Off Script Film Review
Welcome to Off Script, The Home of Bold Cinema! This weekly podcast features film news, in-depth reviews, and other colorful segments that delve into the culture, technology, and business of modern cinema. Join your hosts Dr. Andy Draper and Zach Lewis as they review, rant, and assess the cinema landscape of both yesterday and today. Subscribe Today!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 306
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 46: - Spider Man- Into The SpiderVerse & Roma
Andy & Zach discuss the triumphs of animation and clever writing in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and the challenges of uninspired adaptation in Disney's recent rise of Live-Action Remakes before…
Tue 18 Dec 2018
Episode 45: - Mowgli Legend of the Jungle & Schindler's List
Andy & Zach discuss the trouble with adapting a classic adaptation in Andy Serkis' Netflix film 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle' and dig into the problem with 2019's Golden Globe Nominations (and how t…
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Episode 44: - Green Book & The Favourite
Andy and Zach discuss the challenges (and controversy) of depicting racism in the 1960's in Peter Farrelly's 'Green Book' and recap little known Christmas classic 'Love Actually' in honor of Andy's q…
Tue 04 Dec 2018
Episode 43: - Ralph Breaks the Internet & The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Andy and Zach tackle the trouble with complexity in children's film in Disney's unnamed sequel 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' and have a conversation about the challenges of original work in regards to …
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Episode 42: - Fantastic Beasts & Widows
Andy and Zach return from a brief hiatus to discuss the challenges of picking up where we left off in the new Harry Potter Wizarding World film 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' and revie…
Wed 21 Nov 2018
Episode 41: - Bohemian Rhapsody & Suspiria
Andy and Zach discuss the problem with the surface in the new Rami Malek-led Queen rock biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and attempt to unpack the nightmares of the complex in Luca Guadagnino's horror-rema…
Tue 06 Nov 2018
Episode 40: - mid90's & Halloween
Andy & Zach review Jonah Hill's first foray in the director's chair in his period-piece coming-of-age film 'mid90s' and discuss the challenges of adapting old horror in David Gordon Green's 'Hallowee…
Tue 30 Oct 2018
Episode 39: - First Man & Bad Times at the EL Royale
Andy and Zach discuss the challenges of crafting a story everybody already knows the ending to in Damien Chazelle's 'First Man' and review Drew Goddard's wholly original R-Rated mystery-thriller 'Bad…
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Episode 38: - Venom & A Star Is Born
Andy & Zach have a conversation about adapting antagonists to protagonists in the new Tom Hardy anti-hero comic book film 'Venom' and discuss the challenges of remaking a classic along with the trium…
Tue 09 Oct 2018
Episode 37: - Mandy & The Sisters Brothers
Andy & Zach discuss the demands and triumphs of ethereal tone in Panos Cosmatos' LSD-fueled Nicolas Cage picture 'Mandy' and review Jacques Audiard's new tonally-challenged western comedy-drama 'The …
Tue 02 Oct 2018
Episode 36: - Assassination Nation & The VVitch
Andy and Zach talk about the movie nobody seems to be talking about (and why they absolutely should) in their review of the sleeper hit 'Assassination Nation' and discuss the subtleties of horror thr…
Tue 25 Sep 2018
Episode 35: - The Predator & White Boy Rick
Andy and Zach have a difficult discussion about Shane Black's swing at rebooting a classic 80's action/horror film in 'The Predator' and talk about the challenges of adapting a true crime story in th…
Tue 18 Sep 2018
Episode 34: - Perfect Blue & No Country for Old Men
Andy and Zach look back at Satoshi Kon's incredible first film 'Perfect Blue' in honor of it's 20th anniversary return to cinemas and review Joel and Ethan Cohen's academy award winning 2007 masterpi…
Wed 12 Sep 2018
Episode 33: - The Little Stranger & 2001 - A Space Oddyssey
Andy and Zach take a look at Lenny Abrahamson's new introspective period-piece horror/mystery film 'The Little Stranger' and review Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' in anticipation of it's 5…
Wed 05 Sep 2018
Episode 32: - Crazy Rich Asians & The Happytime Murders
Andy and Zach discuss the highs and lows of cliche rom-coms in Jon M. Chu's 'Crazy Rich Asians' and break down the three keys to a good R-rated comedy and what exactly went wrong in Brian Henson's 'T…
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Episode 31: - BlacKkKlansman & Million Dollar Baby
Andy and Zach discuss the recent news surrounding the Oscar's controversial addition of a 'Popular Film' category before diving into the political-movement landscape in Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' a…
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Episode 30: - Eighth Grade & Her
Andy & Zach attempt to tackle the awkwardness of adolescence in Bo Burnham's 'Eighth Grade' and recap some of their favorites (and least favorite) films of 2018's summer at the box office before divi…
Tue 07 Aug 2018
Episode 29: - Mission Impossible Fallout & V for Vendetta
Andy and Zach return from a two-week hiatus to review the new Tom Cruise action vehicle Mission Impossible: Fallout and take a look back at comic book movies circa 2005 in the Wachowski sibling's V f…
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Episode 28: - Wont You Be My Neighbor & Ant Man and The Wasp
Andy and Zach review the breathtakingly heartwarming documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' before having a challenging conversation about the Death of Cinema in the wake of Scarlett Johansson's cast…
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Episode 27: - Sicario 2 & IT
Andy and Zach debate the merits of the unplanned action sequel and highlight the high water mark in Stefano Sollima's 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' and take an introspective look at the importance of…
Tue 03 Jul 2018
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