The Hollywood Outsider

'Oscar Bait' is a term that has come up on the show numerous times, but what does that REALLY mean? On this episode of The HO, we discuss this term, what it means to us. and does it even exist? We al…

Last year around Valentine’s Day, we talked a bit about love and what warms the cockles of our hearts. We are doing that again this year, but a little different.

So, you’re watching a movie about a r…

We have all see those films where someone new moves in, or comes knocking at the door, or starts babysitting, or we have a torrid affair with…and they seem awfully normal. Then, as the movie unfolds,…

Turning a television series into a film is never an easy task, nor is it any easier to turn a film into a TV series. So which has ultimately proven more successful? This is the basis for this week's …

Adaptations of other works are often difficult. Translating to film from a novel or a musical can be an arduous task. For this episode of our show, we look at film adaptations and what works versus w…

Science Fiction is always a hefty topic here at The Hollywood Outsider, and this special episode is no different. There is no way to capture the entirety of sci-fi TV in one podcast, so join us as w…

2015 Movies and TV are the topic of discussion for Episode 171 of The Hollywood Outsider Podcast! What will the upcoming year bring us? What are we most excited about? What scares us? If that isn't e…

2015 is upon us! What better way to ring in the new year than to celebrate The Best of The Hollywood Outsider for 2014?! Not our personal favorites, mind you, each of these selections were chosen by …

The Hobbit Trilogy is now complete, so what did we think? For this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, Aaron and Brian are joined by GuiltyFilm's Kevin McKee to discuss all things Hobbitsis. T…

What is the worst movie ever made? So many people debate this, and there is really no right answer. It is a topic we have never discussed definitively, so for this episode of The Hollywood Outsider, …

For the first time in our show's run, we're doing a Christmas episode! That's right, for this very special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, Scott and Aaron sit down to a tasty helping of nog, stoke…

The term Trilogy has been thrown around for decades. So what really keeps films from being a trilogy, versus just three movies in the same series? That's what we're discussing on this episode of The …

Swords, Sandals, Zombies and Star Wars! These are all up for discussion on this week's Hollywood Outsider Podcast. Swords and Sandals films, are they still relevant? What is it about this genre that …

While we take a break from our weekly episode for the holidays, we offer up a compilation of some of the more popular topics from earlier this year. Disaster movies, despicable characters, movie mono…

The Babadook stars Essie Davis as Amelia, a lonely mother forced to confront her increasingly troubled son Samuel, who claims he is being tormented by a monster sprung to life through his pop-up book…

Television has changed enormously over the last decade, but there is one thing that will never change: There will always be annoying characters. For this episode, we decided to discuss some of the mo…

Dystopian nightmares have been a stomping ground for films and television for decades now. What would we do if life as we knew it came to a screeching halt? Would we change our ways? Could we survive…

Sequels are pretty common these days. Almost every successful film gets one, sometimes a long time after the last film was released. On this week's Hollywood Outsider Podcast, we discuss when is it …

Space Exploration in Film and Television has been popular for decades. Why do we remain so obsessed with 'What's out there'? As Christopher Nolan's Interstellar prepares to take off in theaters, we …

The Wolves of Savin Hill director John Beaton Hill drops in to this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast to discuss his new film, now playing in film festivals around the country. John…