#212 – Games: Fried Green Tomatoes, Tagliners (w/ Casey)
James, Zach and Casey try to estimate the tomato-meter of 15 films in a brand new game, then James takes on Casey in a round of innuendo-filled Tagliners.
James, Zach and Casey try to estimate the tomato-meter of 15 films in a brand new game, then James takes on Casey in a round of innuendo-filled Tagliners.
James and Zach experiment with a new listener suggested game, then get a clue with the returning game 5 Easy Pieces.
James and Zach read and discuss listener email, then try out a new clue-based movie trivia game called 5 Easy Pieces.
James and Zach challenge Josh to a round of the IMDB-based game Fantastic Four, this time with a new genre-twist, then Josh attempts to deceive the guys in a quick round of Movie Bluff. Also, click here to read Zach’s dissertation on Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop classic Call Me Maybe.
Special guest Jim Laczkowski, host of The Director’s Club Podcast, challenge James and Zach to a round of the the long-running movie games Me Myself iRate and Jacob’s Ladder, then attempts to complete an impromptu attempt at the long-defunct movie-memory game Total Recall! You can hear more of Jim on his podcast The Director’s Club Podcast. You can also hear him on his spin-off podcast called The Pop Culture Club Podcast. And he’s the creator of the Now Playing Podcast Network. Follow Jim on Letterboxd and Twitter too!
James and Zach flip the script with a game of Memento, the test their knowledge of IMDB’s “known-for” algorithym with the new game Unknown. Also, have you seen our awesome Patreon pitch video? No?! WTH.
At listener request, Zach annoys James with another swipe at the frustrating movie-association riddler I Have a Film Festival, then the guys take a stab at a new IMDB-based game that puts the “Know For” section of the site to the test. Also, Patreon supporters heard this ep days ago, just sayin!
Zach and James try out a new game called Blankman, in which they read the IMDB plots of films using only the 1,000 most commonly used words of the English language – then describe movie posters for your amusement in a round of My Kid Could Paint That. Also, don’t forget to check out our Patreon pitch video!
James gives Mohsen and Zach the DC Universe Personality Test, then quizzes them on their Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trivia knowledge.
We’re joined again by writer/director William Dickerson and play some rounds of Jacob’s Ladder and the classic Last Man Standing!
James and Zach are joined by improv-comedy duo Amanda Wirtz and Emily Fontano of the Amanda and Emily: WE’RE HAVING A SHOW! show to deep dive into the night that was the 2016 Oscars, then see how well they know each others movie taste in The Moviewed Game.
Superfan Mindy joins James and Zach to play the movie games of her choice, including the letterboxd rating memory game Me Myself & iRate and the classic Movie Bluff!
Special-guest Luke returns to join James for a solid 90 minutes of movie games madness, including two never before played. We apologize in advance.
The guys challenge each other to 100 Movie Trivia Questions, of which they do not know the difficulty in advance.
It’s Friday, so Zach and James challenge each other to the grand-daddy of CRL movie games 28 Words Later, then re-attempt the movie poster description game My Kid Could Paint That.
Zach and James return with a rare Friday show to read and discuss the latest and greatest in listener email, and then challenge each other to a quick game of Outta Time!
Star Wars expert Mohsen joins Zach and James as they dissect Force Awakens, then the guys play some Star Wars themed trivia and finish out the show with a speed-round of Sophie’s Choice. The first few minutes are spoiler-free with a very clear transition to spoiler chat, feel free to rejoin the show at the 1hr 8min mark for some spoiler-free games.
Zach and James read and discuss a bunch of listener email, then play a holiday themed game of Last Man Standing.
Special-guest Matt challenges Zach in a brand new clip game hosted by James, then Zach put James and Matt to the test in various pilot movie related quizzes and games.
James and Zach challenge each other to a quick round of timed trivia in Outta Time, then play cryptic programmer in the new game I Have a Film Festival.
Special-guest Scotty brings a new game called Tagliners to the show, then the guys play a loose round of another new game named Movie is Bad.
James and Zach ask each other ridiculously easy movie trivia questions to see who will get one wrong first, then quiz each other on the star ratings of movies they previously rated on Letterboxd.
Luke (the Flute) joins Zach and James in a speed-round of Last Man Standing, then the guys spoil the crap out of The Martian.
Zach and James talk about watching movies on their phones, then climb Jacob’s Ladder.
Zach and James challenge each other to a blind draw of 50 impossibly hard movie trivia questions each.