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Award Wieners Movie Review Podcast

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96th Academy Award Predictions Podcast

March 05, 2024 02:56

96th Academy Award Predictions Podcast In this episode, David and John get into their predictions for Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards. New to the podcast?  Subscribe with the buttons below.

Episode 67 - The Great Ziegfeld Movie Review

November 16, 2023 01:48

Episode 67 - The Great Ziegfeld Movie Review Join David and John as they review the musical biopic, The Great Ziegfeld, winner of the 1936 Oscar for Best Production. New to the podcast?  Subscribe with the buttons below.

95th Academy Award Predictions Podcast

March 08, 2023 14:13

95th Academy Award Predictions Podcast In this episode, David and John get into the multiverse, Elvis, and tiny Irish island communities! Hear their predictions for Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards. New to the podcast?  Subscribe with the buttons below.

Episode 66 - Argo Movie Review

January 02, 2023 22:27

Episode 66 - Argo Movie Review In this episode, David and John make plans to exfiltrate this podcast out of the editing bay and into your ear. They discuss the high-tension thriller and true story of Argo, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Marvel's Midnight Sons - Blade and Ghost Rider Movie Reviews

September 01, 2022 02:19

Marvel's Midnight Sons - Blade and Ghost Rider Movie Reviews In this episode, David and John discuss those "other" Marvel movies, Blade and Ghost Rider.

Episode 65 - You Can't Take It With You Movie Review

May 07, 2022 19:43

Episode 65 - You Can't Take It With You In this episode, David and John decide if this family comedy is something you should consider taking on at all. It's You Can't Take It With You, the 1938 Oscar best picture winner.

94th Academy Award Predictions Podcast

March 16, 2022 03:09

94th Academy Award Predictions Podcast In this episode, David and John talk about dog powers, driving cars, freak shows! Hear their predictions for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. New to the podcast?  Subscribe with the buttons below.

Episode 64 - West Side Story Movie Review

March 06, 2022 19:23

Episode 64 - West Side Story David and John form a war council to discuss the terms of the 1961 musical about gang warfare,West Side Story, that year's Oscar winner for best picture.

Cyberpunk Cinema Spectacular - Lawnmower Man & Johnny Mnemonic

January 17, 2022 02:39

Cyberpunk Cinema Spectacular - Lawnmower Man & Johnny Mnemonic David and John surf through the dark reaches of the digital landscape, chatting about the cyberpunk movie classics Lawnmower Man and Johnny Mnemonic.

Episode 63 - Forrest Gump Movie Review

December 14, 2021 02:55

Episode 63 - Forrest Gump David and John sit together on a bench while discussing Forrest Gump, winner of the 1994 Oscar for best picture.

Episode 62 - The Best Years of Our Lives Movie Review

October 18, 2021 00:26 mp3

Episode 62 - The Best Years of Our Lives David and John come back with a life-altering experience while discussing the World War II vets homecoming drama The Best Years of Our Lives, winner of the 1946 Oscar for best motion picture.

Judge Dredd vs. Dredd: Movie Judgement Day

September 08, 2021 03:09

Judge Dredd vs. Dredd: Movie Judgement Day David and John judge dystopian sci-fi movies set in Megacity 1, Judge Dredd and Dredd.

Episode 61 - In the Heat of the Night Movie Review

August 19, 2021 00:31

Episode 61 - In the Heat of the Night David and John head south to discuss the racially charged detective thriller In the Heat of the Night, winner of the 1967 Oscar for best picture.

Episode 60 - The Hurt Locker Movie Review

June 26, 2021 20:08

Episode 60 - The Hurt Locker David and John try not to step on any landmines while discussing The Hurt Locker, a wartime thriller about a bomb defusal squad and winner of the 2008 Oscar for best picture.

'Cruella' Looks Great But Lacks Bite

June 01, 2021 00:35

Cruella is an awkwardly constructed origin story that desperately wants to reframe a wannabe dog killer into a sympathetic protagonist. The result is a story that doesn’t capture what makes the Cruella character so much fun to watch in “101 Dalmatians.”  The movie kicks off with Cruella as a young girl. Her real name is Estella and she’s a budding fashionista with a rough-and-tumble side. After her mother dies in what I can only describe as a truly absurd confrontation, Estella joins a duo...

