The Midnight Film Society
By Damian J Sherman
The Midnight Film SocietyMay 02, 2024
Summer Movie Wager 2024
#186 - Challengers Review
On today's show, we have another long-awaited 2024 release in the form of Luca Guadanino’s newest feature, Challengers. It has been seen by us and we will dig into it later. But first, we take a look at what's on the docket for the 77th Cannes Film Festival, do some of what we've been including; Fallout, Shogun, X-Men 97, Sasquatch Sunset, Late Night With The Devil, The Sympathizer, and finish up with this weeks Letterboxd Assignment and much much more…
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Taylor Swift's New Album
What Damian’s Been Watching: Sasquatch Sunset, Shogun, X-Men 97, Sugar, The Sympathizer, Challengers
What Derick’s Been Watching: Road House (2024), Abigail, Fallout, Shōgun, Challengers
Review Of The Week: Challengers
Letterboxd Assignment For April 25th: Damian - The Red Turtle, Derick - Dark City notes
Next Week’s Assignments: Damian - TexasVille, Derick Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
Interview With Anthony Gallegos
Today we’ve got an interview with one of my favorite games industry professionals. Since 2007 he’s written for various outlets, been a lead game designer on multiple very successful game releases, and, for the last 15 years, has hosted one of the most popular video game podcasts on the market, Rebel Fm.
#185 - Civil War Review
On today's show, one of the biggest movies of the year, Alex Garland's Civil War, has been released, we have seen it and it will be discussed later. But, before that, we will get into some movies and tv news, most notably all the news that is fit to print out of CinemaCon, and some of what we’ve been watching including; X-Men ‘97, Ripley, Legion, Sugar, and Shogun. We’ll also finish up with our Letterboxd assignments.
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#184 - 3 Body Problem, Godzilla🐲 X Kong🦍: The New Empire, Top 5 Movie-Going Experiences
M. Emmett Walsh Dead At 88
All The Trailers; Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien: Romulus, House Of The Dragon, The Acolyte, Evil Does Not Exist (New Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
What Derick's Been Watching: What’s So Great About Gaming, The Matrix
Top 5 Movie-Going Experiences
- Letterboxd For April 1st: Damian - Goodbye Dragon Inn, Derick - Speilburg Documentary
- Next Letterboxd Assignment: Damian - The Help, Derick - How to talk to girls at parties
Next Show: Monkey Man, The First Omen, Civil War, Sasquatch Sunset, Fallout Series
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#183 - Shōgun/Drive Away Dolls/Loves Lies Bleeding
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RIP Akira Toriyama
The Batman 2 Delayed To 2026
Next PTA Movie Arriving in August 2025
The Bear Will Film Season 3 and 4 Back To Back
Ari Aster’s New Film Eddington Announced
Venom 3 Gets A Subtitle And A Release Date
What Damian’s Been Watching: How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver, The Lost Weekend (Best Picture Marathon) Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy, Shōgun, Waterworld
What Dericks Been Watching: Love Lies Bleeding, Drive Away Dolls, Dune (1984), Jodorowsky’s Dune
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Fail Safe, Derick - Chungking Express (music drop)
Letterboxd For April 1st: Damian - Goodbye Dragon Inn, Speilburg
Next Show: 3 Body Problem on Netflix, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Frida doc from director Carla Gutierrez (editor on RBG doc) (Amazon Prime Release), Road House (Amazon Prime Release), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Late Night with the Devil, Immaculate, Problemista
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The 2024 Oscars Reaction Show!
Damian and Derick breakdown all the good, the bad, and the awkward moments from the 96th Academy Awards.
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#182 - Dune: Part Two Review
On today’s show, Dune Part 2 is here!!! And it has been seen by us in IMAX. Paul Atreides Muad'Dib himself, Chani, Lady Jessica, and Gurney Halleck are all here. But first, we’ll be going over movie and TV show news, and what we’ve been watching including True Detective: Night Country, The Taste Of Things, Shōgun, and finish up with our Letterboxd assignments.
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Sam Mendes Fab Four Movies
Mickey 17 delayed until January 31, 2025
I Saw The TV Glow Trailer
Bill Skarsgard is Machine Gun Kelly as the new Crow
Paramount + Peacock In Talks To Possibly Merge
SAG 2024 Award Winners (Oppenheimer has won Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics Choice, SAG, DGA, and PGA. Only the 11th time a movie has won the SAG, DGA, and PGA together.) Take in the sheets.
