The guys review and discuss the potential of The Creator, the new (relatively) lower-budget sci-fi flick by director Garth Edwards (Star Wars: Rogue One, Monsters) – then heap praise on the new sex-comedy Bottoms starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri.
The guys review and discuss two films new to streaming – the alien invasion thriller No One Will Save You on Hulu, and the Pixar animated film Elemental on Disney+.
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we celebrate our 600th episode by listing the top half of our top 501-600 favorite films.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The guys “do it live” when ranking their favorite forgotten films of the same year that the MCU was birthed.
The guys get nostalgic while discussing animated reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, then rank all of the films from the beloved series.
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.
The guys discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen while ranking them in order of preference.
James, Kyle, and Zach react to the latest film in the Mission Impossible franchise on their way home from the drive-in movie theater.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Zach and James play trivia games and discuss topics in the first ever movie podcast written by AI.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The guys rank the last 10 films they’ve seen, starting with the worst and ending at the best.
The guys rank the last 10 films they’ve seen, starting with the worst and ending at the best.
The guys talk Women Talking, then try to remember what 2022 films pass the Bechdel Test.
Zach and James answer some youtube comments and listener email, run down their top ideas to take the film-centric social media website Letterboxd to the next level, and generally argue over whatever hits the front of their brains at the moment.
