Awesome Movie Year

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features our future cult classic pick, Bobcat Goldthwait’s Shakes the Clown. Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and starring Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Tom Kenny, Blake Clark and Adam Sandler, Shakes the Clown was a critical and commercial failure that has since been reappraised and appreciated by a cult audience.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shakes-the-clown-1992), Marc Savlov in the Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1992-04-24/138820/), and Chris Hicks in the Deseret News (https://www.deseret.com/1992/7/24/18996089/shake-any-impulse-to-go-see-tasteless-shakes-the-clown).Special thanks to our guest Bruce Baum for joining us. Check out his website at https://brucebaum.com/ and his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/BRUCEBAUMVisit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our audience choice poll winner, Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct.The post Shakes The Clown (1992 Future Cult Classic) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive. Directed and co-written by Peter Jackson and starring Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody and Ian Watkin, Dead Alive was Jackson’s third feature and the end of his “splatter” period.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from David Stratton in Variety (https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/braindead-1117901348/), Peter Rainer in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-14-ca-12885-story.html), and Stephen Holden in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/12/movies/review-film-entrails-monsters-comedy.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our future cult classic pick, Bobcat Goldthwait’s Shakes the Clown.The post Dead Alive (1992 Dave’s Pick) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. Directed by Clint Eastwood from a script by David Webb Peoples and starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, Richard Harris, Frances Fisher and Saul Rubinek, Unforgiven was nominated for nine Oscars and won four, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Duane Byrge in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/unforgiven-review-1992-movie-1026437/), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-07-ca-4625-story.html), and Richard Corliss in Time (https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,976223,00.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive.The post Unforgiven (1992 Best Picture) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Alexandre Rockwell’s In the Soup. Directed and co-written by Alexandre Rockwell and starring Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Will Patton and Pat Moya, In the Soup won two awards at Sundance in 1992.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-06-ca-1123-story.html), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/03/movies/from-art-loving-gangster-to-a-menacing-hemophiliac.html), and Marjorie Baumgarten in the Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1993-08-06/in-the-soup/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven.The post In The Soup (1992 Sundance Award Winner) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features Jason’s personal pick, Kenneth Branagh’s Peter’s Friends. Directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman and starring Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton, Peter’s Friends was Branagh’s third film as a director.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/peters-friends-1992), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/25/movies/review-film-conflicts-and-laughs-at-english-reunion.html), and Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/peter-s-friends-2-1200430624/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Alexandre Rockwell’s In the Soup.The post Peter’s Friends (1992 Jason’s Pick) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features our foreign film pick, Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog. Directed by, co-written by and starring Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde, Man Bites Dog premiered at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-02-ca-18344-story.html), Stephen Holden in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/09/movies/review-film-festival-mad-dog-violence-on-tv-sensationalism-or-spoof.html), and Marc Savlov in the Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1993-04-02/139240/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, Kenneth Branagh’s Peter’s Friends.

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features Josh’s personal pick, Saturday Night Live adaptation Wayne’s World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carerre and Rob Lowe, Wayne’s World is based on the popular SNL characters Wayne and Garth, created by Mike Myers.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/waynes-world-1992), Duane Byrge in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/waynes-world-1992-review-976101/), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-14-ca-2021-story.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog.

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features our documentary pick, Ron Fricke’s Baraka. Directed and photographed by Ron Fricke, Baraka was filmed in locations around the world, on six continents over a period of 14 months.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/baraka-1993), Hal Hinson in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/barakanrhinson_a0a88a.htm), and Pamela Bruce in The Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1993-12-17/138965/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, Saturday Night Live adaptation Wayne’s World.

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features a Cannes Film Festival award winner, Robert Altman’s The Player. Directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin and starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Cynthia Stevenson, Fred Ward and Peter Gallagher, The Player won two top awards at Cannes in 1992.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-player-1992), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/10/movies/review-film-inside-hollywood-an-impious-tale.html), and Peter Rainer in the Los Aneles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-19-ca-735-story.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our documentary pick, Ron Fricke’s Baraka.

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features the year’s biggest flop, Barry Levinson’s Toys. Directed and co-written by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, Michael Gambon, Robin Wright and LL Cool J, Toys was nominated for awards at both the Razzies and the Oscars.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/toys-1992), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-18-ca-1966-story.html), and Peter Travers in Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/toys-253263/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring a Cannes Film Festival award winner, Robert Altman’s The Player.

