#mike binder

[thishadoscarbuzz]

235 - The Upside of Anger

Every prestige actress overdue for an Oscar deserves her showcase, and after three Oscar nominations in under a decade, Joan Allen got hers written and directed by her The Contender costar Mike Binder. The Upside of Anger cast Allen as a mother of four whose husband suddenly abandons her, and she finds boozy solace with the former baseball player down the street. The actress earned raves for her all-out performance, along with Kevin Costner as her new lover and compatriot. But the film was a spring release and struggled to get arrested in the awards race, despite a Critics Choice nomination and regional critics wins, despite what is largely seen as an uncompetitive Best Actress field.

This episode, we talk about Joan Allen’s three Oscar nominations and other ones we think she should have received. We also talk about Costner in Baseball Kevin mode, the National Board of Review’s 2005 “excellence in filmmaking” lineup, the film’s underwhelming portrait of siblings, and the 2005 Best Actress race.

Topics also include listeners not being able to tell Chris and Joe apart, Allen’s Tony Award and theatre history, and the maligned The Mind of the Married Man.

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#Joan Allen #Kevin Costner #Mike Binder #Evan Rachel Wood #Keri Russell #Erika Christensen #Alicia Witt #Best Actress #The Upside of Anger #critics choice awards #AARP Movies for Grownups #National Board of Review #Academy Awards #Oscars #movies

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Best Evan Rachel Wood movies and performances:

1. The Wrestler - Darren Aronofsky (2008)

2. Across the Universe - Julie Taymor (2007)

3. Whatever Works - Woody Allen (2009)

4. The Ides of March - George Clooney (2011)

5. Thirteen - Catherine Hardwicke (2003)

6. The Upside of Anger - Mike Binder (2005)

7. Frozen II - Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2019)

8. Digging to China - Timothy Hutton (1998)

#evan rachel wood #the wrestler #across the universe #whatever works #the ides of march #Thirteen #The upside of anger #frozen ii #Digging to china #darren aronofsky #julie taymor #woody allen #george clooney #catherine hardwicke #mike binder #chris buck #jennifer lee #timothy hutton #2008 #2007 #2009 #2011 #2003 #2005 #2019 #1998 #2000s #2010s #1990s #00s

[90smovies]

#Coupe de Ville #Patrick Dempsey #Arye Gross #Daniel Stern #Joe Roth #Mike Binder #90s

[d-criss-news]

therealjeffreyross: Bob Saget’s message of love and positivity is needed more than ever. If you need a reminder of what a life full of love can look when you’re gone check out “Dirty Daddy: A Tribute To Bob Saget” streaming now @ netflixisajoke @ netflix 📸: @ candytman

#darren criss #jeff ross #john stamos #john mayer #chris rock #jim carrey #kelly rizzo #mike binder #mike young #seth green #byron allen #dirty daddy: the bob saget tribute #bob saget punk rock shiva @ the comedy store #instagram #june 2022

[ivovynckier]

RIP actor Alan Arkin. If you're looking for a (small) feel-good movie with him, I suggest "Indian Summer" (Mike Binder).

#alan arkin #rip alan arkin #arkin #actor #actors #movie #movies #film #indian summer #diane lane #bill paxton #kevin pollak #sam raimi #julie warner #vincent spano #mike binder #kimberly williams #elizabeth perkins

[notforemmetophobes]

The Mind of the Married Man (TV Series) - S1/E5 ’Anywhere, Anytime’ (2001) M. Emmet Walsh as Randall Evans

[photoset #2 of 2]

#The Mind of the Married Man #tv series #Anywhere Anytime #american actor #Mike Binder #Ivana Milicevic #M. Emmet Walsh #screenshots

[greensparty]

This Month In History - September

Here are just a few of the pop culture landmark anniversaries I am raising a glass to this month:

Sept. 5, 1957: On the Road release

In Sept. 1957, Jack Kerouac’s magnum opus was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 65th On The Road!

Sept. 11, 1992: Crossing the Bridge opens

In Sept. 1992, one of the most underrated movies of the 90s was released. Writer/director Mike Binder has gone on to have a big career in both film and TV, but this was a remarkable debut IMHO. A few years after high school Mort (played by Josh Charles) still hangs out with his high school buddies in suburban MI in the late 70s, but he aspires to being a comedy writer. When they get an offer to transport drugs from Canada into American, he has some decisions to make. It is a really personal coming of age story and I highly recommend seeking it out. Happy 30th CTB!

