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20 years ago, A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards, the true manifestation of our Ron Howard Oscar machine theory. But is this the nice guy director's best movie? How does it compare to Apollo 13, or...gulp...last year's Hillbilly Elegy?  Find out! Let us know your thoughts at Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

The people have spoken. We received a petition at Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com signed by 200,000 people to review Zack Snyder's Justice League. Yet, Jeremy refused. So this week, Lee and Chapin share their thoughts on the second iteration of the 2017 box office disappointment, now 4 hours long and available on HBO MAX. Was it worth it? Should've Warner Bros indeed released the Synder cut? Or has fan service gotten out of control?  

We're kicking off our new series "The Great Movies" this week with a look back at our birth year in Amadeus, the winner of Best Picture in 1984 and one of our favorites.    Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

Our 20th Anniversary series is back this week with Michael Mann's Ali, starring Will Smith as the legendary boxer. We analyze the film as one of the few biopics one of us likes, Jeremy shares his thoughts on seeing the film for the first time and finally, does the film penetrate Lee's hatred for the genre?  Find out!   Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

It's a slow burn this week on the pod!  We saw The Nest, directed by Sean Durkin. We discuss the film's slow reveals and it's inevitable conclusion, plus the two critically acclaimed performances from Jude Law and Carrie Coon.   Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

This week we watched Best Foreign Language film Golden Globe winner Minari. We discuss the film's similarity to Nomadland, both films' take on the American Dream and much more!   Send us your voice recordings about the best of the year at feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com. 

Another podcast this week as we look at Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah available on HBO MAX!  We discuss the film's relationship to Martin Scorsese's The Departed and weaving the thriller elements of this story in with it's overlying political message. We move on the the two striking performances in this film. Will this be a Fixie contender?  Listen to find out!   Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com     

This week on the podcast we dive head first into Fixie season with a look at Chloé Zhao's Nomadland. We discuss Zhao's unique process and how the film forgoes traditional storytelling methods.    Let us know what you think!  Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com 

This week, after months in quarantine, we look at the first movie conceived entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Oh yay.  But, Sam Levinson (Euphoria) brings us an interesting film that certainly caused some disagreement on the pod.  So, we're grateful for that!   We then hear Jeremy's thoughts on our Promising Young Woman podcast and the three of us speak briefly about Regina King's One Night in Miami.    Tell us what you think!  Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

This week Chapin and Lee have their eyes out for a Promising Young Woman, starring GYFF favorite Carey Mulligan!  The film, directed by Emerald Fennell, today was nominated for several Golden Globes, including best actress and best motion picture drama!  Does this film live up to the hype?  How does it take on controversial subjects through the lens of #metoo and times up?     Let us know what you think!  Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com   

This week Jeremy and Chapin review Ammonite starring Kate Winslet and Saiorse Ronan. We discuss it's similarities to another poignant film we reviewed last year and how their similarities impact our thoughts on each film. Then, Jeremy shares his thoughts on how to save movie theaters.   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com

This week Lee and Chapin examine yet another film featuring America's dad.  Tom Hanks reunites with Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass for this post-Civil War western.  We chat about Greengrass' work, Hanks and newcomer Helena Zengel's performances, and wrap it all up on a few ideas we think my save the theatrical experience.   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com. 

It's a double feature for troubled times!  We look at two serious films this week with Pieces of a Woman and The Assistant, the first a harrowing examination of a woman's life turned upside down by a tragic birth, the second a day in the life of an assistant working for a thinly veiled Harvey Weinstein stand in.   This one gets heated!  Disagreements!  A battle of the wits!  To the death!!  No, not really...   Tell us who won: Feedback@GetYourFilmFixPodcast.com 

For the first time ever, we review an animated film on the Get Your Film Fix Podcast!  Disney made the radical decision to release Pixar's Soul on Disney+ on Christmas Day, after delaying the film from it's summer release.  We discuss the film's innovative design and powerful storytelling, as well as Pixar's storied filmography and exceptional batting average.   Finally, continuing our ongoing discussion of the Hollywood and streaming services, we debate Warner Bros. decision to fast track a Wonder Woman sequel after the successful performance of WW 1984 over Christmas.  Let us know what you think!  Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com  Or find us on Instagram. 

The first podcast of 2021!  Recorded way back in 2020, the boys look at the first real Oscar contender of the year, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.  We explore this adaptation of the August Wilson play, including Chadwick Boseman's final performance, Viola Davis and discuss whether plays actually make good movies! Then, Jeremy predicts the plot of Wonder Woman 1984!  

Another new film!  This week, courtesy of Amazon Prime, we review the indie Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed.  Darius marder's film about a drummer going deaf has been churning award buzz, but will it make an appearance at this year's complicated Fixies?     Did you check out Sound of Metal?  What did you think?  Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com. 

After 4 long months, Christopher Nolan's time bending new film arrives in...er....on our TVs....or iPhones...or laptops....  It's not IMAX, but we finally saw Tenet, the film arguably most contested and discussed during this pandemic.  Does it live up to your anticipation?  Where does it fall in our Nolan filmography rankings?   Then, we discuss Tom Cruise's leaked, COVID-related outburst on the set of Mission Impossible 7 with special insight from Jeremy, who has been entrenched in a new movie and strict COVID production protocols.  

This week on the podcast we're back on the topic of HBO Max, but this time, for an original film...or...errr....a MAX original!  Steven Soderbergh returns to the Warner Brothers family with Let Them All Talk starring Meryl Streep.  There dissension among the ranks, folks and that always makes for great pod!   And we continue our discussion over the streaming wars with some insight from a listener and the ongoing controversy surrounding Warner Media's plan to release their 2021 films on both HBO Max and theaters.  Let us know what you think!  Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com 

It's finally here!  We've waited 6 long years for a David Fincher film and Mank arrives just in time!  About the writing of Citizen Kane but so much more, Mank is a deep dive into unfamiliar territory for one of this podcast's favorite directors.  But has he succeeded?  Is Mask worth the wait?   Then we discuss the bold move by Warner Media to release all their 2021 theatrical films simultaneously on HBO Max.     Let us know what you think about Mank and HBO Max at feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com 

December begins! We kick off what is sure to be the 2020's greatest month for cinema with...Hillbilly Elegy?  It's no surprise this Oscar bait has not been received as Netflix and director Ron Howard intended, but what do Lee and Chapin think?  Do the performances from Amy Adams and Glenn Close live up to the hype?  Should Opie hang up his spurs?     Then we chat briefly about the films were most excited for in the coming months!   Feedback@getyourfilmfixpodcast.com