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All things movies, from unearthing forgotten films to picking apart current movie news. We're kind of like a box of chocolates: who cares what you get as long as it's delicious?
Another year, another beer! We countdown our top 5 movies of 2021, with some surprises even we weren't expecting.
Intro: 0:00:00-0:02:40 Top 5: 0:02:46-0:13:51 Top 4: 0:13:53-0:26:05 Top 3: 0:26:07-0:38:29 Top 2: 0:38:31-0:51:11 Honorable Picks: 0:51:13-0:57:31 Top 1: 0:57:33-1:10:32
The Wyld Stallyns are back! Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) reunite to finish what they were destined to do: to unite and save the world with the most epic song ever.
We watched Satoshi Kon's PAPRIKA, a Japanese animated film that pushes the limits of dream-sharing to a new reality.
In this episode, we watched three video-game movie adaptions: DOOM (2005), SUPER MARIO BROS. (1993), and POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU (2019).
Comparing these picks, we will look at how successful, or unsuccessful, they have been with adapting their source material, and ask why it's so difficult to adapt a video game into a movie.
Intro: 0:00:00 What We've Watched: 0:01:48 Super Mario Bros: 0:25:50 Doom: 0:36:40 Pokemon Detective Pikachu: 0:55:14
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We've returned... what, did you think we got abducted by aliens or something? Lucky for everyone, we reviewed this abduction thriller that has almost been forgotten, until now.
After a bit of a hiatus, we're back at it. And we decided to share with you some famous directors whose work we admire, respect, or just flat out enjoy watching.
What We've Watched: 0:02:08
Directors (5-4): 0:22:19
Directors (3-2): 0:39:22
No. 1 Directors: 0:58:44
Also discussed: Call of Duty: Warzone (video game), Skin (music album), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Shutter Island (2010), Captain Blood (1935), The Indiana Jones movies.
And now something completely different. In light of International Monty Python Day (which was held on May 10th), the three of us decided to get a round of laughs in by marathoning all three Monty Python classics: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and The Meaning of Life.
What We've Watched: 0:02:21
Thoughts on Monty Python: 0:25:04
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 0:30:45
Monty Python's Life of Brian: 0:39:26
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life: 0:49:21
Also discussed: Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, Hot Rod (2007), Blow the Man Down (2019), Black Dynamite (2009), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Doom (Video game, 2016), Wolfenstein (Video game)
It's Joe's week to Pick-A-Flick, and he chooses a surreal soul-crushing horror film from director Matthew Holness! Yay!
What We've Watched: 00:01:16
Possum review: 00:41:24
Also discussed: The Farmer's Wife (1928), The Man Who Knew too Much (1934), The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Tower of God (TV series, 2020), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (video game), Millionaires Express (1986), Frankenweenie (2012), Quibi.
Nothing like a good-old-fashioned killing spree. We reviewed the latest film that's stirring up more controversy than it needs (THE HUNT) as well as how the movie industry is adjusting to this new landscape with everything going to video-on-demand or being pushed back to next year.
The Hunt Review: 0:02:33
Talk About Video on Demand: 0:20:00
No corona in this joint, as long as it's a light beer. With the quarantine in full swing, the boys were able to rally around for another podcast and talk about the tough-macho, voice-actor extraordinaire Vin Diesel.
Intro to Discussion: 0:00:00
What We've Watched: 0:03:26
Pitch Black: 0:26:24
The Iron Giant: 0:39:30
The Fast and the Furious: 0:49:34
Also discussed: Onward (2020), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Kenny Beats (YouTube), Destiny (video game), Bloodshot (2020), The Invisible Man (2020), The Invisible Man (1933)
Let's play a game... how about Global Thermonuclear Warfare?
This week, Nathan picked the 1983 classic about one gaming nerd who hacked into something bigger than he expected. Directed by John Badham, and starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, and Dabney Coleman.
Intro: 00:00:00-00:01:23 What We've Watched: 00:01:24-00:28:40 Main Topic (WARGAMES:) 00:28:50-01:00:25
Also discussed: Bojack Horseman (final season), The Mandalorian (first season), Cold War (2018), Doctor Strange (2016), In/Spectre, Knives Out, Memories of a Murder, The Tree of Life.
Love does not discriminate, but it might need glasses. We review a lesser-known romantic cult classic this past week for Valentine's Day, one where the age gap is not the most awkward thing that happens in this movie.
Intro: 0:00:00 What We've Watched: 0:01:33 Harold and Maude: 0:27:33
Other Works discussed: Bojack Horseman, Annie Hall, Letterkenny, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (video game), The BFG, My Girl, My Girl 2.
Looks like the Oscars happened this past weekend... too bad we won't be talking about them in this podcast. Instead, we're going to dig into our grab bag of discussion and randomly talk about other less-important things. Like why Joe wants to watch SALO so much.