Oscar Predictions🏆Best Picture Power Rankings; Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Who Should Have Been Nominated. March 10th Oscar Night IndieWire Article
What Damian’s Been Watching (Go back and forth); The Taste of Things, The Great Ziegfeld, The Life of Emile Zola, The Teachers Lounge Best Picture Marathon Update, Live Action And Animated Academy Nominated Shorts, I’ve seen most of the above the line nominated movies, Rustin and El Conde left.
What Derick’s Been Watching; The Taste of Things, Shōgun, The Great, Madame Web
Review Of The Week(Spoilers All); ᑐ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ!!! 🏜️
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#181 - Lisa Frankenstein/Madame Web/Out of Darkness
What Damian's Been Watching: (Go back and forth) True Detective: Night Country ep5 (one more ep, airing the night before), The Kingdoms Of Dreams And Madness, Best Picture Marathon Update, Lisa Frankenstein, Madame Web, Perfect Days
What Derick’s Been Watching: Lisa Frankenstien, Out of Darkness, Orion and the Dark, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Full Circle, American Fiction
Next Time: 🏜️Dune 2, I’ve got my IMAX tickets already, BABY!! Kwisatz Haderach Baby!! Shai-Hulud BABY!! Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha, BABY!! okay nerd
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#180 - All Of Us Strangers/American Fiction/The Zone Of Interest
On today’s show, as of today we are one month out from the 94th Acadamy Awards, therefor Derick and I caught up with some of the nominated films left to be seen; Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest, Andrew Haugh’s All Of Us Strangers, and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction.
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2024 Oscars Nominations Reaction Show!!!
#179 - Humanist Vampire.../The Snowman/Top 10 Most Anticipated 2024 Films
On today’s show, new year new me, Bebe! Derick and I have said goodbye to 2023 and that means we're looking ahead to our Top Ten Most Anticipated Films Of 2024. But, before that, we’ll be getting into a whole bunch of What We’ve Been Watching, including; The Curse, The Beekeeper, The Green Mile, and much much, much much more…
Oscar Predictions (Announced On Tuesday, Jan 23rd) Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Pic, Best Director)
What Damian's Been Watching: (Go back and forth) The Curse, The Green Mile, The Creator, Mother!, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Priscilla, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Devil Wears Prada, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Equalizer, Society of the Snow
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Beekeeper, Tremors, Maestro, For All Mankind S4, I.S.S. Slamdance Festival Shorts, The Snowman
Top 10 Films Of 2023
Then comes the actual recording of the show, which can have snaffu's and tech difficulty, but that's usually that's the easiest part. Then there's the post-production, which is a massive pain in the ass.
This isn't a 'woe-is-me' statement, it's more to say that this project is and always has been a labor of much love, I very much look forward to doing it every year, and I hope y'all have as much fun listening to it.
And, of course, much praise and gratitude must be given to my intrepid co-host Derick McDuff. He's an incredible friend, co-worker, and a thoughtful film aficionado, film buff... anything to not say the c-word.
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Also, I have to give a warm shoutout to former co-hosts Andy and Dion, who graciously recorded a clip describing their picks for best film of the year. And my Mom, Diane, as well for leaving a voicemail explaining her pick for film of the year.
Overall, 2023 was one of my favorite years watching, discussing, and thinking about films, and I can't wait to see what 2024 brings.
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Underrated Spider-Man 3 Discussion
I was lucky enough to be asked to guess on Derick McDuff's podcast Underrated, where he and discuss the much-maligned 2007 Sam Rami film Spider-Man 3. Has it gotten better with age? Check out this episode and find out!
#178 - Eileen/Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom/Top 5 Best Christmas Movies
RIP Andrea Braugher and Ryan O’Neal
What Damian’s Been Watching: The Curse, A Murder At The End Of The World, Poor Things, Maestro, The Boy And The Heron
What Dericks Been Watching: Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom, Merry Little Batman, Eileen
Top Five Best Christmas Movies
Anything left that you’re most excited to see?
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Green Mile, Derick - Mad God
Letterboxd Assignments (Next Week): Damian - Evil Dead (2013), Derick - Sabrina (1954)
#177 - Godzilla Minus 1/Blue Eye Samurai/May December
Norman Lear Passes Away At 101, RIP Shane MacGowan, Glen Hansard from Once sang Fairytale Of New York at the funeral.
