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As we near the end of our second season at CAR RAYROB, it’s time for Ray’s penultimate pick on SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! This time, Ray takes Rob back to feudal Japan with Masaki Kobayashi’s 1962 classic HARAKIRI. The story follows former ronin Tsugumo Hanshiro (played by the late Tatsuya Nakadai), who arrives at the Iyi clan’s gate requesting to perform the sacred act of seppuku in their court...

As the year winds down at Car RayRob, there are just two episodes left of A COPY OF A COPY! For the penultimate episode, and in honor of the upcoming release of WICKED FOR GOOD, Ray and Rob dive into the 1939 classic THE WIZARD OF OZ and the 1978 Motown musical THE WIZ. The world of Oz has inspired many interpretations over the decades, with the Judy Garland original being the gold standard for Oz...

Rob is down to his final two recommendations for the year on SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! He’s wrapping things up with a one-two punch, starting with one of his favorite films by his favorite director, Robert Altman’s 1971 revisionist western MCCABE & MRS. MILLER! This New Hollywood twist on the classic genre stars Warren Beatty (DICK TRACY, BONNIE & CLYDE) as John McCabe, a wandering gamb...

For October's episode of HELLO MOVIES, MY OLD FRIEND Ray and Rob are revisiting one of the most infamous flops of the last 30 years, the 1997 Superhero film SPAWN! This adaptation of the Todd McFarlane comic series centers on Al Simmons (played by Micheal Jai White), a mercenary for hire who sells his allegiance to the devil after he dies in a double-cross on a mission in Asia. John Lequizamo (MOU...

In pure Ray fashion, he has decided to NOT choose a Halloween themed film for his episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM. Instead, he has decided to take Rob back to the 1960s, with the war/spy thriller WHERE EAGLES DARE! Some might call this a Clint Eastwood film, but the day belongs to Richard Burton as Major John Smith, the leader of a group of highly trained British spies who are tasked to dro...

The Halloween season zombie shuffles on here at CAR RAYROB! For this month's spooky installment of A COPY OF A COPY, Ray and Rob has decided to bite off more than they can chew by doing their first ever A Copy of A Copy of A Copy by looking at three horror classics! The first is F.W. Murnau's silent German horror classic NOSFERATU! To buttress this pop culture staple, they will be comparing it to...

It's the spooky season here at SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! To kick things off, Rob has decided to push Ray into an arena he's not entirely comfortable in with the 2019 horror, ghost story THE DEEPER YOU DIG! Written, directed and starring the horror genre sensations, The Adams Family (HELLBENDER, THE HATRED)!  THE DEEPER YOU DIG centers on Ivy and Echo (played by real life mother and daughter Tob...

As we roll into Fall, we once again find ourselves with a five Monday month, which means it's time for a special Kid's Edition of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! Mr. Kitty Kaiju is back as Ray and Rob recommend one of their all-time favorite comedies from their childhood, the 1994 comedy classic DUMB AND DUMBER! This rite of passage film stars Jim Carrey (THE MASK, ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE) and Jef...

September is going fast, so it's time for a new episode of HELLO MOVIES, MY OLD FRIEND! For today's episode, Ray and Rob revisit the 1991 action thriller TOY SOLDIERS! This coming-of-age classic stars the great Sean Astin (LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, THE GOONIES) and Wil Wheaton (STAND BY ME, STAR TREK: TNG). TOY SOLDIERS follows a group of rejects at a prestigious private school who must save thei...

For Ray's September Episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM, he's trying to break up his streak of heavy subject matters by recommending the 2017 comedy THE BIG SICK. It centers on Kumail, a struggling comedian who is caught in the maelstrom of the Pakistani tradition of arranged marriage by his overbearing family. When he meets Emily, an American woman, she steals his heart but puts him in a very...

Car RayRob is back with brand new episode of their new podcast A COPY OF A COPY! This week, Ray and Rob are tackling remakes that seek to be more accurate to their literary source materials. They're doing this by comparing a classic from their childhood with a remake that proved to be divisive for many viewers, the 1971 kids classic WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and the 2005 Tim Burton rem...

Car RayRob is kicking off the month of September with a brand-new episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! It's Rob's pick and he's bringing another one of his personal favorites, the 1970 drama FIVE EASY PIECES! This true American classic stars a Jack Nicholson (CHINATOWN, THE SHINING) in the iconic role of Bobby Dupea, an oil worker with a privileged past that he must confront when he learns his...