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn, Reservoir Dogs premiered at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/reservoir-dogs-1992), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1992/10/30/reservoir-dogs-2/), and Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/reservoir-dogs-1200429146/).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment featuring the year’s biggest flop, Barry Levinson’s Toys.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1992 features the highest-grossing film at the box office, Disney’s Aladdin. Directed and co-written by John Musker and Ron Clements and starring the voices of Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Robin Williams, Jonathan Freeman, Douglas Seale and Gilbert Gottfried, Aladdin grossed $504.1 million and won two Oscars.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-1992), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/11/movies/review-film-disney-puts-its-magic-touch-on-aladdin.html), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-11-ca-38-story.html).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1992 installment, featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs.

NOTE: This episode was a timed exclusive over on our producer David Rosen's Patreon. Sign up to one of the tiers for access to this bonus episode and more great content from us, Piecing It Together, All Rice No Beans and David Rosen. https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenFor this bonus episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1999, the runner-up year in our audience choice poll, for teen comedy American Pie. Directed by Paul Weitz from a screenplay by Adam Herz and starring Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid and Mena Suvari, American Pie was a box-office hit that kicked off a long-running franchise.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-pie-1999), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/07/09/american-pie-2/), and Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/american-pie-review-movie-1999-1223085/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan and starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels and Frank Oz, The Empire Strikes Back was the highest-grossing movie of 1980 and helped establish Star Wars as a pop-culture force for decades to come.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Gary Arnold in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/empirestrikesbackarnold.htm), Arthur Knight in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/empire-strikes-back-review-1980-movie-752672/), and Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/061580empire.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1980, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about which movies they hoped we would cover.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in soon for the premiere of our twelfth season, featuring the awesome movie year of 1992, starting with box-office champion Aladdin.

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our audience choice pick, John Carpenter’s The Fog. Directed and co-written by John Carpenter and starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, Ty Mitchell and Hal Holbrook, The Fog prevailed over two other 1980 horror classics in our audience choice poll.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fog-1980), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/02/29/archives/screen-fog-comes-in-at-3-theatersrevenge-from-the-past.html), and Richard Corliss in Maclean’s (https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1980/2/11/making-you-scream-for-arts-sake).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1980 season.

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our future cult classic pick, William Friedkin’s Cruising. Written and directed by William Friedkin (based on the novel by Gerald Walker) and starring Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox and Don Scardino, Cruising was met with controversy and criticism on its release but has since been reassessed and appreciated.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cruising-1980), Frank Rich in Time magazine (https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921835,00.html), and Charles Champlin in the Los Angeles Times (https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/02/charles-champlin-on-cruising.html).Special thanks to our guest Mike Prevatt for joining us. You can follow Mike on Twitter @mikeprevatt and hear his work on KNPR 88.9-FM in Las Vegas and at https://knpr.orgPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our audience choice poll winner, John Carpenter’s The Fog.

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy Stir Crazy. Directed by Sidney Poitier from a screenplay by Bruce Jay Friedman and starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams, Stir Crazy was the second of four movies that Wilder and Pryor made together.The post Stir Crazy (1980 Dave’s Pick) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Robert Redford’s Ordinary People. Directed by Robert Redford from a script by Alvin Sargent (based on the novel by Judith Guest) and starring Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch and Elizabeth McGovern, Ordinary People was nominated for six Oscars and won four, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ordinary-people-1980), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/people-re.html), and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor comedy Stir Crazy.

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion winner, John Cassavetes’ Gloria. Written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Julie Carmen and Buck Henry, Gloria tied with Louis Malle’s Atlantic City for the Golden Lion at the 1980 Venice International Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gloria-1998), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/01/arts/cassavetess-gloria-moll-and-a-boy.html), and Jonathan Rosenbaum in the SoHo News (https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/02/every-critique-for-itself/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Robert Redford’s Ordinary People.

