Midnight Special

This week we talk about a movie that dropped through the cracks for both of us when it came to theaters this spring.  We had it on our list of most anticipated movies of the year and we finally watched it.  Jeff Nichols (writer/director of Mud and Take Shelter) gives us his take on sci-fi, with a child with powers that both the government and a small religious group are extremely interested in, and a father that is trying to save him from both of them.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Star Trek Beyond

This week we boldly go to the theater and take in the third installment in the new Star Trek universe.  The new director Justin Lin and the new writing team of Simon Pegg and Doug Jung try to make this franchise extensible while still making it fun.  Also, Paul has an exciting acting announcement!  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Ghostbusters

This week we look at the remake/reimagining/retool of the Ghostbusters franchise.  We talk about the new all-female cast (Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon, Jones) and the movie's similarities and differences from the originals.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

The Neon Demon

Nicholas Winding Refn's new film is the subject of our discussion this week.  We start with the theme music by Cliff Martinez, which should give you an idea of what is in store.  We talk about Refn's take on the teen horror genre, set in the LA modeling world.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebookpage:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

High-Rise and Kill List

This week we talk about two films from the up-and-coming British director Ben Wheatley.  This director has only made a few films, but they are haunting and masterful.  We talk about one of his earlier horror thriller movies, Kill List and then dig into his newly released 70's dystopian film High-Rise starring Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and more.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebookpage:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Captain America: Civil War

This week we talk about the first big blockbuster movie of Summer and Paul makes a persuasive case as to why this is more of a Captain America movie as opposed to an "Avengers 2.5".  We also talk about the new additions to this movie and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Black Panther and Spiderman).  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebookpage:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Green Room

This week we talk about Jeremy Saulnier's new film.  We had a lengthy discussion about his last movie, Blue Ruin and this movie doesn't disappoint.  We talk about how this filmmaker can create tension and show violence in a disturbing way.  We also talk about the new list of 80 best directed movies according to the Director's Guild of America.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebookpage:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo

This week (and next week) we dig deep into the similarities and differences between the Swedish and American adaptations of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  We talk about what we like about each and Paul offers up an interesting new way to watch these films together.  Make sure to listen next week to hear the end of our discussion of this rare situation of two films based on the same material made only 2 years apart.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

The Danish Girl and New Trailers

We talk about another recent Oscar-winning movie (Alicia Vikander as Best Supporting Actress) that Josh finally saw and whether or not it deserved the Oscar (hint: probably).  We also spend some time in the beginning of the podcast talking about bold new trailers from Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) and Nicholas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon).  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Creed and Upcoming Movies

This week we continue to catch up on Oscar nominated movies from 2015.  We talk about co-writer and director Ryan Coogler's entry into the Rocky universe and why it isn't just another sequel.  We also talk about our anticipated movies of 2016.  We go over the newly released trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and talk about big blockbusters coming up along with some smaller can't-miss independent movies.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Legend

This week we talk about our greatly anticipated double performance by Tom Hardy playing a real life pair of twin gangsters from the east end of London who are hell-bent on controlling their part of the city.  Emily Browning and David Thewlis costar in this script from the Oscar-winning writer of L.A. Confidential.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

Amy and Carol

This week we look at a documentary and a narrative film.  Both nominated for Academy Awards.  They each share a story of women and their relationships to society.  Amy is about troubled British singer Amy Winehouse and Carol is about two women who are drawn together in an unforgiving early 1950's society.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.