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2024-03-25 | With "Godzilla x Kong" coming to theaters this weekend, we go to the archives for this 2021 conversation (inspired by "Godzilla v Kong") which has Adam and Josh pitting the two classic monster movies against each other. Learn more about your ad choices... |
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2024-03-22 |
Love Lies Bleeding, The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler #2), ‘50s Madness (Elite 8) Adam and Josh praise Rose Glass’s nasty new noir “Love Lies Bleeding” and are knocked out by 1946’s “The Best Years of Our Lives,” William Wyler’s incisive and moving Best Picture winner. Plus, the Elite 8 of ‘50s Filmspotting Madness. (Timecodes will ... |
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2024-03-15 |
Eternal Sunshine at 20, Dodsworth (Wyler #1), ‘50s Madness (Sweet 16) For its 20th anniversary, Adam and Josh take a deep dive into the intricate world of 2004’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Plus the first film in the William Wyler Marathon and the Sweet 16 round of ‘50s Filmspotting Madness. (Timecodes w... |
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2024-03-08 | There is much to discuss about Part Two of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” adaptation, including a deep dive on “worm juice” in spoiler talk. Plus, Rd. 2 matchups in ‘50s Madness. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:... |
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2024-03-01 | Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) drops by the Filmspotting Mojo Dojo Casa studio to talk Oscar picks and Round 1 of Filmspotting Madness—Best of the 1950s. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:00:00-00:04:25) O... |
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2024-02-23 | With the release of the “Dune” sequel just a week away, Adam and Josh revisit “Dune: Part One” and take care of some ‘50s blind spots ahead of Filmspotting Madness—Best of the 1950s. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.)... |
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2024-02-16 |
Top 5 Tokyo Movies, Perfect Days (w/Spoilers), How To Have Sex Wim Wenders’s Oscar-nominated “Perfect Days” inspires Adam and Josh to share their Top 5 films set in Tokyo, plus a Golden Brick nod for the coming-of-age film “How To Have Sex” and some “Perfect Days” spoiler talk. (Timecodes will not be precise with... |
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2024-02-09 | With “Rear Window” turning 70 this year, Adam and Josh give the double Sacred Cow treatment to a pair of Hitchcock masterpieces from the ‘50s. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:00:00-00:01:00) Sacred Cow: “Re... |
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2024-02-02 | Reviews of newly minted Oscar nominees “American Fiction” and “Rustin,” plus Adam’s thoughts on a couple of Sundance standouts. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:00:00-00:01:58) Review: American Fiction (00:01... |
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2024-01-26 | Dune: Part 2 v Furiosa. Linklater v Soderbergh. Adam and Josh preview the 2024 movie year via ten death-match polls. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Open (00:00:00-00:04:56) 2024 Movie Preview: Folie à Deux (00:04:57... |
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