Skye & Evan In The Morning

Today we discuss the movie Whalefall, starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, to see if it lives up to the hype. We analyze how the adaptation translates to the screen and discuss whether the narrative holds up for those going in with high expectations.

Today we talk about Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin, starring Scarlett Johannson, a very weird and interesting film about gender politics and the objectification and exploitation of women's bodies in society.

In 2002, Charlie Kaufman wrote a film called Adaptation., starring Nicholas Cage as Kaufman himself and his fictional twin brother Donald Kaufman, as well as Meryl Streep playing the real world journalist and writer Susan Orlean. The film is fascinating and unique, and incredibly meta, and Spike Jonze's directing adds a layer to it that makes it truly beautiful. Today we discuss this film and...

Today we talk about a timeless classic from 1987, Robocop.

Did you know the Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford 1993 thriller The Fugitive had a sequel? Did you know it's actually very underrated? Well, listen here all about it.

Today we talk about the 1995 film Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone, with its very interesting visual presentation and worldbuilding, and we compare it to Alex Garland's 2012 film Dredd, starring Karl Urban, the extremely underrated action thriller, similar to The Raid (2011). Which is the best one? Is the original as bad as people say?

Today we talk about Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The quintessential heist movie, Skye watches it for the first time and talks about her experience with it.

Today we talk about Bo Burnham's directorial debut, his feature film Eighth Grade, released 2 years after Make Happy and 3 years before Inside.

Today we have a movie discussion about another classic, Brian De Palma's 1983 masterpiece Scarface, starring the one and only Al Pacino. Has the film aged well?

Today we talk about The Godfather and its two sequels, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Is The Godfather really the greatest film of all time? Is The Godfather Part II better than the first? Is Part III not actually that bad? Tune in and find out.

Today we talk about Adam McKay's Don't Look Up, a film ostensibly about climate change, satirizing current day politics, and how, after five years of the film's release, it may have aged better than most people expected at the time.

Happy 100, everybody! To celebrate our 100th episode, and two years of podcast, enjoy this two-hour discussion of one of Evan's favorite shows, X-Men 97.

Today we talk about one of the greatest films of all time, Lawrence of Arabia.

Today we talk about Stephen King's adaptation of his own book, Pet Sematary, released in 1989.

Is Dark City (1998) the true inspiration for The Matrix? We break down the sci-fi movie review and discuss why it remains a cult classic. In this episode, we revisit the 1998 sci-fi film Dark City. Evan brings this recommendation to the table, sparking a conversation about its visual style, narrative themes, and how it holds up decades later. We look specifically at the frequently cited similariti...

Today we talk about M. Night Shyamalan's Signs, a lot of people's favorite film from him, about an alien invasion.

Today we talk about the film that took the world by storm in 2024, Conclave.

Today we talk about Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, arguably his most popular film, and how we may not like it as much as everyone else.

Today we talk about Disney's Mulan!

Today we talked about Markiplier's feature film debut Iron Lung, and the larger youtuber to filmmaker trend in current day filmmaking.

Today we talk about last year's horror sensation: Zach Cregger's Weapons. Is it as good as people think?

Today, in uncharacteristic fassion, we talk about a newly released film, The Devil Wears Prada 2, the legacy sequel 20 years after the original and how it might actually be surprisingly decent.

Today we talked about a faux biopic called Loving Vincent, exploring Vincent Van Gogh's death and his impact on many people, as shown via beautiful hand painted animation.

Today we talk about David Fincher for the first time on the podcast and his 2002 home invasion thriller Panic Room, starring Kristen Stewart, Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker and Jared Leto, and how this might just be his most underrated film.

Today we talk about a 1976 film that may as well have been made this year, Network, by Sidney Lumet, the director behind the masterpiece 12 Angry Men.