Reel Obsessed: Recent Episodes
Jon Turner, Jessica Welman, Beau Evans
Welcome to Reel Obsessed. Jessica, Jon, and Beau, three wannabe cinephiles from Las Vegas, explore the ever evolving world of film by diving into new releases and classics on a weekly podcast. Jessica is obsessed with Classic Hollywood, Jon is obsessed with independent, foreign, and mainstream cinema, and both of us are obsessed with helping Beau expand his horizons! We encourage you to join our discussion!
Show rundown:
Intro: 0:00 - 0:45
Jon's Yays and Nays: 0:45 - 4:50
Tigertail: 4:50 - 16:45
Beau's Yays and Nays: 16:45 - 21:15
BeauChamps: Temple Grandin vs. Quiz Show: 21:15 - 37:20
Jessica's Yays and Nays: 37:20 - 46:20
Previewing BeauChamps: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington vs. Sing Street: 46:20 - 51:30
Outro and coming next week: An Invisible Life (available on Amazon Prime): 51:30 - 54:00
Jess enjoyed:
Underground (1941)
DuBarry Was A Lady
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
Seven Psychopaths (on Amazon Prime)
Jon enjoyed:
La Verite
A New Leaf
Raise The Red Lantern
Jon was meh about:
Gun Crazy
A Woman Is a Woman
Beau did not enjoy:
Harry Potter films
Jon did not enjoy:
Modern Romance
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
More on Warner Brothers moving forward with Nazi propaganda despite the government telling the studio not to
More on the influence of The Hidden Fortress on George Lucas and Star Wars
Why people revere 1939 as a great year for movies
Intro and Jessica's Yay or Nays: 0:00 - 08:00
Tiger King: 8:00 - 37:40
Beau's Yay or Nays: 37:40 - 45:00
BeauChamps Battle Flawed Protagonist, Adaptation vs. Inside Llewyn Davis: 45:00 - 1:01:40
Previewing BeauChamps Based on a True Story -- Quiz Show vs. Temple Grandin: 1:01:40 - 1:04:40
Jon's Yays or Nays: 1:04:40 - 1:08:57
Never Rarely Sometimes Always: 1:08:57 - 1:15:21
Jess enjoyed:
Drunken Angel
Sitting Pretty
People Will Talk
Lady in a Cage (on Hulu)
Uncorked (on Netflix)
Beau enjoyed:
The Boys From Brazil
Ozark Season 3 (on Netflix)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (but Beau only barely enjoyed it)
The Illusionist (2010)
Snowpiercer (on Netflix)
Beau is ambiguous about:
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Taxi Driver
Jon enjoyed:
Moonrise Kingdom
Fantastic Mr Fox
Dragged Across Concrete (on HBO Now)
Jon is ambiguous about:
Blood Father (on Netflix)
The Platform (on Netflix)
Jon did not enjoy:
Black Sunday (1960)
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
Joe Exotic's marriage history, including his first husband who died of AIDS
Rick Kirkham's interview with David Spade (not Dana Carvey)
The goofy song Please Mr. Custer
A discussion of some of the Ulyssian homages of Inside Llewyn Davis
Some more on John Hinkley and his obsession with Jodie Foster
Show Rundown
Intros and Yay or Nay: 0:00 - 15:05
Some Like It Hot: 15:05 - 28:15
Tootsie: 28:15 - 46:15
BeauChamps Battle SciFi, Children of Men: 46:15 - 1:00:08
BeauChamps Battle SciFi, The Iron Giant: 1:00:08 - 1:05:37
A Trip to the Moon: 1:05:38 - 1:10:45
Next week’s BeauChamps round 4 battle, Inside Llewyn Davis vs Adaptation: 1:10:45 - 1:15:38
Beau enjoyed:
Truth Be Told (on Apple TV)
Beau did not enjoy:
Once Upon a Time in the West
Roma (on Netflix)
Jess enjoyed:
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (on HBO Now)
Roll Red Roll (on Netflix)
93 Days (on Netflix)
Jess did not enjoy:
Downhill Racer (on Amazon Prime)
Spenser Confidential (on Netflix)
Avanti
Jon enjoyed:
The Shawshank Redemption
This Is Spinal Tap
Jon did not enjoy:
Big Trouble in Little China
In the Mouth of Madness
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
Some info on the Hitchcock/Truffaut book
The amazing book Conversations with Wilder
Some more on the censorship of the era of Some Like It Hot: The film was released without a seal of approval from the MPAA. The Legion of Decency did not give it its most negative rating, a C for "condemned", but the group did say the film was "morally objectionable."
