Brainwaves

This one starts in one place… and ends up everywhere.

We get into a few headlines, including what makes one airport the best in the world, before the conversation drifts into tech struggles, fitness updates, and a story that turns into a full-blown childhood panic.

No script, no plan. Just seeing where it goes.

Jason is back from Japan and this trip had a bit of everything.

From filming in Tokyo to navigating language barriers and everyday moments that don’t go as planned, he shares what it’s really like being there, and why it’s such a unique experience.

Plus, Barry brings his own “Big in Japan” story… with very different results.

We take on the 10 most rewatchable action movies of all time and put them to the real test—would you actually watch them again?

From John Wick and Die Hard to Top Gun: Maverick and Mad Max: Fury Road, some hold up perfectly… and some don’t.

We also throw in a few of our own picks along the way.

The Movie Guy is back and we went to see the new Super Mario Bros sequel.

With Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black, this one looks like a slam dunk, but does it actually deliver?

We break down what works, what doesn’t, and whether it holds up beyond the visuals.

Is it for everyone? We break it down.

We put a stack of 4K movies to the rewatch test:

Hard Boiled
Red Sonja
Salem’s Lot
Spaceballs
The Usual Suspects

Here’s the game…

Which one still holds up?
Which one looks great but doesn’t?
Which one is way harder to sit through than you remember?
And which one is just flat-out elite?

We thought this would be a quick update… it wasn’t.

In 72 hours, we hit a concert, sat front row at a hockey game, got a very questionable wallet check, and somehow ended up talking to a bunch of random strangers.

Somewhere in all of it, we realized saying yes more and talking to people you don’t know might actually be the point.

In this episode of Two Shot Tuesday, we kick things off with a little whiskey, a little celebration, and a St. Patrick’s Day recording that somehow turns into one of our most entertaining conversations yet.

We talk about the return of Barry’s beloved Jameson Black Barrel, share some St. Patrick’s Day memories, and get into a few unexpected topics along the way, including Michael B. Jordan celebrating his Oscar with an In-N-Out burger and Barry’s latest 4K collector haul.

Somewhere in the middle of it all, Barry reminds me that after a night out recently he told me he loved me… and apparently my response was just to laugh and walk away.

It’s another classic Two Shot Tuesday conversation with whiskey, stories, movies, and the kind of moments that seem to happen every time we hit record.

The Movie Guy returns to Two Shot Tuesday to break down The Bride, the new Frankenstein film starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

We debate the wild premise, the chaotic storylines, the 1930s gangster vibe, and whether this ambitious monster movie actually works. One of us liked parts of it… one of us absolutely did not.

Plus: comparisons to classic Frankenstein films, Young Frankenstein, and why this movie left us arguing all the way out of the theater.

This episode of Two Shot Tuesday begins under some very questionable conditions.

Barry Nixon is just emerging from a bout with the latest round of “new COVID,” Jason Reilly is running on fumes after a late night at Crown & Dragon, and we somehow decided this was the perfect moment to record.

From there we cover Jason hosting a conference at the Wigwam Resort in Arizona, letting ChatGPT introduce his boss on stage, Barry discovering an old-school bodybuilding gym (Titan Gym) in Fort Lauderdale, and Jason preparing to fly to Japan for a quick film shoot.

Coffee, whiskey, travel stories, AI chaos, and a few laughs along the way on a rare morning record of Two Shot Tuesday.

This week on Two Shot Tuesday, we revisit 1408 (2007) — the Stephen King adaptation that somehow slipped past a lot of people, despite delivering one of the most intense single-location psychological thrillers of the 2000s.

Starring John Cusack in a near one-man performance and Samuel L. Jackson in peak cool-and-cryptic form, the film traps its lead inside a haunted hotel room that doesn’t rely on ghosts so much as pure psychological warfare.

We break down:

• How this short story adaptation punches above its weight

• The differences between the theatrical and director’s cuts

• And how the 4K restoration completely elevates the experience

Plus, we talk Seinfeld in 4K (and why we’ve been watching it wrong), and somehow end up debating whether we’d survive a trip to the moon.

Stephen King. One room. No escape.