2023 Gotham Awards Results / 2022 Gotham Award Rewards / AFI Top Movies Of 2023
What Damian's Been Watching: Blue Eye Samurai, May December, Godzilla Minus One, Saltburn, Suzume, Fair Play, Nyad, Peter Pan And Wendy, The Curse, A Murder At The End Of The World
What Derick’s Been Watching: Godzilla Minus One, The Boy and the Heron, Napoleon, Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, Faraway Downs, Saltburn, Pricilla, Wish, Thanksgiving, The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Sator, Derick - The Red Shoes
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#176 - The Killer/The Holdovers/The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
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Inside Hollywood’s Divide Over Israel
Andrew Kevin Walker on Script Apart hosted by Al Horner, review read on Fighting In The War Room. Favorite interview podcasts? Best interviewer? Kevin McCarthy (talked to Hannah Waddingham she said he asked the best question he ever heard), Perri Nemiroff (Senior Producer at Collider), Josh Horowitz (Happy, Sad, Confused)
What Damian's Been Watching: A Murder At The End Of World, The Curse, Nimona (loved the scene in the car Ambrosius Goldenloin imagines himself losing it), The Holdovers, The Killer, Extraction, Extraction 2, Tetris
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Ballad Of Song Birds And Snakes (how does it compare to Fantastic Beasts?) The Holdovers, The Killer, Fingernails, Theater Camp, Journey to EPCOT Center
Top Ten List Going Dark So We Can Guess Our Respective Top Ten
Letterboxd Stats
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - The Cursed, Derick - Once Upon A Time In America
Letterboxd Assignments Next Time: Damian - Sator, Derick - The Red Shoes
#175 - Top 5 2023 Movies To Catch Up On/Loki S2/The Marvels
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Strike over? Sag-Aftra Twitter Thread
New podcast: Fighting In The War Room
What Damian’s Been Watching: Loki Season Finale, The Marvels, Marie Antoinette, Elemental🔥💦, The Killer (12th feature, worst film bros?), Anatomy Of A Fall (2023 Palme d'Or Winner)
What Derick’s Been Watching: Loki Season Finale, The Marvels, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Boston Strangler, Anatomy Of A Fall
Anatomy Of A Fall mini-deep dive (shallow dive?)
Top 5 2023 Movies The Other Person Should See Before The End Of The Year
Letterboxd Assignments: Derick - The Cat Returns Damian - The Devil's Backbone
Next Letterboxd Assignments: The Cursed, Once upon a time in America
Next Episode: Priscilla (Limited Release, Sophia Coppola based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley), The Holdovers (Alexander Payne w/ Paul Giamatti), Nyad (A biopic on marathon swimmer Diana Nyad starring Annette Benning)
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#174 - Killers Of The Flower Moon Review
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What Damian's Been Watching: (Go back and forth) The Fall Of The House Of Usher, Loki Ep 4, Lessons In Chemistry Ep 3 & 4, Hooptober is almost complete, When Evil Lurks, Killers Of The Flower Moon
What Dericks Been Watching: Dark Harvest, Cobweb, M3GAN
Where Derick’s Been Going: Knott’s Scary Farm 50th
Spoiler Filled Killers Of The Flower Moon Review
Letterboxd Assignments: Derick - The Jewel Thief. Damian - The Yard
Next Show: Priscilla (Limited Release, Sophia Coppola based on the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley), The Holdovers (Alexander Payne w/ Paul Giamatti), Nyad (A biopic on marathon swimmer Diana Nyad starring Annette Benning)
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#173 - The Fall Of The House Of Usher/Totally Killer/Top 5 Most Influential Horror Movies
RIP SUZANNE SOMERS, Piper Laurie, Terrance Davies
There's too much shit to watch!
What Damian’s Been Watching: (Go back and fourth) Dumb Money, Telemarketers, The Pope's Exorcist, V/H/S 85’, The Phantom Carriage, Dracula 3000, Loki Ep 1 & 2, Lessons In Chemistry, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, (LB Assignment) Fire In The Sky
What Damian's Been Reading: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
What Derick's Been Watching: Totally Killer, Poltergeist, No One Will Save You, The Royal Hotel, Loki Ep 1 & 2, Hubie Halloween
Top 5 Most Influential Horror Movie
Letterboxd Assignments: Derick - Sympathy For Lady Vengeance 🇰🇷. Damian - Fire In The Sky 🔥
Next Show: Killers Of The Flower Moon, Five Nights At Freddy, Fall Of The House Of Usher, Lessons In Chemistry.
