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This will be our last episode for a bit while we retool the show a little. It is also, however, our most intense competition for the Notscar yet! We nominated 6 out of 10 of the movies we watched for this season, and we were honestly undecided
The official Best Picture winner of 1932-33! We've had a lot of good ones this season - ones we've heard of and are still watched. Cavalcade is less known. It was interesting to see what came out on top compared to Little Women, 42nd Street, A
"You keep your feet on the ground and your head on those shoulders of yours and go out, and Sawyer, you're going out a youngster but you've got to come back a star!"Whooo! It's the source of our podcast's title! That doesn't mean we'll go easy
"Beautiful movie hamstrung by censorship and the studios" could apply to a lot of movies as we enter into the era of the Hays Code, but A Farewell to Arms puts this on display in a very meaningful way. The movie seems to sway back and forth bet
More movie titles should just be what the movie is about from the perspective of the main character. I Am a Dinosaur in a Themepark. I Am a Mobster Taking Over for My Father. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. This movie is a devastating look
Ever want to rise from your apple selling existence and become a "Lady for a Day" for about a week? It's a happy wish fulfillment good time with gangsters, pool sharks, and apple vendors! Just ignore the many plot holes. IGNORE THEM! Just let t
Listen in to hear if this Katherine Hepburn film lives up to the very long book. How does one cram that much story into a 2 hour movie? How does it compete with the more recent adaptations of Little Women from 1994 and 2019? None of these movie
If you're looking for the real story about Henry VIII check out the Rex Factor podcast. Their episodes on the subject are fantastic! If you're looking for a movie that has the most fun with Henry VIII, check out The Private Life of Henry VIII.
"Oh dear heart!" said the ghost of his beloved Moonyeen.Smilin' Through is a goofy goofy melodrama, but hey. At least it doesn't say anything wildly offensive! Jason's also just a little bit here for it when it come to the goofy melodrama. If
Mae West at her Mae West-y-est dominates the screen in this filmed play that she wrote. It also a features a young fellow by the name of Cary Grant. He's pretty dull and overshadowed by West here, but I think he has potential.
And we're back! Sorry about the delay. We have been waylaid by moves and technical difficulties.State Fair features not one but two rather mundane, yet risqué, romances. There are also piggys! Ring tosses! Trapeze artists on giant swings! Ca
Wow. We actually have a competition for the 1931-32 season. Several very good pictures came out this year and we only covered the official nominees from the academy! Which will take home the coveted Notscar: A Movie Award Podcast Movie Award fo
How to describe Grand Hotel? It's a tough one. One character even claims nothing ever happens there, but oh it does. It does. This is the official Oscar winner and features a truly all-star cast with John and Lionel Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan
Like Cimarron, Arrowsmith was based on an epic novel about an adventurous hero man except this hero man adventured in SCIENCE! Is the movie able to capture the book, or is Hollywood still struggling like they did with Cimarron? Listen in!
It's a highly risqué movie poster for a fairly sweet everyday married couple. Will the movie hold up even if it doesn't live up to its poster?
A boxing movie? Sort of? It also has a race horsie and Jackie Cooper as a kid who is more or less Skippy again. We like to think of this film as part of the greater Skippy cinematic universe.
In our first Edward G Robinson picture that was also nominated by The Academy, we see the classic mobster run a muckraking newspaper in a similarly amoral way. Robinson's Joseph Randall, newspaper editor, is ruthless and cold as he goes after t
No, you're not accidentally re-listening to The Smiling Lieutenant. It's another Maurice Chevalier movie and this time it's a romantic conundrum for old Maurice choosing between two women he's attracted to. Wait... that was in the Smiling Lieut
Marlene Dietrich is back with her first movie nominated by the academy in this story of intrigue! Mystery! And rich Westerners generally being obnoxious on a train! Along with Dietrich we get to see Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong rule t
It's like The Love Parade but slightly less misogynistic and you can hear the people talking and singing. It's a significant boost over our last Chavalier movie, but is it enough to pull off a Notscar: A Movie Award Podcast Movie Award for Movi
It was a great award season, but largely because we added a few that weren't included by the academy.
A cowboy movie? A social commentary? The story of people's personal evolution or lack thereof? It's tough to say what Cimarron is. It's definitely a Western that tries to deviate from the genre's typical storyline, but will that deviation pay o
The movie that launched the prestigious career of Marlene Dietrich was not nominated for Best Picture despite its international acclaim. The film was done almost shot for shot in both German and English. With a variably bilingual German cast, w
Happy Holidays! Enjoy the season with family, friends, a warm drink, and a gangster movie about an ultra-violent mobster and his partner who just wants to dance!
The Public Enemy wasn't a nominee back in 1931, but we're covering it anyway because it sure has been seen by more people than any of the Academy's nominees for this year.
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