Posts Tagged ‘Steven Spielberg’
Movie of the Year: 2002 – Catch Me If You Can
Movie of the Year: 2002 Catch Me If You Can Can Catch Me If You Can con its way to our 2002 Movie of the Year? Catch Me If You Can is a Steven Spielberg joint, so you know we are going to get rowdy on this one. Steve Spiels has meant so much to the…
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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…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1982 – Poltergeist
Movie of the Year: 1982 Poltergeist Can Poltergeist scare its way into being 1982’s Movie of the Year? Nothing encapsulates the 1980s mindset quite like the horror buying a huge house only to have it turn out that there is something completely wrong with it. Or maybe it’s about the fundamental horror of realizing that…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1982 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie of the Year: 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Can E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial “phone home” enough to be 1982’s Movie of the Year? Since this movie first came out, people have wondered what E.T. is short for? It may be a little “inside baseball,” but E.T. is short because of his stubby little legs. Were they…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1975 – Jaws
Movie of the Year: 1975 Jaws Jaws is the biggest movie of 1975, but does it have what it takes to win Movie of the Year! Jaws is called the first blockbuster because of its mass appeal and wide release, not to mention the eponymous chompers of the star of the picture, Jaws himself. But…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 2001 – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Movie of the Year: 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence The Taste Buds talk 2001’s grandest fairy tale, A.I. Artificial Intelligence! 2020 is the worst thing to ever happen, but there is still a little magic left in the world. You know how I know? Because this holiday season has given birth to a holiday miracle: a…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1985 – The Goonies
Movie of the Year: 1985 The Goonies The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s VHS babysitter, The Goonies! Perhaps no other movie of the 1980s captured what it was to be, in that time or an other, a Goonie. Goony? I don’t know how to do just one of them. That actually kind of works with the…
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