#172 - No One Will Save You/Saw X/Top 5 Martin Scorsese Movies
What Damian’s Been Watching: The Hunger Games, Difference Between Book And Movie, Katniss is the dystopian Battle Royal version of Charlie Ross from Little Drummer Girl. Saw X, Bottoms, No One Will Save You, Talk To Me, The Wonder Story Of Henry Sugar
What Damian's Been Reading (Listening To): The Hunger Games Trilogy
What Dericks Been Watching: First Viewing Of Blair Witch Project (familiar sound from Tar?), Deadstream, Bee Movie, Time After Time, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Top 5 Martin Scorsese Movies
Letterboxd Game: Derick-The English Patient. Damian-Sound Of Music
New Letterboxd Assigments For October 16: Derrick- Sympathy For Lady Vengence, Damian- Fire In The Sky
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#171 - Theater Camp/The Flash/The Haunting In Venice
The Decomposistion Of Rotten Tomatoes
Summer Movie Wager Results
How often do you think about the Roman Empire?
Film Comment Podcast TIFF Coverage List Of Movies Shown
What Damian’s Been Watching: (Go back and forth) Reservation Dogs, Master Gardner, Sisu, The Flash (notes), Theater Camp, Rotting In The Sun (Like a self-aware Gasper Noe, for the gays), Volver
What Damian’s Been Listening To: Blowback (we are the baddies)podcast), Lessons In Chemisty (audiobook, the show will be out October 13, 2023)
What Derick’s Been Watching: A Haunting in Venice, Oppenheimer (in IMAX 70mm), Justified: City Primeval, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Hypnotic, The Flash
#170 - Grand Turismo/Top 5 Everything Of 2023 Pt2
What Damian's Been Watching (Go back and fourth): Dark, Reservation Dogs, D&D: Honor Among Thieves, Beau Is Afraid (Synodose, ny, How To With John Wilson, High Tension, some of The History Of Seattle Mariners What Damian’s Been Listening To: Blowback (Podcast) What Damian’s Been Reading: Foe by Ian Reid (2018) 8/10, Seed by Ania Ahlborn (2012) 6/10, Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison (2021) 7/10 **Extreme Gore**, Lapvona and Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (author of My Year Of Rest And Relaxation), Frankenstein What Derick’s Been Watching: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Gran Turismo, Talk to Me, Last Voyage of the Demeter, John Wick 4 What Andy’s Been Watching/Reading/Playing/Doing: watching: lasso, beef, sweettooth; easy watching in the evenings mostly. Reading:sleeping giants lessons in chemistry, the nix, station eleven. Playing: STS lol What Dion’s Been Watching/Reading/Playing/Doing: I ain’t watch shiiiiitttt… sike, watched some Twisted Metal, Sex in the City, IASIP. Mostly played games tho. Atomic Heart, Armored Core 6, Baulder’s Gate 3. Bill Simmons has recently gotten back from hiatus. Fantasy football podcasts. In 3 leagues, whelp. Been training on boss shit tho so wouldn’t have normal podc listening time anyway. 🙏🙏 Hoop-Tober X My List Summer Movie Wager Top 5 Of 2023 (So Far) (Last Top 5 was done at the end of May) Most Anticipated Fall And Winter 2023 Movies And TV Shows Check Out Derick's Other Podcast Here Check Out Derick's Other Social Media Here Check Out Damian's Other Social Media Here
#169 - BarbenHiemer: Review - Pt2
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- What Damian's Been Watching: Twin Peaks: The Return, I Think You Should Leave (Like an autistic Amelia Bedelia, Beef, Dark
- Comic-Con Stories
- Movie Going Experience For Barbie and Oppenheimer
- What Derick's Been Watching: Haunted Mansion, Beef, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, The Bear, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1, Elemental, The History of the Minnesota Vikings (Episode 1), Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson score)
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#168 - BarbieHeimer Is Here!
On today's show, years in the making, months of anticipation have all led up to this; BarbieHeimer. has. arrived! But before that we’ll be getting into a little bit of what we've been watching including The Bear Season 2, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning; Part 1, Barbie, and Oppenheimer.
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#167 - Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny Review
On this episode...
Damian and Derick discuss what they've been watching including; Past Lives, Barry, The Bear, Twin Peaks, and of course Indy 5.
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The Bear And Barry Review
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#166 - Asteroid City/Past Lives/Top 5 Characters That Formed US
On this episode...
Damian and Derick go over literary icons who passed away recently, before getting into what they've been watching:
What Dericks Been Watching: Extraction 2, Flamin’ Hot, Secret Invasion, Asteroid City, Redfield, Black Mirror
What Damian's Been Watching: “Black Mirror S6”, “Avatar 1+ Avatar 2”, Industry, The Bear S2, Secret Invasion, Asteroid City, Past lives, Broker, After Life
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#165 - SpiderMan: Across The Spider-Verse Review
On this episode...
