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Kuemper to Move On; Avalanche Acquire Rangers Goalie Georgiev
"Okay, Joe sakic rolling the dice once again between the pipes as they are not going to bring back to RC camper. They did meet with Darcy Kemper and as we speculated yesterday during the show was this the first domino that had to fall before you could truly move on with free agency, you had to know if you could get a deal done with Darcy Kemper. Apparently the numbers were not a match for what Darcy wanted to what the avalanche wanted to pay. The avalanche quickly go out and acquire Alexander georgiev, they back up goalie for the New York rangers, hey, this is this follows the pattern, doesn't it? A couple years ago, Philip group hour. Last year, Darcy Kemper acquiring guys that haven't really proven yet that they can be the number one guy, but you speculate you project that they can be. They're doing it again with georgiev. Is this the right way to go? You got to trust that it is. You got to trust that he's making the right choice here. Obviously Darcy Kemper was an integral part of this team, and he overcame a lot to be able to be between the pipes when it mattered. Are they making a mistake not bringing him back? I don't think so. No, I mean, I rallied for Darcy Kemper to stay here, but you got to think that it really is about the culture. It really is about Jared bednar and his ability to get the most out of the players that he brings in here and find the diamonds in the rough. Those Uncut Gems who might have not struggled elsewhere, but not shined elsewhere and come here and been able to shine like the shushin as well. You know, we talked about that guy three years ago. He was on a team. He played 50 games didn't score a single goal. And all of a sudden he's here and making a big impact. So you got to trust that sack hicks process is to find those guys that are gonna
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"uncut gems" Discussed on Beauty IQ Uncensored
"Welcome everybody to beauty IQ, the podcast. I'm your host, Joanna Fleming, and I am your co host, Hannah first. First, I wanted to say congratulations on the soft launch. Do you have anything? Or are we done? I think we're still keeping it under wraps. So, you know, you kind of do a little bit of a soft launch, but that wasn't a proper self launch even. I did a hard launch and I still feel like that 'cause I'm with someone that leaves me. You did a full hard morning. People DMing you asking like, who is he? Where's he from? What is he doing for work? Becoming home with you. Oh yeah, I've got all of that. He's not coming home. He's going to release more detail. Maybe you should do like a video update. He has quite where flying both flying separately home on the same day. It's very complicated. Oh, you're going to be an emotion. I'm going to be a brand. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine how upset all day? Yes, I can. Do you know why as well? Because, you know, how I hate sleeping in the same bed as I'm on, well, now I'm really used to it. And now I'm like, you know what I mean? Now I'm really used to it. I can't believe this. I never thought I'd see the day where Hannah first would share a bed with someone and actually get a full night's sleep. Oh yeah, full nights like wow. But the other thing I wanted to say that I sent you and for those that haven't watched watched it, Julia Fox, if you don't know her, she was in the movie Uncut Gems and cut jams on cut down. So she dated Kanye West and she's just sort of blown up since about three weeks. It was a very, very short love affair. And she is pretty out there, I would say. Yes. She recently did a tutorial on how to cut your jeans to make them low rise. It was bizarre. But then she also did a makeup routine and she called it the Julia Fox eye. Is that what she calls it? I think she calls it a fox eye..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on SI Media Podcast
"What was the name of the popular Sandler movie with the Gant where he's the gambler? The big one he did, but the gyms on the gems. I'm 99% sure that before Uncut Gems, the last Sandler movie I saw was wedding singer. Well, you're miss out a lot. No, it didn't say it. Really? I'm not a sandwich guy, so I stick out like a stress on in this conversation. Okay. I mean, I love the wedding singer, and I love the wedding singer. I thought Uncut Gems was okay, but I thought he was brilliant in it and he should have won the Oscar for it. Yeah. Do you like the Netflix comedy special? Were he tours around? It's really funny. It's like kind of old Sandler. With a mental too. Like it reminds you of his old CDs and listen to in high school. Yeah, I didn't listen to a series in high school. You didn't look medium paste, you didn't listen to tobu Willy? None of this? I was never a sandwich guy. I was never a sandwich guy. What were you guys Bob Newhart? Were we listening to it? Howard Stern. Howard Stern. Yeah. Pearl off the other media person you'd like to shout out for 2021. I was so scared because I feel like you guys are real pros and naming. I feel like we don't need a preamble, just say it. Just say the name. Yeah. We'll say you don't want to say a name. I don't want to say I think you guys are going to judge me and be like, we will judge you for sure. I don't always. I watch a lot of red zone and I watch games with sound off. But I watch Kenny Albert Jonathan Bill a game the other day I'm fine. Join it very much. Great. And I love guys like Kenny Albert and I and eagle the way they play with talent and play off talent and be funny is hysterical to me. And he goes my favorite. You're not allowed to name my eagle. I said, you can't name the a listers. You had to give myself an under the radar. So that's good for Kenny Albert and velma. And I have a theory on guys. It's not the individual talents. It's a chemistry of the two. I feel like if you take Romo Nancy away from each other, they're not as good. Maybe Nancy's good with anybody. But honestly, I like the interplay and I notice it was Jonathan accidentally cursed on air. I think he was doing the eagles giants. And Kenny called him out like ten seconds later he was like, oh, I thought you were going to let me go. And I was laughing at a loud funny. So I like familiarity. I'm actually not. I don't need the biggest names on it. I like guys who are more conversational. So I and I'm sorry, I feel like everybody, you know, if you look at a list, everyone likes to keep the lead pieces much different. He's a lot of fun. But to me, it's like the guys who are comfortable within their own skin and our conversational. That's great. Good job. Thanks, guys. Anyway, back to how me and you and Paul rudder getting brunch next Sunday. We have so many Jimmy, you know, we live together. There's so many celebrities in our neighborhood. I can tell you guys a very it's really broken with a celebrities. I know, well, my Peter opened the name dropper. Give me your best celebrity interaction in the last 6 months in Brooklyn, New York..
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"And i guess that's i mean that's true to to an extent i i do believe that Although it's not quite in the same the same way as marilyn monroe but same idea. I think it's i think it's his charisma if anything that that brings people in But yeah i mean. How does this affect the cinema. Moving forward so what. How does this phenomena affect the way that people see the movies but affect the way. That movies are made well. I think it's very clear to see that. The the money that she was bringing in to these movies was eye opening for a lot of filmmakers. They wanted to do well because at the end of the at the end of the day. It's business so they're going to bring out this They're gonna use this tactic. They're gonna they're gonna cast very attractive woman and they're gonna For lack of a better word either objectify them in a sense in order to bring audiences. And which i know is awful. But that's the that's the way that it was looked at especially at the time and Thankfully we don't see it quite as crude in the modern day Because i don't. I think it's a bit i don't it doesn't always sit well with me am by always i mean like it just. It doesn't sit well with me But i would be lying if i said that. This wasn't a huge thing in cinema. So i think it is important to talk about. It's why i said it's a little bit of a weird topic but with that being said I mean go ahead and take a look at some movie posters. You know to to be blunt about it. There's a certain thing that rhymes with text message There's a certain word that rhymes with that that really sells When it comes to hollywood when it comes to pop culture when it comes to any anything like that it sells so when you look at certain posters i mean What what would be an example of something that would sell you can look at jennifer's body horror movie you can look at. Let's let's see Any comedy with someone. Like a with like a cameron diaz Or i guess jennifer aniston you you could say the same thing for The transformers movies. You know with with shiloh buff and megan fox. There are so many movie posters that exists. That really the you that. Use this tactic of okay. Well let's show off these actors slash actresses and this is what's going to pull people in and they they really go for that and in hollywood. So it's something that i think it's important to pay attention to because it's i mean you can be against it all you want but at the end of the day that's what the movie makers have decided is what's the best form of advertisement so And of course there's going to be outliers. i mean. I don't necessarily think that something like Like scott pilgrim vs the world I mean that actually. No i take it back. That might bring some viewers and just because it looks. It's very cool poster. But anyways i'm i'm gonna get off track talking about movie posters. I don't really want to do that. but i i digress. A common marketing tactic has become the utilization of attractive individuals in order to bring in a larger crowd. Just think about some of the characters in these big blister films Big blockbuster films. That i mentioned they single handedly might be pulling in some crowds. I mean i mean they. They would be right. It's the same thing nowadays too. Though to be fair. I mean someone like a although again it kind of plays to the same thing who are some modern day people that really bring the crowds You could make the argument..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"So let's let's dive into it just a little bit here. This film was released in nineteen fifty five. So this was in the middle of the world. War was post world war two and it was like a boom period. Well which is the fifties It was a period where people were making babies and things were happening. And it was a crazy time the fifties I th right. So i wasn't there so i don't know for sure but this is what i read in history books. So there you go. The title itself refers to. So when i'm saying that's the seven year itch. Like what kind of title is that while this refers to a ecological theory that exists where the happiness in marriage or a long term relationship. It will decline after seven years. You know not. I don't know if that's true or not. No no no clue. That's not what we're here to talk about today But the idea of the film was to take this theory and you make a little bit of a make a film off of it so we had the lead character richard. Who is played by tom..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"Streaming has become the new norm. That's why golden state media concepts television. Podcast dives headfirst i to the world of cord cutting wants to be on the lube of. What's hot and netflix. Or if it's not a preference what about original shows in hulu. We've got you covered. Join us as we fill the black and talk about movies to street and what show. You should be binge. This is the golden state media. Concepts television podcast. Hi hello before the break. We were eating hamburgers with inspector recluse o. n. pink panther. But now it's time for me to break down a cinematic theme. I inspired by marilyn monroe. Let's talk about the male gaze in a film class. I was assigned The the seven year each to watch as part of that we were also given that that was part of our lecture so each week we would watch a movie. There would be a certain topic that we were talking about. And for that we were talking about the male gaze and You know what does that mean. What what is this. Well i want to go over this today. Because i feel like it's very it's deeply rooted in cinema and it's kinda hard to talk about because it's kind of awkward to talk about but i wanna talk about it today because i think it's very relevant and it's very important In understanding the way that the marketing side at least of cinema works. And you know just little things to pay attention to One going in and watching a movie. Maybe you're wondering well. Why was that person. Cast over that one. These are things that that come into play here so My current understanding of the phrase male gaze. Is that in movies. It is common to include visuals of traditionally attractive individuals specifically attractive woman in this In the case of the male gaze self explanatory to a certain extent while nowadays. This is the case for both men and women certainly at the time of the after mentioned film this seven year each the coin freeze male gaze was specifically in reference to women so in this segment i want to go into the history of the malays throughout cinema and discussed how it currently impacts the way that cinema itself has been branded over the years and furthermore why it exists in the first place well briefly. I want to talk about the seven year each as a film because i feel as though it gives us a good ground foundation for understanding why it was a thing in the first place Yeah and whenever. I need to call back to a certain example. I have here..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"Altercation with also that happens that i'm sure everyone's aware of She strikes elsa shreiks Ana in the chest with ice magical powers and that's what makes her going to freeze essentially He is brought her. Sorry i'm sorry On is brought back to hawn's By christopher in order to get fixed by this. Now here's my issue with with this whole situation. Why does hans to say okay. Well i'm just gonna let you die because like as far as she knows the way to unfreeze frees. Her heart is through The enact of love and i mean ho so hans doesn't kiss her. Which is what the original thought is that she has to go back to hans in kiss him in that's gonna unthought her heart or something and he doesn't go through with this even you know. It probably wouldn't have worked. I think what we know this now. It probably would have worked because there was no genuine love there. But why wouldn't he go through with this. Like what what. What's the rush. I need to know what what he wanted to do. And so here's why. I think it was probably a mistake by hans to just go ahead and say all right in this moment right here right now. I'm letting a freeze to death. And then i'm going out when i'm killing myself and then i'm gonna be king first of. I don't think that the monarchy works that way. If we're gonna talk logistically here. I think that hans would have needed to marry in to the throne. He can't just say. Oh we'll honest said for me to look after things and all of a sudden that makes him king of errand that's how it works it. There's like a lineage thing that would happen or that's what i would assume because otherwise it wouldn't make sense for elsa to be queen because of everything all of the problems with her and if she didn't want to be queens she could have said i don't want to but their responsibility fell to her. So that makes me think that it is a monarchy so i don't understand how hans would just assume the role of king like you. What what are you going to conquer it like i. I mean i suppose but if if that's his plan is to conquer aaron del but that didn't seem like his plan when he first got there. So that's that's where i take issue with this. Now here's my theory or here's my I guess correct path for hans. If you're if you're out there listening this is what you should. He should have waited. He should have helped ana figure all this out with also he should have gotten to know a bit more and maybe even through that are in the respect of elsa now it is very possible that he would have been able to marry on at that point. Which would i think by the rule of how the politics would work in. That scenario is by marrying ana who is technically princess. Under else's queen title hans would become through marriage. Prince of aaron deal now that already makes him almost in there then by either killing also at that point. You know a little bit of is that hamlet that they do that in a little bit. A little bit of hamlet action are either sorry by by killing also And you know this much more. I think the other thing he could've done in instead of that which is much more political and less violent. He could have convinced elsa to dethrone herself. Because keep in mind also didn't really want the throne..