Your host may have Covid this week, but the show must go on ... 2002's Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, and 2022's The Woman King, starring the incomparable Viola Davis, are the next pair of films to get the spotlight to celebrate International Women's History Month! Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Kicking off International Women's Month with a look at two female-written films starring two Oscar-winning actresses! Writer-director Nicole Holofcener once said, "What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human." And Sandra Bullock and Anne Hathaway bring on the humanity as multi-dimensional women in two dramadies about addiction, rehabilitation, family dynamics, and autonomy. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

The countdown to the 97th Academy Awards is winding down, and props to both Kieran Culkin, presumed frontrunner for Supporting Actor, and the criminally snubbed Jesse Eisenberg, whose directing and own acting hit the mark. At least he got an Original Screenplay nod. Meanwhile, 2004's Garden State also has likeable but emotionally complicated protagonists and a quirky blend of eccentric comedy and a powerhouse of dramatic emotion. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Return guests Brendan Manning and Zak Tauscher, both former high school film student of mine and now film industry entrepreneurs in their own right, return for our annual breakdown of the Academy Award nominees! In this second of a two-parter, we discuss Best Director, Adapted and Original Screenplays, Animated and International Features, Visual Effects, Sound, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Song, and, of course, the four acting categories!

Return guests Brendan Manning and Zak Tauscher, both former high school film student of mine and now film industry entrepreneurs in their own right, return for our annual breakdown of the Academy Award nominees! In this first of a two-parter, we look at the 10 contenders for Best Picture.

Two actresses nominated for the Best Leading Actress Oscar for playing a sex worker who's tough on the exterior but vulnerable inside. Two megalomaniac gazillionaires looking to "buy their services" for a week for a fat wad of cash. The Oscars countdown begins with the annual series of episodes pairing a current nominee with a former one with a direct or indirect connection. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

A hard-drinking, self-absorbed, kid-hating guy is put on probation and has to perform community service by coaching a group of scrappy underdog kids to a championship. And through it all, they bond in this ice hockey version of The Bad News Bears. Emilio Estevez leads this franchise from one hat trick to the next. Return guests Stu & Al of the Stu & Al Pod join me for a look at this fan-favorite franchise from the 90s. Plus, poll results, trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Newly-minted Golden Globe winner Sebastian Stan is the man of the hour in this episode that revisits his portrayal of Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya and explores his performance as 'Edward Lemuel' in A Different Man, for which he nabbed the trophy. There may be cheeky references to connections to Nancy Kerrigan and I Tonya's Julianne Nicholson as well. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs - let's hit the ice!

What will it take to get Amy Adams her long-overdue Academy Award? After being goose-egged each of the six times she's been nominated, this talented actress deserves it more than ever. A look back at her Golden Globe-winning performance in 2013's crime caper American Hustle and her most recent Golden Globe-nominated role in the surreal Nightbitch. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

The film that launched a thousand parodies from Carol Burnett to The Simpsons, Gone with the Wind is firmly entrenched in cinema history as one of the most influential, recognized, and quotable motion pictures ever made. Lecturer and convention regular Kathleen joins me to commemorate its 85th anniversary. Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

The film adaptation of the 1985 children's book gets the spotlight as podcaster DaveyA of DaveyATalks and blogger/YouTuber Stephen J. Holloran guest for a look at the Tom Hanks-drenched holiday favorite. So grab some hot chocolate and enjoy. Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, listener shout-outs!

'Tis the season for Bing Crosby, as Going My Way turns 80 and White Christmas blows out 70 candles! An affectionate look at both holiday classics that'll make you want to sing with Bing about glistening treetops. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

A pair of post-war holiday films are in season with 1945's Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck, and 1947's It Happened on 5th Avenue, Oscar nominee for Best Writing (Original Story) ... plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Mary Tyler Moore, Tony Curtis, Jonathon Brandmeier, Joseph Bologna, and, in a brief but satisfying cameo, Sonny Bono all deliver the turkey in this spoof about a dysfunctional family with about 300 different storylines compressed into an 89-minute-long running time! Return guest Cesare of The Rad Revival House Podcast joins me in a spirited discussion about this head-scratcher of a network TV movie. Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Alfred Hitchcock was an auteur in every sense, and he knew how to create atmosphere. He wasn't called the "Master of Suspense" for nothing. Two of his celebrated films both celebrate their 70th anniversary, and Carlo of The Movie Loot Podcast returns to join me in taking a closer look at both! Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

The three co-hosts of The Gold Standard Oscars return to join me as we revisit Eddie Redmayne in his Oscar-winning role as Stephen Hawking the same year that Benedict Cumberbatch gave Alan Turing his long-overdue recognition in his own Oscar-nominated performance. Two real-life geniuses who left their mark on the world, two tragic stories, two superlative portrayals! Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

It's been 85 years since Dorothy melted the Wicked Witch and Jefferson Smith held the Senate floor for 23 hours straight. A look back at two classic films that are both timely and timeless as ever. Plus, behind-the-scenes fun facts, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Halloween season draws to a close with one last pairing of horror films (for now): 1966's Eye of the Devil, starring David Niven, Deborah Kerr, David Hemmings, the beautiful and talented Sharon Tate, and horror icon Donald Pleasence and 1968's Witchfinder General, starring the dashing, debonair, and diabolical Vincent Price! Friend Dan J. joins to discuss both obscure films that deserve more recognition than they get. Happy Halloween!

A low budget, a willing cast, deplorable working conditions, a Volkswagen van, and a chainsaw - what more could be needed to create an enduring cult classic of the horror genre? Chris, aka The Movie Psycho, of the Just Go Watch Podcast, returns to join me in blowing out 50 birthday candles to this unforgettable piece of cinema legend! Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Return guest Ian of the Cult Connections podcast joins me for a look at two horror films with a lake in a woodsy area as the eerie setting for a slasher: the titular bay in Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (1971) and Crystal Lake in Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th (1980)! We excitedly dissect these films as every horror fan should. Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shoutouts! Music used : " Dark Horror Theme " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" - Music link : • [No Copyright Music] HORROR THEME | ... SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: • [No Copyright Music] Dark Horror Them... Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/33RWRtP Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV