The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

This week we get to two different 2018 movies that we passed on last year.  Once again, we can't agree on either one of these movies.  Let the debating begin! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  …

We catch up with this 2018 off-beat western from Jaques Audiard with a powerful cast.  Will we both like it? Take a listen. Oh, and keep your mouth closed when you sleep. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple…

In this episode we argue about whether Jordan Peele's sophomore film is actually a horror movie. We also get in to the themes and iconography that he uses to tell a more layered story than just a bas…

John Cassavetes writes, directs and produces this film starring his wife Gena Rowlands (who gets an Oscar nod) as a mother and wife whose "mental illness" makes interacting with others difficult. Joi…

There's a new superhero in town and it's Brie Larson.  We look at the merits of this film as a standalone movie and how it fits into the MCU as a whole.  We also discuss the comprehensive digital de-…

Barry Jenkins' follow-up to the Oscar-winning Moonlight is our subject this week.  We get into the amazing performances, beautiful shot composition and complex subject matter of this film.  Subscribe…

It's finally time to put 2018 to rest.  We each count off our top ten films of 2018, along with some honorable mentions.  We also spend a little bit of time talking about the Oscars, how cool Olivia …

The time has come!  We run down who WE would vote for and who we THINK will will win in the biggest categories at this year's Oscars cerermony.  Josh gets his own statue and Paul has a BOLD pick for …

We get caught in the web of the newest Spider-Man, Miles Morales (and other Spider-People) in this stylistic, Oscar-nominated animated film with some fun performances and a cool premise. Why does Jos…

This week we look into the newly Oscar-nominated biopic about this great rock band and their larger-than-life front man, Freddy Mercury.  We get into the performances, the director situation and thei…

This multi-Oscar nominated film, with great, nuanced performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, seems to lack something.  We attempt to talk it out.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:…

We are talking about Spike Lee's "too crazy to be true, but it is" KKK infiltration movie starring John David Washington, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier.  This film is great about starting conversatio…

This week we talk over why Adam McKay might want to make a movie about a past Vice President and why he might have decided to do it now.  Christian Bale gains weight (for good reason)and Amy Adams st…

This missing person thriller takes place only on computer and phone screens, but still manages to have emotion and stakes. That's a pretty tall order! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://…

Alfonso Cuarón's new semi-autobiographical film focuses on the maid of a middle class Mexican family in Mexico City in the early 1970's. We talk about how this movie is presented in black and white w…

Yorgos Lanthimos is back, but now he has a couple of Academy Award winners to play with. This week we talk about this royal period piece, power dynamic, love triangle comedy that will hopefully get s…

Joel Edgerton writes, acts, produces, directs and has a role in this film about an 18 year old sent to a Christian gay "conversion therapy" camp.  Lucas Hedges plays the titular "boy" with conservati…

This week we find out what the Coen Brothers on Netflix looks like. This 6-chapter film shows many sides of the wild west, but the one that comes up the most is death. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Po…

This week we go back to middle school and check out Bo Burnham's take on anxiety, expectations, fitting in. Elsie Fisher's depiction of an eighth grader in present day must have similarities with all…

Jonah Hill comes at us with a strong debut writing/directing effort about family, skating and growing up (on 16mm film in 4:3 aspect ratio!). He manages to find young actors (solid skaters) who are n…