#714 – Top 20 of 2025
In celebration of 12 years of podcasting – the guys count down their 20 favorite movies of 2025, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their lists, and much more.
#713 – Nouvelle Vague, Breathless (1960)
The guys surf the new wave while criticizing Nouvelle Vague, the new Richard Linklater film that tells the story of the production of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless.
#712 – Marty Supreme, The Smashing Machine
The guys compare, contrast, and criticize the first solo films of the directorial duo formerly know as the Safdie Bros.
#711 – Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Remembering Rob Reiner
The guys turn it up to 11 and other cliches while discussing Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, a sequel 40 years in the making – then discuss the varied filmography of the late-great Rob Reiner.
#710 – Avatar: Fire and Ash
The guys gather a few days before Christmas to criticize the latest entry in James Cameron’s Avatar franchise – Fire and Ash, and wonder whether the flame has gone out.
#709 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Train Dreams
The guys criticize the latest entry in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out mystery film series, Wake Up Dead Man – then lament the passage of time while discussing the career defining Joel Edgerton performance contained within Train Dreams.
#708 – Oh. What. Fun. (2025), There’s Something in the Barn (2023), The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
It’s that time of the year again! Time for the guys to round up three Christmas-themed films none of them have seen before, watch them, and criticize them based on overall quality as well as how “Christmassy” they are.
#706 – Sisu: Road to Revenge, Top 10 Male-led Revenge Movies
The guys criticize the Finnish action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge (aka Sisu 2), then rank their favorite revenge movies that are motivated by the manfolk. Movies to pre-watch for the X-Mas episode: ➡️ Oh. What. Fun (2025) … Amazon Prime on Dec 5 ➡️ There’s Something in the Barn (2023) ➡️ The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
#703 – The Long Walk, Top 10 Stephen King Adaptations
The guys criticize the latest Stephen King adaptation, then run down their 10 favorite films adapted from the writings of the prolific author.
#702 – A House of Dynamite, Top 10 Rashomon Style Films
All three guys recall their personal experience with Kathryn Bigelow’s latest political thriller procedural A House of Dynamite, then run down their favorite “Rashomon Style” movies.
#701 – One Battle After Another, Tron: Ares
The guys criticize the latest Jarod Leto film, then consider if the latest PTA film would have been better if it also starred Jared Leto.
#700 – Our 700 Favorite Films of All Time – (Part 2)
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we celebrate 700 episodes by listing the top half of our top 601-700 favorite films.
#699 – Our 700 Favorite Films of All Time – (Part 1)
In our continuing series of listing our favorite films, we prepare for our 700th episode by listing half of our top 601-700 favorite films.
#697 – Weapons, Top 10 Missing Person Movies
The guys reunite to discuss Zach Cregger’s latest horror thriller Weapons, then run down their favorite movies featuring the search for a missing person.
#694 – Movie Trivia Games
Zach and Kyle try two new movie games, testing their knowledge of an actor’s body of work and their ability to describe a movie scene.
#693 – War of the Worlds (2025), Eddington
The guys discuss the recently infamous screenlife War of the Worlds adaptation starring Ice Cube, then discuss the covid-set black comedy thriller Eddington, directed by Ari Aster.
#692 – The Naked Gun (2025), Top 10 Spoof Movies
The guys reconvene to rank their favorite spoof films and discuss the new Liam Neeson / Pam Anderson rebootqual of The Naked Gun.
#691 – Friend or AI? Who Picked the Better Movie?
Zach and Kyle take on a new movie challenge: Who can make a better movie recommendation? Friends of 35 years, or ChatGPT.
#690 – The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Top 10 Movies with Alliterative Titles
Zach and James debate why the new Fantastic Four MCU-reboot is subtitled “First Steps” (among other things) and then run down their favorite films titled with words that start with a similar sound.
#689 – Top 10 Last 10
The guys rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
#688 – Superman (2025), Superman Trivia (w/ Mohsen)
The guys are joined by resident Batman expert Mohsen to criticize James Gunn’s attempt at a Superman reboot, then quick-rank their favorite actors who have played the famed character, and finally test their knowledge of Supes’ on the big screen.
#687 – Jurassic World Rebirth, The Old Guard 2
The guys double-feature a pair of new release films, the 7th (or 4th) Jurassic movie and a sequel to a straight-to-streaming movie you likely don’t remember.
#685 – Predator: Killer of Killers, Echo Valley
The guys drop in for the double feature nobody asked for and criticize the animated for adults action movie Predator: Killer of Killers and the misery drama/thriller Echo Valley.
#683 – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Ranking MI Franchise, Impossible Trivia
The guys gather to discuss the recent and last (?) Mission Impossible film The Final Reckoning, then quick rank all 8 films in the action series, and end the episode with a quick round of MI-themed trivia.
#682 – The Studio, Fountain of Youth, Top 10 Adventure Films in Search of History
Zach and James discuss the clever meta-hilarity of The Studio, then adventure through history while criticizing Fountain of Youth, and finally rundown their favorite history-tinged adventure movies.