I Watch More Movies Than You Ken Palmer

We dive into the biggest and most anticipated movies of 2024 in a fantasy football style snake draft, thank you life-long fantasy footballin' and The Big Picture for the idea! Listen as we pit Deadpool & Wolverine against Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice vs Fall Guy, and so many more! 

We have a fantastic time discussing all of the movies coming out 2024, some you've heard of, some you probably haven't! From the depths of horror, to the tentpoles or lack thereof, journey with us through cinema's future as we weave in and out of so many titles and have a blast doing so! 

Smile 2, Longlegs, Nosferatu, Moana 2, and so many more are discussed and drafted as we compete to have the best team of 5 movies that release in 2024, come join us and please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you think wins! AND, what are your top 5 most anticipated movie releases this year?!

Also, Tarantino and Spielberg discussion as we watch  one filmmaker throw a curve ball and the other get back to his roots! I mean, come on, a Spielberg UFO movie!? SIGN US ALL THE WAY UP! 

Frogman (2023), Monkey Man (2024), Late Night with the Devil (2023), and the haunting The Night of the Hunter (1955) all get covered on this episode of I Watch More Movies Than You! We have four movie reviews this week, all spoiler free except for the deep dive into what is regarded as the greatest American film of all time, The Night of the Hunter. 

Frogman is the latest found footage cryptic film to be circulating the interwebs, and we couldn't be more stoked to have watched this flick and now get to share our thoughts on it, the found footage genre, and cryptids- FUN! 

Monkey Man was saved by the great Jordan Peele from Netflix obscurity and now graces our silver screens! Dev Patel's directorial debut is one you do NOT want to miss, so go ahead and hit play and let Bobby walk you through a spoiler free review of the latest stylized revenge action picture that will leave you HYPED! 

Late Night with the Devil is up next, directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes and starring the lovable Mr. David Dastmalchian as a younger Johnny Carson on a Halloween night in 1977. This movie is is entirely a late night show from the 70s and we are dropped in on a host who's past is dripped in tragedy, his ratings are falling, and he needs one gigantic, unforgettable night to launch him back to stardom. The question is, would you trade your soul!?  Seriously, give our review a listen and then go watch this film ASAP- you have never seen anything like it. HORROR IS THRIVING! 

Last but CERTAINLY not least, Charles Laughton's only directorial attempt ever, The Night of the Hunter. Starring robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and the silent-film star Lillian Gish, you are dropped in on an incredibly charismatic self-proclaimed preacher and one of the most haunting stories you shall ever encounter. Unforgettable photography, too dark of a story for the era it released, and a heavily German Expressionism styled film that all are woven together to create a child's nightmare, but a cinematic masterpiece.  Come with us as we journey through it and decide whether or not we believe this film to be worthy of the title of the greatest American movie of all time, and the tragedy that was the director never got his flowers this side of the grave.

We also briefly discuss Hollywood remakes, in light of Scott Derrickson and writing partner Robert Cargill taking on the gargantuan task of remaking The Night of the Hunter. I BELIEVE IN THEM! Comment with a 5-star review the best remake that you believe has ever been made! 

And if you enjoyed spending time with us and watching movies, would you care to leave us a SMASHING 5-star REVIEW?! We'd greatly appreciate it, and we greatly appreciate YOU, film lovers! 

'Poor Things,' 'Maestro,' and 'Anatomy of a Fall' spoiler free reviews as we continue to dive into the 2024 Oscar / 96th Academy Awards Best Picture Nominations!

Yorgos Lanthimos is back at it with a haunting surrealist fairy tale starring the great Emma Stone in an unforgettable performance, Mark the Hulk Ruffalo, and the always weird and amazing Willem Dafoe.  We dive into Poor Things in a spoiler free but fun way to hopefully illuminate this wild and fantastical tale in a way that tickles your fancy and reveals just how wild this movie is and how there has never been a film remotely close to it- both in story and visuals! 

Up next is Bradley Cooper's next swing at the golden statue, Maestro! This Netflix released film is directed and acted by the incredible Mr. Cooper, also starring Carey Mulligan and Matt Bomer. 'Maestro' is reviewed with no spoilers by Bobby and we discuss its place among the other Oscars Best Picture Nominees. 

Last but certainly not least, the French court room / procedural drama 'Anatomy of a Fall.'  Anatomy of a Fall is directed by Justine Triet, starring the incredibly talented Sandra Hüller / Huller, Swann Arlaud, up and comer Milo Machado-Graner, and the amazing dog Snoop, Anatomy of a Fall is not only a foreign film sensation but has taken the States by storm as we are dropped in on an incredibly unique murder mystery in one of the most beautiful backdrops ever, the French Alps.  The original title for this film is 'Anatomie d'une chute.'

