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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are joined by Sean’s wonderful and long-time friend, Lee! We’re all continuing to bring as much holiday cheer as we possibly can by chatting about the 2020 relationship comedy/drama from Clea DuVall, Happiest Season.

When I say “drama,” I mean drama. This is the sort of holiday family gathering that becomes legendary, the talk of the town, a December to remember! Maybe it would feel like a day that you’d want to forget, but it’s also a family gathering that’s all about catharsis and telling your world who you really are.

Harper, one of three kids in the popular and very visible Caldwell family, invites her girlfriend, Abby Holland, to her family’s lavish home for the holidays. Initially a cause for nervous celebration, the entire mood of the trip becomes tense and fraught with disaster when Abby finds out that Harper has lied about coming out to her parents.

What did I tell you? A powder keg on the very brink of exploding already, right?

Harper is the golden child of her family, much to at least one of her sisters’ chagrin. The pressure of her parents’ expectations and her dad’s campaigning to become mayor of the town makes for an atmosphere that Abby never wanted to be a part of. She just wanted a nice, welcoming vacation away from the pressures of the world.

The unwanted duty of managing her girlfriend’s stress and feeling like even more of an outsider puts real stress on their relationship. Everything comes to a head during the Caldwells’ annual Christmas Eve party. Did I say there would be drama? Because, oh boy, is there ever drama.

But hey, there’s also a great amount of humor and love in this film. It’s got a touching story and is just a delight from beginning to end. Enjoy this one, and happy holidays!

(Recorded on November 11, 2021)

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Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Happiest Season - IMDb

Happiest Season trailer - YouTube

Clea DuVall - IMDb

Kristen Stewart - IMDb

Mackenzie Davis - IMDb

Mary Steenburgen - IMDb

Victor Garber - IMDb

Alison Brie - IMDb

Mary Holland - IMDb

Dan Levy - IMDb

Aubrey Plaza - IMDb

Emeril Lagasse - Wikipedia

Moonbeam City (TV Series 2015) - IMDb

Independence Day (1996) - IMDb

Disaster Movie (2008) - IMDb

2012 (2009) - IMDb

Geostorm (2017) - IMDb

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) - IMDb

Dexter (TV Ser

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are confronting some really tough family secrets in the 2010 film from Denis Villeneuve, Incendies.

Uuuuuuuugh, I had no idea this film was going to be so crushing when I suggested that it go on our episode index. I thought, Hey, it’s a Denis Villeneuve film and we’ve done pretty much everything he’s done. We should totally do this one. Round out the collection, you know?

But I didn’t know, friend. I didn’t know just how overwhelming and powerful this one was going to be. On the one hand, that’s good. The twist towards the end was made all the better because I had no idea what we were in for. On the other hand, my heart and spirit just might not recover.

This is like how I felt after watching that other punch-you-in-the-gut film, Capernaum. Did I think that movie would make for a good conversation? Sure, and it did. Did I know that I would feel lost and hopeless for a long time after those credits rolled? Not really.

Not to this extent anyway.

I don’t want to sound like I’m disparaging this film, though. It’s a fantastic mystery film about a daughter and son who are tasked with discovering the truth about their father and how they came into the world. We also follow their mother’s journey to find the young child she had to give up when she was much younger.

The intertwining timelines work well together. They show family of different generations embarking on tough, sometimes dangerous quests to find what they’ve lost or who they are. It’s worth a watch, but don’t say we didn’t warn you about that ending…

(Recorded on October 08, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Incendies - IMDb

Incendies - YouTube

Denis Villeneuve - IMDb

Lubna Azabal - IMDb

Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin - IMDb

Maxim Gaudette - IMDb

The Usual Suspects (1995) - IMDb

The Sixth Sense (1999) - IMDb

The VelociPastor (2018) - IMDb

Predestination (2014) - IMDb

Chekhov’s gun - Wikipedia

Independence Day (1996) - IMDb

Mars Attacks! (1996) - IMDb

Paul (2011) - IMDb

Seth Rogen - IMDb

Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

Arnold Schwarzenegger - IMDb

Junior (1994) - IMDb

Capernaum (2018) - IMDb

Dune (2021) - IMDb

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are joined by extra special guest, Greg Vander Velde (of our A Low Down Dirty Shame episode fame), as we all become the prehistoric animal raging inside us all with the Brendan Steere film from 2018, The VelociPastor.

