Movie of the Year

Movie of the Year: 1973 Mixtape, Pt. 1 The Taste Buds begin their journey to put together the greatest playlist in the history of 1973! It's time to take a break from all of these MOVIES and start talking about some music! Join Greg, Ryan, and Taylor as they try to put together the perfect playlist, live on air. Be there as they take turns picking songs, and arranging the order. Will this be a roc...

This week we discuss The Sting! Does this con-man mix-em-up have enough beneath the surface to become our Movie of the Year?

Movie of the Year: 1973 Westworld This week we discuss Westworld! Does this sci-fi/western have enough firepower to become our Movie of the Year? Westworld is a lot of things: cool, well-known, probably about 45 minutes too long. It tells the story of the eponymous Westworld (go to heck Romanworld and Medievalworld) a place for adults to put on costumes and play cowboy with their friends. Maybe in...

Movie of the Year: 1973 Introduction Part 2 In our 1973 Introduction Part 2 we pick the 16 movies that will make up our season bracket! By the time you are done listening to this episode, you will know the sixteen movies that will make up our 1973 season. Hidden among those movies, still unknown to all of humanity, is the actual 1973 Movie of the Year itself! It's hard to believe that one day we w...

Movie of the Year: 1973 Introduction Part 1 What wonders and horrors will the 1973 Introduction Part 1 unleash on our delicate brains? Wow, 1973. Let me start by saying, congratulations. And, you're welcome. And, we are so sorry. 1973 was 50 years ago y'all, and it's the ancientiest season we've ever done. Much has changed since these dimly remembered times. Unfortunately, when you look back 50 ye...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Catch Me If You Can Can Catch Me If You Can con its way to our 2002 Movie of the Year? Catch Me If You Can  is a Steven Spielberg joint, so you know we are going to get rowdy on this one. Steve Spiels has meant so much to the show. An early Hall of Fame inductee, one of the most important voices from our childhood, and a talented filmmaker to boot, this guy has got it...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Finale Part Three It is time to finish picking 2002's Movie of the Year in our 2002 Finale Part Three! We work really hard on each of the seasons of this show. We do it because it means a lot to us and because that is what the movies deserve. The 2002 season was even more work than we usually do—it was intense. Yet, here we are, at the end of it, and it's hard not to be jus...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Finale Part Two It is time to continue picking 2002's Movie of the Year in our 2002 Finale Part Two! As we discussed last time, fifteen great movies (and, yes,  one stinkeroo) made their way into the sweet sixteen. And now it is time to take that number DOWN. To an even LOWER NUMBER. There are a lot to pick from, so you figure it out. Lookin' at you, eight; feels like...

Movie of the Year: 2002 The Finale, Pt. 1 It is time to start picking 2002's Movie of the Year in our 2002 Finale Part One! It seems like just yesterday we started the 2002 season, but as they say: time flies when your castin' pods. This year we embraced just how many movies there are in any given year. Because there are so many, we opened up our brackets (and our hearts) to 16 movies. I know what...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Morvern Callar Is  Morvern Callar  too obvious a choice to become 2002 Movie of the Year? Stop any yahoo on the street and ask them to bleat out a movie from 2002 and the first one that is going to spring into 90% of their brains is Morvern Callar.  MorvernMania was everywhere is 2002, and if you don't remember that, don't let on because it's deeply strange a...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Can The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  unite all our panelists and become 2002 Movie of the Year? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a movie that asks, "What if our enemies are actually so bad that we can do whatever we want to them and even treat it like a little game?" We probe what director Peter Jackson brought to this pr...

Movie of the Year: 2002 25th Hour Can 25th Hour capture the title of our 2002 Movie of the Year? 25th Hour may be a bit of a forgotten gem of 2002, but it is a gem nonetheless. With Rosario Dawson, Edward Norton, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and Barry "That's-Right-It's-Me" Pepper, the movie has star power to burn. And when your motion picture is directed by one Mr. Spike Lee, you are going to get the...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Chicago Can Chicago sing, dance, shoot, and prance its way to our 2002 Movie of the Year? This week our movie is 2002's musical sensation, Chicago, a movie that has a little something for everyone. Whether your thing is sexy ladies, violent outbursts, or Richard Gere, Chicago has got you covered. But does it have enough about it that is 2002 enough to take down film's great...

Movie of the Year: 1991 1991 Action Figure Draft What can the action figures of 1991 teach us about the Avengers of 1991? Our 1991 Action Figure/Avengers Draft decides! We were recently cleaning out the PopFilter Vault, and look what we found! An unaired episode from our 1991 season--enjoy! Drafting—it's what separates us from the animals. Well, except for the West African Drafting Camel. It's OK,...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Adaptation. Does Adaptation. have the flexibility to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? After years of struggling to adapt Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief into a movie, Charlie Kaufmann wrote himself and his fictional twin Donald into the movie and made it about his struggles with adapting the book. He only told his friend Spike Jonez his new direction, and was sure he would be...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Punch-Drunk Love Does Punch-Drunk Love have the strength to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Punch-Drunk Love . They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or themes that emerged within their vi...

Movie of the Year: 2002 2002 Avengers Draft We take some time away from picking the 2002 Movie of the Year to pick our 2002 heroes in a 2002 Avengers Draft! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of 2002 action properties. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating excitement, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any not...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Russian Ark Russian Ark has one shot to be our 2002 Movie of the Year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Russian Ark . They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or themes that emerged within their viewing of Russian Ark . Th...

Movie of the Year: 2002 24 Hour Party People Does 24 Hour Party People have what it takes to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of 24 Hour Party People . They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or themes that emerged wi...

Movie of the Year: 2002 Minority Report Does Minority Report  have a future being our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Minority Report . They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or themes that emerged within their vie...

Movie of the Year: 2002 The Bourne Identity Does The Bourne Identity have enough memorable moments to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of The Bourne Identity . They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or themes that em...

Movie of the Year: Best of 2022 2022 Best Thing of the Year It's time for the bracket to determine what is the 2022 Thing of the Year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of things that were released in 2022. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or...

Movie of the Year: Best of 2022 2022 Movie of the Year It's time for the bracket to determine what is the 2022 Movie of the Year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of movies that were released in 2022. They highlight which films stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trends or them...

Movie of the Year: Best of 2022 2022 TV Drama of the Year It's time for the bracket to determine what is the 2022 TV drama of the year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of TV dramas that were released in 2022. They highlight which shows stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable trend...

Movie of the Year: Best of 2022 2022 TV Comedy of the Year It's time for the bracket to determine what is the 2022 TV comedy of the year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of TV comedies that were released in 2022. They highlight which shows stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating laughs, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any notable tr...