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Movie of the Year: 1984Once Upon a Time in America (with Keith Phipps)Can Once Upon in America take the title of our 1984 Movie of the Year?
Once Upon a Time in America is a movie of epic scope even though it is the tale of small-time crooks trying to screw each other over to make it out of the gutter. (And one guy lives in Buffalo for like decades.) This contrast is just one of many artfully nestled into one of the harder watching experiences we've had on this show. And we've seen American Beauty. Multiple times. Ugh.
Joining us will be very special guest Keith Phipps, an actual writer with actual opinions on movies, unlike normal panelists Greg and Mike, dullards of the highest order. Keith has contributed to Rolling Stone, Slate, The Daily Beast, GQ, and The Verge, which c'mon that's cool. He is here to help us get into how this movie fits into the canon of great gangster movies. We will also discuss the special relationship between Noodles and Maxie before covering the often-upsetting, and very confusing, portrayal of romance and sexuality in the movie.
Be sure to check out Keith's upcoming book, The Age of Cage, a look at Hollywood through the singular cinematic experience that is Nicolas Cage. And check out Keith's podcast, The Next Picture Show!
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Movie of the Year: 1984This Is Spinal TapCan This Is Spinal Tap rock its way to the title of our 1984 Movie of the Year?
This Is Spinal Tap put rock music on the map. Before this movie came out, no one was really sure what to make of this new music genre. Enter Spinal Tap. With hubris, unparalleled talent, and a penchant for dramatically losing drummers, Spinal Tap changed music, and the movie about them, This Is Spinal Tap, put the new band and their wholly original sound into the national conversation.
This movie is considered a classic of both rock and comedy, but does it actually rock? Is it actually funny? We've been known to take down classics before, so this might be another time where we speak truth to power.
Coming up this season we have some of the most fun movies we've covered and some of the most amazing guests we've ever hosted. Stay tuned, everyone, because things are just getting started.
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Movie of the Year: 1984Repo ManCan Repo Man take the title of our 1984 Movie of the Year?
In the early 80’s, UCLA film student Alex Cox wanted to move from student films to features. Remaking his student film by the same name, Repo Man would have a budget of 500 grand and be filled with punk rockers. Enter Michael Nesmith, everyone's least favorite Monkee. At the time, Nesmith’s pockets were flush with that sweet liquid paper money, so he, along with universal, decided to turn Repo Man into a real movie. Well…as real as it turned out to be.
Repo Man tells the story of Otto, a young punk who has nothing going for him in post-apocalyptic Edge City. The apocalypse here, however, doesn’t come after a bomb has dropped, or zombies have attacked. This is after the apocalypse created by voting in conservatives (boo; furthermore, hiss). Otto takes a job as a repo man, and suddenly has a purpose, a mentor, and a girlfriend. Everything would probably end slightly less than fine if it wasn’t for a Chevy Malibu barreling towards our characters.
Coming up this season we have some of the most fun movies we've covered and some of the most amazing guests we've ever hosted. Stay tuned, everyone, because things are just getting started.
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We choose our sweet 16; which 16 movies will make our 1984 season?
It is time to pick the movies we will be covering in our 1984 season! Yes, it's our sweet 16. Which movies will make up this year? A weary world demands to know. Well, fear not because we are here to deliver to you the movies that will make up the season that will consume the next three months of our lives (and we assume yours; the podcast has been getting some impassioned emails lately).
We love movies and we love years, so we came together to make this podcast celebrating both. 1984 may have been a big year for movies; however, we're betting it's going to be an even bigger year for our podcast.
Coming up this season we have some of the most fun movies we've covered and some of the most amazing guests we've ever hosted. Stay tuned, everyone, because things are just getting started.
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Movie of the Year: 1984A New Season BeginsA new season begins, which movie of 1984 will be our Movie of the Year?
1984 is here, and folks, this might be the biggest year of blockbusters we've ever covered. None of us were really very aware in the actual year 1984—we are young, and fit—but the movies of this year would pepper our childhoods like salt, adding flavor and enjoyment to everything we consumed.
But were these movies just fast food for the mind? No, along with the blockbusters of 1984 were smaller, more thoughtful films that perhaps could have been even better with a couple more 'splosions. Rock me, Amadeus, indeed.
We love movies and we love years, so we came together to make this podcast celebrating both. 1984 may have been a big year for movies; however, we're betting it's going to be an even bigger year for our podcast.
Coming up this season we have some of the most fun movies we've covered and some of the most amazing guests we've ever hosted. Stay tuned, everyone, because things are just getting started.
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Movie of the Year2023 Movie of the YearOur 2023 Movie of the Year bracket is here to pick the most filmic moments of 2023!
Movies are the books of watching things. A lot of people  don't want to watch a movie because, on some level, all movies are about the how we will never escape death and loss. Does that apply to this slate of films? Please allow me to laugh for one hundred years at that question.
But there is no time to laugh for 100 years—I would die before I ever finished. And it would interfere with all the great movies from 2023. A sleepy little movie called Barbie came out this year, and right alongside it released a big bomb, Oppenheimer. I'm just messin. Bomb not in the box-office sense, but rather the bomb at the center of the movie. We loved Anatomy of a Fall and Zone of Interest (both just a normal amount), but did we like them enough for either to win Movie of the Year? You'll have to/get to listen to find out!
They made 'em; you maybe watched 'em; we'll rank 'em.
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