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Two movie buffs, Jaimie and Albert, are on a quest to find their next 5-star movie. When they can agree on a 5-star rating this podcast will terminate. Will the next episode be their last? Join them every Friday to find out!
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The Fifth Star Podcast is hosted by Jaimie and Albert, follow us on Letterboxd:
Jaimie: https://letterboxd.com/jaimiedorea/
Albert: https://letterboxd.com/albert_oh/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFifthStarPodcast
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Z5drBNpjhCdmJENrpbn5l
APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fifth-star/id1756840712
The Fifth Star Podcast is hosted by Jaimie and Albert, follow us on Letterboxd:
Jaimie: https://letterboxd.com/jaimiedorea/
Albert: https://letterboxd.com/albert_oh/
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In this modern reimagining of Kurosawa's classic High to Low, Spike Lee makes some artistic choices and asks some interesting questions about the music industry. Will it be a 5 star movie?
After 3 years, the 2nd season has finally dropped on Netflix! Here are our thoughts and theories about what is to come for the 3rd and final season.
Chapters:
00:00 - Spoiler Free Review
17:28 - The Front Man (start of spoilers)
27:58 - Gi-Hun
28:58 - The Cop and Captain Park
31:05 - Is 246 Still Alive?
33:20 - Season 2.5
34:59 - Bread vs Lottery Ticket
37:22 - The Games
43:00 - Marine Boy is SUS
45:15 - Is Oh Il-nam (001) still alive?
46:10 - Season 3 Expectations
Brendan Frasier stars in this Japanese movie, Rental family, which is about an actor that gets hired to play family members to lonely people. Watch our review as we explore Themes and Plot Structure!
Is this movie the next Interstellar??? Or is that comparison completely off-based? Let us know what you thought of Project Hail Mary in the comments.
We had a competition going and unlike the live action short film winners this year, we can't just leave it there. Find out how we plan on breaking our tie at the end of the episode.
We're Predicting the Oscar 2026 Winners... Most Correct WINS!!! Let us know in the comments what your Oscar 2026 Predictions are!
With everything going on in Iran, this movie seems to point to the cultural climate that his likely shifted drastically in the last week. Incredibly interesting take on revenge vs peace! Will it win the oscar for best foreign film? Even more importantly, will it be our next 5 star movie?
First Norwegian film to receive 9 Oscar nominations! This episode is shorter than most due to some technical difficulties, but we hope you enjoy!
This beautiful film transported us to the early 1900s logging industry. With a fascinating look into life, death, and love, will this movie push us into a five-star rating?
As we continue our journey through the best picture nominations, Bugonia makes a striking addition. Originally a remake of Korean film, "Save the Green Planet!" this movie takes a more modern approach on the direction history is taking us. Will it be our next five star?
This movie is LAYERED and up for 8 Oscar nominations. Exploring themes of grief, relationships and parenting, we rated this Shakespeare Historical Fiction based on his life from the minds of Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell. It could very well be a fifth star contender.
This could be Timothée Chalamet's year for an Oscar! With 9 Oscar nominations total, and Albert being a huge ping pong fan, this movie has promise, but will it be the one that ends our podcast?
The Avatar franchise is back with their third movie. Was it the best one yet? Or a letdown?
After 4 years of waiting, we finally got the conclusion to this story that started nearly 10 years ago. Did it deliver? Not really the ending we were hoping for.
Albert and Jaimie compare their top 20 pics of 2025 so far. MOST of the movies on our lists have been reviewed on our channel, so check those out! A few we have yet to see or review did not make it on this list, but hopefully a fifth star takes the top spot soon.
Rian Johnson's third installment of the Knives Out series brings faith into the conversation when a priest is accused of killing another priest. Will it be our next 5 star movie?
Did the sequel live up to the hype? The Box office seems to think so! Did Jaimie and Albert's stars finally align?
Taking a break for our regular movie reviews, we're taking a look at ST5 vol 1. We have A LOT to discuss in this episode, and it will include spoilers for not only seasons 1-5 but also the play The First Shadow.
After a year, we return to Oz to find out how Elphaba and Glinda's relationship turns out. Based on the classic Broadway show, will it be a five star movie?
Comment below if you think Albert should be a film history professor! This movie is definitely a small glimpse of how cinema has evolved and transformed thanks to films like Breathless.
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