Today on the Podcast we begin our discussion of some of our favorite Movies of the previous decade. 

Intro

BREAKING DOWN THE DECADE  (4:30)

The End of Rentals & The Birth of Streaming / Animated Films / The Age of Superheroes

WHY ALL THE LOVE?  (12:20)

Ron - The Transformers / Spider-Man 2

Paul - The Pirates of the Caribbean 

Ivan - The Pursuit of Happiness

Darren - Moulin Rouge

WHY ALL THE HATE?  (17:15)

Ron - Avatar / Solaris

Paul - Fantasia 2000 / Jurassic Park III / The Spirit

Darren - Bamboozled / Vanilla Sky

Ivan - The Incredible Hulk

OUR TOP 10-6  (27:00)

RON'S LIST 

Runner Up's - Best In Show / Superbad / The 40 Year Old Virgin / Requiem For A Dream / The Queen / Brokeback Mountain / United 93 / Gangs Of New York / The New World / Into The Wild / Good Night, and Good Luck -- The Road To Perdition / Catch Me If You Can / Lost In Translation / Memento / The 25th Hour 

10) Primer

  9) A Serious Man

  8) Mulholland Dr. 

  7) A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  6) There Will Be Blood

DARREN'S LIST

Runner Up's - Pan's Labyrinth / Before the Devil Knows You're Dead / Hotel Rwanda / Master & Commander: Far Side of the Sea / The Aviator 

10) Black Hawk Down

  9) Signs 

  8) The Bank Job

  7) Inglorious Basterds 

  6) District 9 

PAUL'S LIST

Runner Up's - Before Sunset / Gone Baby Gone / Big Fish / Snatch / Children Of Men / Spider-Man 2

10) Wall-E 

  9) Serenity

  8) Apocalypto

  7) Up

  6) Unbreakable

IVAN'S LIST

Runner Up's - Kingdom Of Heaven (Dir. Cut) / 30 Days of Night

10) Equilibrium 

  9) Casino Royale

  8) The Departed

  7) V For Vendetta

  6) Sin City

GUILTY PLEASURES  (56:10)

Ron - The National Treasure Movies / The Day After Tomorrow / The Village

Paul - Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow / I Am Legend

Ivan - The Replacements

Today on the Podcast we, (finally), discuss some of our Best and Worst movies from 2018.

RON'S LIST

Runner Up's - 3 Identical Strangers / Black KKKlansman / The Favourite / Eighth Grade / The Death Of Stalin / Leave No Trace / You Were Never Really Here / Tully / Cold War / If Beale Street Could Talk / The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

10) Stan & Ollie

  9) Won't You Be My Neighbor

  8) Vice

  7) Burning

  6) The Other Side Of The Wind

  5) Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

  4) The Shoplifters

  3) Roma

  2) The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

  1) Avengers: Infinity War

DARREN'S LIST

Runner Up's - The Other Side of the Wind / Annihilation / The Woman Who Loves Giraffes / Black KKKlansman / Paterno / The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling / Love Simon / Game Night / Isle Of Dogs / Alpha / Solo: A Star Wars Story

10) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 

  9) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  8) Hereditary 

  7) Mission Impossible: Fallout

  6) Andre The Giant

  5) A Quiet Place

  4) Ready Player One

  3) Black Panther

  2) Roma

  1) Avengers: Infinity War

PAUL'S LIST

Runner Up's - Solo: A Star Wars Story / Period: End of Sentence / Late Afternoon

10) Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

  9) Isle Of Dogs

  8) Ready Player One

  7) Black Panther

  6) A Quiet Place

  5) Mission Impossible: Fallout

  4) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  3) A Star Is Born

  2) Avengers: Infinity War

  1) Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

IVAN'S LIST

Runner Up's - Tag / Super Troopers 2 / Solo: A Star Wars Story / Bad Times At The El Royale / Anna & The Apocalypse 

10) Ready Player One

  9) The Death Of Stalin

  8) The Incredibles 2

  7) A Quiet Place

  6) Black Panther 

  5) Game Night 

  4) Deadpool 2 

  3) Creed 2

  2) Avengers: Infinity War

  1) Mission Impossible: Fallout 

THE WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR

Rampage / Skyscraper / Holmes & Watson / The Predator / Aquaman / Oceans 8 / Ant-Man & the Wasp / Mortal Engines / Future World / Widows

Today on the Podcast we discuss the ninth film from, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, starring Lenardo Dicaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margo Robbie. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

- Avengers: Endgame surpasses Avatar as the number one film of  all time, (not adjusted for inflation).

