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How can you not love Amy Adams? Alex and Nick break down the full career of this living legend. Topics include: Bringing faith into performance, cursing in "Junebug," the hidden weight of her work in "Doubt," why she's never won an Oscar, and much more.
What's your favorite Amy Adams performance? Let us know on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast!
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Nick and Alex fully reveal their obsession with movies in discussing the best movies they discovered in 2020. This is a wide-ranging, hardcore movie geek episode that covers all types of films from all different eras. What were some of the best new-to-you movies you saw in 2020? Let us know on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast!
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Alex and Nick list their favorite films from the weirdest movie year of their lives. What were your favorite movies of 2020? Let us know on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast.
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Rounding out their Cassavetes binge, Alex and Nick do a deep dive into Elaine May's masterwork, "Mikey and Nicky," starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk. The guys talk about Elaine May's iconic career, improvisation, fragile friendships, Sanford Meisner as an actor, Ned Beatty as an all-timer, and much more. Tell us what you think of "Mikey and Nicky" on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast!
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Alex and Nick each offer up five holiday-themed double features, some of which are certainly not fun for the whole family. Spirited categories include:  Holidays from Hell, Freaky Families, Loser on Christmas, and much more. Tell us about your holiday movie traditions on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast!
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Happy birthday, John Cassavetes! In Part 2 of their epic episode, the guys review “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (01:01 ), “Mikey and Nicky” (14:47), “Opening Night” (17:08), “Gloria” (22:29), “Love Streams” (27:10), and “Big Trouble” (33:08). They end with some Cassavetes categories, and Alex shares his most personal movie recommendation yet.
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Alex and Nick offer up their biggest episode yet, a deep dive into the career of the Godfather of independent cinema, John Cassavetes. The guys discuss Cassavetes’ early acting work, filmmaking style, working collaborations, and each of Cassavetes’ magnificent films.
Tell us your favorite Cassavetes film on Twitter @WAYW_Podcast.
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Alex and Nick offer up some very current movie streaming recommendations. All recs are quick and spoiler-free. Topics include realistic gore coming back to horror, good chess movies vs. bad chess shows, an Oscar-worthy Caleb Landry Jones, the death of the courtroom drama, and depicting COVID on screen. The guys end with a brief review of their favorite film of 2020 so far, Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor Uncut.” Recs are current as of Nov. 18, 2020!
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Nick brings his fanatical love for professional wrestling to this emotional deep dive on Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler.” The guys discuss Mickey Rourke as an acting giant (13:24), why Nick connects to the film so deeply (17:19), a never-better Marisa Tomei (26:21), the legendary on-screen argument between Rourke and Evan Rachel Wood (29:23), interpretations of the ending (36:27), and much more!
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Nick and Alex blend their movie and music tastes to discuss their favorite movie soundtracks (01:43), favorite use of songs in Pure Cinema scenes (12:44), best movie song performances (26:29), how “Shame” influenced their filmmaking (35:31), songs that should be retired from movies (41:57), and more. Alex also shares a personal story about a song used in the film “Warrior” (22:19).
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