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"And elsa is opposed to this and on it takes very personally also runs away from our responsibilities as queen to build an ice castle where she sings about letting it go in the meantime on journeys out to go and find her and stop this seemingly endless winter that she has caused and She is accompanied by kristoff. Sven and olaf later she falls in love with kristoff and You he's he's a man that she just met. And you know so so much for this whole idea of you know. Don't get married. Don't do strangers share your danger. And basically i mean of course i'm playing But they never really specified how long journey was to be fair so it just appears to me at least that she is once again falling in love with a stranger that she met in the same day so on a has some. She's very easy to you. Know what whatever it is so anyways It's revealed that haunts on his original love is the villain and plans to let on a freeze to death. Kinda dark but She could still be saved by the power of love not between her kristoff. Which is what you would think it would be is the power between her and her sister elsa which is actually i this much more wholesome and i really. I really liked that. Twist that they added on there and everyone ends up being okay of at the end of the movie in the beat the villains and that's yeah that that's the movie so that's that's frozen in a nutshell. Thanks for thanks for listening. All right so But yes so. It is revealed that hans is the villain and Let let's talk about haunts. I want to this segment today. I wanna talk about haunts as disney villain. Let's talk about it. So what his motives. Well we know that he wants to be king of arundel. That's what we find out. He wants to be the ruler because he's already the prince of some other place but key wants to also be in control of arundel sub because aaron dell's a much bigger place i guess so. That's that's his reasoning. He wants to be. He wants to be king now. How does he intend to accomplish this. Well he plans to let on a die and then kill elsa to assume the throne and Before this i mean it seemed to me that he was invited by elsa to show up to the cornish in of her. So i'm not sure what his i don't know how he was about to go. I don't know how he was going to go about this before everything happened. Like the plot but It just seems very convenient. You know. I don't think that he would have killed on otherwise but I think in my personal opinion and this is what we're going to dive into in my personal opinion. I think he went the complete wrong way about doing this granted granted. I'm not one to stick up for the villain in and most movies. I'm not But you have to. You have to acknowledge. The fact that a good villain really makes the movie and for me what what keeps frozen underneath. The realm of fantastic movies is the fact that haunts is a villain. I think he just went about this. The wrong way And i think it's a fun conversation because had hans done something differently was had his plan been different..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"Throw in news of your favorite artist concert and tour dates and so much more listened no further because this is the gold standard in music podcasts. Welcome back before the break. We were outbidding. Kevin garnett at an auction in uncut gems leader in the show. I'll be talking about the mail and cinema but for now. Let's build a snowman as we discuss frozen Who big summer. Blowout is hans. A good. I'm sorry about the okay. I i always include quote at the beginning of the segment and that is one of my favorite quotes in the movies. So sorry not sorry anyways. Moving onto my show is honda good. Villain furthermore what about this movie allowed it to be such a fan favorite among recent disney movies so frozen came out in twenty thirteen and it was directed by jennifer. Lea and chris book it stars. Kristen bell as ana adina menzel. Elsa who i just realized was also an in Uncut gems non-intentional but of fun fact Ah jonathan groff as kristoff josh gad as olaf in santiago fontana as hans so let's go ahead and run through the plot. If for some reason you haven't seen this movie which. I think everyone in at least america has probably seen this so Yeah let's let's just jump right into this. Let's make this quick and it'll be a little sarcastic because that's my humor But yes elsa has some magical powers that she doesn't fully understand but She she now. After the death of her parents must assume the title of queen. Ana didn't get that much did or she didn't. She didn't get much Sunlight oh and she was kidding she get out much And just wishes that she was closer with older sister. Elsa and shipley thinks it's her fault that i'll citizen wanna talk to her. She thinks this is all something. That ana did But we know it wasn't after we are actually shown an accident when they were kids. Elsa zaps sir with some ice in the forehead and row cold and Basically she 'em at the beginning of this movie she meets hans and despite only just meeting him that day She wants to marry him..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"Always knows what he's doing but the truth is that his desire to gain more in the end causes them to make decisions that while it does give him a bit more of an advantageous outcome because he's even though he's paying all this money back he is in essence not really losing much because we'll have a lot of money anyways rather than making the safest move so he chooses risk over safety and that is what ends up getting him So yeah i in other words. His addiction to gambling causes them to take unnecessary risks. That eventually spelled him Yeah i mean. That's pretty much. All i had planned for the segment Before we go to commercial. I just needed to shout out. Two things. One both the amazing performance from from adam sandler. Because i think this is a very. This is a non comedic role that he was an end. You don't you normally don't get to see stuff like this from comedians. But he really went through with this and he was able to To really step into a much more dramatic in serious role with this so that was that was very fun to see from adam sandler and i also again i wanna i wanna shout out the amazing writing when it comes to the magnetic door because they did a lot of foreshadowing with The fact that it kept breaking keping an issue and the fact that at the very end the magnetic door. He thought he was trapping in his enemy. But at the very you know at the end of the day he trapped himself in with no way out. And i thought that the writing and you know the all the writing on the walls. What was there for that to happen. And when it when it paid off it was abrupt and it was sudden. But you knew it was coming. You knew it was coming because the way that it was set up with so It was done so well. So i i needed to shout that out and again. If you haven't seen this movie. I recommend it because it was a great watch in. That leads us to a break when we come back. We'll check out a disney movie. That thanks to my little sister. I have probably seen about one hundred times. We'll.
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"Okay what is good for me writing this very moment. And he doesn't. He doesn't think that far in advance. Which is what gets them in inevitably and gets him in almost trouble. Because eventually this catches up with him. yeah so he costly runs into problems and you know he's taking risks sometimes on behalf of other people but he's taking these risks That that are just so shortsighted in. It's almost like a rat cage like you get or retina an amazing the correct. That's the corrector analogy You know when the rat gets to the very end of the path that's when it nose to turn back around but sometimes when you're running from something like how we is for the most part when he gets to the he's trying to you know he's taking a left. He's taken the right he's taking left and he's getting lucky he's getting very lucky with being able to maneuver this. But eventually he will he hill-wood won't he hit a wall while he will hit a wall Yes so Let's let's continue I think there's so many other scenarios where this comes into play as well so he stuffed in the trunk of his car. One point in the movie very claustrophobic. Feeling from that scene The the magnetic door in his office space is broken. And that elicits this feeling of being trapped and they play with this to at the very end a couple of people that are pretty much you know. He owes the money but they are essentially out to get him. He s you know in other in some form traps them between the two doors For the time being now And that's another feeling of feeling cramped and During it's funny because during that scene that's like the only time were how is not the cameras not right up against him because in this moment he feels like he has a lot of room and then his very Will kind of getting into some spoilers here in the very end the you know when.
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"So i don't think it's you know i won't say too much more on that but on let's just say that there's a lot of drama present and He's not necessarily a family guy. Let let let's. Let's put it that way. He can try to use that front but he doesn't really care as much about his family. And that's definitely coming out. you definitely see that through these little events. There's like his daughter's school play that he doesn't really care about in. There's just a lot of stuff with that so that does play into his character although again the narrative that we're going for as We'll we'll we'll explore just a second because we also see kevin garnett and He's brought in by keith stanfield character. dna Who is basically responsible for bringing people to the jeweler or to make sales and kevin garnett is brought there and he is showed the opel how he says. Oh look at this opel that i just got in and kevin garnett so fascinated with it. He says i need this and he says i'm sorry it's not for sale. So he lends him the opel and apparently it has magical powers because we find out that went after he has the opel with him and he's like rubbing it like a genie lamp in the in the locker room. Or whatever I it basically makes them explode for a crazy amount of points. He has like a really good day In its keep in mind. This is i think during this game game five of the nba championship or something like that. So stakes games. That a lot of bets are being placed in again. We'll talk more about that in just a second. But this also This causes cowie to gamble on him which he does. And there's a whole thing that happens. Where with the stone. And i won't get into the nitty gritty. 'cause there's just so much that happens But essentially what ends up the the the pieces that fall into place here. Are that how he wants to sell the stone for a million kevin garnett's offering him one hundred seventy thousand. He feels like he can get way more than that. So from kevin. So what does he do. He goes to the auction. He tells kevin to buy at the auction and he says All right he pulls guy he says. I want you to bid on the stone and get kevin's price up to at least two hundred thousand and in the attempt of doing that he actually buys the stone pretty much from himself blocking kevin garnett from actually getting the stone causing more drama with that and i. It's just it just makes things way too complicated Because now he's essentially made it somewhat of an enemy and kevin although he ends up making the sale and selling the stone the stone kevin Which really opens up the endgame of this movie which i will go into much more in in-depth on just a second here But again it's so important to mention the fact that he throw every step of the way..
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"uncut gems" Discussed on GSMC Movie Podcast
"I made a crazy risk a gamble and it's about to pay off. How did the camera work in uncut gems. Add to its claustrophobic atmosphere. Let's talk about the significance of the ending in how it was successfully built up. So uncut gems came out recently in twenty nineteen and it was directed by josh. And benny softy. It stars adam sandler in the lead role as howie rattener. Julia fox as julia. Deflationary kevin garnett as himself adina menzel as dino rattener la- keith stanfield as democrat manet. I believe is how you say that name and keith williams richards as phil phil having much more of a support role but is very significant and the ending of this film so i decided to give him his proper Acknowledgement here in. I won't necessarily dive too deep into the plot With this movie because I i think that the plot while it's important to what i want to discuss today. It isn't what discussing isn't necessarily the narrative itself but more how the narrative was constructed with structure and tone. And what have you with that But i do think it's important to have that context so i'll go into a little bit right now. The first few minutes of the movie portrays An and it shows the miners in ethiopia digging for gems they open. There's this guy with a broken leg and it's clearly very dangerous But we see these miners. And they're digging for gems. Eventually they find an opel or uncut opal which basically kicks off the plot because a lot of surrounds this opel. Or i guess the title of the film is uncut gem which i'm sure i could break down the title and have find a bunch of symbolism it was just within the title but that's what i'm doing today. So let's let's continue. What the story here We meet howie who is a jeweler who is a. He's very big on the gambling scene. We see him. Try to put bets down on basketball a lot that that's a huge piece of his character in the movie and we'll go into that element more in just a second but we learned that he owes a lot of people a lot of money and He ends up buying the this opel from the ethiopian. Minors for ya buys it for one hundred thousand and he hopes you know he's actually told. Originally the room bought it was because he was told he could sell it at an auction for you know ten times that amount at at a million so he was going to rip off. The miners essentially That was that was his plan but Well let's see what happens with that In the meantime though his wife does plan to divorce him. There's a whole family drama going with this as well In on the flip side of that. Howie is Having an affair so to speak. I mean he's definitely seeing another woman but at the same time He is you know him and his wife are already both very aware of the fact that they are about to be divorced..
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"Can't decide in torn between a romantic comedy action or an indie film to watch for the weekend. Well well golden state media concepts move view. Podcast is your ultimate guide to the latest movies. Join us as we dissect. The latest on the blockbusters. It's the golden state media. Concept's movie podcast. Thank you for tuning into the gmc movie. Podcast brought to you by the gmc podcast network. I'm your host james senna. This is the show where i give my very own personal insight on different movies and film related topics during today's show will be discussing the newly released uncut gems frozen the pink panther. And you're gonna wanna stay until the end of the show because i'll be giving a history on the male gaze in cinema history of course before we get started. Here's an official spoiler warning for all the films that we will be going over today with that being said. Let's roll that film. Damn.
The Nerd Soup Podcast
"uncut gems" Discussed on The Nerd Soup Podcast
"Know ralph algae. Okay yeah piano english translation. After the pianist's all he did was take leading roles. He's convinced he was a leading man. It's like no you gotta you gotta feel out the roles that are best for you the best for your career and it looked for a time. That robert downey junior may be would only do iron man and leading oscar bait roles so maybe this is him realizing hey this could be good for my career. Was the movie where here's a lawyer. The judge as oscar beatty as it gets then robert devils eighty nine year old has cut nominated instead. Do little oscar bait. That's money they right like. I'm so glad. Next project isn't like survey sherlock holmes movies. Yeah although i like those three one event i would like to see them But i'm super excited for this man and it's being produced by twenty four o nine eight twenty four and downey's production company. Oh county for our. Did they only do like the horror vibe. Or they do other stuff to know they do everything like that's what they're oh okay. Okay okay uncut gems so yet no. A lot of their most famous movies are horrible. Because i'm thinking of the jordan peele movies and like roy blunt house which is a twenty. Okay remember when we saw that we did. I can't believe i saw that on. Cedar how'd you. I don't even know how i got there. Yeah i don't know. I don't know man i must have had something on you. I was threaten their recent reports at eight. Twenty four was looking for a buyer. Did you see that. Yeah two point five billion to see what we can get together. I'm thinking we sell nerd soup. Twenty four can get five dollars. Five thousand dollars to cipolla right down the block exactly convenience. That's interesting Apple was like rumored while back. Yes yeah yeah. I remember talking about that. I think on the podcast. That would have been weird. I don't want like disney's twenty four for one of those big compounds. Twenty four twenty four is become. I mean they're the best right for indie films though the most yeah. Most prestigious and recognizable. Don't want somebody to come around and just mess at.
