Back Porch Podcast

In honor of the release of Dune, Corey is joined by his friend and filmmaker John Yost to discuss the films of Denis Villeneuve.

The episode begins with a brief discussion about their reactions to Villeneuve's newest film (3:30). This discussion does include spoilers, so if you are yet to see Dune, skip ahead to (26:35) where Corey and Yost breakdown and rank Villeneuve's six English language films, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune.

It's the week of Halloween or Samhain for all y'all witches out there. It only seems appropriate to discuss horror movies.

Corey is joined by actor and filmmaker Kristin Noriega to discuss their favorite films that utilize a single location to tell their story.

Grab some candy corn or whatever your favorite Halloween candy is and join us on the back porch to talk some horror movies. Not so hot take, candy corn is actually trash!

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILER!

It's the end of an era for the James Bond franchise. Daniel Craig has played 007 for the last time in the new film, No Time To Die. Zac and Corey had the chance to go see it this past week and wanted to hop on with their man Stegs to discuss their thoughts on the film as well as where the franchise goes from here.

Spoilers aplenty in this episode so if you haven't had a chance to see the movie, proceed with caution.

Ya know, a lot of folks like to debate which actor played James Bond best. Was it Connery or was it Craig? Some folks are contrarians who like to say that it was Lazenby. Quite frankly, we're not particularly interested in all of that. Sure we have our preferences, but every actor who has portrayed Bond has their own merits.

What we are interested in, is which film is the best. So, in honor of the final installment in the Craig-era of James Bond, No Time To Die, we are going to be power ranking every film in the franchise. To join us in this mission (yeah, we did that), we have John Stegemann aka Stegs, production designer and co-founder of the APB film collective. He hops on to chat with Corey and Zac about all the things that make Bond so great, from the songs, to the action sequences, to the corny, but also amazing one-liners. They cover it all.

So if you're a fan of everything James Bond, come celebrate the release of No Time To Die on the back porch as we break down all 24 films from this franchise.

And check back Friday for our bonus episode featuring a discussion about No Time To Die.

This week, we’re back with the next installment in our “Wait, You Haven’t Seen…” Series where we select a “classic” movie that we’ve never seen, watch it, and provide some commentary. 

Seeing as it’s spooky season, we wanted to choose a “classic” horror film that neither of us had seen. We ultimately decided to watch The Amityville Horror.

Join us on the back porch as Zac and Corey discuss one of the original haunted house movies; a movie that provided the template for modern horror classics like The Conjuring and The Orphanage. 

They even find some time to discuss how easy boomers had it when it came to buying houses. We promise, it connects to the movie.

This week, we are going to be discussing childhood classics like Space Jam and Rookie of the Year, as well as some all timers like Jerry Maguire and A League of Their Own. There are 22 sports-themed movies in contention and only 10 can get into the Back Porch Podcast’s 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame.

We’ve executed this concept once before when we built the Boston Movie Hall of Fame with the boys over at Simple Minds Sports Show, and this time, rather than tackle a movie city, we’re tackling a genre. We’re joined by guest host Zac Howes and John Stegemann (a.k.a. Stegs) to help us decide which films we’ll be forever immortalized in the 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame

This week Steve and Corey continue their discussion of the top five tracks from the year as they enter a Kanye space (don’t ask us what that is, we’re not entirely certain either) and discuss their Lil’ Wayne preferences and his recent resurgence.

The year 2005 was a lot of different things for different people. For hip-hop, it was an incredibly influential year as the southern trap sounds that are ubiquitous now first came to relevance. It’s also the year Kanye West, a Chicago native, cemented himself as an icon and force to be reckoned with, as he released “Gold Digger” Featuring Jaime Foxx.

Listen along as Steve and Corey finish out their lists, give out some honorable mentions, and discuss which artist won the year. Spoiler alert, this discussion doesn’t last long. We all know who won!

The year 2005 was a lot of different things for different people. For hip-hop, it was a fairly transformative year, where both the South, and even the Midwest, really proved that they had something to say. They were two regions that cemented their place in hip-hop and forever changed it.

It also provided the soundtrack for a lot of parties that both Corey, and our guest Steve Tyson, aka Ellect (@ellect217), attended or even DJ’d.

It was senior year of High School for Beam, so he wasn’t going to any parties. That would be wrong and unethical.

Listen as Corey and Steve talk about the importance of 2005 and what they’re favorite songs were in hip-hop from that year. And also shout out to Young Buck, pictured above, simply because we think he needs one. Just listen to the episode and you’ll know why.

Link to the episode and all of our other episodes in the bio.

You would think for two guys that have a podcast that involves talking about movies, we both have seen almost all of the classics, right?

Well, and more specifically for Beam, that isn’t the case. Surprisingly enough, there are some movies Corey hasn’t seen, which came as a shock to us all.

Because of this, we constructed a list of what can be considered “classic” movies that neither of us have seen and decided to record podcast episodes about it. For the debut in this series, we wanted to kick it off with what could be considered an incredibly prescient film.

The Truman Show.

In this episode, Corey and Beam talk about why they hadn’t seen the movie before, then they watch the film and immediately give their takes on the film, how it fits overall in movie history and where it sits in Jim Carrey’s catalogue.

And it’s just Corey and Beam on this one. Because this whole podcast, after all, is about them.

Oh, Kanye.

It’s hard to not say we have a complicated relationship with him. A literal mad genius who makes several classic albums in one minute, and then in the next does something that makes you want to cut ties with him all together. Maybe throw your Yeezy’s in the fire (which, hey, that’s a pretty boss move, money pants).

But this is Kanye and the man can make some music. So, with the release of Donda (Donda, Donda, Donda…), we are taking the opportunity to look back on Yeezy’s catalogue. An exercise none of us minded participating in.

This includes our good friend, Joe Donlon, who immediately texted Corey following the surprise release of Donda. A healthy discussion ensues.

Listen to the episode, and tell us whether we short shrifted Life of Pablo or, hell, even Ye. You’re wrong, but we’ll at least listen to you.