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Movies imo

Movies imo is a pop culture podcast where Daniel Crooke, Ben Empey, and Brandon Kirby talk about film, television, literature, music, and fruity miscellanea.

Latest Episodes:

48th Academy Awards May 13, 2019

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In episode eighty-four of movies imo., the film fagz are joined by their first ever very special guest host. Fellow film fag TJ Slipko (@teejslipko) steps into Daniel's seat while he's booked and busy to join Ben and Brandon as they travel back in time to the 48th Academy Awards -- a palette cleanse of an Oscar year. They yell over each other about Milos Forman's five-time winner ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Fedrico Fellini's AMARCORD, Sidney Lumet's DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Steven Spielberg's JAWS, Akira Kurosawa's DERSU UZALA, Hal Ashby's SHAMPOO and finally, Robert Altman's NASHVILLE. Ben presents a thesis on all these films' commentary on toxic masculinity, TJ admires the incredible acting ability of Jack Nicholson's eyebrows and Brandon reminds us DETECTIVE PIKACHU is now in theaters.

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Peterloo Apr 15, 2019

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In episode eighty of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Mike Leigh’s PETERLOO before jumping into two more of his class-conscious, character-driven period pieces: MR. TURNER and VERA DRAKE. Ben performs a dramatic reading of his favorite tweet of all time, Daniel admires the way the sun hits Mr. Turner’s paint hand, and Brandon pivots to the written word with an all-new, very special lit crit segment.

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Madeline's Madeline Aug 27, 2018

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In episode forty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Josephine Decker’s unconventional opus on cats and creative ownership, MADELINE’S MADELINE. Then they dig into other reflexive works on the artistic process and discuss Decker’s previous film THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY, Jean-Luc Godard’s CONTEMPT, Charlie Kaufman’s SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, and Miranda July’s THE FUTURE. Ben compares the sly surrealist streak that runs through Decker’s work to Cassavetes’ approach of domestic disruption, Daniel trips over his own metaphor (which is what we’re all experiencing) while drawing a line around the auteur theory, and Brandon wonders whether Decker is reckoning with her own ethical onus as a director. They all agree that Miranda July is the Best Supporting Actress of the year so far!

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"What If the Theme Was..." Jun 11, 2018

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In episode thirty-sex of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel would have yelled over each other about John Cameron Mitchell’s HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES if it had been released in theaters for longer than six days so instead they take a page from Jenna Maroney’s book and discuss a few movies that fall under her suggestion “what if the theme was sl*ts?” - but in a very sex positive way. Brandon discusses the political importance of a post-9/11 queer New York in Mitchell’s SHORTBUS and goes on to share a sexy memory from college, Ben prays for spiritual transcendence through sex in Lars von Trier’s BREAKING THE WAVES, and Daniel warns viewers about the delicious color palette that dots the infidelity around the broken heart of Ms. Agnès Varda’s LE BONHEUR.

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Unsane Apr 09, 2018

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In episode twenty-seven of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Soderbergh’s Jack-nasty asylum thriller UNSANE, starring past and future queen Claire Foy. They also discuss Samuel Fuller’s seminal SHOCK CORRIDOR, George Cukor’s classic thriller GASLIGHT, and other work from the prolific Mr. Soderbergh. Ben suggests a clear consonant tell for when British actors try out American accents, Daniel thinks UNSANE one-ups SHOCK CORRIDOR in its reflection of ugly American truths, and Brandon gives a gutsy gift to Channing Tatum.

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A Wrinkle in Time Mar 19, 2018

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In episode twenty-four of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Ava DuVernay’s history-making first foray into big-budget filmmaking, the long-awaited Disney adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME. In addition to its empowering message for young girls and overwhelming quantity of adult queens, they also discuss DuVernay’s cinematic roots in her previous three films - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SELMA, and 13TH - and Disney’s last attempt at a kiddie sci-fi tentpole, TOMORROWLAND. Ben believes that children who see the film today will reclaim it from dismissive critics down the line, Daniel attempts to discuss the work of iconic American light and space artist James Turrell, and Brandon supports gay rights but finds much to be wrong with underwhelmed supervillain Charles Wallace.

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80th Academy Awards 10th Anniversary Mar 05, 2018

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In episode twenty-two of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the tenth anniversary of the 80th Academy Awards, especially the five films nominated for Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ATONEMENT, JUNO, MICHAEL CLAYTON, and THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Ben serves Karen Crowder Omaha business realness, Daniel recounts a fateful double feature and a feisty Plainview-adjacent date, and Brandon sings the praises of Tamara Jenkins’s THE SAVAGES.

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Oscar Nominations 2018 Reactions Jan 25, 2018

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In Episode 16 of movies imo, Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the 90th annual Academy Award nominations. Together they get to the bottom of the announcement's most pressing questions: Did Gary Oldman motorboat his way into the Best Actor field? Should the Academy compress Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing into a single category? Even with its surprise Best Picture and Best Director nods, was PHANTOM THREAD still the biggest snub of the year? Ben damns DUNKIRK with faint praise, Daniel breathes a sigh of relief over Meryl's 21st nomination, and Brandon gives a chef's kiss to the Best Original Screenplay category.

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Phantom Thread Jan 15, 2018

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In Episode 14 of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about the exquisite new picture by wunderkind daddy Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD, an irresponsibly elegant, impossibly funny romance in the key of breakfast kink. While sniffing the film's intoxicating fumes (sandalwood, lemon juice, not strawberry) and staring deep into Cyril's smize, your fav film fagz leave plenty of shoe polish on the front as they sew the House of Woodcock into the canvas of PTA's greater filmography - as well as Hitchcock's REBECCA and Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Somewhere within this breathless series of asparagus-induced fainting spells, Ben argues for why this is the director's most crystallized vision to date, Daniel admits to joining the MAGNOLIA cult at an impressionable age, and Brandon gives us the Krieps in his rendition of the ambush dinner scene.

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The Post Jan 08, 2018

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In Episode 13 of movies imo., Ben, Brandon, and Daniel yell over each other about Steven Spielberg's THE POST, a hot-off-the-free-presses pop history polemic that gives two thumbs up to women in the workplace and a big middle finger to the fascist in the White House. Between impressions of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi, and Old Hollywood studio executives, Ben slanders a beloved Best Picture winner covering similar subject matter, Daniel argues against the comparison, and Brandon names it his favorite film of 2015.

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