Hosts Alan & Chris return to the MESH studios to record their first podcast episode of 2021. On the docket – reviews of “Wonder Woman 1984” and the rumored Oscar favorite for the best foreign film “Another Round”. Following the reviews, each host shares a bit of movie news before delivering the tried and true final segment of movie recommendations you should check out.

Reviews in this episode: “Wonder Woman 1984”, “Another Round”

Recommendations in this episode: “Mangrove”, “Mank”

As 2020 draws to a close, films with hopes of Oscar nominations begin to surface. We’ve got reviews of two of them on this episode with “Sound of Metal” and “Promising Young Woman”. Movie news and recommendations of films you might have missed round out what could likely be our last episode of the year. Enjoy & we’ll see you in 2021!

Rags to riches stories. That’s the theme of our movies reviewed in this episode. One is an adaptation of a beloved Charles Dickens novel with “The Personal History of David Copperfield” while the other is the true story of Ted Ngoy in “The Donut King”. After the reviews, our hosts delve into a quick news tidbits segment before ending the episode with their recommendations of films they think you should give a chance.

Sacha Baron Cohen decided to revive his fictional Kazakh television journalist for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”. Our hosts Alan & Chris share their thoughts on this new release as well as Sofia Coppola’s latest “On the Rocks” starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones. In a Trailer Tapas segment our hosts discuss three upcoming movies and round out the episode with recommendations of films you might want to check out

Indie writer/director Jim Cummings is back with a new movie “The Wolf of Snow Hollow”. Alan and Chris share their thoughts on this film as well as spend some time discussing the foreign flick “Out Stealing Horses” starring Stellan Skarsgard. With a lack of news stories about film to discuss Alan and Chris ponder the future of movie theaters before closing out the show with their recommendations of films you might want to consider adding to your queue.

Millie Bobbie Brown of “Stranger Things” stars in her first major film role as the title character in “Enola Holmes”. Alan & Chris review this straight to Netflix feature as well as the thriller “Antebellum” starring Janelle Monáe. In addition to the usual segments of Trailer Tapas & Sounds Like It Could Be Good??? the hosts also recap the winners of the 2020 Footcandle Film Festival that just wrapped up at the end of September.

2020 has been pretty strange. A third installment in the Bill & Ted series almost makes sense. Alan & Chris discuss the cinematic oddity as well as the new…well, yes odd – but in a completely different way – Charlie Kaufman film “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”. For the trailer tapas section the hosts discuss the new “Dune” and “Freaky” trailers and then indulge in some extremely early Oscar prediction talk. As per the tried and true formula, they round out the episode with some film recommendations.

Two new films…two new reviews. First up we talk about the documentary that was a hit at Sundance – “Boys State”. For our second review, we discuss the one-of-a-kind biopic “Tesla” starring Ethan Hawke. For our Trailer Tapas portion of the show, we discuss “The Batman”, “Spontaneous” and “On the Rocks”. Last, but not least, we wrap with our recommendations of films you might want to revisit or check out for the first time.

In this episode of Footcandle Films Alan & Chris review two movies that reflect on the challenges of starting your own business and capitalism. One is director Kelly Reichardt’s period drama “First Cow”, the other is the comedy “An American Pickle” starring Seth Rogen in a dual role. After the reviews, Alan leads an “It Sounds Like It Could Be Good?” segment. The hosts close out the show with recommendations of films you might want to seek out.

Movie theaters might be closed but new films are still coming out and we’ve got reviews of two of them. First up is the AppleTV+ exclusive World War II action-drama “Greyhound” starring Tom Hanks. For our second review, we look at the much smaller-scale indie horror film “The Rental” starring Dan Stevens & Alison Brie. For our Trailer Tapas portion of the podcast, we focus on Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” and the new Seth Rogen vehicle “An American Pickle”. Chris then shares two bits of silver screen news before the hosts wrap the episode with their recommendations of films you might have missed or should revisit.