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by Josh and Jack Muller
Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, or even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of a ”top five,” ranging from serious film criticism to whimsical anecdotes. And finally at the end of each episode, we have our main top five list, which we have deemed the short list. Come for the short list and stay for the long list. Nothing we say will ever be the end all be all. On the contrary, we hope it will encourage similar conversations with you and your friends. We have a lot of fun and we hope you will too.
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- 4 days ago1h 26m
Ep 79: Best Character Entrances and Best Conversations In Movies
We're back doing some secret lists. Jack and Josh each brought a long list pertaining to movies that is a surprise to the other. These are always fun and we get some live reactions to the lists in real time. We like these episodes and will keep coming back to them every couple of months or so. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- 1 weeks ago2h 1m
Ep 78: Tough Sells, Hot Takes and Guilty Pleasures
Josh and Jack are joined by two guests this week, Guy Blelloch and Adam Murray are both back to talk about 5 movies that could be classified as a tough sell, a guilty pleasure or contains a hot take we want to get off our chest. It's always fun when these guys are back on The Longlist and even more fun as a rare four person episode. We all had a great time making it, hope you have a great time listening to it. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- 2 weeks ago1h 47m
Ep 77: Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! Josh and Jack discuss everyone's *some people's* favorite holiday and all that it entails, with several movie and pop culture lists throughout. We also discuss the phenomenon that is You Can See Everything. We highly recommend you go see it. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- 3 weeks ago1h 43m
Ep 76: Tom Cruise Top 10
It's a momentous day here on The Longlist. In honor of his new film, Digger, Josh and Jack are doing a whole episode on the enigmatic powerhouse movie star that is Tom Cruise. Love him or hate him (shame on you, if you hate him) his filmography is pretty undeniable. Join us for a lengthy discussion on Digger, his impact on the film landscape, his past and continued star prowess and, of course, we rank our top ten favorite movies of his career. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- Oct 13, 20261h 8m
Ep 75: Pretty Woman
Jack has the week off so for this episode, Josh is joined by his lovely wife, Rebecca. This episode is all about the undeniable 90s classic (and Rebecca's FAVORITE movie) Pretty Women. What a film. It catapulted the career of one of our most endearing movie stars, revived the career of another and helped redefine a genre. Pretty Woman is iconic and we had a blast talking about it. Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- Oct 6, 20261h 37m
Ep 74: Vacation Recap Wildcard
Josh is back from vacation and created an episode revolving around some of his favorite aspects of the trip. And of course there are some movie lists as well. Jack was given no prep, no doc, he was just told to show up. Part of this is to give Jack a break because he held down the fort with two solo episodes (much respect), and the other part was just to keep jack on his toes with no prep. Enjoy! Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)
- Sep 30, 202644 min
Ep. 73: Top 25 Uses of Weather In Movies
Jack once again braves the solo pod. This week, after sharing some takes on his recent viewings of films that have come out this year, he explores the use of weather in movies. Weather can obviously occur in, or prominently affect, any film. Sometimes it's a plot point, sometimes it's a character of its own. Sometimes it just looks good. Jack gives his top 25 of whatever the weather is calling for.
- Sep 15, 20261h 10m
Ep 72: One Battle After Another
This week Jack attempts the unthinkable: Solo Pod! He also decided to take on a film with hella characters, scenes, and set pieces. The film is a thrilling, hilarious, politically charged, and a searing testament to what's happening everyday, all around us...Good luck, Jack! One Battle was an instant classic for the Muller Bros. Jack aims to do it justice. OCEAN WAVES!
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About The Longlist
Here at The Longlist, we celebrate movies and other pop culture through the storied art of rankings. There are no wrong answers. There are no bad opinions. And hot takes are always encouraged. We love movies and we love talking about them even more. Throughout each episode we’ll dissect a given topic, be it a director, actor, genre, studio, or even just a single movie that we really want to deep dive. And the way we really break down each topic is through a series of rankings, usually in the form of a ”top five,” ranging from serious film criticism to whimsical anecdotes. And finally at the end of each episode, we have our main top five list, which we have deemed the short list. Come for the short list and stay for the long list. Nothing we say will ever be the end all be all. On the contrary, we hope it will encourage similar conversations with you and your friends. We have a lot of fun and we hope you will too.
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