Sept. 14, 2012: The Master opens

In Sept. 2012, Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic about a WW2 vet looking for some guidance via a new religion was released. This was a very polarizing film and in 2012, a lot of audiences just didn’t get it. I’ve seen it quite a bit since then and the cinematography, the production design and the ensemble are all incredible, but it’s really about the utter sparks flying between the leads Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. PTA has said that this is his favorite of his films. I don’t agree with that, but its definitely one of the best of the 2010s (I named it #38 on my Best Movies of the 2010s list). Happy 10 Master!

Sept. 15, 2017: Concrete and Gold release

In Sept. 2017, the Foo Fighters’ 9th album was released. After a number of albums recorded in their studio, and various high concepts (recording in a garage, recording an acoustic side and an electric side, recording a each different track in a different city) which were all good, this was a return to basics. The band recorded in a studio with noted pop producer Greg Kurstin. I named this my #1 Album of 2017 and my #10 of the 2010s. Happy 5 C&G!

Sept. 18, 1987: Amazon Women on the Moon opens

In Sept. 1987, one of my favorite sketch comedy movies was released. Similar to Kentucky Fried Movie released a decade earlier, this was a series of skits, mostly spoofing late night TV. The problem with most anthology movies is that some are stronger than others and in this one there were several directors, but I found it all to be super funny. I watched it when I was a tween and have watched it a number of times since. Happy 35th AWOTM!

Sept. 18, 1992: Singles opens

In Sept. 1992, Cameron Crowe’s Gen X romance set during the Seattle music scene in the 90s was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017 and here is my review of the 25th anniversary edition of the soundtrack. Happy 30th Singles!

Sept. 21, 2007: Into the Wild opens

In Sept. 2007, Sean Penn’s best movie as a director was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 15 ITW!

Sept. 22, 1982: Family Ties premieres

One of the best family sitcoms of the 80s premiered on NBC in Sept. 1982. In many ways this show was way ahead of its time by showing the political divide within a family, with ex-hippie parents and kids including young republican Alex P. Keaton brilliantly played by Michael J. Fox. But the show was actually very funny and it addressed many serious issues for a sitcom at the time. Happy 40th FT!

Sept. 24, 2002: Sea Change release

In Sept. 2002, one of Beck’s best albums was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 20th Sea Change!

Sept. 25, 1982: Silver Spoons premieres

In Sept. 1982, one of my favorite sitcoms as a kid premiered on NBC. Ricky Schroeder played a tween who goes to live with his rich Dad, who didn’t know he had a son from a previous relationship. The laughs were big! And every kid wanted to live in that house with a train running through it and video arcade games. Happy 40th Silver Spoons!

Sept. 26, 1987: Alf animated series premieres

In Sept. 1987, after the success of the live action Alf sitcom, the animated series premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 35 Alf animated series!

Sept. 26, 2007: Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace release

Speaking of Foo Fighters, their 6th album was released in Sept. 2007. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 15 ESP&G!

Sept. 27, 1992: The Ben Stiller Show premieres

In Sept. 1992, one of the all-time great TV sketch comedies premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 30th TBSS!

Sept. 28, 2012: Looper opens

In Sept. 2012, one of the best sci-fi movies of the century was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 10 Looper!

Sept. 30, 1982: Cheers premieres

In Sept. 1982, one of the longest-running TV sitcoms premiered on NBC (BTW Sept. 1982 was a big month for NBC!?!). Cheers was about a neighborhood bar in Boston run by a former Boston Red Sox player Sam Malone. Even though it was filmed in a Hollywood studio, I always thought it was so cool how they made references to Boston and the area. The show lasts 11 seasons and didn’t lose its steam or jump the shark. It was a show I discovered in re-runs midway through the series run and then got hooked on the new episodes as they were airing. Happy 40th Cheers!

#this month in history #on the road #Jack Kerouac #crossing the bridge #mike binder #the master #paul thomas anderson #Foo Fighters #Amazon Women On The Moon #singles #cameron crowe #Into The Wild #Sean Penn #family ties #beck #silver spoons #alf: the animated series #the ben stiller show #looper #rian johnson #cheers #books #film geek #music nerd #tv #1957 #1992 #2012 #2017 #1987

[prfctmxxnlight]

no one loves will’s art more than michael does

#seeing his reaction to will’s painting made me so happy #also the whole binder full of drawings #and the fact that he has them all over his basement and room #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #stranger things

[willbyerssupremacist]

"i'm the biggest will byers stan!"

"no, i am!"

no.

none of you are.

it's literally mike wheeler.