Damian and Derick get into the Apple Vision Pro news, get updates on all the various Hollywood union strikes DGA Tentative Agreement, Netflix Password Sharing Update, then get into what they've each been watching, including; BlackBerry, You Hurt My Feelings, Rye Lane, Ted Lasso Finale, and the Barry Finale. Also, Damian talks about a book he read (listened to) called The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle. Check Out Dericks Podcast Underrated Here
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*Bonus* Succession Finale Special
On this episode, Damian and Dion breakdown the finale of one of the most prestigious, critically acclaimed tv shows of the last 20 years.
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#164 - Top 5 Movies Of 2023 (So Far)
On this episode...
Damian and Derick go over the latest movie and tv news; Netflix charging for password sharing, HBOMax is Max (plus David Zaslav get booed). They check in with the Summer Movie Wager, check in on what's playing at the Cannes Film Festival, before getting what they've watching.
What Damian's Been Watching: Succession, Yellowjackets, Are You There God, It's Me Margret, and Kelly Reichardt's newest feature Showing Up.
What Damian's Been Reading (Listening To): Killers Of The Flower Moon
What Dericks Been Watching: Mrs. Davis Finale, The Little Mermaid, Prehistoric Planet 2
What Dericks Been Playing: Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
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*Bonus* Succession - S4E9 'Church And State' Recap
On this episode... Damian and Dion break down the masterclass performances, from Roman's breakdown to Kendalls pro-capitalism speech, to Shiv and Tom's extraordinary mending of fences. Near the end they get into who will be on top, the fate of Waystar Royco, and could there be a time jump. Also, will anyone think of Mondale??
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#163 - Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Review/Top GotG Moments
On this episode... Damian, Derick and Dion discuss the ongoing WGA writers strike, the Dune 2 Trailer, the NBA Finals before getting into what they've been watching. What Damian's Been Watching: How To Blow Up A Pipeline, Yellowjackets Ep 6, Succession Ep 7 What Dions Been Watching: Ted Lasso, Barry, NBA Playoffs, mando, Shrinking What Dericks Been Watching: GotG 3, Star Wars: Visions, Sisu, AYTG?IMM, NBA playoffs Check Out Dericks Podcast 'Underrated' Here
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#162 - Evil Dead Rise/Mandalorian Finale/Jury Duty Reviews
On this episode Damian and Derek go over some movie and tv news including
Jonathan Majors Allegations
The Exorcist: Believer Trailer Shown At CinemaCon
New Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie In The Works
New Black Mirror In June
Waypoint Shut Down
Then they get into a little bit of what they've been watching including...
What Damian's Been Watching: Evil Dead Rise (Theater shenanigans), Yellowjackets
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Mandalorian, Peter Pan and Wendy, Jury Duty, Ghosted, The Covenant, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always
What Derick’s finally finished reading: The Lord of the Rings
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#161 - Succession S4E3/Air/Super Mario Bros Reviews
On this episode Damian and Derick go over some movie news, run down the Hollywood Reporter's article 50 Best Movies Of The 21st Century So Far, then Damian and Dion chat about what is being hailed as the best episode of Tv of all time, Connors Wedding. After that they go over new release movies Super Mario Bros Movie, Air, and Renfield.
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#160 - John Wick 4/Succession/Yellow Jackets Reviews
On this episode...
What Damian's Been Reading (Listening To): The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy, Earthlings. Hyper modern, British female Bret Easton Ellis/Trainspotting riffs; Boy Parts “In the land of the autistic, the man who can maintain eye contact is King”, Winterset Hollow (like a fucked up Aesop's Fables)
What Derick’s Been Reading (Actually Reading): Still just Lord of the Rings
What Damian’s Been Watching: John Wick 4 (what position in most anticipated?), Ted Lasso ep 2 + 3, Succession Season 4 Premiere, Mandolorian ep 4, Yellowjackets season 2 premiere and ep 2.
What Derick’s Been Watching: 65, Babylon, Ted Lasso ep. 2 + 3, Mandalorian ep. 4 + 5
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian: My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To. Derick: Meet Me In St Louis
Next week's assignment: Damian - The Help. Derick - Loving
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#159 - 2023 Oscar Results/TLOU Finale/Poker Face Finale/Ted Lasso Premiere Reviews
18.7 million watched the show, up 12% from last year. What was the highest viewership the Oscars ever had?
EEAAO was the first movie to win 5 above the title Oscar; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Script, and Best Editing. It’s the third movie in history to have won three acting awards but the only one to have also picked up Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, “A Streetcar Named Desire” (it lost best pic to An American In Paris) and “Network” (which lost Best Pic to Rocky)
Should Oscars come first in Awards season?