Odds Are 50-50 That You’ll Like ‘Army of the Dead’

May 24, 2021 19:38

“Army of the Dead” is a standard Zack Snyder affair. It’s loud, unsubtle, bloated, and includes characters that are paper thin, even for a zombie movie. At the same time, there are interesting action scenes and arresting concepts (zombie tiger) roaming around this flick. Given all this, “Dead” is a solid actioner mixed with a mediocre zombie movie and an uninteresting heist flick.  The film opens on a military convoy carrying unknown cargo out of Area 51. The container is accidentally dama...

Round 3 - Mortal Kombat 1995 & 2021 Movie Review Bonus Episode

May 08, 2021 15:44

Round 3 - Mortal Kombat 1995 & 2021 Movie Reviews David and John test their might by watching two live-action Mortal Kombat movies back to back. See how the 1995 kult-klassic stacks up to the 2021 fan fatality.

Mortal Kombat Is Big, Bloody, and Boring

April 28, 2021 01:06

The new Mortal Kombat is soul-sucking. Nearly every aspect of the film is bungled. The script is atrocious, the casting is poor, the acting is terrible, and the humor oscillates between flat and forced. The most positive thing I can say about this iteration of MK is that some of the action is mildly entertaining.  The stakes in this iteration should be familiar to anyone who’s played the video games. Outworld and Earthrealm are locked in a deadly battle. Once a generation, Outworld and Ear...

2021 Oscars Ballot Challenge

April 20, 2021 12:50

Join us for our annual Oscars Ballot Challenge! The person with the most correct selections gets to pick the next movie we review!  Enter Award Wieners' 2021 Oscars Ballot Challenge

93rd Academy Award Predictions Podcast

April 18, 2021 00:57

93rd Academy Award Predictions Podcast In this episode, David and John talk about how 2020 sucked but the movies did not! Get their predictions for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards. New to the podcast?  Subscribe with the buttons below.

Episode 59 - Chariots of Fire Movie Review

April 01, 2021 16:00

Episode 59 - Chariots of Fire Movie Review David and John make dash to the end of Chariots of Fire, a drama about track athletes and winner of the 1981 Oscar for best picture.

No Major Issues with this Deluxe Edition

March 23, 2021 22:09

“Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is an indulgent affair that is significantly better than its predecessor. However, it is a Zack Snyder movie. It comes with all the positives and negatives associated with the director. It’s bombastic, violent, and slow-mo heavy. It’s also visually arresting and wholly unique. I expect casual moviegoers will find the movie enjoyable, if not a little confusing, while die-hard comic book fans will absolutely love it. The crux of the narrative is unchanged from ...

The Script Is the Real Villain in Batman v Superman

March 16, 2021 00:27

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition” is a hot mess. It’s overlong, confusing, poorly written, and atrociously paced. I watched this version of “Batman v Superman” to prep for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” but now I’m questioning whether I should bother with Snyder’s new movie. If it’s more of this, I won’t be able to make it through. It’s difficult to recap this film, but the main thrust of the narrative is in the title card. Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) manipulates Bruc...

Press Start on This Video Game-Inspired Time Loop Movie

March 08, 2021 14:07

Director Joe Carnahan’s “Boss Level” is a welcomed addition to the growing “time loop” genre. While it’s not wholly memorable, it is stylish and entertaining. What impressed me most was that it paid homage to video games without turning into parody, i.e. “Guns Akimbo.”  Frank Grillo plays Roy Pulver, a retired special forces officer who’s trapped in a time loop. Every day he fights off a host of colorful characters before he’s eventually killed in some form of over-the-top mayhem. He liken...

A Cat and Mouse Movie with No Claws

March 02, 2021 00:12

 Despite a few fun sequences, “Tom and Jerry” is a plodding, mostly soulless affair. Even at 101 minutes, this live-action animated hybrid overstays its welcome. Its biggest flaw is that the film focuses too much on its human actors instead of the movie’s namesakes.  “Tom and Jerry” takes place in a world in which animals are 2D cartoons and humans are, for lack of a better term, regular old humans. At the start, Jerry — he’s the mouse, if you’ve forgotten — is apartment hunting (or den hu...