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features Jason’s personal pick, John Landis’ The Blues Brothers. Directed and co-written (with Dan Aykroyd) by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Carrie Fisher and a cast of blues and R&B musicians, The Blues Brothers was the first feature film based on a Saturday Night Live sketch.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-blues-brothers-1980), Variety (https://variety.com/1979/film/reviews/the-blues-brothers-1117789404/), and Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/20/archives/blues-brothersbelushi-and-aykroyd.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, John Cassavetes’ Gloria.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our foreign film pick, Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro. Directed and co-written by Francois Truffaut and starring Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol and Heinz Bennent, The Last Metro was nominated for both the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-last-metro-1981), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/11/movies/film-the-last-metro-melodrama-by-truffaut.html), and Gary Arnold in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/03/06/the-last-metro-truffauts-plodding-patriotic-soother/aad64715-46ce-45be-bc4c-ba8db55826fb/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, John Landis’ The Blues Brothers.

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features Josh’s personal pick, teen comedy Little Darlings. Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell from a screenplay by Kimi Peck and Dalene Young and starring Kristy McNichol, Tatum O’Neal, Armand Assante, Matt Dillon and Krista Errickson, Little Darlings was a box-office hit that fell into obscurity after being unavailable on home video for many years.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-darlings-1980), Gary Arnold in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/03/21/little-darlings-theyre-not/8ce4a5f1-31f2-4534-a37b-42f6e9e2b8fa/), and Frank Rich in Time Magazine (http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921959,00.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro.

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our documentary pick, Les Blank’s Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers. Directed by Les Blank and featuring various garlic enthusiasts, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers has been added to the National Film Registry and preserved by the Academy Film Archive.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/11/movies/a-les-blank-trio-from-garlic-to-tattoos.html), TV Guide (https://www.tvguide.com/movies/garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers/review/2000309488/), and Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, teen comedy Little Darlings.

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz. Directed and co-written by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Jessica Lange, Erzsébet Földi and Cliff Gorman, All That Jazz shared the Palme d’Or with Akira Kurosawa’s Kagemusha.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/20/archives/the-screen-roy-scheider-stars-in-all-that-jazzpeter-pan-syndrome.html), Variety, and Gary Arnold in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/02/15/mostly-fosse-and-feathers/337c958e-13ce-4fc2-b327-fca2463abe29/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our documentary pick, Les Blank’s Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers.

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the year’s biggest flop, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate. Written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Kris Kristofferson, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Walken, Sam Waterston and Jeff Bridges, Heaven’s Gate is one of the most notorious flops of all time.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heavens-gate-1981), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/19/arts/heavens-gate-a-western-by-cimino.html), and Peter Ackroyd in The Spectator (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-september-1981/24/arts).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz.

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Harold Ramis’ Caddyshack. Directed and co-written by Harold Ramis and starring Michael O’Keefe, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, Caddyshack helped launch Ramis’ career as one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy writers and directors.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/caddyshack-1980), Vincent Canby in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/07/25/archives/caddyshack-animal-house-spinoff.html), and Arthur Knight in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/caddyshack-review-1980-movie-1024170/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment featuring the year’s biggest flop, Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features the second-highest-grossing film at the box office, 9 to 5. Directed and co-written (with Patricia Resnick) by Colin Higgins and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman and Elizabeth Wilson, 9 to 5 grossed $103.3 million and was nominated for an Oscar for its theme song.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nine-to-five-1980), Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times, and Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1980/12/19/archives/nine-to-five-office-comedy.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Harold Ramis’ Caddyshack.

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 features the James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Directed by Lewis Gilbert from a screenplay by Roald Dahl (based on the Ian Fleming novel) and starring Sean Connery, Tetsurō Tamba, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Karin Dor and Donald Pleasence, You Only Live Twice was the fifth and final film in Connery’s original run as James Bond.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/you-only-live-twice-1967), Time Magazine (http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,837071,00.html), and Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1967/06/14/archives/screen-sayonara-007connery-is-at-it-again-as-whatshisname.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

For the tenth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1994, the winning year in our audience choice poll, for Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption. Written and directed by Frank Darabont (based on the novella by Stephen King) and starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler and Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption was nominated for seven Oscars and is often regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shawshank-redemption-1994), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/23/movies/film-review-prison-tale-by-stephen-king-told-gently-believe-it-or-not.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1994/09/23/shawshank-redemption-3/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the premiere of our next season on the awesome movie year of 1980, featuring box office champion 9 to 5.

