The Tough Cut Podcast

What do Forky's existential dread, a canned murder mystery sequel, and Alex's ruined movie-going experience all have in common? The Toy Story franchise! Join us as we unpack and sleuth our way to the truth and the best of the franchise in this bonus episode. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials! Featuring, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, and Toy Story 4

In this finale, we share our honorable mentions, take part in a brand new quiz from our resident Scooby-Doo expert, and try our best to track down the whereabouts of the highly coveted Arnuki Beast. Come for the laughs, and please let us know if you find the Arnuki Beast! Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

With Jake sober, the Tough Cut Podcast continues its breakdown of the Scooby-Doo pantheon. Join us as discuss our way through another finals level matchup and one that is a bit more one-sided. Come for the nostalgia stay for the laughs. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

A pup named Scooby-Doo? more like a Podcast named the Tough Cut. Join us we delve into the Scoobyverse and find out that it is possible for Alex not to like a Scooby movie, it is possible for Jake to be broken beyond repair, and it is possible Matthew read the James Gunn script for Scooby-Doo 2002. Featuring, Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King vs Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf and Scooby-Doo!...

Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? You're on the Tough Cut Podcast? That's right in honor of the spookiest month of the year we take a trip through the world of our favorite spooky mystery solvers. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and talk about 3/4 Stenstrum classics and one truly wild card pick. Featuring, Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost vs Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase an...

Another finale with the Tough Cut and it isn't one you're going to want to miss. Unless you haven't seen the rest of the bracket, you should go do that first. Join us for biting commentary on superhero regulation, Sean Astin, and much much more. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Join us for another semi-final where we delay the inevitable and Jake finally asks the question why didn't they cast hotter people in a 1950's Japanese movie. This is sure to be a fun one, and you won't want to miss what makes it to our team-up finale. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Join us as we explore classics, cult hits, mainstream giants, and hidden gems in this episode. There's sure to be something for everyone in this one. Also, we accidentally reveal the GIANT sponsorship that we absolutely do not have. Featuring, Guardians of the Galaxy vs Power Rangers and Galaxy Quest vs Seven Samurai Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

The Tough Cut podcast is never late it arrives precisely when it means to, and so does Jake! With all three hosts back on the game, we return to our next bracket and it is all about the team-up. Join us as reminisce on childhood favorites and absurd popcorn action flicks. Featuring, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring vs Ghostbusters and Fast Five vs The A-Team Follow us @ToughcutPod on all...

In this bonus episode, Alex and Matthew team-up and crossover two unlikely suspects: Twilight and Osmosis Jones . In the thrilling prequel fanfic, Carlisle calls in a favor from an old friend to save an ailing Edward. Join us as we pitch a three-part alternate timeline Twilight prequel Featuring, Twilight and Osmosis Jones Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

With hurricane Ida knocking Jake out of commission, Alex and Matthew are left to improvise. Join us for all the fun of The Tough Cut in a fresh new format, where we rank some of our favorite advertisements in this totally unsponsored episode. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Join us for a BIG finale to our BIG bracket. We've got honorable mentions from our funniest audience members, bad jokes from an underpressure host, and kaiju-sized comparisons. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Guess who's back? It's three giant monsters with another episode about BIG things. Join us as we get increasingly off-topic, and talk more about movies not in these matchups than any movie in the running as we dive into our latest semi-final. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Listener beware you're in for utter insanity with these picks. Join us as the boys explore some of the weirdest and wildest the genre has to offer. Ride the weirdness and enjoy the laughs with us. Featuring, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs vs Promare and Big Man Japan vs Destroy all Monsters! Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Join us for a BIG episode in a BIG bracket about BIG movies. What are big movies? Big robots, big words, big families, big sicknesses. Any of the above goes here at the Tough Cut. Featuring, Pacific Rim vs Big Hero 6 and Cheaper by the Dozen vs The Big Sick Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

In this bonus episode, join 2/3rds of the Tough Cut crew as they try out a new format where they pitch their plans for the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time. Study abroad in Pandora is bound to get exciting with Jake and Matthew at the helm as one of them holds a deep seething hatred for the franchise fueled by the strangely deep knowledge of the other. Follow us @ToughCutPod on all...

We hope your bookie gave you good odds on this one because no one could've guessed this musical finale. Join us in this final as diegetic vs non-diegetic takes center stage during this joke-filled romp through your honorable mentions and our favorites. Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!

In an already controversial bracket, the battle rages on between our three hosts, what makes a great movie musical? Is it better to be more musical than movie or movie than musical? We may never find out, and we're certain what advances to the finals will surprise you. Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

In an episode filled with hot takes, 'better' picks, and strangely enough Nicholas Cage, join us as we work to find the best Movie Musical. Note the emphasis on both. No more movie and no less musical. Featuring, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny vs The Producers and Rocky Horror Picture Show vs The Road to El Dorado Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

"Do not forget our name" as you'll want to come back each week for new episodes of this bracket as it is going to be wild and fun. Join us in this first episode as we learn which of our hosts can sing, and why Hollywood keeps casting men that can't sing in musicals. Featuring, The Greatest Showman vs Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables vs The Blues Brothers Follow us @ToughcutPod on all...

With coming of age coming to a close, the Tough Cut Podcast is finally old enough to drink so grab a cold one, and join us for another finale as we try to find out what the best of best coming of age movie. Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!

A magical adventure awaits you in this semi-final: Bowie, improv, and auteur surrogates. Who will make it to the finals? And who will come of age? Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!

Join us as we talk about imaginary friends, what kind of dragon we wanted in middle school, and the fanastic movies in this bracket. Featuring, Eighth Grade vs How to Train your Dragon and Lady Bird vs The Way Way Back Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

What in the heck is being an adult all about? and how do coming of age movies help us get there? Join us on our journey to answer these questions and so so much more. Featuring, Booksmart vs Perks of Being a Wallflower and This is England vs Jojo Rabbit Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!

Kick back, grab your favorite drink (Only if you're 21+), and enjoy the finals of our Oscar Season bracket to see what movie will win the second most prestigious award in the film industry! Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!