The Awesome Village

Halloween is approaching and we sit down to discuss what you should watch or avoid in the run up to the holiday. We discuss the return of Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as developments on What We Do In The Shadows along with the season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks and the second season of See on AppleTV+. We also bring you our reviews of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Halloween: Kills. All that...

It’s a full Sopranos episode as we present our review of The Many Saints of Newark and breakdown our favorite episodes from each season of the series.

Greg returns from Paris to rejoin the Elders and catch you up on what you should watch or avoid. This week, we discuss Squid Games, Y: The Last Man and Ted Lasso for serialized shows and we discuss the feature-length The Guilty and the final Daniel Craig outing as James Bond, No Time To Die. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

For this special episode of the Awesome Village Podcast, as No Time to Die is about to be released, we discuss our favorite Bond films in a very disorganized manner, and then we do a tournament to determine the best Bond theme song.

In our first Greg-less episode as he is away on his honeymoon, we celebrate our beloved show runner and discuss his likes and dislikes and determine whether his opinions or correct or not.

With the release of Cry Macho, we offer up a double box set of the films of Clint Eastwood—one as an actor and one as a director.

We have returned after a natural disaster disrupted our usually scheduled programming. We catch you up on our activities during Ida and its aftermath, and try to bring some normalcy back to the Village.

*Since the Village is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, feel free to enjoy this classic episode! We will be back before you know it!* It's a new year and also a new decade.  Join us as we have a discussion about our individual lists of Top Ten Movies of the Past Decade.  Sparks fly.  Debates are had.  The world turns a year old. 

It's another sunrise over the Village and we sit down to go over the things you should watch or avoid.  Disney+ offers up What If? and Star Wars: The Bad Batch.  Starz introduces us to Heels. AppleTV+ continues offering up Ted Lasso and Paramount+ gives us another season of Star Trek: Lower Decks.  We also continue the love story of our Ryan with Ryan Reynolds in our review of Free...

Ryan is back for a remotely recorded episode where we catch you up on things you should watch or avoid.  We report on how the Olympics are going so far.  Glenn fills us in on Family Game Night.  Greg catches us up on Ted Lasso and John takes us through White Lotus.  Ryan revisits the John Candy classic, Only The Lonely and we bring you reviews of Willy's Wonderland, The Suicide...

We're doing a second round of our series of focuses on getting to know a Village Elder.  This go around, Greg is interviewed by Glenn and John.  So sit back, relax and learn a little more.

It's another episode packed full of discussion as we sit down to tell you what to watch or avoid with your valuable time.   We discuss The Movies That Made Us Season 2, the debut of Masters of the Universe: Revelation from Netflix and Kevin Smith.  Glenn tells us about Disney's Behind The Attraction, CNN's History of the Sitcom and Apple's Schmigadoon!  We also give the full se...

Now that the Dominic Toretto memes have taken the internet by storm, we sit down to decide the best family from pop culture.  Could they go to space?  Could they kick missles?  Could they jump cars between skyscrapers?  Could they beat an Infinity Gauntlet powered Thanos in combat?  We don't know, but we have fun talking about it.  So grab your favorite treat and make...

It's Ryan's favorite holiday, Shark Week.  As we take a break from dolphin year to focus on nature's slack-jawed, swimming, eating machine, the Elders also sit down to discuss the things we watched to help direct your viewing time.  Glenn tell's us about the documentary, Shark Beach and John and Ryan discuss Sophie: A Murder in West Cork.  Greg tells us about Batman: Gotham By Gasli...

It's time to get the female perspective as the Elders are joined by a few wonderful ladies to chat with us this week.  As the release of Black Widow looms over the horizon, we sit down for a conversation about female characters in film and television.  We discuss their importance, impact and how we think they stack up in the overall pantheon of their genre.  So sit back, relax, and...

The Elders return with tons of content to help you decide what to watch or avoid.  This week we discuss the season finale of Mythic Quest from AppleTV+, our three episode rule evaluation of Loki, our assessment of Kevin Can *$%# Himself and Greg goes over a show his grandmother recommended, Escape to the Chateau. We also bring you reviews of The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Luca and Batman: Hus...

The history of cinema is filled with memorable roles that had very little screen-time.  This week, we take a deep dive into those roles as we discuss small parts with big actors.  Join us for some fun and a few surprises as we decide which small amount of screen time had the most impact on a much larger story.  Sit back, relax and make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on the...

The Elders are joined by Ryan's sister, Louann to break down what is worthy of your valuable time on the big and small screens.  We discuss the debut of Loki on Disney+ along with Tell Me Your Secrets and the new season of Kominsky Method.  We also discuss the debut of Sweet Tooth on Netflix before diving into our reviews of Cruella, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and In The Heig...

Hungry for another visit to the village?  We've got you covered.  This one's all about food.  Best steak in a movie?  Best feast?  We've got you covered as we sit down for a meal and some conversation.  So sit back, relax, grab your favorite dish and enjoy this visit to the village banquet table.

Summer is beginning at the Village and we sit down to give you another update on what you should watch or steer clear of in short and long form story telling.  This week, John and Ryan discuss the finale of Mare of Easttown.  Glenn tells us about his experience watching Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. on Hulu. We also tell you about our experiences watching the HBOMax Friend's Reunion before giving...

Welcome back for another special edition week where we revisit an old, favorite feature: Does it Hold Up?  We'll each dive into a movie we haven't seen from days of yore and let you know if it holds up today.  We also go through a tournament to decide which tv series had the best instrumental theme song.  So sit back, relax and make sure you subscribe for another visit to the Awesom...

It's a jam-packed week of catching you up on all the things that deserve your attention or apathy.  This week Ryan catches us up on some WWE antics before we dive into the serialized offerings like Season 2 of Love, Death & Robots.  We also have Glenn take through Apple TV's adaptation of The Mosquito Coast.  John takes us through the season finale of The Nevers and Mare of East...

He shares a name with one of the most versatile food items known to man and he's an equally versatile actor benefiting the landscape of entertainment as we know it.  That's right, Kevin Norwood Bacon is the subject of this week's episode.  Join us as we go through his filmography of some 95 projects and discuss how those projects makes the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" possible. &nbs...

The Elders sit down, break bread and discuss the things you should watch or avoid in the long and short form of media.  We celebrate May the 4th by reviewing the first episode of Disney+'s The Bad Batch.  We dive into the world of cults with reviews of Q:Into The Storm and Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults both from HBOMax.  Ryan gives you his take on Mortal Kombat and Glenn bring's us W...

Ryan has returned from the mountains, grizzled and stocked with moonshine which we try throughout the episode while catching you up on what you should watch or avoid.  We give our season review of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier from Disney+.  John and Glenn review the newly released Mortal Kombat film.  Glenn gives us his review of this year's Best Picture, Nomadland. We discuss...