- R.I.P. - Peter Fonda / Shinobu Hashimoto / D.A. Pennebaker

- Sony Pulls Spider-Man from Marvel Studios

- John Williams plans to fill "Rise of the Skywalker" with music

- A Fourth Matrix Film is coming with Keanu Reeves back as Neo 

FEATURE REVIEW: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD  (19:20)

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD  (40:50)

RANT & RAVE

Ron  (50:22) - Green Book / Shirkers / The Boys (Amazon)

Paul  (58:00) - The Mule / The Red Turtle

Darren  (1:04:30) - Searching / The Endless

Today on the Podcast we discuss the new film from Pixar, Toy Story 4, starring, Tom Hanks, and Tim Allen. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

RIP - Rutger Hauer

NEWS FROM COMIC-CON

TRAILER TALK: The King's Man / Top Gun: Maverick / A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood / HBO - Watchmen / His Dark Materials / Westworld Season 3

Marvel Studios announces slate of Phase 4 Films and TV shows. 

May 1, 2020 - Black Widow

Fall 2020 - The Falcon & Winter Soldier (Disney+)

Nov 6, 2020 - The Eternals

Feb 12, 2021 - Shang-Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings

Spring 2021 - Wanda/Vision (Disney+) / Loki (Disney+)

May 7, 2021 - Doctor Strange & the Multiverse of Madness

Summer 2021 - What If? (Disney+)

Fall 2021 - Hawkeye (Disney+)

Nov 5, 2021 - Thor: Love & Thunder

Mahershala Ali cast as the new Blade

Even more news...  (23:20)

The Russo Brothers announce new slate of projects - Magic: The Gathering / GrimJack / Battle of the Planets

FEATURE REVIEW: TOY STORY 4  (29:20)

SPOILERS AHEAD  (41:30)

RANT & RAVE

Ron  (47:40) - Welcome To Marwen / Mortal Engines / CNN's "The Movies"

Paul  (56:50) - Anne Season 2 / King of the Rocket Men / Billy Connolly: Journey to the End of the World

Darren  (1:07:55) - Skyfighter / Chernobyl / The Twilight Zone Remake / The Immigrant / At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA gymnastic scandal (HBO)

Today on the Podcast we discuss the latest film from the Marvel Universe, Spider-Man Far From Home, as well as the Beatles inspired movie, Yesterday. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

R.I.P. - Rip Torn gone at 88

TRAILER TALK - Knives Out / Midway / Mulan

Marvel Studios attending the SDCC 

FEATURE REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME  (13:30)

SPOILERS AHEAD  (25:45)

MINI REVIEW: YESTERDAY  (43:15)

RANT & RAVE

Darren  (54:30) - Brigsby Bear (Netflix) / Hereditary 

Paul  (1:00:50) - The 80's Kid Wrestling Podcast / Galactica 80 / Stranger Things Season 3 (Netflix)

Ivan  (1:06:30) - Brightburn

Ron  (1:09:00) - Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story / Dark Seasons 1&2 (Both on Netflix)

Today on the Podcast we discuss, Dark Phoenix, as well as the rest of the X-Men Franchise. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

Robert Pattinson cast as The Batman

Avengers Endgame to be Re-released with bonus footage

FEATURE REVIEW: DARK PHOENIX  (7:40)

THE X-MEN MOVIES  

DARK PHOENIX  (21:00)

RANT & RAVE

Ron  (38:15)  - Toronto Raptors on YouTube / The Wandering Earth / Chernobyl / The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Paul  (48:30)  - The Carter Effect / Brooklyn Nine Nine / Aquaman / Guava Island

Ivan  (57:10)  - Escape Plan Trilogy / Archer / Good Omens / John Wick 3 Parabellum 

Today on the Podcast we continue our discussion of our favourite films of the 1960's, with our top picks for the decade. 

