The Best & Worst in an Off Year 2018 RECAP

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 6 p.m.

TITLE: Cultural Stew Podcast
EPISODE: 0026
DATE: 1/7/19
LOCATION: GFMEDIA Studios
INTROS AND GAB
NEWS WE CARE ABOUT 6:22
Deadwood PHOTOS ...it's real - https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/deadwood/62428/deadwood-movie-news
Punisher (January 18)
Bandersnatch!
No Oscar Host!--
DISNEY $3 BILLION

TRAILERS 15:07
Men in Black https://youtu.be/BV-WEb2oxLk
Hellboy https://youtu.be/JKwEXCgROtc
US https://youtu.be/hNCmb-4oXJA
Last Glass Trailer 3 https://youtu.be/TqB-gBBXZIw

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TODAY’S PICK IS: BECOMING BY MICHELLE OBAMA: A POWERFUL, INTIMATE AND EXTREMELY INSPIRING MEMOIR READ BY THE AUTHOR, THE FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHOLE- HEARTEDLY RECOMMEND IT. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF THE OBAMAS, MAYBE READ IT TO HEAR HER SIDE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE THINGS THAT, JUST AS A WOMAN, YOU WILL RELATE TO.

OUR BEST AND WORST OF THE YEAR:
Best Films - Theater (21:00)
Valerie - A Star is Born, Mary Poppins Returns, Tully, Bohemian Rhapsody
Ron - A Quiet Place/Black Panther/Sorry To Bother You/ A star is Born/ Fallout
Tony - Black Panther, Eighth Grade, Green Book

Worst Films - Theater (26:24)
Ron- Action Point, Rampage, Winchester
Valerie - Vox Lux
Tony- THE MULE

Best Films - Netflix/Amazon (31:10)
Ron- Bird Box
Valerie- Bird Box
Tony- Roma- Netflix, Don’t Talk to Irene- Amazon

Worst Films - Netflix (37:13)
Ron- Cloverfield Paradox/ Full Metal Alchemist
Valerie and Tony don’t have any...maybe later on website or on Facebook

Best Series/Show/Limited (44:54)
Tony-- Wild Wild Country, The Romanaffs, Alias Grace
Ron- Marvelous Mrs Maisel S2 / Daredevil S3 / Alienist
Valerie- Daredevil S3, , HBO- Sharp Objects, Hulu- Handmaid’s Tale, The Sinner, This is Us

Worst Series/Show/Limited 49:49
Tony- House
Ron- End of the F World
Valerie- Fuller House, Haunting on Hill House, Grey’s Anatomy current season.
Discussion of when shows lose their luster. How long they should be on...and when to shut it down.

Best Book
Valerie (audio books) Us against You Fredrik Backman, Becoming, Michelle Obama

Tony- Angels in America
Best Audio/Music:
Ron- Black Panther score, Jack White’s album

*Best Play/Theatre Piece: *
Tony- At Swim Two Boys
Valerie- Hair at Geva, Rocky Horror Show- , Hamilton (Shea Theatre, Buffalo)
Ron- The Other Josh Cohen- Geva Theatre

Best Game:
Ron- Red Dead Redemption 2 / Spiderman
Tony and Valerie have nothing.

THINGS YOU WISHED YOU’D SEEN BUT HAVEN’T (1:01:30)
Ron- VICE / Greenbook / Old Man and the Gun
Tony- Beale Street, Western, Shoplifters, The Favourite
Valerie: Vice

THINGS YOU SAW AND WISHED YOU HADN’T 1:02:50
Ron- Mute, Hotel Artemis
Tony- Downsizing
Valerie- Vox Lux

THE GOLDEN GLOBES (1:04:03)
8pm on NBC--last Sunday...so in the past, but still we discuss more than Golden Globes.
Thoughts on the categories, why are certain movies in categories? What is a musical?
Our thoughts on the nominees.

NEXT SHOW STEW (1:20:46)
TONY: ALEXANDER PAYNE--HOW FAILURE CAN MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL
THE MOVIES WE WILL EXPLORE (TONY) -

*GRAB BAG: (1:21:59)
KIDS CORNER: *

VALERIE: YAY FOR BRAIN CHILD OR BRAIN GAMES ON NETFLIX!

ON OUR RADAR: 1:27
TONY
Que - A Very English Scandal

RON
W - Birdbox, Bumbleebee, Mary Poppins, Norsemen, Detour
L - Jack Reacher (starting from start)
R - Punisher
Q - DVR catch up, Finish Detour, Glass (18th)

VALERIE:
W - Birdbox, Mary Poppins
L- Becoming, Michelle Obama
R - 8th Grade
Q - Roma, Ben is Back, The Favourite, Mary, Queen of Scots.

OUTRO--WHERE TO FIND US AND ENDING THOUGHTS.. 1:27:37
TONY where can we find you on social media? @smtorchio and facebook
VALERIE: @vbvidmar on Twitter Instagram pennylane64 Valerie Lorraine on FB( film based)
RON you can find me pretty much everywhere @gfmedia
You can find us at: CulturalStew.net, @culturalstewnet on twitter and Cultural Stew on Facebook
MUSIC:
Intro & Break music “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar
Available thru the Creative Commons license from FreeMusicArchive.org
Taking you out on “Obsessions” by Ramin courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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