The Film Vault
"uncut gems" Discussed on The Film Vault
"Originally have any lines after he is shot. The garfield line was improvised. Bill murray mentioned is not in la. It's actually in buckhead a wealthy section of atlanta. I can't wait to bring that up at a bar later. Kevin garnett number three for jonathan movsar. Kevin garnett also. Not on any list that i saw when researching is a great fucking call. It's a recent call but it works. Fantastically kevin garnett in uncut gems from just a couple of years ago son. Here's what john moore has to say about it and so my number four and number three both involve nba famous Their ends there ends the similarity there. Yes brian thank you i saw. I consider. i was first considering this as an also ran. But the more i thought about it. It stuck at struck me as really impressive performance by an actor. Yes absolutely athletes usually show up in comedies to play kind of goofy versions of themselves. Dan marino ventura mike tyson and the hangover. It didn't a comedy lance armstrong as well industrial. What are you talking about. Comedy oncogenes going. Now that's what he's usually they show up to throw in a bunch of different but uncut gems a he goes on to say but uncut gems they dark gritty drama. Where a as a stiff or can't be performance by garnet could have really thrown off the tone but it didn't at all. Can you imagine and who knows who knows but can you imagine shaquille else. Rare basketball player. Pull this guy. I don't know that about him going into this. How would you know how would you know because he was in commercials like allstate commercials or some bullshit. But i never knew i've never. I don't think i've ever seen why i don't watch nba so he's probably gonna k. Is now they can. He's enjoyable commercial or you might not recognizing play. He has a lot of makeup on his old. It's like it's like a sitcom family and it's almost like we ain't got no rings extra don't i don't. I've never seen that. I think that's like mba. The comes on a lot during football season. I don't watch football hipster. I remind me interested in the movie. Kevin garnett like isn't it like a rare jam or a stone. Stanley gives them he. He he gets up from sandler and he gives the ring to to to sandler garden. A garnet. garnet is actually a gemstone. Oh that i think a happy coincidence. Happy accident all right. What are you waiting wire. Gemstones under google. You just google gemstones. Garnet garnet garnett. Did you just find that. It's pretty good. No no i just put it together. I i. i've known that for number four or number two number two number two for me is something you don't know brian. You should And this is. this is my hipster. Pick but this. I watched the entire eleven minute short film yesterday was. Yeah 'cause this. This feature film is a collection of short films at all. Have interlocking Theme such as hundred cigarettes such as coffee and that's it. Yeah and jerusalem. Israel industrial music is one of the the through lines. jim jarmusch. This is back. When i still thought jim jarmusch walked on water. I was not aware that he actually would fall to the death. Think favorite simpsons moments. I think about all the time swimming. Homer is struggling to stay. Afloat in the ocean is like oh i was just thinking to the bottom and walking walking and he gets tired data. Rest it's so dumb though because he'd florida's fuck he's fat that he would float on his feet actually meets all this coffee and cigarettes. Which i know what you mean. Bill murray's in this tour. Hey yeah he's definitely in this the block of my movies blue tang clan. It's a bunch of Short films. There's a member i wanna say. Seven of them This one came to mind immediately because this was my probably my favorite was called. It was cousins. And it involves cate blanchett and i i love cate blanchet and i kind of forgot as to why love cape blanchard and i think a lot of it has to do with this. Little short movie called cousins. There's two different short films within coffee and cigarettes by jim. Jarmusch called cousins once cousins and other ones cousins And that's a malino. And jesus christ toronto plan house a lot anyways. Cape keep blanchett. Plays a version of herself as though she's an actress right she she and she's in the something like the four seasons where they have junket scarred. Vague tesla coil movie. That's one of the through lines as well. A lot like oil recollections and she's cate blanchett is sitting there having a cigarette and some coffee and She's in her sweet in. What some kind of five star hotel where they do the junk it that the press as welfare and she's got some new movie coming out and this is the scene right and it's just a very very simple all. These are very simple. Setups shot in black and white and it's just conversations between Recognizable actors who are having an interesting conversation. I saw this when he came out in the theater in two thousand three. And i felt like a hipster while watching it that didn't take away from the enjoyment. It's enjoyable. it's it's it's good conversation. It's a good movie pops in this shitload of famous people brian. It's cate blanchet talking to kate blanchett. She's talking to other. It's kate it's cousins. Shelly and kate talking to each other and and her her cousin. Shelly is envious bitter musician. Who has not made it. And she's talking to the actress. Cate blanchett who has made and shelly at every turn is trying to point out the the problems with fame like oh paparazzi. That must be awful for. You can't go anywhere. I saw him out from when i came in here. And i and. I'm free. But i'm free. I can go wherever. I want whenever you know. And she's talking. how cheap it is that You know they use the sweet her own sweet as also the press conference. She's kinda kinda shelley bitchy this and you watch this thing and you're if you have an appreciation for keep blanchette or just great acting to begin with at all i you can't help but get sucked into the scene and forget that it's two of the same person playing different parts one of which is playing version of herself talking to one another. And it's seamless because it's black and white and it needed some very very good thing things with the images so you can't you never see like the crease in the in the framework thing you i. It's it they're sharing the space. They're breathing the same air and their conversation. You forget over and over again that it's the same. Fucking actor oregon. It's i love capable. I forgot all about this movie. Yeah you bill murray in a segment called delirium with the jizya and the rizza For who didn't stick out nearly as much of the blanche cate blanchett one and But i like watching clips to this i. I watched a few clips This week In preparation for this and They i made me want to watch the movie all over again. Committee want to make. Actually i love the idea of news. Simplicity already been made. I know but i love the idea of it and To a to an extent winterbottom's kind of taking it with. Why am i join a fucking blank. Who's the guy twenty four hour party. People i stoop gugans. I know that's why. I was trying to recall his name brian. Because we're right here talking to me and him shared a a scene called cousins le question mark but winterbottom kind of continued with the trip. Where it's coogan and What's his fuck just going on trips. And and he's having conversations. Like my dinner with andre sure continued where it's just interesting to kind of like Yeah exactly and and kind of like the middle section in a go story where it's just the guy pontificate in that a table and it's just all about luck really interesting philosophers on just watch. Here's the picture. No murray and the jews and the reason i wanna watch this again. Which is i wanna watch this All the way through coffee and cigarettes fortunately is not streaming anywhere. Maybe on i bet. It's on youtube. I found cousins. Also i should say that. I linked to all of my Scenes in my picks. Because i do that. Work for you guys brian. I've asked him weakened weak out to do this for me to find to to share it with me but he does not but some of the mind like like babe ruth. Charlie sheen are throughout the movie. This is this is one one list but if you're a patriots just click on the The notes and you'll you'll have a all of my clips as well as links to themselves. Why number two also coffee and cigarette number two for me.
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
"uncut gems" Discussed on The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
"Well so this movie is set in nineteen fifty four detroit it centers on a group of small time criminals who weirdly our don. Cheadle benicio del toro and kieran culkin. There yeah yeah rendon frazier. Yeah air that you brendan fraser's already got a google okay. Listen here's the thing about it. I didn't know hardly anything about it. And listen every twist and turn david harbour. Isn't it like jon. Hamm shows up looking real hot okay. A real hot as a detective. And what i loved about it was. Everybody was great ensemble. Lots of twists and turns. Don't read anything about it. Just go in blind. it was. I thought man. I was almost disappointed that i didn't watch it on the big screen. Like this would have been a great big screen moment but the other recommendation i have and we'll put a link in the senate is to chase the movie because the reason i knew to watch it was a elissa wilkinson who writes for vox who really love. She wrote a piece called the fascinating horrifying history behind steven soderbergh's new heist movie. And it's a fascinating. Read that article. After you've watched the film it is fascinating. It is so good dawn. Sheetal and benicio del toro was. I did not know. The benicio del toro could do such a good detroit exile. He did such a great job. He's so good okay. What's your green julia fox. Good in that. She's very good in it. I wondered if she was just in uncut gems and that was it or she's no she's very the women have stuff to do in this and she she's not gonna out of the park. Okay yeah i'm gonna do that. Escaped my radar. So i'm gonna watch that migrant. Why this. I've got to as well. The first one is something within the pockets of youth. Group we Recently we've always had parents who who does a lot of our editing. we've actually added someone else. Mass and browder. She is doing. She's helping a lot with editing as well madison. So great especially as i have been moving and stuff and we've got the battery going to live things flying Masses step in and help in tears with the editing load. I think they're doing an incredible job for sherm. I think in a lot of ways when you get to hire people it's great because the workload decreases and you get to do things you're good at but also you get see. The things people are better at than you are so the quality raises just. Because you're not involved anymore so that one hundred per century at the pm it's one hundred percent. Sure we're we're very fortunate in that regard so big shouts to terrence and madison for for all the work. They're doing the other. Green light is a book I it's a book I'm a call arctic though..
The Rewatchables
"uncut gems" Discussed on The Rewatchables
"That. That shit was fucked. Yes that was telling you. Think about i get angry when i think about that like that was terrible like is the dramas over. It's time to go do fucking hole in them and they showed it. It's like they show you. Part is so the kid with a hole in them. A child like that was getting angry right. That might have been the most shocking moving. The ball is fucking insane. The mutation of now like on its right now but no brave you when i see the memes buck whoever killed you baby remember. I dated tweet about it once. And it was just i was like why did they kill g baby is just like arena and it was just streams of replies outrage because the movie matters and harbaugh is not good gold plated yacht so hard highland fare far. Ooh anyway one more one more than the movie matters affecting me as a kid. Julia roberts steel magnolias Good one oh. that's a good one. I was also thinking a late. Breaking one is howard at the end of uncut gems is one they were just like. Oh god that was inevitable. Got killed thank you. I was one like he deserves this. Jesus christ somebody payment waiters ricky getting shot. We're going to go until later nitpicks. I really want to break it down. furious stops trae. Dobos revenge in the ending are my last three What is the most remarkable scene for. You sean fantasy. It's hard because the the ricky getting shot scene is definitely one of the most affecting movies to this day. No matter how many times you watch it there's very few movies on how you guys you guys watch. A lot of movies still tear up. Everytime happens which is incredible. The power that movie. But i don't want to watch it a lot. I do wanna watch the barbecue. I do wanna watch you wanna to recruit. You wanna play. Am i invited really. What's most important here. I asked love the barbecues. Good i meant for the barbecue in. The ending are meant to favorites okay. Barbecue eighty two. I would be honest with you..
Look Behind The Look
Mia Neal Talks Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
"Thank you so much for joining me today on. Look behind the look. I am a huge congratulations are in order. You are in the middle of a world wind right now. You have been nominated for an oscar. And it's historic and i'm so impressed in just happy about all of the success that you've been experiencing and i know that that you are in a whirlwind. So what what. What has it been like. Has it just been unexpected. You of course. Of course. yeah it's been The part about it is that is so unexpected. Like when you work behind the scenes you just don't it just doesn't cross your mind that you're working on a project this is about to do so you know. There's no is nothing that can predict what the project is gonna go so i don't think that anyone on it knew that this where we were all headed you know so that part is surprising and i think it makes you you know. Just have gratitude on a whole 'nother level right. Yes but the second project that you've been involved in. That's been like so hugh i mean. Uncut gems was my favorite movie of the year. Just one year before so you must be. You must be able to pick the project. How did you come to this project. Or how do you pick your projects. Well so an roth. I work with a lot brought me onto this friday. Okay george st war. And i yeah and so this particular project with denzel producing with you know it just by ola chadwick. I don't know why didn't cross. I certainly did win. The thought myself but definitely them right like as we watch the performance as we will show you know this is spectacular and the transformation on viola. And how far. She's willing to go with it In washington her bill that character even in biddings That was something. So i definitely knew that we were working on something special but i know where it was going to go.
