Are you ready to rummmmmmmmmmmmmmble?! We are, and this week we try a new topic with our Movie Battle Royale!

What is a Movie Battle Royale? It’s the Ultimate Fighting Championship of filmdom. It’s the Heavyweight Title Fight in boxing. THIS is the Movie Super Bowl! 8 movies enter our ring, each favorites of our four hosts, and only one film will emerge as the Champion. This week’s inaugural genre is Martial Arts Films. These are not necessarily the greatest artistic accomplishments of all-time, but they ARE our favorites. So sit back in your personal dojo as we wax on and on about what the greatest martial arts films of all time are, and eventually we will arrive at a winner – The HO Movie Champion of the World!

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (25:45 – 1:08:10) From The Outside In Topic: Movie Battle Royale: Martial Arts Films  | Listener topic comments
  • (0:00 – 25:44) Movie and TV News: Fast 8 is going to Iceland, Birth of a Nation sells for $17.5 million, new TV versions of 24: Legacy, Underworld, and The Exorcist, Labyrinth and Mummy remakes, and much more
  • (1:08:11 – 1:38:49) What’s This Movie? | Reviews of The 5th Wave, Dirty Grandpa, Legends of Tomorrow, and The Magicians | Upcoming Attractions: Kung-Fu Panda, The Finest Hours, Fifty Shades of Black | VOD and Blu-Ray Releases
  • (1:38:50 – 1:56:15) Emails | Closing | Outtakes
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The X-Files has returned to our television screens after over a decade away, so what did we think of Mulder and Scully's long-awaited return? In this special episode of The Hollywood Outsider, we begin with what we loved about the original, ground-breaking series - including favorite episodes, why David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are perfect partners, and what got us hooked to begin with. Then we merge naturally to this latest telling of our favorite paranormal supercops and where Chris Carter decided to take the story this time, especially that HUGE twist on the original's lore. 

The Truth Is In Here. 

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Our topic this week: With all of the controversy this year, is it time to fix The Oscars?

The Oscars have always been the premiere awards event, the best of the best, the most prestigious award in entertainment is The Academy Award. This year’s nominees have arrived not with excitement and elation, but with vitriol and controversy. For the 2nd year in a row, not a single actor of color was nominated for an acting award. But is that because of blatant racism, like many involved with the #OscarsSoWhite movement claim, or is it simply because those were the best performances of the year? We take a look at this divisive topic, in our own special way.

Discussed on this episode of The Hollywood Outsider Movie and TV Podcast:

  • (0:00 – 25:54) Movie and TV News: Do we need more origin stories from aging heroes, Laurel and Hardy get a biography, Star Wars gets a release date shift, and much more | Trailer discussion on Suicide Squad, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and 10 Cloverfield Lane
  • (25:55 – 1:28:56) From The Outside In Topic: Is it time to fix the Oscars? | Listener topic comments
  • (1:28:57 – 1:53:08) What’s This Movie? | Reviews of Ride Along 2, Naz and Maalik, The X-Files Premiere and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Upcoming Attractions The 5th Wave, The Boy and Dirty Grandpa | VOD and Blu-Ray Releases
  • (1:53:09 – 2:03:15) Emails | Closing
  • (2:03:16 – 2:11:51) Goodbye, Alan Rickman
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Naz and Maalik is the story of two Muslim black youths who also happen to be closeted gay men, and whose antics have drawn the attention of a local FBI agent. The film unfolds casually as we follow Naz and Maalik and learn the pieces of their story as we go.

The film takes a very simple approach to a complicated subject, instead of hammering you over the head with a myriad of social issues, director Jay Dockendorf lets the film play out naturally over the course of an entire day. There are no dire moments of senseless violence or sudden acts of heinous hatred – this is a film meant to leave you with your own thoughts on the story.

The film is available Jan 26th on VOD and DVD. Listen now to our interview with Jay Dockendorf. 

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The Oscars! The Golden Globes! The Spirit Awards! The HO Awards?

That's right, it's OUR time! Every year we sit through awards ceremony after awards ceremony, honoring the same 8 movies or TV shows that are deemed 'worthy' of the attention. What don't you find? Dinosaurs. Star Wars. Stunts. Superheroes. Movie lines. We love independent films just as much as we love blockbusters, therefore the time is long overdue to reflect on the BEST in ALL cinema and television this past year, not just what the elite deem approved for consumption. Not only do we share our personal picks, we share our listener picks for the Top TV Shows and Films of 2015!

This is not classy enough for the Oscars. We are not drunk enough for the Golden Globes. And we aren't smart enough for the Spirits.

THIS is the 5th Annual HO Awards! 

Join in on our conversation and listen to the latest episode of The Hollywood Outsider.

Want to follow along? Here are this year's categories, so grab a pen and let's see your picks in the comments!

TV

Awards (Includes cable, streaming, etc. Just has to be shows with a new season this past year):

  •       ‘The Breaking Bad’ - What show that no one is talking about do you think is the next MUST SEE show?
  •       ‘The Jim Parsons’ - Who was your favorite lead on TV? 
  •       ‘The Jack Bauer’ - Who was the biggest badass on TV? 
  •       ‘The Law and Order Special Needs Kids Award’ - What show, love it or not, needs to die? 
  •        TV's Three: Our Top 3 Television shows of 2015

 

Movies

  1. In Memoriam: What celebrity passing impacted you the most?
  2. Best / Worst Movie Theater Experiences?
  3. Franchises That Need To Die?

 

Awards (Includes VOD, as long as the film released in 2015)

  •       ‘I WANT MY TEN DOLLARS!’ - Worst movie
  •       ‘Play It Again, Sam’ - Best Line
  •       ‘Die Hard In A Plane, Train, or Automobile’ - Best use of a worn out movie cliché or plot
  •       ‘That’s So Fast & So Furious’ - The Best Physical Effect or Stunt
  •       ‘The Pixar’ - Best Use of CGI
  •       ‘The Jar Jar’ - Worst stunt or CGI
  •       ‘The Pratt’ - Who was your favorite lead last year?
  •       ‘The Cage. The Nic Cage’ - Which actor needs to hit the job fair?
  •       ‘The Han Solo’ - Best Badass
  •       The Coherence Award – Best Film Find of 2015
  •       The Best and Worst Trailer
  •        The Fantastic Five - What are our Top 5 films of 2015?

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2016 upcoming movie releases are the topic this week as we look at as many films as we can, big and small, for this new year. Batman v Superman, Captain America Civil War, Star Wars Rogue One, The Girl On The Train, Star Trek Beyond, The Jungle Book, Passengers, and many more! Grab a pen and paper, we're helping you plan an entire year of cinematic adventures during our 2016 Movie Release Extravaganza!

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