This is it, the absolute nadir of Spielberg: Ready Player One.

From the incredibly generic, fresh off the assembly line shit story, to the insufferable "I recognize that!" cinematography, we gut this Reddit wet-dream and leave nothing unexamined. Fulfilling a prophecy from a previous episode, one of the boys walked out of this movie!

Plus: Borrowed nostalgia, Nickelodeon woes, easter eggs, Jean Baudrillard, and more!

I guess this can officially be the start of season 2 of the show.

The boys try to find out why exactly is Netflix producing and releasing so many high-profile shitty movies and cancelling 15 series at once despite being the most ubiquitous streaming service on Earth (and Elon Musk's secret Martian colony.)

Also: Suncoast Videos, Governator, Aziz I'm Sorry, Jared Leto's mystifying continued existence, and no more closing songs :(

We're not really good at this weekly thing are we?

Anyway, two movies with good leads (Alicia Vikander and Jennifer Lawrence) that have a whole mess of issues that add up to two mostly nothing movies, including a historic first for one of us! Also, this will probably be the last one with outro music, I don't want to deal with anymore disputes. Eat my ass in hell, overly litigious copyright holders.

Plus: Joel Edgerton, upcoming hot messes, Assassin's Creed, directors who are coasting, The New (Old) Cold War, and lots more!

This is not a new track, just a reupload since the earlier version got DMCA'd. Otherwise, this is the exact same episode just without the track at the end.

I don't remember the episode description so...enjoy(?)

Lively up de sound system masta selectah and pass de chalice roun'

On this *timely* episode of Questions Like This, the boys round up the best movies about the Winter Olympics and conclude that Cool Runnings is the best underdog movie of all. We also talk about I, Tonya and a couple of others, but we mostly talked about how the Winter Olympics suck and their sports are dumb.

Bumbaclot

Plus: Star Wars deep cuts, stage moms, William Fichtner types, State Camp 75 for the Commissar's Skating Team, Watch the Throne, and more!

Black History Month!

The boys are getting ready for an episode on Black Panther, but before that we take a look at some of the previous black superhero movies that came out throughout the years. From successes like Blade to absolute dogshit like Catwoman, black superheroes have had a rocky path to celluloid.

Plus: Shaq, Esperanto, Underworld, shitty music from the 90s, we want a John Stewart Green Lantern movie, and more!

And we're back!

After a short hiatus - including the Philadelphia Eagles creaming the Patriots - the boys return with their hottest takes on "The Greatest Showman." We are applying a Debordian/Zizekian analysis of spectacle and ideology on the hit musical, with an emphasis on the music and the juxtaposition of history and entertainment.

Just kidding, I just wanted to write all that so my Master's degree doesn't go to waste!

Plus: George Washington's Mammy, The Real Life Scrooge McDuck, possible films about Edison, and more!

Everyone's a little bit method these days, but we ask what's the craziest damn thing Daniel Day-Lewis has done for role? DDL (the cool way to refer to him) is one of the greatest working actors and certainly the one people think of when we say "method actor." From staying in a wheelchair the whole production time to building a log cabin and of course apprenticing as a butcher, DDL has done it all to embody his characters. Sadly he retired after last year's "Phantom Thread" to pursue his dream of being a real-life dressmaker.

Plus: What is Method Acting?, the dark side of My Left Foot, Camilla Belle, and DDL's got some pipes on him!

Theater boys!

This week we find out who wrote some of the best musicals of the 20th century: Rodgers and Hammerstein! From Oklahoma to The Sound of Music, the dynamic duo of stage and screen wrote some of the best loved musicals and tunes in the Great American Songbook and are responsible for keeping drama/theater class alive! We also discuss some of their relatively lesser known output (at least today, back in the day they were smash successes. Go ask your grandma.)

Plus: Man Heaven, What is A Governess?, The Gazebo from Sound of Music, Huge Jackedman singing Show Tunes, and more!

New Year, same old pod.

Given recent controversies over whitewashing and diversity in film, the boys (one Asian, one Jewish) dive into the history of whitewashing and racism in film. From Al Jolson in burnt cork, to Mr Yunioshi, and of course the hullabaloo over Ghost in the Shell, we try to suss out the roots and notable instances throughout the years. It's not just a black and white issue folks!

Plus: Antoine Griezmann in full blackbody, Assassin's Creed and the inconsistent accents, White Euros playing Arabs, Fu Manchu/Charlie Chan dichotomy, evolution of South Asian stereotypes, and ambiguously ethnic actors.