You have homage, pastiche, satire, tribute and in extreme cases- complete and utter rip offs that feel more like a McDonald's commercial than an actual movie. It's Mac and Me and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial on this week's Preceding Film.

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Damien Chazelle has credited Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull as direct inspiration for his debut film, Whiplash. In this week's Preceding Film, Heath and Drew discuss the violence and obsession found in both best picture nominated films.

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There was a time before Peter Jackson when people believed you couldn't adapt J.R.R. Tolkein's beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy. We discuss the first installment in the beloved LOTR trilogy along with Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings.

Heath and Drew talk about why and how a movie as wacky as Back to the Future works as well as it does, along with the godfather of time travel movies- The Time Machine (1960).

Drew and Heath dive into two Clint Eastwood directed (and starring) Westerns this week on Preceding Film. Join the guys as they try to analyze the deconstruction of The West in 1992 Best Picture Winner Unforgiven along with the heroic myth making in Pale Rider.

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Drew and Heath discuss last week's Academy Awards ceremony, diving into the preceding year of film.

Drew did the research this week. He powered through the 75 pages of Joseph Conrad's 1899 classic novella Heart of Darkness to prepare for this week's discussion of two movies based off the text. Heath contributed in a smaller but no less important way: by providing Ad Astra on Blu-ray.

In this week's episode, Heath and Drew have a serious discussion about Looney Tunes playing basketball with NBA players. Plus, GOAT debate.

First Scorsese! Drew and Heath are joined by Jonah Wilcox to talk about Martin Scrorsese's 2006 Best Picture Winning film "The Departed." They talk about the performances, Scorsese's style and how it stacks up as a remake to the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs". After that, Tab joins Heath to discuss his top five Scorsese films.

Drew and Heath are joined by Mack Stevens to talk about Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) and the influences Walter Hill's The Driver (1978) had on it.

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