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Movie of the Year: 1988 – Akira

By Greg / June 24, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 1988 – Akira

Movie of the Year 1988: Akira The Taste Buds are tackling the number 4 seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Akira. If you love hearing characters’ names being yelled out, if you love teenagers with laser guns, if you demand little old baby people, then Akira is the movie for you. Our intrepid lads…

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Movie of the Year: 1988 – Mixtape

By Greg / June 17, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 1988 – Mixtape

Movie of the Year 1988: Mixtape The Taste Budz–and two of their favorites from the Unnatural 20s podcast–have mixtape fever and the only prescription is more mixtape. Can these friends manage to craft, live and uninterrupted, a mix tape of the best songs of 19888? I don’t know, man, you’re going to have to listen,…

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Movie of the Year: 1988 – Rain Man

By Greg / June 10, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 1988 – Rain Man

Movie of the Year 1988: Rain Man The Taste Buds are tackling the number 2 seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Rain Man. That’s right, this is the 2nd highest seeded movie in the bracket, but do you feel like you know that much about this movie? Have you seen it? Do you think…

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Movie of the Year: 1988 – Die Hard

By Greg / June 3, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 1988 – Die Hard

Movie of the Year 1988: Die Hard The Taste Buds are tackling the number one seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Die Hard. Yipee-ki-yay, friends and neighbors. This movie is many things to many people, but I am going to get this out of the way right at the top: yes Die Hard is…

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Movie of the Year: 1988 – Intro

By Greg / May 27, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 1988 – Intro

Movie of the Year 1988: Intro The Taste Buds have chosen their next year, and it is 1988! Prepare yourself for a blast of nostalgia as the guys attempt to winnow the vast field of 1988 movies down from 16 to 8. Many think 1988 to be the best year in the history of film,…

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Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part Two

By Ryan Haley / May 20, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part Two

Movie of the Year 2018: Finale Part Two The Taste Buds choose the 2018 Movie of the Year! Along with Letterboxd.com, Greg, Ryan, and Mike have spent the last couple of months taking the 3,000 movies that came out last year and creating a Super 32, a Sweet 16, an Elite 8, and now this,…

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Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part One

By Greg / May 15, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part One

Movie of the Year 2018: Finale Part One The Taste Buds discuss all of your favorite 2018 movies, on their way to picking the 2018 Movie of the year! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Mike, and a ghost that we are too embarrassed to ask to leave!…

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Movie of the Year: 2018 – A Star Is Born

By Mike Gravagno / May 6, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 2018 – A Star Is Born

Movie of the Year 2018: A Star Is Born The Taste Buds discuss 2018’s A Star is Born! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Mike, and Katie! The groups discusses the first time acting and directing efforts of the stars, the role of gender in the film,  the romantic…

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Movie of the Year: 2018 – First Reformed

By Greg / April 29, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 2018 – First Reformed

Movie of the Year 2018: First Reformed The Taste Buds discuss 2018’s First Reformed! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Taylor, and Stephanie! They’ll duke it out to see who can talk about First Reformed the hardest! Points will be awarded, Skadooshes will be had, maybe, and by the end…

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Movie of the Year: 2018 – State of the Franchise

By Greg / April 22, 2019 / Comments Off on Movie of the Year: 2018 – State of the Franchise

Movie of the Year 2018: State of the Franchise   The Taste Budz discuss how the key franchises in film are performing. 2018 was doubtless a year in which franchises dominated the box office. Marvel seems to release a new movie every six minutes. There are so many Star Wars movies they had to make…

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