James and Zach look back at work of horror director Wes Craven (RIP), specifically his high-profile comedy horror flop Vampire in Brooklyn starring Eddie Murphy, as well as discuss Zach’s personal connection to the famed director. Then the guys run down a few anticipated films from the back third of 2015.
Zach and James discuss recent listener email questions and comments, then attempt to answer some questions of their own regarding movie collection alphabetization in a new segment called Analyze This.
James and Zach rank the last 10 movies they’ve seen including the new release N.W.A biopic, a Russian single take film, the requisite handful of documentaries, and much more.
James and Zach chat about Guy Ritchie’s latest 60’s spy film The Man From U.N.C.L.E., then run down their Top 5 TV to Film adaptations.
Special-guest and Tom Cruise expert Ryan joins Zach and James as they discuss the finer points of the short-in-stature-but-big-on-charm actor, specifically in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, the latest in his signature spy franchise. Also, a Top 5 list is run down, a quick game is played, and the good name of Miles Teller is besmirched.
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen including a new release Beach Boys biopic, a recent Adam Sandler film you’ve probably never heard of, a handful of documentaries, and much more.
James and Zach read a stack of Listener Email, then play a quick new game of 4Score (temporary title).
Zach returns to the podcast from his honeymoon for a chat about the new Wes Anderson-esque western Slow West followed by the IMDb vs Wikipedia debate nobody asked for. Seriously, if you think we can get nerdy about the minutia of movies as an art form, just wait until you hear us argue for over an hour about the websites that catalog them! All that plus James gives Zach the gift that eluded him for 32 years – permission to watch Bambi.
James is joined by special-guests Matt and Luke to discuss the new Marvel-universe action comedy Ant Man, then the guys try out a new segment called No/Meh/Yes.
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen.
Zach and James chat with Director William Dickerson about his new book on microbudget film-making as well as his microbudget disaster survival thriller Detour!
Zach and James rank and discuss the last 10 movies they’ve seen including the movie that won both the Grand Jury Prize and the audience award at Sundance, several listener suggestions, a great music documentary and more!
Zach and James discuss the latest Pixar film Inside Out, then run down the animation studios’ entire filmography in order of preference.
Special-guest Casey returns to challenge James and Zach in a game of 28 Words Later, then the guys speed-round spelling out the word “Jurassic” Last Man Standing style.
James and Zach are joined by Jurassic Park expert Casey as the guys run down the goods (and bads) of the biggest worldwide opening-weekend box-office draw in history, Jurassic World.
Mike Johnson, Goonies trivia expert, takes on James in an epic round of Goonies trivia (hosted by Zach) and then the guys play a quick round of Goonies-themed Last Man Standing. And ICYMI earlier this week, check out the quick video below we made about Mike’s custom Goonies pinball project…
Zach and James are joined by Mike Johnson, Goonies expert and pinballer extraordinaire, who created his very own custom Goonies pinball table. The guys chat about the classic kid film, hear all about Mike’s pinball project, then run down their top 5 movies that were eventually made into a pinball table. Plus don’t miss the quick video below we made about Mike’s project…
James and Zach review some listener email, then try out a new movie game.
Zach and James discuss the recent disaster flicks San Andreas and Entourage, then run down their favorite California-set films.
James tries to bring down Best Buy and we argue about who is more recognizable, Carrot Top or Shaquille O’Neal, plus retry the musical game The Perfect Score (spoiler: it works way better this time) and play a short round of Jacob’s Ladder.
Zach and James list the top 10 films they are positively not positive if they have ever mentioned on the show in the past 125 episodes, but they are pretty sure they haven’t. Maybe.
James and Zach are joined by special guest Amanda (aka James’ sister) in two old-school CRL favorite games: 28 Words Later and Sophie’s Choice.
Zach and James enthusiastically discuss Mad Max: Fury Road, then quickly rank the original Mad Max Trilogy.
Zach and James stupefy special-guest Matt as they play a few rounds of Last Man Standing, then Matt officiates a spirited game of (Untimed) Outta Time.
Zach and James are joined by special-guest Matt as the trio each rank the last 10 movies they’ve seen in order of preference.
