Episodes
We start with a 21 minute review and bring up on our favorite Dennis Quaid performances. From there we go into spoilers and get into a far ranging conversation about various conflicts around the world, the connection this movie has to "The Searchers", the cars and weapons used in the movie, and end with touching on how a version of the game "heads up, seven up" is played in Israel. We also foreshadow our Spielberg V. Scorsese episode which we recorded after but posted earlier.
Published 11/14/24
We take a few minutes to discuss the various Star Trek movies and veer in other directions along the way. Matt also tells us about the time he met Leonard Nimoy.
Published 11/03/24
Different timeline, same franchise. We spend 27 minutes reviewing both movies before going into spoilers and continue the comparing of the older to the newer.
Published 10/24/24
We take a few minutes to discuss Eric Bana and Matt brings up the infamous and defunct Genesis camera.
Published 09/26/24
We compare these two prolific giants of American Cinema. Along the way we spoil Shutter Island, Minority Report and Munich.
Published 09/16/24
We went on a little unplanned hiatus but after 100 or so episodes, we are looking forward to sharing the next 100. We give a 26 minute review before getting into spoilers and delving into the moral complexities of this John Grisham adaptation. Later on we also spoil Get Out, so beware if you haven't seen it.
Published 09/03/24
Gil finally got around to seeing the first John Wick and was troubled by what he saw that he had to share and get some feedback from Jason and Matt.
Published 07/10/24
Jason subjects Gil and Matt to this objectionable piece of...cinema? We start with a 23 minute review before getting into the gory details.
Published 06/30/24
Amusingly in our last episode we couldn't get a good answer from Matt about his favorite childhood movies only to end up doing a full episode about one of his favorites as a kid. We start with a 31 minute review which involves a discussion about board games and we then get into the details of this who done it mystery.
Published 06/14/24
We had a short discussion about some memorable kids movies from our youth which led to a conversation about how actors age.
Published 05/27/24
We tackle James Gunn's trilogy, starting with an 18 minute review before getting into spoilers. Our friend Andrew joins us with some strong words against Vol. 2 and Jason coming to its defense.
Published 05/16/24
We have a short discussion about the phenomena of disgraced actors from me too to other reasons why some talented people derail their careers and fall out of favor.
Published 05/03/24
We start with a 36 minute review before getting into the spoilers of this one location showdown. We bring up Cillian Murphy and date the recording by wishing him that he'll get his Oscar for Oppenheimer.
Published 04/28/24
In our Tropic Thunder discussion Matt brought up Babylon as an example of a movie that was about Hollywood, only with a very different approach. That got us talking about some uncomfortable movies and what they are trying to achieve.
Published 04/05/24
We are joined by our friend and fellow podcaster Yusuf to discuss this irreverent and yet somehow reverent comedy. We start with a 36 minute review before we get into spoilers. We also discuss directors cuts vs. theatrical and the cultural significance of the movie and comedy in general as we move to more politically correct times.
Published 03/28/24
In this short segment that didn't make the cut of our Oscars episode, we talk about Nolan's goal of continuing to make big films. Denis Villeneuve comes up as well regarding a silly comment he made and we also delve into a few directors that tend to go too far in their attempt to be unique.
Published 03/17/24
We delve into some of the nominees, mention our favorites from the ones we've seen and sing Margot Robbie's praises. Quick correction: Anatomy of a Fall is mentioned to be a German film but it's a French film with a German actress.
Published 03/08/24
In order to not derail our Oscars episode by delving too much into Barbie, we decided to give it a bonus episode before we deal with the rest of the movies.
Published 03/03/24
We had a bit too much fun discussing this over the top movie. We start with a 27 minute review before getting into the themes and bloody details.
Published 02/21/24
We took a few minutes to bring up our favorite westerns and discuss the genre as a whole.
Published 02/03/24
We start with an 18 minute review of this intimate yet exciting western from Kevin Costner before getting into spoilers. We also get to discuss some of the ways in which the west actually was, compared to how it was presented in many westerns.
Published 01/27/24
We have a short discussion about movies that should not be remade and give examples of remakes that were ill advised, as well as some movies that could be remade.
Published 01/19/24
Our musician friend Mike Maye joins us for a discussion about this film which tracks the rise to fame of some of the most influential African American musicians and artists of the 50's and 60's. We give a 32 minute review before getting into spoilers.
Published 01/12/24
Another meme, another discussion. This one took us in the direction of exploring the state of comedy in these times of censorship and self censorship.
Published 12/12/23