The Big Picture
Canceled Telluride Film Festival announces lineup
"Telluride film festival decided to announce what would have been the slate of films that they were GonNa, show on. September fourth when the festival is supposed to take out, take place before it was cancelled in July, and then we also started to get some news about the New York Film Festival, which will be world premiering a few titles. I. Still don't totally understand how the New, York Film Festival is happening, but let's just talk a little bit about what's going on with film festivals right now. So last year at telluride. They debuted the world premiere of Uncut Gems and Ford versus Ferrari and Judy and first cow, and they had the North American premiere of marriage story. This was a bountiful slate. Lots to see it was a very exciting time. This year, the slate was not a strong. There were some interesting films. There were some very relevant oscar-worthy conversational picks there. I think Francis. Leaves Amanite which many people have been talking about a new movie starring Kate winslet. Insertion Ronin. We're looking for that. How many Oscar nominations to search have at this point twelve fifteen? No. I think it's four, and this will be her fifth, which just seems like I just want to say when we made our really irresponsible Oscar predictions for this year and like having seen nothing I was like I, think Social Ronin will win for this movie that I haven't seen so. At least I think I did I meant to, if I didn't you know please like revised history.
The Indy Mogul Podcast
Hmm expand- burst 01
"Eighty filmmakers. My Name is Ted n welcome to the PODCAST episode Fifty Three. Now on this episode we have production designers. Sandal Sankoh, who is the designer behind film such as uncut gems films like Francis Films like eighth grade, and the reason why I'm so excited about today's episode is that we are talking about production a way that I think a lot of people don't recognize that is design where you're designing girl to look completely invisible so real that you don't even notice it or think about will and in the actual. Actual conversation that we're having with SAM. We talk about not only how I became PRUSSIAN designer starting off in New York with one of the most absurd stories that I've ever heard of as far as people that he's run into in the way that worked together, but crossing talk a little bit, but has
Monday Morning Critic Podcast
"Uncut Gems" Actor: Keith Richards.
"Me Keith Richards. My next guest performance in uncut gems was one of the best of two thousand nine hundred thousand nine his legendary character. Phil will live on and movie infamy. He was one of the most ruthless and raw village and cinematic history. Please welcome Keith Richards key. Thank you so much for being on the show today so I don't know man. I never say this to people. I really don't but I feel like your life anybody's life could be a movie but I feel like your life could be a movie that people would wanNA see us. Something funny said that because basically Hollywood sometimes down the street because yes I have. I have a story. There's no question about it you know after the movie I was like there's one guy I wanted to interview. I said I have to speak with. I have to talk to Keith. And you were so kind to really communicate with me and follow through so I thanked you off air. I will thank you on here to thank you again. Keith. I appreciate everything you enjoy as. Well thank you. You know the fact that this is. Your first acting. Job is astonishing to me. It's maybe the most unbelievable thing I've seen almost two hundred interviews. You're you're like a natural at this. Well you know. I you know the the guy that I was acting alone. Or who is acting alongside? Nation is Shay Tommy to call me. He had said and he's very right guys like him and I We Act lives. You know We just didn't get into degrees walking away with our life or one piece was our degree you do. When you're in Rome you do as the Romans you know this you know. Take it to make it all these things. Come to mind when I think of a bit of school of hard knocks. If you will you know it's it's you know. I I look at you know most actors that I interview they go looking for acting but in your case. Keith. It's just the opposite acting came looking for you is. That's that's a correct statement right happening and it's funny too because it was all in the same area over by Tompkins Square Park on down by Mary. Street and those areas For some reason everywhere I went. Somebody asked me. Are you an actor? Would you like to act? I think it was topped square. That's right by West one. I think we've seen eighty nine. It was a short Sean Penn. Movie I don't know what they wanted me to do. They just asked me. If I like Sean Penn and of course I do and I show people think I look like him and they left. I left and I almost did. It seem like came by and says what are you crazy. We've been running from cameras a whole life. Now you've got to run into it so that was the end of that and We went away and they went away. But I've been asked three or four times Never stuck to the point because it just I just didn't feel right. I feel like a you know. I just ignored it but this time I was the first avenue and Fourteenth Street and at the time I was approached I was also looking to find something new to do because you know I was. I was found. It was a carpenter and I went down in the first towel down and I got sick and I can no longer do the work I used to do. So after beating all of that and get through all of that nonsense I not the Kinda guy to sit around so it was perfect. Timing and Michelle. Mone saw and they convinced me they say come on. Just do just prove US wrong because I told them I. I don't think it's Nelson a you know I've been asked before but it's not for me. She shouldn't aren't you a little curious and she was right so I went and I did that and they proved me wrong. And you're walking towards I think the L. train right and they kind of said I wish standing while I was walking toward trade. I felt somebody somebody looking at. I was like Oh my God some kind of bite me in the tail. What could it be? Could it be standing? Stop alongside the train station and a cigarette and it's funny. Because I was just try I was was quitting at the time and I just said to hell with it just have one and I waited and I turned to my left and there was this girl. Lucre and I looked and she asked me you an actor and that's when she said yes. I know you looking around. I follow you. She said she was following me for a couple of bucks when she went into view about you know example tell started when you hear that story about you know because that happens to other actors but it never works out like it worked for you. It always works out horribly right. They say. Do you want to be an actor and it's always a nightmare story about you know some kind of awful. You know what I'm saying situation and your case it worked out really well. You
Photography Radio
Uncut Gems, Little Women, Microsoft Project Silica, Instagram Profits.
"As photographers animators or just digital content creators. Many of us may lament. How. Instagram has changed over the years since facebook bought instagram. Back in twenty twelve for one billion dollars which seems like an insane amount of money to pay for an APP. That didn't have a clear monetization model eight years later. We can see how facebook has integrated ads on the most popular photo sharing platform and according to Bloomberg Business. The one billion dollar investment is paying back at least twenty full. According to insider information from Bloomberg INSTAGRAM's total ad revenue from twenty thousand nineteen was twenty billion dollars a quarter of facebook's total ad revenue for that year now just as a comparison YouTube AD revenue for Twenty nineteen was just over fifteen billion dollars and remember youtube shares or profits from that revenue with their content creators. Instagram does not if these numbers are real first of all that is a lot of revenue second if facebook is creating this much revenue from this platform like Youtube. I think there should be financial compensation for content creators who helped generate this much income for facebook. This may be one of the reasons. Why Many Power Users on Instagram Aka influencers have to use outside sponsors to try to make a living to generate income for themselves? And at the same time. It's something that instagram appears to be trying to curb claiming that it makes the platform and these accounts less transparent or in the least Craig contests I think and pay artists that are featuring instagram's main account and perhaps have monthly features to charities that they donate to more evidence that facebook is not reinvesting back into the platform is when CEO instagram. Adam massery in recent posts on instagram claim that the reason why there is no instagram for IPAD was because he lacked resources. You can believe that now. If a company like facebook only uses inscribed as a vehicle to generate profit without ever giving back to the company itself as well as those who helped make the platform successful I think many will gladly jump ship when it competing platform comes around to usurp instagram and become the new leading social media photo and video sharing platform twitch or talk. Anyone last week I talked about the possible end of the Microsoft Platform and the evidence seemed pretty clear with Panasonic joining the like elmont alliance and the Olympics is recent flagship. The OIL MD EM one more threes lukewarm reception due to mediocre specs on their flagship. However there has been some news that appears to a point in the other direction report out of Japan says that in one thousand nine hundred nineteen the microphone. Third System took number one spot in market share with nineteen point eight percent of all digital interchangeable lens camera sold in Japan in two thousand nineteen. So that is very surprising for many of us here in. North America or Europe. But I've found over the years that the Japanese market is not always the best indicator of Global Trans Japan makes way more money selling to the US and the European market versus own domestic market and the domestic market tends to be a bit quirkier odd know for a fact that small compact and as I mentioned quirky cameras sell well in Japan as well as in much of South Asia. Even though the sales of these cameras maybe duds in the rest of the world as an example the Nikon one and the Pentax q system sold very well in Japan but that trend didn't really sit well with the rest of the world that it whoever it is interesting to see that microphone. Thirds is not only doing well in Japan but it is a number one platform in Japan and again. I'm not surprised in the sense that small and compact and sometimes quirky cameras do very well in the domestic market. But another piece of news that made me think about the popularity of the micro third system and something. Maybe I'm missing here. Is that both Olympics and Panasonic made joint media announcement. Recently that young new media edge Venus optics are all joining the microphone. Third Systems Standard Group. Which means they'll that there will be developing products that lenses camera lights and other accessories specific for the microphone third system which is great for those that currently are invested in the microphone thirds cameras finally on the same day that they made this announcement casino. Japan just announced the new Voice Lander knocked-on Sixty millimeter f point. Nine five lands which has a hundred and twenty millimeter coolant. Thirty five millimeter. A very high performance Lens. So perhaps I have to eat my words from last week. About the end of micro four thirds that perhaps there is a future for this smaller format and platform. Which really is a good thing? I've always said that. Competition is good including competing formats however my point from last week still stands true that Sony really needs to update that old twenty megapixel sensor with something more modern backside luminated Sima Sensor with phased attacked autofocus across entire surface and perhaps an upgrade up to twenty four megapixel my pick for photographer. The Week is previously mentioned Wilson Web. Now we've already talked about Webs of work on the movie little woman as the onset photographer as well as shooting these wet plates for the actors you also worked on other notable movies such as marriage story the secret life of Walter Mitty Zoo lander to men in black three. He started his career in the movie industry. So he's an onset photographer as well as a DP director photography and camera operator.
Popcorn with Peter Travers
Oscars 2020 Preview
"HI everybody. It's Peter Travers. Here here with this special edition of Popcorn which we're calling the Oscar popcorn because this weekend on February ninth exactly everybody will be watching. Being the Oscar telecast on ABC and probably having their own little ballot. Like I have here trying to figure out who's going to win this damn thing and if the person I don't like winds pushed I put my money on. That's what really happens. That's what people ask me on the street. So I'm GonNa take you through these main categories and and we'll see what will win what should win and we can argue. You can find me somewhere and we can argue about it. But I'm going to start with with best supporting actress. Because that's how the Academy Awards those that's always the first award that we say Kathy Bates in Richard Jewel. Laura dern in marriage in story Scarlett Johansson in Joe Rabbit Florence Pew in Little Women and Margot Robbie in bombshell so look. There's it's a lot of good people here and I have to say right at the outset. That Scarlett Johansson is one of those rare actors that has a nomination as best actress. Chris and best supporting actress marriage story for Best Actress in here supporting which usually gets you to win one and that usually that it's usually that one but it's it's not going to happen you know I'm sitting here saying did I read wrong. What happened to Jennifer Lopez and hustlers? Hasn't she been in this game since the release Lisa Hustler she has and yet the academy you bad people have decided that J.. Lo just wasn't Oscar material while you're wrong but look we we have to deal with rats here and I'm going to say that the person who will win in this category is also the person who should win. And that is Laura Burn and Laura dern in marriage story plays a divorce lawyer and she's a tough one and let's think of all the Hollywood people that are voting for this award and how every single one of them I'll wager. A BET has their own divorce lawyer and has been through this process. Maybe more than once. Maybe two we're three times to do it. And they find Laura Dern Dunn's in this movie something spectacular it's also one of the few awards. I think that marriage story story is going to win. But Laura Dern has never won an Oscar. This will be her first time. Everyone loves her. We all love and big little lies and I think this is her time on so let her have it all right. I'm moving onto best supporting actor. Tom Hanks in a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Anthony Hopkins in the two popes Al Al Pacino in the Irishman Joe Pesci in the Irishman and Brad Pitt in once upon a time in Hollywood. Look you're talking to a big Irishman fan here so if it was me saying come up for the gold it would be Joe. Patchy I know Joe Pesci doesn't do any publicity. He basically sticks fix to himself. He's probably tough guy in real life as the gangster that he plays in the Irishman but that performance is amazing and won won his first Oscar for another score says he movie goodfellas where he was the most scary gangster. You can see here. He's kind of quiet dawn. So if I'm I'm giving them it would be Joe Patchy but the academy is giving this award and no one. No one can win. This except Brad Pitt. These other people here Tom Hanks Anthony Hopkins Al Pacino and Peci all have won Oscars so they already have the gold. Do you realize his full career. Brad Brad Pitt has never won an academy award game over people. This is it Brad. You're going to get in once upon a time in Hollywood playing a stuntman. It man playing somebody who's been around the business. I think it's irresistible for Hollywood to say I'm going to reject one of my own. Plus he was great in the movie. You seem to hear my voice that I have a little bit of a problem. Yeah I do. Because that's not a supporting performance at all that his part is the equal who of his Co Star Leonardo DiCaprio's WHO's nominated for best actor. So why is he in that category. I think they want to win. And Brad you might as well prepare repair your speech right now okay. I am now moving onto best actress. Cynthia Haribo in Harriet Scarlett Johansson in marriage story. Sir Sharon in little women. Charlie's Sharon in bombshell and Renee Zellweger in Judy. What Best S. actress award so far from the Golden Globes to the critics choice awards has it Renee Zellweger one? She's won all of them. So is there any possibility ability here for something else. I mean. Look what Charlie. Stern did in bombshell. She not only plays Megan Kelly. The makeup geniuses have made her look exactly exactly like her and Charlie's has talked exactly like are they love bio pics there so she should be really strong. Social Ronin is like twenty five years old. She's he's on her fourth Oscar nomination. This is incredible and Scarlett Johansson. Like I said nominated for best. Supporting actress and Best Actress. Cynthia revolt is playing Harry Tubman and she also wrote the song from the movie which is nominated. That happened to somebody last year. Didn't it yes it was lady. Eating Gaga Lady Gaga was nominated for writing that wonderful song from stars born and his best actress. But what did you win. She won best song and that was it so I have to say that again. I would give this award person late to search for Ronin just because I think to be that young and to be that consistently brilliant is amazing and her performance in little women. Is that good. But it's Rene as I talk about. How Hollywood would love bio-pics this is? Judy Garland that she's playing judy. This is one of their own. Did they ever give. Judy Garland her own Oscar Competitive Competitive Acting Oscar. Never and I think for that reason not only will renee Zellweger win best actress but she will win for Oscar. Judy