Movie Schmovie

Pop open a 25-cent pudding cup and dive back into the early aughts with the guys as they get personal with Paul Thomas Anderson’s edgy-but-sweet take on a romcom, Punch-Drunk Love. Then it’s off to the prayer closet for a look at Mike Flanagan’s fresh take on horror classic Carrie, as well as some other recent watches.

For a very special 500th episode, the guys welcome multimedia artist Pierre Bennu—a longtime friend of the show—into the conversation, and the topic is favorite decades of film. A lot of laughs, a little bit of memory lane, and a good old-fashioned Walkering. It is quite literally all you could hope for.

The guys go on an awkward date (or is it?) with Chandler Levack’s witty and observant Mile End Kicks, try to stay one step ahead of the monsters in Zach Cregger’s propulsive Resident Evil reboot, and cower in the shadows hoping to survive Adam Wingard’s Onslaught. Spoiler: everyone lives.

The guys go along for the adventure in the surreal, genre-bending indie OBEX, aka Ron’s Required Viewing pick. Then they chat about all the other recent things they’ve watched, from cartoon coyotes to intergalactic guardians.

Get ready for another wild ride with Ronald, Steve, and John as they dive headfirst into the 1979 satire classic Real Life, break down what’s brewing in HBO’s Lanterns, and unravel the mystery of The End of Oak Street! Plus, the guys are stepping up to the mic for a round of fresh takes on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and the MCU’s recently announced X-Men casting!

Ron, Steve, and John ride along on a killing spree with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek for this week’s Required Viewing pick, Badlands. Then it’s back to the MCU (sorry/not sorry) for a discussion of some recent Comic-Con announcements and a spoiler-free discussion about Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

What?!?! The Schmovie Boys have pulled another classic zag, postponing the planned Required Viewing discussion in order to react to a batch of recent trailers for some anticipated films, including Avengers: Doomsday, Other Mommy, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, and Chris Rock’s Misty Green.

The guys have an elaborately choreographed conversation about martial arts action flick The Furious, and then move on to discuss everything else they’ve seen, including the latest adventures of the Minions, the X-Men, the Toy Story gang, and good king Odysseus of Ithaca.

A band of mercenaries on a secret revenge mission run afoul of an ancient curse in John’s Required Viewing pick, 2022 French/Senegalese thrill-ride Saloum. It’s part crime thriller, part Neo-Western, and part CGI-fueled horror flick. Find out how well all those genres mixed! Also discussed: Sony’s recent yanking of hundreds of streaming titles and what this kind of change means for the casual movie collector.

The guys do their time with Steve’s Required Viewing pick, the bracing and intense prison drama/crime thriller Wasteman. Then war is upon us as House of the Dragon sweeps in from above and roasts us alive with its long-awaited third season premiere episode. After that, it’s a round of “what the hell else did you watch,” including John’s non-spoiler-y thoughts on Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl.