Hosted by Karan and Alex · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 113 episodes
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Join two longtime friends on a journey of self-discovery through the art of film! We grew up on opposite ends of the globe, but have both been shaped by the movies we’ve seen and loved over the years. In each episode, we’ll cover a filmmaker or important topic and list the related personal top 3 movies that made us into the people we are today. We hope you learn something about yourself as we go on this journey together, or at the very least get some new movies to check out or old favorites to revisit.
Karan and Alex hosts Movies That Shaped Us, a tv show with 113 episodes published.
To celebrate the 2026 Oscars we headed to Fanny's Restaurant at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles and drank all 10 of their specialty cocktails inspired by each of this years Best Picture nominees. Hear our thoughts on e
It's our last episode of 2025 and we spend it looking back at the top 3 films that best captured the last 12 months in our lives. This is not a list of our favorite movies released this year, but a list of the films we w
We Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Titanic, The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, The Abyss It's time to take a trip back to Pandora. We review the new Avatar film, Fire and Ash and then discuss t
We Review: Jay Kelly, One Fine Day, Out of Sight, Ocean's Eleven, Michael Clayton, Batman & Robin, Solaris (2002) One of our last "classic movie stars" is out with a new film that looks back on the legacy of a fictional
We Review: Good Fortune, The Matrix, Speed, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, John Wick - Chapter 4, Something's Gotta Give, Bram Stoker's Dracula What can we say but, "whoa" because it's time for our episode about Keanu
We Review: After the Hunt, Eat, Pray, Love, My Best Friend's Wedding, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Twelve, Sleeping with the Enemy, Notting Hill Julia Roberts, one of the biggest movie stars of the 90s, is back with a new mo
We Review: One Battle After Another, Titanic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Revolutionary Road, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Wolf of Wall Street, Romeo + Juliet Director Paul Thomas Anderson has teamed up with one of t
We Review: Highest 2 Lowest, Flight, Crimson Tide, Remember the Titans, Training Day, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Philadelphia Denzel is back in a new take on the film "High and Low" from director Spike Lee. We give our revi
We Review: Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, Ace in the Hole, The Lost Weekend, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Double Indemnity "We're ready for our close-up", because the classic movie Sunset Boul
We Review: The Naked Gun (2025), Taken, Love Actually, Schindler's List, Kinsey, Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Darkman Are comedies finally back? Liam Neeson takes on the role of Frank Drebin Jr to continue the legacy
We Review: Superman (2025), Superman (1978), Superman II, Superman III, Superman Returns, Superman and the Mole Men, Superman: Red Son The man of steel is back on the big screen with James Gunn's take on Superman. We rev
We Review: Jurassic World Rebirth, Her, Ghost World, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Asteroid City, Under the Skin, Lost in Translation The world is "Jurassic" again in this latest entry in the Jurassic Park franchise. After r
Go behind the scenes of our visit to The Criterion Mobile Closet in Los Angeles on June 7th, 2025. We also rank our top 3 Criterion releases and go over what they mean to us! Watch our closet video on YouTube: https://ww
We Review: The Phoenician Scheme, Bottle Rocket, Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs, Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson is one of the most unique American auteurs working today, and also one
We Review: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Collateral, Jerry Maguire, Mission: Impossible, Magnolia, Top Gun: Maverick, Eyes Wide Shut Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to us discuss the n
We Review: The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, Barry Lyndon, Spartacus "Here's Johnny!" The seminal horror film The Shining is celebrating its 45th anniversary this month. We honor it
We review: The Accountant 2, Chasing Amy, Gone Girl, Dogma, Armageddon, The Last Duel, Daredevil It's about time we got around to discussing Boston's favorite son, Ben Affleck (sorry Matt!). We review Ben Affleck's lates
We review: The Friend, Ghostbusters, Rushmore, Groundhog Day, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Broken Flowers Bill Murray is back in theaters in The Friend. We discuss that film, our thoughts on Murray's filmography from com
We review: The Alto Knights, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Intern, Cape Fear, Heat, Analyze This Are you talkin' to me? Yes we are! In this episode we discuss the legend Robert De Niro, his new film The Alto Knigh
We review: Black Bag, The Aviator, Elizabeth, I'm Not There, Tár, Notes on a Scandal, Blue Jasmine Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is back with a new film, the spy thriller Black Bag. We share our thoughts
Julia Roberts
actress
1 appearance on this show
Leonardo DiCaprio
UN Messenger of Peace for Climate Change
1 appearance on this show
Denzel Washington
Detective John Hobbes
1 appearance on this show
Liam Neeson
actor
1 appearance on this show
Scarlett Johansson
Actor, Director, and Co-Founder of The Outset
1 appearance on this show
Robert De Niro
1 appearance on this show
Cate Blanchett
actress turned constitutional expert
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