Dustin Hoffman's AFI interview about Tootsie
A great NY Times profile on Elaine May
Check out "It Might Be You (the Theme from Tootsie)"
Not kidding, Shooter McGavin is in Grease 2. He's the "Where does the pollen go?" guy
Conspiracy of the lizard people from the Moon
The silent film Alice in Wonderland
Episode rundown:
Intro: 0:00 - 2:15
Yay or Nay: 2:15 - 17:00
Train to Busan: 17:00 - 28:50
BeauChamps Battle Jimmy Stewart: 28:50 - 46:10
BeauChamps Round 3: Sci-fi showdown: 46:10 - 50:20
Coming up next week...Some Like It Hot and Tootsie: 50:20 - 51:56
Beau enjoyed:
This Is Us Season 4
Schitt's Creek
Alternative Math
Stutterer
Jon enjoyed:
The Prestige
Instant Family
The Other Guys
Easy A
Jon did not enjoy:
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Jess enjoyed:
Never Fear
Monterey Pop
The City of Lost Children
Jess did not enjoy:
Touching The Void
The Summit
The Cured
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
Beau would like you to know that David Lowery is the director of A Ghost Story.
If you want a glimpse of Jimmy Stewart playing drunk in The Philadelphia Story, here it is.
Laura Mulvey's Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
Jessica's old professor Dr Drew Casper is the Alfred and Alma Hitchcock Endowed Chair at USC
A Trip to the Moon
What do you think we should be watching in quarantine? Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Episode rundown:
Yay or Nay: 1:40 - 18:30
The Hunt: 18:30 - 22:40
Our technical apologies: 22:40 - 23:00
The Way Back: 23:00 - 32:00
BeauChamps Round 1 results: 32:00 - 43:00
Our assignments for BeauChamps Round 2 - Jimmy Stewart: 43:00 - 45:00
Jon enjoyed:
Buster Keaton shorts with Fatty Arbuckle
Contagion
The Nightingale
Midnight Run
Beau enjoyed:
Still digging The Outsider on HBO
McMillions (as did Jess)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Neighbor's Window
Jessica enjoyed:
Flamingo Road
The Happy Road
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Thirteen Women
The Most Dangerous Game
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
You Must Remember This episode on Fatty Arbuckle
The book Memo from David O Selznik
More on the controversy behind The Hunt
What do you think we should be watching in quarantine? Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Jon offers his feedback on the last episode: 0:00 - 8:00
Jon and Jess hash out the merits of quitting movies before they are over: 8:00 - 16:50
Yay or Nay: 16:50 - 29:00
The Invisible Man spoiler-free discussions: 29:00 - 41:00
BeauChamps! The Edge of Seventeen vs. 12 Angry Men: 41:00 - 50:00
Onward: 50:00 - 1:02:30
Episode wrap and next week's films, The Hunt and The Way Back: 1:02:30-1:04:10
Beau enjoyed:
The Outsider on HBO
Jess enjoyed:
Wife vs. Secretary
Jon enjoyed:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Stop Making Sense
Freebie and the Bean
First Cow
Le Samurai
Le Silence de la Mer
Upgrade
Here are a couple of links and stories also mentioned on the episode:
Linda Holmes' The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going to Miss Almost Everything
The boogeyman in different cultures
What do you say? Are these movies horror or something else? Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Episode Notes
Intro/Yay or Nay: 0:00 - 8:15
Talking Hunters: 8:15 - 33:15
"At the Picture Show"with The Boys From Brazil: 33:15 - 37:55
Outro and next week (The Invisible Man and Onward): 37:55 - 38:55
Beau disliked:
Moonrise Kingdom
Jess liked:
The Smiling Lieutenant
The Love Parade
The Merry Widow
Hara-Kiri
Jess disliked:
The Way Back (2010)
The word Beau is trying to come up with about halfway through the episode is "detainees."
