The Other Half

It's been a while since we've had a truly bad holiday movie on this podcast, but finally, Deck The Halls is here. Starring Matthew Brodrick (Lillard?) and Danny DeVito, this movie centers around someone who just wants to have Christmas a particular way and another person who is an egomaniacal monster. Who is the villain? It's hard to tell if you listen to movie logic!

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Oh no, Bad Santa said the F-word! This movie has been wiped from Ethan's mind so it's time to watch it as we kick off our holiday special. This movie is a dark comedy about a professional thief, Willie, who, along with his partner Marcus, poses as a department store Santa Claus during the holiday season to rob malls on Christmas Eve. Also, did you know this movie was produced by the Coen brothers?! Will that make an early 2000s comedy age better because it has two masters of cinema backing it up?

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Any Given Sunday you'll either win or you'll lose, but The Other Half podcast can be listened to every day, making YOU a winner. We watch the Oliver Stone movie about the game of football and the absolute brutality it takes on the human body and mind. In a stacked movie, Al Pachino plays an aging coach who has to help motivate a young quarterback played by Jamie Foxx, who is incredible in this movie. It's a brutal movie, so brutal the NFL wouldn't allow them to use their teams. But also this movie has something to say about the sport of football and how we treat all-star athletes.

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Happy Hanksgiving everyone! What's better than gathering around the table with friends and microphones and chatting about Tom Hanks? Almost Plausible's Tomas joins the boys to talk about the movie sendup of the TV show Dragnet. It's a comedy-mystery film from the late '80s that follows two mismatched detectives, Sgt. Joe Friday (Dan Akaroyd) and his new partner, Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks), as they investigate a series of weird crimes in Los Angeles done by P.A.G.A.N.s.

Most important though was the Dragnet music video featuring Dan Akaroyd and Tom Hanks rapping. It has to be seen to be believed.

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Mona Lisa Smile focuses on an all-girls college in the '50s and to help us guide us through there is Ethan's partner, Lindsay. We picked this movie having literally no knowledge of what it's about. Just the title of the film is enough to pique our curiosity. Is Mona Lisa actually in this movie??? Well, other famous artist's works do show up, but none of the characters are in the film. What does show up is the overwhelming force of patriarchal norms that plague what should be a liberal all-girls school. Is the movie as memorable as its title though?

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"Sweet Home Alabama" is a 2002 romantic comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon. The story is about Melanie Smooter, a successful New York City fashion designer who is about to marry the city's most eligible bachelor, Andrew Hennings, played by Patrick Demsey. He's honestly a catch, but actually, there's a catch to her soon-to-be marriage. She has to go down south to finalize her divorce with her ex-husband! Hope he's a real winner.

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"Practical Magic" is a 1998 film that is a blend of romantic comedy and magic! The plot centers around the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, who come from a long line of witches with a family curse that causes any man who falls in love with an Owens woman to meet an untimely death. Things get wacky! But the question is, what's the most practical form of magic? Is it using a spoon to stir your coffee? Or using magic to revive your toxic ex instead of just getting rid of the body?

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Our final entry for Scream Kings is the 1986 film Maximum Overdrive, which was written AND directed by Stephen King. It's also the last film he ever directed. The plot is about the Earth passing through the tail of a comet, which has an evil effect on machines, gas pumps, and electronic devices. They in some way revolt leading to widespread chaos and destruction. A group of people finds themselves trapped at a truck stop in North Carolina, including Bill Robinson (Emilio Estevez). The machines outside the truck stop start coming to life and turning against the humans. The group realizes they gotta do something to survive. Who will be the hero of this rag-tag group of folks??

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Our third entry for Scream Kings is the 1995 film The Mangler, which was NOT written by Stephen King, but was based on one of his short stories. The plot is about an industrial laundry press possessed by an evil spirit??? Which causes a series of murders/accidents within the laundry facility. Officer John Hunton and Mark work together to uncover the dark secret behind the malevolent machine and stop it from claiming more lives. Weird premise? You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait till we tell you about the guy who owns the machine!

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Our second entry for Scream Kings is the 1992 film Sleepwalkers, which was written by Stephen King himself!! The plot revolves around a mother and son, Mary and Charles Brady, who are shape-shifting, energy-feeding creatures known as Sleepwalkers. They move to a new town in Indiana from California, away from Mark Hamill, and prey on young virginal girls to sustain themselves. However, their life takes a turn when they encounter a high school student named Tanya Robertson, who becomes suspicious of their bizarre behavior.

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