Get Your Film Fix

Another quick fix, weekend edition.  Chapin uses quarantine to catch up on the 26 year old British comedy that launched Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant's career.  

Get your paintbrushes out, we're traveling back to 18th century France this week with Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire.  We discuss the highly acclaimed film, specifically how we can recommend the film to those less familiar with the genre.  We dive deep into the performances and the film's striking style.  Then, we attempt a new game called "cinema sequence" and Lee breaks out an old l...

Lee, our resident wine expert, takes us on a journey through Oregon, Italy and France and somehow connects the world of wine to the world of cinema!  Enjoy with your favorite tipple!

It's Jeremy and Chapin on the Quick Fix today, talking COVID-19's effect on the movie industry and tax incentives.  Also, some listener feedback! Keep it coming!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

Terrence Malick has been a filmmaker we've talked a lot about but haven't reviewed one of his film's since 2011's The Tree of Life.  The reclusive director returned to a more (relative) narrative structure in 2019 with A Hidden Life, a period film set in Austria during World War II.  Now available on VOD, we look at the Malick's storied career and our thoughts (and feelings) about his unique filmm...

Lee and Chapin together again to give their thoughts on quarantine and a couple listener questions from Instagram. 

In our first week of quarantine, we take a look back at cinema's most famous depiction of solitude Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away.  We debate Tom Hank's Oscar nominated performance (is it his best?) and the film's controversial ending.  Let us know what you think!   feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

Lee and Chapin chat quickly about Rounders, Donnie Brasco, Uncut Gems and Contagion.

Damien Chazelle's 2014 breakout indie Whiplash earned J.K. Simmons an Academy Award and thrust the young director into the spotlight. Jeremy, Chapin and Lee look at the little film with a lot of heart this week as part of our "Just F-ing Watch It" series (at Lee's request) and ponder Chazelle's skills and longevity.  Then, we wrap the Pod up with our Top 5 Musical Performers in movies. 

Ridley Scott's Gladiator was one of 2000's most successful and awarded films, leaving the Oscars with Best Picture and Best Actor.  But how has Maximus aged in the last 20 years?  Lee, Jeremy and Chapin discuss the film's relevance today, Russell Crowe's storied career (three best actor nominations in a row) and director Ridley Scott. Let us know your thoughts feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

Nerd alert!  This week, Chapin is joined by special guest Kevin Glenn to break down all 11 theatrical Star Wars films in (dis)honor of the release of The Rise of Skywalker.  Hold on to your lightsabers kids, this is one dives deep into the Sarlacc and comes out with takes as hot as the lava on Mustafar! Or the sands on Tatooine!  Or Jakku?  Or...Jedha?   Let us know what you think  feedback@getyou...

We kick off our 20th anniversary series with one of our favorites from the year 2000 High Fidelity!  Starring and co-written by Jon Cusack, this flick brings back old memories and may reveal more than the Get Your Film Fix boys want you to know!  We finish it all up with a Top 5 in tribute to the film that inspired it, our Top 5 movies we judge people by! Send us your thoughts and voice memos feed...

Best Actor!  Best Actress!  Best Director!  BEST PICTURE!  The second part of our Fixie Award show, counting down the Top 10 movies of 2019!  Enjoy!   Let us know what you think - feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

It's finally here!  Our breakdown of the best of 2019 in cinema.  Part 1 covers Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay!  Enjoy!    

It's the height of Fixie season and somehow we snuck in time to review the decade!  We use the dreaded Oscars as a kickoff point to look back at the last ten years in film and try to fill in some gaps left by our hiatuses.  Send us your voice memos about 2019 and you could be featured on our two-part Fixie award show: feeback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

Our old segment "just F-ing watch it" returns! This week we go back to 1959's Rio Bravo directed by Howard Hawks starring the Duke himself, John Wayne.  Then we count down the worst movie moments of 2019 (36:00).

Can three grown men like a film called Little Women?! Of course they can!  But do they loooove it??  Find out!  We break down Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel first published in 1868.  But is the subject matter still relevant?  Is Gerwig cut out for the job, with only 2017's Ladybird under her belt? Finally, we break down arguably the greatest living actress' Top 5 best perfo...

We're doing this podcast in one take!  This week we went all the way back to 1917 directed by Sam Mendes to get a message to our listeners.  Turns out, we're like England and Germany...divided!  We talk a little more in depth about Sam Mendes and his eclectic career, then finally finish it off with a discussion of yesterday's Oscar nominations.   Let us know what you think!  Send your emails and v...

This week, Lee and Chapin are shopping in the diamond district for some Uncut Gems! We dive into Sandler's acclaimed performance and the young Safdie brothers, before finally wrapping it up with our Top 5 Antiheroes. Let us know what you think!  feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com

The holidays are over and we're back, baby!  We get religious this week with Netflix's The Two Popes, a serious contender this award season.  And then we count down our Top 5 most anticipated movies of 2020! Let us know what you think!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  

This week, Chapin and Lee go back to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta to check out Richard Jewell directed by Clint Eastwood.  We discuss the new film and Eastwood's extraordinary prolific career and his economic work style.  Then we wrap it all up with our Top 5 Clint Eastwood-directed performances.     Tell us what you think!   Feedback@Getyourfilmfixpodcast.com . 

Noah Baumbach's latest film has received a wave of nominations and accolades this week, but did Marriage Story win our hearts?  We then countdown our Top 5 Worst Marriages in film. We'd love to hear from you!  If you have thoughts you want to share and would like to be heard on the podcast, send a voice memo from your phone to feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com      

Rian Johnson's Knives Out has surprised critics and moviegoers alike with its irreverent take on the whodunit genre, but the question on everybody's lips is, "what do the Get Your Film Fix boys think?"  We give you the answer and more on Johnson's motley career and his place in genre filmmaking.  Finally, we wrap up our revisit of 1999 with our Top 5 movies from that illustrious cinematic period 2...

Start your engines, folks!  We're off to France (or is it Italy?) with James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari (or Le Mans '66 for some of our international friends)!  We discuss Mangold's successful but perhaps unmemorable career, the importance of tone and the two great actors who lead this film.  Finally, we wrap it up with our Top 5 performances by Christian Bale or Matt Damon!

Scorsese! De Niro! Pacino!  Pesci!  Romano!  They're all here!  This week on the pod we review our most anticipated film of 2019, The Irishman.  We discuss our thoughts on the film, the de-aging technology that drove the film's budget into the stratosphere and finally wrap it up with the future of films and streaming.