Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion aka The Chronological Cowboys are back with a doozy of an ep, folks. French Harvey Keitel. Dingle-gate. Rug Chats. Appreciation for the television show Treme. Donald Trump having a thing for sexy Q*Bert. Brain-puddling revelations about successful screenwriters. Shrek walking out on Marc Maron. These are just the tangents on this week's The Academy Academy, which covers Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men and Tony Scott's Déjà Vu. Strap in and enjoy! 

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This week, Don & Pat tackle Domino- a bonafide Tubi Treat™ that pushes boundaries and probably should've involved the hit Van Morrison song Domino in some capacity!

Is going on a walk or reading a book a more effective use of time than watching The Snyder Cut?

Should Don & Pat attend a 4-day darkness retreat to determine our podcasting future?

Did anyone ever want to watch the movie Belfast?!

Tune in and find out on this week's The Academy Academy!

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It's another miniseries within a miniseries on this week's episode of The Academy Academy!

Don & Pat discuss David Fincher's origins as a commercial and music video director, Seven's impact on modern cinema, and the wild alternate castings that almost occurred. Let's just say one of these people, had they been cast, would have orange crushed it...

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Is Con Air a simple film for a simpler time or a misunderstood classic? Is Armageddon the cinematic equivalent of carving a bong out of an apple or a work worthy of its inclusion in the Criterion Collection? Can you be both of those things at once?

Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discuss the first films of the post-Don Simpson era, Con Air and Armageddon, on this week's The Academy Academy!

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Is Black Hawk Down an act of male imagination? Is The Academy Academy the number-one podcast for proud stinkers? Were Whistler and Sam Shepard contemporaries? Tune in to find out!

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Can a commercial be art? Can an auteur convince you to purchase a luxury vehicle? Should the cast of The Banshees of Inisherin be the cast of the next Bond film? Should the New York Times have a Pandora bureau?! 

Tune in, as Don & Pat cover The Hire- a series of short films starring Clive Owen as "The Driver" and his myriad of German automobiles on this week's The Academy Academy!

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The Original Guys Just Being Dudes are back with their Top 10 films of 2022! Did Avatar make the cut? Did Don & Pat consider Bardo a banger? Would you trade 5 years of your life to be 6'4" and absolutely shredded? Does the Joker have a Lorne Michaels story?! All this and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy!

Enjoy!

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Do you get commercials for weird medicine when you watch something on Tubi? Are you yearning for a solid introduction to the oeuvre of Carl Franklin? Is The Crow the opposite of Tár? All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy as your intrepid hosts Don & Pat give a rundown on the film that defined Tony Scott's 21st century works: Man on Fire.

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Crank up your Netzero accounts, folks- Don & Pat are talking Hannibal and Spy Game on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Bob Dylan the key popular artist of the 20th century? Did the opening credits sequence of Se7en ruin opening credits sequences for the next decade? Must a Chris fall for a Paul to rise?! 

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This ep took a while to make, but it's finally here. It's for the folks who relate to E.T.'s love of candy. For the folks who have a fondness for Slim Pickens and William Devane. For those that consider Claude Chabrol a dang normie. 

Enjoy!

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