Episode 94 - Best Picture Rundown 2024

Tim and Andrew’s annual rundown of Best Picture nominees. Tacking each title, discussing their favorites, and debating what will will.

American Fiction (01:43); Anatomy of a Fall (06:49); Barbie (11:25); The Holdovers (16:06); Killers of the Flower Moon (20:39); Maestro/Tim leaves Andrew hangin' (25:46); Oppenheimer (32:31); Past Lives (36:30); Poor Things (41:38); The Zone of Interest (49:44); Overall thoughts (54:03).

Click the titles for the Barbie and Oppenheimer episodes. And click HERE to read Andrew’s review for Killers of the Flower Moon

Episode 93 - Sundance 2024

Tim and Andrew head back to Sundance to check out what’s new: Exhibiting Forgiveness, In the Summers, and Little Death.

Episode 92 - 2023 End of Year Roundup of Sorts

Tim and Andrew talk about the recent movies they saw and discuss which films they are excited about this awards season. Also family viewing recommendations and tote bags.

Episode 91 - Food Flicks

Tim and Andrew debate and talk about a few food flicks. Dig in below.

Episode 90 - More (Spooky) Cinema Skeletons

Tim and Andrew are back to air out a few more cinema skeletons from their closets. They discuss Halloween vibes, folk horror, and the lies of “Science Fiction Double Feature.”

Episode 89 - Atomic Summer Part VI: Colossus: The Forbin Project & WarGames

Tim and Andrew finish out Atomic Summer with a super-computer double feature: Colossus: The Forbin Project and WarGames. They talk about petulant teenage computers, less petulant teenager hackers, how much vermouth is too much, and Cap’n Crunch whistles.

Episode 88 - Barbie

They’re a little late to the party, but Tim and Andrew had to talk about the biggest movie of the summer.

Episode 87 - Atomic Summer Part VI: Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies is the next film in our Atomic Summer series. Giving a better context on the use of the bomb and a look at how war affects everyone, especially children.

Episode 86 - Atomic Summer Part V: Oppenheimer

Tim and Andrew go deep on J. Bob’s A-Bomb flick from Nolan. Barbenheimer, Cropenheimer, hard Cs, and Josh Harnett. Listen below.

Here’s what Andrew was talking about with the whole “Cropenheimer” thing:

Episode 85 -Atomic Summer Part IV: The Iron Giant

Atomic Summer continues with Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant. What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun?

Episode 84 - Atomic Summer Part III: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Tim and Andrew head to DC to see a flying saucer in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Somehow, they find themselves talking about zippers, police states, and an Evil Dead sequel as well.

Episode 83 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Tim and Andrew go on one last ride with Dr. Henry Jones. Listen below.

Episode 82 - Asteroid City

Tim and Andrew take a trip to Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s newest comedy. It was a nice visit.

Episode 81 - Atomic Summer Part II: Them! and Matinee

Atomic Summer continues with special double feature of Them! and Matinee. A few other short atomic oddities are thrown into the programming as well. National paranoia, the balance of silly and scary, and Good Humor trucks are talked about at length. Listen below.

Programming notes:

Short: Duck and Cover (watch here)

Serial: Episode 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return (16:20 to end)

First Feature: Them!

Trailers: The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, Gojira, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Tarantula, and The Tingler. Click titles to watch the trailers!

Second Feature: Matinee

Bonus link! Tim and Andrew mentioned The Beginning of the End as a sort of “also-ran” big bug flick. Click HERE to watch the MST3K version.

Atomic Summer - Coming soon to a podcast feed near you

Tim and Andrew are going atomic for this summer’s series. Listen to the trailer above to get some clues for some of the future episodes.

Episode 80 - Atomic Summer: Dr. Strangelove

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the first selection for our new seasonal series, Atomic Summer. Tim and Andrew talk mutually assured destruction, how depressingly relevant it still is, and the Deep Impact to Strangelove’s Armageddon.

Episode 79 - Evil Dead Rise

Tim and Andrew invite their buddy Mike for a discussion on the new Evil Dead entry, Evil Dead Rise. Join us below.

Bonus Episode - Andrew's Oscar Ballot

Just before the big night, Andrew recorded a quick bonus episode about what he’d vote for this year at the Oscars.

Episode 78 – 2023 Best Picture Rundown Part II

Tim & Andrew talk absurdity, throw shade at Tom Hanks, and decide who skewered capitalism better in the second part of their 2023 Best Picture rundown.

All Quiet on the Western Front (00:42); The Banshees of Inisherin (10:36); Elvis (18:21); Tár (29:37); Triangle of Sadness (38:19); Overall thoughts (45:55).

Episode 77 - 2023 Best Picture Rundown Part I

Legacy sequels, hats on hats, and whether the term “space whale” is correct are all discussed in part one of Tim and Andrew’s rundown of Best Picture nominees.

Avatar: The Way of Water (01:22); Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (16:12); The Fabelmans (27:05); Top Gun: Maverick (31:15); and Women Talking (39:18).