Show: Movie of the Year
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Can The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers unite all our panelists and become 2002 Movie of the Year? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a movie that asks, “What if our enemies are actually so bad that we can…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 25th Hour Can 25th Hour capture the title of our 2002 Movie of the Year? 25th Hour may be a bit of a forgotten gem of 2002, but it is a gem nonetheless. With Rosario Dawson, Edward Norton, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and Barry “That’s-Right-It’s-Me” Pepper, the movie has star power…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Chicago Can Chicago sing, dance, shoot, and prance its way to our 2002 Movie of the Year? This week our movie is 2002’s musical sensation, Chicago, a movie that has a little something for everyone. Whether your thing is sexy ladies, violent outbursts, or Richard Gere, Chicago has got you…
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Movie of the Year: 1991 1991 Action Figure Draft What can the action figures of 1991 teach us about the Avengers of 1991? Our 1991 Action Figure/Avengers Draft decides! We were recently cleaning out the PopFilter Vault, and look what we found! An unaired episode from our 1991 season–enjoy! Drafting—it’s what separates us from the…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Adaptation. Does Adaptation. have the flexibility to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? After years of struggling to adapt Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief into a movie, Charlie Kaufmann wrote himself and his fictional twin Donald into the movie and made it about his struggles with adapting the book.…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Punch-Drunk Love Does Punch-Drunk Love have the strength to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Punch-Drunk Love. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 2002 Avengers Draft We take some time away from picking the 2002 Movie of the Year to pick our 2002 heroes in a 2002 Avengers Draft! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of 2002 action properties. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Russian Ark Russian Ark has one shot to be our 2002 Movie of the Year! The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Russian Ark. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 24 Hour Party People Does 24 Hour Party People have what it takes to be our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of 24 Hour Party People. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion,…
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Movie of the Year: 2002 Minority Report Does Minority Report have a future being our 2002 Movie of the Year? The podcast hosts start by discussing the overall quality of Minority Report. They highlight which stuff stood out as being particularly innovative or effective at creating emotion, and which ones fell flat. They also discuss any…
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