This week we tackle the most popular, complicated, and disturbing love story of our generation. We go through all five chapters in the Twilight Saga film franchise. We explore how it is possible that we enjoy these movies that are bad on several levels, and how these books and films, which impacted our culture immensely,…
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SCHWING!! This week we discuss the highs and lows of the eleven movies based on Saturday Night Live characters. We speculate about why some films work and some don’t, the timing for release they chose, and which characters, if any, could have been more successful. We also watch Christopher Walken dance in the Fatboy Slim…
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Is American Psycho the best page to screen adaptation ever? The guys explore that this week in a very adult and very gross conversation that is certainly not for the faint of heart. Dustin shares some very gory differences from the book, while Jake compares the movie to the sequel and somehow also brings Clueless…
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Spoilers: Episode Description – This week we do a fairly poor job of keeping things PG as we share our top ten favorite animated Disney movies of all time. We have a healthy mix of old and new, and try to explore just what makes Disney the best at this genre of story telling. Join…
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This week we offer two different perspectives on the 1997 classic “As Good as It Gets” as Dustin has seen it many times since childhood and Jake saw it for the first time this week. We try to get to the bottom of how Melvin Udall, one of the worst people to center a movie…
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Spoilers: This week we break down Forrest Gump, and much like life, find meaning in the really fun light parts and the really sad dark parts. We get deep into character psychology for Forrest, Jenny, and Lieutenant Dan and discover what makes them all so great. And we try really hard not to cry at…
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This week we finish talking about Phase 3 of Marvel’s Infinity Saga. We have a lot of praise to give overall, but also share many unpopular opinions about several movies in the series. We recommend our favorite Independence Day movies to celebrate the 4th of July with, and Dustin goes on more than one rant…
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Spoilers: This week we finally get around to breaking down the Marvel Cinematic Universe and what we love and hate about the MCU. In the first part of our first two-part episode, we talk about the first eleven movies in the Infinity Saga, Phase 1 and 2, from Iron Man through Avengers: Age of Ultron….
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Spoilers: We dissect and spoil Shutter Island and discuss how a change in perspective creates vast differences between our first and subsequent viewings of the film. We marvel at the music, the subtle acting, the visual imagery, and we consider the merit of multiple possible meanings as well. Leave us a comment or voicemail with…
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Spoilers: This week we go all in on the eight released movies in the Fast and Furious franchise in anticipation of F9’s impending release. We lament some writing choices, try to make sense of their naming convention, and are in awe at how the series was able to revive itself to become one of the…
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