Film Buffs & Gym Rats

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( PARDON THE INTRO - 30 seconds ) So apparently I have discovered how to upload to the original account so...welcome back to the original Film Buffs & Gym Rats podcast! Colton and I discuss and review WWE Royal Rumble premium live event live from Sweat Equity Fitness' front desk! Join us as we review the entire event and give our thoughts/opinions regarding both rumble matches, the fatal f...

The A Squad is BACK! Join us as we share our initial reactions, favourite moments, trivia/previous knowledge, unanswered questions, favourite moments, top quotes, potential edits all regarding the one that started it all, Spielberg’s 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark! Holding an impressive 8.4 on IMDB & 93% on RT Raiders if often considered the pinnacle of the series and for good reason! Fr...

And the boys are back in town as ‘Toronto Zach’, Colton & I cover 2023’s ‘ Across the Spiderverse ’. Holding an 8.9 on IMDB & 96% Rotten Tomatoes this movie is vastly superior to Fast X in just about every conceivable way. It’s coherent, intelligent and dare I suggest more believable! Although Reacher in Fast X was so jacked that I had to do an hour deep dive on youtube to finally discover...

Imagine if you will it's summer 1987, you've just purchased your ticket and taken your seat to the blockbuster event of the season and bear witness to not only an all star cast ( including but not limited to Apollo Creed, The Terminator and Jesse 'the body' Ventura ) but also the greatest handshake in all of cinema as Dutch and Dillon unite in a clash of biceps while Arnold calls h...

In memory of long lost episode 19 we finally do what we did then and complete a 3 hour breakdown of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe ! Join us today as Zach, our bonus addition guest (and long time listener/avid Sweat Equity Fitness attendee ) Colton and myself go step by step through all 28 films beginning with 2008's Ironman and the fondly remembered 'Infinity Sage' all the way t...

"Just a fly in the ointment Hans, a monkey in the wrench. A pain in the ass…” a perfect summary of the iconic character of John McLane perfectly portrayed by the much adored ( and returning for his 3rd appearance on our program ) Bruce Willis, allow me to welcome you all to the official Film Buffs & Gym Rats Christmas Episode! And how else could we celebrate the most wonderful time of the year...

Season 2, Episode 3 and we are finally feeling (Nic) CAGEY! Join us today as we cover one of Jocelyn's absolute favourites, the David Lynch classic, 1990's ' Wild at Hear t'! Owning a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.2 on IMDB join us as we share our initial reactions, favourite moments, trivia/previous knowledge, unanswered questions ( of which there are many ), favourite moments, potential edits, va...

Following upon our grand return to the airwaves Zach Dyer is swinging for the fences as he believes few films are more deserving of the golden ticket than Damien Chazelle's 3x Academy Award winner 2014's Whiplash ! Owning an impressive 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.5 on IMDB join us as we share our initial reactions, favourite moments, trivia/previous knowledge, unanswered questions, favourite mome...

And we’re back! Season two officially kicks off with a special guest as my mother joins us as we cover her all-time favourite movie, the iconic ‘ Legends of the Fall ’. Owning a misleading 57% on Rotten Tomatoes and a more accurate 7.5 on IMDB Legends of the Fall is my mother’s favourite movie for a reason…William Bradley Pitt. Join us as we share our initial reactions, favourite moments, trivia/p...

Welcome to The Film Buffs & Gym Rats Season One Finale! Eight months and over 50 hours later we finally culminate with our final episode of season one! Thank you to each and every one of you who has been along for this ride with us as we appreciate it far more than we could ever say. When I first approached Jocelyn & Zach about doing this their willingness and enthusiasm meant and still me...

On our penultimate episode of season 1 we travel back to ‘good old 1955’ with the powerful and undeniable, Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future ! Owning a confident 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.5 on IMDB, Back to the Future is considered one of the only films Tarantino himself dubs a ‘perfect film’ but does it hold up to such a proclamation when watched with ‘the eye of Sauron’ by the Film Buffs &a...

And on episode 28 we finally embark on the adventure of the collective Dyer family’s childhood in 1985’s ‘The Goonies!’ Boasting an Angelo Manfredi junior high average of mid seventies across both IMDB (7.7) and Rotten Tomatoes (76%) 'The Goonies' is a jovial swashbuckling adventure that may or may not hold up to the eye of Sauron much to the dismay of our very own Zachary Dyer… Join us as we shar...

