E141 is our first episode back from a long hiatus. It is a catch-up episode for the first-half of 2019. There are about 20 movies talked about in-depth or recommended. Show Notes: 00:22 - We're Back from the Hiatus 01:49 - Plenty to Talk About 02:59 - The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 08:14 - Under the Silver Lake 20:44 - Serenity 25:33 - John Wick 3 28:36 - Us 32:10 - The Beach Bum 37:17 - Captain Marvel, Shazam!, and Endgame 45:01 - Dragged Across Concrete 51:44 - Her Smell 57:24 - Godzilla: King ...
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 31 min
E140 contains 5 favorite movies that released in 2018 from both Jonathan and Trevor as well as the two of them creating a collaborative Top 5 for 2018. Show Notes: 00:20 - History Repeats Itself 11:21 - Segment I: 5 Favorites from Jonathan 16:12 - Shoplifters 18:39 - Annihilation 24:42 - BlacKkKlansman 29:37 - Eighth Grade 31:18 - Segment II: 5 Favorites from Trevor 31:36 - The Tale 35:02 - Unsane and Hereditary 37:33 - Upgrade 44:04 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 50:37 - Segment III: Colla...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 11 min
E139 houses discussions and reviews of three new 2018 releases. "Blindspotting," "Eighth Grade," and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout." Show Notes: 00:38 - Segment I: "Blindspotting" Review 02:42 - A Lot of Ground to Cover 04:29 - Performances and Rapping 05:48 - Gentrification and Definition of Perceptions 10:17 - No Escaping a Black Male with a Felony Conviction 13:32 - Highly Recommended 16:17 - Segment II: "Eighth Grade" Review 16:43 - An Emotional Ringer 20:29 - Technology and Gratification 2...
Sep 03, 2018•57 min
E138 houses discussions and reviews of three 2018 releases. "Uncle Drew," "The First Purge," and "Sorry to Bother You." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Uncle Drew" Review 00:34 - Lil Rel Howery and Kyrie Irving 02:07 - Bad Grandpa with Basketball Stars 05:06 - Nick Kroll 06:31 - A Ham Sandwich! 07:41 - Playground Stakes 12:09 - Segment II: "The First Purge" Review 12:57 - Blaxploitation Purge 14:13 - The Value of Killing 16:10 - The Crack Kingpin Savior 17:25 - Socio-Political, Economic, and Cul...
Jul 22, 2018•46 min•Ep. 137
E137 houses discussion and review about four studio sequels released in 2018; "Incredibles 2," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," and "Ant-Man and the Wasp." Show Notes: 00:20 - Four Forgettable Sequels setup 01:00 - Segment I: "Incredibles 2" Review 02:11 - Screenslaver 03:52 - No Backbone and Low-Hanging Fruit 07:01 - Animation and Action 08:34 - Is it Helen or Mr. Mom? 12:36 - Bao 13:37 - Segment II: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Review 13:59 - Nostalgiafest 1...
Jul 18, 2018•52 min•Ep. 137
E136 houses reviews for three new 2018 movies, "The Tale," "First Reformed." and "Hereditary." Show Notes: 00:20 - Dark Subjects 01:08 - Segment I: "The Tale" Review 01:57 - Fractured Perspective 05:41 - Asking the Hard Questions 08:15 - Trail of Abuse 09:43 - Her Body 11:33 - Laura Dern 15:38 - Segment II: "First Reformed" Review 17:01 - Spectrum of Perspectives 18:31 - An Unreliable Protagonist 24:30 - Amanda Seyfried and Questionable Behavior 27:34 - Radicalized and the Upperhand 31:26 - Subv...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 4 min
E135 houses three reviews of 2018 heist movies; "Solo: A Star Wars Story," "American Animals," and "Ocean's 8." Show Notes: 00:20 - Introductions 01:35 - Segment I - "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Review 02:10 - Easy to Like, Easy to Pick Apart 03:57 - Hologram Teases 06:28 - Qi'ra 09:51 - Dryden Vot's Showroom 12:35 - Alden Enrenreich's Han Solo 15:37 - Quality Assurance Checkpoints 17:32 - Beckett, Val, and Rio Durant 21:45 - L3-37 and the Millennium Falcon 24:38 - Chewbacca and Han Shoots First 30...
