The Avid Indoorsmen

We’ve reached the third and final of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, The Dark Knight Rises.

On our Movie Game Night with The Filharmonic we found out Niko Del Rey and Jules Cruz were into this film, so we invited them back on for a real episode! They are very entertaining guys and we had a blast chatting with them about the observations they made about The Dark Knight Rises. We even got them to do their best Bane impression. It was a great way to end this trilogy.

We concluded the episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons get to hear us battle it out during our Top 5 Movie Trilogies (or more than trilogies) Draft!

Thanks for going down the bat cave with us, we hope you enjoyed this series of episodes. Stay safe, healthy and happy this holiday season!

1:30 Going the Distance
3:00 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix)
5:20 Fargo (HULU)
7:06 Lovecraft Country (HBOMax)
9:27 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
10:48 Normal People by Sally Rooney
12:23 Plugarooni’s
12:48 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
14:30 www.humbug.show
15:38 Coming Attractions: O Brother Where Art Thou 20th Anniversary
16:40 @niko_del_rey; @julesecruz; @del_rey_fitness
17:24 www.thefilharmonic; youtube.com/thefilharmonic
18:45 The Dark Knight Rises Plot Synopsis
19:36 Rotten Tomatoes
21:25 Buegs’ Hot Take
23:55 Rob’s Hot Take
28:00 Jules’ Hot Take
30:15 Niko’s Hot Take
32:42 The Dude
39:28 The Tucci Award
44:19 The Dingus
49:37 Show Me The Money
55:41 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
59:06 Movie Trivia
1:09:40 The Imitation Game
1:24:40 Top 5 Movie Trilogies (Or 3+ Films in a Series)

We are so serious, we love the second film in the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy, The Dark Knight. Why so serious? Because it’s amazing!!!

Jenika Marion and Reilly Zamber are huge Christopher Nolan/Dark Knight fans and BEGGED to be on this episode, so we obliged and were so happy to have them back on. They bring some great takes, like they always do.

This episode ends with us playing a newer game straight from Buegs’ brain we are calling the Malkovich game and our Patrons get to hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Character Voices in Film. So many great performances were drafted.

Reminder that Rob and Buegs have some fun Christmas shows you can stream! Information below. We hope you’re all staying healthy and safe out there and enjoying the Nolan Batman Trilogy with us!

2:48 www.humbug.show
3:23 www.homefreevip.com
3:52 Holidate (Netflix)
6:27 Over The Moon (Netflix)
8:19 The Great British Bake Off (Netflix)
10:23 The Undoing (HBO)
11:58 Biscuit Love https://www.biscuitlove.com/
13:10 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
13:48 Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery https://beagleandwolf.com/
15:23 Plugarino’s
15:39 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
17:15 @JenikaMarion; Reilly Zamber from @thehoundthefox
17:35 houndfoxmusic.com; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1Yp_8aQsGmLPCD7YyCmWw
19:51 The Dark Knight Plot Synopsis
20:39 Rotten Tomatoes
22:42 Buegs’ Hot Take
23:37 Rob’s Hot Take
26:00 Jenika’s Hot Take
30:10 Reilly’s Hot Take
34:57 The Dude
42:16 The Tucci Award
54:18 The Dingus
1:07:05 Show Me The Money
1:16:16 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:18:52 Movie Trivia
1:26:42 Are You Talkin’ To Me Game (The Malkovich Game)
1:47:05 Top 5 Character Voices In Film

It’s the 15th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s take on the caped crusader, Batman Begins. A gritty, dark version of Batman that we hadn’t seen before comes to life in the first of the Nolan Batman trilogy.

We had to bring back a recurring guest to the show who loves all things Nolan and Bale, Straight No Chaser’s Seggie Isho! He’s so funny and has a new Christmas album and some live shows they’re going to be streaming! Check out www.sncmusic.com for more details.

This episode ends with a fun Imitation Game and our Patrons get to listen to us battle it out during our Top 5 Christian Bale Films Draft.

If you haven’t watched this trilogy before, or even if it’s been a while since you’ve seen them, this is a great excuse to get reacquainted with one of the better trilogies out there.

Enjoy!

