Tag: Oscars

104: “I’m Gonna Get Medieval On Your Ass” – Pulp Fiction
Mar 31, 2022
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theMFP
in MFPblog, When We Were Young podcast
McDonalds, TV pilots, Elvis, and foot massages – just the usual topics of conversation between gangsters, drug users, hitmen, and criminals, at least in Quentin Tarantino’s world. The release of the writer/director’s heavily-lauded PULP FICTION in 1994 was a groundbreaking moment for both Tarantino and movies, and its pop culture-obsessed characters and narrative-jumbling structure influenced the…
90: “It Rubs The Lotion On Its Skin, Or Else It Gets The Hose Again” – The Silence Of The Lambs
Apr 23, 2021
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theMFP
in MFPblog, When We Were Young podcast
Have the podcast hosts stopped screaming? Not yet! We follow last episode’s discussion of the Best Actress nominees of 1991 – including the groundbreaking, genre-defying tale of female outlaws Thelma & Louise – with a look at the night’s big winner, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The serial killer thriller not only won the Best…
62: “But It Did Happen” – Magnolia
Apr 11, 2019
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by
theMFP
in When We Were Young podcast
The year 1999 was a banner year at the cineplex, with dozens of fresh, exciting stories being told by a new crop of auteur filmmakers. Paul Thomas Anderson released his breakthrough movie Boogie Nights two years previous, but it was his epic drama MAGNOLIA (1999) that solidified his place as one of the decade’s most…
59: “Earn This” – Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan
Feb 21, 2019
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by
theMFP
in When We Were Young podcast
Don’t snub our latest episode! It’s awards season, so the When We Were Young podcast is taking a hard look back at the Academy Awards from 1999, which saw a battle royale between Steven Spielberg’s knockout WWII epic SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and the Harvey Weinstein-backed costume rom-com SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. First, the hosts reminisce about…
49: “3 Minutes To Wapner” – Rain Man
Sep 20, 2018
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by
theMFP
in When We Were Young podcast
How does 1988’s Best Picture Oscar winner hold up? We’re too busy answering a question from a half hour ago to weigh in right now, so you’ll have to listen to When We Were Young’s latest episode, just in time for the 30th anniversary of Barry Levinson’s RAIN MAN. Dustin Hoffman’s Academy Award winning role…

Tag: Oscars

104: “I’m Gonna Get Medieval On Your Ass” – Pulp Fiction

90: “It Rubs The Lotion On Its Skin, Or Else It Gets The Hose Again” – The Silence Of The Lambs

62: “But It Did Happen” – Magnolia

59: “Earn This” – Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan

49: “3 Minutes To Wapner” – Rain Man