#678: Filmspotting's Avengers

ADAM

Mission: Saving cinema and the world!

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Name: EGOT
Power: Ability to inspire and unite people in a common cause

Tilda Swinton
Name: Chameleon
Power: Ability to manipulate appearance and make any situation weird

Agnès Varda
Name: The Seeker
Power: Heightened curiosity, empathy and wisdom

Roger Deakins
Name: Virtuoso
Power: Ability to manipulate light, time and space

Matt Zoller Seitz
Name: Rational Man
Power: Ability to apply logic and reason to any scenario

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JOSH

Mission: Saving the romantic comedy

Stars: Gina Rodriguez and Donald Glover

Composer: Michael Giacchino

Cinematographer: Elisha Christian

Writer-director: Jordan Peele

#677: Top 5 Horse Scenes

ADAM

1. The sleepless hunter, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

2. Horse thrown off raft, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD

3. Jamie and Beth’s moonlight ride, CERTAIN WOMEN

4. Three horses, MICHAEL CLAYTON

5. Don Giovanni parody, AMADEUS

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JOSH

1. Running free on the beach, THE BLACK STALLION

2. Under attack, STAGECOACH

3. Jamie and Beth’s moonlight ride, CERTAIN WOMEN

4. Fleeing the Ringwraiths, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

5. Freeing the horses, THE MISFITS

#676: Top 5 Quiet Scenes

ADAM

1. The robbery, RIFIFI

2. Waiting for Harmonica / Opening gunfight, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

3. Roy’s first UFO encounter, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

4. Bug hunt, THE CONVERSATION

5. Clarice kills Buffalo Bill, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

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MICHAEL PHILLIPS

1. HAL takes care of Frank Poole, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

2. Before the fork drops, JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES

3. The lynching, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

4. The opening mine-shaft sequence, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

5. The crop-duster sequence, NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

#675: Top 5 Movie Homages

ADAM

1. “Touch of Evil’s” opening tracking shot, THE PLAYER

2. “Night of the Hunter’s” Love vs. hate monologue, DO THE RIGHT THING

3. “Battleship Potemkin’s” Odessa steps sequence, THE UNTOUCHABLES

4. “Nights of Cabiria’s” final shot, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO

5. “2001: A Space Odyssey’s” bone toss, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

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TASHA ROBINSON

1. E.T. watches The Quiet Man, E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

2. The Duke brothers from Trading Places return, COMING TO AMERICA

3. Watching Snow White, GREMLINS

4. Quentin Tarantino quotes the entirety of John Carpenter’s The Thing, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

5. [Pixar tie] The carpet from The Shining, TOY STORY / Samuel L. Jackson and Die Hard With A Vengeance, THE INCREDIBLES

#674: Top 5 Wes Anderson Scenes (Revisited)

Originally aired March 14, 2014 on episode #481

Josh

1. “I wonder if it remembers me.” THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

2. Bill Murray’s cannonball, RUSHMORE

3. “I’ve had a rough year,” THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

4. “What kind of bird are you?” MOONRISE KINGDOM

5. Salute to the wolf, FANTASTIC MR. FOX

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Michael Phillips

1. Final scene of Max's play, RUSHMORE

2. Herman Blume hitting his kids in the car, RUSHMORE

3. "You're true blue, Ethel, you really are." THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

4. Scout Master's nonviolent rescue operation speech, MOONRISE KINGDOM

5. Straightening the figurine in practice burglary, BOTTLE ROCKET

#669: Top 5 Overlooked '90s Movies

Adam

1. Trust

2. Lone Star

3. The Remains of the Day

4. The Opposite of Sex

5. One False Move

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Josh

1. Bringing Out the Dead

2. James and the Giant Peach

3. Get on the Bus

4. Holy Smoke!

5. The Witches

#668: Top 5 Superhero-Director Combos (We'd Like To See)

Adam

1. The Coen Brother's The Vision starring Leonardo DiCaprio

2. Jordan Peele's Green Lantern starring Daniel Kaluuya

3. Sarah Polley's Rogue starring Anya Taylor-Joy

4. David Croenberg's Angel/Archangel starring Timothée Chalamet

5. 5. Ana Lily Amirpour’s Ms. Marvel starring Golshifteh Farahani

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Josh

1. Greta Gerwig's Squirrel Girl

2. Dee Rees' Storm

3 Anna Rose Holmer's Doctor Strange

4 Tim Burton's Nightmask (stop motion)

5 Sofia Coppola's Aquawoman

#667: Top 5 Gary Oldman Performances

1. George Smiley, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

2. Norman Stansfield, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL

3. Drexl Spivey, TRUE ROMANCE

4. Dracula, BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

5. Sid Vicious, SID & NANCY