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Donald Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discover the absolute, undeniable, and scientifically proven greatest performance in your favorite actor's esteemed career via a direct-elimination bracket, usually with a kind lil' guest.
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Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Don & Pat use Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation as a framework to discuss the most provocative features of a filmic era they find endlessly fascinating, beginning with Joe and Where's Poppa. Is this button-pushing double feature still relevant today, or merely a mildly concerning curio? What kind of movie uses "The Tush Scene Alone Is Worth the Price of Admission" as its poster logline and which one of these films grossed over $18,000,000 on a $100,000 budget? Tune in to find out on this week's The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Don & Pat triumphantly return from their brief hiatus with a banger of an ep, folks! We're concluding our Schlesinger detour with the airport thriller adaptation classic Marathon Man and the cinematic Spruce Goose known as Honky Tonk Freeway. Are you down for a William Devane double feature? Do you think Tubi is the streaming equivalent of a video rental store? What is the true price of watching an elephant water ski? Tune in and find out on this week's The Academy Academy!
Who knows! Don & Pat don't as they cover The Day of the Locust on this week's The Academy Academy!
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
The Academy Academy covering another feel-bad film from the twisted mind of John Schlesinger, folks! Can you recognize the rot around you, or are you one amongst the stampeding horde? Do you ever want to see a movie in a crowded theater just to see the muted and uncomfortable reaction said film would elicit from the audience? If Conrad L. Hall's sumptuous cinematography worth the watch if it's only filming odious people performing odious acts?
Who knows! Don & Pat don't as they cover The Day of the Locust on this week's The Academy Academy!
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
We continue our hiatus from the works of Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry to discuss another director of the late sixties and seventies who has unfortunately receded from the cultural limelight: John Schlesinger! We discuss the British director's dual upper-crust/outsider origins, the other actors who were up for the role of Joe Buck alongside Jon Voight, and how a combination of grit, genius, and serendipity led to the creation of the only X-Rated film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
We're continuing our break from the world of Jonze with a deep dive into a key, yet oft-forgotten, seventies director: Paul Mazursky! Don & Pat do a deep dive into his oeuvre, warts and all. Does Blume in Love feature the most wrongheaded third-act misfire in cinema history? Is Bill Conti's score for An Unmarried Woman his best? Is Michael Ontkean's haircut in Willie & Phil the most insane hairdo we've witnessed in a film we've watched for the pod? Tune in to find out!
TW: Sexual Assault factors into one of these films in a way that is pretty much impossible to avoid. The convo surrounding this subject starts around 38:40 and ends at 48:30 if you wish to skip said convo!
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
What are your three desert island foods? Would you eat hip health food at The Source? Do you know how to accurately determine a good piece of fruit? Do we all deserve a cool chainsmoking therapist? Would you purchase a French Connection 2-era Popeye Doyle Funkopop? Don & Pat are taking a break from Jonze and Gondry to discuss the late and great Donald Sutherland on this week's The Academy Academy. Enjoy!
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Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Don and Pat tackle Modern Romance and Terms of Endearment on this week's episode of The Academy Academy! Is it possible to make quaaludes look uncool? Shall the shame boys once again sing the song of MacGruber? Do your two favorite ding-dongs provide some light analysis of Must-See TV?! Download this pod and find out!!
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
We're getting back on schedule with another Academy Academy Classic. Enjoy!
Our first post-Meryl episode! Your favorite Cosmé McMoon appreciators are taking a break from taking a deep dive into an actor's oeuvre by taking a deep dive into the oeuvre of a director who likes to take deep dives! For the next 4 episodes... we're discussing James Cameron!! We talk about a Bond villain-esque producer best described as the bastard son of Robert Evans without any of the classiness of Robert Evans. There's a tangent about the November Rain music video. There's another tangent about the absurdity of Chris O'Dowd playing a traffic cop in Bridesmaids. And, of course, we discuss Piranha II: The Spawning and The Terminator- grunions and all.
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Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Due to busy schedules and general life things, the pod will be releasing classic eps until June 25th. Enjoy this classic ep in the meantime!
Which Al Pacino character did a young Don dress up as for Halloween? Would Rocket Raccoon side with Neil McCauley or Lt. Vincent Hanna? Is Justin Theroux too hot to portray someone with a job that doesn't involve just being a dang hunk? Quit feeling stinky, folks- these questions and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy, featuring Wild's ferociously funny Jessica Svendsgaard (@svendsgaard)! WARNING: Jessica has a cool pet bird whose chirping can occasionally be heard on the recording. It adds ambiance, imo.
If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com
Also, feel free to message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad