Big Lists

Greg and Joe are joined by their old pal and friendly neighbor from the north Katie Needs to discuss her top 10 favorite romantic comedies of all time. To kick things off Katie discusses her passion for the rom com genre while also presenting her iron clad criteria for rating these films (3:52). Before diving into the top 10 Katie nearly cancels a dated Adam Sandler rom com from the early 2000's (9:00) and then discusses her #10 which includes one of her favorite tropes in the genre that is "maybe your life would be better if you weren't such a dick" (11:25). As they move through the rest of the top 10 the gang covers a wide range of topics including a movie that basically had a red carpet premiere in Rochester, NY in 2003 (24:43), the Taj Mahal of movie parents that is Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci (35:00), Katies STYLE icon Julia Stiles (51:00) and Kids Choice award winner Julia Roberts for her portrayal of a hooker with a heart of gold in a very R-rated movie. All that and MORE. 

Greg and Joe are joined by writer/musician Travis Alexander to discuss his top 5 favorite horror movies of all time. To start things off Travis recounts what got him into the horror genre in the first place (2:40). Then after a brief discussion about how traumatizing Bram Stoker's Dracula was at a young age (7:30) the crew dives into Travis' list that starts with a surprising number five (10:35). While listing off the other four films they cover a wide range of topics that involve an out of left field positive review of Rob Zombie's Halloween (29:15), John Carpenters genius as a film composer (31:12), Wes Craven's parody approach to making scary movies (40:10) and Stephen King's wild cocaine abuse before he got sober. 

Joe and Greg do a recap and dive into the films of 1992. As always they start off by listing off and discussing the years biggest blockbusters like Aladdin, Home Alone 2 and Lethal Weapon 3 (9:30). Then they move on to picking apart the years biggest Oscar winners like Unforgiven and Scent of a Woman as well as snubs like Malcom X and A Few Good Men (18:15). To round out the episode the two co-hosts list their top 5 favorite films of 1992 including Basic Instinct, My Cousin Vinny and Reservoir Dogs (49:45). At the end of the episode a cameo is made by Greg's girlfriend, Sydney who joins the podcast to discuss her love for Joe's #1 movie of the year - A League of Their Own (1:20:10).

Joe and Greg do a deep dive into the films of the year 1991. As always they start the episode off by listing out the years biggest blockbusters (6:40). Then they move over to talking about the years biggest Oscar winners and biggest snubs (16:20). Then to close out the podcast they each present their top 5 favorite films from 1991 to each other (42:30). Is Greg the founding member of the Barry Levinson Fan Club? Could Matthew Broderick have played the role of Johnny Utah in Point Break? And Joe explains how Silence of the Lambs ultimately taught him the value of not helping strangers. All this and MORE. 

Joe and Greg do a deep dive into the films of the year 1990. They start off by listing out the years biggest blockbusters (3:58). Then they move over to talking about the years biggest Oscar winners and biggest snubs (14:30). Then to close out the podcast they each present their top 5 favorite films from 1990 to each other (37:12). Dances with Wolves really beat out Goodfellas for Best Picture and Best Director?! Is The Godfather Part III now underrated? Is Richard Gere every mom's number one heartthrob? Joe and Greg break it all down.