In this episode, we review a classic anime movie from 1999 about soldiers and Little Red Riding Hoods... sadly, there are no werewolves.
What We've Watched: 0:01:00 Jin-Roh: 00:30:46
Also discussed: Room Camp, Somali and the Forest Spirit, Destiny (video game), Weathering with You, 1917, The Seventh Curse, The Cat (1992), The Peacock King.
As promised, here is the rest of our Top 10 picks of 2019. If you made it through the first part, you clearly have too much time on your hands.
We're back! It's 2020 and we finally have our first podcast for the new decade. In this special two-part episode, we look back on our favorite films of 2019...or in Alex's case, favorite music albums because Alex doesn't watch movies.
Alex and Nathan think poking fun at Nazis is still a barrel of laughs. Too bad Taika Watiti beat them to the punch in his latest satire, JOJO RABBIT. A coming-of-age story about a German boy who learns maybe the most important thing in life is not impressing your imaginary friend Adolph Hitler.
Grab your pumpkins and cheap dollar-store candy. It's Halloween-time. Our boys discuss some of their favorite scary movies and horror classics in this special grab-bag episode.
Send in the clowns! Joe and Nathan finally got around to reviewing JOKER and whether it's worth of all the criticism and praise it's been receiving.
0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:16 - What We Watched 0:19:23 - Thoughts on JOKER 0:42:23 - Awards and Spoilers
Check out Eman's Movie Reviews of JOKER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njQrE...
It's Alex Patin's turn to host a Director Spotlight and he chose for us to review Derek Cianfrance, the indie director who is behind films like BLUE VALENTINE, A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, and A LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS.
Intro - 0:00:00 What We've Watched - 0:01:31 Blue Valentine - 0:23:53 A Place Beyond the Pines - 0:33:30 A Light Between Oceans - 0:48:40
Nathan and Joe discuss their thoughts on IT Chapter Two, and whether this latest movie is the beginning of even more adaptations by Stephen King.
Intro - 00:00:00-00:02:19 What We've Watched - 00:02:19-00:21:18 IT Chapter Two -00:21:18-01:19:16
Mumblecore. Connecticut. Fresh slut zombie. What else do you need? Joe makes Nathan and Alex sit through a buddy/road trip zombie movie that was made for literally nothing.
00:00-0:01:39 Intro 0:01:40-0:26:40 What We've Watch 0:26:48-01:04:38 The Battery
From screwball comedies to Hays-Code Law, Joe and Nathan sum up the year 1934 in a nutshell, as they looked at three films: Tarzan and His Mate, Manhattan Melodrama, and It Happened One Night.
0:00:00-0:02:48 Introduction 0:02:28-0:30:33 What We've Watched 0:30:33-0:37:34 1934 - What a Year 0:37:34-0:44:22 Tarzan and His Mate 0:44:22-0:53:35 Manhattan Melodrama 0:53:35-1:02:03 It Happened One Night 1:02:04-1:08:43 Other Movies from 1934
Time to tap into your Tarantino foot-fetishes and inner-Dwayne Johnson. Joe and Nathan are back in action for this double-feature review of Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD and FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW...
00:03:18 - What We’ve Watched
00:26:23 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
00:48:18 - Hobbs and Shaw
Works discussed: Spider-Man: Far from Home, Midsommar, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Juno, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Little Shop of Horrors
Introduction: 00:00:00-00:02:19 What We've Watched: 00:02:19-00:21:13 Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: 00:21:13-00:52:20
With the new Joker teaser released, Nathan brings guest speaker David MacCalla to talk about the legacy of the DC villain and what to expect from the new movie starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Intro: 00:00:00-00:05:17
What We Watched: 00:05:17-00:19:14
The Madness of The Joker: 00:19:14-00:57:02
Works Discussed: Blue Bloods (TV series), Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bumblebee, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Doom Patrol (TV series), Us.
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:02:19 What We've Watched: 00:02:19-00:24:19 The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy: 00:24:19 - 00:39:14 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: 00:39:14 - 00:46:51 Baby Driver: 00:46:51 - 01:00:40
Also discussed: Who Can Kill a Child?, Roar, Dragged Across Concrete, Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shazam!, Us, Overwatch (video game)
In this episode, Joe leads a discussion on high profile B movies in an attempt to justify his love of terrible movies.
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:02:13 What We've Watched: 00:02:13 - 00:30:57 Main Topic: 00:30:57 - 01:03:50
Works discussed: Noah, Doom Patrol (TV Show), Overwatch (Video Game), The Foreigner, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Upgrade, The Predator, Overlord.
Alex makes the team watch a Japanese documentary about sushi and we all get very hungry.
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:02:09 What We've Watched: 00:02:09 - 00:25:09 Jiro Dreams of Sushi Review: 00:25:09 - 01:27:36
Discussed this episode: Apex Legends (Video Game), Destiny (Video Game) patch notes, Green Book, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Prince of Egypt How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.