Daniel Kaluuya Commands the Screen in Judas and the Black Messiah

February 24, 2021 23:22

Daniel Kaluuya, who plays Black activist Fred Hampton, is the star of this unconventional film. He’s riveting on screen, both while delivering powerful speeches and philosophizing. Kaluuya is all but guaranteed an acting nomination at the Academy Awards. “Judas and the Black Messiah” also stands a better-than-even chance of earning a Best Picture nomination. Directed and co-written by Shaka King, “Judas” tells the true story of how William “Bill” O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) was strong-armed...

Rosamund Pike Elevates a Middling, Depressing Thriller

February 22, 2021 23:32

Rosamund Pike buoys this off-kilter and heavily stylized thriller, which is guaranteed to leave you depressed.  Pike plays Marla Grayson, a greedy and ambitious legal guardian who swindles elderly men and women out of their life savings. With the aid of an unethical doctor, Marla convinces the courts that her targets can no longer take care of themselves, and once installed as their legal guardian, she moves them to a nursing home. Marla then facilitates the sale of their possessions to pa...

A Reverse Slasher That’s an Instant Cult Classic

February 15, 2021 00:04

For the past several years, Nicholas Cage has churned out one genre feature after another. Having watched most of them, I’ve developed a theory: One in five Cage movies is a must-watch. These are the films that best harness Cage’s full-committal acting. Movies that fall into this category are “Mom and Dad,” “Color Out of Space,” and “Mandy.” Director Kevin Lewis’ “Willy’s Wonderland” is the latest addition to what I call the Twenty Percent Club.  This svelte piece of genre fiction is hilar...

Bonus Episode - Robin Hood Movie Retrospective

February 13, 2021 16:27

Bonus Episode - Robin Hood Movie Retrospective Merry men David and John discuss Robin Hood movies through the ages - The Adventures of Robin Hood, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.  

Episode 58 - How Green Was My Valley Movie Review

January 17, 2021 14:51

Episode 58 - How Green Was My Valley Movie Review David and John mine for movie gold as they discuss the story of family at the beginning of the industrial revolution in How Green Was My Valley, winner of the 1941 Oscar for best motion picture.

Episode 57 - An American In Paris Movie Review

November 29, 2020 18:12

Episode 57 - An American In Paris Movie Review David and John tap dance their way through the musical set in France - An American in Paris, winner of the 1951 Oscar for best motion picture.

Halloween Episode - John & David's Cornucopia of Horrors

October 29, 2020 01:25

Halloween Episode - John & David's Cornucopia of Horrors David and John freak each other out while discussing Jennifer's Body and Perfume: Story of a Murder, two overlooked horror films.

Episode 56 - The Apartment Movie Review

October 10, 2020 15:39

Episode 56 - The Apartment Movie Review David and John discuss the workplace dramedy The Apartment, winner of the 1960 Oscar for best picture.

Revisiting Our Favorite Childhood Movies

September 01, 2020 01:21

Bonus Episode - Revisiting Our Childhood Favorites Dave and John have an excellent movie adventure, revisiting their childhood favorites. Things go about as expected.

Episode 55 - The Deer Hunter Movie Review

July 30, 2020 02:50

Episode 55 - The Deer Hunter Movie Review David and John watch the Vietnam war drama The Deer Hunter, winner of the 1978 Oscar for best picture.

Episode 54 - Cavalcade Movie Review

June 20, 2020 16:11

Episode 54 - Cavalcade Movie Review David and John watch the decades pass in the historical drama Cavalcade, winner of the 1933 Oscar for outstanding production.

Episode 53 - Marty Movie Review

May 07, 2020 23:43

Episode 53 - Marty Movie Review David and John look for love as they discuss the lonely-heart drama Marty, winner of the 1955 Oscar for best picture.

Quarantine Episode - John and David Stay Home

April 17, 2020 22:42

Quarantine Episode - John and David Stay Home David and John socially distance themselves more than usual. And give you some tips for doing the same while staying sane.

