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20 years ago, A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards, the true manifestation of our Ron Howard Oscar machine theory. But is this the nice guy director's best movie? How does it compare to Apollo 13, or...gulp...last year's Hillbilly Elegy?  Find out! Let us know your thoughts at Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com  

The people have spoken. We received a petition at Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com  signed by 200,000 people to review Zack Snyder's Justice League. Yet, Jeremy refused. So this week, Lee and Chapin share their thoughts on the second iteration of the 2017 box office disappointment, now 4 hours long and available on HBO MAX. Was it worth it? Should've Warner Bros indeed released the Synder cut? O...

We're kicking off our new series "The Great Movies" this week with a look back at our birth year in Amadeus, the winner of Best Picture in 1984 and one of our favorites.    Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com  

Our 20th Anniversary series is back this week with Michael Mann's Ali, starring Will Smith as the legendary boxer. We analyze the film as one of the few biopics one of us likes, Jeremy shares his thoughts on seeing the film for the first time and finally, does the film penetrate Lee's hatred for the genre?  Find out!   Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com  

It's a slow burn this week on the pod!  We saw The Nest, directed by Sean Durkin. We discuss the film's slow reveals and it's inevitable conclusion, plus the two critically acclaimed performances from Jude Law and Carrie Coon.   Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com  

This week we watched Best Foreign Language film Golden Globe winner Minari. We discuss the film's similarity to Nomadland, both films' take on the American Dream and much more!   Send us your voice recordings about the best of the year at feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com . 

Another podcast this week as we look at Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah available on HBO MAX!  We discuss the film's relationship to Martin Scorsese's The Departed and weaving the thriller elements of this story in with it's overlying political message. We move on the the two striking performances in this film. Will this be a Fixie contender?  Listen to find out!   Feedback@GetYourFilmFix...

This week on the podcast we dive head first into Fixie season with a look at Chloé Zhao's Nomadland. We discuss Zhao's unique process and how the film forgoes traditional storytelling methods.    Let us know what you think!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

This week, after months in quarantine, we look at the first movie conceived entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Oh yay.  But, Sam Levinson (Euphoria) brings us an interesting film that certainly caused some disagreement on the pod.  So, we're grateful for that!   We then hear Jeremy's thoughts on our Promising Young Woman podcast and the three of us speak briefly about Regina King's One Night...

This week Chapin and Lee have their eyes out for a Promising Young Woman, starring GYFF favorite Carey Mulligan!  The film, directed by Emerald Fennell, today was nominated for several Golden Globes, including best actress and best motion picture drama!  Does this film live up to the hype?  How does it take on controversial subjects through the lens of #metoo and times up?     Let us know what you...

This week Jeremy and Chapin review Ammonite starring Kate Winslet and Saiorse Ronan. We discuss it's similarities to another poignant film we reviewed last year and how their similarities impact our thoughts on each film. Then, Jeremy shares his thoughts on how to save movie theaters.   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com

This week Lee and Chapin examine yet another film featuring America's dad.  Tom Hanks reunites with Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass for this post-Civil War western.  We chat about Greengrass' work, Hanks and newcomer Helena Zengel's performances, and wrap it all up on a few ideas we think my save the theatrical experience.   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com . 

It's a double feature for troubled times!  We look at two serious films this week with Pieces of a Woman and The Assistant, the first a harrowing examination of a woman's life turned upside down by a tragic birth, the second a day in the life of an assistant working for a thinly veiled Harvey Weinstein stand in.   This one gets heated!  Disagreements!  A battle of the wits!  To the death!!  No, no...

For the first time ever, we review an animated film on the Get Your Film Fix Podcast!  Disney made the radical decision to release Pixar's Soul on Disney+ on Christmas Day, after delaying the film from it's summer release.  We discuss the film's innovative design and powerful storytelling, as well as Pixar's storied filmography and exceptional batting average.   Finally, continuing our ongoing dis...

The first podcast of 2021!  Recorded way back in 2020, the boys look at the first real Oscar contender of the year, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.  We explore this adaptation of the August Wilson play, including Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Viola Davis and discuss whether plays actually make good movies! Then, Jeremy predicts the plot of Wonder Woman 1984!  

Another new film!  This week, courtesy of Amazon Prime, we review the indie Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed.  Darius marder's film about a drummer going deaf has been churning award buzz, but will it make an appearance at this year's complicated Fixies?     Did you check out Sound of Metal?  What did you think?   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com . 

After 4 long months, Christopher Nolan's time bending new film arrives in...er....on our TVs....or iPhones...or laptops....  It's not IMAX, but we finally saw Tenet, the film arguably most contested and discussed during this pandemic.  Does it live up to your anticipation?  Where does it fall in our Nolan filmography rankings?   Then, we discuss Tom Cruise's leaked, COVID-related outburst on the s...

This week on the podcast we're back on the topic of HBO Max, but this time, for an original film...or...errr....a MAX original!  Steven Soderbergh returns to the Warner Brothers family with Let Them All Talk starring Meryl Streep.  There dissension among the ranks, folks and that always makes for great pod!   And we continue our discussion over the streaming wars with some insight from a listener...

It's finally here!  We've waited 6 long years for a David Fincher film and Mank arrives just in time!  About the writing of Citizen Kane but so much more, Mank is a deep dive into unfamiliar territory for one of this podcast's favorite directors.  But has he succeeded?  Is Mask worth the wait?   Then we discuss the bold move by Warner Media to release all their 2021 theatrical films simultaneously...

December begins! We kick off what is sure to be the 2020's greatest month for cinema with...Hillbilly Elegy?  It's no surprise this Oscar bait has not been received as Netflix and director Ron Howard intended, but what do Lee and Chapin think?  Do the performances from Amy Adams and Glenn Close live up to the hype?  Should Opie hang up his spurs?     Then we chat briefly about the films were most...

This week we continue our review of the year 2000 with The Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? starring George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson.     Then, Lee and Chapin put all 18 of the Coens' films into 5 categories: "Cinematic Jerkoff", "Great, but not Tier 1", "Probably anybody else's best movie", "Good effort/Interesting experiment", and "I Hate the Coens."   Feedback@getyou...

Martin Campbell's GoldenEye came out 25 years ago TODAY!  And we thought we'd give our audience a little taste of Bond with the ongoing delay of No Time to Die leaving 007 fans wanting.  How does the film hold up?  Is it as good as the N64 game?  And where can we meet a lady like Xenia Onnatopp?  Finally, we count down our Top 5 Action moves! Let us know what you think!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpo...

In honor of Sean Connery, we jump back 30 years to the end of the Cold War to search for...the Red October!  We talk about the popular action film from director John McTiernan (which somehow Jeremy and Lee had never seen), its standing among sub films and the film's monumental stakes.   Finally, we wrap this episode up with an update on some major Hollywood moves that could have us seeing some of...

Kubrick. Nicholson. Duvall?  It's the 40th anniversary of The Shining and we're reviewing it for Halloween!   Tell us what you think!   feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

It's Sorkin week over here at Get Your Film Fix and we're reviewing his latest film (that he also directed) The Trial of Chicago 7!  We discuss the illustrious screenwriter's storied career and debate his directorial bona fides.  Then, in honor of Sorkin, we rank our Top 5 screenwriters!   Let us know what you think!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com