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Movie of the Year 1988: My Neighbor Totoro The Taste Buds are discussin’ yet another hard-hitting, pull-no-punches drama with 1988’s Oscar-worthy My Neighbor Totoro, the movie that taught us that horrible forest monsters can be cute if they are furry and go into fugue states in between baring their oddly human teeth and bellowing in… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – My Neighbor Totoro appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: State of the Franchises The Taste Budz–and two of their favorites from the Unnatural 20s podcast–have franchise fever and the only prescription is more franchise. That can’t be right. Why would franchises cure franchise fever? If anything they probably cause it, right? I bet the real prescription would be something… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – State of the Franchises appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: The Naked Gun The Taste Buds are yet another hard-hitting, pull-no-punches drama with 1988’s Oscar-eligible The Naked Gun, the movie that taught us that the Juice could really get it done as a dramatic actor. The boys discuss whether or not the humor of this movie still holds up thirty… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – The Naked Gun appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: Akira The Taste Buds are tackling the number 4 seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Akira. If you love hearing characters’ names being yelled out, if you love teenagers with laser guns, if you demand little old baby people, then Akira is the movie for you. Our intrepid lads… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – Akira appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: Mixtape The Taste Budz–and two of their favorites from the Unnatural 20s podcast–have mixtape fever and the only prescription is more mixtape. Can these friends manage to craft, live and uninterrupted, a mix tape of the best songs of 19888? I don’t know, man, you’re going to have to listen,… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – Mixtape appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: Rain Man The Taste Buds are tackling the number 2 seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Rain Man. That’s right, this is the 2nd highest seeded movie in the bracket, but do you feel like you know that much about this movie? Have you seen it? Do you think… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – Rain Man appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: Die Hard The Taste Buds are tackling the number one seed for 1988 on this week’s episode: Die Hard. Yipee-ki-yay, friends and neighbors. This movie is many things to many people, but I am going to get this out of the way right at the top: yes Die Hard is… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – Die Hard appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 1988: Intro The Taste Buds have chosen their next year, and it is 1988! Prepare yourself for a blast of nostalgia as the guys attempt to winnow the vast field of 1988 movies down from 16 to 8. Many think 1988 to be the best year in the history of film,… The post Movie of the Year: 1988 – Intro appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Finale Part Two The Taste Buds choose the 2018 Movie of the Year! Along with Letterboxd.com, Greg, Ryan, and Mike have spent the last couple of months taking the 3,000 movies that came out last year and creating a Super 32, a Sweet 16, an Elite 8, and now this,… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part Two appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Finale Part One The Taste Buds discuss all of your favorite 2018 movies, on their way to picking the 2018 Movie of the year! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Mike, and a ghost that we are too embarrassed to ask to leave!… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – Finale Part One appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: A Star Is Born The Taste Buds discuss 2018’s A Star is Born! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Mike, and Katie! The groups discusses the first time acting and directing efforts of the stars, the role of gender in the film, the romantic… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – A Star Is Born appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: First Reformed The Taste Buds discuss 2018’s First Reformed! Join your host Greg as he welcomes three new contestants into the arena: Ryan, Taylor, and Stephanie! They’ll duke it out to see who can talk about First Reformed the hardest! Points will be awarded, Skadooshes will be had, maybe, and by the end… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – First Reformed appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: State of the Franchise The Taste Budz discuss how the key franchises in film are performing. 2018 was doubtless a year in which franchises dominated the box office. Marvel seems to release a new movie every six minutes. There are so many Star Wars movies they had to make… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – State of the Franchise appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Sorry to Bother You The Taste Buds discuss 2018’s Sorry to Bother You! Join your host Greg as he welcomes two new contestants into the arena: Mike and Ryan! They’ll duke it out to see who can talk about Sorry to Bother You real good! Points will be rewarded, Skadooshes will be had, and… The post Movie of the Year 2018 – Sorry to Bother You appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Black Panther The Taste Buds review the 2018 movie Black Panther! Join your host Greg as he welcomes this week’s contestants Mike, Ryan, and Lyandre! Join the foursome as they try to sink their teeth into every aspect of this amazing comic book movie directed by Ryan Coogler! Is Killmonger right? Is… The post Movie of the Year 2018–Black Panther appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: 2018 Genre Blast The Taste Budz were wondering what about all the genre films that are good in their own unique way but never get any love from the dorks at the awards shows, or even the dorks who work on this podcast. Doesn’t horror deserve some recognition for all… The post Movie of the Year: 2018 – Genre Blast appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: The Favourite The Taste Buds review the 2018 movie The Favourite! Join your host Greg as he welcomes this week’s contestants: Mike, Ryan, and Mackenna aka Books from the Unnatural 20s podcast! Join the foursome as they try to sink their teeth into every aspect of this satirical costume drama directed by… The post Movie of the Year 2018 – The Favourite appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Blackkklansman The Taste Buds review the 2018 movie Blackkklansman! Join your host Greg as he welcomes this week’s contestants: Ryan, Mike, and Chris the Tow Truck Driver! These four pasty, lily-white gentlemen will try and break Blackkklansman open, trying to uncover every hidden nugget they can. What will the friends discover about the role… The post Movie of the Year 2018 – Blackkklansman appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: 2018 Mixtape The Taste Budz have mixtape fever and the only prescription is more mixtape. Can the dudes manage to craft, live and uninterrupted, a mix tape of the best songs of 2018? I don’t know, man, you’re going to have to listen, but I bet whatever they do is… The post Movie of the Year-2018 Mixtape appeared first on PopFilter.

Movie of the Year 2018: Annihilation The Taste Buds review the 2018 movie, Annihilation! Mike is Greg; some guy named Survivor Phil is Mike; thankfully, Ryan is still just Ryan. But isn’t everyone being someone else perfect for a movie where people sorta become one another, or become weird animal-human hybrids? How did the gang respond to… The post Movie of the Year 2018 – Annihilation appeared first on PopFilter.