Movie of the Year: 1982 – State of the Franchise

Movie of the Year: 1982 State of the Franchise Let’s check in on the state of the franchise in 1982! Film franchises weren’t as big in 1982 as they are now, but they did exist. By 1982 we were already pretty deep into Friday the 13th, Halloween, and the Rocky franchises. Heck, the Greaseaverse was nearly launched in…

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Movie of the Year: 1975 – A Winner Declared

Movie of the Year: 1975 A Winner Declared Movie of the Year declares 1975’s Movie of the Year! It all comes down to this. We started with the top sixty-four movies of 1975, and we whittled them down to the final four in this episode, where we decide on the 1975 winner. Dog Day Afternoon,…

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Movie of the Year: 1975 – The Penultimate Episode

Movie of the Year: 1975 The Penultimate Episode Movie of the Year begins the process of picking 1975’s Movie of the Year! Our finales are so big, so bombastic, so utterly and completely over-the-top that we don’t do you the disservice of trying to cram it all into just one episode. This isn’t amateur hour.…

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Movie of the Year: 1975 – A New Season Begins!

Movie of the Year: 1975 A New Season Begins! The Taste Buds are turning to 1975, and will now pick the 8 candidates for Movie of the Year! Ready to hear three white guys use the phrase “they don’t make ’em like this anymore”? Wait, sorry, don’t stop reading yet. In many ways 1975 seems…

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TOP TEN – MOVIES THAT DEFINE SUMMER

TOP TEN – MOVIES THAT DEFINE SUMMER   STAND BY ME (1986) The very best summer movies explore what kind of hijinks kids used to get into when they had an entire season of freedom stretched out ahead of them. You think a group of 12-year-olds could go have an amazing adolescent journey of self-discovery…

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