Have you ever had an experience, let’s call it a “holy” experience (to stay on brand), that makes you question so much of what you know? You think you understand movies, what makes them good, and why the bad ones are just not worth your time. Your life is running smoothly in one happy direction and then BAM! you’re blindsided by a creation so unique that your entire life needs to change.

You’re the modern Paul, becoming all Jesus-loving while on the road to Damascus. And what does it? Why, a stupid movie about a priest who can transform, seemingly at will, into a large dinosaur and must defeat loads of questionably sourced ninjas while gettin’ it on with the aforementioned hooker-doctor-lawyer.

Yep, like a tale right out of the Bible. It’s so universal!

Like many of the other terrible movies we’ve watched for this show, we recommend that you view this with a friend. Somehow, there’s some high-level movie-making going on here, but that’s all sandwiched between two hearty loaves of absolute nonsense. The weird bits go down smoother when you’ve got someone else to enjoy the journey with.

This being a B-movie bonus episode, listen in to discover how we rated this… masterpiece? Did we consider it a blunder of a film? Was it a flunder? Or perchance did we bestow upon it the highest ranking we have: brilliant?

(Recorded on September 20, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The VelociPastor - IMDb

The VelociPastor trailer - YouTube

Quentin Tarantino - IMDb

The VelociPastor Trailer (2011 short film) - YouTube

Clint Eastwood - IMDb

The Last Airbender (2010) - IMDb

Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series 2005–2008) - IMDb

M. Night Shyamalan - IMDb

Lady in the Water (2006) - IMDb

The Happening (2008) - IMDb

Split (2016) - IMDb

Glass (2019) - IMDb

Black Dynamite (2009) - IMDb

Sharknado (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb

Scrubs (TV Series 2001–2010) - IMDb

Greg Cohan - IMDb

Chris Evans - IMDb

Rubber (2010) - IMDb

Killer Sofa (2019) - IMDb

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) - IMDb

Viral Hit ‘The VelociPastor’ to Get LGBTQ+ Vampire Horror Seque

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are hot on the trail of crime, corruption, and risqué filmmakers in the 2016 film from Shane Black, The Nice Guys.

There’s something foul in the air, and it may just be the entire city of Los Angeles. Oh, and also murder. Private eyes Holland March and Jackson Healy are working together on the case. Not because they want to be, but more because coincidental circumstances, and some broken bones, have forced them together.

The result is something like what you’d get if you turned Diet Coke and Mentos into a couple of detectives. They’re both pretty satisfying (and occasionally inept) apart from each other, but put them together and you’ve got an explosive combination.

Much like all great, pulpy detective stories, this film’s got more going on underneath its surface than it seems at first. What starts as an investigation into the apparent suicide of pornstar, Misty Mountains, leads March and Healy into a seedy world of porn producers, corrupt automakers, and murder.

Like all amazing Shane Black films, this one’s a buddy action-comedy that’ll stick with you for a long time. He doesn’t have to prove his bona fides to anybody by this point. He’s still more than happy to add more excellent storytelling to his already impressive résumé.