Here are the links and stories we mentioned this episode:
Billy Wilder on "The Lubitsch Touch"
Hunter creator David Weil on IMDB
Weil's full statement on the Auschwitz Memorial's objections to the show
Dylan Baker's IMDB
Josh Mostel's IMDB
The trailer for The Boys From Brazil
First and foremost, sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
Show rundown:
Intro/Yay or Nay: 0:00-8:23
Bad Boys for Life: 8:24-18:03
Beau‘s history of modern horror: 18:26-33:10
The Lodge spoiler-free discussion: 33:10-40:40
The Lodge spoiler talk: 41:13-59:57
Outro/next week: The amazon show Hunters, and the following week The Invisible Man/Onward
Here are the links and stories we mentioned this episode:
From our new segment Yay or Nay:
Jess liked:
Hunt For the Wilderpeople (on Hulu)
Naughty Marietta
One Hour with You
Night and Fog
Beau liked:
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel S3 (Amazon Prime)
Narcos Mexico S2 (Netflix)
Hair Love
Decaf
Jon liked:
The Fly (1986)
Here's a look at the films Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer co-produced
Film Slant says that "elevated horror" is just plain old horror
Another take on art house horror from Vulture
Jon's Spanish horror film recs:
Tesis
Rec
The Orphanage
A quick video on what the 180-degree rule is
What do you say? Are these movies horror or something else? Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Show rundown:
Oscars talk: 0:00-13:25
Our thoughts on The Gentleman: 13:30-26:46
Talking Kind Hearts and Coronets: 26:49-4505
Outro / next week's movies Bad Boys For Life and The Lodge: 45:19-46:30
If you want to check out more Korean films, Jon's suggestions include:
Oldboy
The Handmaiden
Burning
Mother
The Host
The Wailing
I Saw the Devil
Memories of Murder
Here are the links and stories we mentioned this episode:
Justin Chang on what Parasite's win means for the movie industry
Jessica's thread on the Oscars and the recent history of picking political winners during election years
Joseph Kahn's take on Parasite and North Korea
The trailer for another Bong Joon-ho joint about class, Snowpiercer
A good read from IndieWire on some of the old movie influences of Wes Anderson
Some background on the novel Kind Hearts and Coronets is based on, Israel Rank
Tell us what movies you want us to talk about! Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com
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Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
We couldn't consolidate all our thoughts about the movies of 2019 into a single top ten list, so we've got one more episode of thoughts to get off our chests.
First, we cover several of the most talked-about movies of the year that didn't make our top tens in Overrated or Appreciated. So, if you are wondering where our Joker, The Irishman, and Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood talk is, it's here.
After that, we present our end-of-the-year awards for:
Favorite scene
Funniest moment
Best musical moment
Best opening
Best ending
Movie we were surprised we loved
Movie we were surprised we didn't connect with
Best child performance
We close with Oscars talk, covering the main categories and what we would change about them along with what we think will happen come Oscasr night on Sunday, February 9th.
Episode rundown:
Overrated or Appreciated: 0:40-26:20
End of the Year Awards: 26:26-51:24
Oscars: 51:25-66:23
Coming up next: 66:23-67:28
Tell us what your favorite scene of the year was! Drop us a line at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com
Or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Here are the links and stories we mentioned this episode:
Jess loved several negative Joker reviews. Her two favorites are:
Glenn Weldon for NPR
Scaachi Khoul for Buzzfeed
If you want a deep dive on the Manson's, check out the You Must Remember This podcast series Charles Manson's Hollywood.
Jon loved the actor who played the CPS evaluator in Marriage Story. Her name is Martha Kelly.
Learn more about Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy, the subjects of the HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die.
Think Jessica's number two is overrated or it is a shame we didn't include Cats in the discussion? Let us know by dropping us an email at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com,
Or you can find us all on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter too: @jesswelman @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Miss our #6-10 choices? Listen to Episode 1 and catch up.
Films discussed this episode:
1917
Knives Out
Leaving Neverland
Peanut Butter Falcon
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Uncut Gems
Waves
Here are some of the other things we mentioned this episode:
Jess spaced on the name of the Netflix doc similar to Finding Neverland. It is called Abducted in Plain Sight.
We're three Las Vegans obsessed with movies, so what better way to kick off the show than with our favorite films of the past year?
First though, get to know your hosts, Jess, Jon, and Beau, and learn how they each became film obsessed. Then jump right into the discussion of the year in cinema as we each share our #6-10 picks for the best films of 2019.
Introductions: 0:00-7:47
Top Tens #6-10: 7:47-54:21
Recap: 54:21-55:22.
Tell us your favorite films of the year! Drop us an email at reelobsessedpodcast@gmail.com
Or find us on Letterboxd: jesswelman - jonturner18 - beauevans
Jess and Jon are on Twitter @jesswelman and @PearlJammed - Beau may learn how to use social media one day, stay tuned!
Films discussed this episode: 1917
A Beautful Day In The Neighborhood
Dark Waters
The Farewell
For Sama
Ford vs. Ferrari
Honeyland
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
Toy Story 4
Here are some of the links and stories we mentioned this episode:
Debunking the Mr. Rogers rumors
The Slate Culture Gabest discussed some of the strange production of the documentary Honeyland
More on the true story behind Dark Waters