We here on I Watch More Movies Than You podcast take the Oscars seriously and absolutely adore the Super Bowl for the cinephile, so please considering giving us a subscribe and a follow and devour all of our Oscar and movie content! Oppenheimer sweep, maybe, but which film is the big surprise that always happens!?  Let's find out together! 

Spoiler free review of Martin Scorsese's latest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon, plus we preview and predict the super bowl for the film lover- the 96th Academy Awards aka the 2024 Oscars! 

We start with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, and Lily Gladstone's latest film and provide our spoiler free review, give our thoughts, feelings, and articulate our critique of Martin Scorsese's latest potential masterpiece of one of the most profound stories surrounding America's original sin... plus so much more! 

Then hang around because we go HARD into the 2024 Oscar nominations and fill out an entire ballot! We give our predictions for this years Academy Awards, all the way from costume design to BEST PICTURE! From Oppenheimer to Poor Things, we give a quick synopsis of this year's Oscar movies and a nice preview so you can be up to date and well-read on the movies this year while you watch those beautiful golden 13.5 inch tall statues be handed out to our stars and storytellers! 

If you want to know enough about the Oscars to increase your enjoyment and truly be engaged this year, start with this episode because we cover all of the movies in a surface level and highly palatable discussion and even delve into predictions, Oscar history a tad, and why we believe the Academy Awards still very much matter! 

Are the Oscars the last bastion of art in a giant money focused business? Or is it a gathering of fools and backscratching!?  Listen and find out! 

We provide spoiler free movie reviews of some of 2023's greatest films, 'The Holdovers,' 'Saltburn,' May December,' and 'Godzilla Minus One!'  Do not miss your one stop shop for the Academy Award's 2024 Oscars preview, because these movies will absolutely be topics for discussion this award season! 

A warm hug on a winter night, The Holdovers. We start this episode off with The Holdovers, an incredibly human story that we rarely get in the theaters nowadays. Directed by Alaxander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and introduces us to Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers is the PERFECT Christmas and winter watch that will etch its way into so many Christmas film rotations. But this movie is so much more than that, it is a heartfelt coming together of such a loveable cast of characters, from the grumpy old school teacher that has reached a stasis in life, to the heartbroken cafeteria lady that is struggling to move on, all the way to the foolhardly high school kid that is the absolute antithesis to the professor. This movie has it all, from unforgettable performances to a beautiful soundtrack, and Christmas card cinematography that transports you to New England underneath a blanket of snow and intrigue. Do not miss The Holdovers, and follow us as we journey through it in a spoiler free review! 

The talk of cinema town, Saltburn! We have two very different opinions and battle them out in our spoiler free review of Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi's latest film! Emerald Fennell is talented behind the camera, and Rosamund Pike is spellbounding, but where do we finally land on the IT movie of the moment!? Listen and find out! 

An absolute gem was released at the end of the year on Netflix, but not enough people are discussing it- don't let this film pass you by! May December! Todd Haynes is back with another polarizing melodrama, this time s tarring Natalie Portman, Charles Melton, and the always incredible Julianna Moore who gives potentially the performance of the year. This is a complicated story based on an actual tragedy, but leave our assumptions at the door because May December and it's incredible score and beautiful Tybee Island backdrop paint a picture for you that will leave you mesmerized, exasperated, and in dark contemplation. This movie is a summer dream, but given to us in December- do not miss it! 

Last but CERTAINLY not least- GODZILLA MINUS ONE! Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, starring Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, and Sakura Ando, Godzilla Minus One is a force to be reckoned with. Crowds are calling this the movie of the year, maybe one of the best in the last decade, but the crazy part?! Even the Kaijus passionate are raving that Godzilla Minus One may be the best Godzilla and monster movie OF ALL TIME! Can it possibly live up to that!? Explore post war Japan with us in our spoiler free review of Godzilla Minus One and find out if it lives up to the immense hype! 

Each of these movies will be in the Oscars conversations in various categories, so please use this episode to go through all of them and arm yourself with movie knowledge to traverse this Oscars season as we give  you a preview of a lot of the heavy hitters and some that are understated! This is just the first episode of our Oscars previews, so please drop that 5-star review and subscribe and come with us again next week! 

Merry Christmas movie lovers! Coming to you all with the top 10 BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER! Some all-timers are covered here, and hopefully some you won't see coming! From Home Alone 2, to Kubrick's farewell Eyes Wide Shut, a ton of awesome Christmas cheer is covered in this episode in under 20 minutes! Also, some awesome holiday horror shout outs! 

Christmas lovers, movie lovers.. REJOICE! And please comment with that 5-star review YOUR top 10 Christmas movies of all time, or your favorite must-watch Christmas film! I can't wait to hear from you all!

Merry Christmas cinephiles!

Also meant to mention The Holiday, I love it! But the list is tippy top of the best Christmas movies ever! Christmas Bloody Christmas on the alt list though!