(Recorded on October 08, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Nice Guys - IMDb

The Nice Guys trailer - YouTube

Shane Black - IMDb

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - IMDb

Lethal Weapon (1987) - IMDb

Iron Man 3 (2013) - IMDb

Friends (TV Series 1994–2004) - IMDb

Incendies (2010) - IMDb

Russell Crowe - IMDb

Ryan Gosling - IMDb

Angourie Rice - IMDb

Keith David - IMDb

Community (TV Series 2009–2015) - IMDb

Final Destination 5 (2011) - IMDb

Candyman (1992) - IMDb

Tony Todd - IMDb

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) - IMDb

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) - IMDb

Enola Holmes (2020) - IMDb

Robert Downey Jr. - IMDb

A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) - IMDb

Jada Pinkett Smith - IMDb

Keenen Ivory Wayans - IMDb

Tommy Boy (1995) - IMDb

Spaceballs (1987) - IMDb

Mel Brooks - IMDb

Blazing Saddles (1974) - IMDb

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are engaged in a knock ‘em out, shoot ‘em up, love ‘em all day long hitman double feature with the Patrick Hughes movies from 2017 and 2021 respectively, The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Hitman’s Bodyguard’s Wife.

I have a question for the universe: did Ryan Reynolds do something to director Patrick Hughes? Did he steal some of that man’s money? Insult his dog? Hit on his wife? Pee on his front lawn? Did he do something terrible to this man, for which he’s now being punished?

Because he sure gets beat the hell up throughout both of these films, and to the point where a person can start to wonder things about Reynolds’s character. There’s only so much a human body can take. I think we’re all witnessing that here.

It’s either that or Patrick Hughes is some kind of sick sadist and we’re all witnessing him get his kicks with these films. You earn enough pull in Hollywood and they’ll pretty much let you do anything. Money is a powerful motivator, you know.

I don’t mean to disparage anybody or their personal lives, but these questions need to be asked. We have the health of one of this world’s greatest living Canadian actors on the line here, people! I just don’t know if his body will be able to make it through a third installment of the “Let’s See How Much a Person Can Take before Their Heart Stops” series of films!

But anyway, here is our chat about these two films. We had very divisive views on these things. I’m going to donate to the Save Ryan Reynolds charity now.

(Recorded on September 24, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Hitman’s Bodyguard - IMDb

The Hitman’s Bodyguard - YouTube

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard - IMDb

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard trailer - YouTube

Ryan Reynolds - IMDb

Samuel L. Jackson - IMDb

Salma Hayek - IMDb

The Last Airbender (2010) - IMDb

Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV Series 1969–1974) - IMDb

Robin Sparkles | How I Met Your Mother Wiki - Fandom

How I Met Your Mother - IMDb

Celine Dion - Wikipedia

Mariah Carey - Wikipedia

George Michael - Wikipedia

Wham! - Wikipedia

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series 2013–2021) - IMDb

John C. McGinley - IMDb

Gary Oldman - IMDb

Léon: The Professional (1994) - IMDb

The Fifth Element (1997) - IMDb

Antonio Banderas - IMDb

The Odd Couple (1968) - IMDb

Midnight Run (1988) - IMDb

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are suiting the hell up and getting our dang groove back in the Glenn Ficarra and John Requa film from 2011, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Here’s what I would give to have Ryan Gosling take me to a Beverly Hills shopping center and give me a complete makeover:

• Either/both of my kidneys.
• Either/both of Steven’s kidneys.
• My entire life savings.
• My world-famous lasagna soup recipe.
• The cure for the common cold.
• All of my hopes and dreams.
• My extensive and indisputable research into the existence of a new and terrifying race of otherworldly Bigfoot monsters, otherwise known as Sasqualiens™.

Give me a call, Ryan. Let’s set this up. My number is 555-ILOVEYOURABS.

Look, he dresses up Cal, makes him look like a badass, and gives him the confidence to be his best self. Sure, he sleeps with more people than he might be comfortable with, but by the end, he comes to realize that what he wants most in life is his family back. Jacob falls in love with Hannah (but who hasn’t fallen in love with Emma Stone, am I right?), ditches his philandering ways, and learns to appreciate having a steady and loving presence in his life.

