Author: Ernest Calderon
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The Best Films of 2024 (Part One)
Rejoice! It’s that time of the year. Our annual Listomania celebration continues with part one of our Top 10 Movies of 2024. This episode covers numbers 10 through 6, with picks that include I Saw The TV Glow, Furiosa, A Different Man, Nosferatu and more. Tune in for part two! Timecodes Subscribe to our YouTube…
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The Best Albums of 2024 (Part Two)
Listomania continues with the second half of our top 10 favorite albums of 2024, covering numbers 5 through 1. Danny Seoane joins us once again to discuss albums by Charli XCX, The Smile, Vampire Weekend, Magdalena Bay, Kendrick Lamar, and more. Timecodes: Subscribe to our YouTube channel! E-mail us: weboughtamic at gmail dot com Follow WBAM: Instagram,…
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The Best Albums of 2024 (Part One)
Listomania begins with Part 1 of 2 of our top albums of 2024, a phenomenal year for music. We welcome back Danny Seoane to share the first half our lists, covering numbers 10 through 6. Albums discussed include No Name by Jack White, Romance by Fontaines D.C., Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Part,…
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Minority Report (with Brett Nemeroff)
Everybody runs… It’s the final episode of our Tom v Tom series. Steven Spielberg’s MINORITY REPORT, released in 2002 and starring Tom Cruise as John Anderton, a pre-crime cop in Washington D.C. 2054. Based on a Phillip K. Dick novella, the film is a prescient vision of the future, and remains one of the strongest…
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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…