#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.
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.
Kyle and James criticize director Darren Aronofsky’s crime comedy Caught Stealing, the run down their favorite movies featuring a domestic cat.
The guys reconvene to rank their favorite spoof films and discuss the new Liam Neeson / Pam Anderson rebootqual of The Naked Gun.
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.
The guys rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
The guys discuss James’ recent infection while criticizing the third “28” movie, then run down their favorite films with a unit of time in the title.
The guys criticize Ballerina, the newest entry in the world of John Wick, then rank their favorite movies spun off from a successful franchise series.
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.
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.
The guys discuss the pointlessness of the direct-to-streaming black-comedy sequel Another Simple Favor, then run down their (least) favorite films that nobody was really looking for, but we all got anyways.
The guys double up on recent bloody releases while criticizing Ryan Coogler’s genre mashup Sinners and Gareth Evans’ Havoc, then rank and discuss their favorite movies in which multiple roles are played by the same actor.
The guys rank their favorite forgotten films of the same year that Barack Obama was inaugurated, Michael Jackson died, and Bitcoin was created.
The guys criticize the new Iraq war set film Warfare, co-directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza – then run down their favorite war films set during times when they’ve been alive.
The guys pay homage to Val Kilmer by running down their 10 favorite films featuring the late actor.
The guys criticize the spy thriller Black Bag, then rundown their 10 favorite films from director Steven Soderbergh.
Kyle and James rank and discuss they last 10 movies they’ve seen.
Kyle and James criticize the new romantic sci-fi thriller The Gorge (now streaming on AppleTV+, then run down their favorite mid-tier sci-fi films you could waste a Saturday afternoon watching, were that to be something you’d want to do.
So many lists! Kyle, James and Zach bid 2024 adieu with a plethora of alternative year-end lists, NEW New Year movie resolutions, and an overview of what to expect in cinemas in 2025. This episode has more movie lists than any other podcast episode on the planet – guaranteed! Special thanks to our Patreon Supporters – Specifically thanks to Marcos, Mansouri, Marco, Logan, Josh, Troy, Allan, Victoria, Scotty, Justin, Ryan, Scott, and Roger!
In celebration of 11 years of podcasting – the guys count down their 20 favorite movies of 2024, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their lists, and much more.
The guys run down the films they prefer the least and discuss why they stand out as exceptionally bad, and occasionally argue the merits presented.
The guys criticize the historical action legasequel Gladiator 2, then run down their favorite “epic” films.
James and Kyle discuss the WW2-set drama Blitz from director Steve McQueen, then rank and discuss their favorite films featuring Saoirse Ronan.
The guys criticize Netflix’s Woman of the Hour, the directorial debut of Anna Kendrick, a crime thriller based on the true story of a serial killer who dared to show his face on a tv game show – then run down their favorite films featuring a game show.
Kyle and James criticize the revenge thriller Blink Twice, the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz starring Channing Tatum, then run down their 10 favorite island-set films.
The guys attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff while criticizing the epic science fiction drama Megalopolis from the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, then run dow their favorite movies that aimed high but may not (or may) have connected.