OV090 - 2014 in Review Part II - Best Movies of 2014
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 01/15/2015
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info_outlineHere’s part 2 of our 2-part review of 2014 in movies! In this episode, we share our honorable mentions and the best movies we saw in 2014. We also share our excitement for 2015.
Find back episodes of the podcast at http://ovpodcast.com and let us know what you think of the movie by tweeting us: @ObsessiveViewer, @ObsessiveTiny, @IAmMikeWhite.
Runtime: 1:33:42
Direct Download Link:http://traffic.libsyn.com/obsessiveviewer/OV90-2014Best.mp3
Timestamps
Intro - 00:35
Episode Start - 01:08
Our Honorable Mentions - 01:44
Our Top Ten Movies of 2014 - 08:35
Best Movies of 2014
Our Number 10s - 08:38
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Korengal, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Our Number 9s - 14:41
Snowpiercer. This is Where I Leave You, Gone Girl
Our Number 8s - 18:59
Interstellar, Nightcrawler, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Our Number 7s - 24:17
Birdman, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Nightcrawler
Our Number 6s - 28:30
Guardians of the Galaxy, Snowpiercer, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Our Number 5s - 32:40
Gone Girl, The Normal Heart, Men, Women & Children
Our Number 4s - 38:45
Chef, The Skeleton Twins
Our Number 3s - 47:51
Boyhood, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Theory of Everything
Our Number 2s - 59:02
Nightcrawler, Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy
Matt’s Interstellar Rant - 1:02:05
Our Number 1s - 1:12:47
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Mike) - 1:12:47
Guardians of the Galaxy (Tiny) - 1:16:03
Whiplash (Matt) - 1:18:39
Movies We Missed in 2014 - 1:23:53
Looking Toward 2015 - 1:26:43
Show Notes
- Listen to Part I of our 2014 in Review episode here!
- Matt’s 2014 Best & Worst Movies and Viewing Stats - I am really proud of this year’s wrap-up post. I made it a point to be as thorough with my stats as possible. Not only that, but since it was the first full year of Obsessive Viewer (the blog and the podcast), I included stats about OV at the bottom of my post.
- Mike’s Best & Worst Movies of 2014 - Here’s Mike’s write-up of his Best and Worst movies of 2014! I look forward to it every year.
- Tiny’s 2014 Cinematic Year in Review (365 Days, 366 Movies) - Tiny had an extremely impressive year in movie watching. Read about it.
- Matt’s Tusk Review – Check out my written review of Tusk. I was not kind to Kevin Smith’s latest movie.
- OV88 – Bonus Ep – Friends Retrospective – We closed out 2014 with an episode where Mike and I spent over 3 hours discussing Friends, the thing that really solidified our friendship when we met in 2005.
- OV66 - Extended Potpourri - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Snowpiercer, I Origins and The Imposter – Here’s the episode where we talk about Snowpiercer.
- OV81 - Favorite Movie Dialogue, Horrible Bosses 2, Nightcrawler and Blue Ruin – Listen to us discuss Nightcrawler in this episode.
- OV49 - Captain America 2, 47 Ronin, Grand Budapest Hotel and The Returned – Find out Mike’s thoughts on The Grand Budapest Hotel on this episode of the podcast.
- OV83 - Interstellar (Guest: Robert Fekkes) - Here’s our full-length episode review of Interstellar featuring our friend Robert.
- Matt’s Interstellar Review - Here’s my written review of Interstellar.
- Obsessive Viewer - Check out plenty of reviews of movies, TV shows and industry commentary at the blog that started it all.
- Obsessive Book Nerd - Our “sister site” where you can find book reviews and commentary on the evolving world of reading.
- The Secular Perspective - Check out Tiny’s side project podcast that explores the concepts of faith, religion and existence from the perspective of secular hosts.
- Mike’s Band: As Good As It Gets - Check out Mike’s band and download the “Something Old E.P.” for free!
- Loudlike Facebook Page - Like the band that gave us our theme song on Facebook!
- Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike’s EP and hear the full version of our theme.
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OV PODCAST IN 2014
Total Podcast Episodes in 2014 – 55 – (4.5 per month average)
- Full Episodes – 50 | (90.9% of total podcast eps)
- Bonus Episodes – 4 | (7.27% of total podcast eps)
- Special Episodes – 1 | (1.81% of total podcast eps)
- Movie Episodes – 35 | (63.63% of total podcast eps)
- TV Episodes – 14 | (25.45% of total podcast eps)
- Live Episodes – 6 | (10.9% of total podcast eps)
- Extended Potpourri – 7 | (12.72% of total podcast eps)
- Guest Episodes – 12 | (21.81% of total podcast eps)
Total 2014 Podcast Time: 83:35’48
In other words, we released enough audio to last 3.47 Days or 0.9% of the Year.
· Most Active Month (for Podcasting) – April – 7 eps | (12.7% of episodes released)
Least Active Month (for Podcasting) – January/September – 3 eps | (5.4% of episodes release)