment II: Kong: Skull Island

33:30 - Feeling like a Kid

36:49 - Boats and Hoes

41:19 - Tone and Future

45:17 - Jackson, Hiddleston, and Riley

53:19 - Swoopy Swoopy

60:14 - Post Credit Tease

In Episode 117 we review Hugh Jackman's supposed final outing as Wolverine in "Logan" and Jordan Peele most well-known for Key & Peele directorial debut "Get Out."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Two Movies to Review

03:37 - We've Seen Enough

05:27 - Segment I - "Logan" Review

06:15 - Timeless

07:49 - Not a Superhero Movie

09:29 - How to Correctly Evaluate X-Men Movies

14:02 - Thank Deadpool

17:48 - X23

22:59 - The Farmhouse

26:56 - Finally, 18 Years Later

30:32 - Parallels and Origins

34:55 - The Score

38:32 - The Credits

41:19 - Segment II - "Get Out" Review

42:15 - Jordan Peele

44:04 - The Cell Phone

47:46 - It Could Be

54:37 - The Sunken Place

58:28 - Foster More Ideas

64:29 - Educated Subtext

73:24 - What "Scream" Did for Horror

84:42 - Outros

Episode 116 includes three reviews from January and February releases. "Split" directed by M. Night Shyamalan, "John Wick Chapter 2" and "The Lego Batman Movie."

Show Notes

00:20 - New Windows

04:15 - Segment I - "Split" Review

05:36 - John, I mean James McAvoy

10:00 - Twilight Zone Stories

13:18 - In That Space

18:44 - Expectation of a Twist

22:12 - Telling the Story Better

25:42 - Spoilers and the Secret Sequel

30:22 - More of a Horror

33:38 - Resurrecting Tales from the Crypt

34:06 - Segment II - "John Wick Chapter 2" Review

35:25 - World Building

38:38 - Gold Coins All Around

40:44 - Shoot the Toes, Shoot the Face

44:08 - Just Like the First One

49:38 - Everyone's Coming After You

55:14 - We Need More Fresh Ideas

56:41 - Segment III - "The Lego Batman Movie" Review

57:42 - Slow Down

63:49 - LEGO Imagination

68:13 - The Abyss

77:15 - Outros

It's a new year which means it is time to make our Top 5 of 2016. Like we have for the past two years, we will both list our favorite movies of the year and then together come up with a collaborative Top 5 for 2016.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Happy New Year!

01:15 - Annual Year End Episode

02:40 - Segment I: Individual Lists

02:55 - Schofizzy's Top 10

06:37 - "Train to Busan"

15:09 - "Arrival"

21:10 - "Hell or High Water"

30:45 - Jonathan Chang's Top 10

31:03 - "Hunt for the Wilderpeople"

39:02 - "American Honey"

49:45 - Segment II: Top 5 Film's Top 5

50:13 - No. 5

53:00 - No. 1

55:18 - More Important

63:44 - No. 2 and 3

65:59 - Debating No. 4

74:01 - Final Positions

77:08 - Outros

Episode 114 is a review of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" directed by Gareth Edwards.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Part I: Season of the Force

01:02 - First of Many Stories

02:40 - Feel the Brand at Disney

05:03 - Suppose to be for Kids?

08:24 - Part II: Review "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

08:33 - A Table Setter

10:13 - Strangely Uplifting

18:26 - Balanced Ensemble

22:40 - Peppered Characters

29:54 - Multi-cultural Cast

37:12 - The Empire's Hierarchy

46:06 - Vader's Crib

49:30 - A Planet Killer and Saw Gerrera

57:08 - Who are the Extremists?

63:16 - The Third Act

73:19 - Rewatchability

76:05 - Walrus Man

80:54 - Outros

Ep. 113 features reviews for two November releases, "Arrival" directed by Dennis Villeneuve and Disney's latest animated feature "Moana" directed by John Musker and Ron Clements.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Intros

01:03 - Give Girls a Chance

03:40 - Segment I: "Arrival" Review

04:53 - Cyclical

07:41 - Invisible Stars

10:35 - A Bird in a Cage

11:58 - Reasoning

17:31 - Not Working Together

18:55 - Heptapods

24:25 - A Conversation Starter

30:00 - $6 Budget Days

36:59 - Segment II: "Moana" Review

39:14 - Disney's Animation

43:14 - Bittersweet Inspiration

47:05 - Mixed on Maui

53:09 - It's Easy

57:56 - Disney Matching with Pixar

61:47 - Outros

After a bit of a hiatus, Top 5 Film is back with Ep. 112. We review Marvel Studios second feature of Phase Three "Doctor Strange" along with an independent film titled "Moonlight." Both films feature transitions in their main characters giving us an easy bridge between the two, but also there's been so many film since last we recorded we had to include two.

Show Notes:

00:20 - Hiatus

02:32 - Segment I: "Dr. Strange" Review

02:39 - MCU Phase Three

10:28 - Similar Origins \ Slight Deviations

14:15 - Not Real Language

17:15 - Denial

20:16 - End of the World Scenarios

23:29 - Master-Student Relationship

26:13 - You Can Do Anything Now

29:53 - M.C. Escher Action

34:43 - Digital Cloaks, Sanctum Sanctorum, and Dormammu

40:43 - Mid & Post Credit Sequences and Music

43:27 - Segment II: "Moonlight" Review

45:21 - An Evolution He Doesn't Understand

49:36 - Bullying the "Buttrammer"

55:33 - Linking the Three Together

58:23 - The Diner

64:09 - Outros