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Top Five Songs from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga with Zev Behar and Michaela Hertz

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The unplanned hiatus is over and we are back! (Look, sometimes, I’m tired, man.) This week is very exciting because we’re heading into the denouement of season four and we have five certified bangers here. We start off with a podcast all about the best songs from the unexpectedly amazing movie, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. It was an incredible cinematic experience for all and it will be such a delight to break down the music that hails from it! Joining me for this is wickedly talented Zev Behar, making his sixth appearance on the show, and the podcast’s white whale (five years in the making), Michaela Hertz! I love them both and I loved getting to share the love with them. Ja Ja Ding Dong to all!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five – 2022 Edition!

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Welcome to 2023! As we always do for the first episode of the year, we’re going over the top five of many things from 2022. Whether it’s podcasts, books, television shows, albums, or movies, we’re covering them here! What were the best from each category in 2022? Check out this podcast and Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar for fully deep dives into all of that! Back to regularly scheduled programming next week. Love to all! Happy New Year!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

Dave Wheelroute’s The Television Project: 100 Favorite Shows is now finished!

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Top Five Spider-Man Portrayals on Screen with Lena Sheldon

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We are rapidly approaching the one year anniversary of Spider-Man: No Way Home, so it’s only logical to devote the 101st episode to lots of Spider-Man talk! A friend from all the way back to fifth grade, Lena Sheldon, joins the episode this week for her first ever appearance! And she brings all of her expertise on everyone’s favorite web-crawler/wall-slinger, Peter Parker/Miles Morales/Gwen Stacy/etc. We discuss the best Spider-Man portrayals we’ve ever seen on screen (movies, television, theme parks, and more included. Not comics. Sorry, Ditko.) and spend some time reminiscing on our favorites. With great podcasts come great responsibilities.

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Pixar Movies with Ryan Foley and Kristin

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Congratulations to Stevie on winning the Twitter poll for last week’s Disney movie draft! Why not keep the good times rolling ahead of the D23 Expo this weekend with the best Pixar movies? In a nearly two year old episode, recorded after the release of Soul (hence why there’s no Turning Red, Lightyear, or Luca discussion), Ryan Foley and KL return to talk about the best cinematic offerings from one of the best animation studios to ever do it! Pixar is responsible for high quality movies and it’s nearly impossible to rank them, but if you cook up a top five, feel free to send them along! See if you can top what Ryan and I were capable of!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Disney Movies with Brett, Stevie, and Pappy Malcolm from Spoilers!

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This is not your average top five list! This is a special top five list! Because it’s not a list at all. It’s a draft! The first ever draft comes to Goodbye Mello Brick Road and it is a metric ton of fun. Brett, Stevie, and Pappy Malcolm take a break from the excellent Spoilers! podcast to venture down the Mello Brick Road and discuss some Disney movies! The best part? It’s in draft format! Five picks per person! I was first exposed to Spoilers! through Disney so it’s only right to convene again like this. Enjoy!

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Check out the lists Brett made on Letterboxd to see our draft selections and be sure to vote in the Twitter poll tomorrow! I’ll probably put it on Instagram stories, too! Here’s Brett’s list, Pappy’s list, Stevie’s list, and my list.

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Most Anticipated MCU Projects with Ryan Foley

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Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taken us to new heights – and to new streaming services. After movies like Black Widow, Shang-Chi, Eternals, and Spider-Man: No Way Home and series like WandaVision, Loki, and Hawkeye gave us a hint as to where we’re going after Avengers: Endgame, it made complete sense to follow up on an idea from longtime guest, Ryan Foley! Making his eleventh appearance on the podcast (wowza!), Ryan joins for a LIVE! And IN PERSON podcast! We count down our top five most anticipated MCU projects, as of January 26, 2022. You know. Long before we knew about Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. But we work with what we got! Love to all and Ryan!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five – 2021 Edition!

