Are You Screening? Podcast

Without Remorse & The Mitchells vs the Machines Reviews +Look Back at 2005 Films

This week we take another look at The Mitchells vs the Machines, which is a lot of fun, and we review Without Remorse, the latest Tom Clancy effort. Ultimately, Without Remorse isn't particularly bad, but it could have been a lot better.
We also keep looking back at award winners of years past, a project that started out as an idea to give people some ideas of what to look for via streaming services in these theater poor times. Since I turned out that several years didn't have very inspiring nominees, we take a look at some of the best of 2005.

Mortal Kombat, Stowaway, Mitchells vs Machines, and More

This week we take a look at Mortal Kombat, Stowaway, and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, and we take another look at some old Oscar winners by way of listener questions.
Is it possible that Mortal Kombat is actually a decent effort? We wouldn't have expected to even entertain the question, but the trailer made us curious. Do things work out? We'll let you know, and if you haven't heard of The Mitchells vs. the Machines yet, you really want to check it out.

Mortal Kombat, Promising Young Woman & Oscar Flashbacks

Going into the Oscars has thrown everything sideways in this movie season that can't stop trying to tear the industry apart. This week, we talk briefly about Mortal Kombat, which is as weird as you expect, and we catch up on Promising Young Woman.
We also start taking a look back at Oscars past to see just how much these awards mean, especially several years later. Are any of the winners actually good, or still watched? Should any of them have won over the other nominees? The answers may surprise you.

Nobody & Godzilla vs Kong Reviews

As we enter the final stretch of awards season, this week we're looking at two popcorn flicks that seemingly have no business entering awards talk.
Nobody, the new effort by the screenwriter of John Wick, and a movie that looks to tell a very similar story, and Godzilla vs. Kong, which looks to be a movie that you will like exactly as much as you predict.
We also end up waxing poetic about the state of theatrical releases and where things seem to be headed in the wake of the Arclight closing.

The Snyder Cut Justice League Review

We may be venturing away from awards season, and happily toward theaters moving closer and closer to some serious releases (cross your fingers), but the news of the day is the Snyder Cut, because certain people won't stop talking about it and we might as well join them.
Whether or not a movie is worth your time becomes a very different question when it's four hours long... and you've already seen it, but it turns out that there isn't much need for convincing. For some, you're going to see it whether or not anyone says it's good or bad, for others, the opposite is true.
If you thought it was bad to start, and few thought it was good, can throwing two more hours at it improve things?
We'll let you know.

Judas & The Black Messiah Plus Oscar Noms

This week we're going over the Oscar noms and comparing them with the Critics' Choice Awards. The short version is that the Oscars are the CC plus Pinocchio.
We're also covering Judas and the Black Messiah, which we did not love as much as the Oscars, but is still a worthwhile film.

Coming 2 America & Critics' Choice Aftermath

With awards all anyone can talk about, we're running down the Critics' Choice winners leading into the Academy Award nominations, but there are still a lot of things coming out... even if theaters are still hurting.
We'll take a look at Coming 2 America and let you know if it's worth your time, and we'll also throw out some quick impressions of other new releases.

The Can't Win Awards 2021!

It's that time of year again. That's right. It's our own awards!
The Can't Win Awards were spawned from our hope to give some attention to the movies, actors and actresses, and yes, even screenwriters and directors, who just... let's face it, can't win other awards.
There's too much out there not to highlight the films that just aren't big enough, or are too "genre" to be taken seriously.
Tune in and find out who we thought needed a shout out this year, and a special award, and why Shane decided it was Vast of Night.

The Worst Movies of the Year 2021

Now the fun begins listeners! Sure, the Golden Globes have happened, and other awards are coming up - tune in to Critics' Choice on March 7th - but this week we're headed in the other direction.
The worst movies can be as hard to put on a list as the best, but we make ourselves do it. Did your most hated film make the cut, or are you not putting in the same sort of effort we are and thus didn't even see any of these? Tune in and find out what we just couldn't stand this year.

Best Movies of the Year Lists 2021

It's that time, and now that awards are right around the corner, we're giving you our Best Movies of the Year lists. There are a few surprises, and we aren't as moon-eyed over some of the things jockeying for position on everyone else's lists.
Find out what we loved this year, what you need to see, and how we figure our take on things may give some insight into what is going to win Best Picture.