#345 – Searching, Top 10 Missing People Movies, Listener Email
James and Zach look for a good movie in Searching – will they find one? Plus the guys run down their favorite films focused on finding missing people and answer some listener email.
#344 – Top 10 Best Movie-Going Experiences
At listener request – Zach and James wax nostalgic about their favorite moments spent in a movie theater and the movies that accompanied them.
#343 – Crazy Rich Asians, Better Luck Tomorrow, Listener Email
James and Zach visit (and re-visit) Singapore via the romantic-comedy Crazy Rich Asians, contrast the hyped film with MTV Films’ little-known 2002 gem Better Luck Tomorrow – both of which famously feature an all Asian cast and are set in modern times – and finally answer some recent listener email including a twist on a classic movie trivia game.
#342 – Wild Wild Country, Evil Genius, Bleeding Edge, Garry Shandling
Zach and James discuss four recent documentaries, including the story of a hippy cult that invaded Oregon in the early 80s, a crazy bank robbery that included a pizza guy with a bomb strapped around his neck, an examination into medical devices, and an extremely personal deep-dive into the life of a stand-up comedy legend. Then, we ranked them, because of course we did.
#341 – BlacKkKlansman, Listener Email
James and Zach check out the latest Spike Lee joint BlacKkKlansman, then read and answer some listener email.
#340 – Eighth Grade, Top 10 Movies That Take Place in or Around a School (w/ Emily)
Zach and James discuss the new A24 film Eighth Grade, then are joined by first-time guest Emily to run down their favorite school-set movies.
#338 – Top 10 Last 10
James and Zach rank and discuss the last 10 films they watched, including several films currently in theaters, documentaries, and a handful of 80s classics.
#337 – Sorry To Bother You, Top 10 Movies with Phrases for Titles
We watched “Sorry To Bother You” and were pleasantly surprised by this weird Sci-Fi comedy. Spoilers saved until after the end song.
#336 – Ant-Man and the Wasp, Top 10 Movies with Things of Unusual Size
We think it’s entirely inconsistent for one character to be named Ant-Man and the other character not to be called Wasp-Woman.
#335 – First Reformed (w/ Amanda), Games: Movie Bluff
Zach and James are joined by Amanda to discuss the challenging religious film First Reformed by director Paul Schrader (writer of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ) and then play a long-anticipated round of Movie Bluff!
#334 – Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom and Upgrade
We discuss two movies out in theaters now. One of them James hated. We don’t give spoilers without preparation.
#333 – Incredibles 2, Top 10 Gap Sequels
After 14ish long years, Pixar’s The Incredibles has a sequel, and we’re here to discuss it, along with our Top 10 Gap Sequels (sequels that came more than ten movies after their respective predecessors).
#332 – Ocean’s 8, Top 10 Movies with Numbers in the Title
Zach and James talk about the new edition to the Ocean’s franchise, Ocean’s 8, plus we both made lists of our Top 10 Movies with Numbers in the Title.
#329 – Top 10 Movies We’d Rather Watch A YouTube Clip of Rather Than Watch Them Again
James and Zach play clips from movies they no longer want to see in full, and rank them, naturally.
#328 – Top 10 Last 10
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 films they watched, including a plethora of in-theaters-now films, documentaries, and a cult horror film from 1983.
#327 – Avengers: Infinity War & Trivia (w/ Evily)
Marvel Cinematic Universe superfan Evily returns to the show to dissect the many, many, many dissectible aspects of Avengers: Infinity War – then takes on Zach in another round of Marvel-related trivia, hosted by James, naturally.
#326 – Chappaquiddick, Listener Email, Game: Outta Time
James and Zach discuss the new drama Chappaquiddick, based on Senator Ted Kennedy’s infamous car accident that took the life of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young campaign strategist. The guys then dive into some long-overdue emails from listeners, and end on a return of an old show favorite movie trivia game – Outta Time.
#325 – Ready Player One, A Quiet Place
Zach returns again to join James in reviewing and discussing the Steven Spielberg directed IP-mashup Ready Player One and the Jim from The Office directed horror-thriller A Quiet Place.
#321 – Zach Returns (Briefly)
Zach returns for one-week only from globe-trotting trip #1 to discuss his adventures in Africa and India, run down the movies he’s recently watched on planes, and generally catch up on the world of film with James as his guide (it’s ok to be worried for him). Also, the guys reveal how they fared with their Oscar picks!
#315 – Hostiles, Top 10 Westerns
Zach & James reveal their highly-anticipated Super Bowl LII predictions, then talk about some movies.
#314 – Oscar Picks, 2017 Listener Aggregate, The Post, Phantom Thread
James and Zach discuss the 2018 Oscar nominations and choose who will and should win, reveal the CRL listener’s favorite 20 films of 2017, and then discuss the Oscar hopefuls The Post (directed by Steven Spielberg) and Phantom Thread (dir by Paul Thomas Anderson).
#313 – Filmography of Stanley Kubrick (w/ Kyle)
Zach and James are joined by special guest Kyle to rundown the complete filmography of auteur director Stanley Kubrick, then the guys rank all 13 applicable films!
#312 – The 2017 Movie Hangover
Zach and James go deep into the year that was 2017 with loads of alternative year-end lists from the guys, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2018. Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Matt, Mindy, Scott, Ryan, Victoria, Scott, Roger, Josh, Catarina, Allan, Botond, Justin, Matthew, Michael, Adem, Thomas, Andrew, and Troy!
#311 – Top 20 of 2017
James and Zach count down their 20 favorite movies of 2017, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their list, and more.
#310 – Top 10 Last 10
Zach and James ring in the new year by discussing and ranking the last 10 movies they’ve seen.