The Rolling Tape

Alongside the recent release of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, we revisit Christian Gudegast's 2018 action heist thriller. The film follows an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank. Watch along with us as we react and comment. Listen Here: Spotify Ap...

After the Oscar nomination announcements for the 97th Academy Awards, we break down the results by analyzing all of the expected nominations we received along with any surprises and snubs. We reveal how accurate our final predictions were before we move into analyzing the final phase of Oscar campaigning leading up to the announcement of the winners on March 2nd, 2025.  Listen Here: Spotify Apple...

Oscar Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced live by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott! Here are our live, uncut reactions to the nomination announcement ceremony with immediate analysis following the ceremony. Our guests: Eugene Rocco Utley and Courtney Ward Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , and Linktree Resources: Oscar N...

To kick off 2025 with our first review of a January release, we’re discussing Wolf Man directed by Leigh Whannell, the newest iteration of the Universal classic monster franchise. The film is described as follows: a family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. Wolf Man stars Julia Garner,...

Oscar nomination morning has been delayed to January 23, and since our final nomination predictions episode last week, we have received additional insight to the race through BAFTA and PGA nominations as well as some guild announcements. We revise some of our predictions and discuss the implications of the latest precursors.  Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our t...

Adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, we are reviewing Nickel Boys directed by RaMell Ross. Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. The film stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts Al...

With 2024 and the second full calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our favorite films, performances, scenes, and all the superlatives in between before unveiling our team’s top film of the year. We then look ahead at 2025 and discuss our most anticipated releases that will be screening and streaming for the next 365 days. L...

With Oscar nomination morning just around the corner on January 23, we break down category by category our final predictions for what will be nominated at the 97th Academy Awards this coming March. We discuss our predictions for everything from Best Makeup & Hairstyling to Best Picture and all of the categories in between providing our full and final analysis for all categories. Listen Here: S...

After winning Best Drama Film at the recent Golden Globes, for our last review before the Oscar nominations we are discussing The Brutalist directed by Brady Corbet which premiered last year at the Venice International Film Festival. When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed fo...

After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature and being recently shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the Academy Awards, Porcelain War is now in limited theatrical release. Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it's easy to make people afraid, it&apos...

On a day filled to the brim with awards season headlines, we debrief the nominations from two of the most impactful guilds, SAG and DGA, and how they affect the performance and director races. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , X , TikTok , and Linktree Paul Rai on Letterboxd , Instagram , and X Owen...

Our final episode in the category-by-category prediction series brings us to the craft categories with Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. With just two weeks to go before the Oscar nomination announcements, this is our final look before our annual mega predictions episode covering all categories. Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd...

To kick off 2025, we are entering Aardman Animation Studios with a return to the Wallace & Gromit universe in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Top dog Gromit springs into action to save his master when Wallace's high-tech invention goes rogue and he's framed for a series of suspicious crimes. The film is directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham and features voice work b...

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we immediately debrief and recap our takeaways for the winners and the implications for the rest of the awards season. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , and Linktree Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd...

With the Golden Globes approaching this coming Sunday, we make our final predictions for all film categories before live reacting to the ceremony. Categories: Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Original Song Original Score Screenplay Director Actor in Supporting Role Female Actor in Supporting Role Male Actor (Musical/Comedy) Female Actor (Musical/Comedy) Male Actor (Drama) Female Actor (Drama)...

Nearing the end of our category-by-category prediction series, we are discussing the three feature categories for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature after receiving the AMPAS shortlists last week. Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , Bluesky , X , TikTok , and Linktree Paul Rai on Letterboxd , Instagram , and X Adam Patla on Letterb...

As one of our wrap-up conversations of 2024 before we enter the new year, our retrospective this week is celebrating another medium of storytelling. Similar to our horror retrospective for Halloween, we are celebrating the animation of 2024 today recapping our way through the year all the way back from Orion and the Dark to the box office boom of Inside Out 2 to arthouse selections like Flow and M...

With our final review of the year, and following our recent retrospective conversation on the career of Robert Eggers, we succumb to the darkness in his latest work, Nosferatu. In a reimagining of the 1897 novel and 1922 silent film, Nosferatu’s legacy of adaptation is rich and extensive. In the 2024 iteration, Eggers delivers a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrif...

In resuming our category-by-category prediction series, we continue below the line after the AMPAS announcement of their shortlists to predict Best Sound, Original Score, and Original Song. Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , Bluesky , X , TikTok , and Linktree Paul Rai on Letterboxd , Instagram , and X Ethan Dayton on Letterboxd , Bluesky , and X Adam Patla on...

Robert Eggers has carved a distinctive niche in contemporary storytelling particularly in horror, renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and period accuracy of historical and mythological narratives. With a career spanning three feature films, Eggers has already established himself as one of the most visionary directors of his generation. From the gothic dread of The Witch (2015) to the s...

In our last review before the holidays, our team decided to step inside the courtroom for the Max release of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, a...

For the final get together of the year, the Ladies recap the “Female-led genre” of 2024 returning to some of their previous conversions on ‘The Substance,’ ‘Barbie,’ and other films reviewed this year. They also begin to break down award prospects and give recommendations for the holiday season. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on L...

We take a brief pause on our category-by-category prediction series to assess the current state of the race as a checkpoint after a major first-wave of precursors. We discuss at large the impacts of AFI, NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, Golden Globes, and Critics Choice Association to assess trends we are seeing from the rise of The Substance to the Best Actress bloodbath. Follow our guest online: Cole Curtiss-...

The final chapter of the Sony Spider-Man Universe has been written with J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter. Following in the footsteps of the Venom series, Morbius, and Madame Web, the sixth and supposedly final SSU movie Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the...

As we continue our category-by-category prediction series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we take our first trek below the line covering Best Cinematography, Editing, and Visual Effects. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , Bluesky , X , TikTok , and Linktree Paul Rai...