The 10 Best Movies of 2023
It will be fair to reflect on 2023 as the year of Barbenheimer. The dual box office behemoths dominated last summer’s discourse, turned moviegoing into a monocultural event, and all […]
It will be fair to reflect on 2023 as the year of Barbenheimer. The dual box office behemoths dominated last summer’s discourse, turned moviegoing into a monocultural event, and all […]
Let’s face it, 2022 wasn’t the best year for cinema. It seems like the pandemic caught up to the movie industry. But even in a year that didn’t supply a […]
Much like CDC guidelines and COVID-19 variants, watching movies confused me in 2021. In the spring, it was risky to enter a theater. Over the summer it felt safer. And […]
This year sucked in a variety of ways. But despite seeing a majority of 2020 movies on my computer and television screen, many still cut through their medium to provide […]
Hey, I’m back! The Year of our Lord 2019 was one of the strongest movie years in recent history. Here, finally, are my favorites. Take heed! 10. Booksmart Director: Olivia […]
I saw close to 100 new releases in 2018. I saw many of them in the theater. I saw many others on streaming services, including one on my phone (not […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after a couple months and each share five of their favorite […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels reconvene after a long break from the podcast and jump right into “Captain […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up on the month of March, which means a complete dissection of […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after being off for the last month (due to various reasons). They […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels briefly describe their Thanksgiving plans before praising “Spotlight,” the new movie about the Boston […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels begin with a light discussion about Shia LeBeouf’s performance art before a conversation […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels start by discussing the World Series-Fox broadcast outage before debating whether the new […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels open the podcast with a conversation about the Mets’ dominance against the Cubs […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels start by catching up on some of the baseball playoffs before turning their attention […]
Eden Is a movie bad when its peripheral characters have more interesting lives than its protagonist? That’s a question Eden forces you to grapple with during the two hours it […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up with a few new television shows making their fall debuts and […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels break down their limited intake of Netflix’s new show “Narcos” before discussing M. […]
It’s a common paradox that when a film’s main character has hit rock bottom, the actor embodying the downfall is actually soaring. Just a couple minutes into Alex Ross Perry’s […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels go full-on indie this week and discuss two small summer movies that have […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Jake Kring-Schreifels and Taylor Armosino jump right into Amy Schumer’s star vehicle Trainwreck and are not as thrilled with the […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Jake Kring-Schreifels tells Taylor Armosino about his Chris Rock experience at the Comedy Cellar last Saturday before they […]
Riding Fame’s Inherent Rollercoaster The entirety of Amy, Asif Kapadia’s riveting and heartbreaking documentary about Amy Winehouse, is made of archived footage — home videos, tabloid photos, concert tape, recording […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels start with a brief discussion on the new “Creed” trailer, the “Rocky” universe boxing […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels begin with some reactions to the first episode of the second season of True […]
New Couple In Town, Just Trying To Fit In Less frisky than it leads on, but more explicit than you’d expect, The Overnight, a short-circuited suburban comedy, offers an unpredictable […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels assess the damage of their NBA Finals predictions before jumping into the blockbuster […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels begin the podcast by discussing the NBA Finals and the secret motivation for […]
Run, Duck, And Cover Context is important in a disaster movie. You need to know how much to invest in its ridiculousness or how much to just laugh along with […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels are talking disasters, the kind that wipe out cities and the kind to […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after being absent for the past two weeks. They start with […]
Mad Max: Fury Road Who is the main character in Mad Max: Fury Road? The question could be part of a fifth grade fill-in-the-blank comprehension test, but the teacher would […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels discuss the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Pay Per View boxing match on Saturday, which […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels talk about two relatively new movies, “Ex Machina” and “True Story.” Then they […]
Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels open the podcast with the NBA playoffs and move onto some baseball talk. They discuss the “Batman vs. Superman” trailer that came out last week and […]
Every few weeks, Jake Kring-Schreifels and Eric Mollo will exchange emails and examine a current Top 40 song in depth. At its best, the conversation will scrupulously examine the dearth […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels spend an hour discussing the Fast and Furious franchise, including the latest installment, […]
Characters Offering Catharsis There aren’t enough movies like Clouds of Sils Maria, movies that exist on a plane of beautiful self-awareness. This one stars Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in powerfully meta-roles, giving performances they could […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels start by discussing the new indie-horror movie “It Follows.” Then Taylor expresses some […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels begin the episode by reflecting on some movies that Taylor watched over his Spring […]
An Authentic Journey Through Time Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a beautiful film about unbeautiful things. It is a masterpiece about the ordinary, a meditation on 21st century anxiety, an exploration […]
Road Rage with Revenge Nearly every scene of Need For Speed, the latest video game franchise turned Hollywood production and directed by Scott Waugh, takes place in a car. That’s […]
10. Brad’s Status Mike White’s meditation on jealousy is pitch-perfectly narrated and embodied by Ben Stiller, this decade’s token actor for portraying white male neurosis and guilt. Despite its limited […]
“I knew I would screw this show up, I really did,” said Jimmy Kimmel, words he felt obligated to say as host of one the most inexplicable endings in Oscars […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly* conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after a several months and discuss their favorite movies of 2016. They […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after a couple months and explore two recent biopics that released in […]
Every so often, Jake Kring-Schreifels and Eric Mollo will exchange emails and examine a current Top 40 song in depth. At its best, the conversation will scrupulously examine the dearth […]
The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels catch up after being off for a while and briefly describe their Sundance experience. […]