The Obsessive Viewer

OV364 – Ebert's Great Movies Part 11 – Psycho (1960), Goldfinger (1964), and Alien (1979) – Academy Award Nominations, Music Biopics, and Fandom – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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In this episode, Tiny, Ben, and I continue our journey through Roger Ebert’s Great Movies List. In this installment, we discuss Hitchcock’s Psycho, Connery’s 3rd outing as Bond, Goldfinger, and Ridley Scott’s Alien. We also discuss the 2022 Academy Award nominations and debate the merits of music biopics and toxic fandom.

Runtime: 2:05:36

Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:35
• Ben’s Site: The Movie State – 02:45
• Academy Award Nominees – 15:35
• Michael Jackson Biopic – 25:47

Ebert’s Great Movies – 32:12

• Psycho (1960) – 37:08
• Goldfinger (1964) – 1:03:55
• Alien (1979) – 1:33:24

• Picks for Part 12 – 1:56:45

• Closing the Ep – 2:01:08
• Pre-Recorded Outro – 2:05:07

Related Links

• Our Ebert’s Great Movies Archive
• Ebert’s Psycho Essay– December 6, 1998
• Ebert’s Goldfinger Essay – January 31, 1999
• Ebert’s Alien Essay – October 26, 2003

• My Review of Death on the Nile
• My Review of Marry Me
• Ben’s Site: The Movie State

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