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These are the only awards that really matter, the 2025 HO Awards! On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, we are breaking down our 2025 awards for both film and television. If you haven't listened to our HO Awards before, we do ours a bit different, for example our "actor" category covers all genders, we do not separate it. For TV, network, cable, and streaming all count, it just has to have had at least 3 new episodes in 2024. For movies, theatrical, VOD, and streaming are all eligible.
If you want to follow along, the categories are below, so let us know what your picks are on our social media channels. What will take our awards? Wicked, Dune: Part 2, The Wild Robot, The Fall Guy, Deadpool and Wolverine, The Penguin, Silo, Reacher, Fallout, or something else? Each of us will award our winners in each category, and at the end, we'll combine ours with listener picks to determine what was the HO TV series and Movie of the Year!
Take a listen to the 2025 HO Awards for TV and Film!
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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's time to look up, because the Superman trailer has finally arrived! The big-screen reinvention of the titular character and the entire DC Cinematic Universe is in the hands of James Gunn, and he have thoughts! Does David Corenswet look the part of not only Superman, but Clark Kent? Is Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor going to be terrifying enough? Most importantly, is Krypto the best boy? We're diving into everything we see and get honest with where we are with the latest revamping of one of the most iconic heroes in fiction.
Also this week, Blake Lively has filed an official complaint, a precursor to a lawsuit, against her It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and media manipulation. It is a situation that could change Hollywood for decades to come.
Lastly, it's time to discuss a few potential recommendations to tide you over for the holidays with Mufasa: The Lion King, Carry-On, Kraven: The Hunter, No Good Deed, Dexter: Original Sin, and Eden Lake.
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it is our final podcast episode of the year so we are discussing 2024 and the year in movies and TV, before we finally say goodbye to 2024. This episode recounts some of the biggest news stories and themes of the year in movies and television including Disney's return to form, Taylor Sheridan's drama, movie theaters surge, The Penguin shows villains can have their own properties, Robert Downey Jr.'s weird return to Marvel, musicals return to the mainstream, and much more!
Take care, everyone, and hope to talk to you in 2025!
Discussed on this episodeEvery year, we love to celebrate the holiday season with our listeners, and there is no better way to do that than with our 2024 Holiday Special!
It all started 10 years ago with a random idea: we were big fans of holiday specials, yet podcasts seemed to skip over the idea completely. Therefore, we decided we can do whatever we want here at The Hollywood Outsider, so let's create our own tradition and the Annual Holiday Special was born!
Every year we rekindle the past (and occasionally add a little something new), assembling some of the best moments from our hosts for the most fantastic holiday special ever! Debating what constitutes a Christmas movie and specials we love, what makes for a great Christmas movie, Christmas cliches, and even our Holiday Spirit Movie Battle Royale!
That's not all, oh no. The Christmas spirit kicks into overdrive as we open up and share our personal memories of the holiday season, stories that remind us of Christmas. And no holiday special would be complete without a visit from the big man himself, so get ready for as much St. Nick as legally allowed as Santa Claus drops by the studio to tell us just how naughty or nice we are, all throughout the episode!
With a special game from Amanda, Santa in his sleigh, John's obsession with puppets, Scott's first Christmas Poem, and a lot of fun for everyone – This is the one podcast you don't want to miss this holiday season!
On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, Wicked is preparing to take movie theaters by tornado, and ergo it seemed a perfect time to discuss this recent trend of villain origin stories: do we need them, more of them, and who from all of cinema would we like to see treated to this special take on backstory?
Also this week, our spoiler-free AND spoilery discussion of one of the biggest movies of the year: WICKED! We have seen it and have all the detail you need to determine if it's right for you and your family. How is Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda? Does director Jon Chu recapture the beauty and amazement of the Broadway musical phenom? All this and more on our deep dive into the magical land of Oz!
Plus, Netflix's Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul fiasco, and reviews of Cross and Armor. Let's get on with the show!
