The Movies

Feb 02 2025 175 ep. 37 mins
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I'm Daniel Berrios. This is my journey to learn about the art form I adore, one review, interview, editorial at a time. Take care of yourselves and each other, because we, all of us, keep the movies alive.

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S4E9. Best Picture Showcase - THE BRUTALIST dir. Brady Corbet

Feb 02 2025 32 mins  
Welcome to the Best Picture Showcase, a miniseries on THE MOVIES where I review each nominee for this year's Academy Award for Best Picture. With each installment, I hope to answer the following: 1) What's the movie about? 2) What's it feel like to sit through the movie? 3) Did I like it? 4) Should it and will it win Best Picture? What's my current ranking of the n

S4E8. Interview | ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS Director John Makens

Jan 30 2025 16 mins  
I interview John Makens, the director of ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS. The 81-year-old graphic designer Jim Phillips may not be instantly recognizable, his art - the "Screaming Hand," the "red dot" Santa Cruz Skateboards logo, the myriad of custom skateboarding full-board decals, the cartoonish California outdoor mosaics, the rock posters for the lik

S4E7. ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS (2025) dir. John Makens

Jan 30 2025 22 mins  
Jim Phillips is an artist whose cartoonish mosaics of California outdoor life have informed public understanding and appreciation of skateboarding, surfing, hot rod and rock music cultures. In ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS, documentarian John Makens tells his story, from the times when Phillips sketched for fiberglas companies amidst a surfer party lifestyle to when Santa

S4E6. Listener Request | DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) dir. George A. Romero

Jan 26 2025 37 mins  
On this episode of The Movies, I fulfill another listener request! My buddy Jarrett Barnard sent me a stone-cold classic to cover: 1978's DAWN OF THE DEAD, directed by George A. Romero. Widely regarded as the best of Romero's DEAD franchise, this film about a group of survivors waiting out the zombie apocalypse inside a shopping mall is a hallmark moment for horror fans, be

S4E5. The 2025 Oscars Nominations

Jan 24 2025 27 mins  
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards dropped yesterday morning to the usual flurry of praise and disappointment. (No BABYGIRL? Academy, you will ROT.) Today, I list the Best Picture nominees along with their other nominations, discuss some other movies that jumped out at me and set the stage for the Best Picture Showcase. Before the ceremony on March 2nd, I'll be coverin

S4E4. Interview | BIRDEATER directors Jack Clark & Jim Weir

Jan 12 2025 34 mins  
On this episode, I interview BIRDEATER directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir. The movie, about a bride-to-be invited to her fiance's unhinged bachelor party, has taken Australian audiences by storm since its Sydney Film Festival premiere in 2023. Featuring at Melbourne International Film Festival & SXSW, the movie's garnered audience and critical praise, culminating (as of the time

S4E3. BIRDEATER (2025) dir. Jack Clark & Jim Weir

Jan 10 2025 38 mins  
In Jack Clark and Jim Weir's BIRDEATER, a Aussie bride-to-be (Shabana Azeez) is invited to her fiance's (Mackenzie Fearnley) "bucks party" - a bachelor party to us in the States, but god, doesn't that just sound cooler? She's not alone, as one of the boys also brings his girlfriend to this cabin in the Outback, but it's more of a friend-of-a-friend situation. Drinks flow, silliness

S4E2. The 2024 Movies That Stuck With Me

Jan 06 2025 150 mins  
Sticking with a season-opening tradition, here are the 2024 movies that stuck with me! These are the films I thought about on drives to work and during showers, the ones about which I'd wax poetically to any captive audience I could muster. They made me weep and cackle. They made me whoop with joy. Art requires reflection; this is the cinema I reflected upon most last year. --- (in

S4E1. The Movies: Season 4

Dec 27 2024 12 mins  
Welcome to Season 4 of The Movies! It's wild to think this will be my fourth year reviewing movies, interviewing critics, authors and filmmakers, waxing poetic over the majesty of one Rachel McAdams. This episode sees me addressing the state of my union, sharing goals for the new year (interview Danny Boyle for 28 YEARS LATER, because dear JESUS, that trailer) and thanking everyon

S3E55. Listener Requests | FREDDY VS. JASON (2003) dir. Ronny Yu

Nov 24 2024 38 mins  
FREDDY VS. JASON brings together two titans of '80s horror: Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) and Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger). In a bid to regain his strength through surging fear through the souls of Elm Street, Freddy manipulates Jason to doing some killing on his behalf. However, when Jason starts taking the credit and hacking through more of the available body count, Freddy gr