What we all get out of this is a film that’s got a damn hilarious story, crazy rewatch value, and a decent amount of Kevin Bacon. Does it get any better than that?

(Recorded on September 06, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Crazy, Stupid, Love. - IMDb

Crazy, Stupid, Love. trailer - YouTube

Steve Carell - IMDb

Ryan Gosling - IMDb

Julianne Moore - IMDb

Emma Stone - IMDb

Marisa Tomei - IMDb

Kevin Bacon - IMDb

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) - IMDb

The Godfather (1972) - IMDb

Goodfellas (1990) - IMDb

Tan France - Wikipedia

Queer Eye (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb

Frasier (TV Series 1993–2004) - IMDb

John Carroll Lynch - IMDb

The Oral History of Memes: Where Did “Hey Girl” Come From? - E! Online

Heavy Metal (1981) - IMDb

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) - IMDb

The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - IMDb

Patrick Swayze - IMDb

Joey King - IMDb

Wish I Was Here (2014) - IMDb

The Kissing Booth (2018) - IMDb

He’s All That (2021) - IMDb

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In this bonus episode, Steven is swimming solo exploring the deep horrors of this underwater haunting.  Thanks to Paramount Pictures Steven was able to get an early look at the breathtaking horror film The Deep House. But don’t you worry Sean will be back this Monday to chat with Steven about a new movie, or at least what’s left of Steven after this swim.  So take a deep breath and jump into the water with Steven, if you dare. As we push our limits, swim our hardest, and explore The Deep House.  

(Recorded on November 5, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Deep House 

Cloverfield

The Blair Witch Project

Paramount Pictures 

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are riding like lightning and crashing like thunder in the 2012 film from Derek Cianfrance, The Place Beyond the Pines.

Three storylines. One film. A father and son tale for the ages. Coming this Sunday… Sunday… SUNDAY! to a podcast player near you, it’s a deep and complex film about a man who robs banks to help provide for the son he never knew he had. It’s about a cop whose split-second mistake turns his life upside down. It’s about the sons of these two men, looking to navigate their way through a broken and tumultuous world.

In a word, it’s Gosling-tastic.

The film suggests that our actions reverberate down through the generations. A sort of real-time, linear butterfly effect. Anyone who’s ever, well, done anything in their life can attest to the accuracy of the film. All of our actions have consequences. Sometimes they’re minor. Sometimes they shake the foundation of your life.

In the case of the character, Avery, sometimes it turns you into a scheming politician with a wayward son. In Luke’s case, sometimes you bite the bullet and your son turns into a lost person who ventures into the world seeking identity and contentment.

In our case, dear reader and listener, sometimes you get to watch and talk about an excellent film. A story that’s going to stick with you long after the end credits have finished rolling. A movie that might just zoom way up on your list of favorites. It’s just that affecting and strong.

(Recorded on September 06, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Place Beyond the Pines - IMDb

The Place Beyond the Pines trailer - YouTube

Derek Cianfrance - IMDb

Us - IMDb

A Million Ways to Die in the West - IMDb

Globe of death - Wikipedia

Ryan Gosling - IMDb

Tom Cruise - IMDb

Mission: Impossible - IMDb

The Fast and the Furious - IMDb

Mahershala Ali - IMDb

Cotton Bureau

Ben Mendelsohn - IMDb

Eva Mendes - IMDb

Fargo (1996) - IMDb

Bradley Cooper - IMDb

Avengers: Infinity War - IMDb

Ray Liotta - IMDb

Die Hard - IMDb

Dane DeHaan - IMDb

Emory Cohen - IMDb

Suicide Squad - IMDb

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are joined by extra special guest, Greg Dengler (of our Army of Darkness episode fame), to wade into the shark-filled Los Angeles water with a bunch of straight-up dinguses in the 2013 “film” from Anthony C. Ferrante, Sharknado.

