I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast! In this edition, we delve into the world of cinema with a mix of disaster, biopic, and classic charm. Join us as we dissect the latest releases and revisit a beloved gem from the past.

New Releases:

Madame Web (2024)
Directed by S.J. Clarkson
Written by S.J. Clarkson, Matt Sazema, Burke Sharples
Starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts

Synopsis: Cassandra Webb, a New York City paramedic, discovers she has clairvoyant abilities. As she grapples with revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious enemy determined to end their lives.

One Love (2024)
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
Written by Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers, Zach Baylin, Reinaldo Marcus Green
Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton
Release Date: February 14th, 2024

Synopsis: This biopic follows the journey of Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley as he rises above adversity to become a global icon in the world of reggae music.

Classic Feature:

Amélie (2002)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
Release Date: February 8th, 2002

Synopsis: "Amélie" is a whimsical comedy centered around a young woman who quietly manipulates the lives of those around her, creating a world filled with enchantment and mystery. Set against the backdrop of Paris, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet captures the city's charm through the eyes of the captivating Amélie.

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Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Directed by Zelda Williams
Written by Diablo Cody
Starring Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Carla Gugino
Release Date February 9th, 2024
A misunderstood teenager and a reanimated Victorian corpse embark on a murderous journey together to find love, happiness, and a few missing body parts.
Drift (2024)
Directed by Anthony Chen
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat
Release Date February 9th, 2024 \
Young Liberian refugee Jacqueline barely escapes her war-torn country to settle on a Greek island. Her daily struggle for survival keeps terrible memories at bay, and she becomes close to an American tour guide.
Origin (2024)
Directed by Ava Duvernay
Written by Ava Duvernay
Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash
Release Date December 2023
Author Isabel Wilkerson writes her seminal book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" while coping with personal tragedy.
Out of Darkness (2024)
Directed by Andrew Cumming
Starring Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young
Release Date February 9th, 2024
About 45,000 years ago, a desperate band of early humans finds a new land to settle in. As they start to realize that something monstrous is hunting them down, they must confront a horrifying danger that they never could have imagined.
Classic
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Directed by James Whale
Starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger
Release Date April 22nd, 1935
After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger), who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster (Boris Karloff) remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him without understanding that his intentions are generally good despite his lack of socialization and self-control.

Argylle (2024)
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Written by Jason Fuchs
Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara
Release Date February 2nd, 2024

Panico (2024)
Directed by Simone Scafidi
Documentary
Starring Dario Argento, Asia Argento, Guillermo Del Toro, Gaspar Noe, Nicholas Winding Refn
Release Date February 2nd
Streaming now on Shudder

Classics
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Directed by Dario Argento
Written by Dario Argento
Starring Tony Musante
Release Date June 24th, 1970
An American writer, Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante), is living in Rome with his girlfriend, Julia (Suzy Kendall). While visiting an art gallery, Sam witnesses an unsuccessful murder attempt by a mysterious figure. As the assailant is believed to be an infamous serial killer, Sam quickly becomes a key witness in the ongoing police investigation. After he begins searching for clues that may help him identify the killer, Sam discovers that he may be the next intended victim.

Opera (1987)
Directed by Dario Argento
Written by Dario Argento, Franco Farrini
Starring Cristina Marsillach
Release Date December 19th, 1987
A hooded figure forces a young diva (Cristina Marsillach) to watch as he murders performers in a production of Verdi's opera "Macbeth."

Car 54 Where Are You (1994)
Directed by Bill Fishman
Written by Erik Tarloff, Ebbe Roe Smith, Peter McCarthy, Peter Crabbe
Release Date January 28th, 1994

"In New York City, two cops, Gunther Toody (David Johansen) and Francis Muldoon (John C. McGinley), are tasked with guarding Herbert Hortz (Jeremy Piven). A witness who's due to testify in an organized crime case, Hortz has damning information about mobster Don Motti (Daniel Baldwin). In this film inspired by the 1960s television series, Toody and Muldoon are polar opposites -- one is a wild man, the other follows all the rules -- who end up in several tense, if extremely goofy, situations."

Nyad (2023)
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Written by Julia Cox
Starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster

"Sixty-four-year-old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida."

Rustin (2023)
Directed by George C. Wolff
Written by Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece
Starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright

"Bayard Rustin, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality, human rights and worldwide democracy. However, as an openly gay Black man, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build."

Miller's Girl (2024)
Directed by Jade Bartlett
Written by Jade Bartlett
Starring Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega

"A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student."

The Underdoggs (2024)
Directed by Charles Stone III
Written by Danny Segal, Isaac Schamis
Starring Snoop Dogg, Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps

Flickchart and More!

Intersection (1994)
Directed by Mark Rydell
Written by David Rayfiel, Marshall Brickman
Starring Richard Gere, Lolita Davidovich, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Morrison, Martin Landau
Release Date January 21st, 1994

During a car accident, Vincent Eastman (Richard Gere) watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, Sally (Sharon Stone), Vincent has been carrying on with a mistress, Olivia (Lolita Davidovich). She's everything Sally isn't -- warm, passionate, carefree. So why can't he choose between the two, especially when his indecision is taking its toll on his daughter (Jenny Morrison) ?

Get ready for the glitz and glamour as "Everyone is a Critic Movie Review Podcast" dives into the highly anticipated 2023 Oscar Nominations! In Episode 607, our hosts meticulously dissect each category, celebrating the outstanding achievements in the world of cinema. Join us as we unveil the nominees and share our insights on who might take home the coveted golden statuettes.

