2023 Academy Award Nominations & The Early Success of 'The Last of Us'
Release Date: 01/25/2023
Fall Box Office Smörgåsbord: 'Wicked' & 'Gladiator 2' Give Cinephiles Plenty To Devour
Hollywood Hangover
HOLLYWOOD HANGOVER! We're back to discuss the second-coming of last Summer's "Barbenheimer"..."GLICKED"! Yes, both 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator 2' release this coming weekend, and we saw them both early! Does 'Wicked' match the ridiculous hype? And is 'Gladiator 2' a worthy successor to the Best Picture original? We discuss all this, as well as Joe's early screening of 'Companion', what we've been watching in our spare time, and much more!
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Maximum Directorial Auteurship: 'Megalopolis', 'Joker: Folie Á Deux', and 'The Substance'
Hollywood Hangover
Spooky season is here! Chris and Joe celebrate the best time of the year by sharing there movie-watching habits from the past few weeks, as well as providing an update about their own filmic goings-on. The guys also highlight three new films that are the exact opposite of "Executive Auteurship": THE SUBSTANCE, MEGALOPOLIS, and JOKER: FOLIE Á DEUX. Does total directorial control make a film better? Worse? Or somewhere in between? All this and much more! Happy Halloween!
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Effective & Familiar - 'Alien: Romulus' Permeates The Box Office
Hollywood Hangover
Horror is back, baby~! And so are Chris and Joe! This episode they discuss the summer horror smash hit 'Alien: Romulus', how it over-delivered at the box office and lay claim to being the best 'Alien' movie in years. They also dive deep into the 'Alien' franchise as a whole, discussing it's highs and lows, and what brought them to it's space-horror in the first place. On the quick hitters side, the guys chat about 'Wolf' and 'Salem's Lot' heading to streaming, and why they avoided the dreaded 'Bat Girl' fate. All this, and more!
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Love at First Fight: Can 'Deadpool + Wolverine' Save The MCU?
Hollywood Hangover
Chris Price and Joe Russo discuss the biggest comic book movie of the summer, 'Deadpool + Wolverine'! They reflect on it's box office, fan response, spoilers and more. The guys also chat about RDJ being cast as Dr. Doom, M. Night Shyamalan's 'Trap', the struggles of the 'Borderlands' video game adaptation, revisiting movies on their anniversaries and a whole lot more.
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Box Office Rebound: 'Longlegs' over-delivers + 'The Inheritance' Rises
Hollywood Hangover
This episode, Chris and Joe discuss the surprising strength of box office this summer, despite a rocky start. They analyze the success of the 'Longlegs' marketing campaign, as well as a $100m projected weekend for 'Twisters'. Joe shares rare behind-the-scenes details about the development and release of his latest feature film 'The Inheritance', available on your favorite streaming service now.
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The Summer Slasher Cometh - Ti West & Mia Goth dazzle with 'MaxXxine'
Hollywood Hangover
The summer movie season is in full swing! Chris and Joe attended the world premiere of 'MaxXxine', the conclusion to Ti West's slasher trilogy, at the historic Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA. They share their experiences at the premiere, spoiler-free thoughts on the film, and what they expect from West in the future. They also discuss IATSE avoiding a workers strike (for now), Inside Out 2's unexpected box office success, as well as Joe's upcoming film 'The Inheritance', opening in select theaters and on demand July 12th.
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'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' - The True Summer Popcorn Flick We Need?
Hollywood Hangover
The Hangover boys are back with a jam-packed episode of Hollywood goodness! They discuss their own current film projects, as well as the sagging 2024 box office. ALSO: 'MoviePass: Movie Crash' punctuates a story covered on the podcast for nearly seven years, and the fun-as-hell 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' poises itself as the savior of summer movie ticket sales.
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A Welcome Return to Madness: 'Furiosa' Kicks Off the 2024 Summer Blockbuster Season
Hollywood Hangover
The Hangover crew discusses George Miller's latest entry in the iconic Mad Max franchise, 'FURIOSA'! Can it hold a candle to one of the greatest action films ever made in 'FURY ROAD', or is it just more retread? ALSO: the implications of ChatGPT illegally using ScarJo's voice, 'CHALLENGERS' and 'THE FALL GUY' heading to VOD early, and much more.
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LIVE from Golden Apple Comics: The "End" of Hollywood, 'Challengers' + 'The Fall Guy'
Hollywood Hangover
Chris and Joe celebrate May the Fourth Be With You Day by podcasting LIVE from Golden Apple Comics. They give away some prizes to fans, discuss the supposed "End" of Hollywood, the interesting marketing of 'Challengers', as well as the summer action gem 'The Fall Guy'.
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Worth the Wait: 'Dune: Part Two' Conquers Hollywood
Hollywood Hangover
After months of delay, Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part Two' has been released and the verdict is in: it's great! Chris and Joe discuss just how great and why it has been worth the wait. ALSO - is Hollywood headed toward yet another workers' strike? The guys chat about a possible IATSE strike looming over the industry.
info_outlineWe kick off 2023 with the newly released and always coveted Academy Award nominations, as well as our early predictions for who might win! We also discuss the uncanny success of HBO's The Last of Us (despite being a video game adaptation), Joe's social media fracas and much more!