It's the 2025 Movie Food Awards Show! Hear which 2025 film took home Best Kiss, Best Needle Drop, Best Action Sequence, Best Hat, Worst Twist, and so many more!  5:00 Appetizers: Rob Reiner and Andy Rehfeldt’s Radio Disney "Break Stuff" 11:00 Minor Observations of Film in 2025 14:00 the 2025 Movie Food Awards 16:00 Ken Jeong “Try Hard” Award 20:30 Worst Twist Award 25:00 Best Kiss 28:30 Best Kill 34:00 Best Emotions 39:30 Best Action Sequence 45:00 Best Food 48:00 Best Needle Drop 52:30 Line of the Year 56:00 Best Hat 58:30 Best Competition 59:30 Best Techno 1:00:00 Best Prop 1:03:30 Best Family Corner 1:07:00 Best Guest Moment 1:10:00 Surprise MFer!! Award 1:16:00 Secret MVP 1:19:00 I Saw Myself In You Award 1:27:30 Honorable Mentions Round Up 1:38:00 Carlo’s Top 5 Films of 2025   Andy Rehfeldt's Radio Disney Break Stuff Check out Carlo on My Picture House Podcast Check out Steve talking Interview with the Vampire on That's Da Bomb, Yo! Follow Carlo on Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPod

JR joins Carlo & Steve to discuss Jackie Chan's Fearless Hyena II (1983). We break down Lazy Guy, the incoherence of this narrative, and where this ranks in our Jackie Chan rankings. All with an episode of Filipino Time mixed in. Weird movie, weird pod! Check out Steve talking Interview with the Vampire on That's Da Bomb, Yo! Follow Carlo on Letterboxed: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodSteve's Mosh Pit YouTube Channel: Pit Hits

WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UoV8V2X99s Lots of fun extra in the YouTube version. It's the 2024 Movie Food Awards Show & our podcast finale! Hear which 2024 (or 1984) film took home Best Kiss, Best Needle Drop, Best Action Sequence, Best Hat, Worst Twist, and so many more! We also hear from past guests, including Bill Scurry, Martin Kessler & Petros Papadakis, and also get Carlo & Steve's favorites of the year.  First we discuss why we are hanging up our Pod Mics and what's next. 17:00 In our Appetizers, we do a Jingle Roll Call. 24:00 An important Correction & Retraction 34:00 The last Scott Take 38:00 Movie Food News and a tribute to David Lynch 57:00 The Main Course: the 2024 Movie Food Awards Show 1:00:00 Ken Jeong “Try Hard” Award 1:09:00 Worst Twist 1:17:30 Brandon Boozer’s Favorite 2024 Film 1:19:30 Best Kiss 1:22:00 Best Kill 1:25:00 Bill Scurry’s Top 2024 Films 1:28:30 Best Emotions 1:36:30 Best Action Sequence 1:41:30 Petros Papadakis’ Favorite Film from last year 1:44:30 Best Sex Scene 1:53:00 Heather Baxendale Walsh’s Favorite 2024 Films 1:55:30 Best Food 1:57:00 Best Needle Drop 2:03:00 Best Hat 2:04:30 Jamie Lynch’s Favorite 1984 Film 2:10:00 Best Competition 2:12:00 Best Techno 2:12:15 Best Prop 2:15:00 Jacob Rivera’s Family Movie Round Up 2:20:00 Best Family Corner Film 2:23:30 Martin Kessler’s Parting Sentiments 2:25:30 Best Guest Moment 2:28:00 Surprise MF-er Award 2:31:00 Kai Parker’s Favorite 2024 Films 2:32:30 I Saw Myself In You Award 2:38:30 FRIDGE PURGE, Including Steve’s Top 4 Family Corner Films & Favorite 2024 Films 2:40:30 Carlo’s Canon: Top 2024 Films 2:44:00 Wine Pairings for… Movie Food? 2:48:30 Is Movie Food a Keeper? PODCAST PAIRINGS: Bill Scurry's I Don't Get ItZebras in America w/ Marcus PinnPetros & Money ShowFlixwise Podcast w/ Martin KesslerMy Picture House Podcast, w/ Jamie LynchWrong ReelFilm '89 PodcastBitch Let's Talk Trash w/ Jade LindleyThat's Da Bomb Yo w/ Jason SotoWord of Hellmouth Podcast w/ Heather Baxendale WalshMe & We PodcastMen on Film PodcastBoring Film Reviews w/ David Boring NOTES Dancing to Radiohead in the Desert SunsetFollow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Carlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/Steve's Mosh Pit YouTube Channel: Pit Hits

We cap off our 1984 Season w/ a Winter Buffet of ’84 films! The great Martin Kessler (The Pink Smoke Podcast) helps Carlo dig into a large number of movie appetizers and bring this season to a (near) close. This pod has it all… including: 12:00 Martin’s cameo in Boondock Saints 22:00 Amadeus 29:00 Yellow Earth 33:00 The Killing Fields 38:00 Choose Me 46:00 Dune 58:00 Muppets Take Manhattan 1:01:00 Vigil 1:03:00 Frankenweenie (short) 1:08:00 Red Dawn 1:17:00 My Friend Ivan Lapshin 1:27:30 Blood Simple 1:40:00 Once Upon a Time in America 2:03:00 Ninja III: The Domination 2:11:00 Night of the Comet 2:16:00 Return of Godzilla 2:19:00 La Femme Publique 2:25:00 The Element of Crime 2:37:00 Starman 2:42:00 Wheels on Meals 2:47:00 2010: The Year We Make Contact 2:48:00 The Last Starfighter 2:51:00 Star Trek III 3:04:00 Reckless 3:10:00 Under the Volcano 3:11:00 Threads, Comfort and Joy 3:12:00 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 3:17:00 Paris, Texas 3:45:00 Favorite Films of 1984   Follow Martin on X @MovieKessler The Pink Smoke Pod @thepinksmoke Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Carlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/