Jun 15, 2018•1 hr 2 min
E134 includes reviews for two superhero releases in May; "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Deadpool 2." Show Notes: 00:20 - A Deliberate Pause 03:04 - Segment I: "Avengers: Infinity War" Review 03:09 - The MCU Mindset 07:54 - Emotional Weight 11:26 - Breadcrumbs 14:32 - Scenes Without Action 16:53 - The Russo's Action 21:18 - Thor, Cap, and Tony 25:31 - Predictions 29:11 - Mega Event 31:09 - Segment II: "Deadpool 2" Review 31:46 - Second Chances 33:20 - 9 to 5 with Pathos 38:51 - The Big Guy 42:49 -...
May 25, 2018•53 min•Ep. 134
E133 houses a new segment called Two Likes & Two Dislikes highlight the career of Steven Spielberg as well as two reviews for "Ready Player One" and "A Quiet Place." Show Notes: 00:20 - He Makes Two Movies a Year 04:06 - Finding New Segments 06:18 - Segment I: Two Likes & Two Dislikes 06:49 - "Always" 08:52 - Holly Hunter 11:00 - Big Themes 14:24 - "Saving Private Ryan" 14:55 - Mechanics and the D-Day Sequence 17:33 - A Fictional Layer 19:52 - "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" 22:53 - The ...
Apr 15, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 133
E132 includes reviews for three March movies; "Pacific Rim Uprising" directed by Steven D. Knight, Wes Anderson's new stop-motion feature "Isle of Dogs," and "Unsane" directed by Steven Soderbergh. Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Pacific Rim Uprising" Review 00:58 - The GoBots and Robot on Robot 05:34 - Boyega, Eastwood, and Day 07:51 - Meet the Jaegers 11:29 - A lot of Jibberish 17:55 - Busy Action Cutscenes 21:27 - Segment II: "Isle of Dogs" Review 22:06 - Japan and Cultural Appropriation 24:3...
Apr 03, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 132
E131 houses two reviews. First "Annihilation" written and directed by Alex Garland. Second "A Wrinkle in Time" directed by Ava DuVernay. Show Notes: 00:20 - Adjusting to a New Setup 01:41 - Representation Matters 04:37 - Segment I: "Annihilation" Review 05:54 - Writer and Director Alex Garland 08:47 - Female Diversity 13:58 - Co-Exist 17:00 - A Believable Horrifying Narrative 19:32 - Science Contrasted with Visual Effects 25:39 - Fear and the Bear 31:07 - Hypnotic Jennifer Jason Leigh 35:46 - Hu...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 131
E130 houses a review for Marvel Studios 18th feature film "Black Panther" as well as a segment on shared universes in cinema. Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Black Panther" Review 01:12 - Music of Black Panther 02:16 - Black Awareness and Black Panther 04:59 - Filling MCU's Own Void 08:38 - The Action, Good and Bad 10:46 - Killmonger and His Contrast 18:07 - Challenging the Throne 20:22 - The Ease of Vibranium 23:26 - Okoye and the Women of Wakanda 26:07 - Signs of Improvement 28:31 - Black Pant...
Feb 27, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 130
E129 features your host's individual Top 10 as well as creating a collaborative Top 5 for the year of 2017. Show Notes: 00:20 - Happy New Year! 00:51 - PS Score Prize 01:43 - Segment I: Jonathan Chang's Top 10 02:01 - Blade Runner 2049 03:51 - Brigsby Bear 05:26 - Call Me By Your Name 06:45 - Dunkirk 08:24 - Good Time 09:29 - Lady Bird 11:16 - Logan 13:36 - Mudbound 15:48 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi 17:45 - Raw \ Your Name 19:05 - Segment II: Schofizzy's Top 10 19:39 - Ladybird 23:21 - Logan 24:2...
Jan 13, 2018•1 hr 13 min
E128 features discussion and our review of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and also has the PS Score results from E126. Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E126 PS Score Results 01:54 - Refreshing Your Memory 03:13 - Flatliners 04:01 - New Ideas 04:54 - Segment II: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Review 06:01 - Lifelong Star Wars Fans 09:58 - Beyond 13:29 - The Apprentice Outgrows the Master 17:16 - Expanding with Nostalgia 23:23 - Salty at Rian Johnson 26:42 - How Luke is Presented 31:56 - Break the Rules 34:...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 3 min
E127 includes reviews and discussion for "mother!" and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "mother!" Review 01:13 - Decompressing the Experience 03:05 - Trinity or "Triality" 08:02 - Battery 09:41 - Perspectives 12:01 - In Your Face 15:28 - It Ruined Date Night 23:31 - Segment II: "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" Review 24:20 - Finger-bang into Oblivion 27:26 - Another White Guy 29:35 - Put 'em on Ice 31:08 - Best Thing in the Movie 33:18 - Poppy and the Rest...
