Brent, Chris, and TJ gather round the campfire to tell their stories. We’ve got some Oscar contenders and some worst movies of the past 20 years in our watchlists.
TJ: Hustlers (3:07), Ready or Not (9:03), Ad Astra (12:32)
Brent: The Flophouse Podcast (19:50), Stealth (20:46), Perfect Stranger (24:02), Saw 1-3 (30:14), Next (33:57), Good Luck Chuck (39:09), Doctor Sleep (45:18), The Peanut Butter Falcon (49:24)
Talkie Talk 206: Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker & The Two Popes
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Hey… you heard of this new thing called The Star Wars? Well, we seen’t it and are here to talk about it. If you want to avoid spoilers, pay attention to the time stamps below. We also talk about The Two Popes and the Survivor finale. Stay a while and listen!
TJ & Brent: Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (2:28)
Brent: Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (35:38), Good Boys (37:28), Klaus (39:05), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (41:50), Piranha 3D (43:29)
We’ve gathered here today to prognosticate. We’re selecting the lot of movies that we think are going to garner the most nominations. They come out earlier than normal this year with the announcement coming January 13th. Use this as your shortlist if you want to cross off as many Oscar movies with the smallest effort. Also: Survivor & W2W!
Reality Roundup: The Challenge: War of the Worlds II (1:40), Survivor: IoI (9:53)
It’s the Adam Driver-thon! David, TJ, and Chris are here to discuss Marriage Story and The Report. You can also hear our thoughts about Us, last week’s episode of Survivor, and the week’s news. Also, spend some dosh at the theater this next weekend. Great movies coming out soon!
All: Us (1:55), The Report (7:57), Marriage Story (17:19)
Reality Roundup: Survivor: Island of the Idols (43:37)
Talkie Talk #203: The Irishman & Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Starring David as Joe Pesci, TJ as Robert de Niro, and Chris as Al Pacino, Talkie Talk is a podcast where we talk about the Irishman. We also talk about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Frozen II, Knives Out, and more. Join us for this spoiler-y movie roundup. And Survivor! NOTE: Marriage Story is homework for next week’s pod.
TJ & Chris: Knives Out (1:28)
Chris: Frozen II (7:21), Hobbs & Shaw (14:29)
David: Booksmart (18:36)
All: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (20:04), The Irishman (34:10)
Reality Roundup: The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 (59:46), Survivor: Island of the Idols (1:03:14)
Talkie Talk #202: Parasite, My Name is Dolemite, Noelle
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TJ and Chris are here to help you through the last work day before T-Day break. We’re not talking about anything thematically appropriate for the holiday unless you count Oscar movie season as a holiday. Which we do. Also, Survivor and your guide to movies this upcoming weekend.
TJ & Chris: Noelle (2:21), Parasite (6:43), Lion King-2019 (12:11), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (15:52), Crawl (19:00), The Art of Self Defense (22:39), My Name is Dolemite (26:19), Good Boys (31:52), Rooms-iOS (36:21)
Reality Roundup: Survivor: Island of the Idols (38:16)
The Gotham Awards are presented annually to the cast and crew of the years best independent films.
It’s the start of another year in tMbU’s State of the Race! Be sure to check back in often for all awards news through the season! The Gotham awards start us off every year. While we can’t learn a lot from what get’s nominated in these early nominations and award shows, we can learn a lot from what doesn’t. The big movies I wanted to see hold par were “Marriage Story” and “The Farewell” Let’s check out the rest of the nominees!
Best Feature (2 Best Picture Oscar Nominees last year): The Farewell Hustlers Marriage Story Uncut Gems Waves
Best Documentary (2 Best Documentary Oscar nominees last year, including winner): American Factory Apollo 11 The Edge of Democracy Midnight Traveler One Child Nation
Best Actor (2 Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees last year): Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) Adam Driver (Marriage Story) Aldis Hodge (Clemency) Andre Holland (High Flying Bird) Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Actress (1 Best Lead Actress Oscar nominee last year): Awkwafina (The Farewell) Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell) Mary Kay Place (Diane) Florence Pugh (Midsommar) Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
Best Screenplay (2 Best Screenplay Oscar nominees last year, both original): Lulu Wang (The Farewell) Tarell Alvin McCraney (High Flying Bird) Jimmie Fails, Joe Talbot and Rob Richert (The Last Black Man in San Francisco Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) Ari Aster (Midsommar)
Best Breakthrough Actor (1 Best Lead Actress Oscar nominee last year): Julia Fox (Uncut Gems) Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty) Noah Jupe (Honey Boy) Jonathan Majors (The Last Black man in San Francisco)
Best Breakthrough Director: Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang) Kent Jones (Diane) Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco) Olivia Wilde (Booksmart) Phillip Youmans (Burning Cane)
Takeaways: “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” had early buzz and could start to get some back here. A strong showing for sure. Marriage Story cleans up, although Scarlett Johannson being left off could prove interesting moving forward. Farewell getting a screenplay nom could mean good things for it and bad things for “Booksmart” as for as Oscar noms go, even with the latter’s nomination in the Breakthrough Director category for Olivia Wilde. We’ll have to wait and see. Willem Dafoe and Adam Driver should be in most top 5’s for Best Leading Actor at the Oscars, but a lot could change between now and then. And Florence Pugh seems to be picking up steam at the right time for her performance in Ari Aster’s sophomore effort “Midsommar.”
Be sure to check back in to The Media By Us for all your awards season news!
The whole gang is here for the first time in a long time! They are talking their favorite deaths from movies. Rules are loosely followed, as always. Thanks to John for the idea!
Talkie Talk #195: Long Shot, Veronica Mars, Mindhunter SSN 2
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Three of us get together to try and figure out whose “-aissance” it is right now. Are we in the age of the Keaunnussance? The Shyamalanaissance? Or is this the Talkie Talkaissance? Either way, Chris and TJ talk about some new releases while Brent does a deep dive on Shyamalan and the Wachowskis. Also news. Also W2W!
TJ: Mars (1:17), Long Shot (6:00)
Brent: M. Night Shyamalan (8:42), Wachowskis (29:02)
Chris: Last Chance U (34:10), Veronica Mars (38:09), Mindhunter (42:00), Neo Yokio (44:05), Kill la Kill (46:30), Mortal Engines (49:57)
Talkie Talk #194: Paranormal Movie Moments - A Retrospective
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TJ and David bring in Al to help them figure out their top 5 scariest paranormal movie scenes of all time. Things discussed: being so scared you have to have get drunk to fall asleep, and several apologies to tMbU’s best friend KT. It’s a SpOOoooOOOOoooOOOky ride!
