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March 13, 2024

A Look Back: Hellboy II

We hope you enjoyed our Best Picture Series! It was certainly a blast to make. That goes even more for our upcoming schedule, the Month of Monsters. If you're into Dracula, Kong, Godzilla, or Frankenstein, this will be you...

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March 6, 2024

Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

It may have all the aesthetics of a big, burly action epic, but don't get it twisted: The Bridge on the River Kwai is a nuanced, character-based drama, and a philosophical rumination on the absurdities of human nature. In the...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Review: No Country for Old Men

Our Best Picture series continues with a Coen Brothers classic, No Country for Old Men! It's a lean, eccentric thriller, loaded with colorful performances and quirky dialogue. The film won multiple Oscars and is now consider...

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Feb. 21, 2024

Birdman: A Modern Movie Classic

Our Best Picture series continues with instant classic, Birdman , starring Michael Keaton. We'd all seen this one before, and we all have strong opinions!

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Feb. 14, 2024

Movie Review: The English Patient

Our Best Picture Series continues with a 90s classic, The English Patient! Sean and I have strong opinions.

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Feb. 7, 2024

Gladiator: A New Classic

Our Best Picture Series continues with Gladiator ! Sean and I have very different opinions about this 2000 classic. To read my full review, click here!

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Jan. 24, 2024

A Look Back: Con Air

This is final week of my paternity leave! We're adjusting to life with twin newborns. It's been both hectic and awesome. Stressful and amazing. We could be happier. Or sleepier. Thank you all so much for sticking with us...

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Jan. 17, 2024

A Look Back: The Lion in Winter

As my paternity leave winds down, let's go back to one of my all-time favorite movies, The Lion in Winter . The boys hadn't seen it, so it was great to introduce a new classic. Stay tuned, new content drops …

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Jan. 10, 2024

Matchups

Hey everyone! This episode is just a quick update on our upcoming schedule, plus it features a throwback to four years ago, and an episode you may have missed. New content is coming soon!

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Jan. 2, 2024

Update for 2024!

Hey everybody! Hopefully you've had a good holiday season, and have enjoyed our Christmas content! My wife and I are six weeks into having twin newborns, and we're slowly settling into a new normal. As such, I'm going to g...

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Dec. 27, 2023

Look Back: When Harry Met Sally

As I continue to help take care of our brand new twins, enjoy this look back at When Harry Met Sally , a rom-com in which New Year's Eve plays a crucial role!

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Dec. 20, 2023

Gremlins

Our Christmas Series wraps up with one you wouldn't expect-- Gremlins ! The story begins with Oklahoma folk/country singer Hoyt Axton, playing inventor/two-bit entrepreneur Randall Peltzer. In a Chinatown antique store, Rand...

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Dec. 13, 2023

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Our Christmas Series continues with Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! The story: Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, leader of Halloween Town, a community of goblins, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, and abomination...

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Dec. 6, 2023

Hook

Our Christmas Series begins with a 90s classic! Hook has a combination of premise, cast, and crew that would inspire a movie executive to hand over blank check: A sequel to Peter Pan, with Robin Williams as an adult version …

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Nov. 29, 2023

A Look Back: Lethal Weapon

As my paternity leave begins, enjoy this special look back at a Christmas movie you'd never expect--Lethal Weapon! Stay tuned, as we've pre-recorded a TON of new content, and it starts next week!

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Nov. 22, 2023

Double Impact

Our Twins Series wraps up with Double Impact. The story extremely simple: JCVD plays Alex and Chad Winter. Alex was raised in a Hong Kong orphanage. Giga-Chad was raised in a French dojo. They both speak with strong Belgian ...

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Nov. 15, 2023

Adaptation

Adaptation depicts a fictionalized version of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine), and his struggles with writer’s block in adapting the Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean—played here by Meryl Str...

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Nov. 8, 2023

Twins

The plot is part buddy comedy, part road trip movie, and part high concept fantasy comedy: Schwarzenegger and DeVito play Julius and Vincent Benedict, fraternal twins who were created in a lab experiment and separated at birt...

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Nov. 6, 2023

Hook

Our Christmas Series begins with a 90s classic: Hook has a combination of premise, cast, and crew that would inspire a movie executive to hand over blank check: A sequel to Peter Pan, with Robin Williams as an adult version …

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Oct. 31, 2023

The Crow

The Crow will be forever marked by the tragedy that occurred during its filming. On March 31st, 1993, Brandon Lee-the only son of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee—was killed by a mishandled prop gun, which was accidentally lo...

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Oct. 25, 2023

Fright Night Part 2

Our Halloween Series is in full swing as we take a good look at Fright Night Part 2. This middling vampire flick is a perfect case study for why 95% of all movie sequels never need to be made. To …

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Oct. 18, 2023

Poltergeist

Our Halloween series continues with my pick, Poltergeist! I've wanted to discuss this 80s classic for a while now, so it's good to get this one under our belt.

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Oct. 11, 2023

Friday the 13th

Our Halloween series kicks off with an all-time slasher classic, Friday the 13th! For this movie, we pair a few tasty Octoberfest beers!

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