From Alternate Endings

Oh my god, we’re back again. After about a year and a half hiatus (look, man, things were busy, okay?), Goodbye Mello Brick Road has returned to your podcast feeds and your ears! Season four is long awaited and has long been teased and now we’re kicking it off! The first step is easing in, though. To do that, we’re just doing a quick solo outing. Just to get our footing, you know? It’s the best of 2021! Join me as I count down my five favorite movies, books, television shows, albums, sports moments, podcasts, tweets, and more from 2021. It was quite a year, but it’s good to be back and discussing the best of a year when we haven’t checked in on each other in a while. Season four is going to be the best year for the show yet and I can’t wait to explore new formats and guests with you all, as well as our returning favorites. Love to all!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five – 2020 Edition!

From Business Insider

It’s that time of the year again! We’re running through some of the best that 2020 had to offer. We’re counting down the top five movies, books, podcasts, television shows, sports moments, and albums of the year. What could be better than that, baby? Solo pod for this, as always, and stay tuned for another surprise – coming in February! Yeehaw! Ja ja ding dong!

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Movies That Teach Us About Love and Ourselves with Julianna Gallagher

From IMDB

The romance genre isn’t just about meet-cutes, serendipity, and falling in love. It’s a wide range of storytelling that includes rom-coms, musicals, and – in some cases – stories of a marriage falling apart. No matter what the story is that’s being told in a romance movie, there’s something in there that can teach us a little more about ourselves and a little more about love. That’s the expert analysis brought to the table by Julianna Gallagher, who suggested both the topic and the title! Making her second appearance on Goodbye Mello Brick Road, Julianna cements her status as an all-time great by getting in the weeds on some in-depth, thoughtful, reflective conversations about what movies have to teach us about ourselves and about our love lives. She’s one of the most incredible people on this planet so her opinions and takes will always be the most valuable a podcast like this can offer. Thanks, Julianna!

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Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Fast and Furious Movies with Hector Servin

From Screendaily

It’s been a long time without you, my friend. That is, it’s been over a year since Hobbs & Shaw came out! And we’ve had no Fast and Furious movies in the interim. How terrible! With the ninth installment of the main vehicle in the franchise delayed until 2021, it was time to take a look back on the movies we’ll have to rewatch to get out Fast fix. That is why the venerable Hector Servin has stopped by the podcast once again! This time, we’re going further than Fast and Furious characters by examining Fast and Furious movies! There’s some real gems in there, but your mileage may vary. Just live a quarter-mile at a time instead.

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Dave Wheelroute also started a podcast, Anatomy of a Trading Card! It tells the story of Brian Downing’s 1977 Topps baseball card.

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Little Women Scenes with Kate Rose and Julianna Gallagher

From The New York Times

“I want to be great or nothing.” That’s one of the driving sentiments of the 2019 adaptation of Little Women, as directed by Greta Gerwig. This also just happens to be one of the greatest movies ever made! Saoirse Ronan plays Jo, Emma Watson portrays Meg, Florence Pugh is Amy, and Eliza Scanlen brings Beth to life (and death). The whole film is just pure brilliance that appeals to literary minds, romantic hearts, and everything in between. That’s why it was imperative for me to talk with two people who have massive minds and hearts: Kate Rose and Julianna Gallagher! Kate makes her return and Julianna makes her debut to discuss Little Women, specifically the five best scenes from it! They are both such lovely people and it resulted in one of my favorite podcasts ever. The whole thing just makes the heart happy!

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Dave Wheelroute also started a podcast, Anatomy of a Trading Card! It tells the story of Brian Downing’s 1977 Topps baseball card.

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Movies from the Late 1980s and Early 1990s with Courtney Campbell

From The Hollywood Reporter

I am very happy to announce that Courtney Campbell is this week’s guest! Making her third appearance on the podcast, Courtney stops by to talk about her favorite movies from the late 1980s and the early 1990s. The parameters for this are loose so don’t be surprised to see some of your favorite films included! This time was an era for John Hughes comedies, high-concept sci-fis, and some of the most acclaimed fantasies! But the decades are always versatile and filled with talented filmmakers and performers. Courtney, a major lover of film, is exceedingly qualified to talk about this topic and it always makes me so happy to reconnect with her!