For the ninth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 to feature another future cult classic, Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach de Bankolé, Henry Silva, Camille Winbush and Tricia Vessey, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai was a minor hit that has become one of Jarmusch’s most acclaimed films.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai-2000), Marjorie Baumgarten in the Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2000-03-24/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai/), and Wesley Morris in the San Francisco Examiner (https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cryptic-hip-hop-samurai-story-3069168.php).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the finale of our retrospective season, featuring Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption, from the winning year of our audience choice poll, 1994.

For the eighth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1994 to feature Dave’s personal pick, Alex Proyas’ The Crow. Directed by Alex Proyas, based on the comic book by James O’Barr and starring Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Rochelle Davis and Michael Wincott, The Crow was marred by tragedy after Brandon Lee’s on-set death, but went on to become a box-office hit and launch a franchise.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-crow-1994), Caryn James in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/11/movies/review-film-eerie-links-between-living-and-dead.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1994/05/13/crow-3/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1999, featuring another future cult classic, Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai.

For the seventh episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1984 to feature another major box-office flop, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club. Directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Lonette McKee and Bob Hoskins, The Cotton Club was part of a string of commercial failures for Coppola.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-cotton-club-1984), Paul Attanasio in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/12/14/cotton-club-coppolas-triumph/068c926c-9d69-4463-bc44-ec4eb1ac152c/), and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1994, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Alex Proyas’ The Crow.

For the sixth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 to feature another of Jason’s personal picks, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde. Directed by Arthur Penn from a screenplay by David Newman and Robert Benton and starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde was nominated for 10 Oscars and won two.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/14/archives/screen-bonnie-and-clyde-arrives-careers-of-murderers-pictured-as.html), Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bonnie-and-clyde-1967), and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1967/10/21/bonnie-and-clyde).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1984, featuring another major box-office flop, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club.

For the fifth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 to feature another foreign film pick, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso. Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano, Salvatore Cascio and Leopoldo Trieste, Cinema Paradiso won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cinema-paradiso-1990), Desson Thomson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/cinemaparadisonrhowe_a0b255.htm), and Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/02/movies/review-film-cinema-paradiso-memories-of-movies-in-a-movie.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1967, featuring another of Jason’s personal picks, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde.

For the fourth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 2007 to feature another of Josh’s personal picks, Gregg Araki’s Smiley Face. Directed by Gregg Araki from a screenplay by Dylan Haggerty and starring Anna Faris, Danny Masterson, John Krasinski, Adam Brody and Roscoe Lee Browne, Smiley Face premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received a very limited theatrical release.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Matt Zoller Seitz in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/movies/26smil.html), Nathan Lee in the Village Voice (https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/12/18/high-times-2/), and John DeFore in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/smiley-face-158205/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1989, featuring another foreign film pick, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso.

For the third episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 to feature another documentary pick, Jeffrey Blitz’s Spellbound. Directed by Jeffrey Blitz and featuring eight contestants from the 1999 National Spelling Bee, Spellbound premiered at the South by Southwest film festival and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spellbound-2003), Claudia Puig in USA Today (https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-05-15-spellbound_x.htm), and Ella Taylor in LA Weekly.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 2007, featuring Josh’s personal pick, Gregg Araki’s Smiley Face.

For the second episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1996 to feature another notable filmmaking debut, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson, Hard Eight was based on Anderson’s 1993 short film Cigarettes & Coffee.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hard-eight-1997), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1997/03/14/hard-eight-2/), and Stephen Holden in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/28/movies/suspense-filled-puzzle-draped-in-a-dark-mood.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 2003, featuring our documentary pick, Jeffrey Blitz’s Spellbound.

For the first episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1977 to feature the second-highest-grossing film at the box office, Hal Needham’s Smokey and the Bandit. Directed and co-written by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed, Smokey and the Bandit grossed $126 million and spawned multiple sequels.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Ron Pennington in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/smokey-bandit-review-1977-movie-1110888/), Gene Siskel in the Chicago Tribune, and Ruth Batchelor in the Los Angeles Free Press.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next retrospective installment covering the awesome movie year of 1996, featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight.