Episode 52 - The Godfather Part II Movie Review

April 05, 2020 15:58

Episode 52 - The Godfather Part II Movie Review David and John take their business to the next level as they discuss the crime drama The Godfather Part II, winner of the 1974 Oscar for best picture.

Episode 52 - The Godfather Part II Movie Review

April 05, 2020 15:58

Episode 52 - The Godfather Part II Movie Review David and John take their business to the next level as they discuss the crime drama The Godfather Part II, winner of the 1974 Oscar for best picture.

Episode 51 - Parasite Movie Review

March 05, 2020 02:14

Episode 51 - Parasite Movie Review David and John worm their way into your earholes as they discuss Parasite, winner of the 2019 Oscar for best picture. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: The Godfather Part II.

92nd Academy Award Predictions - Oscar Best Picture Winners

February 05, 2020 04:07

92nd Academy Award Predictions Podcast - Oscar Best Picture Winners In this episode, David and John predict the future!  Join us as we make bold claims about which movie will take home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Be a part of our night at the Oscars by selecting which movies you think will win at the 92nd Academy Awards. The person with the most correct selections will get to pick the next Best Picture Winner Award Wieners reviews! Predict this year's Oscar winne...

Episode 50 - The Godfather Movie Review

January 22, 2020 03:22

Episode 50 - The Godfather Movie Review David and John deliver a podcast you can't refuse as they discuss The Godfather, winner of the 1972 Oscar for best picture. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: The Godfather Part II.

2019 Christmas Special - A Christmas Horror Story Movie Review

December 14, 2019 21:53

2019 Christmas Special - A Christmas Horror Story Movie Review David and John grinch their way through another holiday season, reviewing A Christmas Horror story on their way to having their hearts grow three sizes from holiday eating. This podcast is part of the Movie Cellar's 12 Days of Christmas movie reviews!  Check out the Movie  Cellar for more details.   Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: The Godfather.

Episode 49 - The Life of Emile Zola Movie Review

December 08, 2019 00:39

Episode 49 - The Life of Emile Zola Movie Review In this episode, David and John try the military courtroom drama The Life of Emile Zola, winner of the 1937 Oscar for Best Production. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: The Godfather.

Episode 48 - Gladiator Movie Review

October 22, 2019 01:02 mp3

Episode 48 - Gladiator Movie Review In this episode, David and John enter the arena to battle it out over the sword and sandal drama Gladiator, winner of the 2000 Oscar for Best Picture. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: The Life of Emile Zola.

Episode 47 - Grand Hotel Movie Review

September 21, 2019 02:17

Episode 47 - Grand Hotel Movie Review In this episode, David and John check in to the drama Grand Hotel, winner of the 1932 Oscar for Best Production. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: Gladiator.

Episode 46 - Million Dollar Baby Movie Review

August 17, 2019 21:13

Episode 46 - Million Dollar Baby Movie Review In this episode, David and John step into the ring to discuss Million Dollar Baby, winner of the 2004 Oscar for Best Picture. Featured Hot Dog A million dollar dog - a hot dog covered in golden food spray. A true golden frank Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: Grand Hotel.

Episode 45 - It Happened One Night Movie Review

July 14, 2019 20:51

Episode 45 - It Happened One Night Movie Review In this episode, David and John escape their controlling fathers to have a discussion about the original romantic comedy, It Happened One Night, winner of the 1934 Oscar for Outstanding Production. Cast Your Award Wiener Ballot Check our Facebook Page to vote on the next movie Award Wieners reviews. Up next: Million Dollar Baby.

Episode 1 - Ben-Hur Movie Review: Special Edition

July 09, 2019 01:09

Episode 1 - Ben-Hur: Special Edition Sometimes, people get it in their heads that modern techniques should be applied to something that is already perfect. And sometimes remastering a classic is a good idea. We always felt the content of our early podcasts was generally pretty good, but the quality and lack of editing made them like an undercooked hot dog - hard to enjoy.  We went full Lucas on this episode - our first episode - re-editing things, adding new scenes, and changing who shoots...