Episodes

Welcome back! This week concludes our miniseries looking at comfort movies. For this installment, we discuss a personal favorite, Galaxy Quest ! This 90s comedy classic gently pokes fun at the Star Trek franchise, and feat...

And we're back! After last week's brief break, we're doing a mini-series of comedies to close out November. In light of recent events, all of us here could use some cinematic comfort food. Nothing provides that like The Bi...

Welcome back! For this week’s episode, we’ll take a special look back at an episode from 2 1/2 years ago, Rounders! It’s an episode you may have missed, so enjoy! After that, we’ll close out November with 2 classic comedies,...

Welcome the finale of our Halloween Series! For this episode, you get a double feature--Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror . Both flicks pay homage to exploitation genre of 70s horror. Tha...

Hey! Our Halloween Series is nearly done, and we're wrapping things up with an all-time classic-- The Exorcist ! It's an iconic experience--disturbing, violent, and brilliantly acted and filmed. Does this film have any basi...

Welcome back! Our Halloween Series continues in high gear with an 80s cult classic-- An American Werewolf in London! This horror flick has a lot going for it: Elements of comedy, a fast-moving pace, and Rick Baker's stunni...

Hey! It's a day late, but never a dollar short... Our Halloween Series continues with a new release--the latest remake of Salem's Lot, based on the classic novel by Stephen King. Filmed in 2021, this movie has languished in...

Our Halloween Series continues with a early 2000s classic-- Final Destination ! This flick did surprising box office and inspired a series of sequels, with uneven results. We have very different opinions of this movie. Is i...

Welcome to our Halloween Series! This month, each host will pick an essential Halloween flick for us to screen, and we'll start with a 90s classic: The Faculty ! This teen scream epic stars a who's who of future talent (plu...

Our Presidential Series wraps up with The American President , a fluffy, charming rom-com from Aaron Sorkin ( The West Wing ) and Rob Reiner ( A Few Good Men )! It has an all-star cast, led by Michael Douglas and Annette Ben...

In this series, we've seen fictional and non-fictional presidents. None of them can match the nobility, brilliance, and complexity of our greatest president. With Lincoln, Steven Spielberg doesn't offer a comprehensive look...

Welcome! Our Presidential series continues with a 90s action classic--Harrison Ford's Air Force One . It's the only action flick in our series, and we have a fun discussion. How does it hold up? How has 9/11 changed our op...

For this week's presidential film, we look at one of the great films of the 1970s: All the President's Men . This is an intelligent, authentic, and--sadly--still relevant film that details the investigative journalism that b...

Our Presidential Series continues with the sly, tense Frost/Nixon! Based on Peter Morgan's award-winning play, Ron Howard's film examines the real story of David Frost's landmark interview series with disgraced President Rich...

Our Presidential Series kicks off with an Oscar-wining masterpiece, Oliver Stone’s JFK ! This film is unique in the series, in that it doesn’t focus on the actual president, but the mystery and confusion surrounding his murde...

Welcome! We're taking a break this week, getting ready for our big presidential series. That's 7 movies that run the gamut--from comedies to action to intense drama. It's going to be loads of fun. In the meantime, let's che...

Welcome! This week, we conclude our Odds and Ends Series, looking at flicks we've wanted to cover, but haven't found the space. Taylor chose The Game , David Fincher's thriller from 1997. It stars Michael Douglas and Sean ...

Hey! This week, we close out our series looking at classics we've always wanted to cover, and this one's a classic: Twister , from 1996. It's an awesome, cheesy, epic disaster flick, and it's still a lot of fun. We've got ...

Welcome! This week, we continue our series looking at movies we've never gotten around to seeing. Each host picks a new movie each week. For this installment, it's Sean's pick--Edgar Wright's rom-com chase flick, Baby Driv...

Welcome! This week, we kick off a series of movies we've each wanted to cover, but never have. My pick is Stop Making Sense , Jonathan Demme's beautiful, epic documentary of Talking Heads. It's a visionary movie, and has i...

We couldn't do a Summer Series without a baseball movie, could we? For this episode, we wrap things up with an 80s classic, The Natural . Barry Levinson's epic baseball fantasy is overlong and overblown, but it's also well-...

Our Summer Series kicks into high gear with one of the biggest hits of the 90s: Independence Day ! From a drunken Randy Quaid to a feisty Bill Pullman, from a young Will Smith to a mumbling Jeff Goldblum...this one has it al...

Our Summer Series continues with an all-time 80s classic, Stand by Me ! Rob Reiner directs, from a novella by Stephen King. An cast of future stars appears, including Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Conne...

Our Summer Series continues with a refreshing indie dramedy, The Way Way Back ! This flick has a top-notch cast (Oscar-winners and nominees are everywhere), moments of real cleverness, and a good message underneath it all. ...