Jan 10, 2018•41 min
E126 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E125. E126 also includes reviews for three new movies; "Wind River," "Good Time," and "It." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E125 PS Score Results 02:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #4 05:56 - "LBJ" Trailer Talkback 07:14 - Segment II: E126 PS Score 07:42 - PS Score: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (JC 52% & TS 75%) 08:19 - PS Score: American Made (JC 61% & TS 83%) 09:27 - PS Score: Flatliners (JC 33% & TS 50%) 10:45 - Se...
Sep 11, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 126
E125 features a new round of the PS Score and the results from E123. E125 also includes a review and discussion on Christopher Nolan's latest "Dunkirk." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: E123 PS Score Results 04:42 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #3 07:44 - "It" (1990) Talkback 11:01 - Segment II: E125 PS Score 12:17 - PS Score: The Dark Tower (TS 30% & JC 41%) 13:56 - PS Score: Detroit (TS 73% & JC 83%) 16:24 - PS Score: Annabelle: Creation (TS 55% & JC 51%) 21:32 - Segment III:...
Jul 26, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 125
E124 feature a review "War for the Planet of the Apes" directed by Matt Reeves as well as discussion about the Planet of the Apes franchise as a whole. Show Notes: 00:20 - Realizing There's No Dawn Episode 03:03 - Creating a Home 06:12 - Buying into the Apes 09:04 - We Did it to Ourselves 14:45 - PTSD from Dawn 17:13 - The Virus 20:57 - Donkey(s) and Koba's Followers 25:39 - Maurice and Rocket 30:40 - Bad Ape and Luca 35:55 - Best Trilogy of My Adult Life 41:08 - "I Meant to Kill You" 46:53 - Ec...
Jul 20, 2017•50 min
E123 features a new round of the PS Score and results from E121. E123 includes reviews for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" and the 16th installment of the MCU "Spider-Man: Homecoming" Show Notes: 00:22 - Segment I: The PS Score 00:43 - E121 PS Score Results 03:06 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #2 05:34 - "The Dark Tower" Talkback 10:41 - PS Score: Dunkirk (JC 90% & TS 90%) 12:31 - PS Score: Girls Trip (JC 67% & TS 70%) 13:52 - PS Score: Valerian (JC 32% & TS 75%) 16:26 - Segment...
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr 20 min
E122 features a review of Michael Bay's fifth installment in the Transformers franchise "Transformers: The Last Knight." Show Notes: 00:20 - Breaking the Bad News 01:08 - Coming Full-Circle 04:22 - The Order of Witwiccans 06:35 - Roll Call 09:47 - These F*%king Kids 13:08 - Merlin and the Arthurian Legend 18:59 - Outdoing Childhood Imagination 22:03 - Alien Junk 25:32 - Clarity of Action 28:00 - Expanding IP 33:40 - Toxic Application 35:58 - Bumble Bee's Whaaa? Moment 38:57 - 100 Pages of Histor...
Jun 29, 2017•56 min
E121 includes a new round of the PS Score along with results from E120 PS Score. E121 Features reviews for "Wonder Woman" and "The Mummy." Show Notes: 00:20 - Intros 00:55 - Segment I: The PS Score 01:08 - Recap Ep. 120 PS Score 07:31 - PS Score Win/Lose Trailer Commentary #1 09:54 - "Frozen" Talkback 12:44 - PS Score: Transformers: The Last Knight (TS 17% & JC 10%) 15:03 - PS Score: Despicable Me 3 (TS 80% & JC 65%) 18:38 - PS Score: Spider-Man: Homecoming (TS 85% & JC 82%) 22:21 - ...
Jun 15, 2017•1 hr 18 min
Episode 120 features "Alien: Covenant" review and the introduction of a brand new game titled the PS Score. Show Notes: 00:20 - The Internet 01:35 - A New Game: The PS Score 05:07 - PS Score: Rules 06:17 - PS Score: Reward 10:15 - Segment I: The PS Score 10:50 - PS Score: Baywatch (JC 62% & TS 70%) 15:18 - PS Score: Wonder Woman (JC 87% & TS 81%) 19:55 - PS Score: The Mummy (JC 44% & TS 53%) 24:48 - Segment II: "Alien: Covenant" Review 25:16 - AVP Movies Don't Exist 29:36 - "Big Thin...
