#599 – Our 600 Favorite Films of All Time – (Part 1)
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we prepare for our 600th episode by listing half of our top 501-600 favorite films.
#598 – The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2023), The Three Musketeers (1993)
The guys have a totally chilled-out vibe session as they answer listener email, discuss the future of AI-driven filmmaking, debate the popularity of two similar actresses, and play a new movie trivia game.
#597 – Listener Email, AI in Film, Popularity Debate, Game
The guys have a totally chilled-out vibe session as they answer listener email, discuss the future of AI-driven filmmaking, debate the popularity of two similar actresses, and play a new movie trivia game.
#596 – Hard to Be A God, Top 10 Difficult Movies
The guys watch a grimy 3-hour extreme mumblecore film that was recommended to them by a listener five years ago, then rank 10 films that may be good in the end but are hard to watch for one reason or another.
#595 – Top 10 Forgotten Films of 2008
The guys “do it live” when ranking their favorite forgotten films of the same year that the MCU was birthed.
#594 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Top 7 TMNT Movies
The guys get nostalgic while discussing animated reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, then rank all of the films from the beloved series.
#593 – Barbie, Oppenheimer
The guys are joined by special-guest Amanda to discuss the new toy-adaptation flick Barbie, then review the latest film from Christopher Nolan about the man who shepherded the creation of the atomic bomb: Oppenheimer.
#592 – Top 10 Last 10
The guys discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen while ranking them in order of preference.
#591 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
James, Kyle, and Zach react to the latest film in the Mission Impossible franchise on their way home from the drive-in movie theater.
#590 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Top 10 Harrison Ford Movies
The guys reunite to dial back the hype on the fourth and (supposedly) final Indiana Jones film, then run down their favorite films and roles of Harrison Ford. Spoiler chat starts at 1:30:40.
#589 – Top 10 Last 10
Kyle and James discuss and rank the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
#588 – Movie Trivia Games (w/ Rico & Jessica)
The podcast is overtaken by Rico and Jess of the long-running Always the Critic podcast, who bring Movie trivia games and Spider-Man: Across the Universe discussion to the table.
#587 – Extraction 2, Blackberry
Kyle and James talk fake oners and tech bio pics.
#586 – Spider-Man: Across the Spidey-Verse, Top 10 Spider-Man Movies
Kyle and James discuss the best animated film of 2023 and possibly the best Spider-Man film ever, then rank all the Spider-Man films against each other.
#585 – The Little Mermaid (2023), Top 10 Fish Out of Water Films
The guys lose their legs over Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, then run dow their 10 favorite films feature a fish out of water.
#584 – Top 10 Movies That Start With the Letter A
James and Zach begin a new 26-part series as they run down their favorite films that start with the very first letter of the English-language alphabet. Why? You tell us.
#583 – Fast X, Top 10 Fast & Furious Characters (w/ Meghan)
The guys are joined by automotive expert Meghan to dissect the gentle performances, pulitzer-level writing, and general mise-en-scène of the 10th and second to last (in theory) film in the acclaimed Fast & Furious franchise. Then they list their favorite characters that are not Dom.
#582 – Listener Email, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The guys answer some listener email and then discuss the latest Marvel film, which also happens to be the last (announced) Guardians of the Galaxy film and the last MCU film to be directed by James Gunn. Was it too dark? Or was it a breath of fresh air?
#581 – The One Where ChatGPT Writes the Episode
Zach and James play trivia games and discuss topics in the first ever movie podcast written by AI.
#580 – Beau is Afraid (w/ Josh S.)
The guys are joined by Joaquin Phoenix expert Josh Sale to do a contentious scene-by-scene and theme-by-theme breakdown of Beau is Afraid, Ari Aster’s oddball followup to Hereditary and Midsommar.
#579 – Creed III, Top 10 Michael B. Jordan Movies
Kyle and James talk a lot of Creed III and a lot of Michael B. Jordan.
#578 – Air, Top 10 Basketball Movies
The guys dunk on Air, a biographical sports drama starring Matt Damon and directed by Ben Affleck that tells the story of how the infamous Nike Air Jordan line of basketball shoes came to be, then run down their favorite 10 hoop movies.
#577 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Top 10 Movie Bros. (w/ New Zach)
The guys are joined by video game expert (New) Zach to raise the flag on the new animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, speedrun their favorite films that feature brothers, then verses each other in a special round of the Movie Mashup Game.
#576 – Tetris, Top 10 Movies Related to USSR
The guys piece together Tetris, a thriller telling the story of how the legendary puzzle game was licensed to became a worldwide video game classic – then run down their 10 favorite movies set in / dealing with / tangentially related to the USSR.
#575 – John Wick: Chapter 4, Top 10 Keanu Reeves Movies
The guys rank the last 10 films they’ve seen, starting with the worst and ending at the best.