And on Episode 27 of ‘The Film Buffs & Gym Rats’ podcast we are ( somewhat unexpectedly ) joined by an incredibly special guest, the prince of all Saiyans himself, Kyle Wong! A local filmmaker himself, Kyle was shooting a passion project upon the roof of 675 Archibald Street and temporarily joins us as we review a double feature of 2014’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Don’t Worry Darling’! T...

Episode 26. The Dark Knight versus Maximus Decimus Meridius. What more even need be said? Released in 2007 and boasting an impressive 7.7 on IMDB and 89% on Rotten Tomatoes director James Mangold reimagines, revamps, and completely revitalizes the ‘cowboy/western’ for the modern world of cinema with the wonderful ' 310 to Yuma '! Join us as we share our initial reactions of the film, favourite mom...

And 'The Film Buffs & Gym Rats' have reached their 25th episode! It has been a joy to share our love of fitness and film with you all and what better representative of cinematic achievement to celebrate our milestone episode with than 1999’s The Sixth Sense ? Boasting an impressive and somewhat surprising 8.2 on IMDB and 86% on Rotten Tomatoes this is now the third movie we’ve reviewed starrin...

NachoOOoOOoOOOoOoOOoOo! For our 24th episode we celebrate with a film that showcases not only an immensely average IMDB rating of 5.8 but a bold 40% on on Rotten Tomatoes! Was it judged too harshly? Has it aged like fine Mexican wine? Should Nacho have kissed her at the end of the movie? Does it even hold a candle to other Jack Black performances...? Only one way to know so join us as we share our...

On our 23rd episode we embody & personify focus, commitment and sheer f*cking will as we review 2014’s John Wick ! Directed by Chad Stahelski & David Leitch John Wick is seemingly/shockingly underrated as IMDB has it at 7.4 and Rotten Tomatoes has it at 86%! Fortunately, the FBGR’s are here to right this wrong and provide this film the quality and accurate review it deserves! Join us as we...

On our 22nd episode we come at you with a steady one two combo as we cover 2011’s Warrior ! Directed by Gavin O’Connor and maintain a solid 8.2 on IMDB & 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, Warrior stars Joel Edgerton and ( the all-time basement flooder himself ) Tom Hardy in the most ineligible role of his career as one half of a pair of brothers fighting for a 5 million dollar MMA prize! But the true st...

On our 21st episode we cover a film my dad finally would classify as ‘a good movie’, potentially the greatest sequel of all time and without question the absolute GOAT action film of all time, the 4x Oscar winner…the iconic and legendary Terminator 2: Judgement Day ! Directed and written by James Cameron, T2 boasts an impressive 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.6 on IMDB and for a ranking of this magn...

Fresh off a losing battle with technical difficulties we return with our twentieth episode where I not only go full Frank Manfredi right off the bat but also survive a spider attack as we review my choice of 2010’s ‘ The Social Network ’. Directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin ‘The Social Network’ not only dominates Rotten Tomatoes with a 96% but is an interesting look back on the p...

On our eighteenth episode ( we are officially old enough…to party ) we go full rated R and review Jocelyn’s choice of 2018’s ' Bad Times at The El Royale '! Written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard this film is rolling with an absolute all-star cast ( and soundtrack )! Starring the Big Lebowski, the Mad Man Jon Hamm, and Thor himself the film centers on seven strangers whose dark personal s...

After a temporary hiatus we return for our seventeenth episode covering the Paul Thomas Anderson produced and directed ‘ Mangolia ’. Released in 1999, Magnolia can be described as ‘ a mosaic of interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley ’ and as I was the only one of us who had ever seen it before, I was excited for our review as I remember...

On our sixteenth episode we celebrate as Zach once again solidifies his position as our resident heavy by choosing our first foreign film, 1998’s ' Run Lola Run' . Directed by Tom Tykwer and owning a powerful 93% on Rotten Tomatoes this film divided us immediately with Jocelyn’s opening remark being with how she both “loved and hated” it and Zach staying true to his original sentiment of making hi...

To set the scene, Zach walked in with a glorious piggy tee that encourages all who are fortunate enough to behold it to go ‘ Hog Wild' and it infectiously inspired us to hit our big sports right out of the gate! I am talking Springs, Jocelyn’s prior work experience and of course, mental math all within the first 20 minutes! But the true focus of today's episode is of course to cover the 1990 rom-c...