Hold The Dark

This week we are excited to talk about Jeremy Saulnier's new film (written by Macon Blair).  Saulnier's follow up to Green Room sees Jeffrey Wright play a wolf tracker summoned to the extreme Alaskan wilderness to investigate the disappearance of a child.  We noodle through this complex and dark movie which has some great performances!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

American Animals

This week we get into Bart Layton's narrative/documentary movie that we don't necessarily agree about...  Paul also recaps his most recent play experiences.  Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Favorite Movies of All Time Part 2

This is it!  We both each go through our top 5 favorite movies of all time (so far).  Thanks for getting us to 200 episodes! Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Favorite Movies of All Time Part 1

We made it to episode 200!!!  We each count down our top 10 favorite movies of all time (so far).  This first part gets us from 10 to 6.  Top 5 will be coming soon!  We are also debuting a new, awesome logo courtesy of friend of the show Justin Arner! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Fall Movie Preview and Oscar Predictions

This week we are looking forward to the upcoming movies that interest us and we talk about whether they have a chance at Oscar glory. We also look back at the movies that we think hold Oscar-worthy performances.  Our next episode is number 200!! We will each count down our top 10 favorite movies of all time and debut a new logo! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

mother! redux

Last year we talked about Aronofsky's mother! and we thought we knew what this allegorical film meant, but weren't sure.  We decided to revisit it in a year.  Since then we have found out that we both totally missed the main allegory and this week we try to figure out why. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

A Quiet Place

This week we finally catch up with John Krasinski's feature directing debut with barely any dialogue.  He and his costars (including his wife Emily Blunt) keep a tense tone throughout this alien invasion/suspense movie.  We also get into it's fast pace and effective editing.  One of the best films of the year, so far!!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Mission: Impossible Fallout

This week we talk about how Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has to deal with the fallout of his past decisions while trying to prevent a nuclear fallout and trying not to fall out of a helicopter.  We have also deemed his on-screen running a national treasure.  Rebecca Ferguson is back and they get to fight with and against a scruffy Superman.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Sorry To Bother You

Director Boots Riley brings you the most interesting and original movie of the year.  This thing has layers!  But it also has laughs, uncomfortable parts and Tessa Thompson!  Go see it, and watch for the apples.  There might be something there...  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

We, uh, find a way to talk about the next Jurassic World movie, which is a bit different from the previous one.  J.A. Bayona puts his stamp on this franchise by making it creepy and entertaining.  And Paul may actually like this one!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Ant-Man and the Wasp

This week we watch the 20th movie in the MCU, but it still works well as a stand-alone superhero movie.  Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Co. get small, AND BIG while trying to figure out who they are fighting.  We also talk about the first rehearsals of Paul's play and Josh watching the Jaws Movie Party at Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh on Independence Day.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Hereditary

This week we are back with our take on the creepy debut from writer/director Ari Aster.  We dig into Toni Colette's praise-worthy performance and the performances of her movie kids, Alex Wolff and Milly Shapiro.  Get your creepy life-like dollhouses ready!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Solo: A Star Wars Story

This week we finally get to the newest Disney Star Wars movie.  We talk about possible Star Wars fatigue and we try to evaluate this movie on its merits alone.  We also talk about new trailers (Susperia and A Star is Born).  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.  

Deadpool 2

This week we catch up on what we were watching and talk about yet another superhero movie.  This one is Deadpool, though, so it's more than just a superhero movie.  They somehow found a way to stay true to the Deadpool ethos by subverting the genre that they are a part of, in a gloriously vulgar way!  It's their Basic Instinct!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.  

Avengers: Infinity War

This week we finally talk about the biggest movie of the year, what we liked and a couple of things that rubbed each of us the wrong way. Just the fact that this behemoth (with 20 or so main characters) is coherent is something to be praised. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.  

Alamo Drafthouse - Movie Mecca

This week we geek out about our favorite movie theater that just opened up here in Raleigh.  It includes first-run movies, special screenings of older films (like Hitchcock's Vertigo), movie rentals (DVD, Blu Ray AND VHS!) beer and food.  What else can you ask for?  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.   

Downsizing

This week we talk Alexander Payne's newest movie, the awards buzz that was generated around it early and maybe why it wasn't nominated for any Oscars.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Ready Player One

This week we talk about how Spielberg adapted Ernest Cline's best-selling novel that celebrates pop culture from the 80's into a popcorn movie for the 2010's.  Josh read the book and Paul didn't, so we are able to come at it from different angles.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

The Last Jedi with Special Guest Justin Arner

We continue the tradition of talking about the newest Star Wars film with multi-Emmy winning commercial and promotion producer Justin Arner.  The movie is now available to own with a bunch of special features that may or may not answer some of the questions we had in our first review.  We will also talk about how our perceptions changed after even more viewings.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer. 

Merchant Ivory: A Room with a View and Howards End

We look back at two films that are commonly referred to as "Merchant Ivory" pictures.  From the same writer/director/producer team and both based on novels by E.M. Forster, the commonalities don't stop there.  Join us as we both experience these movies that might not have been on the top of our "to watch" list and see what we get out of them.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.