Rotten Tomatoes has been around for decades, but it has now become the most used tool for determining film's quality and reception. Whether a movie has been rated fresh or rotten has become a key piece in studios marketing their movies. But, that doesn't always mean that Rotten Tomatoes is always right or that it should be the gatekeeping website of film quality. Let's break down the biggest examples of the audience and critics disagreeing.

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What’s up movie friends! Today we have an epic discussion for all the cinephiles out there! We covered everything from silent film to modern epics like The Piano Teacher, Taxi Driver, La Haine, Metropolis, Bicycle Thieves, The Matrix, The Breakfast Club, Lord Of The Rings, Gone Girl, The Social Network, Wolf Of Wall Street, Before Sunrise, Ballerina, Easy Rider, 8 ½, Ronin, Legend, Casablanca and so many more! 

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 (LOTR)

1:00 (The Social Network)

3:00 (Wolf of Wall Street)

4:00 (Gone Girl)

5:20 (Go)

6:00 (Reservoir Dogs)

6:50 (The Matrix)

8:15 (The Breakfast Club)

9:40 (Wall Street)

11:00 (Taxi Driver)

12:05 (Saturday Night Fever)

13:00 (Midnight Cowboy)

14:20 (Easy Rider)

15:50 (Marty)

17:14 (Rebel Without A Cause)

18:25 (Bicycle Thieves)

19:50 (Casablanca)

21:00 (M)

21:40 (Wizard Of Oz)

22:50 (Pandora’s Box)

24:00 (Metropolis)

26:00 (Before Sunrise)

28:40 (Ballerina)

30:00 (Famous Film Locations)

34:00 (Bourne Identity)

36:00 (Intermission)

45:15 (Critical Movie Fans)

49:00 (La Haine)

50:42 (8 ½)

51:00 (Michael Haneke)

52:10 (The Piano Teacher)

56:40 (Ronin)

57:40 (Legend)

1:01:00 (Digital Face Smoothing)

1:05:00 (Modern Faces in Period Pieces)

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The live action 'How To Train Your Dragon' just opened up as the biggest film in the world with solid critical and fan reactions. Dean DeBlois does a phenomenal job recreating his baby into a grittier and more ground story for live action. But the main question that people are asking is, "Should this exist?" We answer that in this new episode!

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

2:25 (Live Action Adaptation)

5:55 (James’ Costume)

11:55 (Dragons!)

16:08 (Huge Success)

23:12 (Differences Between Animated & Live Action)

34:47 (Intermission)

51:44 (How To Train Your Dragon Continued Analysis)

54:34 (Confusing Change?)

58:51 (Final Analysis/Fun Facts)

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This week we discuss Thunderbolts* Bombed, Superman, 9 Harry Potter Castings, Spaceballs 2, American Psycho Remake, Sydney Sweeney, Violent Night 2, Eddington, Toy Story 5, Robert Eggers and more!

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Opening)

0:19 (Box Office)

1:28 (Thunderbolts Failure)

2:35 (Box Office Projections)

4:06 (Superman)

6:23 (9 Harry Potter Castings)

8:27 (Spaceballs 2)

9:33 (Gary Oldman Knighted)

9:51 (Eddington Full Trailer )

10:49 (Warner Bros Split )

11:30 (Matthew McConaughey)

11:47 (Sydney Sweeney)

12:10 (Violent Night 2)

12:22 (Robert Eggers x Christmas Carol)

12:52 (American Psycho x Patrick Schwarzenegger)

13:33 (Stranger Things Animated Series)

15:18 (Breakthrough)

15:43 (Toy Story 5)

16:25 (Gatto)

16:58 (The Backrooms)

17:41 (Presumed Innocent 2)

18:07 (The Last of Us 3)

18:21 (GOAT)

18:40 (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)

19:00 (The Lost Bus)

19:38 (Incredibles 3)

20:00 (Ice Spice x SpongeBob)

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What are the greatest opening scenes in movie history? Let’s find out with this EPIC episode! We’ll discuss There Will Be Blood, Goodfellas, The Dark Knight, The Social Network, Skyfall, Touch Of Evil, Boogie Nights, Indiana Jones, The Thing, Blade, Office Space, Halloween, The Matrix, The Godfather, Inglourious Basterds, Lord Of The Rings, Children Of Men, Trainspotting, Mad Max, Jurassic Park and so many more!

Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

2:20 (Smile 2)

3:22 (A Quiet Place)

5:00 (The Usual Suspects)

6:23 (The Lion King)

7:24 (Dawn Of The Dead)

8:30 (Finding Nemo)

9:45 (Evil Dead)

11:15 (Lord Of War)

13:13 (Blade)

15:00 (Up)

17:15 (Office Space)

18:50 (The Thing)

20:20 (The Hurt Locker)

22:00 (Jurassic Park)

23:20 (Cliffhanger)

25:40 (Watchmen)

26:40 (Mission Impossible 3)

29:00 (There Will Be Blood)

31:30 (Master and Commander)

32:40 (28 Days Later)

34:20 (28 Weeks Later)

36:18 (Final Destination)

38:40 (The Last Crusade)

40:20 (Boogie Nights)

41:18 (Fury Road)

43:00 (Intermission)

51:30 (Touch Of Evil)

53:20 (Goodfellas)

55:00 (Reservoir Dogs)

56:20 (The Two Towers)

59:00 (Gravity)

1:00:16 (Halloween)

1:01:10 (Drive)

1:02:25 (Social Network)

1:03:45 (Dark Knight Rises)

1:05:00 (Skyfall)

1:06:30 (Once Upon A Time In The West)

1:09:00 (Trainspotting)

1:09:30 (Children of Men)

1:10:40 (Fight Club)

1:11:45 (Dark Knight)

1:12:44 (The Matrix)

1:14:53 (The Godfather)

1:17:00 (Star Wars)

1:18:22 (Scream)

1:19:08 (Blade Runner)

1:20:09 (Rope)

1:20:44 (Jaws)

1:21:40 (2001)

1:22:50 (Gladiator)

1:24:00 (Inglourious Basterds)

1:25:24 (Raiders Of The Lost Ark)

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The world of John Wick expands with Ballerina, starring Ana De Armas as the new action lead of the franchise. Fantastic fight and stunt sequences make this film feel right at home in the John Wick universe and Ana De Armas commands the screen as a strong action presence. Let's break down Ballerina!

Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Intro)

3:30 (New Action)

5:45 (Flamethrower Fight)

9:10 (Eve vs John Wick)

13:00 (Backstory)

19:40 (Gender Differences)

24:00 (Favorite Fights)

27:00 (Screenplay)

31:00 (Reshoots Controversy)

38:00 (Intermission)

50:00 (Deleted Scenes)

55:00 (Criticisms)

1:03:00 (Keanu’s Introduction)

1:06:00 (Final Thoughts)

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Let's break down Ryan Gosling and Mia Goth's Star Wars movie, Wicked for Good, Superman, Stranger Things 5, Fantastic Four New Teaser, Clayface, Saw x Blumhouse, Netflix, Street Fighter, 28 Years Later, Mass Effect, Tom Felton as Draco, Ready Or Not, Freakier Friday, Alien: Earth, Megan 2.0, Ma 2 and more!

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Opening)

0:33 (Box Office)

4:30 (Dangerous Animals and The Ritual)

5:38 (Star Wars Casts Mia Goth)

7:40 (Mikey Madison)

8:00 (Stranger Things 5)

10:22 (Clayface Casting)

11:18 (Tom Cruise Stunt BTS)

12:23 (Wicked For Good)

13:40 (Blumhouse Owns SAW)

14:30 (Superman Posters)

15:29 (28 Years Later Posters x Cillian Murphy)

16:03 (Street Fighter)

16:28 (Big Bold Beautiful Journey)

17:33 (Mass Effect Adaptation)

18:10 (Martin Scorsese)

19:24 (Tom Felton cast as Draco Malfoy AGAIN)

20:45 (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)

21:25 (Alien: Earth)

22:40 (007 First Light)

23:32 (Ready or Not: Hear I Come)

23:55 (Artificial)

24:35 (Lionsgate x AI)

26:50 (Split Fiction Adaptation)

27:27 (Ally Clark)

27:43 (Unabomb)

28:19 (Freakier Friday)

28:30 (Megan 2.0)

29:00 (Ma 2, Tulsa King and Kiss of the Spider-Woman)

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We have SO MANY movies to discuss like The Life of Chuck, Ballerina, Bring Her Back,The Phoenician Scheme, Dangerous Animals, Fargo, LOTR, Smile 2, Karate Kid: Legends, The Last Samurai and more!

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This week we chat Movie Haters, Brad Pitt, F1, Mad Men, Opening Title Sequences, Movie Trailers, Sinners, Guillermo Del Toro, Bring Her Back, 28 Years Later, Inception, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, Children Of Men, Ballerina, The Last Samurai, Fountain Of Youth and so much more!!

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Table Of Contents:

0:00 (Title Credit Sequences)

5:50 (Movie Trailers)

9:40 (Mad Men)

11:07 (The Graduate)

13:30 (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)

14:45 (Sinners)

16:30 (F1)

19:50 (Brad Pitt)

25:00 (Guillermo Del Toro)

28:00 (Christopher Nolan’s The Aviator)

29:45 (Bring Her Back)

33:15 (28 Years Later)

42:25 (Intermission)

48:30 (Children Of Men)

50:30 (Inception)

52:40 (Eyes Wide Shut)

56:00 (Ballerina)

58:40 (Movie Haters)

1:00:55 (Fountain Of Youth)

1:04:00 (The Last Samurai)

1:07:15 (Death Note)

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Let’s discuss the most underrated villains in film history like Dr. Mann from Interstellar, David from Prometheus/Alien: Covenant, Killmonger from Black Panther, Walker from Mission Impossible and so many more on today’s new episode of the podcast!!!

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Table of Contents

(0:00) Opening

(1:52) Buddy - Baby Driver

(2:34) Pierce - Logan

(3:38) Killmonger - Black Panther

(4:40) Captain Barbossa - Pirates of the Caribbean 

(5:52) Lord Blackwood - Sherlock Holmes

(7:40) Martin Vanger - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

(8:35) Howard Payne - Speed

(10:02) Mal - Inception

(10:52) Vic Deakins - Broken Arrow

(12:20) Sheriff Teasle - First Blood

(13:50) Caster Troy - Face/Off

(16:00) Clarence J. Boddicker - Robocop

(17:17) Joe - Killer Joe

(19:03) Percy - The Green Mile

(20:38) David Collins - The Guest

(22:07) Harry Waters - In Bruges

(23:20) Lt. Coffey - The Abyss

(24:39) William Stryker - X2

(26:48) Quaritch - Avatar

(28:48) Steamboat Willie - Saving Private Ryan

(31:38) Immortan Joe - Mad Max Fury Road

(32:30) Joanna Kramer - Kramer vs Kramer

(34:40) Randall - Monsters Inc.

(37:00) Ra’s Al Ghul - Batman Begins

(38:39) Cobbs - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

(39:52) Bruce Willis - The Jackal

(40:20) Solomon Lane - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation & Fallout

(40:53) Zorg - The Fifth Element

(41:35) Deacon Frost - Blade

(42:17) Clas Greve - Headhunters

(43:21) Walter Finch - Insomnia

(46:28) INTERMISSION

(55:59) Strickland - The Shape Of Water

(56:38) Eli Sunday - There Will Be Blood

(58:35) Burke - Blow Out

(59:32) Owen Davian - MI:3

(1:00:21) General Zod - Man Of Steel

(1:01:12) Lil Ze - City Of God

(1:02:00) Mama - Dredd

(1:02:50) Warden Norton - The Shawshank Redemption

(1:03:56) Edvard Vergerus - Fanny and Alexander

(1:04:46) John S. FItzgerald - The Revenant

(1:06:00) Bodhi - Point Break

(1:07:14) Mary - The Children’s Hour

(1:08:58) Belloq - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

(1:10:35) Noah Cross - Chinatown

(1:11:11) Mamiya - Cure

(1:12:02) Szell - Marathon Man

(1:12:57) Dr. Mann - Interstellar

(1:14:37) David - Alien: Covenant

(1:15:34) Holly Jones - Prisoners

(1:16:29) August Walker - Mission Impossible Fallout

(1:18:03) Harlen Maguire - Road To Perdition

(1:19:15) Luv - Blade Runner 2049

(1:20:21) William Hale - Killers Of The Flower Moon

(1:21:10) Captain Vidal - Pan’s Labyrinth

(1:22:15) Simon - Die Hard With A Vengeance

(1:23:23)  Roy Batty - Blade Runner

(1:24:36) Vincent - Collateral

(1:26:02) -Angel Eyes - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

(1:27:02) Juror #3 - 12 Angry Men

(1:28:39) Amon Goth - Schindler’s List

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