Biggest surprise?
What actors have appeared in 3 Best Picture nominees in one year?
Weird moments; Kimmell being like ‘Speilburg, your mom was whore, huh?’ ‘You smoked a lot of hashish when you made ET.” “Seth Rogan and Steven Speilburg are the Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.”
A24 won 9 awards; 7 for EEAAO and 2 for The Whale, Best Makeup And Hairstyling, and Best Actor. How does the A24-ifcation of Hollywood compare to other sea changes in decades past? New Hollywood, 90’s indie craze.
What Damian's Been Watching: Poker Face, TLOU Finale, Mandolorian episode 3, Ted Lasso S3 Premiere, Close, Holy Spider
What Damian’s Been Reading: Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman. Frank Capra was much less progressive than his movies would make him seem, he was against unionizing and was for the blacklist. Gregory Peck, however, was extremely progressive, being one of the very few big-name actors to be publicly and unabashedly against the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. The 1989 Oscar fiasco was fascinating, never heard of Allan Carr before.
What Derick’s Been Watching: Poker Face, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Ted Lasso, Skinamarink, Shazam: Fury of the Gods
What Dion’s Been Watching: Last Of Us, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, BCS rewatch, Rick and Morty.
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian- My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To
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#158 - Oscar Predictions/Women Talking/The Whale/Creed 3 Reviews
1. BAFTA Award Winners All Quiet on the Western Front set a new record for the most BAFTA wins for a non-English language film with 7, DGA Winners, PGA Winners, SAG Award Winners (Stranger Things winning Best Ensemble over Andor is prosperous, great double spooky girls moment with Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza), ISA Award Winners, Oral History Of The 2017 Best Picture Fiasco
2. What Damian's Been Watching: Infinity Pool, Women Talking, The Whale, The Quiet Girl, To Leslie (pairs well with Aftersun and Petite Maman), Stars At Noon (like if Sophia Coppola made an erotic thriller), My Years Of Dicks, Creed 3, Mando Ep 1
3. What Derick's Been Watching: Cocaine Bear, Mythic Quest Season 3, The Mandalorian Ep. 1, Poker Face Episode 8 and 9
4. 2023 Oscars Who Will Win, Who Should Win, Major Snubs
5. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Stars At Noon Derick - Wings (1927)
6. Read Damian's Blog at Medium.com
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8. Check out Derick's podcast Underrated and check out his socials here.
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#157 - Antman And The Wasp: Quantumania/Top 5 Antman MCU Moments
On this week's episode; Damian and Derick talk about Terrible Tik-Tok Trends, Super Bowl Trailers: Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, The Flash, Indiana Jones 5, Fast X, Air, and then get into:
What Damian’s Been Watching: The Last Of Us, Magic Mike XXL
What Derick’s Been Watching: Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Triangle of Sadness
What Damian’s Been Playing: Plan B Terraforming, Factorio
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#156 - M3gan/Knock At The Cabin/Women Talking Reviewed
James Gunn And Peter Safran Unveil Their Grand DC Plan
Netflix Cracking Down On Account Sharing UPDATE!
Why Some Have Found The Latest Episode Of TLOU Too Saccharine
What Damian’s Been Watching: One Punch Man, AoT, M3gan, Knock At The Cabin (Take Shelter is a much better ‘is the apocalypse actually happening’ movie), Babylon, Skidamarink (My House Walk Through, The Wolf House, PT Gameplay, liminal spaces)
What Derick’s Been Watching: Women Talking, Plane, National Treasure: Edge of History, Killing Eve, Knock at the Cabin, Poker Face
What Damian’s Been Reading: Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer.
Most Anticipated Prestigious Projects Of 2023
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Three Colors: Blue / Derick - Erin Brockovich
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The 2023 Oscar Nominations Reaction Show
Most nominations:
- Everything Everywhere All At Once - 11
- Banshees Of Inisherin - 9
- All Quiet On The Western Front - 9
- Elvis - 8 Top Gun Maverick - 6
- Black Panther 2 - 5
- Avatar 2 - 4
- EEAAO can only tie Titanic, Ben-Hur, and LOTR: ROK for the most Oscars ever. Titanic had 14 noms and won 11.
- Snubs:
- Nope completely shut out
- No Best Director/Cinematography for Top Gun Maverick.
- No noms for Viola Davis or Lashana Lynch for The Woman King.
- No nom for T Swizzle for ‘Carolina’ for Where The Crawdaddys Sing.
