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Mandatory Movies episodes
- Don’t Look Up, Directional Titles, and Dollar Store Knock-Offs
Don’t Look Up arbitrarily has us talking about movies with directions in their titles in a special episode with our wives, Ellen Redder and Carolyn Rennie, from Barry Sonnenfeld’s obsession with the female body in Wild Wild West to our collective obsession with Viggo Mortensen’s male body in Eastern Promises.
https://ia802609.us.archive.org/2/items/dont-look-up-directional-titles/Don%27t%20Look%20Up%20Edit%20with%20Music.mp31 hr 41 min - Cry Macho, Alliterative Character Names, and a Series of Jort Films
Cry Macho has us talking about characters with alliterative names, from Eli Roth’s dreadful Donny Donowitz in Inglorious Basterds to Michael Rooker granting Grant Grant unexpected pathos in Slither.
https://ia601404.us.archive.org/33/items/cry-macho-alliteration/Cry%20Macho%20%28final%20with%20music%29.mp30 min - Those Who Wish Me Dead, Targeted Witnesses, and the Mafia Gangster Guy
Those Who Wish Me Dead has us talking crime witnesses pursued by the mob, from the miscasting of Jack Nicholson in The Departed to the miscasting of Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition.
https://ia601508.us.archive.org/15/items/those-who-wish/Those%20We%20Lost%20%28final%20edit%29.mp30 min - Kajillionaire, Titular Money, and Marty’s Deuce
Kajillionaire has us talking movies with money referenced in the title, from the stretched thin plot of Casino to the nonsensical plot of Money Train.
https://ia601505.us.archive.org/24/items/kajillionaire-final-edit/Kajillionaire%20CORRECT%20Final.mp30 min - Promising Young Woman, Memorable Wigs, and the Aaron Sorkin Fan Club
Promising Young Woman has us talking memorable wigs with special guest Carolyn Rennie, from Jim Carrey’s wild hair and wacky characters in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events to Laura Harring’s blonde starlet disguise as she opens a Pandora’s Box in Mulholland Dr.
https://ia601506.us.archive.org/31/items/promising-young-woman-full-edit/Promising%20Young%20Woman%20%28full%20edit%29.mp30 min - Nomadland, Road Trips, and Vagabond Cosplay
Nomadland has us talking road trips, from donuts and dirtbags in Breakdown to cancer and green screens in The Bucket List.
https://ia601405.us.archive.org/30/items/nomadlandroadtrips/Nomadland%20%28full%20edit%20with%20music%29.mp30 min - Minari, Sick Kids, and the Race Against Logic
Minari has us talking about sick kids, from the over-the-top cartoon psychopath in We Need to Talk About Kevin to the unbearably precocious genius in The Book of Henry.
https://ia601500.us.archive.org/6/items/minari-and-sick-kids/Minari%20%28full%20edit%20with%20music%29.mp30 min - The Little Things, Cereal, and the Guy Who’s Good at Playing the Guy Who’s Good at Things
The Little Things has us talking about cereal and movies, from Jeremy Renner staring at the most bizarre grocery aisle ever stocked to the arrow shaped cereal based on the apparent archery skills of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
https://ia601405.us.archive.org/20/items/little-things-and-cereal-final-with-intro/Little%20Things%20and%20Cereal%20%28Final%20with%20Intro%29.mp30 min - Mank, Alcoholics, and the Worst Character Name Ever
Mank has us talking alcoholic protagonists, from Sam Jackson’s luck in Changing Lanes to Will Smith’s allergies in Hancock.
https://ia601401.us.archive.org/10/items/mank-and-alcoholics/Mank%2C%20and%20Alcoholics.mp30 min - More Video Games… And a Hulking of a Man
Kevin and Brad keep talking video game movies in this bonus episode, specifically about the inconsistencies in the premise of Wreck-It Ralph, the lack of intellectual property rights in Rampage, the leafblower shooting money at the cast of Assassin’s Creed, and the trance music of the clubbing tail…
https://ia801409.us.archive.org/30/items/morevideogames2/Video%20Game%20Remastered%20Bonus%20%28final%20edit%29.mp3
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About Mandatory Movies
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Mandatory Movies is a casual format film podcast in which hosts Brad and Kevin both choose movies relating to each episode's theme that both must watch before getting together to discuss, argue, and…
admonish each other on mic.