1:45 Too Funny To Fail: The Life and Death of The Dana Carvey Show
3:56 Enola Holmes on Netflix
5:27 The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix
7:53 Schitt’s Creek Finale on Netflix
10:25 Buegs’ Meal of the Soul: PS5 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
11:36 Brunson’s Pub http://www.brunsonspub.com/
13:42 Plugarino’s
14:17 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
15:20 homefreevip.com
16:25 www.humbug.show
18:31 @SNCMusic; Social Christmasing; www.sncmusic.com
20:55 Batman Begins Plot Synopsis
21:48 Rotten Tomatoes
23:30 Buegs’ Hot Take
25:10 Rob’s Hot Take
26:47 Seggie’s Hot Take
30:57 The Dude
35:50 The Tucci Award
41:43 The Dingus
48:32 Show Me The Money
54:55 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
57:16 Movie Trivia
1:08:50 Imitation Game
1:22:13 Top 5 Christian Bale Films Draft

Home Free had gotten together to film their Warmest Winter Holiday Special and Buegs made the trek to Nashville to hang out (and maybe be a part of the special????). Rob had driven by himself from Minnesota to Tennessee and Buegs accompanied him on the way back to the Twin Cities. We had 13 hours in the car and for a little over an hour of that we played a Movie Game and recorded it for your listening pleasure. If you like the Movie Game you’re going to enjoy this episode. If you don’t...we’re sorry.

2:05 Movie Game

The movie that brought us “It’s Not A Tumor” “I’m a cop you idiot” and so many more classic Arnold one-liners is having it’s 30th Anniversary! Kindergarten Cop was a huge part of our childhoods and we had to do an episode on it.

We brought in one of our buddies from college who has the best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression we have ever heard, Evan Kelly. Even if you don’t want to hear an entire episode on Kindergarten Cop, it’s worth checking out our quotes section just to hear his Arnold. It’s amazing.

We end this episode with a fun game of Last Man Stanton and our Patrons get to listen to us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movie Teachers.

We hope you’re doing well and enjoying the podcast!

2:40 On the Rocks (Apple TV+)
4:10 Borat Subsequent Movie Film (Prime)
7:08 The Unicorn (Netflix)
9:54 The West Wing When We All Vote Special on HBO
12:11 Slow Burn Hot Chicken https://www.slowburnhotchicken.com/#/
13:50 Emmy Squared https://www.emmysquaredpizza.com/
15:58 Plugarooni’s
16:21 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
17:18 Coming Attractions: Movie Game Night
18:17 Evan Kelly
20:00 Kindergarten Cop Plot Synopsis
20:36 Rotten Tomatoes
21:33 Jeff Andrew from TimeOut Magazine
22:00 Roger Ebert from The Chicago Sun Times
22:40 Buegs’ Hot Take
24:30 Rob’s Hot Take
28:47 Evan’s Hot Take
31:05 The Dude Award
34:11 The Tucci Award
40:07 The Dingus
47:02 Show Me The Money
54:25 Buegs’ Boo Hoo Moments
57:00 Movie Trivia
1:06:14 Judgement Day
1:07:40 Last Man Stanton (Tom Hanks) (Suggested by Laura Beth Cook @LadySings1)
1:22:13 Top 5 Favorite Movie Teachers

By the time we’re releasing this we may know who won the American Presidential election, so we thought Aaron Sorkin’s The American President was a perfect choice for this week’s episode. It also happens to be having a 25th anniversary which seemed even more of a reason to deep dive into this film.

Timmy St.Sauver is a lifelong friend of Rob’s and has been on the pod numerous times. We know he’s a lover of everything Sorkin and it was a no-brainer choosing him for this special election episode.

We end with a fun Imitation Game and our Patrons get to hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movie Presidents.

No matter who wins this election, let’s all just be thankful that we won’t have to deal with another one for another 4 years...

Enjoy!

1:58 Moneyball (Netflix)
2:51 The Trial of Chicago 7 (Netflix)
5:45 Bridesmaids
7:00 Schitt’s Creek Season 6 (Netflix)
7:53 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
8:48 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
10:50 Plugarooni’s
11:30 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
13:19 Timmy St.Sauver
15:01 The American President Plot Synopsis
15:36 Rotten Tomatoes
16:15 James Berardinelli from Reel Views
17:13 Janet Maslin from The New York Times
17:53 Buegs’ Hot Take
19:55 Rob’s Hot Take
22:20 Timmy’s Hot Take
23:17 The Dude Award
28:00 The Tucci Award
33:08 The Dingus
38:40 Show Me The Money
48:04 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
50:06 Movie Trivia
58:07 Judgement Day
58:51 Imitation Game
1:16:08 Top 5 Favorite Movie Presidents

Happy early Halloween everyone! We thought since this has been the most terrifying year of existence that we would talk about a funnier Halloween film, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods!

Reilly Zamber, who you know as half of the music duo The Hound + The Fox, is a lover of Halloween and all the spookiness it brings, so we had to have him come back on the pod and give his most terrifying takes.

We end the episode with a fun Imitation Game and our Patrons get to hear us battle it out during our Top 5 Movies Featuring A Cabin Draft!

We hope you stay safe and have a great time this Halloween!