Garland on never had. It's their way of saying Judy. We love you. We were so stupid not to give it to you. And we're going to give it to Rene in honor of you. This is how Hollywood works. It's really crazy. But if you're betting on this you have to bet crazy. Aright best actor Antonio Banderas in pain and gory. Leonardo di Caprio in once upon a time in Hollywood Adam driver in marriage story what came Phoenix and joker and Jonathan Pryce in the two popes. I look at this category and before I get into. Who Will Win and who should win? I've I've got to say academy what you have against Comedians. And what do you have against Eddie Murphy. That he's not nominated for Dole. Might as my name what you have against Adam Sandler who proved his dramatic chops in uncut gems. Like nobody can believe and yet they have it they only like to give Oscars to actors serious actors who played comic roles. Ause they hate anybody who's making a living as a comic to actually win this war so this year's been going along I've had this feeling that this was Adam drivers to lose that performance in marriage story is one of the best things he's ever done or that I've seen this year and yet there's this other guy and who's that other guy he's Joaquin Phoenix plane joker. Sometimes there's that kind of performance sometimes. There's there's one that just so dominates the screen. That is such an act of immersion of from an actor in a raw. Yeah Joaquin was scary. He was sometimes funny. He was always touching even though he's playing somebody who's totally out of his mind and a lot of this movie his in his mind. What Cain has been nominated several times before and never one Joaquin? This is yours. I can't believe any set of circumstances. Stances if you WANNA bet the whole house on something and somebody to win it's going to be Joaquin Phoenix as best actor for joker game over all right. We're ready now to move on. I'm going to best director now. This is one of the most exciting categories because these people will these particular men and save and because Hollywood as wont of decided that even though there were more women directing movies than ever before four last year. They couldn't find any to nominate which is of course absurd because Greta Gerwig directed little women which is nominated as best picture and they. I thought no I'm just GONNA do five men like we always do what happened. You people sort of learned a couple of years ago when you nominated Greta. GERWIG quick for Ladybird didn't give it to her. But you nominated her. The KADEMI is ninety two years old. Now how many women has given an academy award for directing one. And that's Kathryn Bigelow for hurt locker. Ninety two years one award hang your head in shame name anyway not knocking any of these men that did get nominated. But there's one in there that I would sacrifice for Greta Gerwig but you you try to guess who that is anyway. Here they are. Martin Scorsese the Irishman Todd Phillips. For Joker Sam Mendes for nine thousand nine hundred Seventeen Quentin Tarantino eighteen. O for once upon a time in Hollywood and Bung June hope for parasite every one of these guys you can make a case for. Martin Scorsese Z.. To me is a master the grandmaster who only has one Oscar for directing and then the Irishman is doing some of his best work. Ever Quentin Tarantino. Not No with once upon a time in Hollywood is also a peak form and yet I'm saying this category is going to between two other the directors one of them being the South Korean Vong June Hall for parasite a Foreign Language Film. That seems to have got everybody excited about what's possible and then Sam Mendes for nine hundred seventeen a world war one movie that is constructed to look like it was done in in one continuous. Take how do you resist that. You don't even though I think they would really like to give their best director award worked. Bon John. How it's going to be for Sam Mendes for creating a war movie like no war movie we've ever seen before so sam I think think it's yours but if you're getting out there and you WanNa go to Bung Jun Ho? You know you might do it because there's always a surprise in these contests we can't go. Oh by what the odds are we have to go by sometimes the academy saying I have an instinct for this. I have a feeling this is the right way to go all right last category. Are we ready best picture of the year Ford versus Ferrari the Irishman Joe. Joe Rabbit Joker her little women marriage story nineteen seventeen once upon a time in Hollywood and parasite here is is the one you know every year I do this. It's between one or two movies this year. I can't reduce anything to to the Irishman my estimation a classic one for the ages. Martin Scorsese. Ed Is Best Robert De Niro Pacino. Joe Patchy making a mob movie about old-age age about the end of a mobster. This is the punishment that they get for the lives they live. There's nobody in their lives there alone. It's a tragedy Quentin went and Tarintino. Once upon a time in Hollywood is writing about Hollywood in the sixties and about a time that he thought was the last creative burst of Hollywood Hollywood and doing that. Nineteen seventeen again the World War One movie shot to make it look like. It's one continue steak and parasite a movie about a Korean Rian family in which they exploited the people they work for and then are exploited by the people working for them it is a classic. These are four incredible classics. So what am I gonNA do. What am I going to tell you? What's out there that you have to say? This is the winner and I'm going to go with with all excuses. No excuses in fact to my love for the Irishman. But I think this is the year of Quentin Tarantino. I I think once upon a time in Hollywood being a love letter to Hollywood and being voted on by people who live and work in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino despite right brilliant work with pulp fiction inglorious bastards reservoir dogs Django unchained has never won a Best Picture Oscar or a best director Oscar. Never it's never happened. What better time than now? When he saying Hollywood I love you? I think it's time Hollywood to say to Quentin Tarantino. I love you back back. So you've got it watch the show and afterwards we'll have a discussion.
The Big Picture
Our Alternative Academy Awards The Oscars Show
"Guys. Welcome to a very special conversation. Nations show about the Academy Awards but not just any Academy Awards are Academy Awards. were changing things up in the big picture this week. We've invited wisely from the New York Times we think for being here. Thanks for having me. Three Person Person Academy that makes us the Grammy Selection Committee. Hopefully less fraught less racist racist sexist and complete Taylor swift at Ed. Sheeran her part of my mom and I want the academy to tell the truth about who it is fun. Fact Taylor swift and Ed Sheeran had movie moments in the last twelve months. If you recall cheering yesterday Taylor Swift. Of course Miss Americana could forget. we're not going to be nominated for you said Miss Americana Either GonNa cats. That was yeah. That's very generous of you sir. I've locked that out we. We're not talking about that on this. PODCAST CAST now. We got the part right. Okay guys so every year the Oscars come around get very angry because they don't represent all the movies that we want to to be celebrated this year I would say it's been an unusually positive Oscar year in terms of nominations. However we got stuck in this conversation about why are there no female directors in the best director category? Why are there so few actors of color? Why are there so few uncut gems nominations are there so many things here we may? They disagree with that. We will discuss. I'm I'm your evolving. I'm evolving exactly the way to put it all evolving. Wesleyan a minute can you guys. Just give me coming some big picture feelings about where the Oscar nominating process is before we dig into our own awards well Without going into the Math Jeff on how the nomination determined at least in the best picture category whatever they did to make them less foreign needs to change because in addition just like I just wrote a piece for the paper Abou a complicated problem I have with. This year's show is the first time more. I'm I feel like the homogeneity among the best picture nominees just superficially is Kinda monotonous to me. What do you mean but up I mean basically what I mean. Is that lake. There are nine move. Eight movies about white people And like the the white experience yes there is a wide experience. PODCAST is often expanding on and in one from Korea or South Korea. And I I like all of these movies except for one and a half of them and so so. The thing that I am annoyed about is that there isn't it is not as though there's one movie that didn't get nominated that should have that also featured Richard people who are not white so my problem is more of an industry. Problem in the Oscars of course is a symptom of this larger thing. And so I'm Kinda just. I went back just to do some math on on on. How many movies among the nominees for best picture since they expanded ten were set the present and usually I mean the thing? That's thrilling about the best picture. Nominees every year is that you do get some really interesting story that gets told about the movie industry but also just the movies and something about this collection of movies as a collection as a class of films kind of bores me and but again like I like most of the nominees and so I don't know it's a weird place but they they have to change them. I think the man is part of this like even I don't like Hustler's that much but you this. This group of movies needs it. Needs it needs needs like a blindside. It needs a district District nine yeah. It needs a district night but you think that so. That's I think it's math don't you because don't what's the one film that would have resolved some of that feeling. Is that the farewell. Like what is it. I don't even see that's the weird thing also. I don't even care care what it was because I don't like any of the alternative. This is weird year for for the solution to this problem. There isn't one. There's no main waves. Waves would be a movie that would that would be more interesting but every year since they expanded ten has had just more interesting stuff. It I have a theory and it's not about math and I think your point about math is good and also your point that this is these are eight movies about white people is also important. uh-huh any everything we're about to say is not going to change that but I do just and it's not GonNa Change the industry and it's not GonNa Change. WHO GETS to make movies? Unfortunately but I do wonder if some of it is also like our expectations and our relationship to the nominees because we're used to being dissatisfied and we're used to findings something that to be mad about and since they've gotten to ten and especially in the last couple of years years. There are more movies that I'm excited about that are nominated for best picture. And even this year I would say they're five movies like jazzed about same same here and I'm not used to that and so I do think and and we're part of doing this podcast and talking about the Oscars is arguing talking about what was snubbed. And what the economy isn't representing. and I wonder if some of the boringness is just kind of. I don't know where to put all of that energy for what interesting that I hear that that particular aspect of this year's race though I think is an anomaly. I think there's two reasons for at one. We we just happen to get a couple of films from a couple of people who kind of always make big noisy special films. Martin Scorsese Quentin Tarantino. We got a couple of movies marriage story and the Irishman that probably would not have been financed by any other studio that got a lot more money than they would have gotten and so those movies got pushed up to the top. You know I know you guys probably not huge joker Fans but that's a highly unusual kind of movie to have been made in the way that it was position. Marketed the success that had had and also the parasite thing is. There's just no literally literally no precedent for a movie like this getting this much awareness appreciation potentialities to win The the fact that this is impossible right now is was utterly unpredictable. Even even in September I ran so I think accounting for this year in particular as a bellwether of any kind and is a little bit difficult long term. But the point that you're making one hundred percent right which is that you know. There's a certain kind of movie that still is always going to get made in Hollywood and there's a certain kind the movie that it's still really hard to get made that's movies by women's moving movies by filmmakers of color starring people of color about different kinds of experiences in the world. So that's not going to change. I think some of what we're we're GONNA do here accounts for that. I think some of the categories that were creating accounts for that. Yes I think. In general though the public perception of the Oscars is it's a little bit. Stodgy it's a little bit boring self-satisfied but also it doesn't really understand what's fun about movies no well that's part of I mean to the degree agree that there is a selection committee. It's People's self consciousness about their with. They want their tastes to be. Yes yeah and that to me is part of what I'm sensing about this group. The best picture nominees though I feel like I do feel like despite the fact that I actually could not subtract one of these movies or there's a ten slot at the tenth movie like what I mean. You could additive movie proud interesting lake. Ed Lee said in the president and at least about the thing that is seemingly the problem by gathering these movies together race Which member of the knives out family is each? That's a good game that somewhere. Oh I like that. We don't have to answer that right now but just trying to think of the Google anyway I but I but I also think that part of the problem. I think some of the things that I'm feeling is this. I mean I don't know it seems like a revenge against the way things seem to be going. Otherwise yes but you can't prove that a and I mean I'm arguing against my own myself right now but it's unprovable. It's just a feeling that I have a feels like every time they do these blind surveys of these academy members. There's always somebody who's like well. I don't think we have a diversity problem. I just think the movies that Star Wall you know other people uh-huh aren't as good as the ones right or even just that was nice. But it's not an Oscar film which covers all manner of sentence and that shows up in. Everyone knows that there is an Oscar film which there's been an Oscar film since like nineteen thirty nine like that's part of the problem. Yeah I don't know when it got so not. How did you no one team seventeen despite how much I love? It smells ker movie. It is twenty when I was fifteen. I did not think that was pejorative. In fact I thought that that was was meaning really really meaningful. My perception of it is changed or self conscious about it. That's an parasite actually wins. I'm going to feel really freaked out. Because does that mean that I'm basic because is the movie that I want to win also won the Academy Award. I just called aging. Yeah well I don't know I don't feel the way by moonlight. Yeah now more so feels like the exception and to me even though I mean in a weird way. Here's a good test of this of this question. The departed. I always think about the idea that departed is a best picture winner. You know what I mean. I think if the departed was directed by Guy Ritchie though it would have had no chance at the Oscars yes of course. The Scorsese. Only the Scorsese UNISOM did that but just looking at it. As a movie rate lake. That was the best picture of what was it. Two thousand six six. I just it just kind of. It's a funny thing. It's a funny thing that wasn't i. I wasn't the best movie of that year. Obviously are not obvious. It's funny that you bring that up. We actually just talked talked about that. Exact movie a couple of days ago show in that movie yeah. It's a totally fun and slightly. You need us. Yes Oh sure. Yeah what what other the way. I don't know actually actually. Actually what's going on with Matt Damon in that movie. Congratulations him okay. So if we were going to change James the telecast a little bit What what there was talk of this last year? About modifying the telecast. But I don't want to modify the telecast per se but I think that there's some categories that maybe we don't needed some categories and maybe we do need okay. I'm personally I just don't believe that. The shorts need to be in the Academy Awards No one watches them their unseen by the by the public at large. Are You mad at that. You want the short sustain gas. I do why I don't know but the idea. We will not a part of the rest of the conversation but is that really how it works. I mean I'm but you're talking to the wrong person and a win aware like I actually wish they had brought. I want to see the best bluegrass album winter. I WANNA see best. Okay I WANNA see best. Best Ja- best traditional jazz album. I WanNa see that person person win. You're in dangerous territory women. I personally would like there to be a nine hours. Oscar ceremony right. Amanda wants to get through this fairly quickly vision show. You're saying it's its own not work of art. But it's least its own entity that needs to have a start and a finish on a structure and momentum and energy we can't just like trot got out every single movie clip that Sean is like for the past seventy years and then let's talk about this cinematography. I'm and this one's like to the telestrator up with the old Oscar broadcast that were nobody really. There was no Internet for people to run to and complain. I mean it just ended when it ended and it was full of supporting clips. I mean for a lot of America. They didn't know who Pauline Collins was. They wanted to see like surely Valentine. What does that clip? This is good so you get a clip Pauline Collins Acting Shirley. Valentine know what you get is a weirdly spliced moment of an actor doing the most over the top contacts list part of a movie you have. If you don't know where Iran Iran remember. What Julia Roberts Best Actress Clip West Pretty woman? It was her singing kiss in the Jacuzzi.