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Dave Wheelroute also started a podcast, Anatomy of a Trading Card! It tells the story of Brian Downing’s 1977 Topps baseball card.

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

Add your voice to the call for the New Deal for Nature and help endangered species! And stay healthy and safe!

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Top Five Muppets with Pappy Malcolm

From Muppet Mindset

It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to get things started on Goodbye Mello Brick Road tonight! This week, Pappy Malcolm continues the GMBR/Spoilers! mega-podcast crossover event by appearing on the show to talk about the best Muppets! The Muppets themselves, Fraggle Rock, Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, Labyrinth, Sesame Street. The world of Muppets is vast and it was quite hard to narrow down! But there’s fun to be had for fans of every corner of the Jim Henson realm. After all, no one talks Muppets better than the splendidly talented and generously kind Pappy Malcolm!

Listen to Pappy Malcolm’s podcast, Spoilers! I appeared on May 4’s Mulan episode. It’s a great listen with fun movie talk!

Dave Wheelroute also started a podcast, Anatomy of a Trading Card! It tells the story of Brian Downing’s 1977 Topps baseball card.

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Ryan Gosling Movies with Hector Servin

From GQ

He’s a dreamer. He’s a financial analyst. He’s a driver. He can do it all! We’re talking, of course, about Ryan Gosling, one of the most versatile and funniest actors of his generation. Not to mention, in addition to all of this, Ryan Gosling is the most attractive man who ever lived in the entire world. So it makes perfect sense that his movies would receive their own podcast! Join me and Hector Servin as we count down the five greatest Ryan Gosling movies, in each of our own opinions. I promise you, there are some definite surprises in store.

Check out Hector Servin’s brand new podcast, Try Again! It makes for an excellent listen!

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. It includes a short story about Gosling, too! All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

Add your voice to the call for the New Deal for Nature and help endangered species! And stay healthy and safe!

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Top Five Tom Cruise Movies with Tyler Clardy

From Navy Times

Top Gun: Maverick may have been delayed until Christmas, but that does not mean that we cannot celebrate Tom Cruise right now anyway! This week, the splendiferous Tyler Clardy joins Goodbye Mello Brick Road to talk about one of his favorite actors, Tom Cruise! There are no movies like Tom Cruise movies and it was great to follow through on this promise to discuss the incredible actor with someone as fantastic as Tyler. No matter which Tom Cruise movie you love best, there is no denying that there is one for everyone! You had me at Tom.

Check out Tyler’s review of BoJack Horseman on The Daily Collegian website!

Paradigms as a Second Language by Dave Wheelroute is available now! It is a collection of short stories and personal essays that will delight readers of all sensibilities. All proceeds Dave Wheelroute receives will go to the Worcester County Food Bank and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, in equal measure!

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Top Five Harry Potter Characters with Alex Monaco

From BuddyBits

How have we not done Harry Potter on this podcast yet? We’re 55 episodes into the run! Well, now is as good a time as any. That story is a ray of light in a dark world and right now, when the world is on fire, why not focus on something that can make us happy? I can think of no better ray of light to bring onto the show for this truly insane week than Alex Monaco! She is the perfect person to talk to during times like this and she is also the perfect person to talk to about Harry Potter! It’s a book series with so many incredible characters and I hope we can bring you some light in your life today!

“Parting” by Emily Dickinson

My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,
So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.

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Top Five Movies with the Best Cinematography with Matt Zabita

From Pinterest

You cannot have a movie without cinematography! This is a core philosophy that is understood, not only by myself, but also by my very special guest, Matt Zabita of the X-S Press podcast! It is the most ambitious podcast crossover event in history and the episode meets those lofty expectations. We count down the movies we feel have the best cinematography throughout history. And boy do we just talk about some lovely films! You’ll love listening!