#he has a will byers shrine #literally a wall full of his art #and an entire binder #he is so down bad #mike wheeler this is not normal behavior #byler #byler tumblr #will byers #mike wheeler #mike wheeler i know what you are #mike wheeler loves will byers

[redactedcrowart]

mystomach hurts. alt version under the cut thumbsup emoji

#the most jarring part about this movie is that i discovered i am attracted to josh hutcherson #i feel unwell #wow the fnaf movie was really good right guys #yeah we all remember that part of the movie when michael wore the miku binder yeah of course #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #fnaf fanart #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's movie #michael fnaf #fnaf michael #michael afton #mike schmidt #<- no he's not but we don't know his new surname yet so. this is what we're going with for now #art #my art #i just drew this in thirty minutes because bee said i should. help me

[yellow-n-blue-hyperfixation]

What l want for s5 is a parallel to the van scene + that heart-to-heart scene in Will’s room where this time, Will and Mike are talking in Mike’s room and Will off-handedly mentions that since his house got raided so all the art he made last year (we all know it’s 6 months but these two are so dramatic-) is probably gone by now and that’s a shame, and then Mike goes “Can I show you something?” and pulls out a binder of all the art Will had given him over the years, and Will just flips through it in shock but he’s smiling with every page he turns and Mike watches Will with a soft smile of his own too and then they share a look but before they can talk they get interrupted-

#tender emotional music out of all things starts playing in the bg again #and the camera comes closer to focus on the boys as each second passes #would it be too much to ask for them to be ‘coincidentally’ positioned in front of Mike’s open closet #byler #look the idea of Mike having a bundle of letters he never sent to Will is nice and all #but l want solid proof of the art binder’s existence pls-

[s1l4s-l1k3s-t0m4t03s]

making people feel single rn 🎀

#silas tag! #silas waffles #mlm thoughts #t4t mlm #gay mlm #boys <3 #mike tag! #mikhail tag! #im so gay #mlm yearning #mlm sfw #queer #lgbtq positivity #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #ftm t4t #t4t sfw #ftm binder #trans male #trans guy #trans man #transgender

[thesmpisonfire]

You’re so right, q!pac would make his own t

Pac made his own t and mike did his top surgery with a way too complicated but somehow safe contraption. send post

#Mike is also trans btw but he thinks a binder is enough for his gender comfort #< im still insane #(< based on the whole deal about mike using a bra in one of TCs oldest series) #qsmp #pactw #mikethelink

[morganski-19]

It's not uncommon for teenage boys to have things that they don't want their parents to find hidden underneath their beds. In fact, it was rather common. And even more common, it could be quite incriminating and extremely embarrassing if someone were to find it, and most likely end in a grounding.

However, sometimes it was something completely innocent, but something they want to keep hidden anyway. In Mike Wheeler's case, it was a binder full of his best friend's drawings.

The binder wasn't exactly a secret, he'd shown it to plenty of people. He had his favorite drawings hung up on his walls, even if they started to dwindle when he grew up. But the ones under his bed, those were the most special.

Filled to the brim with random doodles and incomplete sketches, the binder brought him comfort that Will was able to share something with him. Made him something with his own two hands and entrusted Mike to keep it. No matter how good or how crappy, Will made it and wanted Mike to have it.

The binder survived multiple forced cleanouts from his mom, four different apocalypses, but more importantly, the bridge between friends and something more.

It wasn't long after the two had started dating that Mike started making a new binder, filled with love letters and pictures of him and Will. New drawings with small messages on the back and mementos of their dates.

The binders were his second favorite thing in the world because they were filled by the first. A million little things that showed Mike that Will cared, hidden beneath his bed only to see the most trusted of eyes. Mike bought a new binder, even though the second wasn't filled quite yet, all because he just wanted to keep filling them full of things he never wanted to lose.

#i just imagine mike showing will the new binder someday #and like will will be so taken aback by the collection he'd just stop functioning #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things #ficlet #headcanon #byler ficlet #byler headcanon

[ttrkhb]

miwip wednesday except it’s actually Saturday bc I was oh so busy this week </3

#this of course is in reference to mikes gay ass binder full of wills drawings #taking a break from my Will character study fic to write this #Will finding the binder is my favorite thing ever and I’m having a wonderful time writing this! #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things #byler fanfic #byler fic #writing wip #\\ m musings

[notforemmetophobes]

The Mind of the Married Man (TV Series) - S1/E9 ’Lay Down Dancing’ (2001) M. Emmet Walsh as Randall Evans

#The Mind of the Married Man #tv series #Lay Down Dancing #american actor #Mike Binder #M. Emmet Walsh #screenshots #suit & tie #eye glasses