Celeb News Ride Home
Jonathan 'Foodgod' Cheban hires security team to prevent Kim Kardashian-like robbery in Paris
"One of my favorite celebrity hangers-on of all time is this Guy Jonathan Shaaban who his now legally named food. God He's Kim Kardashians best friend. I've talked about him on this podcast before he's just he's amazing he's so funny to me. He's obsessed with like doc decadent and disgusting instagram shots of food. He's never met your he didn't want to get onto. He live. Laflin loves his life as a Kardashian ashes adjacent celeb- and I love that for him. I celebrate celebrate you God anyway. Food God is making headlines Today because he just arrived in in Paris for fashion week with this intense looking security team and looking at a pauper out see photo right now of Food God and he surrounded did by two very serious looking bodyguards. They've got there like arms clasped in front of them. They're very serious. In Y is food God traveling around Paris with this giant Ryan team of bodyguards. Well according to page six. Who got the exclusive INFO on this? They wrote quote. The man formerly known as Jonathan Chapman has hired extra security for himself during the current Paris. Fashion Week to avoid a Kim Kardashian. Like robbery in two thousand sixteen the keeping up with the Kardashians Star Star was tied up by robbers who stole more than ten million dollars worth of jewelry. It's important for his peace of mind and wellbeing. A source said of food. God end quote quote. So of course. Kim's robbery was traumatic and scary for her including everyone. That's close to her. Her four million dollar ring got stolen. She was tied up. Held hostage very real L.. Very serious very very terrifying stuff but also Kim Kardashian is like one of the most famous people on Earth but hey food. God's got good reason to be worried. He's engaging engaging in some wealth flawn t social media behavior which can be a target for robbers. The best part of this whole page six article is when they talk about food. Food God's jewelry that he's allegedly worried might get stolen page six wrote quote. He owns a sixty thousand dollar hamburger necklace and a cotton candy inspired necklace worth ninety. Eight thousand dollars. It's no surprise. He'd flink himself with beefy guards and quote wait. I'm obsessed fast with this sixty thousand dollar hamburger necklace like Oh my God. It's so good I love. I just looked up the picture of it and I can't look away like it's so funny honey. It's actually quite tiny tiny little diamond encrusted hamburger. I'm obsessed but I do. I do wonder like how much does a security gene like this in Paris even costs. Like that's gotta be expensive right but you know what. It doesn't matter because sure this hamburger necklace is i. Guess Worth Sixty grand and but personally. I think it's priceless. I mean a piece like that. Come on priceless completely. Priceless on a side note. I would really really love to see an uncut gems sequel about the sixty thousand dollar hamburger necklace. It could like star Jonathan Chavan. I mean he he'd be a great actor I think. I don't think he's ever really tried acting. But I think I would love to watch him. Star in an uncut gems sequel about the hammer hamburger
Celeb News Ride Home
The Oscar noms are out
"All right. Let's just dive into the nominees for the Oscars. Isa Ray and John Show announced them at the early hour of five eighteen. Am this morning. And now I'm going to read them to you right now. Oh okay the best picture. Nominees are Ford versus Ferrari the Irishman Joe. Joe Rabbit Joker little women marriage story in nineteen seventeen once upon a time in Hollywood and parasite for parasite this is actually a history making nomination. This is the the first ever. KOREAN BAST picture nominee. Okay here's the directing. Nominations Scorsese is nominated for the Irishman Todd Phillips Phillips's nominated for Joker Sam Mendez is nominated for directing nineteen seventeen Tarantino nominated for once upon a time in Hollywood and Vong June. How is needed for parasite just in case? You didn't catch it. Those are all male directors. No female directors got nominated this year. Okay here's the nominations for actress in a leading role Cynthia Areva has nominated for Harriet Scarlett. Johansson nominated for marriage story. See your shirt. Ronin women is nominated for little women. She's actually the youngest four time Oscar nominee in history. Now she's only twenty five. She's gotten four nominations. Pretty Cool also nominated donated. Is Charlie's thrown for bombshell and Renee Zellweger for Judy. Who is my personal favorite? I mean everyone in this category I I think is fantastic but judy is for some reason. My favorite movie of this Oscar season I just. I don't know somethings like broken in my brain because as I feel like I'm the only one that thinks judy is the best movie of all time but I fully acknowledged that my taste in movies is you know not normal anyway now for actor in a leading role we've got Antonio Banderas for Pain and Glory Leo DiCaprio Aka. LDC is nominated for once. It's part time in Hollywood. Adam drivers nominated for marriage story. Walking Phoenix is nominated for Joker and Jonathan. Pryce is nominated for the two popes oops. I'm sorry we're going to get to the snaps later but I have to say I can't believe Adam Sandler didn't get the best actor in a leading role nomination like come on uncut gems tmz is so good The two popes guy beat out. Adam Sandler Tam okay now for best actress in a supporting role we've got Kathy Bates dates for her part. In Richard Jewel. People are actually talking about how her nomination is one of the surprises of this year's nominees. Laura DERN got nominated from marriage story Scarlett Johansson has her second nomination for this supporting role in Joe. Joe Rabbit. Florence PUGH got nominated for a little women and Margot Robbie got an obligation for bombshell. Of course we all know. I'm a big flow pugh Stan. I mean hope she wins this category so bad. I'm at the point if my like Phantom of Florence Pew that have started following like Florence. PUGH twitter stanton accounts. I can't wait to see her. And Zach braff on the red carpet. Please please take Zach Braff to the Oscars come on Florence. Please all right now for best actor in a supporting role. We've got Brad Pitt for once upon a time in Hollywood al Al Pacino for the Irishman. Joe Patchy for the Irishman. Tom Hanks for a beautiful day in the neighborhood and Anthony Hopkins for the two popes. So I'm I'm not gonna read the rest of the categories You can look them up online if you want but the big winner for the nominations at least is the joker which has walked walked with eleven nominations. Next place is the Irishman which has ten nominations nineteen seventeen also got ten nominations. So did once upon a time. I'm in Hollywood denominations and behind that Gioja rabbit got six total nominations. Little women got six total. Nominations seem with marriage story in parasite recite which also both got six
The Big Picture
The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations
"I'm Shawn Fantasy and and this is the big picture. A conversation show about the Academy Awards. They're here. Amanda the Ninety Second Oscar. Nominations have arrived. How are you feeling bright and early on this Monday morning he I do love it? I don't I don't love being here this early. I was saying to you before before we started recording and it just felt like a disclosure before we get into this podcast. My outlook at this hour of the morning is never the best. WE'RE ARE GONNA be flying fast and loose. That's what happens when you record it seven thirty in the morning. We're going to do our best to not make any mistakes. Some mistakes were made by the academy however will be talking about some of them the snubs the surprises houses. Some of the Nice things that happened with the nominations this morning. It's it'll be a robust conversation about what will be happening on February ninth the Academy Awards. Yeah there are some good do things absolutely absolutely some baffling things. Where do you WANNA start? We start with the big picture. Big Picture let's do it okay. Problem in the big picture do you. Yeah I mean maybe we'll start with the most honored movies that seems like the safest place to start first and foremost first and foremost the joker comes to us with eleven nominations now. Were you surprised now. I wasn't either. Let me tell you something about joker people in the academy love. I love that movie actors. They love it directors. We learned clearly. They love it craftspeople. They love it. Composers there in up and down the board and you've only got one acting nomination for this for walking Phoenix. So you can see how it's it's diversely. Spread across the entire voting body any significant takeaways from joker being the leading vote getter so to speak in this in this race. I didn't expect it to be the leading nomination. I think I expected that to go in nineteen seventeen which is a little bit recency bias and also just because I expected nineteen seventeen to grab every single technical nomination because that's it is Zayd technically accomplished movie so joker winning denominations thing is not what you want it is. It certainly changes the narrative. Maybe I mean it'll change what we talk about this morning. I don't know how much it changes the results on the on Oscar night. It's interesting. How as you prepared to speak about joker you pulled your hair back to a pony tail resignedly? I people know what I think about best and I want to stay right here and right now. It ain't going to change. I think that this is an intellectually bankrupt movie. I think it is the emperor's new clothes. I think that anyone and who thinks that this movie is better than parasite or once upon a time in Hollywood or little women are uncut gems has bad taste and doesn't know things about movies straight up and we can do that for for five weeks or we cannot. I'm at I don't really have the energy to do it for that long. Yeah I don't think that that's I don't think we'll be negotiating that until the movie potentially wins Best Picture which you know not always as the most nominated film the likely best picture winner but sometimes it does happen. Tends to happen with noisy movies. Like Lord of the Rings the return it at King Joker ochre is kind of a noisy movie. This is a billion dollar movie and having this many nominations having this kind of box office having this kind of awareness and having this kind of admiration from from the screen actors is. That's a pretty significant thing. So if we saw a joke best picture win on February ninth. I wouldn't be shocked. I don't know if that's what I'm ready ready to predict at this point but I wouldn't be shocked. I neither and in a lot of ways. It makes a huge amount of sense in terms of the academy has refused to WHO ACKNOWLEDGE COMIC book movies or Superhero Movies for years the academy has been trying to update itself to chew reward new types of movies too like to be current to be younger and that the end of the day the score says he caused play. Look it's tiny. Batman man movie winning Best Picture would be academy esque thing to do. It's true and it would be one year after Black Panther which sort of ushered in a lot of these conversations. What else has been honored here once upon a time in Hollywood and parasite the Irishman? You've mentioned those ten nominations for each movie. I don't think a huge surprise there for once upon a time in the Irish Ryan parasite is excuse me once upon a time in the Irishman ten as nineteen seventeen. Let's just talk about those first four gets parasite and I think that is. This is kind of standard operating procedure seizure. What we've got here is three people who made films who have been hugely recognized in the past Quentin Tarantino? Martin Scorsese Mendis as you said the reasons he buys of nineteen seventeen creeping innocent all weekend thinking nineteen seventeen the presumptive frontrunner for best picture. I don't know if I still feel that way right now. A couple of little chinks in the armor that will take a look at identify whether or not that's still the case any big time takeaways from the ten NAM's for all three of those movies are taking things for granted I am. I know that I'm taking granted. It's fantastic once upon a time in Hollywood got ten nominations. It's fantastic. They got ten movies. Nineteen seventeen very impressive movie. We're GONNA talk more about it later this week. It is less surprising that got ten nominations. You know I I saw someone on twitter describing this as a real