United States of a Movie

Comedian, actor, writer, and bonafide Rhode Islander Matt McCarthy joins the USofAMovie crew to explore Rhode Island's spooky history as well as torture Oli with his worst nightmare - a horror movie.

It's time to watch 'The Conjuring' with it's murder house, murder tree, murder cupboard, murder basement, murder doll... you get the point

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This podcast is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get... unless of course you read the description on the box. In this case we totally avoided the Forrest Gumpian sized elephant in the room and decided to explore Alabama from different angles. Oli had a dream to bone up on American civil rights by watching 'Selma', Will figured a fever dream that makes you miss your Dad was the best way to go with 'Big Fish'. And finally Ryan decided he hates us and life itself by selecting the "most 2000s movie ever made" by bringing 'Sweet Home Alabama' - the movie known for being 'the worst thing to happen to New York City since 9/11'

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Throwback to Episode 1 of the USofAMovie Podcast - where we start in California, the state with the most movies in the history of movies and yet somehow our intrepid podcasters manage to pick 3 movies that are ALL Los Angeles based heist movies. But to be honest, who cares? It's 'Heat', 'Point Break' and some total Bayhem with 'AmbuLAnce'.

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There's more to Maryland than Baltimore... sort of? Granted one of this week's movies literally starts with a song titled 'Good Morning Baltimore' but never fear, digital alligators and flawlessly interwoven exposition will Erase all memory of that movie. Then we'll jack in to the late 90's political action thriller 'Enemy Of The State', a movie that freaks you out by speculating what it would be like living in the exact world we're living in right now. Turns out, the bad guys won - but it's okay, with a bit of singing and dancing I'm sure we can fix it like we fixed racism.

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Arkansas came in strong as the 'dark horse' of the United States of a Movie, because by complete fluke we accidentally became a REAL movie podcast for the day by bringing 3 oscar nominated/oscar winning movies to the table.

Witness the beginning of the McConanaissance with 'Mud', the introduction of Hailee Steinfeld in 'True Grit' and some history making performances in 'Minari'.

Is it too much to ask for Ernest Goes to Arkansas? Don't worry, we promise next week we'll make more jokes about Ben Affleck's ding-dong

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Missouri? Missourah? Honestly we don't know. But, what we do know is that sometimes those fondly remembered childhood movies are enough to make you never want to watch movies again, RYAN.

This week the USofAMovie crew get into the detailed nuance of... okay, I can't do it... this week we make many, many jokes about Ben Affleck's penis while trying so find at lease one positive thing to say about Ernest Scared Stupid

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As we head to Tennessee it's time to grab your sweat rag because things get MOIST. 'Inherit The Wind' is a 1960s movie set in the 1920s that could be a panel on a news show in 2024 as things get tense, lawyerly and oh so sweaty with a side dish of 'greatest acting ever'. 'Walking Tall' is a film that has all the subtlety of being beaten over the head with a big stick as it tells the story of a Sheriff that goes around beating people over the head with a big stick. And finally 'Hustle & Flow' shows that it's hard (and sweaty) out there for a Pimp, but with a little bit of hustle and sex slavery you too can realise your dreams of being cool while also being locked up for multiple felonies.

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So it's the weekend of the Big Game, you know THAT one... That one nobody can say out loud otherwise NFL commandoes storm your house. So bearing that in mind we're celebrating the weekend of the 'Superb Owl' by trying to find the defining Football movie for 'Murica. Is it Oliver Stone's 2 1/2 hour music video 'Any Given Sunday'? Will 'Little Giants' Fumblerooskie it's way into our hearts? Or will 'Ace Ventura' give us all the Superb Owl we need (with a garnish of transphobia)? Blue 42! Blue 42! HUT! HUT! HUT!

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We're not one to paint with a broad brush but if this week's movies are to be believed West Virginia is the centre of the universe for hillbillies. Whether it's rocket hillbillies, heist hillbillies or hillbilly hillbillies this episode of the USofAMovie has them all. We're asking the big questions like:- Why is Tucker & Dale not given more respect? Why is Logan Lucky so forgettable yet so good? And, why is Jake Gyllenhaal trying so hard to impress a nazi?

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