In the second of two special holiday episodes for this year, we’re looking back to our season on the films of 2003, to talk about Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually. Written and directed by Richard Curtis and starring Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley and an extensive ensemble cast, Love Actually has become a perennial holiday favorite and an influential romantic comedy.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/love-actually-2003), Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/love-actually-3-1200538397/), and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/movies/film-review-tales-of-love-the-true-and-the-not-so-true.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the premiere of our 10th season, featuring movies picked from all the years we’ve previously covered, starting with Hal Needham’s Smokey and the Bandit.

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features the Wachowskis’ The Matrix. Written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving, The Matrix was one of the highest-grossing movies of 1999 and has become one of the most influential sci-fi and action movies of all time.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matrix-1999), Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-matrix-1200456768/), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-31-ca-22706-story.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next episode, our second 2003 holiday bonus, featuring Richard Curtis’ Love Actually.

In the first of two special holiday episodes for this year, we’re looking back to our season on the films of 2003, to talk about Christmas classic Elf. Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by David Berenbaum and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart and Ed Asner, Elf has become a perennial holiday favorite on TV, in theaters and on streaming services.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elf-2003), A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/movies/film-review-for-one-lad-pointy-shoes-turn-out-to-be-hard-to-fill.html), and Stephen Hunter in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/11/07/AR2005033115762.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next bonus episode, featuring 1999’s The Matrix from Lana and Lilly Wachowski.  

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1999, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about which movies they hoped we would cover.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in soon for the premiere of our tenth season, a special bonus season featuring selections from all the years we’ve covered in the past, starting with 1977 box-office champion Smokey and the Bandit.

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features our audience choice pick, Alexander Payne’s Election. Directed and co-written by Alexander Payne (adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta) and starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein and Jessica Campbell, Election prevailed over 11 other movies in our audience choice teen movie tournament.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/election-1999), Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/04/30/election-3/), and Michael Rechtshaffen in The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/election-review-1999-movie-1198002/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1999 season.

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features our future cult classic pick, Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints. Written and directed by Troy Duffy and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Willem Dafoe and David Della Rocco, The Boondock Saints was barely released in theaters but built a cult following on home video.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Robert Koehler in Variety (https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/boondock-saints-1117775584/), Nathan Rabin in the AV Club (https://www.avclub.com/the-boondock-saints-1798192270), and Manohla Dargis in LA Weekly (https://web.archive.org/web/20010428230512/http://www.laweekly.com/film/film_results.php3?showid=1014).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring the winner of our teen movie audience choice tournament.

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Mike Judge’s Office Space. Written and directed by Mike Judge and starring Ron Livingston, David Herman, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Diedrich Bader and Ajay Naidu, Office Space was Judge’s first live-action film.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/office-space-1999), Rita Kempley in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/officespacekempley.htm), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/03/05/office-space-2/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring our future cult classic pick, Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints.

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Sam Mendes’ American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes from a script by Alan Ball and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari and Chris Cooper, American Beauty was nominated for eight Oscars and won five, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-beauty-1999), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/091599beauty-film-review.html), and David Edelstein in Slate (https://slate.com/culture/1999/09/a-good-year-for-the-roses.html).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Mike Judge’s Office Space.

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Chris Smith’s American Movie. Directed by Chris Smith and featuring Mark Borchardt, American Movie won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-movie-2000), Glenn Lovell in Variety (https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/american-movie-1200456362/), and Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/11/12/american-movie-3/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Sam Mendes’ American Beauty.

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features Jason’s personal pick, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. Directed and co-written (with Owen Wilson) by Wes Anderson and starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams and Mason Gamble, Rushmore premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival before going into wide release in February 1999.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rushmore-1999), Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/09/movies/film-festival-review-most-likely-to-succeed-or-annoy.html), and Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1998/12/18/rushmore-4/).Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Chris Smith’s American Movie.

This special Halloween episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1999 features Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez’s found footage horror movie The Blair Witch Project. Written and directed by Myrick and Sanchez and starring Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard, The Blair Witch Project premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and went on to become one of the most successful independent films of all time.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-blair-witch-project-1999), Todd McCarthy in Variety (https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-blair-witch-project-1200456384/), and Andrew Sarris in The New York Observer.Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1999 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore.