The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

This week we talk about how Spielberg adapted Ernest Cline's best-selling novel that celebrates pop culture from the 80's into a popcorn movie for the 2010's.  Josh read the book and Paul didn't, so …

We continue the tradition of talking about the newest Star Wars film with multi-Emmy winning commercial and promotion producer Justin Arner.  The movie is now available to own with a bunch of special…

We look back at two films that are commonly referred to as "Merchant Ivory" pictures.  From the same writer/director/producer team and both based on novels by E.M. Forster, the commonalities don't st…

This week we go Hard Sci-Fi with Alex Garland's latest creation (adapted from the novel).  Natalie Portman anchors this group of female scientists (including Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez and Jennif…

This week we talk about the first blockbuster of the year and how it is the same and different from other Marvel movies.  Chadwick Boseman, Lupita N'yongo, Michael B. Jordan and Danai Gurira put in s…

We each count down our top 5 movies of 2017.  While these may not have gotten all of the awards, these were the ones that "lit us up" this year.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.…

This was so big we had to split it into two episodes!  We each count down our top 10 movies of 2017 from 10 to 6 in this episode.  Next episode is our top 5!!  Enjoy!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Po…

This is it!  Oscar time is officially upon us!  We go through who we think will win and who we would like to win in the major Oscar categories.  Watch out!  There may be some shockers!  Subscribe on …

This week we try to wrap up discussions on the last few movies in the Oscar race that we have seen, but we spend most of the time talking about The Florida Project, and Paul gushes about Gary Oldman'…

Yorgooos!!  He has done it again.  Created an odd world that makes you uncomfortable in its realness.  It is begging to be picked apart and talked about.  This movie about a surgeon, his family and a…

Northern Italy in the mid-eighties sets the scene for Timothèe Chalamet's (well-deserved) Oscar nominated performance in Luca Guadagnino's coming of age film.  We will get into the performances and f…

Oscar nominations AND a Paul Thomas Anderson movie all in one week!  We quickly go through our predictions for the nominations and how many we got right.  Then we dive into the second pairing between…

This week we welcome Melanie Simmons, film and theater actress and costar with Paul in their most recent play!  We talk about Dee Rees' new film Mudbound.  We discuss the performances, writing and th…

This week we talk about Guillermo del Toro's fairy tale about love, war, the past, the present and the romance between a mute cleaning lady and an egg-eating fish man.  Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer…

This week we see James Franco's take on the making of the cult favorite "The Room".  The director and star of this film tries to bring Tommy Wiseau's eccentricities to a larger audience and it is bot…

This week we have an epic podcast talking about an epic movie.  The biggest movie of the year actually has some thought-provoking scenes on the surface and even on a meta level.  We talk about the mo…

This week we talk about a great coming-of-age movie that does more with the genre than just tick the boxes.  Saoirse Ronan plays the title character in the relatable, hilarious and grounded film from…

This week we actually disagree on a movie!  Martin McDonough (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) tells a unique story about a grieving mother who is fed up an decides to do something about it.  Like McDon…

This week we move to the DC Universe and see if the joint forces of Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon can put a bunch of superheroes on screen and make it entertaining.  Subscribe on iTunes:  https://itun.…

This week we are back with the newest Marvel movie.  But this movie is unlike any other Marvel movie.  Taika Waititi brings his hilarious sensibility to the Thor series to shake it up a bit.  Subscri…