The Avid Indoorsmen

Farewell 2022! Hello 2023. In our first episode of the year we discuss each of our Top 10 films of 2022. There were many good ones to choose from. This will be a good episode to get some movie recommendations or just to see if your favorites line up with ours. We end the episode with our Top 5 shows of 2022 that only our Patrons will be able to hear. Enjoy! 3:20 Patreon Shoutouts4:52 #1 Movie7:20...

We end 2022 with our Champions Edition Movie Game Night. Timmy St. Sauver was last year’s champion and we got Benny Elledge and Brandon Miller to compete against him this year. We had a bunch of fun, threw some tough questions at them and had some laughs in the process. Hoping you’ve enjoyed listening to us this year. We’re going to take a couple of weeks off to start the new year, but we’ll be ba...

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! We decided to chat about the new Will Ferrell/Ryan Reynolds holiday musical, Spirited. It’s currently on Apple TV+ if ya wanna check it out and then listen to this episode. Hope you all have a wonderful time getting together with your families or friends. Enjoy! 2:32 The Grinch (2018)3:47 Causeway (Apple TV+)5:25 Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special (Disney +)6:35 S...

New Episode Right Ahead! We brought back Amberly Hall to have her discuss her thoughts and feelings on James Cameron’s Titanic. She was lovely and entertaining per usual. Enjoy as we talk about one of the successful films of all time! 1:22 Banshees of Inishiren3:35 The Gentlemen (HBOMax)5:06 What We Do In The Shadows (HULU)6:32 Andor (Disney+)9:27 Plugarooni’s 9:55 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen12:...

A Few Good Men is 30 years old and to celebrate it’s anniversary we brought in our Sorkin expert and recurring guest, Luke Pierce. Or did we? Do you want the truth? YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH! This was a fun one. Enjoy! 4:30 The Banshees of Inishiren 6:47 Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix) 9:35 Road House (Netflix) 11:46 Plugarooni’s 12:18 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen 14:53 Luke Pierce @wlukepierce 22:12 A...

This is one of those movies we’ve talked about doing since we started the podcast. Since it is so special to us, we decided to have 3 of our favorite recurring guests on, Benny Elledge, Adam “Renegade” Wilson and Taylor Hays. It’s the first time we’ve ever had 3 guests on for a movie breakdown and we had the best time. Enjoy! 2:47 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 5:32 Marcel the Shell With Shoes On...

We grew up on this Disney classic and brought back a couple guys that enjoy this movie as much as we do, Adam Rupp and Nate Stone! We had a bunch of fun on this episode and hope you have fun as well. Enjoy! 3:10 Clerks 3 6:55 She-Hulk: Attorney At Law 9:55 Plugarooni’s 10:31 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen 12:33 Adam Rupp @adamhfbeatbox and Nate Stone @nathanrodes ; info@ builttolastinspections.com...

Chicago won Best Picture 20 years ago and it just so happens that one of our recurring guests was in the Broadway touring production of Chicago, our good buddy Benny Elledge. We love having Benny on and we think you’re gonna enjoy this episode a bunch. Enjoy! 2:10 Black Adam 5:07 Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester (Netflix) 6:10 The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Prime) 8:07 Plugarooni’s 8:41 Pat...

The brilliantly adapted film of the Cormac McCarthy novel, No Country For Old Men, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The Coen bros made a cinematic masterpiece and we were so excited to do an episode on it. We decided to just stick with a couple of old men on this one, so it’s just the two of us and it was a blast. Enjoy! 2:37 In & Of Itself (HULU) 4:27 Lyle Lyle Crocodile 7:26 The White Lotus...

Halloween is just around the corner and we decided to get super spooky and do an episode on the brand new film, Hocus Pocus 2. Our good friends Reilly and Kenz from The Hound + The Fox have released a new album called Haunted Folk just in time for the spooky season. They love Halloween and we instantly thought of them when coming up with a Halloween episode. Hocus Pocus 2 is on Disney + right now...

The Jungle Book is 55 years old and was a big part of our childhoods, so we did an episode on it. We brought in one of our faves who’s also super into Disney, Jenika Marion! She’s the best and we always love hearing her thoughts on movies. Y’all are gonna have a bunch of fun with this one! Enjoy! 3:41 This Is 40 (Netflix) 5:07 A Man Called Ove (Prime) 6:48 The Lost City 8:12 Dahmer Monster: The Je...

The movie that skyrocketed Paul Thomas Anderson and Mark Wahlberg’s film careers, Boogie Nights, is turning 25! It’s just the two of us on this one and it was a bunch of fun. We end with a Last Man Stanton and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Movies that Feature the Adult Film Industry. Enjoy! 4:10 Me Time (Netflix) 6:21 Thirteen Lives (Prime) 8:03 City Slickers (Netflix) 10:35 House of th...

