And the Winner Should Have Been...

Bob and Mark
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Discussing what movies *should* have won and film generally.

  1. Aug 19

    The Odyssey

    Quicker turnaround for a quicker podcast. Mark wanted to talk about The Odyssey, so Bob went and saw it in the theater and now you get to hear us yammer about it for 30 minutes or so. Obviously it will contain many SPOILERS! , but there is also some desultory conversation at the very end about some other movies worth watching that, oddly for us, we don't spoil. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro 00:36 The Odyssey 01:33 Cinema format digression 04:10 Back to the movie itself 22:41 Other odds and ends we've watched (no spoilers) 25:45 Bob says Spielberg should retire 28:00 Thoughts on voice-acting 29:34 Wrapping up Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  2. Aug 3

    Directorial Debuts

    Back much quicker with our 75th episode. That's about all the fanfare we had planned. This episode we're discussing the debut features from a variety of directors. Most of the movies are rather older, but if you don't believe in statutes of limitation on such things, beware the fearsome SPOILERS! that lurk in the podcast ahead. 00:00 Intro and topic01:42 Selecting the films04:21 Mark's first choice: Eraserhead07:30 All the Dunes episode11:42 Bob's first choice: sex, lies, and videotape20:47 Mark's second choice: Following26:57 Takeshi's Castle27:56 Bob's second choice: Violent Cop34:52 Mark and Bob's third choice: The Duellists48:32 Other contenders52:33 Wrapping up Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  3. Jun 2

    Science Fiction

    Recorded months ago, it was a tough edit (as I say near the end of the episode), but I also got a job in the interim and there's been less time for unpaid frivolity. Tardy or no, we hope you enjoy our ramblings on the topic of SF films and, as always SPOILERS ABOUND! Listen at your own peril for having plots of the movies mentioned told to you in advance. If you want to just listen to the parts about movies you've seen, we provide this handy set of timecodes. Enjoy! 00:00 Intro and audio woes 01:25 Stalker 17:05 Annihilation 18:56 Blade Runner 31:08 Akira 31:58 Akira slide 38:13 Dark City 43:45 Paprika 54:55 Moon 1:06:18 Robot & Frank (no spoilers; we promise) Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  4. Jan 3

    A Very Specialer Episode

    Bob's elder daughter jumped at the chance to rebut what she viewed as the vile slander of a beloved (by her) Christmas film The Holiday. (And talk about Christmas movies in general.) Since she visited Bob for the holidays, they sat down and chewed the fat about Christmas cinema. Enjoy a bonus very specialer episode! Though, to be sure, beware the ever-lurking SPOILERS! 00:10 Intro 02:03 The Holiday 11:38 Elf 14:33 Bob is trying, and failing, to think of Rocky Horror Picture Show 16:31 Swingers 19:45 The Muppet Christmas Carol 27:45 Klaus 32:51 Die Hard 33:44 Bob should be (and is) ashamed. He got this twisted with Lethal Weapon which Black wrote. He did not write Die Hard, but there it is. We'll blame this on an exccess of "Christmas Cheer" in his eggnog. He's gonna do something similar (though perhaps not as bad) a few seconds later when he says Black was responsible for Iron Man 2, when it was Iron Man 3. 35:07 It's a Wonderful Life 37:42 Christmas in Connecticut 39:50 Holiday Inn and White Christmas 40:05 Bob's half-right, it opens on Christmas Eve and ends on New Year's 49:29 Miracle on 34th Street 53:20 Wrapping up Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  5. 12/10/2025

    A Very Special Episode

    Back after a longer interlude since the last time we tried to record we had catastrophic technical problems. After Bob's daughter complained to him that she can't listen to most episodes since they spoil movies she hasn't seen. So, this time around, a very special episode that only contains movies which she has already seen. If you're interested in having your tastes pandered to, reach out. Who knows? 00:10 Introduction 03:15 Three new movies for Mark 08:07 Bob's theme idea that he shoehorned in 09:26 Knives Out 23:10 The Holiday 36:51 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things 43:55 The Lost City 50:56 La La Land 58:19 Wrapping Up Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  6. 09/08/2025

    (Four) Soundtracks

    Trying something new again this episode; Bob and Mark discuss some soundtracks. What kind of musical expertise and knowledge do they bring to the topic? Almost nothing. Is it a list of their favorites? Not necessarily. You might like it anyway. Fewer spoilers than usual, though we disdain caution around such things as always. 00:00 Intro and disclaimer 03:57 First soundtrack In the Mood for Love (soundtrack) 11:25 Source for theme Yumeji 16:39 Second soundtrack Perfect Days (soundtrack) 21:34 The word Bob is failing to remember is "komorebi" 24:51 Third soundtrack A Clockwork Orange (soundtrack) 25:11 It's been a couple years since we talked about this film Kubrick/Hitchcock episode 31:50 The greatest piece of music ever written (in Bob's opinion) Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 4th Movement (This is not the best rendition of it, but it's okay. ~ Bob) 33:26 Music that didn't make the soundtrack Wendy Carlos additional music (It was at this point in the edit that Bob discovered that Wendy Carlos was born Walter Carlos. Thus the original album title in the link.) 37:20 Fourth soundtrack Sparrow (soundtrack) 41:00 Clip from the film Stairs 42:11 Region B disc Aussie Blu-Ray 44:18 Winding down and wrapping up 44:58 Film scores Every Frame a Painting Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  7. 08/05/2025

    French Films

    This time around Bob and Mark lean right into the pretentiousness and discuss the French cinema they enjoy. (For the title we decided to go for the middle choice of "films;" seems midway between "cinema" and "movies.") We do less spoiling than usual, but you should still beware. The dreaded SPOILER may rear its head at any moment in our podcast. 00:00 Intro 03:45 Le Samourai 07:01 Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai 11:26 Disorder (Maryland) 18:39 Au Revoir, Les Enfants 24:28 My Dinner With Andre 26:59 Three Colors: White 33:41 L'Argent 39:04 Wasabi 43:15 Le Cercle Rouge 46:50 Army of Shadows 51:43 Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot 55:21 Odds and Ends The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo (Depardieu), Amélie, The Red Turtle, A Prophet 1:02:12 Wrapping up Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

  8. 07/04/2025

    Amadeus

    This episode we catch up to 1985 and evaluate the 5 films from 1984 nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. It's been a while since the last episode, but to make up for it, it's a bit longer than usual? Anyway, this will be the last decade in series that we look at for now since we've already done an episode on the Best Picture nominees from 1995, 2005, and 2015. As always, beware of the fearsome spoiler that lurks throughout, and enjoy! 00:10 Introduction 04:27 A Soldier's Story 18:25 Places in the Heart 27:40 A Passage to India 45:39 The Killing Fields 54:26 Interlude about ranking nominees by vote totals (Bob was right in his gut reaction: voting results are not made publicly available) 55:51 Amadeus 01:09:45 Films from this year featured in other episodes of our podcast: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Star Trek III, The Terminator, Dune, Blood Simple 01:14:40 Random odds and ends to conclude Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

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