Amanda (WMassLiberty) is back for our final 1984 deep dive! She joins Carlo to discuss Streets of Fire, from director Walter Hill. But first in our Appetizers (7:30), Carlo & Amanda discuss Yasujirō Ozu, Criterion's fall off, The Beast (2024), Sometimes I Think about Dying (2023), She is Conann (2023), Get Away (2024), and Dinner in America (2020). 18:30 The Main Course: Streets of Fire (1984, director Walter Hill, Diane Lane, Michael Pare) 1:42:00 Is this a Keeper? And Walter Hill Rankings 1:45:30 Wine Pairings Follow Amanda on X @WMassLiberty Amanda's Letterboxd @WMassLiberty Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Carlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/

CP2 is back!!! In today's ep, Cristina Politano (CP2) joins Carlo (CP1) to discuss 1984's The Pope of Greenwich Village (starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts and Geraldine Page). But first in our Appetizers (2:45), they discuss Bram Stoker's Dracula, giallo cinema, and Leos Carax. 11:00 The Main Course: a discussion of The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, directed by Stuart Rosenberg) 1:14:00 Is this a Keeper? 1:15:00 Wine Pairings for The Pope of Greenwich Village Watch the ep on YOUTUBE Follow Cristina on X @monalisavitti on Letterboxd @monalisavittii/ and Cristina's Substack  Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Carlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/

Bill Scurry is BACK!!! Carlo is joined by Bill to discuss the 1984 John Sayles classic "The Brother from Another Planet". But first in Appetizers, Bill and Carlos discuss Satoshi and Shohei Ohtani, the I Don’t Get It Podcast, blazers...16:30 BSS: The Bill Scurry Special25:00 Reverse Scott Take: Sean Baker   1:01:00 Main Course: The Brother from Another Planet (1984, director John Sayles)2:22:30 Wine Pairings 2:33:00 Sayles Film Rankings   Bill's Twitter @williamscurryBill's Podcast I Don't Get It Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood   Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Karlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/ This episode is proudly brought to you by Cerveza Cristal

Our 1984 journey continues with what is arguably the crown jewel of such an excellent movie year: Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise. Karlokino couldn’t have found a better guest discuss the film with, the eloquent Marcus Pinn, who matches his admiration for Jim Jarmusch. They also touch upon his other work and the journey of discovery, and they bring up Ghost Dog a few times. In our Appetizers (11:00), Karlo asks Marcus what’s the status of Zebras in America, and what he’s been listening to lately. The Main Course (27:00): Stranger Than Fiction (1984, Jim Jarmusch) 1:54:30 Jarmusch Rankings 1:59:30 Wine Pairings for Stranger Than Fiction   Find Marcus at Pinnland Empire On X at @pinnland_empire AND @hokuto_empire History of Stranger Than Paradise on The Pink Smoke Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Karlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/ This episode is proudly brought to you by Cerveza Cristal

Glorious Day! We are back to discuss another 1984 banger in John Cassavetes’ Love Streams. This was a film we had been planning to discuss but then the recent event of Gena Rowlands’ passing made it timely. We are joined by first time guest, Felicia Maroni. In the apps, we discuss her Letterboxd Top Four, the Toronto Film Scene, and talk about Cassavetes’ body of work and what characterizes his filmmaking.(54:00) And in our main course, we discuss Love Streams, and what it means to exuberantly social and frank with your emotions.(2:16:00) And as per usual, we end with the answer of is this a keeper? And our Wine Pairings.   Check out Felicia’s Podcast, Seeing Faces in Movies Felicia on X @CineMaroni Felicia on Letterboxd @Cinemaroni Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Us on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefoodpod/Follow Karlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/ This episode is proudly brought to you by Cerveza Cristal

We celebrate our 50th episode with best friend of the show, Jacob Rivera, as we honor & breakdown 2004's epic documentary: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. James vs. Lars. Bob Rock vs. Time. Therapist Phil vs. the Viewer. This doc has it all. But first in our Appetizers, we reminisce on 50 episodes of Movie Food, find out what films Jacob is watching w/ his family (9:30), and Steve breakdowns the difference between Ella Enchanted (2004) and Enchanted (2007) in the Family Corner (15:00). (18:30) A discussion of our favorite episodes or moments of the pod, and we play a clip from the Venerable Bill Scurry. (33:30) Movie Food News: Challengers soundtrack is out of vinyl (43:00) The Main Course - Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky) (2:06:45) Is this a Keeper? (2:07:00) Wine Pairings  NOTES: St. Sanders Shredding Metallica One Follow Jacob Rivera on Twitter @jratm23Follow Jacob on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jratm23 Support us on Patreon:  /moviefood  Follow Us on X: https://x.com/MovieFoodPodFollow Karlo on LB: https://letterboxd.com/karlokino/Follow Steve on LB: https://letterboxd.com/stevemoviefood/AND Steve's Single "Anger is a Fuel" on Spotify, Apple Music and iHeartRadio. Artist Name is Stolen Valor.Spotify: Stolen Valor - Anger is a Fuel This episode is proudly brought to you by Cerveza Cristal