Author: Ernest Calderon
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2024 Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Award Winners
WBAM is proud to be a member of the Critics Association of Central Florida, an amazing community of film lovers now ready to announce our picks for the best of 2024. Here are the winners of this year’s awards. Best PictureWinner: AnoraRunner-up: Wicked Best DirectorWinner: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part TwoRunner-up: Jon M. Chu, Wicked Best…
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Catch Me If You Can (with Erin O’Brien)
Merry Christmas! It’s the final Hanks entry of our Tom v Tom series, and we’re going in style with Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the real-life check fraud con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. and Hanks as the FBI agent chasing him down. Very special first-time guest Erin O’Brien joins us…
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Vanilla Sky (with Drew Biggs)
It’s the final stretch of our Tom v Tom Series with a review of Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise’s reunion with Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe. Cruise plays David Aames, wealthy playboy whose face is horribly disfigured in an accident. The film, released in Christmas of 2001, is weird, surreal, and dreamlike, but is it good?…
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JeoPoddy! Pop Culture Trivia Game Show
Danny Seoane returns to host another round of pop culture trivia madness, two years after his first unforgettable go as Alex Trebek’s successor. This time, the stakes are higher, with brand-new categories like Letterboxd, TV Slop, Plot Twists, Girl Pop, Music Videos, Breakout Albums, One Hit Wonders, and special bonus round built to see which…
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Cast Away (with Danny Seoane)
We crash land somewhere in the South Pacific with our volleyball friend Danny Seoane to discuss the classic Tom Hanks film, CAST AWAY, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and released in December 2000. Hanks delivers one of his most iconic performances, earning him an Oscar nomination. We discuss the real-life challenges of production—from Hanks nearly dying…
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Wicked, Anora, A Real Pain, Hot Frosty, The Brutalist, Conclave, and more
It’s that time of year again. We’re talking all the big fall and holiday 2024 releases—Wicked, The Brutalist, Anora, and even Hot Frosty. Timecodes: Subscribe to our YouTube channel! E-mail us: weboughtamic at gmail dot com Follow WBAM: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. (@weboughtamic) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review Twitter: @caldernest / @HuntMobley / @DrewDietzen Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/caldernest / letterboxd.com/hearshot / letterboxd.com/drewd…
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Mission: Impossible 2 (with Adam Sirdoreus)
We air kick into the year 2000 with flames, doves, leather, and exploding sunglasses to discuss John Woo’s action sequel MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2, featuring Ethan Hunt’s biggest fan, Adam Sirdoreus. Is this really the worst movie in the series? Was that really Tom Cruise rock climbing? Are there too many mask gags? We get into…
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Eyes Wide Shut (with Javi Navarro)
Our old pal Javi Navarro invites us to a very exclusive and secret club to discuss the final film by legendary director Stanley Kubrick: EYES WIDE SHUT, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. We put on our masks and cloaks to dive deep into the dreamlike world of this enigmatic story of a married couple…
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The Substance, Disclaimer*, SNL 50, The Apprentice, and more
It’s a packed episode this week, featuring a grab bag of TV and movie recommendations, culminating with a deep-dive spoiler discussion of Coralie Fargeat’s body horror masterpiece, THE SUBSTANCE, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Plus, thoughts on the new show from Alfonso Cuaron, DISCLAIMER*, the latest DreamWorks animated movie, THE WILD ROBOT, the 50th…
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You’ve Got Mail, Megalopolis, and The Substance (with Lee Perry)
We log on to the World Wide Web to check in with our anonymous pen pal Lee Perry and discuss the 1998 romantic comedy, You’ve Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Plus, we share thoughts on The Substance and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: A Fable. Timecodes: Subscribe to…