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's time to relax a bit and go a little off-script with pop culture debates. Anything and everything movie or TV related is on the table. Such as, where should Star Wars Episodes 10-12 go? Are the Oscars snobs? Will superhero films ever return to their former glory? What's more awkward, sloppy kissing scenes or sex scenes? What's the maximum length for trailers?
Also this week, reviews of Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in Red One, Hugh Grant in Heretic, new fan documentary Getting Lost, and much more!
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's time for our Holiday Movie Preview 2024! Every major theatrical and streaming release for the remainder of the year is on tap as we debate the best and worst of the upcoming season. From Wicked, Moana 2, Kraven: The Hunter, Gladiator II, A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, and everything in between! Curious what's worth watching this holiday season? Then don't miss this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast!
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, as we approach yet another of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, it's time to discuss how politics have influenced entertainment. Are politics essentially just entertainment itself at this point? Are billionaires like Elon Musk influencing media? Do celebrity endorsements move the needle? Can we ever get politics back out of our movies and TV?
Also this week, Blade's delayed, Spidey 4 is official, Netflix wants to spoil everything, Squid Game gets an unnecessary remake, and much more!
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's Halloween, and as we have done in the past for Halloween and Christmas, we like to put out a bit of a compilation of favorite topics or interviews from years past that celebrate these specific holidays. And this one has a very special anniversary episode, actually TWO of them.
First up: we return to one of our favorite segments as we decide, once-and-for-all, what the is the BEST! Could it be The Exorcist, or possibly Poltergeist? Could A Nightmare on Elm Street out-slash The Blair Witch Project? Is Paranormal Activity more ghastly (and ghostly) than The Ring? Do exploding stomachs out-scare the horrific haunting that takes place in The Conjuring? Find out the winner with our Scariest Movie Battle Royale!
Then, it is time to prep for All Hallows' Eve as we take to our own respective graveyards and dig up obscure Halloween movies. Trick r Treat has taken off in recent years, and there are many little unspoken gems like this one to get us all hyped up for the best movie season of the year for horror fans! Take a listen, and rest assured to walk away with at least a few new Halloween gems to watch this season of the witch.
Next, it is the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project this year. If you find a list of the greatest horror films, you'll find this now classic on that list. $250 million made worldwide, popularizing an entire genre and inspiring countless filmmakers across the globe, and even earned a Guinness world record for top budget to box office ratio – Blair Witch has earned the title of classic. And for the film's 25th anniversary, we wanted to sit down and discuss the film and its legacy with one of the filmmakers directly responsible for it, Eduardo Sánchez.
Finally, it is the 10th anniversary of our special podcast episode on Women In Horror. Justin Macumber and Aaron Peterson are joined by guests (at the time) Amanda and Eliyanna to discuss how women in films, specifically horror films, have evolved throughout the years. From the early days of the black and white classics, such as Psycho, to the 'Final Girl' and revenge fantasy films of the 70's, all the way to modern times with Scream, Buffy, and others: The entire history of women in horror films is open for debate. This is a detailed, lively, and entertaining discussion you do NOT want to miss!
Discussed on this episodeOn this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, with Megalopolis – helmed by Apocalypse Now and The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Joker: Folie à Deux directed by Joker and Hangover director Todd Phillips both hitting theaters in back-to-back weeks and both flopping spectacularly, and then Terrifier 3 shows up and somehow delivers a #1 movie in the country that is relentlessly gory and completely unrated, from a director's uncompromising vision. So we thought it as an apropos time to discuss crazy cinematic visions: meaning storytellers attempting to do something unique and different, and either wildly succeeding or failing spectacularly. Films such as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Terminator 2, Psycho, Battlefield Earth, Look Who's Talking, Avatar, The Room, Howard the Duck, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and many others!
Also this week, Rob Rowald joins us for the topic - check out his podcast and YouTube series Rob (from the Internet) Talks About Beer - as well as recommendations and discussions such as Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Substance, Laroy, Texas, and Things Will Be Different.
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