Show: Movie of the Year
Blog Posts from the Movie of the Year
Movie of the Year: 1985 Come And See The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s answer to typical Hollywood war movies, Come and See! Come And See is probably not the first movie you think of when you think of 1985. That’s an obvious major strike against it for winning Movie of the Year. But what if it…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Breakfast Club The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most teen movie, The Breakfast Club! The Breakfast Club isn’t just some movie about being a teen; it is the movie about being a teen. In 1985 every teenager could identify with the characters in this movie, and that should have changed–this movie should…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Horror Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning Continuing the Movie of the Year spinoff, the Taste Buds tackle the horror movies of 1985! Up next Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning! There were too many horror movies in 1985, and literally none of them made the Elite 8, so…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Brazil The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most bizarre movie, Brazil! Brazil is a quirky little movie that didn’t do great in its own time but has risen to cult status. Might it be more than a little film that punches above its weight? We would dare to say that it…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Mix Tape The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s music by putting together a mix tape of 85’s greatest jams. The Taste Buds are joined by their lady-buds, the improbable Unnatural 20s who were like negative six when these songs came out. But they know about Huey Lewis, and they for…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Horror Day of the Dead On an all-new Movie of the Year spinoff, the Taste Buds tackle the horror movies of 1985, starting with Day of the Dead! There were too many horror movies in 1985, and literally none of them made the Elite 8, so Ryan and his good friend Tompkins…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 Back to the Future The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s biggest movie, Back to the Future! Back to the Future is probably the most important movie in the history of this podcast. It raised us and taught us how to be. Mike straight up calls this movie Dad and it’s…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 After Hours The Taste Buds discuss Martin Scorsese’s 1985 forgotten classic After Hours! After Hours, what is that even? Can this movie possibly be the movie of the year if no one has ever seen it and few have even heard of it? Well, it’s directed by a little guy…
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Movie of the Year: 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Maybe On an all-new Movie of the Year: 2020, the Taste Buds discuss 2020’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Ryan continues his journey through the year that is 2020 with the underseen, and somehow still underrated, drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Tompkins (twitter: @officialtomp) is here to see if he…
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Movie of the Year: 1985 The Battle Begins Its the beginning of a new era for Movie of the Year. Brand new host Ryan has taken the reins and is leading the boys into the brave new frontier of 1985, a year in which Back to the Future, Goonies, and Mishisma all came out. That’s right, Mishima came…
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