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Top Five Songs from the Mamma Mia! Movies with Jordan Masterson

From Entertainment Weekly

Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again are two of the greatest musicals ever made! So who is better to talk about the music from these amazing films than the wonderful Jordan Masterson? Jordan and I go through our love for these movies and for ABBA as we rank the best songs from these movies. Honestly, though, my love for the songs fluctuates all the time! Since recording this, I’ve been listening to “When I Kissed the Teacher” more after Jordan’s glowing recommendation. That is the best way to describe these movies, this music, and this episode, after all. Glowing!

Enjoy this episode, posted the day before Valentine’s Day, as a celebration of the love and romance that is palpable throughout both films!

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Top Five Oscar Predictions with Courtney Campbell and Tom Kendrick

From Parade

The 92nd Academy Awards are this Sunday and that means it’s time to make some predictions! Joining me to do so are Courtney Campbell, making her second appearance on the show, and Tom Kendrick, making his debut! They are some of the kindest people and they also make for excellent prognosticators for this year’s awards ceremony. Listen in to hear official predictions (and some wishful thinking) for the screenplay, acting, directing, animated, and feature categories! It’s safe to say that Courtney is rooting for Judy, Tom is rooting for Marriage Story, and I am pulling for Little Women all the way.

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Top Five Directors with Zev Behar

From MSN

The Oscars are next weekend so movies are on everyone’s mind. After all, 2019 was such a great year for film, as a whole. And who better to talk about film with than Zev Behar, who is making his second appearance on the podcast? We cover a wide gamut of topics, including our favorite filmmakers. Don’t be surprised to hear names like Greta Gerwig, Wes Anderson, and Paul Thomas Anderson come up! With guests like Zev, who are lovely and wonderful and beams of light, you never know what you might discuss next!

Check out Zev’s work over at The Mickey Mindset! He gives such great movie reviews.

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Top Five Marvel Movies with Ryan Foley

From Inverse

Making his fourth appearance on the podcast is the hilarious kindred spirit of mine known as Ryan Foley! Ryan might be the biggest Marvel fan I know, which makes this topic perfect for his talents. We count down our five favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, as of the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home! It is an uproariously special time of reflection on the Infinity Saga. We also talk a little about the tug-of-war between Sony and Disney over the rights to Tom Holland’s version of Spider-Man. Do it up!

Top Five Marvel Characters!

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Top Five – 2019 Edition!

From Letterboxd

Every year with this podcast, it is tradition to kick off a new beginning by reflecting on what came before. This podcast is meant to celebrate the best of 2019! From athletes to albums to books to movies to podcasts to television shows, it’s all here! It’s the only solo-cast I do each year and this edition bring us some excellent things to talk about. The Patriots winning the Super Bowl! Little Women! Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers! Game of Thrones and Veep having their final seasons! It’s all here and it’s glorious.

A full list can be found at my online Medium journal, Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar!

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Top Five Ways to Relate The Wizard of Oz to Mental Health Issues with Courtney Campbell

From Reel Life with Jane

In a very special and intricate episode, Dave welcomes Courtney Campbell to discuss the top five ways to connect The Wizard of Oz to mental health issues. The idea was completely Courtney’s and she brings a lot of insights to the podcast! If you’ve ever wondered if the movie had more beneath the surface or adored Judy Garland, then this is definitely the podcast for you.

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Top Five Horror Movies with Dad

Happy Halloween, everyone! In the second annual Halloween-themed episode of Goodbye Mello Brick Road, I am joined by my very own father, Joseph Mello! Of course, if I am talking to my dad on Halloween, there is really only one topic that could come up and that’s horror movies. Perhaps no one adores horror movies than he does and I was very happy to get in the weeds about the spooky and the scary with him in honor of the holiday. From sharks in the sea to psychopaths in hotels to escaped murderers in a small town, this episode is sure to send shivers down your spine!