While everyone else is celebrating cinema at the Oscars, we're here to make a mockery of it. Anything goes in our first Grab Bag Special!
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:04:36 What We've Watched: 00:04:36 - 00:34:22 Grab Bag Topics: 00:34:22 - 01:13:41
Movies discussed: A Silent Voice, Alita: Battle Angel, Apex Legends (video game), Bates Motel (TV show), Before Sunrise, Cold War, The Rescuers, The Rescuers Down Under, Wolf in White Van (book).
Joe and Nate take a look at three movies from different eras of Orson Welles' career and discuss how the master filmmaker changed over the course of his career and the influence he left on cinema.
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:13:25 The Magnificent Ambersons: 00:13:25 - 00:23:28 Chimes at Midnight: 00:23:28 - 00:40:44 F for Fake: 00:40:44 - 01:01:51
The Film Illiterates take on their first movie assignment and delve into the world of plastic surgery, shady high tech corporations, and 80's sci-fi goodness with Michael Crichton's Looker.
Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:02:31
What We've Watched: 00:02:31 - 00:25:38
Looker Review (Non-Spoilers): 00:25:38 - 00:51:49
Looker Review (Spoilers): 00:51:49 - 01:11:05
Movies Discussed: Universal Harvester (book), Breathless, Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, Once Upon a Deadpool, Brilliant Lies, Glass, Goblin Slayer (series), Destiny Grimoire (book), A Silent Voice
With Glass opening this weekend, Joe, Nathan, and Alex look back at two of M. Night Shyamalan's past movies: Unbreakable and Split.
Intro: 0:00:00 - 0:02:15
What We've Watched: 0:02:15 - 0:36:28
Main Topic: 0:36:28 - 1:06:32
Discussed this week:
Goblin Slayer, Skull Faced Bookseller Honda San, The Terminator, Black Moon Rising, The Plague Dogs, Roma, Blazing Saddles, World's Blood (album), Unbreakable, Split
Now that 2018 has come to a close, it's time for our annual podcast episode looking back at the best of the year! Stay away if you're allergic to hot takes.
What We Watched: 0:03:13
Top 10 Movies of 2018: 0:15:00
Outro: 1:20:12
Also discussed: Santa’s Slay (2005), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Pure Cinema Podcast, Die Hard (1988), Man of Aran (1934), Hannah and Her Sisters (1994),
With 2017 gone, we take a look at the standouts of 2017, including some of our favorites and...least favorites. Then we look forward to the upcoming Oscars and give our thoughts on what stands a chance this year.
What We Watched: 2:55
2017 in Review: 21:35
Oscar Nominations: 46:25
Also discussed: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Phantom Thread (2017), It (2017), Psychopaths (2017), The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956).
Joe and Nate dig deep into Scorsese's latest faith-based film, looking at its critical reception, heavy religious themes, and Oscar chances.
Introduction: 0:00:15
What We Watched: 0:03:26
Our Thoughts on SILENCE: 0:21:10
Brilliance of Scorsese: 0:22:11
The Value of SILENCE: 0:28:02 Road to the Oscars: 0:42:24
Also discussed: A Monster Calls (2016), The Caveman’s Valentine (2001), The 25th Hour (2002), Sing Street (2016), the Resident Evil movies, The Big Shakedown (1934), Bombay Mail (1934).
This week we try to figure out why Pixar films appeal to adults as much as they appeal to kids, and we reveal our secret love for children's movies.
What We’ve Watched: 02:14
Pixar Conversation: 18:26
Works Discussed: Hush (2016), The Usual Suspects (1995), Tanya’s Island (1980), The Jungle Book (2016), Enter the Battlefield: Life on the Magic - The Gathering Pro Tour (2016), The Do-Over (2016), The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
With THE NICE GUYS in theaters, the guy ask important questions such as, "How as the buddy cop genre changed over the years" and, "Why is Nick Nolte's voice so gravely now?"
What We Watched: 02:28 Buddy Cop Movies: 15:43
Also discussed: Deadpool, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3, Steve Jobs, Tarzan (1999), Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
With Captain America: Civil War opening this week, the guys try to figure out this whole shared universe thing, what exactly makes a shared universe, and why Marvel's seemingly figured out the secrets to pulling it off.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:55 - What We Watched
00:26:13 - Shared Universes
Also discussed: Pather Panchali, V for Vendetta, Moonwalkers, The Brave Little Toaster, The Jungle Book (2016), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Joe, Alex, and Nathan dissect the 2016 Oscars. Apologies for the audio quality, we're still ironing out some kinks.
What We’ve Watched: 01:34 Main Topic: 08:55
Also discussed: Room (2015), Trumbo, Bridge of Spies, Agent Carter (season 2), Eddie the Eagle.