#258 – The 2016 Movie Hangover

Zach and James go deep into the year that was 2016 with listener favorites, loads of alternative year-end lists from the guys, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2017. Warning: This episode holds the NEW world record for the most movie lists contained in a single podcast. Probably. Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters who helped us finally get new recording gear – Specifically thanks to Matt, Mindy, Scott, Ryan, Scotty, Roger, Botond, Adem, Justin, Micheal, Catarina, Miran, Mathew, Thomas, and Andrew!

#257 – Top 20 of 2016

James and Zach count down their 20 favorite movies of 2016, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their list, and more.

#256 – Last 10 Top 10

It’s time for another Last 10 Top 10. This time our lists are filled almost entirely with 2016 movies!

#255 – Top 10 Movies With 3 Letters in the Title (w/ Jason)

On a very special episode of the podcast… Jason Pyles of Movie Podcast Weekly and the Horror Movie Podcast sits in with Zach and James to run down their 10 favorite films that happen to have just three letters in the title. What defines a letter? Let the debate begin!

#254 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (w/ Kevin)

Special-guest Kevin joins Zach and James to discuss the new Star Wars spin-off/prequel Rogue One, then play a quick game of Last Man Standing. Spoiler free chat at the beginning, spoiler-filled chat from minute 32 on!

#253 – Christmas Movies: Mixed Nuts, Love the Coopers

For the 3rd year in a row, we take some time this holiday season to watch some Christmas movies. Although we weren’t able to go through 10 Christmas movies like we normally would, we both picked a movie that neither of us had seen and talk about them on the show.

#252 – Games: My Kid Could Paint That, Last Man Standing

We go back to our roots and work through the alphabet in Last Man Standing and also have a fairly tame round of My Kid Could Paint That.

#251 – Last 10 Top 10

It’s time for another Last 10 Top 10. This time our lists are filled almost entirely with 2016 movies!

#250 – Quarter K Celebration (w/ Luke, Mohsen & Josh C.)

Two Hundred and Fifty Episodes! To celebrate we invited some of our favorite frequent guests for a casual roundtable chat about what they’ve seen most recently, what they’ve seen that they the most passionate about (good or bad) and end it with a smorgasbord of theater experience stories before putting each other to the test in an extended series of increasingly intense movie games. Here’s to the next 250!

#249 – Random Movie Chat

No agenda today, just chatting about movies!

#248 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 1997

We continue our series going through the forgotten films of 1997.

#247 – Listener Email, Games: Outta Time

James and Zach read and discuss emails from listeners including several controversial topics such as audio books, marriage proposals and the emotional resonance of Arrival. Also, they play a movie game.

#246 – Hacksaw Ridge, Arrival

Zach and James discuss the new Mel Gibson directorial effort Hacksaw Ridge, then go deep on Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival in both non-spioiler and spoiler discussions.

#245 – Games: Last Man Standing, Movie Bluff (w/ Evily)

Evily joins us again to play Last Man Standing with Marvel characters, then the Cinereelists’ original game Movie Bluff.

#244 – Doctor Strange, Top 10 Favorite MCU Characters (w/ Evily)

Now the latest in the chain of Marvel juggernauts to take the box office by storm, we have a low-key discussion of Doctor Strange, a stark difference from the other, “more grounded” MCU movies that usually carry the banner. We’re joined by special guest Evily, who was quick to profess her extreme love for Marvel. We follow that up with a list of our favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe character performances.

#243 – Hunt For the Wilderpeople

Zach returns to the US and thus the podcast just in time to discuss the New Zealand charmer Hunt for the Wilderpeople, among other things.

#242 – Games: 28 Words Later, My Kid Could Paint That (w/ Troy)

Troy Carruthers returns to challenge James to two movie games, including the classic 28 Words Later and the poster description bonanza My Kid Could Paint That.

#241 – Top 10 Last 10 (w/ Troy)

James is joined by long-time by guest co-host and long-time listener Troy Carruthers to rundown their own personal Top 10 Last 10 lists, which is a ranking of the last 10 movies they’ve seen from worst to best.

#240 – Games: 28 Words Later, Me Myself & iRate (w/ Corey)

Corey from the Soundtrack of Your Life podcast challenges James in the old-school CRL classic game 28 Words Later, then the guys test their memory of movies they rated in the past in a round of Me Myslef & iRate (aka the Letterboxd game).

#239 – Mascots, Top 10 Fictional Movie Bands (w/ Corey)

Special guest co-host Corey from the Soundtrack of Your Life podcast joins James in discussing the new Christoper Guest mockumentary Mascots, then run down their favorite fictional movie bands.

#238 B – A Quick Podcast Update (w/ Superfan Mindy)

James fills you in on the current going-ons with the podcast, his Fantast Movie League strategy, and future podcast plans etc – then Zach is joined by Superfan Mindy live from Europe with an update on his trip!

#238 – Last 10 Top 10 (w/ Paul)

James is joined by International guest co-host Paul from The Countdown Podcast as the guys discuss and rank the last 10 movies they watched, including a handful of docs, a horrendously boring 70’s boxing movie, and a South Korean zombie/train disaster thriller!

#237 – The Magnificent Seven, Top 10 Westerns (w/ Roger aka James’ Dad)

James is joined by special-guest co-host Roger – who just happens to be James’ real-life Dad! Together they discuss the recent remake of the western classic The Magnificent Seven, discuss Roger’s affinity for old-west based films and TV, then run down James’ personal Top 10 Westerns.

#236 – Deepwater Horizon, Games: Last Man Standing

Zach and James give their thoughts on the upcoming disaster flick Deepwater Horizon, then play a quick game of Last Man Standing before being interrupted by The Man.

#235 – Games: My Kid Could Paint That / Fantastic Four

James and Zach combine two movie games into one in an epic mega game of My Kid Could Paint That and Fantastic Four.