“Syfy joke” isn’t some clever turn of phrase we’re using to describe this thing. It’s a ridiculous experiment in bad movie-making that somehow captured the attention of enough people to allow for the funding and production of five additional sequels!

Are the rest as gobsmacking and terrible as this first installment? I’m assuming they’re worse, but you may never get to find out, dear listener/reader. After watching this fever dream of a movie, I find myself wishing that the sharks had won. It would have done my movie-loving soul good to see this movie end with Ian Ziering not make it out of the belly of the shark that gobbled him up whole.

1. CHOMP!
2. Credits.
3. A better world is left for all.

These are not the heroes that this world needs or deserves. One day, if sharknados become a real and terrifying thing (and they just might considering the ravages of climate change), please send anyone else to save us all.

The only bright, shining spot to this whole affair is that it gave us a chance to talk about it, so enjoy the episode. And if you’re going to watch this thing, make sure you do it with a friend. Take it from us, that will make the entire experience bearable.

(Recorded on September 13, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Sharknado - IMDb

Sharknado trailer - YouTube

Army of the Dead (2021) - IMDb

Zack Snyder - IMDb

Bruce Campbell - IMDb

Sharktopus (TV Movie 2010) - IMDb

The Room (2003) - IMDb

Tommy Wiseau - IMDb

Sharknado - Rotten Tomatoes

Sharknado (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb

The Ayslum

Jaws (1975) - IMDb

Twister (1996) - IMDb

Rubber (2010) - IMDb

Kung Fury (Short 2015) - IMDb

Iron Sky (2012) - IMDb

Life of Pi (2012) - IMDb

Oscar-nominated visual effects company behind Life of Pi files for bankruptcy protection - The Independent

Ian Ziering - IMDb

Robbie Rist - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990) - IMDb

Sharknado end credits song - YouTube

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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are dealing with the sudden and murderous alien invasion they’ve got on their hands in the Joe Cornish film from 2011, Attack the Block.

Have you ever seen something so otherworldly and beautiful that you can’t help but stare at it with all of your focus and attention? Perhaps it was the most remarkable sunrise you saw after the most amazing night of your life? Maybe it was your first child sleeping under a beam of sunlight? Could it have been some glowing blue teeth set against a void of nothingness?

That void could extend its razor claws, reaching out for something to tear and cut. Its inky nothingness could be a static fuzz in the universe. Its menacing growls are sure to make chills run through your entire being.

But those beautiful, glowing blue teeth are something else, right? They’re transfixing in a big, bad way. Kind of makes you wonder why you would ever want to run for your life when you could just pull up a chair and marvel at their unique forms. Maybe you’d want to lean forward to get a closer look.

Who wouldn’t fall under their spell? Friend. Dear reader… SNAP OUT OF IT!

Run! Run as far and as fast as you can! Wash every bit of female alien pheromone you’re sure to have on you and put on fresh clothes. You’re like a magnet to those fearsome beasts and you need to get away at once. Stop staring at those seductive, glowing teeth and save your own life!

This is our friendly warning. Use this excellent film as a warning. Think like the hooligans (and Jodie Whittaker) in this film and save your own lives. They’ve given you all the tools you need. Now go and save your own life.

(Recorded on August 23, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Attack the Block - IMDb

Attack the Block trailer - YouTube

Joe Cornish - IMDb

John Boyega - IMDb

Jodie Whittaker - IMDb

Doctor Who - IMDb

Home Alone - IMDb

Joe Pesci - IMDb

Daniel Stern - IMDb

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - IMDb

Macaulay Culkin - IMDb

Home Alone 3 - IMDb

Scarlett Johansson - IMDb

Neil Flynn - IMDb

Scrubs - IMDb

1408 - IMDb

Edgar Wright - IMDb

The Flash - IMDb

Nick Frost - IMDb

Friends - IMDb

DoesTheDogDie.com

Venom: Let There Be Carnage - IMDb

Pulp Fiction - IMDb

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