2:32 Major League 2
3:17 Christopher Robin (Disney +)
5:20 High Score (Netflix)
6:27 Schitt’s Creek Season 5 (Netflix)
7:20 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
9:02 Morey’s Fish Shop
11:15 Plugarooni’s https://moreysmarkets.com/
11:47 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
16:30 Reilly Zamber from @thehoundthefox; YouTube.com/thehoundthefox; Rot Next To You https://youtu.be/22URUnmXD8E
19:00 The Cabin in the Woods Plot Synopsis
19:34 Rotten Tomatoes
20:25 Kyle Smith from The New York Post
21:15 Christopher Orr from The Atlantic
21:55 Buegs’ Hot Take
23:30 Rob’s Hot Take
25:20 Reilly’s Hot Take
30:18 The Dude Award
37:42 The Tucci Award
45:30 The Dingus
51:15 Show Me The Money
58:55 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:00:08 Movie Trivia
1:07:56 Judgement Day
1:08:58 Imitation Game
1:24:40 Top 5 Movies Featuring A Cabin

Since the MLB World Series is upon us, we thought we would talk about one of our favorite baseball films of all time, Major League.

This film gave us Wild Thing Ricky Vaughn, Willie Mays Hays and Bob Uecker’s hilarious one liners. We had to get someone who appreciated these things as much as us and thankfully Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser is also a big fan. We always have a great time talking with Seggie and he has some really fun takes on this one.

This episode ends with a game we call The Starting 5 and our Patrons get to hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Baseball Films.

Enjoy watching the Rays take on the Dodgers in the World Series and enjoy this episode on Major League!

3:10 Stranger Than Fiction
4:45 The Outsiders
7:30 NBA Finals
9:10 The Boys Season 2
10:44 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
11:18 Hen House Eatery https://www.henhouseeatery.com/
12:42 Plugarooni’s
13:10 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
15:04 @SNCSeggie
16:07 www.sncmusic.com; new Christmas album: Social Christmasing
16:58 Major League Plot Synopsis
17:34 Rotten Tomatoes
18:00 Elizabeth Moppen from the Orlando Sentinel
19:37 Kevin Thomas from the LA Times
20:51 Buegs’ Hot Take
22:35 Rob’s Hot Take
25:20 Seggie’s Hot Take
29:52 The Dude
33:07 The Tucci Award
40:37 The Dingus
50:30 Show Me The Money
57:57 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
59:50 Movie Trivia
1:07:48 Judgement Day
1:10:02 Starting 5 Game
1:27:15 www.hardtruthdistilling.com
1:33:48 Top 5 Favorite Baseball Films Draft

If you know Buegs or Rob well, you’ve heard them quote Wedding Crashers many times. If you’ve given Rob a hug he may have said “Let’s bring it in for the real thing.” If you’ve been around Buegs and someone has left the room you may have heard him say “I never know what she’s doing in there.” Those are just a few of the many gems that this film delivers.

A couple other people who find this movie delightful are @TheAdamChance and @SamiMatarante, otherwise known as Chami. They are always wonderful guests and this episode is no different! We had such a good time talking with these two.

We end this episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons get to hear us battle it out during our Top 5 Favorite Movies Featuring A Wedding.

We hope you’re all enjoying being our Stage 5 Clingers, we love you!

2:33 Ocean’s 13
3:56 Being John Malkovich
6:28 Schitt’s Creek
7:55 The Hound + The Fox https://youtu.be/7vd3yvCqAJQ
9:00 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
10:18 https://www.spoonandstable.com/
12:39 Plugarooni’s
13:06 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
14:51 Coming Attractions: Major League
15:26 @TheAdamChance and @SamiMatarante; The Roguery Galactic; thesamijones.com; theadamchance.com
17:35 Wedding Crashers Plot Synopsis
18:06 Rotten Tomatoes
18:34 Renee Rodriguez from The Miami Herald
19:27 Wesley Morris from The Boston Globe
19:55 Buegs’ Hot Take
20:58 Rob’s Hot Take
24:15 Sami’s Hot Take
25:40 Chance’s Hot Take
28:45 The Dude Award
34:44 The Tucci Award
42:15 The Dingus
51:50 Show Me The Money
1:00:20 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:04:01 Movie Trivia
1:08:22 Judgement Day
1:10:07 The Imitation Game
1:22:55 Top 5 Favorite Movies Featuring A Wedding

We have been having so much fun doing our Movie Game Nights and we thought it was about time to bring on the crazy talented a cappella group, The Filharmonic! Rob was on The Sing Off with these guys back in the day and they are such good dudes. We had a blast playing a few of our favorite games with them. Check it out!

1:06 - @TheFilharmonic
4:58 - The Starting 5 (Films Featuring A Wedding)
23:03 - The Quotes Game
36:43 - Bend It Like Trebekumm
1:10:54 - Taglines