The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

We talk about Luca Guadagnino's remake (not remake) of the 70's horror film, what he added (actual dancing) and how great Dakota Johnson is.  At 2.5 hours, it may be a bit long, but we try to figure …

Damien Chazelle is back with a new kind of space movie that zeroes in on a private man, dealing with family tragedy and carrying out an almost impossible task. Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy are awesome…

This week, Bradley Cooper impresses both of us with his debut film.  The combination of performances (Cooper, Gaga and Elliott, especially), original music and a strong directorial hand put this film…

This week we are excited to talk about Jeremy Saulnier's new film (written by Macon Blair).  Saulnier's follow up to Green Room sees Jeffrey Wright play a wolf tracker summoned to the extreme Alaskan…

This week we get into Bart Layton's narrative/documentary movie that we don't necessarily agree about...  Paul also recaps his most recent play experiences.  Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podc…

This is it!  We both each go through our top 5 favorite movies of all time (so far).  Thanks for getting us to 200 episodes! Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  C…

We made it to episode 200!!!  We each count down our top 10 favorite movies of all time (so far).  This first part gets us from 10 to 6.  Top 5 will be coming soon!  We are also debuting a new, aweso…

This week we are looking forward to the upcoming movies that interest us and we talk about whether they have a chance at Oscar glory. We also look back at the movies that we think hold Oscar-worthy p…

Last year we talked about Aronofsky's mother! and we thought we knew what this allegorical film meant, but weren't sure.  We decided to revisit it in a year.  Since then we have found out that we bot…

This week we finally catch up with John Krasinski's feature directing debut with barely any dialogue.  He and his costars (including his wife Emily Blunt) keep a tense tone throughout this alien inva…

This week we talk about how Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has to deal with the fallout of his past decisions while trying to prevent a nuclear fallout and trying not to fall out of a helicopter.  We have a…

Director Boots Riley brings you the most interesting and original movie of the year.  This thing has layers!  But it also has laughs, uncomfortable parts and Tessa Thompson!  Go see it, and watch for…

We, uh, find a way to talk about the next Jurassic World movie, which is a bit different from the previous one.  J.A. Bayona puts his stamp on this franchise by making it creepy and entertaining.  An…

This week we watch the 20th movie in the MCU, but it still works well as a stand-alone superhero movie.  Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Co. get small, AND BIG while trying to figure out who they are…

This week we are back with our take on the creepy debut from writer/director Ari Aster.  We dig into Toni Colette's praise-worthy performance and the performances of her movie kids, Alex Wolff and Mi…

This week we finally get to the newest Disney Star Wars movie.  We talk about possible Star Wars fatigue and we try to evaluate this movie on its merits alone.  We also talk about new trailers (Suspe…

This week we catch up on what we were watching and talk about yet another superhero movie.  This one is Deadpool, though, so it's more than just a superhero movie.  They somehow found a way to stay t…

This week we finally talk about the biggest movie of the year, what we liked and a couple of things that rubbed each of us the wrong way. Just the fact that this behemoth (with 20 or so main characte…

This week we geek out about our favorite movie theater that just opened up here in Raleigh.  It includes first-run movies, special screenings of older films (like Hitchcock's Vertigo), movie rentals …

This week we talk Alexander Payne's newest movie, the awards buzz that was generated around it early and maybe why it wasn't nominated for any Oscars.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https:/…