Show: Movie of the Year
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Movie of the Year: 2019 Oscar Draft The Taste Buds hold their annual Oscar Draft, to see which team can garner the most nominations! 2019 has drawn to a close, but before we can say good-bye to one of the great years of movie-making, the Taste Buds–joined by special guest, Cassie, from the Unnatural 20’s–must perform…
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Movie of the Year: 2019 Marriage Story The Taste Buds each got to pick one of their favorite 2019 movies. Marriage Story is Ryan’s selection because his mama and his papa got a divorce. They said it wasn’t his fault, but he put a lot of extra pressure on them by being bad at youth…
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Movie of the Year: 2019 Us The Taste Buds each got to pick one of their favorite 2019 movies. Us is Mikes’s selection because he loves the way it shows horror is a flexible and expressive genre. He also loves how it is entertaining, fun, and thought provoking. The boys break down what the heck…
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Movie of the Year: 2019 The Farewell The Taste Buds each got to pick one of their favorite 2019 movies. The Farewell is Greg’s selection because he was blown away by the naturalistic acting, universal themes, and stunning shot composition. Also, he would just look at Awkwafina for hours, and this is the least creepy way…
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Movie of the Year: 1997 The Finale, Part II The Taste Buds make their selection for the 1997 Movie of the Year! It’s been an amazing season, and it all comes down to this! Tonight, only four movies remain, Good Will Hunting, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential and Princess Mononoke, and only one has what it takes to…
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Movie of the Year: 1997 Finale Part 1 The Taste Buds continue their journey through 1997 with beginning of the end! We have almost done it! This, the penultimate episode of the 1997 season, is so chock-full of delicious content that you’ll say, “Surely, this should be a 3-part episode.” And we’ll look down…
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Movie of the Year: 1997 Men In Black The Taste Buds continue their journey through 1997 with Men In Black! Here come the Men In Black/ Galaga, Defender. This movie is sorta dumb, but in a way that’s like a big, warm blanket. Or slanket. Hey, guys, remember slankets? They were like snuggies if…
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Movie of the Year: 1997 Princess Mononoke The Taste Buds continue their journey through 1997 with Princess Mononoke! [to the tune of the Annie-are-you-OK part of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”] Princess Mononoke! Studio Ghibli is all up in the guts of this podcast. We’re brave enough to declare we love the cinema of one…
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Movie of the Year: 1997 Contact The Taste Buds continue their journey through 1997 with Contact! Are aliens real? Is anything real, man? But, yes, aliens are real as foretold by that guy from Blink-182 who also sang about spiders in that one song. What a bad song, and yet I think about it…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1997 State of the Franchise Franchises, where would this country be without them? I tremble at a hypothetical so awesome in its utter enormity. I cannot gaze with my mind’s eye long upon the imagined hellscape that is an America Cinema devoid of prequels, sequels, and even squeak -quels. No, do…
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