High Five: The Podcast

With the release of Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's 9th (and possibly penultimate) film, J and Q wanted to talk Tarantino, but everyone does that. We, instead, decided to dive into the heart of what gives Tarantino movies their soul: the music! Whether its the classic rock of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, the funky heart of Jackie Brown, the cultural mashups in Django Unchained, or the perfect use of David Bowie in Inglorious Basterds, you can't get away from music in Tarantino films, and by the end of this episode, you won't be able to get away from the definitive Top 5 Tarantino Movie Soundtracks either.

The episode begins where all great Tarantino discussions start, an in-depth opinion retrospective on Jon Favreau's The Lion King! From there, we dive into our hopes and fears for Once Upon a Time..., and then go through the music that has made lasting impressions on us from Tarantino movies. Which body parts to you envision cutting off while Steelers Wheel sings about being stuck in the middle? You'll definitely hear our answers to that when you listen!

Everything the light touches...is Disney's kingdom; and that means we'll be getting live-action remakes of classic Disney favorites until they run out of movies to remake. This week marks the official release of Jon Favreau's The Lion King. Seeing as how that movie was such a big part of J and Q's lives, this week's episode is dedicated to our thoughts about the upcoming film and the definitive list of the Top 5 Best Disney Live-Action Remakes!

In order to get good perspective, Q and J go back through history to discuss all the Disney remakes we've gotten so far, even going back to 1993's The Jungle Book starring Sam Neill! We know some of you out there liked, Maleficent, and we try to figure out why while fondly remembering 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close and doing everything we can to forget Tim Burton's Dumbo. Come on, let's raid the House of Mouse's trash together!

Join Q and J this week for a very special Other Stuff Too. This episode is the LIVE recording of the Q & A panel we hosted with the one and only PETER MACON during O-Con!

This week, transport your mind via your eardrums back in time and up to Omaha to listen as Q and J host the most spectacular Q and A with Peter Ma....con! You've seen him in shows like Shameless, Dexter, Supernatural, and most recently, on Fox's The Orville, but join us for a more personal conversation where we dive into how Star Trek fans react to The Orville, where the inspiration comes from with his characters, and what happens when you get ants sewn into your rubber headpiece before filming. So join us and Peter Macon for a wonderful conversation, won’t you?

About Peter Macon

Peter Macon is an American television and stage actor. He has appeared in episodes of Nash Bridges, Law & Order, Without a Trace, Supernatural, Dexter, Bosch, SEAL Team and Shameless and is currently appearing as Bortus in The Orville. Macon won a Creative Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2002 for narrating Animated Tales of the World.

He can be followed on Instagram.

What do the Spanish Prisoner, the Baltimore Stockbroker, the Grandma's Knuckle, and the High Five Living Room have in common? That's right, they are all words written in the sentence previous to this one! Also, they're all massive con jobs that have shaped how some people view the world. Join Q and J as they recap their many adventures at O-Con Expo 2019 and talk the best cosplay, Fiver shoutouts, their new status as Con Artists, and celebrity encounters.

After talking Omaha, J and Q sneak their way to a conversation about the Top 5 Best Con Artist Movies of All Time! We talk classics like The Sting all the way to this Summer's The Hustle. What will make the cut and which con jobs get pulled early. Put on your most convincing fake mustaches, grab your bank blueprints, and let's pull a job together.

If we told you there was a Canon Pictures-helmed Spider-Man movie, licensed officially from Marvel, about a mutant man-turned-spider (think The Fly) that leads a mutant revolution against the sadistic doctors that created him, would you want to see that movie? Of course you would! We would too, which is why Q and J were bummed to find out that although that movie almost got made, it never quite passed the finish line. Hollywood history is filled with movies that just didn't quite make it, and we have scoured the archives to bring you the definitive Top 5 Movies That Never Got Made list!

We dive into everything from a Nic Cage Superman to a Bruce Willis/Val Kilmer switcheroo that led to the cinematic massacre of a beloved literary classic. Movies you thought were real and movies that you can't believe almost were, we cover it all on this in-depth episode. Don't miss out, just in case this episode goes the way of Sinbad's Shazaam.

Listen here, young Fiver. As long as you stream under our roof, you'll stream by our rules. Don't touch the thermostat! Don't test us, because if you do, you might force Q and J to do things that would land them on the Top 5 Worst Movie Dads list. And with the people that ended up making the cut, that's really saying something.

Join us this week as we dive into what makes a good movie dad and what makes a bad one, followed by a rousing game of Good Dad/Bad Dad: Movie Edition. No movie Dad is safe (look out, Jack Torrance), but when this is all over, you'll thank us.

Now, go to your room!

Join Q and J this week for a quick discussion of movie news, upcoming trailers, and chats about what we've watched this week and recommend you watch. This is the hangout session you always wanted to be a part of...and now you can!

This week, hear what we think about the new Godzilla movie, (spoilers: it's probably not getting an Oscar) J tells us his thoughts on "US" after finally watching Jordan Peele's newest cinematic nightmare (his review is only 3 months late), and we breakdown our thoughts of the last half of the new Twilight Zone's first season (including THAT shocking finale. Catch up on the episodes yourself now on CBS All Access. Trust me...you don't want this one spoiled for you. SO join us won't you? They're just our opinions, but now they're yours too each week!

Across the planet, the debate rages; are Mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain, or simply a new episode topic for High Five: The Podcast fighting for their place in the world? In honor of the release of Dark Phoenix, J and Q are doing a full X-Men movie retrospective episode! We'll be discussing every film in the franchise (yes, even X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and will wrap with the extraordinary, definitive, Top 5 X-Men Movies List!

Q and J discuss which powers they would have in the X-Men universe and introduce listeners to the "sister" schools that branched off from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngers. You might be surprised by our final list, but in the end, we give you the perfect watchlist to truly grasp the impact of the X-Men franchise of films.

We are High Five: The Podcast, and we too, are mutants (not really, but some have called us that.)

It's not easy portraying massively-famous rock legends. Just ask Q and J, we pretend to be famous podcasters every week! With the release of Taron Egerton's latest, Rocketman, we decided to plug in our amps and really dive into what makes a good musical biopic. How important is the music? What about the lead actor? How much lip syncing should be involved? We answer these hard-hitting questions and wrap up with the official Top 5 Musical Biopics of all time list!

Find out what Q thought of seeing La Bamba for the first time. Hear J's take on Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line. Learn more about the biopics you love and get some new ones to add to your watchlist. And just like the greatest stories about musical legends, it ends with some weird stuff happening in the dressing rooms!

Join Q and J this week for a quick discussion of movie news, upcoming trailers, and chats about what we've watched this week and recommend you watch. This is the hangout session you always wanted to be a part of...and now you can!

This week, hear what we think about what the true meaning of the month of May is, the unmitigated gall it takes to make a trailer for a movie out of a single scene, and we pitch a fix for the end of Game of Thrones in hopes that we can score a writing gig with HBO or Disney ( ahem...STAR WARS). They're just our opinions, but now they're yours too!