Car RayRob is wrapping up the month of August with a brand-new episode of HELLO MOVIES, MY OLD FRIEND! Ray and Rob are trying to keep their winning streak alive by revisiting the 1994 superhero comedy BLANKMAN! Starring Damon Wayons (THE LAST BOY SCOUT, IN LIVING COLOR), David Allen Grier (IN LIVING COLOR, MARTIN) and Robin Givens (BOOMERANG, HEAD OF STATE), BLANKMAN centers on a hyperintelligent,...

For Ray's September SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM selection, he has decided to do a sequel, not of a film he's already shown but of a conversation he and Rob began last month with THE LORD OF THE FLIES. To fulfill this, he has chosen the 2015 drama THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT. This tale of a real-life experiment conducted on the Standford University campus in 1971 centers on a group of students w...

It's fair to say that for Ray and Rob, the 1990s were the golden age of Disney animation. The run of hits holds a special nostalgic place in both of their hearts. At the top of that mountain sits ALADDIN, the story the young street urchin who with the help of magical genie, wins the heart of the princess Jasmine and defeats the evil Jafar. Over the last decade, Disney has seen fit to once again re...

Rob is kicking off August's SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM by recommending a film to Ray that holds a special place in his heart, the 1991 Coen Brothers classic BARTON FINK! Starring John Turturro (THE BIG LEBOWSKI, O' BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?) and John Goodman (RAISING ARIZONA, THE BIG LEBOWSKI), BARTON FINK centers on a rising star playwright of the same name as he takes a job in 1940s Hollywood to...

Ray and Rob are currently on a bit of a cold streak here on HELLO MOVIES, MY OLD FRIEND, so they're hoping to break the trend by revisiting a long-lost classic from their collective childhoods, the 1987 heist comedy BURGLAR! This Whoopi Goldberg (THE COLOR PURPLE, GHOST) led comedy centers on Bernie Rhodenbarr, an ex-con burglar who is being blackmailed by dirty cop Ray Kirschman to continue her l...

On this week's episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM, Ray takes Rob back to high school by recommending the 1990s screen adaptation LORD OF THE FLIES! This film based on the 1954 book by Sir William Golding stars a young Balthazar Getty as Ralph, the natural leader of a band of military students who find themselves stranded on a remote island after a savage plane crash. With no hope in sight, the...

It's time again for a brand-new episode of A COPY OF A COPY! This week, Ray and Rob are examining what they're calling the "stealth remake" in which a movie is an obvious remake of an older movie but is not explicitly marketed as such. For this version of the remake, they're watching one of Rob's favorite film, CASABLANCA starring the acting giants Humphrey Bogart (HIGH SIERRA, IN A LONELY PLACE)...

It's time to say Happy Birthday to Rob here on SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! To celebrate, he's taking part in his new annual tradition to commemorate the day of his birth, messing with Ray! Rob has chosen a very special film this month, not in the hopes of Ray hating it, but to push him to the boundaries of his film milieu. He has picked the David Cronenberg's 1983 body horror classic VIDEODROME! ...

It's another 5th Monday here at Car RayRob which means its once again time for a special kid's episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! Ray and Rob are once again welcoming their favorite guest and ambassador of the younger generation, Mr. Kitty Kaiju! For this episode, Rob has decided to shake things up by not only recommending a movie that Mr. Kitty Kaiju hasn't seen, but he's also chosen one tha...

It's another fun trip down nostalgia lane with CAR RAYROB, but on this episode of HELLO MOVIES, MY OLD FRIEND, Ray and Rob look at what they've been told is the most pressing issue in modern American life, boy is girls sports! To aide their dissection, they are going to revisit the 1992 sports comedy LADYBUGS. It stars the late/great Rodney Dangerfield (BACK TO SCHOOL, CADDYSHACK) as Chester Lee,...

Greetings to all out there in Car RayRob Land! We're back with another great episode of SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM! It's Ray's episode this week and he recently realized he'd been bringing the heavy for the last few months. So, he decided to lighten things up with the buddy road trip dramedy A WALK IN THE WOODS! This tale of reconnecting friendships stars the powerhouse duo of Robert Redford (ALL...

Car RayRob is back with another episode of their brand-new podcast A COPY OF A COPY! The first went so well, we've decided to keep it going! For this episode, Ray and Rob are looking at another way remakes are being made these days and that's the musical! More and more traditional features are being reimagined in the Broadway style, so to explore this growing phenomenon, Ray and Rob have zeroed in...

Happy Pride Month! On this week's SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FILM, Rob is celebrating the occasion by recommending to Ray the classic LGTBQ romantic comedy BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER! This heartfelt love story stars the always amazing Natasha Lyonne (POKER FACE, RUSSIAN DOLL) as Megan Bloomfield, a teenage cheerleader who is confronted by her friends and family due to what they believe to be "lesbian behav...