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2024 BY CATEGORY - 96th AWARDS

Best Picture

AMERICAN FICTION
Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers

ANATOMY OF A FALL
Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers

BARBIE
David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers

THE HOLDOVERS
Mark Johnson, Producer

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers

MAESTRO
Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

OPPENHEIMER
Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers

PAST LIVES
David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers

POOR THINGS
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
James Wilson, Producer

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper in MAESTRO

Colman Domingo in RUSTIN

Paul Giamatti in THE HOLDOVERS

Cillian Murphy in OPPENHEIMER

Jeffrey Wright in AMERICAN FICTION

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown in AMERICAN FICTION

Robert De Niro in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Robert Downey Jr. in OPPENHEIMER

Ryan Gosling in BARBIE

Mark Ruffalo in POOR THINGS

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening in NYAD

Lily Gladstone in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL

Carey Mulligan in MAESTRO

Emma Stone in POOR THINGS

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt in OPPENHEIMER

Danielle Brooks in THE COLOR PURPLE

America Ferrera in BARBIE

Jodie Foster in NYAD

Da'Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS

Animated Feature Film

THE BOY AND THE HERON
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

ELEMENTAL
Peter Sohn and Denise Ream

NIMONA
Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary

ROBOT DREAMS
Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

Cinematography

EL CONDE
Edward Lachman

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Rodrigo Prieto

MAESTRO
Matthew Libatique

OPPENHEIMER
Hoyte van Hoytema

POOR THINGS
Robbie Ryan

Costume Design

BARBIE
Jacqueline Durran

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Jacqueline West

NAPOLEON
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

OPPENHEIMER
Ellen Mirojnick

POOR THINGS
Holly Waddington

Directing

ANATOMY OF A FALL
Justine Triet

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Martin Scorsese

OPPENHEIMER
Christopher Nolan

POOR THINGS
Yorgos Lanthimos

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Jonathan Glazer

Documentary Feature Film

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek

THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Nominees to be determined

FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha

TO KILL A TIGER
Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

Documentary Short Film

THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic

THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
John Hoffman and Christine Turner

ISLAND IN BETWEEN
S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien

THE LAST REPAIR SHOP
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

NǎI NAI & WàI Pó
Sean Wang and Sam Davis

Film Editing

ANATOMY OF A FALL
Laurent Sénéchal

THE HOLDOVERS
Kevin Tent

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Thelma Schoonmaker

OPPENHEIMER
Jennifer Lame

POOR THINGS
Yorgos Mavropsaridis

International Feature Film

IO CAPITANO
Italy

PERFECT DAYS
Japan

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Spain

THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
Germany

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
United Kingdom

Makeup and Hairstyling

GOLDA
Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue

MAESTRO
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell

OPPENHEIMER
Luisa Abel

POOR THINGS
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé

Music (Original Score)

AMERICAN FICTION
Laura Karpman

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
John Williams

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Robertson

OPPENHEIMER
Ludwig Göransson

POOR THINGS
Jerskin Fendrix

Music (Original Song)

"The Fire Inside" from FLAMIN' HOT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"I'm Just Ken" from BARBIE
Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

"It Never Went Away" from AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Music and Lyric by Scott George

"What Was I Made For?" from BARBIE
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Production Design

BARBIE
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

NAPOLEON
Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff

OPPENHEIMER
Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman

POOR THINGS
Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Short Film (Animated)

LETTER TO A PIG
Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter

NINETY-FIVE SENSES
Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess

OUR UNIFORM
Yegane Moghaddam

PACHYDERME
Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius

WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Short Film (Live Action)

THE AFTER
Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham

INVINCIBLE
Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron

KNIGHT OF FORTUNE
Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk

RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR
Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Sound

THE CREATOR
Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

MAESTRO
Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

OPPENHEIMER
Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

Visual Effects

THE CREATOR
Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould

GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould

NAPOLEON
Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

AMERICAN FICTION
Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson

BARBIE
Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach

OPPENHEIMER
Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan

POOR THINGS
Screenplay by Tony McNamara

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Written by Jonathan Glazer

Writing (Original Screenplay)

ANATOMY OF A FALL
Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

THE HOLDOVERS
Written by David Hemingson

MAESTRO
Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer

MAY DECEMBER
Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik

PAST LIVES
Written by Celine Song

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Cabin Boy (1994)
Directed by Adam Resnick
Written by Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick
Starring Chris Elliott, Melora Waters, Brian Doyle Murray, David Letterman
Release Date January 7th, 1994

House Party 3 (1994)
Directed by Eric Mez
Written by Reginal Hudlin, Christopher Martin, David Edwards
Starring Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Anita Means, Bernie Mac, David Edwards
Release Date January 14th, 2024

I Hate Critics Hangout and Mean Girls
Sean updates us on Horror in the 90s
The Unborn
The Reflecting Skin
Bride of Re-Animator

Mean Girls (2024)
Directed by Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr
Written by Tina Fey
Starring Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli'i Cravalho
Release Date January 12th, 2024

Best
Dave
The Fugitive
All parody movies, Hot Shots Part Deux, Fatal Instinct, Robin Hood Men in Tights, and Loaded Weapon.
The Age of Innocence

Worst
Anything starring Arye Gross or Billy Baldwin
Mrs. Doubtfire

Sleeper of the year
The Remains of the Day because it will put you to sleep if you try and watch it.

The Best Surprise of 1993
Fatal Instinct