Two Oceans

A review of Avatar: The Way of Water in 2d(Siouxfire) and 3d(Scrumpy) CREDITS: Opening music: https://pixabay.com/id/sound-effects/dramatic-reveal-21469/ Closing music: https://pixabay.com/id/music/bosa-nova-bossa-in-my-heart-13187/

We continue our 3 part review of our top films of 2022 with our selections for the Tier 2 or Silver level offering a cross section of film recommendations across genres as well as covering the latest trailers and movie news. CREDITS: Intro clip from Dean Fleischer Camp's "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" (2022) from Cinereach, You Want I Should LLC., Human Woman Inc., Sunbeam TV & Films, Chiodo...

In the first episode of 2023, we begin our 3 part review of our top films of 2022 beginning with our selections for the Tier 3 or Bronze level offering a smorgasbord of film recommendations across genres.  CREDITS: Intro clip from Tom George's "See How They Run" (2022) from DJI Films and TSG Entertainment, distributed by Searchlight Pictures Opening music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-116199/...

In the second of our two part holiday special, we discuss movies with the holiday spirit at their core. We cover films from Terry Zwigoff's "Bad Santa" to "It's a Wonderful Life" with lesser known festive treats between. CREDITS: Intro clip from Terry Zwigoff's "Bad Santa" (2003) from Columbia Pictures, Dimension Films and Triptych Pictures, distributed by Miramax Films(North American) and Columbi...

In the first of our two part holiday special, we discuss "holiday adjacent" films; movies set in the holiday season which lack the festive spirit. We cover films from Billy Wilder's The Apartment to Die Hard and Krampus as well as some lesser known holiday cinematic offerings. Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions...

In this episode, we discuss recent movie news and recent viewings as well as continue our conversation around Native American film and representation in media including Terrence Malick's The New World and Season 2 of Reservation Dogs Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS:...

We discuss some recent movie news, our weeks' viewings including Kim Hopkins' A Bunch of Amateurs, Lam Ngai Kai's Peacock King, Panah Panahi's Hit the Road, as well as a look at David Lynch's Twin Peaks The Return Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro clip from Davi...

We discuss our recent viewings including Jacques Audiard's "Dheepan", Romolo Garai's "Amulet", Damien Leone's "Terrifier", Olivier Assayas’ “Personal Shopper” and Jim Archer’s “Brian and Charles” among others. We also have a look at brilliant performances in terrible films. Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on...

In this episode we discuss recent viewing including Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin as well as looking back on our Halloween horror series. Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro clip from James McTeigue's f...

Continuing our Halloween horror series, we talk about some recent releases including Barbarian and Hellraiser as well as discussing some films missed over the course of our inspection of horror. Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Jordan Peele's "Get Ou...

In this episode we conclude our discussion of horror sub-genres Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Taika Waititi's "What We Do In The Shadows" (2014) from Resnick Interactive Development, Unison Films, Defender Films, New Zealand Film Commission (distr...

In this episode we continue our discussion on horror sub-genres Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" (1974) from Gruskoff/Venture Films, Crossbow Productions Inc., Jouer Limited(distributed by 20th Century Fox) Opening mu...

In this episode we start our discussion around the sub-genres of horror Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980) from The Producer Circle Company, Peregrine Productions, Hawk Films (distributed by Warner Bros) Opening m...

In this episode we discuss the ingredients that go into making a great horror Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness" (1992) from Dino De Laurentis Communications, Renaissance Pictures, Introvision International (distributed b...

In this episode we turn our attention to the revered films which we don't hold in such high esteem Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Miloš Forman's "Amadeus" (1984) from The Saul Zaentz Company (distributed by Orion Pictures, Thorn EMI Screen Entertai...

In this episode we turn our attention to stop motion in film from its early days to Jordan Peele and Henry Sellick's Wendell & Wild Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS:  Intro scene from Greg Daniels and Michael Schur's series "Parks and Recreation" (2009-2015)...

This week we're kicking things off with a discussion around Native American and indiginous representation in media. Sifting through decades’ worth of mass media consumption, my friend and fellow cinemaphile Scrumpy joins me in discussions on film from the low to high brow CREDITS: Intro scene from Jim Jarmusch's "Dead Man" (1995) from Demetra J MacBride (distributed by Miramax Films) Opening music...