Movies with Murray Andrew Murray

It's Movies with Murrays as Andrew is joined by his wife Kyler to discuss the 2022 Academy Award hopefuls. They run through what Andrew believes are the 10 most likely nominees for Best Picture, with Kyler providing her takes and insights into the years field. Then, they talk about other films they think could be or should be nominated, before discussing predictions for the Directing and Acting categories.

It's a very special, very Murray Christmas episode as Andrew is joined by Nashville's own Adam Pate to discuss the Chevy Chase Christmas Classic. They run through some of the movie's best moments and consider how their appreciation for its jokes have changed as they've gotten older. They also talk about one of the movie's most eccentric characters, Cousin Eddie, and the similarly eccentric actor that portrays him.

Just in time for the highly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home, Andrew is joined by pal Brett Fink to discuss the MCU! They begin with an introduction to Brett and his background reading comics before talking about the early years of Marvel adaptations (8:00) and how the 2008 Iron Man further changed the game. They also touch on some of the criticism comic book movies have gotten recently (18:00) before jumping into Brett's top 5 MCU movies (25:00).

It's a Halloween themed Spooktacular as Andrew is joined by his pal Ryan to discuss the colonial New England horror masterpiece The Witch. The pair talk about the film's creepy atmosphere, historical themes, and the breakout performance of Anya Taylor-Joy (2:47) before taking a short break so Andrew can give his review of the latest Bond entry, No Time to Die (52:43). Finally, Ryan rejoins the podcast to discuss The Witch's shocking conclusion in a spoiler-filled end to their conversation (59:03). 

We are back! Host Andrew Murray teases what listeners can expect in the next batch of episodes before giving his favorite films of 2021 so far and an in depth rundown of the slate of releases left on the calendar. 

Recently turned 30 year old Ian Hadley joins the podcast to discuss his favorite film, 2005's V for Vendeta, based on the Alan Moore graphic novels. Ian and Andrew discuss the film's legacy a decade and a half later, what it has to say about our current socio-political climate, and consider whether in the ends justify V's means. 

Full spoilers around the 30:00 mark.