May 25, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Episode 119 includes reactions to the first trailer for "Blade Runner 2049" and reviews for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword." Show Notes: 00:20 - Segment I: "Blade Runner 2049" Trailer Reactions 01:05 - The Nutcracker Suite 03:34 - A Variety of Cuts 08:39 - Iconic Visuals 10:27 - Modern Action 13:23 - Segment II: "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" Review 13:43 - The Best Thing in MCU 15:35 - A Single Issue, Vol. 2 21:01 - Yondu and Quill 27:00 - Pieces Don't ...
May 16, 2017•1 hr 4 min
In Episode 118 your hosts give their reactions to the first trailer for Star Wars "The Last Jedi" as well as a full review of Warner Brothers latest King Kong entry "Kong: Skull Island." Show Notes: 00:20 - Disney Owns the World 03:38 - Didn't see Beauty and the Beast 05:39 - Segment I: Celebration and "The Last Jedi" Trailer 07:52 - Star Wars Celebration 12:14 - Shift in Fandom 17:31 - Ending the Jedi? 26:11 - Rian Johnson 32:51 - Segment II: Kong: Skull Island 33:30 - Feeling like a Kid 36:49 ...
May 09, 2017•1 hr 13 min
In Episode 117 we review Hugh Jackman's supposed final outing as Wolverine in "Logan" and Jordan Peele most well-known for Key & Peele directorial debut "Get Out." Show Notes: 00:20 - Two Movies to Review 03:37 - We've Seen Enough 05:27 - Segment I - "Logan" Review 06:15 - Timeless 07:49 - Not a Superhero Movie 09:29 - How to Correctly Evaluate X-Men Movies 14:02 - Thank Deadpool 17:48 - X23 22:59 - The Farmhouse 26:56 - Finally, 18 Years Later 30:32 - Parallels and Origins 34:55 - The Score...
Mar 10, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Episode 116 includes three reviews from January and February releases. "Split" directed by M. Night Shyamalan, "John Wick Chapter 2" and "The Lego Batman Movie." Show Notes 00:20 - New Windows 04:15 - Segment I - "Split" Review 05:36 - John, I mean James McAvoy 10:00 - Twilight Zone Stories 13:18 - In That Space 18:44 - Expectation of a Twist 22:12 - Telling the Story Better 25:42 - Spoilers and the Secret Sequel 30:22 - More of a Horror 33:38 - Resurrecting Tales from the Crypt 34:06 - Segment ...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 18 min
It's a new year which means it is time to make our Top 5 of 2016. Like we have for the past two years, we will both list our favorite movies of the year and then together come up with a collaborative Top 5 for 2016. Show Notes: 00:20 - Happy New Year! 01:15 - Annual Year End Episode 02:40 - Segment I: Individual Lists 02:55 - Schofizzy's Top 10 06:37 - "Train to Busan" 15:09 - "Arrival" 21:10 - "Hell or High Water" 30:45 - Jonathan Chang's Top 10 31:03 - "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" 39:02 - "Amer...
Jan 24, 2017•1 hr 18 min
Episode 114 is a review of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" directed by Gareth Edwards. Show Notes: 00:20 - Part I: Season of the Force 01:02 - First of Many Stories 02:40 - Feel the Brand at Disney 05:03 - Suppose to be for Kids? 08:24 - Part II: Review "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" 08:33 - A Table Setter 10:13 - Strangely Uplifting 18:26 - Balanced Ensemble 22:40 - Peppered Characters 29:54 - Multi-cultural Cast 37:12 - The Empire's Hierarchy 46:06 - Vader's Crib 49:30 - A Planet Killer and Saw...
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr 22 min
Ep. 113 features reviews for two November releases, "Arrival" directed by Dennis Villeneuve and Disney's latest animated feature "Moana" directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. Show Notes: 00:20 - Intros 01:03 - Give Girls a Chance 03:40 - Segment I: "Arrival" Review 04:53 - Cyclical 07:41 - Invisible Stars 10:35 - A Bird in a Cage 11:58 - Reasoning 17:31 - Not Working Together 18:55 - Heptapods 24:25 - A Conversation Starter 30:00 - $6 Budget Days 36:59 - Segment II: "Moana" Review 39:14 - Di...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 2 min
After a bit of a hiatus, Top 5 Film is back with Ep. 112. We review Marvel Studios second feature of Phase Three "Doctor Strange" along with an independent film titled "Moonlight." Both films feature transitions in their main characters giving us an easy bridge between the two, but also there's been so many film since last we recorded we had to include two. Show Notes: 00:20 - Hiatus 02:32 - Segment I: "Dr. Strange" Review 02:39 - MCU Phase Three 10:28 - Similar Origins \ Slight Deviations 14:15...
Nov 12, 2016•1 hr 5 min
