Podcast
Yorgos Lanthimos is back, but now he has a couple of Academy Award winners to play with. This week we talk about this royal period piece, power dynamic, love triangle comedy that will hopefully get some Oscar love. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Joel Edgerton writes, acts, produces, directs and has a role in this film about an 18 year old sent to a Christian gay "conversion therapy" camp. Lucas Hedges plays the titular "boy" with conservative Christian parents Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. We talk about the rough road this character has and try to talk out why these religious parents might put their child in this situation. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we find out what the Coen Brothers on Netflix looks like. This 6-chapter film shows many sides of the wild west, but the one that comes up the most is death. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we go back to middle school and check out Bo Burnham's take on anxiety, expectations, fitting in. Elsie Fisher's depiction of an eighth grader in present day must have similarities with all of our middle school experiences, regardless of age or whether Snapchat was around. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Jonah Hill comes at us with a strong debut writing/directing effort about family, skating and growing up (on 16mm film in 4:3 aspect ratio!). He manages to find young actors (solid skaters) who are naturalistic on screen and fit in well with the more experienced actors (Lucas Hedges and Katherine Waterston). Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
We talk about Luca Guadagnino's remake (not remake) of the 70's horror film, what he added (actual dancing) and how great Dakota Johnson is. At 2.5 hours, it may be a bit long, but we try to figure it out. Oh, and Tilda Swinton is pretty good too... Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Damien Chazelle is back with a new kind of space movie that zeroes in on a private man, dealing with family tragedy and carrying out an almost impossible task. Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy are awesome and are bolstered by a stellar supporting cast, well-integrated special effects and a bold score by Justin Hurwitz. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week, Bradley Cooper impresses both of us with his debut film. The combination of performances (Cooper, Gaga and Elliott, especially), original music and a strong directorial hand put this film at or close to the top of the list for this year. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we are excited to talk about Jeremy Saulnier's new film (written by Macon Blair). Saulnier's follow up to Green Room sees Jeffrey Wright play a wolf tracker summoned to the extreme Alaskan wilderness to investigate the disappearance of a child. We noodle through this complex and dark movie which has some great performances! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we get into Bart Layton's narrative/documentary movie that we don't necessarily agree about... Paul also recaps his most recent play experiences. Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This is it! We both each go through our top 5 favorite movies of all time (so far). Thanks for getting us to 200 episodes! Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
We made it to episode 200!!! We each count down our top 10 favorite movies of all time (so far). This first part gets us from 10 to 6. Top 5 will be coming soon! We are also debuting a new, awesome logo courtesy of friend of the show Justin Arner! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we are looking forward to the upcoming movies that interest us and we talk about whether they have a chance at Oscar glory. We also look back at the movies that we think hold Oscar-worthy performances. Our next episode is number 200!! We will each count down our top 10 favorite movies of all time and debut a new logo! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Last year we talked about Aronofsky's mother! and we thought we knew what this allegorical film meant, but weren't sure. We decided to revisit it in a year. Since then we have found out that we both totally missed the main allegory and this week we try to figure out why. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we finally catch up with John Krasinski's feature directing debut with barely any dialogue. He and his costars (including his wife Emily Blunt) keep a tense tone throughout this alien invasion/suspense movie. We also get into it's fast pace and effective editing. One of the best films of the year, so far!! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we talk about how Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has to deal with the fallout of his past decisions while trying to prevent a nuclear fallout and trying not to fall out of a helicopter. We have also deemed his on-screen running a national treasure. Rebecca Ferguson is back and they get to fight with and against a scruffy Superman. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Director Boots Riley brings you the most interesting and original movie of the year. This thing has layers! But it also has laughs, uncomfortable parts and Tessa Thompson! Go see it, and watch for the apples. There might be something there... Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
We, uh, find a way to talk about the next Jurassic World movie, which is a bit different from the previous one. J.A. Bayona puts his stamp on this franchise by making it creepy and entertaining. And Paul may actually like this one! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we watch the 20th movie in the MCU, but it still works well as a stand-alone superhero movie. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Co. get small, AND BIG while trying to figure out who they are fighting. We also talk about the first rehearsals of Paul's play and Josh watching the Jaws Movie Party at Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh on Independence Day. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we are back with our take on the creepy debut from writer/director Ari Aster. We dig into Toni Colette's praise-worthy performance and the performances of her movie kids, Alex Wolff and Milly Shapiro. Get your creepy life-like dollhouses ready! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
