This week, we are reviewing The Boy and the Heron. We also discuss our favorite Studio Ghibli films and whether animated films should be eligible for Best Picture AS WELL AS Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments. For some movies, a bonus episode that is full of spoilers will drop a few days later. 

Review of 

• Director, writer, and cast provided by IMDb.com
• IMDb.com Synopsis: A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
• RATINGS:
  • 96% RT critic 
  • 91% RT audience
  • 92 Metascore, 
  • 7.6 IMDb user score
  • 4.0 Letterboxd, 
• RELEASE location / DATE: In theaters everywhere

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc….

Topic

• Favorite Studio Ghibli films
  • Matt: My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies/The Wind Rises
  • Jon: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Porco Rosso
• Should animated films be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar as well as in the animated category?

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• The Horror Show, Nightmare on Film Street, Double Toasted
• Leave the World Behind, Eileen

Jon’s consumption

• Perfect Days, The Taste of Things, The Color Purple, Finestkind, Wish, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2, Black Christmas (2006), The Grinch, P2, Tokyo Godfathers,  Memory, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone, Christmas Evil, Holiday Inn
• Letterkenny S12

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