The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

This new film by Robert Eggers about stranded lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) in the late 1800's is visually intriguing and has an enigmatic narrative. Paul has questions and J…

This week we return to the Breaking Bad universe and find out what happened to Jesse Pinkman. We discuss if this movie was necessary (maybe?) and what happens if we reframe it as a long TV episode. S…

Joaquin Phoenix plays the clown prince of the DC Universe, but not in the way that you might expect. We talk about his performance and the issues that we had with Todd Phillips' origin story of this …

Brad Pitt cries in space. James Gray's movie about searching for life in other galaxies and father/son reconciliation goes a bit deeper than that. We talk about the themes that we saw in the movie, P…

The Losers Club is back to once again battle Pennywise after a 27 year hibernation. We also talk about Paul finishing up his most recent play run. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.…

This week we finish up our conversation on upcoming fall movies, specifically Todd Phillips' Joker and Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse. We then do a deep dive into  Robert Eggers' previous film The VVi…

This week we talk about our anticipation for some of the movies that played at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.  Next week we will get into two more anticipated f…

Writer-Director Lulu Wang gives us a semi-autobiographical story that involves a Grandma's cancer diagnosis and the difference between how two cultures deal with that.  We agree with each other on th…

You haven't seen that movie? Well, this week Paul and Josh each watch a movie that they "should have seen" by now. Josh finally watches Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and Paul finally sees Mike Nichols'…

Quentin Tarantino's 9th film sees him focus for the first time on the industry that he loves. But like any other Tarantino movie, it isn't a straight-forward story. It involves stuntmen, the Manson f…

In his new film, Writer-Director Ari Aster confronts us with a collapsing relationship set against a 90-year ritual in a small Swedish commune. We go back and forth on the themes of this film and Ast…

Peter Parker goes to Europe on a school trip and can't get away from Nick Fury or Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio.  We talk about this last entry in Phase 3 of the MCU.  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podca…

There are some actors and actresses who can truly physically disappear into their different roles.  This week we talk about a few contemporary actors and actresses that can do exactly that.  And you …

The Dead Don't Die.  Josh loved the trailer and Paul was ho-hum about it.  Paul loved the movie and Josh was ho-hum about it.  Let the games begin!  Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts:  https://it…

We reach back a few years and talk about a movie that was a harbinger of talent.  In Short Term 12 we get to see two Oscar winners earlier in their careers along with possibly a few future Oscar winn…

Olivia Wilde kicks off her feature film directing career with a high school buddy movie packed with great laughs, groans and a touch of raunchiness.  We also get into the great performances of Kaitly…

This week we are talking about Taron Egerton's embodiment of a young Elton John.  Really more of a musical than a biopic, this movie has some great performances with maybe a few little character issu…

This week we discuss David Robert Mitchell's "follow" up to his 2014 horror movie that we both really liked. Is this grunge hollywood neo-noir really deep? We are going to force it to be! Sit back, d…

Still catching up from 2018, in this episode we discuss Burning. This Korean film based on a Haruki Murakami short story may seem slower at the beginning, but pay attention! The layers in this film g…

22 movies...11 years...and this movie tipped the scales into balance on our podcast.  Spoiler alert!  We both loved it!  We talk about all things Avengers and MCU as Marvel brings this journey to a c…