ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 7/30/23

Jer and Dan discuss a pivotal movie from their childhood: "The Blues Brothers" from 1980, directed by John Landis.  But their love and knowledge of Jake and Elwood goes far beyond this one movie, having seeped their way into even their childhood play.  It's a long one, but it's jam packed full of love and nostalgia.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 6/30/23

Just in time for an Indiana Jones movie that's SURE to please EVERYONE, we discuss one of Dan's favorite movies: an Indiana Jones movie that pleased very few when it was initially released, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" from 1984, directed by Senior Spielbergo.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 5/14/23

Movies like this are why we started this side series in the first place.  We talk very in depth about the implications and revelations in the 1991 comedy "Drop Dead Fred," the content of which only improves with age.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 4/9/23

This month is Dan's choice, and a great example of a movie whose parts are greater than the sum.  We talk about Damien Chazelle's young man's movie "Whiplash" from 2014 starring JK Simmons and Miles Teller.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 5/24/23

It may not be an Irish movie, but it's still plenty green.  We talk about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from 1990, which is still one of the best comic book movies ever adapted.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 2/16/23

Jer and Dan choose the month of love to talk about a pretty solid romantic comedy which just so happens to be the greatest comedy of all time by our money!  We talk Judd Apatow's 2005 (NOT 2004) comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" starring Steve Carell.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1/9/23

As the powdery snow starts to fall, Jer picks one of his favorite movies, despite it being the generic store brand version of "Goodfellas."  We're talking about the late Ted Demme's swan song "Blow" from 2001 starring Johnny Depp.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 12/9/22

We celebrate Christmas with Dan's choice this year (though to be honest, it's a mutual love.) It's time for Tim Burton's "Batman Returns" starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny Devito, and Christopher Walken.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 11/9/22

This month we talk about one of Jer's favorite movies, the brothers' mutual love and respect of Weird Al the artist, and we lay praise on the [then] newly-released "WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story"

Originally published 10/31/22

This month we discuss one of Dan's all time favorites, and a first-timer for Jer, "Zodiac" directed by David Fincher.