FS Extra: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Filmspotting gets meta and gives Jennifer Lawrence the movie star treatment in this review of the first part of the last part of THE HUNGER GAMES series.
Read More2014 Golden Bricks Preview Special
This Thanksgiving, be grateful for the movies you may have missed.
Read More#515: Interstellar / Top 5 Movie Sacrifices
Josh and Adam actually recorded this way-too-friendly review of Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR three months ago – it just took a detour through a wormhole to get here.
Read More#514: Top 5 Culture Clash Movies / Dear White People
Josh has some awkward moments as he tries to reconcile his cultural differences with The Dissolve's Tasha Robinson. The pair reveal their Top 5 Culture Clash Comedies, and review the provocative new film DEAR WHITE PEOPLE.
Read More#513: Nightcrawler / Top 5 Nocturnal Movies
Vampires aren't the only crazies who come out at night. Josh and Adam stay up late to share their Top 5 Nocturnal Movies, and discuss Jake Gyllenhaal's creepy turn in writer/director Dan Gilroy's NIGHTCRAWLER.
Read More#512: Top 5 Movie Costumes (We'd Wear) / Birdman
Michael Phillips couldn't convince Adam and Josh to be the Chico and Harpo to his Groucho, but that didn't stop him from helping them share the Top 5 Movie Costumes they'd actually wear for Halloween. Plus, a review of BIRDMAN, starring Michael Keaton.
Read More#511: Whiplash / Top 5 Mentor-Proteges
It's the inspirational tale of a couple down-on-their-luck podcasters who make good with the help of a crusty old radio veteran. Josh and Adam share their Top Mentor-Proteges, and review a movie about a drummer driven to madness in his pursuit of musical perfection – WHIPLASH.
Read More#510: Jason Schwartzman & Alex Ross Perry / Top 5 Narcissists
Finally, a Top 5 that Adam and Josh can relate to: Movie Narcissists. Plus, a conversation with writer/director Alex Ross Perry and actor Jason Schwartzman about their new movie LISTEN UP PHILIP.
Read More#509: Gone Girl / Top 5 Movie Missives
Inspired by their discussion of director David Fincher's GONE GIRL, Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Movie Missives... the love letters, ransom notes and dear johns that have played pivotal roles in film.
Read MoreGone Girl (Full Review w/ Spoilers)
It's a Fimspotting spoiler special! Josh and Adam go long on David Fincher's GONE GIRL. (Spoilers begin around the 19 minute mark.)
Read More#508: Chi. Film Fest Preview / Top 5 CIFF Discoveries
With the 50th annual Chicago International Film Festival kicking off Oct. 9, Josh and Adam highlight some of the films worth seeking out at the fest or putting on your radar, plus reflect on their Top 5 CIFF Discoveries.
Read More#507: Tusk / Top 5 Movie Manimals
With Adam out, Josh found a willing accomplice in Michael Phillips for a countdown of their Top 5 Movie Manimals, tying in with their review of Kevin Smith's TUSK.
Read More#506: Top 5 Lynch Scenes / Eraserhead / Skeleton Twins
It's Sociopath Week at the Filmspotting Lounge... half off Pabst Blue Ribbons and nitrous oxide chasers! The perfect combo to put you in the proper frame of mind for Josh and Adam's Top 5 David Lynch Scenes. Plus, a discussion of Lynch's creepy 1977 debut ERASERHEAD.
Read More#505: Top 5 Movie Prisoners / Starred Up
Josh and Adam head to the clink, the slammer, the Big House to name their Top 5 Movie Prisoners. Plus, a review of the acclaimed new UK prison drama STARRED UP.
Read More#504: Fall Preview / One I Love / Trip to Italy / Dan Schechter
Time hurries on, and the leaves that are green turn to brown... Josh and Adam preview the fall movie season and offer an end-of-summer review roundup sparked by a clash over THE ONE I LOVE, starring Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss.
Read More#503: Top 5 Movie Bands / Frank / Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Josh and Adam get to feel almost famous as they go on tour with their Top 5 (Fictional) Movie Bands. Plus, a review of FRANK starring Michael Fassbender, and find out if Larsen dares to recommend SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR.
Read More#502: Top 5 Robin Williams Scenes / Dead Poets Society
O Captain! My Captain! if Robin Williams ever failed to seize the day, it wasn't on camera. Filmspotting celebrates the life of the late actor and comedian with a Sacred Cow review of 1989's DEAD POETS SOCIETY. Plus, Josh and Adam share their Top 5 Robin Williams Scenes.
Read More#501: Top 5 Pre-CGI Scenes / Calvary / John Michael McDonagh / GOTG
Michael Phillips joins Adam in praise of the old school effects guys with their Top 5 Pre-CGI Scenes. Plus, they confess their cinematic sins of omission to Father Brendan Gleeson in CALVARY, and spend a few minutes on Marvel's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
Read MoreFS Fix: Richard Linklater's Boyhood
Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD was twelve years in the making... Before taking off for a little post-500th episode R&R, Josh and Adam gave it well more than 12 minutes for this Filmspotting Fix.
Read More#500 Live: Rian Johnson / Top 5 Films of FS Era
Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune, Slate's Dana Stevens and — via Skype from San Francisco — the newly anointed writer/director of STAR WARS VIII, Rian Johnson, join Adam and Josh for this special LIVE edition of Filmspotting recorded at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on Saturday, July 26.
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