Storybeater Episode 140: Wicked
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We're dancing through life with John M. Chu's movie adaptation of the musical Wicked.
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Storybeater Episode 139: Swords and Sandals
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To mark the release of Gladiator II, Anthony and Andrew unpack our fascination with gladiator stories and historical and mythological epics.
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Storybeater Episode 138: Horror Robots
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For the annual Halloween episode, Anthony and Andrew discuss scary robots, from Metropolis to M3GAN.
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Storybeater Episode 137: The Martial Artist
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What makes the martial artist an appealing archetype in fiction? Anthony and Andrew unpack the tropes with reference to some of their favourite examples!
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136: Deadpool and Wolverine
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Mutants, multiverses, and mowing down the fourth wall! Anthony and Andrew talk Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Storybeater Episode 135: Man vs. Nature
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With Twisters tearing through theatres, Anthony and Andrew look at the uses and meaning of "man versus nature" conflicts in narrative.
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Storybeater Episode 134: Delicious in Dungeon
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Anthony and Andrew explore the dungeoneering tropes of the hit animated series Delicious in Dungeon, aka Dungeon Meshi.
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Storybeater Episode 133: Planets of the Apes
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Anthony and Andrew explore the themes and approaches of the three iterations of the Planet of the Apes movie franchise.
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Storybeater Episode 132: Ten Years of Storybeater!
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Anthony and Andrew mark ten years of the reading-and-writing podcast by reflecting on ten themes and trends in storytelling from the past decade, including streaming, shared universes, the state of the "sure thing", and the rise of cozy entertainment.
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Storybeater Episode 131: Oscars 2024
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Anthony and Andrew break down the runners and riders in the 96th Academy Awards categories for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. Movies discussed include: American Fiction The Zone of Interest Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Holdovers May December Past Lives Anatomy of a Fall Maestro
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The nominees are...
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Don't Look Up
Written by Adam McKay and David Sirota, based on a story by McKay.
Directed by Adam McKay.
King Richard
Written by Zach Baylin.
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.
Licorice Pizza
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
The Worst Person in the World
Written by Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt.
Directed by Joachim Trier.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Written and directed by Sian Heder.
Based on the film La Famille Bélier by Victoria Bedos, Thomas Bidegain, Stanislas Carré de Malberg and Éric Lartigau.
Drive My Car
Written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe.
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Based on the short story by Haruki Murakami.
Dune
Written by Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Based on the novel by Frank Herbert.
The Lost Daughter
Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante.
The Power of the Dog
Written and directed by Jane Campion.
Based on the novel by Thomas Savage.
This year's Academy Awards take place on Sunday, March 27.