Special-guest and Jane Austen expert Hannah join James and Zach to compare and contrast the recent 2020 adaptation of Austen’s Emma starring Anya Taylor-Joy, the 1996 big-screen edition of Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and the 1996 tv-movie version of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale.
Zach and James are completely transparent on their opinions of the 2020 reboot of The Invisible Man, as are they on their favorite 10 films that feature invisibility in one shape or form.
James and Zach ponder what went wrong with the recent Mark Whalberg/Peter Berg NetFlix collab Spenser Confidential, then move on with a discussion of Pixar’s Ownard, featuring the voice of Chris Pratt (amongst others) whom they then count down their favorite films from..
Zach and James go to a movie in a movie theater together – a rarity – to experience the best of what the Impractical Jokers: The Movie has to offer, then the guys run down their favorite non-documentary films that have documentary elements contained within them.
James and Zach are joined by hedgehog-enthusiast Zach to discuss the first live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film, chase down their picks for video games that should definitely be movies by now, and close out the show with a brand-new movie-mashup game.
Zach and James rank and discuss their favorite 10 films of the last 10 years, and determine who was the most right about each other picks.
James and Zach select who should and who will win at the 92nd Academy Awards, then attempt to predict each others Top 10 Favorite Films of the 2010s list scheduled for next week.
Zach and James process the one-take wonder of the World War I action-drama 1917, directed by Sam Mendes, whose eight films they then rank in order of preference. Spoiler-chat after the show proper!
So many lists! Zach and James bid 2019 adieu with a plethora of alternative year-end lists, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2020. Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Adem, Allan, Amanda, Andrew, Josh, Joshua, Justin, Kareline, Kyle, Mansouri, Marco, Michael, Mindy, Roger, Scotty, Scott, The Circle of Film Podcast, Thomas, Troy, Victoria!
Zach and James count down their 20 favorite movies of 2019, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their lists, and much more.
Disney has released it’s latest live-action remake of a beloved animated classic and this one is taking the box office by storm. Special guest Hannah joins us on the show to discuss the film and find out how it stacks against the original. Then we each count down our Top 10 favorite movies with a princess in them.
James and Zach are joined by Mo for his 12th appearance on the podcast to discuss the last Star Wars film ever (aka Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), quick rank the nine “Skywalker Saga” films, and then challenge James to a round of choose-your-own trivia.
Zach returns to the podcast to join James in discussing two new highly-acclaimed NetFlix Originals – Martin Scorsese’ The Irishman and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story.
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 movies they watched.
James and Zach celebrate 400 episodes by adding 100 more to their list of Favorite Films of All Time. This episode covers 301-350 and last week’s episode rounds out the top 400. Full Letterboxd lists: Zach / James
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we prepare for our 400th episode by listing half of our top 300-400 favorite films.
James and Zach get campy on the new biographical film Judy which is centered around famed performer Judy Garland with a comeback performance from Renee Zellweger, then sing their way through their favorite moments of singing in films in which singing is not the main draw.
Zach and James toe-tap their way through a discussion on Joker by director Todd Phillips, then brood their way through their favorite 10 Joaquin Phoenix film performances.
James and Zach vocalize their internal monologue regarding the space-thinker Ad Astra by director James Grey, then moonwalk over their favorite 10 Brad Pitt film performances.
James and Zach discuss their picks for the most forgotten films of the second year of the current millennium, or something.
James and Zach play some old-school CRL movie games!
Zach and James discuss the movie Parasite and our Top 10 Movies with Con Men.
Zach and James discuss their picks for the most forgotten films of the first year of the current millennium, or something.
Mo joins Zach and James for his eleventh appearance on the podcast, this time to discuss the Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw – and then challenge Zach to some Dwayne Johnson trivia.
James and Zach return with contentious discussions of the new live-action 3D-animated remake of Lion King and Quentin Tarantino’s celebration of late 60’s actor culture in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood.