Darren's Top 15 - 11

Planet Of The Apes / The Haunting / Night Of The Living Dead / The Birds / The Guns Of Naverone

Ron's Top 15 - 11   (6:10)

The Apartment / Inherit The Wind / The Exterminating Angel / L'Avventura - La Notte - Le' Eclipse / 8 1/2

Darren's 10 - 6   (12:30)

10) In The Heat Of The Night

  9) The Great Escape

  8) High And Low

  7) To Kill A Mockingbird

  6) Once Upon A Time In The West

Ron's 10 - 6  (20:30)

10) Bonnie & Clyde

  9) The Battle Of Algiers 

  8) Persona

  7) Rosemary's Baby

  6) The Naked Island

Darren's 5 - 1   (26:40)

  5) The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

  4) 2001: A Space Odyssey 

  3) The Wild Bunch

  2) Lawrence Of Arabia

  1) Psycho

Ron's 5 - 1   (41:00)

  5) Contempt  

  4) Cool Hand Luke 

  3) La Dolce Vita

  2) The Graduate 

  1) Dr. Strangelove; Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love 

      The Bomb

Today on the Podcast we discuss our favourite films of the decade. 

60's Montage

Introduction to the Decade  (3:55)

WHY ALL THE LOVE?  (9:25)

Ron - Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid / The Sound of Music

Darren - The Magnificent Seven / The Party / Marnie

GUILTY PLEASURES  (16:25)

Ron - My Fair Lady / Danger: Diabolik - Barbarella

Darren - Topaz / Lady In A Cage / Dementia 13 - The Strangler

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Darren  (23:20) - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf / Point Blank / Wait Until Dark / Dr. Zhivago / Billy Budd / The Hustler / The Innocents / Blow Up / Spartacus / Tom Jones / Repulsion / The Gospel According To St. Matthew / On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Ron  (32:35) - The Misfits / Medium Cool / The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Jules & Jim / The Producers / Lonely Are The Brave / A Shot In The Dark / The Manchurian Candidate / Winter Light / Take The Money And Run / Seconds 

FOREIGN FILMS  (40:35)

Darren - Yojimbo & Sanjuro / Red Beard / The Bad Sleep Well / Le Trou / Eyes Without A Face / Les Bonnes Femmes

Ron - Mouchette - Balthazar / Playtime / Last Year At Marienbad / Andrei Rublev / Woman In The Dunes

HIDDEN GEMS  (52:10)

Darren - Town Without Pity / Mafioso

Ron - Pretty Poison / Lord Love A Duck / The Swimmer / The Hill

Today on the Podcast we discuss the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers Endgame. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

R.I.P. - John Singleton

         - Peter Mayhew

Disney+ is creating a Willow sequel 

FEATURE REVIEW: AVENGERS ENDGAME  (6:40)

SPOILERS AHEAD  (14:00)

RANT & RAVE

Ron  (1:12:40) - Welcome To Collinwood / Escape From Tomorrow

Paul  (1:16:00) - Chop Shop / Battlestar Galactica  1978

Darren  (1:20:35) - Oats Studio / The Woman Who Loves Giraffes 

Ivan  (1:25:02) - Polar / The Miracle Workers 

Today on the Podcast we discuss the latest film from the DC Universe, Shazam!, starring Zachary Levi. 

NEWS ON THE MARCH

Star Wars: Episode IV The Rise Of Skywalker - Teaser Trailer

Disney+ announces list of titles for the new streaming service, including Star Wars and Marvel shows

James Gunn back on board for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3

FEATURE REVIEW: SHAZAM!  (15:20)

SPOILERS AHEAD  (29:30)

RANT & RAVE

Ron  (39:00) - Guava Island (Amazon) / The Death Of Stalin

Paul  (44:30) - Electric Dreams (Amazon) / Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

Ivan  (51:05) - Mom & Dad / Deadly Class