The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

This week we talk about a great coming-of-age movie that does more with the genre than just tick the boxes.  Saoirse Ronan plays the title character in the relatable, hilarious and grounded film from writer/director Greta Gerwig.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer .

This week we actually disagree on a movie!  Martin McDonough (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) tells a unique story about a grieving mother who is fed up an decides to do something about it.  Like McDonough's other character driven movies, this one has a great cast.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twi...

This week we move to the DC Universe and see if the joint forces of Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon can put a bunch of superheroes on screen and make it entertaining.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer .

This week we are back with the newest Marvel movie.  But this movie is unlike any other Marvel movie.  Taika Waititi brings his hilarious sensibility to the Thor series to shake it up a bit.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer .

This week we are back with our slightly delayed discussion on Denis Villeneuve's new Blade Runner movie.  We talk about why it was even worth making this movie, the score, cinematography and the acting (some which was effortless and masterful).  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorenginee...

Happy Halloween!  This is our Horror Movie episode from a few years back.  Enjoy!  New episodes coming soon!  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer .

In this contentious episode, we try to figure out what writer/director Darren Aronofsky wanted to say with this surreal film without reading any reviews or interviews.  We also talk about how he decided to use Jennifer Lawrence and the rest of the great cast that he attracted to this project.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorand...

The newest adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel is out in the theaters and is doing really well despite the poor box office numbers this summer.  We come at this from two different angles:  Paul has read the book and loved it and Josh knows nothing about it.  We also talk about Moviepass, Paul's play and the Episode IX director choice.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   C...

This week we dig into a auteur we haven't mentioned much in the past.  Malick has had a unique career spanning 45 years.  We look at three of his films and figure out what we like and don't like about his developed style.  We talk about the following films at the specified timecode, if you want to jump to a particular film.  Spoilers abound! Badlands - 24:52 The Tree of Life - 51:29 Knight of Cups...

This week we dish out our thoughts on how food is used in film, both narrative movies and documentaries.  We also spend a little time at the start of the episode talking about the new MoviePass changes and what that might mean for movie-going.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer...

Steven Soderbergh is back!  Back in the director's chair (and cinematographer, camera operator, editor, etc).  We talk about his new film starring one of his regulars, Channing Tatum, along with Adam Driver, Riley Keough and introducing...Daniel Craig!  Why would Soderbergh come back to directing films?  We talk about that and the interesting release model that he has created with this film.  Come...

This week we circle back on a film that Josh hadn't gotten around to seeing during Oscar season.  This French film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Isabelle Huppert (in an Oscar nominated role) may be much more than the basic tagline.  What was described as a thriller about a rape victim searching for her attacker brings up so many more questions than it answers.  Subscribe on iTunes:   htt...

This week Christopher Nolan gives us an account of the British rescue mission of hundreds of thousands of men on the beach at Dunkirk during World War II.  He does it in true Nolan fashion (in 70MM!) by structuring the movie to focus on land, sea and air in different time frames.  We talk about why Tom Hardy would take this role, how Kenneth Branagh is great at delivering exposition and how Mark R...

This week we talk about a true romantic comedy with equal doses of both.  This film (based on a true story) is about a comedian who falls in love with a woman and quickly has to deal with his feelings for her when she is put into a medically induced coma and he meets her parents (played by Holly Hunter and Ray Romano).  We start of the episode talking about Josh's rewatch of Baby Driver and finall...

This week we get into the newest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and an official return for the Spider-man character to Marvel Studios.  Tom Holland plays the titular character that got bit by a radioactive spider a while ago and is now just trying to get through high school while also fighting crime with Iron Man and possibly the other Avengers.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6...

This week we talk about Edgar Wright's much-anticipated next film about a young getaway driver that curates a soundtrack to his life by way of an iPod.  Only just the right song will do for anything from getting coffee to evading the cops in downtown Atlanta.  This action film has great practical stunts, good chemistry between the leads and 2 Oscar winners (Spacey and Foxx).  It's Josh's favorite...

This week we finish up our discussion on one of the big blockbusters of the year, so far, what we loved about it and a couple of questions that we have about it.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter @actorengineer .

This week we talk about the most successful film in the new DC Extended Universe and what we think it did to resonate with us as the audience.  We spend some time at the beginning of the episode checking up on other films and shows that we have been watching (Split, Black Mirror and more).  That is why we broke this talk up into two episodes.  Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y...

This week we talk about an Oscar-nominated film that Paul saw around the time of it's release and has thought recently about revisiting.  This film is a retelling of the Passion Play (Jesus' last few days on Earth) as re-imagined by a writer/actor and the group of friends/actors that he brings together.  The film also parallels Jesus' story and is a rare instance where we disagree on the merits of...

Writer/Director Jordan Peele impresses with his debut film that you can't pigeon-hole into one genre.  We talk about the "social thriller" moniker that it is getting, along with the strong performances from the cast.  This movie tries harder than most movies nowadays, to frighten, challenge and amuse, and it succeeds.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:  ...

Ridley Scott goes back to the well for the follow-up to 2012's Prometheus.  We get new and different species of the Xenomorph alien and multiple Fassbenders.  We have multiple questions about the plot and character motivations that make this face-hugging space horror a head scratcher.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer...

Paul has just watched Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning 1950 film for the first time and we talk about it.  Is the Norma Desmond character too over-the-top, or just enough?  How about that cool cigarette holder of hers?  William Holden and Eric von Stroheim are along for the ride in this movie about movies and what they can do to the people who make them.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y...

This is the sequel that we have been waiting for.  James Gunn writes and directs the second chapter in the Guardian's story and tells us more about the established characters while introducing new and enigmatic characters.  Kurt Russell plays a planet and the new classic rock tunes fit right in (especially when Baby Groot is dancing to them).  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check...

This week we talk about the new pseudo-sci fi film from the minds of Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader.  This thought provoking and discussion starting movie is acted well (by Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, Jason Segel and Jesse Plemons) and shot beautifully.  Now let's try to unpack it!  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandenginee...

What happens when a whole movie is a real-time shootout in a 1970's warehouse including the Lone Ranger and an Oscar Winner?  We aim to find out when we talk about Ben Wheatley's new film this week.  Subscribe on iTunes:   https://itun.es/i6gB67Y   Check out our Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer .