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Josh, Kylo/Korey and Mikey head into the Congo where they meet the Jennifer Aniston of gorillas. And that's just one of the many dangerous adventures!

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Scientist Karen Ross (Laura Linney) is sent by her father-in-law, mogul R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), to the Congo to determine the whereabouts of his son's missing diamond-hunting team. Led by expert guide Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Ross and a mismatched search party -- including primatologist Dr. Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), treasure hunter Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) and a gorilla -- discover a danger far more sinister than anything they expected to find, even in the heart of the jungle.

Release date: June 9, 1995 (USA)

Director: Frank Marshall

Budget: 50 million USD

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Adapted from: Congo

Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy; Sam Mercer

Brett hosts Pappy, Stevie, Mikey and Josh for this late 90's mythical classic. We podcasted. You leeestened.

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A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan, the more cultured outsider grows to respect the tough, if uncouth, warriors. During their travels together, ibn Fadlan and the Vikings get word of an evil presence closing in, and they must fight the frightening and formidable force, which was previously thought to exist only in legend.

Release date: August 27, 1999 (USA)

Director: John McTiernan

Adapted from: Eaters of the Dead

Budget: 85 million USD

Box office: 61.7 million USD

Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Touchstone Pictures

Stevie, Josh, Pappy, and Brett review Jugger classic: The Blood of Heroes!

Another woman (Joan Chen) joins a future gladiator's (Rutger Hauer) band of "juggers" against fighters of the ruling elite.

Release date: February 23, 1990 (USA)

Director: David Webb Peoples

Screenplay: David Webb Peoples

Budget: 10 million AUD

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Stevie, Pappy, Mikey, Brett and Korey review the anime series Samuel Jackson classic: Afro Samuri!

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Afro Samurai is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002.

Genres: Action fiction, Historical drama, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Studio: Gonzo

Demographic: Seinen

Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki

English network: AUS MTV, ABC2NA SpikeUK Adult Swim, Bravo

Josh, Korey/Kylo, Pappy and Mikey mightily morph into teenagers with attitude.

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Actors reunite for a special celebrating the 30th anniversary of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" franchise; including David Yost, Walter E. Jones, Barbara Goodson, and others.

Initial release: April 19, 2023

Director: Charlie Haskell

First episode date: April 19, 2023 (USA)

Distributed by: Netflix

Producers: Simon Bennett; Hillary Zwick Turner

Pappy, Korey, Brett, and Stevie review jazz classic: Whiplash!

Whiplash is a 2014 American independent psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist.

Initial release: January 16, 2014

Director: Damien Chazelle

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, Sony Pictures Classics, Universal Pictures International

Box office: $49 million

Stevie, Mikey, Pappy, and Korey (Kylo Ren Memes) review Gail's pick - Gattaca!

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Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman). An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer (Gore Vidal) complicates Vincent's plans.

Release date: October 24, 1997 (USA)

Director: Andrew Niccol

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing

Box office: $12.5 million (domestic only)

Budget: $36 million

Cinematography: Sławomir Idziak

Brett, Josh, $ Mikey, Korey"Kylo-Ren-Memes" and Pappy take a trip to BaSIN City and review the 2005 Robert Rodriguez classic: Sin City!

In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal underworld in search of his lost love (Jaime King). In another part of the city, a grizzled cop (Bruce Willis) foils the ambitions of a child-killer (Nick Stahl), and an ex-prostitute (Brittany Murphy) evades her ex-pimp (Benicio del Toro) with the help of her new boyfriend, Dwight (Clive Owen).

Release date: April 1, 2005 (USA)

Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

Story by: Frank Miller

Box office: 158.7 million USD

Distributed by: Miramax, Dimension Films, SPI International

Adapted from: Sin City, That Yellow Bastard, The Hard Goodbye

Stevie, Pappy, Josh and Brett review I Love You, Man — a classic comedy from the late aughts!

We love you, PK, man.

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Successful real-estate man Peter Klaven has it all: a great job, a beautiful home and a loving wife-to-be. Unfortunately, due to his devotion to both his work and fiancée Zooey, Peter has failed to make any friends. With his wedding fast approaching, the pressure is on to find a best man and so Peter embarks on several desperate attempts to find a best buddy.

Release date: March 20, 2009 (USA)

Director: John Hamburg

Screenplay: John Hamburg, Larry Levin

Producers: John Hamburg, Ivan Reitman, Donald De Line, Jeffrey Clifford, Tom Pollock, Bill Johnson, Andrew Haas

The boys review Scientology and the 2000 "classic" Battlefield Earth!

In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. As the leader of the evil Psychlos, Terl and his race have taken over the world's natural resources and disregarded everyone and everything else. It's up to Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, a brave human, to battle the Psychlos and restore normalcy to the world.

Release date: May 12, 2000 (USA)

Director: Roger Christian

Screenplay: J. David Shapiro, Corey Mandell

Budget: 73 million USD

Awards: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Worst Film