The Hold Up

Year six has begun.  That's right.  The Holdup Podcast celebrates six years of episodes by checking into the motel of 2003's psychological horror thriller: Identity.  Will this John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet serial killer, murder mystery blow our minds to pieces?  Or will it be a split vote?  Listen and find out!

We've watch plenty of movies for the hold up.  But never a film that one of us was in!  That's right folks.  Our own John Nelson stars in Blades of Glory for a grand 20 seconds and we're here for every second of it.  Strap on your skates as we watch this Will Ferrell/Jon Heder comedy that time forgot.  Will it pull of a triple axel or fall flat on the ice?  Listen and find out!

This month the Johns (sort of) take on a listener request for a Disney film to watch Davey Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier.  Will they get past the Disney Plus content warning to have a hootin' hollerin' good time?  Or will they drown in the 1950s of it all?  Listen and find out!

The tables have finally turned.  Join us for another episode of our spinoff/bonus podcast: The Catch Up.  This time around, Nelson watches the 1989 Kevin Costner classic, Field of Dreams, for the first time.  Will he go the distance?  Listen and find out!

Ray Morton, author and film historian, returns to The Hold Up to watch A Fish Called Wanda.  Will this Oscar winning comedy romp leave us in stitches?  Or will it tank?  Listen and find out! Also, Ray Morton is featured on the commentary track of the King Kong (1976) Blu Ray released this month by Shout Factory.  Be sure to check it out, along with Ray's book about Kong.  Links below. King Kong (1...

Oh my God.  It's full of stars.  Like Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban and John Lithgow!  That's right it's 2010!  No... not the year.  Well yes the year but, you know, the movie.  This month Longino and Nelson dust off the space opera sequel that time forgot and watch 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact.  Will this lesser known sequel to Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, shin...

For a very belated Valentine's Day, the Johns doth present their 69th Hold Up episode: Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Will this 1996 acid trip of love bring us to tears, or will it prove to be a pure folly? Listen and find out!

Welcome to the conclusion of The Catch Up on the John Wick Franchise! It's a full house as The Johns and friends watch John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. Enjoy this final bonus episode for the month of February. Next week we return to our usual monthly output.

The John Wick madness continues with Chapter 2 in our spinoff podcast, The Catch Up. This time Jeremy Bear of the Freshman 15 podcast joins in on the action. Come join the party!

The Catch Up, our spinoff series about great movies one of us has never seen but absolutely should, returns with the John Wick franchise. Join us each week of the month of February as we catch John Longino up on what he's been missing. In part one we watch the movie that started it all, John Wick.

Guess what? The John's are watching Crash... again! No not the 2004 one. This time we're watching David Cronenberg's 1996 psycho sexual thriller, Crash, or as we like to call it: the leg f***ing one. What will two vanilla cis gendered middle aged white men think of this car wreck fetishizing polyamorous practical pornography picture? Listen and find out!

Happy New Year! To celebrate the start of 2021, The Johns decided to get CRAZY!!!! Strap the F in because we're... flipping a coin. That's right, a coin toss will determine if we're watching Crash (2004) or Crash (1996). There can be only one Crash. Which will win this most epic battle? Listen and find out!

We did it. Another year in the books. Come celebrate with some light hearted fun as we watch the 1992 whodunnit comedy, Once Upon A Crime. Is this piece of Longino's childhood a hidden gem of the 90s, or is it dead on arrival? Listen and find out!

It's election time again so hold on to you butts. The Johns jump back into the political fire and watch Wag The Dog. Recorded before the November 3rd, 2020 US Presidential election, be fully warned that this episode gets very political. Will this 90s Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman political dark comedy pack the same punch today? Or will it lose in the electoral college of Longino and Nelson? Liste...

What better way to celebrate the Halloween season than deep, scarring psychological trauma? Join the Johns and special guest Alison Star Locke as they watch The Last House On The Left. Trigger warning: the film being discussed involves many difficult subjects, including rape, violence and torture. This is not a light episode. Ali and Longino confess how the movie deeply disturbed them on first vie...

What's better than two Johns? How about THREE?!? This month Jon Caligiuri joins The Hold Up Podcast to watch Rodney Dangerfield's Back To School. Exactly how will a wealthy, privileged white man bribing his way through college play in 2020? Will we dance the night away to Twist And Shout after pulling off a Triple Lindy? Or will we vomit up our European style sandwiches in a belly flop? Listen and...

Welcome to a very special 5th anniversary episode of The Hold Up! To commemorate this glorious occasion, we decided to watch a film Nelson saw and spoke to Longino about at our first recording session: Killing Them Softly. Will this Brad Pitt crime drama's stock continue to soar? Or will it crash and burn in economic collapse? Listen and find out!

Our friend, Tyler, requested we watch a silent film to distract us from the crushing depression of isolation. Hoping it was just what the doctor ordered, we chose the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy: Sherlock Jr. Can Keaton crack the case without cracking his skull? Is he the modern day Tom Cruise? And will this near century old movie rescue us from the modern horrors of life? Listen and find out!

We're back, baby! This is Part 2 of the first episode of our new spinoff podcast special, The Catch Up, where we watch a universally loved movie that one of us has never seen. Last time we gushed over the Paul Newman classic, The Hustler. And this time we continue the Fast Eddie saga with Martin Scorsese's The Color Of Money.

Welcome to our new spinoff of The Hold Up called The Catch Up where we watch a universally beloved film that one of us happens to have never seen. Occasionally we'll post these as bonus episodes to enjoy. And we're starting off with a two part episode! In part one, Longino will finally see The Hustler. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we watch The Color Of Money. Enjoy!

Join the Johns for a special listener request as we watch the swords and sorcery classic: Excalibur. Will this film of legend, directed by John Boorman, shine brightly like the holy grail? Or will its creepy, nasty and dirty side encase us in stone for ages until someone can pull us out? Listen and find out!

The Johns have decided to pledge Delta and watch Animal House. Will they make it through double secret probation? Can they find enough sheets for the social distancing toga party? Will this classic comedy survive a litany of horribly outdated sexist and racist high jinx? Listen and find out!

Once upon a time before the world went insane, John and John got together in person to record their April episode. Enjoy this time capsule recorded in early March that marks the last time Nelson and Longino were in the same room together. We watched the Best Picture winning Kevin Costner epic: Dances With Wolves.

It's one of top streaming films in the world right now, and be honest you probably already watched it, but come socially isolate with The Johns as we watch Contagion. We try out remote recording for the first time in this special episode covering the 2011 Steven Soderbergh classic about a terrifying pandemic that alters everyone's lives. Sound familiar?!? How accurate is this fictional story to th...

It's been a few years, but the grab bag is BACK! Join us for a special bonus episode where we take a ton of listener questions and chat about random nonsense. And if you want some Star Wars talk... oh boy do we have you covered. Enjoy!