A Film By...

Haven't you ever done something in your life you wish you could do over again... and this time get it right? Robin Williams and Kurt Russell star in this football comedy about replaying the game they lost 13 years ago. Jeff, Brad, and Dayton talk football, debate great character actors, and contemplate the merits of moving on from the past.

For five decades, Martin Scorsese has delivered hit after hit. We've rooted for his bad guys, be they an unhinged vigilante, or a slimy Wall Street broker. We've become envious of the gangster lifestyle, and we've marveled at the culture of people and places, long since passed. With Silence, his 2016 drama about two Jesuit priests setting out on a dangerous mission to find their mentor and propagate Catholicism in 17th century Japan, Martin Scorsese offers his passion project; 25 years in the making.

Welcome to the first episode of our limited series! A Film By... co-host Jeff Johnson believes that the year 1986 stands out as the best year for movies in the 80's. Whether or not he's right, we're kicking things off with The Money Pit. Tom Hanks and Shelly Long find themselves deeply in love and deeply in debt in this fixer-upper comedy!

From the erotic coming of age story about teenage boys with an older woman, to the magical and fantastical coming of age story about teenage witches and wizards at Hogwarts, Alfonso Cuaron has delivered an amazing body of work. On this episode, Brad and Jeff discuss his 2006 film Children of Men; a highly revered film whose message was lost on audiences upon it's initial release, but is ever so poignant today.

If you can name the seven deadly sins, or recite the first rule of Fight Club, you're most likely a fan of David Fincher films. In the first episode of 2021, Brad and Jeff discuss his 2011 psychological thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's a remake. It's a book adaptation. It's David Fincher at his best.

Season's greetings! It's the final episode of 2020.  Brad and Jeff share their favorite non traditional Christmas movies, and discuss Richard Donner's Scrooged; his 1988 interpretation of the timeless Dicken's classic. Bill Murray is anything but the Ebenezer Scrooge you grew up knowing in this contemporary retelling that is bound to put a little love in your heart!

Having established himself with the iconic Evil Dead trilogy, horror auteur Sam Raimi trades deadites for double crossing in his Minnesota-based crime thriller about three men finding a bag full of money deep in the woods.

Long before winning the Academy Award for Best Director, or taking us into the action-packed endless summer of surfing bank robbers, Kathryn Bigelow crafted her own mythology on vampires. The result was a cult classic that is revered to this day for it's western elements and a memorable performance from Bill Paxton. Turn the lights down. Turn the volume up. Pray for daylight, as we discuss Near Dark!

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Renowned horror director John Carpenter takes a stab at something new with his sci-fi love story, and the result is something truly beautiful.