Anime is on the mind of Tate and Sage, so Tate picks a 1988 anime movie, Akira. Jacob was not a fan but attempts to contribute to the conversation here and there. Was this movie part of the inspiration for the Duffer Brothers in making Stranger Things? How do you judge a project based on source material if they just allude to certain things happening if you're not familiar with the said source material? We attempt to answer these questions and more. We also have a special guest drop-in at the end which you will not want to miss.

This movie was directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.

GD4AM: 64/100

IMDb: 8.0/10

Metacritic: 67/100

RT: 90%

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends, and a group of psychics.

This movie is currently streaming on Hulu.

Sage has decided to give our brains a break from the pretentiousness of our last two picks and chooses a nice, brain candy, action movie, Desperado starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. We have debates about which version of the song Desperado is better, Rihanna or The Eagles, Jacob introduces (and is flabbergasted that he has to) Tate and Sage to George Michael and Wham!, we do also talk about the movie as well, from the action, the cheesiness that may leave Sage off the toilet for a week, and much more! 

This movie was directed by Robert Rodriguez. 

GD4AM: 72/100 

IMDb: 7.1/10 

Metacritic: 55/100 

RT: 67% 

A former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin Bucho and his gang. 

This movie is currently streaming on Netflix until June 30th. 

NEXT MOVIE REVIEW: Akira (1988) streaming on Hulu.

The boys try to get philosophical on this one. Jacob went artsy this week with his next pick by choosing a 2011 movie from Terrence Malick. While this film happened to make an impression on the movie critics of the world, it really left the boys stranded on an island filled with questions including: What's happening? Why are there dinosaurs? Why are they all whispering? Did I accidentally start Blue Planet? Why is Sean Penn even in this movie? No seriously, what's happening? 

Will we get answers to our questions? Did Sage casually challenges Mr. MIT a.k.a. Mr. Dumb Dummy to a Philosophical debate? The answer to one of those is yes.

The movie was directed by Terrance Malick

GD4AM: 54/100

IMDb: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

RT: 84%

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.

This movie is currently for rent.

In the latest guest special, we invite Sage's old college roommate on, a man who has actual elevated taste in movies unlike your hosts, Connor! Before we get to his pick we talk Connor's movie background, how he first met Sage and even some physical media discussion. We then talk about Connor's pick, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. We discuss the cinematography, the subtlety in acting performances, How I Met Your Mother references and much more!

This movie was directed by Ana Lily Amirpour

GD4AM: 87/100

IMDb: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

RT: 96%

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

This movie is currently only for rent.

A Christmas movie in May? That's right. A Christmas movie in May. As punishment for Tate ditching the last podcast, Sage and Jacob settle on Love Actually as part of Tate's punishment. We talk about each relationship, somebody on the podcast LOVEs this movie, argue about if this is ACTUALLY a Christmas movie or not, Jacob gives Sage the spangles, Tate has them for the wrong reasons, and much more!

This movie was directed by Richard Curtis.

GD4AM: 70/100

IMDb: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 55/100

RT: 64%

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

This movie is currently streaming on Netflix and Hulu.

The Power Two are back, it's just Sage and Jacob this episode (with a couple of minutes of Tate). We review 2000's Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche (Julia Roberts lookin ass), Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, and Alfred Molina. Jacob has an issue with the portrayal of Catholics, Sage was a big fan of the chocolate food porn, we talk about the plot, grandmas, and more!

This movie was directed by Lasse Hallstrom.

GD4AM: 71/100

IMDb: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 64/100

RT: 62%

A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

This movie is currently streaming on Paramount+.

We are not alone. In this episode, Tate, Sage, and Jacob travel to the great state of Wyoming to review Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss. Sage was not a fan but Jacob was and Tate falls somewhere in the middle. We talk about the tones, Tate may or may not have ruined the climax of the movie for Jacob, some Wyoming talk, and a couple of mythological tales about Devil's Tower.

This movie was directed by Steven Spielberg.

GD4AM: 75/100

IMDb: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

RT: 94%

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

This movie is currently available for rent on most VOD platforms.

Sage is back from fighting the Ruskies and is in full form. In last week's episode, Paddington 2 was mentioned not just in Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, but in our review as well. This week, Tate, Sage, and Jacob sit down to watch the family movie classic, Paddington 2. There are tears, many laughs, tangents, and more!

This movie was directed by Paul King.

GD4AM: 85/100

IMDb: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 88/100

RT: 99%

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

This movie is currently streaming on HBOMAX.

NEXT WEEK'S REVIEW: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We once again welcome Michael Nipp from The Deucecast Movie Show onto the show to review the newest Nicolas Cage movie. Before getting into the review, we talk about Cage's career, some of his personal life, and how many Nic Cage movies Michael has seen. We then breakdown this super-meta movie, what some of the jokes refer to, how the movie theater-going experience was, and a few tangents along the way.

This movie was directed by Tom Gormican.

GD4AM: 84/100

IMDb: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

RT: 87%

In this action-packed comedy, Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA agent (Tiffany Haddish).

This movie is currently in theaters.

We travel back to old Scotland to review a movie about a Scottish leader trying to defend his honor and people, no, not William Wallace, but Robert Roy MacGregor. We invite Nate on, and he picks a movie from the year in which all three reviewers were born, 1995, Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, and John Hurt. 

This movie was directed by Michael Caton-Jones.

GD4AM: 71/100

IMDb: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 55/100

RT: 73%

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.

This movie is currently streaming on HBOMAX.