like wars and cars years which every year at the academy is that you know the nineteen seventeen is the war part of that but very well made movie I it. So that's good. We shouldn't immediately jumped to all of the griping even though I certainly have and the reason I did that is because Joe got eleven nominations and I really don't WanNa talk about it this early in the morning but there are a great films that are being recognized there are among them is also parasite and little women both of which pulled in six nominations. Yes which is interesting. I am not surprised by either of those things but it is. It is a credible accomplishment. And I think a Lotta people on any kind of film. Twitter sense are frustrated by some of the joker recognition ignition but parasite getting six Oscar. Nominations is insane it is. There is no precedent in ninety one consecutive Oscar categories or excuse me ninety one consecutive Oscars for something like this happening so I take some solace in parasites success. So far I live is my favorite film of the year or was it. Yeah I think I put it at number one very early. It's definitely up there and put it on my decade. Let's no this is an amazing film and like and Bongino hoping direct nominated for best director. That's very exciting. And you are completely right that it was it has become such a quote lock or we we we were so sure of it that we are not like Kinda rejoicing especially in the parasite of it. All little women is the same way. There are a a couple notable omissions in the little women. Nominations that maybe put a sleigh damper on it which we will talk more about but you know it did get nominated for best picture. Sure thank the Lord. I thought that was the one where I was. Just GonNa not show up this morning. Yes so there's something interesting about the parasite. Nominations to be one is that the film was recognized in both best editing and best production design. which are you know? Chris categories and on the one hand that's kind of impressive and shows a broad sense of support amongst the academy. No acting nominations for the movie though. Oh No song-ho none of the other actors in the film were recognized. There's a maybe a case to be made that this is a kind of acknowledgement of like a film mastery mastery but maybe not the same kind of Hollywood is star mastery. That movie like the Irishman or once upon a time in Hollywood receives. I'm not sure where I fall on that. I think it does feel like progress to me to some extent the little women thing you make a fair point which is that on the one hand brilliantly made movie with wonderful performances. It's great that it's nominated for best picture as well. The absence of Greta Gerwig In the best director category something. We'll talk about a little bit more here on kind of what that means. It's kind of dangerous to draw mega conclusions from the Academy Awards. There's only eight thousand people in this group and a lot of them are old and weird so you can't we don't this is even though. This is the sort of the definitive document of movie history story in terms of achievement. It is one of the wonkfest award recognizing bodies in the in the world Academy President David Rubin noted that what makes makes this special is that this is the people who make movies voting on. What is the best movies? And that's part of what makes the ostrich great that's part of what makes them kind of terrible is because there's an insularity into some of this. The parasite recognition is something that makes me think. Maybe this isn't such an insular body anymore. Maybe there are a lot of international voters. Maybe this is changing changing. Maybe the the way that we look at international movies changing in our American culture. I think that's certainly true. And I and I do think that the economy trying to change itself and how we talked about the movies has evolved enough that we were starting in a place where we expected parasite to be nominated expected. Little women to be nominated we were talking about whether uncut cut gems would make an end and the fact that. We're all kind of bummed out about the fact that uncut gems got snubbed. which it your? Maybe you're not supposed to use the word snob in that context. But let's use it always it got snuck. Uncut gems was snubbed and that I think that that in does indicate some some progress wrestle. Change some different lineup than we would have had five years ago and a different approach to the movies on the flip side we can. We can only only addressed the world that we live in. And I do feel because we've been having these conversations for awhile and because it was such an exciting year in a year that has parasite parasite the Irishman once upon a time in Hollywood uncut gems. Little women the farewell. What am I forgetting? I mean all kinds of movie. Sure but you know all vendors and games okay shirt KAZAM. Great Active Pika Chew. Well that was this does I can't help but feel that. This is a disappointing configuration of of that list of movies. It's not totally disappointing. But there is something of. We got our hopes up enough. They are kind of like. Oh yeah this is still the academy. And they're still going to be a lots of nominations for the more traditional types of movies
The Big Picture
The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations
"I'm Shawn Fantasy and and this is the big picture. A conversation show about the Academy Awards. They're here. Amanda the Ninety Second Oscar. Nominations have arrived. How are you feeling bright and early on this Monday morning he I do love it? I don't I don't love being here this early. I was saying to you before before we started recording and it just felt like a disclosure before we get into this podcast. My outlook at this hour of the morning is never the best. WE'RE ARE GONNA be flying fast and loose. That's what happens when you record it seven thirty in the morning. We're going to do our best to not make any mistakes. Some mistakes were made by the academy however will be talking about some of them the snubs the surprises houses. Some of the Nice things that happened with the nominations this morning. It's it'll be a robust conversation about what will be happening on February ninth the Academy Awards. Yeah there are some good do things absolutely absolutely some baffling things. Where do you WANNA start? We start with the big picture. Big Picture let's do it okay. Problem in the big picture do you. Yeah I mean maybe we'll start with the most honored movies that seems like the safest place to start first and foremost first and foremost the joker comes to us with eleven nominations now. Were you surprised now. I wasn't either. Let me tell you something about joker people in the academy love. I love that movie actors. They love it directors. We learned clearly. They love it craftspeople. They love it. Composers there in up and down the board and you've only got one acting nomination for this for walking Phoenix. So you can see how it's it's diversely. Spread across the entire voting body any significant takeaways from joker being the leading vote getter so to speak in this in this race. I didn't expect it to be the leading nomination. I think I expected that to go in nineteen seventeen which is a little bit recency bias and also just because I expected nineteen seventeen to grab every single technical nomination because that's it is Zayd technically accomplished movie so joker winning denominations thing is not what you want it is. It certainly changes the narrative. Maybe I mean it'll change what we talk about this morning. I don't know how much it changes the results on the on Oscar night. It's interesting. How as you prepared to speak about joker you pulled your hair back to a pony tail resignedly? I people know what I think about best and I want to stay right here and right now. It ain't going to change. I think that this is an intellectually bankrupt movie. I think it is the emperor's new clothes. I think that anyone and who thinks that this movie is better than parasite or once upon a time in Hollywood or little women are uncut gems has bad taste and doesn't know things about movies straight up and we can do that for for five weeks or we cannot. I'm at I don't really have the energy to do it for that long. Yeah I don't think that that's I don't think we'll be negotiating that until the movie potentially wins Best Picture which you know not always as the most nominated film the likely best picture winner but sometimes it does happen. Tends to happen with noisy movies. Like Lord of the Rings the return it at King Joker ochre is kind of a noisy movie. This is a billion dollar movie and having this many nominations having this kind of box office having this kind of awareness and having this kind of admiration from from the screen actors is. That's a pretty significant thing. So if we saw a joke best picture win on February ninth. I wouldn't be shocked. I don't know if that's what I'm ready ready to predict at this point but I wouldn't be shocked. I neither and in a lot of ways. It makes a huge amount of sense in terms of the academy has refused to WHO ACKNOWLEDGE COMIC book movies or Superhero Movies for years the academy has been trying to update itself to chew reward new types of movies too like to be current to be younger and that the end of the day the score says he caused play. Look it's tiny. Batman man movie winning Best Picture would be academy esque thing to do. It's true and it would be one year after Black Panther which sort of ushered in a lot of these conversations. What else has been honored here once upon a time in Hollywood and parasite the Irishman? You've mentioned those ten nominations for each movie. I don't think a huge surprise there for once upon a time in the Irish Ryan parasite is excuse me once upon a time in the Irishman ten as nineteen seventeen. Let's just talk about those first four gets parasite and I think that is. This is kind of standard operating procedure seizure. What we've got here is three people who made films who have been hugely recognized in the past Quentin Tarantino? Martin Scorsese Mendis as you said the reasons he buys of nineteen seventeen creeping innocent all weekend thinking nineteen seventeen the presumptive frontrunner for best picture. I don't know if I still feel that way right now. A couple of little chinks in the armor that will take a look at identify whether or not that's still the case any big time takeaways from the ten NAM's for all three of those movies are taking things for granted I am. I know that I'm taking granted. It's fantastic once upon a time in Hollywood got ten nominations. It's fantastic. They got ten movies. Nineteen seventeen very impressive movie. We're GONNA talk more about it later this week. It is less surprising that got ten nominations. You know I I saw someone on twitter describing this as a real like wars and cars years which every year at the academy is that you know the nineteen seventeen is the war part of that but very well made movie I it. So that's good. We shouldn't immediately jumped to all of the griping even though I certainly have and the reason I did that is because Joe got eleven nominations and I really don't WanNa talk about it this early in the morning but there are a great films that are being recognized there are among them is also parasite and little women both of which pulled in six nominations. Yes which is interesting. I am not surprised by either of those things but it is. It is a credible accomplishment. And I think a Lotta people on any kind of film. Twitter sense are frustrated by some of the joker recognition ignition but parasite getting six Oscar. Nominations is insane it is. There is no precedent in ninety one consecutive Oscar categories or excuse me ninety one consecutive Oscars for something like this happening so I take some solace in parasites success. So far I live is my favorite film of the year or was it. Yeah I think I put it at number one very early. It's definitely up there and put it on my decade. Let's no this is an amazing film and like and Bongino hoping direct nominated for best director. That's very exciting. And you are completely right that it was it has become such a quote lock or we we we were so sure of it that we are not like Kinda rejoicing especially in the parasite of it. All little women is the same way. There are a a couple notable omissions in the little women. Nominations that maybe put a sleigh damper on it which we will talk more about but you know it did get nominated for best picture. Sure thank the Lord. I thought that was the one where I was. Just GonNa not show up this morning.