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Top Five D23 Expo 2019 Announcements with Kristin

In episode three of season two, Disney expert Kristin returns to the podcast to talk about the best announcements from the D23 Expo, which took place back in August 2019. From theme park renovations at Epcot to a slew of new movie announcements to the showcase of the new Disney+ streaming service, the Expo was a big deal this year! No one is better to break it all down than Kristin.

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Top Five Movies Nominated for Best Picture Since 2009 with Nicole Mello

The Oscars are this Sunday and my sister, Nicole Mello, and I are talking about them! Ten years ago, they changed the amount of movies that can be nominated for Best Picture from five to ten after the snub of The Dark Knight was viewed as egregious. Now, the first comic book movie to reap the benefits of this rule change, Black Panther, has been nominated for Best Picture! Therefore, a year after we discussed the Wakanda-based superhero phenomenon, Nicole rejoins the show to discuss some of our favorite movies that have been nominated for the main award in that time.

My full predictions for the 91st Academy Awards can be read over on Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar!

You can also hear me on Matt Zabita’s podcast, The X-S Press Podcast, where I am interviewed about my time working at Walt Disney World! Do it up!

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Top Five Fast and Furious Characters with Naomi Parker

Naomi Parker joins the podcast once again this week as she and I discuss our five favorite characters in the Fast and Furious movie franchise. From The Fast and the Furious to The Fate of the Furious to this year’s spin-off, Hobbs and Shaw, there are plenty of characters to choose from! Listen in as I lovingly reconnect with one of my best friends in the whole world and we discuss this wonderful disasterpiece of a film series together!

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Top Five – 2018 Edition

In the second annual Year in Review episode, I take it solo to deliver my five favorite movies, television shows, albums, books, and podcasts of the year! Full write-ups can be found on the digital diary, Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar.

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Top Five Time Travel Movies with Stephanie Sarkis

There are so many different genres of film, but in these, you can find even more specific playgrounds. Time travel movies can be comedic, dramatic, sci-fi (obviously), and more. In this week’s episode, Dave and Nerds in Love’s own Stephanie Sarkis break down their five favorite time travel movies ever made. Did your favorite make the cut? Take a listen to this episode (recorded in the past) to find out!

Stephanie Sarkis, best-selling author and PhD of psychology, has a new book! Gaslighting: Recognize Manipulative and Emotionally Abusive People – and Break Free is available now!

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Top Five Black Panther Moments with Nicole Mello

This week, Dave saw Black Panther so he tasked someone he knew who loved it just as much as he did, Nicole Mello (who now becomes the first ever recurring guest on the podcast), to discuss the five best moments from the film. Wakanda Forever!

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Top Five – 2017 Edition

Dave is flying solo this week as he counts down some of the best things in 2017, including books, albums, podcast episodes, television shows, and movies! That’s right everybody, there’s a whole lot of culture to absorb during this episode. You can read through every list here. You can see my entire Letterboxd list here.

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Top Five Movie Sequels with Kurtis Smejkal

After a week’s hiatus, Dave returns to the podcast with a stunning episode that features the host of Three Angry Nerds, Kurtis Smejkal, joining to count down the five best movie sequels ever made, in their humble opinions. From boxing movies to space epics, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode to see if your favorite movie sequel made the cut.

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Top Five Songs from The Greatest Showman with Shelby Miller

This week, Dave welcomes one of his closest friends, Shelby Miller (not the Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher), because they saw The Greatest Showman together and they have been listening to the soundtrack nonstop! From the vocal talents of Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams to the dancing expertise of Zac Efron and Zendaya, any song has the potential to crack either of their top fives.

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Top Five Star Wars Characters with Lach

This week, Dave comes back a bit earlier than expected because he saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi with his dear friend, Lach, and the two just had to discuss the movie while also counting down their top five Star Wars characters. Will Greedo make the list? What about Watto? Maybe. Just maybe.

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