It’s been 20 years since the Scorsese film about 1860’s New York was released. We brought back a couple of our favorite recurring guests who also happen to be the newest members of the Home Free touring crew, Abe Sword and Neil Ghosh, to talk about it with us. We end this episode with a Starting 5 and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movie Facial Hair. Enjoy! 2:36 Austin Powers: In...

We decided to devote an episode on easily our favorite movie of the year thus far, Everything Everywhere All At Once. We brought in Josh Adams who has made several Home Free music videos and has handled social media content for many bands and currently the very popular comedian, Jo Koy. Josh makes his AI debut here and we just had a great time chatting with him about this wildly original film. Enj...

Adam Rupp, Chris Rupp and Matt Atwood started up the singing sensation, Home Free, and we thought we’d bring them back to the show for another movie game night! Tons of fun was had by all. Check out Home Free on tour at www.homefreemusic.com and also preorder their new album So Long Dixie! Check out Chris’ group Cypress Fyre and their latest video https://youtu.be/K6BAEh0oIJs Check out all of the...

Al Pacino won Best Actor 30 years ago for his portrayal of Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent Of A Woman. We decided to talk about it and brought along one of our favorite recurring guests, Seggie Isho! We end this episode with a Plot Tub Time Machine and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Movie Monologues. Enjoy! 2:40 Prey (HULU) 4:13 Platoon 5:51 Crush (HULU) 7:21 Our Flag Means Death (HBOMax)...

The iconic 80’s action movie, Predator, is 35 years old. It’s given us some amazing quotes and so many sequels. We brought back our hilarious buddy, Max Felsheim, to give us his takes on this Arnold classic. We end with a Plot Tub Time Machine and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Muddy Movies. Enjoy! 3:56 Last Night In Soho 6:10 3 Days of the Condor 7:58 Hello My Name Is Doris 10:06 The Be...

We haven’t covered many westerns on this podcast but figured that the Best Picture Winner at the 65th Academy Awards deserved to have an episode devoted to it. We finally got our good friend and fellow A Cappella alumnus, Eric Patenaude, to make his AI debut. We’ve both sang with Eric in the past and knew he was a film nerd & figured he’d be great on the show. Thankfully we were right and we had a...

It’s been a while since we had a Movie Game Night episode and thought since the fantasy football season is so close, we’d bring in a couple guys from our fantasy football league of 15 years. Brandon Miller and Nick Post have been on the show before and we had a great time playing some games with them. Enjoy! 1:13 Nick Post & Brandon Miller 2:20 The Starting 5 18:30 Before and After 37:13 Bend It L...

We got our good buddy and Home Free’s new Tour Manager, Abe Sword, on the pod! We talk about Lady Bird, the Oscar nominated film from writer and director Greta Gerwig. Always a blast talking with Abe and we’re glad he watched this movie to come on the show. This episode ends with a Plot Tub Time Machine and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movies Written and Directed by the Same Pe...

We got resident Marvel expert, Reilly Zamber, back on the pod to discuss the latest Thor film, Love and Thunder. Reilly is super dialed into the MCU, he’s basically the closest thing we have to Kevin Feige. Always love hearing his takes. We end this episode with a Starting 5 and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Films Where Actors Have Starred With Their Kids. Enjoy! 2:22 The Gray Man (Netfl...

Happy Madison Productions have released yet another movie on Netflix and this time it’s a pretty great basketball movie starring Adam Sandler. We enjoyed it a lot and thought that our good buddies over at the Full Court Fresh Podcast, Niko Del Rey & Jules Cruz, would have some good insights. Turns out we were right, we had a great time chatting with them and we are featured on an episode of their...

A League of Their Own is turning 30 years old and we knew we had to take a swing at this one. We brought back our good buddy and NYC-based actor, Benny Elledge. He brought along a cinematographer in the film industry, Brendan Banks, giving this podcast some credibility. We had a blast talking about this iconic sports film and devoted a bunch of time on what we thought actually happened at the end....

The episode that Buegs has been pumped about for some time is finally upon us. Reign of Fire is an apocalyptic action film with dragons and a couple Oscar winners that Buegs watched many times 20 years ago. Fun episode with just the two of us. We end the episode with a Last Man Stanton and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Matthew McConaughey Films. Enjoy 2:57 The Worst Person In The World (...

🎶Here comes the Men In Black🎶 The MIB came into our lives 25 years ago so to celebrate such a momentous occasion we thought we’d spend some time talking about it. We had some guests fall through on this one, so you just get to enjoy the Avid Indoorsmen in all our glory. Enjoy! 3:05 Spiderhead (Netflix) 4:16 Uncharted 6:08 The Old Man (HULU) 7:58 The Boys Season 3 (Prime) 10:25 Plugarooni’s 10:50...