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#1016: Top 5 Movie Stunts

adam

5. Jumping off Nakatomi Plaza, DIE HARD*
4. Hanging From a Helicopter, SUPERCOP (POLICE STORY 3)
3. Ethan Catching a Plane, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION
2. Ski Jump, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1. Swinging Waterfall Rescue, OUR HOSPITALITY

*DIE HARD is in the Pantheon.


MICHAEL PHILLIPS

#1013: Top 25 Films of the Century

Adam

  1. Mulholland Drive

  2. Before Sunset

  3. Inside Llewyn Davis

  4. The Royal Tenenbaums

  5. Never Let Me Go

  6. No Country for Old Men

  7. Little Women

  8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  9. Interstellar

  10. There WIll Be Blood

  11. The Tree of Life

  12. In the Mood for Love

  13. Inside Man

  14. The Departed

  15. Memento

  16. Petite Maman

  17. A History of Violence

  18. Take Shelter

  19. Meek’s Cutoff

  20. Ex Machina

  21. Aftersun

  22. The Act of Killing

  23. Atonement

  24. Shoplifters

  25. Mad Max: Fury Road

Josh

  1. In the Mood for Love

  2. The Tree of Life

  3. Mad Max: Fury Road

  4. The Royal Tenenbaums

  5. Us

  6. True Grit

  7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  8. Finding Nemo

  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  10. Lost in Translation

  11. Inception

  12. Bamboozled

  13. Volver

  14. Children of Men

  15. Phantom Thread

  16. Meek’s Cutoff

  17. Borat

  18. Ex Machina

  19. Cemetary of Splendor

  20. The Florida Project

  21. Dick Johnson is Dead

  22. The Boy and the Heron

  23. Aftersun

  24. Lovers Rock

  25. The Witch

#1009: Top 5 Rain Scenes

adam

5. Waiting for the Catbus, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
4. Prison Breaks, RAISING ARIZONA and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
3. Only Thing Perry Will Miss, IN COLD BLOOD
2. Raining Frogs, MAGNOLIA
1. Driving to the Bates Motel, PSYCHO


MICHAEL PHILLIPS

5. Bittersweet Farewell, GOODBYE DRAGON INN
4. Assassination of Van Meer, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
3. Robert Standing in the Rain, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
2. The Gale and Whirpool, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
1. Bogey and Dorothy Malone Stay Dry in ACME Books, THE BIG SLEEP

#1008: Top 5 Gene Hackman Scenes

adam

5. ”I saw him. I’m going to get him,” Popeye Doyle in THE FRENCH CONNECTION
4. ”You’d have no way of knowing,” Harry Caul in THE CONVERSATION
3. Beating Up English Bob, Little Bill in UNFORGIVEN
2. “I can’t make it alone anymore,” Max in SCARECROW
1. Day Out with Ari and Uzi, Royal in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS


JOSH

5. “Yeah, I’m an ace,” Harry Moseby in NIGHT MOVES
4. “I’ll see you in hell,” Little Bill in UNFORGIVEN
3. “Story about my daddy,” Agent Rupert Anderson in MISSISSIPPI BURNING
2. “I’m dying… I’m not dying… I am dying!” Royal in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
1. $27.95, Max in SCARECROW

#1003: 2025 Oscar Special

Best Picture

Adam

Will win: ANORA

Should win: THE BRUTALIST

Should have been nominated: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Should be kicked out: WICKED

michael

Will win: ANORA

Should win: NICKEL BOYS

Should have been nominated: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Should be kicked out: THE SUBSTANCE

Josh

Will win: ANORA

Should win: ANORA

Should have been nominated: CHALLENGERS

Should be kicked out: EMILIA PÉREZ


Best Director

Adam

Will win: Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST

Should win: Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST

Should have been nominated: Payal Kapadia, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Should be kicked out: James Mangold, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

michael

Will win: Sean Baker, ANORA

Should win: Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST

Should have been nominated: RaMell Ross, NICKEL BOYS

Should be kicked out: Jaques Audiard, EMILIA PÉREZ

Josh

Will win: Sean Baker, ANORA

Should win: Sean Baker, ANORA

Should have been nominated: George Miller, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Should be kicked out: Jaques Audiard, EMILIA PÉREZ


Best Actress

Adam

Will win: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE

Should win: Mikey Madison, ANORA

Should have been nominated: Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Should be kicked out: Cynthia Erivo, WICKED

michael

Will win: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE

Should win: Fernanda Torres, I’M STILL HERE

Should have been nominated: Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Should be kicked out: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE

JOSH

Will win: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE

Should win: Cynthia Erivo, WICKED

Should have been nominated: Kirsten Dunst, CIVIL WAR

Should be kicked out: Karla Sofia Gascon, EMILIA PÉREZ


Best Actor

ADAM

Will win: Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

Should win: Colman Domingo, SING SING

Should have been nominated: Glen Powell, HIT MAN

Should be kicked out: Sebastian Stan, THE APPRENTICE

Michael

Will win: Timothée Chalamet, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Should win: Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Should have been nominated: Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

Should be kicked out: Sebastian Stan, A DIFFERENT MAN

JOSH

Will win: Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Should win: Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Should have been nominated: Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

Should be kicked out: Timothee Chalamet, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN


Best Supporting Actress

Adam

Will win: Zoe Saldaña, EMILIA PÉREZ

Should win: Zoe Saldaña, EMILIA PÉREZ

Should have been nominated: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

Should be kicked out: Ariana Grande, WICKED

Michael

Will win: Zoe Saldaña, EMILIA PÉREZ

Should win: Isabella Rossellini, CONCLAVE

Should have been nominated: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

Should be kicked out: Ariana Grande, WICKED

Josh

Will win: Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

Should win: Ariana Grande, WICKED

Should have been nominated: Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO TEACHER

Should be kicked out: Isabella Rossellini, CONCLAVE


Best Supporting Actor

Josh

Will win:  Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

Should win: Yura Borisov, ANORA

Should have been nominated: Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Should be kicked out: Edward Norton, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Adam

Will win: Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

Should win: Yura Borisov, ANORA

Should have been nominated: Clarence Maclin, SING SING

michael

Will win: Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

Should win: Yura Borisov, ANORA

Should have been nominated: Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Should be kicked out: Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST

Should be kicked out: Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST


 
 

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