- No female directors were nominated for Best Director: Sarah Polly for Women Talking, Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Woman King, Charlotte Wells for Aftersun, and others.
- Daniel Kwan is the only director of color.
- No nom for James Cameron for Avatar or Baz Lurman for Elvis.
- Daniel Deadwyler for Till
- Filipino actress Dolly de Leon for Triangle of Sadness
- No Triangle Of Sadness, RRR, Decision To Leave in International Feature
- No Brad Pitt nom for Babylon
- No nom for Paul Dano for The Fablemans
- S.S. Rajamouli and RRR only nominated for Best Song ‘Naatu Naatu’
- Surprises:
- Women Talking for Best Picture
- Andrea Risebourogh’s ‘grassroots’ campaign got her in the fifth Best Actress slot for To Leslie
- Bryan Tyree Henry for Causeway
- Paul Mescal for Aftersun
- Rüben Ostlund nominated for Triangle Of Sadness
- Best Short Film My Year Of Dicks
- Plenty of Irish representation: 14 noms between Banshees Of Inisherin, Paul Mescal, The Quiet Girl.
- The Best Picture winner has not been the ‘best’ movie more often than not. Parasite, No Country For Men, Rocky, Silence Of The Lambs, and Gladiator are the few exceptions where the ‘best’ movie actually won.
- List of movies that ‘should have’ won: Movies That Should Have Won Best Picture
- All Categories Will Be Broadcast
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#155 - The Last Of Us/10 Most Anticipated Nerd Movies/The Pale Blue Eye Reviews
What Damian's Been Watching: The Last Of Us, Chernobyl, The Wonder, Matilda The Musical, Fire Of Love, All Quiet On The Western Front, Kicking And Screaming
What Derick’s Been Watching: The Pale Blue Eye, Decision to Leave, Hustle, Thirteen Lives, All Quiet on the Western Front, Weird, Elvis, Wendell &Wild, Avatar: The Way of Water
What Damian’s Been Reading: The House In The Pines, rereading The Three-Body Problem
Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - In The Name Of The Father. Derick - Sex, Lies, And Videotape
Next Time Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Judgement At Nuremberg. Derick - Sex, Lies, And Videotape
Best Everything Of 2022
Damian's Top 10 (And More) Movie List
Drinking Game: Take a drink when Andy says, “I’ve never even heard of that, or I’m/we’re so old.”
Video Games: God Of War: Ragnarok, Tales Of Arise (Q4 2021), Escape From Tarkov, Cult Of The Lamb, Vampire Survivors, Guardians of the Galaxy (Q4 2021), Brotato, Persona 5 (2019), Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Triangle Strategy, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, a smattering of Octopath Traveler (2019), Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Elden Ring
Podcasts: A More Civilized Age, RingerVerse- The Midnight Boys (pew pew!), Filmspotting, Last Podcast On The Left, The Press Box, The Big Picture, Ringer Podcasts
Books: Damian read (listened to) 77 books this year. The Stormlight Archive, GoodReads.com And Damian's Book Of The Year Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow by Gabriel Zevin. Honorable Mentions: Babel by R.F. Kuang, Recursion and Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
TV Shows: Apple TV+ Shows Pachinko, Slow Horses, Severance, For All Mankind. Russian Doll, Peacemaker, The Dropout, Love Death and Robots, Stranger Things S4, Winning Time, Obi-Wan, The Boys S3, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, White Lotus, the Crown, Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb, Wednesday, Better Call Saul, The Rehearsal, The Sandman, What We Do in the Shadows, 2022 Winter Olympics, House Of The Dragon, Rings Of Power, The Bear, Andor.
Movies: Kimi, Petite Maman, Turning Red, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, del Toro’s Pinocchio, Bullet Train, The Fallout, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Dr. Strange 2, Apollo 10 ½, The Northman, The Batman, RRR, Top Gun Maverick, Ambulance, Prey, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Nope, X, Pearl, Crimes Of The Future, Barbarian, The Menu, Triangle Of Sadness, The Fablemans, Glass Onion, Tàr, Aftersun, Banshee’s Of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once.
#153 - The 2022 Sight and Sound Poll/She Said/The Fabelmans/Aftersun Reviews
1. The 2022 Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll Results
3. NYT Interactive Sight And Sight Article
4. What Damian’s Been Watching: She Said, The Fabelmans (James Lipton question), Aftersun, Jeanne Dielman, Amelie
5. What Derick’s Been Watching: The Menu, The Fabelmans, Disenchanted, My Policeman, Cobra Kai Season 5, Bullet Train
6. Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Amelie. Derick - Chicago
7. Next Time's Letterboxd Assignments: Damian - Eyes Of Laura Mars, Derick - Adaptation
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#152 - Andor/Decision To Leave/Bones And All/Devotion Reviews
What Damian's Been Watching: Andor, Decision To Leave, Bones And All, Million Dollar Baby, Devotion.