Colleen and Bradley
2020 Oscar Nominations: Snubs and Surprises
"Nominations out today and well the word snob is questionable in its application of who or who did not receive a yeah there are some people who maybe thought they were going to get nominated for Oscars this year and who didn't quite make the short list and I'll be going to outback steak house tonight there sorry okay good the only cocktail special or what's going on over there is decent yeah stakes what do you want a water because they feel like you're going to get a little salty also read that they put on the table with the price but anyway so what we okay look out for Jennifer Lopez at outback steak house because she didn't get nominated for her role the film hustlers she was out doing the pre awards show blitz of publicity at all the things that came with it an internet and it did not it didn't pan out for her other notable absences from Oscar nominations said today some people citing that Nicole Kidman did not get a nomination for playing Gretchen Carlson bomb shell Adam Sandler for uncut gems he was not nominated as well as in putting in the gaudy Murphy beyond say also of people whom they thought they would have received a nomination they but they did not we don't cover the straps nobody knew it was known like what deliberate being like we don't want to nominate yeah to nominate you because you we had better
The Big Picture
2020 Golden Globes: Winners and Losers
"This is the big picture a conversation show about the seventy seven. Th annual golden in global wards. Amanda here we are once more. We think we know what we're talking about. Enter these things with great confidence even knowing that the Golden Globe boards are famous famously. wonky messy goofy silly stupid and they have shocked us once more. Nineteen eighteen seventeen has won best drama. which I don't think either one of US predicted we in fact you did not pick that I think we thought all four of the other contenders had a good story story? I I do want to say you and I washed together and you. I believe pitched picked joker on our podcast Dixie Irishman. And at one point you shared with me that your wife was going with marriage story and and we watched a two popes commercial and I was like well it could be two popes and you said you. We've now talked about the possibility party of four of the five winners which means it'll probably be nineteen seventeen now. Look you and I are very lucky to have these jobs. We are but I do not claim to know anything like. I'm just going to put this on the table here. I don't I don't know anything. I know people who knows stuff but I don't know anything and this is an example of having any confidence about doing any of this stuff. I thought a lot of Adam. Sandler's character from uncut gems. When that moment happening where I was like this is what must be like to be an awful gambler? I think I went like four for fourteen tonight. Some brutal number. I think you and I are luckily tied at four hundred fourteen. I just WanNa remind you that I very confidently set on the podcast. I I think I got four wrong. That's true and I thought that would have been impressive. It's only get four rowing and four wrong would have been absolutely extraordinary. You would have been going straight to the damn. Am Bank on forum is tough interesting. Telecast tonight I actually thought it was quite a dull show for most of it. There were some head-scratching picks. There were some entertaining speeches. Let's let's we'll get back to nineteen seventeen and all the races. We'll go through race by race but before we do that. Let's just talk. About the telecast itself Ricky Gervais returned earned as the host fifth time he brought a a unique energy the show this year an energy I would describe as fuck all. He really did not seem to care. Think he literally did describe it as that multiple times when he told the audience to go fuck themselves. He was mercilessly bleeped. Throughout out the night He really had the attitude of a person who would be happy to be anywhere else but at this award show I'll be honest. I know it's not cool to set kind kind of enjoyed it you did I. I kind of enjoyed it not because I thought he was funny or useful but just because it was different. I've never really seen that before. There was a train wreck vibe to it you. You kept cackling at like you. Would just he would say something and it would be silent and then and then you would react to the fact that nothing was happening but him just like melting down. I love the idea of people who work at network or a famous person in the audience watching just like quietly recoiling at everything happening onstage on stage. There's something kind of joker ask about that and I I thought your race was kind of like fake provocative. Most of the night and a lot of the jokes. We're kind of like ooh look at me but not actually with anything deep to say about anything which is a lot of his humor in the last five to ten years but he definitely succeeded in bringing just the sheer shear nihilism to the performance. Yeah and I thought that was the one thing that was a mistake. I don't really care about Ricky Gervais xl. I didn't think he was very funny but I wasn't offended ended. My main thought process there is monologue was like oh I really don't like comedy like I don't like the active comedy or anyone who thinks that they're a comedian. It's just like not for me so you know. Yeah that's that's how I spent my time tonight but bio for you by the way comedy. Not For me. It's really not just don't care. I don't think it's funny but I agree that the show is boring and it felt like purposeless a lot of the time and some of that you remarked as we were watching all the commercials for like whatever weird. NBC Plane Show. They were debut and it would say when it was airing on NBC would say like an streaming the next day and there were commercials for Peacock. Doc and Amazon and ethics and all of the platforms and it was just very clear that this is a network. TV like dying right in front of our eyes yes it was a stegosaurus. Soroush slowly falling to its dinosaur needs so hiring someone to stand up on stage and be like this doesn't matter on the one on hand it's true it really doesn't. It's very putting his finger on the truth of the thing but you know they're still trying to get people to watch the show for three hours in order to cover. The advertising is and and to save their network and it I just did. Your Vase just reminded me of like this. Like this is an outdated form like. This actually has no relevance it didn't make me feel feel bad about committing my time to it though for some reason maybe that's just a six drain of my personality. But I I never felt like well I do. Think the show at Townsville purposeless. I didn't think think that his like ruthlessly blase approach to everything. I I just I. I liked it. There was. It was not the same old like back patty glad handing and and also the same Tina fey and amy poehler ask like were above it but will also do the show Biz dance thing you know that. That was raised a characteristic of their three times hosting. I think all of which were pretty fantastic. I I love them as hosts but the tonality of their hosting was always like. Isn't this stupid but also I will perform for it. This was the first time I ever saw anybody in this job. Go like fuck it. I don't care yeah I guess that's interesting as a one one time thing. I don't think you can ever do it again. Right couldn't run it back. Yeah and he swore up and down that he would not be back. I just I understand that reaction. I spent the whole time being like I'm being reminded so many different ways that I have complete control over what I want to watch now and what I content I want to take in and I just. I really really don't need to be listening to ricky surveys right now. which is now because she was defending me or because he was spectacularly unfunny? I was like I don't need this it's a great point I wonder how what what percentage of humans who are watching television. I chose actively to just throw on a streaming service instead of watch this award. Show which is what they would have done. Yeah say fifteen years ago to fascinating thing anything else else to say about your vase. I mean he really just gave his monologue and then came out. And kinda deep side his way through a couple of introductions and that was really the whole show that is true I they will say that the only kind of provocation that I was like I'll give him credit for or the I will remember is every time he would just yell back at the audience. Yes you did it not me. Shades of Amanda hosting play. Yeah it was. It was unusual. I look forward to the future hosts of the Golden Globes. I think we have now served our ricky surveys time. Yes other notable things things from this. TV Show Ellen was was fitted with a with a big old tribute. The Carol Burnett Award which is now an annual award which I guess last year was the first year Carol Burnett won this award and It was interesting I I think on the one hand Ellen. Degeneres is a hugely important figure socially because when she came out that sort of change changed the perception for a lot of people of the gay lifestyle in America and what a celebrity could be in the future. Twenty years of career has been much more about being a extremely extremely rich famous person and posting talk show and I couldn't help but notice an American Express logo in the middle of the montage that to her that did happen and a career highlight montage included her being an American Express commercial. That seemed like Perhaps a subtle metaphor to a lot of the things happening in such an image is to Ellen's career. Yes I agree with that. I will say I thought they keep Mckinnon speech to her was very moving and funny. That was the one time I was like. Oh I do like comedy and and you can see Ellen. Being moved by that. And and that's why she was on the stage. I think I think that's the reason that they can give her the award. Or that's that's the stated reason and then it is also because she's just been on. TV for seven years like printing money for various people. Yeah you the Hollywood. Foreign Press gives out a lot of awards on the night they give out awards to actors and actresses and writers and directors and even composers and Ellen doesn't really do any of those things. She hosts a TV show but there is no best variety show category so she used to be on the Sitcom but that it was a long time ago. Why why was Ellen at the Golden Globes because people who would not otherwise watch the Golden Globes like Ellen and they watch every day on TV and they watched the clips on answering? I gotTa tell you on the instagram explore tab like an interview with someone POPs up. I'll watch that. I'll watch that stuff steph. Every time I wash it into minute increments you know. I also have a lot of thoughts about Ellen's Politics in the last ten years that I'll keep to myself so but but I think did they give her the award because it brings a different audience. Let me ask you this. Where was Dakota Johnson? That's what I want great question that is so good for those of you. Who Don't know there's a legendary moment on the Ellen Show in which she interviewed Dakota Johnson to Johnson Mentioned that she was having a Christmas party. And Ellen said where's my invitation to send it to you. And she said I never got got it. And then they had a bit of a showdown and I think Dakota came out on the other side of that one. The champion is she did because Allen had been invited I believe it to her birthday party. Ellen was out of town and do you know where L.. It was the weekend of Dakota Johnsons Birthday Party. I was she in Amarillo. Texas with George. Yes she was there you go so yeah Ellen was celebrated. That was fine. I tend to enjoy these lifetime. Achievement awards I think one of the sadnesses sadnesses of where the Oscars now is. Because you know no offense but demons like you complain about how long the show is and so we have to lose things. He's like a lifetime. Achievement awards out of the Oscars which gets into the governor's awards which happened months ahead of time. And we don't get to hear about the great works of I don't know Sidney Lumet or Sidney Poitier gay or other great men named Sydney and unfortunately we don't see that at the Oscars we do see it at the Globes and we saw another great tribute to another great great man not named Sydney. This man is named Tom's names. Tom Hanks this was a this was lovely. I was very moved by it. I'm just moving past all the slander. We'll relitigate the Oscars for two and a half hour. Make them you know. Don't link continuous. Shot make a good TV show making good TV. Show that people WANNA watch all the way to save movies. It's the only way to save TV. It's the only way to save like I don't know celebrities and rooms together just make TV. Show anyway. I thought the time hanks was good TV. Because you know who's Great Tom. BUGGING HANGS AMERICA'S SWEETHEART GETS UP. There starts crying two seconds because his family sitting in the wrought Edison because he was on. I think he's a nice person. And he was like someone had fed him Hypno- and he was he was fading out and then he just goes goes into like your uncle who knows a lot about making movies and wants to give you advice mode. It was great told you all about the gate. Yeah the gate cleans. The closing properly is a I also just watching the montage. I just pointed out to me I just really love Tom. Hanks his work and also I was thinking about our podcast and the hall of fame. And I'm really really mad that I caved on. You've got mail. I should have put it in over sleepless in Seattle. I'm just saying that now. I'd like to apologize to the many people who reach out to let me know that they would have supported. Did that decision. I let you guys down. I will say I have not thought about that one. Since can I have thought frequently about how we left Saving Private Ryan off. which was you? It was my fault but I was reminded instantaneously upon that podcast publishing. In fact that podcast went live and I felt like three seconds later. People were like where saving private private Ryan. Even though they had not listened to it we next it saving private Ryan did make an appearance in this montage Tom Hanks's made like thirty bad movies. And it doesn't matter because his good movies are so good in so meaningful to people and his funkier sincere just general good guy nece makes people feel good and he happened to be in a good movie this year which is very helpful. He did not win unfortunately though he was nominated for best supporting actor for Beautiful Day in the neighborhood I thought it was great. I thought you know. That's not really surprising. He he is professionally decent and he seemed like a good person. He was very happy to have his family there. He was very happy to pay a lot of respect to Martin. Scorsese I believe. He gestured towards him three times during his speech which was adorable. You know I just. I wish that there were actually more things like yes. I like to be reminded of the people I like making these movies. That's the whole point of these award. Shows it's not to like breakdown whether nineteen seventeen is going to win at the Oscars like that's rusted. Do the awards shows themselves are to celebrate the great people in the great stuff. I still like that.
Steve Cochran
Uncut Gems has the seventh most F-bombs in movie history
"Six congratulations to Adam Sandler's new movie on cut gems on cut gems has the seventh most F. bombs in movie history John Williams loved this movie said it was really good said Adam Sandler is such an unlikable person he does a great job should be nominated uncut gems are you ready for the top ten end of watch at number ten alpha dog at number nine straight outta Compton number eight one cut gems at number seven had four hundred and eight F. bombs casino at number six four hundred and twenty two nil by mouth never heard of it and number five summer of Sam four hundred and thirty five number four the wolf of Wall Street had five hundred and sixty nine F. here's my question what is it if it's your job to sit there and help them what do you call that job there is a website that does this does it it probably does it digitally right and the top two are documentaries number two a documentary on the F. bomb with eight hundred and fifty seven Exxon one of course and swearnet the movie at nine hundred and thirty five F. bomb nobody else in the house and nobody
Filmspotting
Our Top 10 Films of 2019
"Last week on the show we focused on our out liar pixies or movies that were unique to our individual top ten list this week. It's what we're calling the consensus picks though as you'll hear in a moment a little bit of a misnomer because these things can never just line up perfectly. We do want to quickly recap the the movies we talked about last week on the show Tasha. You're the big winner with five movies as outliers. You were the only one who loved these movies that much which is to say. Some of US didn't appreciate these films but we didn't appreciate him quite as much as you did. Those titles were I did not realize I was winning but I will take this win They were wild rose the drama about the Scottish woman who wants to be a country and western singer. I lost my body. The French animated drama about a severed hand. Making its way through Paris Chris. The Documentary Hail Satan about the rise of the political group the Satanic Temple. Honey boy the style of movie where he plays his own father and tells his own. The story and the nightingale a harrowing rape revenge drama from Jennifer Kent Director of the Obama Duke tied for second place. Michael and Josh Michael Will Start with you. Four titles else that were outlined four titles ashes pure swathes Uson case great gangster film one child nation a terrific documentary About a filmmaker who goes back to her home village in China to explore the consequences of the government's one child policy that affected everybody in her family and her village waves the drama Rahmah from trae Edwards Scholtz his third feature and a great streak of threes on NFL. Nobody saw nobody knows present. Perfect from school of the the art institute graduate and it's a wonderful Colli picture of about a youtube stars in China and just come into the lives we learn about through all this phone footage Josh. You're foreign. I had Clerides highlife. Joanna Hogg's the Souvenir Takeaway. TD's Joe Joe. Rabbit and Pedro Element over Spain and glory so my top ten list. Apparently very boring and predictable. I only had three outliers. Safdie brothers Uncut Gems starring. Adam Sandler. Her was my number nine choice. Alex Perry's her smell starring Elizabeth Moss one of the best performances by an actress. This year I think was my number seven choice and I had James. Gray's Astra Astra starring Brad Pitt at number six.
All Things Considered
Inside 'Uncut Gems': A Cosmic Score In A Frantic Film
"It's a cinematic panic attack so why reporter Tim grieving asked does it feature a cosmic new age score one of the first things that jumps out an uncut gems emits the den of new York's diamond district the hectic habitat of Adam Sandler's loud mouth Howard Ratner is this meditative analog synthesizer score the composer is Daniel Patton also known as one tricks point never he first worked with the directors brothers Josh and Benny saftey on their twenty seventeen film good time I think they expect the score to always
Fresh Air
Adam Sandler shows his serious side in the manic 'Uncut Gems'
"The new movie uncut gems arrive brives on a wave of accolades from organizations including the National Board of Review. which named Adam Sandler the year's best actor and the New York film critics circle which she gave its best director award to the filmmakers? Josh and Benny softy in the movie Sandler plays a New York jewelry dealer who becomes embroiled in various desperate schemes schemes. To get out of debt film critic. Justin Chang has this review. Adam Sandler is known for his juvenile Hollywood comedies. But if you've seen him in movies like punchdrunk punchdrunk love and the Meyer would stories. You know that he can be a superb dramatic actor when given the right material. He's found the right material. And then some in Uncut Gems uh-huh written and directed by the brothers. Josh and Benny Safdie. This is a tense and jittery throwback to CD New York crime classics such as the Gambler and bad lieutenant tenant about desperate men spiraling out of control. It's wildly entertaining. An utterly excruciating off at the same time Sandler plays an impulsive XLIV fast talking Jewish businessman named Howard Ratner who owns a jewelry store in Manhattan's Diamond District. We first meet him while. He's having a colonoscopy the the movie sly way of letting US know we're going to get uncomfortably up close and personal with the sky. It's also one of the few scenes in which the character isn't emotion. The the story unfolds over a few chaotic days in the Spring of two thousand twelve much of it takes place in his shop. Were Howard pedals. A lot of wears like stolen rolexes diamond. Diamond studded furby dolls that are almost as flashy and dubious as he is with his study earnings leather jacket and dreadful goatee but before long Howard. What is on the move? He has a sports gambling habit. That's cost him dearly and loan. Sharks have started turning up at his store to collect. But Howard isn't just addicted