What Derick’s Been Watching; Glass Onion, Blue’s Big City Adventure, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Star Wars stuff (Andor, Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies, Tales of the Jedi) Devotion, How to With John Wilson, Devs
We also get into what might be in store for the BFI Sight And Sound Top 100 Movies Of All Time list, and what be on it what might be coming off it.
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#151 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever/Tar/Banshees Of Inisherin Reviews
- What Damian’s Been Watching: Andor, Tàr, Banshees Of Inisherin, See How They Run, Armageddon Time, The Lost City Of Z, The Immigrant, Causeway, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Letterboxd Assignment: Hacksaw Ridge
- What Derick’s Been Watching: Black Panther: Wakonda Forever, Banshees Of Inisherin, TAR, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, Andor, See How They Run, The People You’re Paying to Be in Shorts, Andor Letterboxd Assignment: Lord of War
Damian's Letterboxd: B_For_Benedetta
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#150 Pt.2 - Andor/Halloween Ends/Ticket To Paradise Reviews
On today's show, we will be discussing what we've been watching including Andor, House Of The Dragon finale, and what we've been playing including Escape From Tarkov.
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- James Gunn And Peter Safran To Lead DCEU Division
- What Damian’s Been Watching: Andor, House Of The Dragon, Snake Eyes, Adventureland, Lost Highway, Letterboxd Movie: The Red House
- What Derick’s Been Watching: Halloween Ends, Ticket to Paradise, Amsterdam, 101 Scariest Movie Moments of all Time
- What Damian’s Been Reading: The Way Of Kings, Words Of Radiance, Oathbringer
- What Damian’s Been Playing: Escape From Tarvok
- Where Derick’s Ben Going: Knott’s Scary Farm
Letterboxd Shuffle: Damian - The Red House, Derick - Jason And The Argonauts. Next Week’s Picks: Damian - Hacksaw Ridge, Derick- Lord Of War
#150 Pt.1 - Top Five Favorite Death Scenes In Movies
On today's show, we will be discussing what we've been watching, including X, Smile, House Of The Dragon and later we’ll count down our top five favorite death scenes in movies and much much more…
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- What Andy's Been Watching 📺 🎬: X, Smile, Portlandia, Dahmer, Handmaid's Tale, The Patient, Love is Blind. Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Questions to prep for: Hey, how's it going? What did you think of X, Smile, The Way Of Kings, etc….
- What Andy, Dion, And Damian Have Been Reading 📖: The Way Of Kings, The Words Of Radiance, Oathbringer
- What Dion's Been Watching 📺: Rings Of Power?, House Of The Dragon, SheHulk
- What Andy's Been Playing 🎮: Slay The Spire, Fire Emblem
- What Dion’s Been Playing 🎮: Steam Deck, Cyberpunk 2077, Eiyuden Chronicles, Tales Of Arise maybe, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- What Damian’s Been Playing 🎮: Slay The Spire, Escape From Tarkov, Gachi Games
- What Damian’s Been Watching 📺 🎥: SheHulk, Andor, Werewolf By Night, House Of The Dragon, Smile, X, Snake Eyes, Adventureland
- What Damian’s Been Listening To 🎶: T Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen, Arctic Monkeys, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Daucus, Sharon Van Etten, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, The Mountain Goats ,
- What Dion’sBeen Listening To 🎶: Taylor Swift's Midnight (10th studio album), Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time, Slipknot
- What Andy's been listening to 🎶: Nekrogoblikon, Ghost, Slipknot, Gogol Bordello, Bluegrass
#149 - She-Hulk Finale/Rings of Power/Smile/Hellraiser Reviews
- MCU Phase 5 And 6 Face Delays
- What Damian’s Been Watching: Universal Monster Movies, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Mother, Smile, Hellraiser (2022), Not Okay
- What Derick’s Been Watching: Hocus Pocus 2, Blonde, Werewolf by Night, She-Hulk, Rings of Power, Kevin Can Fuck Himself, Annihilation
- Letterboxd Shuffle Last Weeks Picks: Derick- Panic Room, Damian- Capernaum. This Weeks Picks: Damian- The Red House, Derick- Jason And The Argonauts
Post-TIFF Roundup W/ Cinemateq
With TIFF now over, me and Cinemateq breakdown the best and most underrated films that came of the festival.