Facing Off

You must not fear, fear is the mind killer. So we're back with a mega sci-fi blockbuster episode. We stepped off our sandworms and pocketed our lightsabers to discuss two world-building epic first films in big franchise series both based to a certain degree on Frank Herbert's hit novel. We're facing "Dune" (2021) off against the iconic "Star Wars" (1977). Which protagon...

Abandon hope all ye who enter here... because we have another mega episode covering all 3 Lord of the Rings movies. Like the return of Sauron, we are so back and joined by a fellowship of Middle Earth's finest: Ava, Aron, and Clay. This is an epic quest indeed breaking down our favorite moments, characters, and trivia, while also noting any throwaway scenes from the extended versions or any fl...

Smile because It's coming right at you! This horror episode gets deep into the trenches of teenage STD spreading and trauma girlies. We brought horror-expert Nicky D back on to compare two psychological, supernatural horror movies that serve as allegories for societal issues. We faced the creepy 2022 hit "Smile" off against the cult classic 2014 indie film "It Follows". As we t...

Come on Oppie, let's go party! It's Barbenheimer time so we gotta talk about two of the most popular movies of the summer. Despite them only really sharing the same release date, we compared Greta Gerwig's smash hit "Barbie" off against Christopher Nolan's powerhouse drama "Oppenheimer". Whether you're Team Ken/Team Strauss or Team Barbie/Team Bobby, or you'...

Calling all Spider-People from every universe! It's your friendly neighborhood podcast diving straight into the multi-verse to compare two instant animated/superhero movie classics. We compared the surprise hit Spider-Man movie "Into the Spider-Verse" off against its sequel "Across the Spider-Verse". We discuss all the wild variations of Spider-Man and all the insane visual spe...

Calling all challengers: we're about to work you on these courts! In this episode, we take you to the hardtop courts at Venice Beach and have a 1-on-1 battle between an iconic 90s sports comedy and it's celebrity-filled 2023 Hulu reboot. After 30 years, we put it ALL on the line to decide if Jack Harlow is a worthy successor to Woody Harrelson and if white men CAN jump. Get your bball shor...

HI-YAH! Coming at you with an animated face off on top of dragons while strumming shamizens. In this episode we faced the Laika animated film "Kubo & the Two Strings" off against the Disney animated movie "Raya & the Last Dragon". It's stop-motion versus computer animation in a battle between two movies inspired by various Asian cultural histories with themes of mortali...

The pen is blue and we love Jim Carrey! Both absolute facts because we can't lie on this new episode where compare two Carrey comedies where he has disappointed everyone around him until a curse (blessing?) forces him to make some life changes. We were joined by our friend Lyne to compare the classic 1997 "Liar Liar" to his late-career hit "Yes Man". Don't be a NO MAN and g...

Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those trains were fast as lightning! And so are we as we compare two heavy action blockbusters where an assassin wants to be out of the game but is brought back into the middle of a deadly sibling fight. We compared the 2022 Brad Pitt action-comedy "Bullet Train" and faced it off against the 2017 Keanu Reeves gory sequel "John Wick: Chapter 2." With...

Brrrr it's cold in here... There must be a new episode of Facing Off in the atmosphere! We are back comparing two 2000s teen classics about a rebellious gymnast reluctantly joining a team of young ladies to train and compete in a national championship, gaining respect for their peers along the way. We faced the smash hit 2000 cheerleading movie "Bring It On" off against the underrated...

The fate of every single world of our infinite universe depends on us making a podcast about movies. So luckily we were joined by a true cinephile/film worker Kellen to breakdown two major multi-versal films from 2022. To celebrate it's 11 Oscar noms this week, we faced the beloved "Everything Everywhere All At Once" off against the darkest MCU movie "Doctor Strange in the Multiver...

MARY Christmas!!!! Pardon the silly pun, but we are bringing you some holiday cheer with two heartwarming (and heartbreaking) movies! We faced the 2006 Adam Sandler comedy "Click" off against the 1946 Jimmy Stewart classic "It's A Wonderful Life". We chose two films about a workaholic father/husband constantly taken advantage of but also ignorant of all the blessings in his lif...

Assemble all you comic book movie fans! In this wild episode, we discuss all of the 17 movies and TV shows that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 4. We compare the phases, talk about the super highs and the dreadful lows of Phase 4, highlight some new kickass members of the team, and get ourselves realistically pumped for the next two phases in this never ending franchise. Grab you...

The enemy doesn't sleep! So we are back with Part 2 of our fantasy TV mega episode comparing the first seasons of the Game of Thrones spinoff prequel "House of the Dragon" and the Lord of the Rings spinoff prequel "The Rings of Power". On the last episode, we debated the excitement and engagement levels of both shows, and determined if they were worthy to be brought to our scre...

One ring/throne to rule them all... We are coming in hot on dragon-back to compare two of the most hyped and watched 2022 TV shows. After journeying all across Westeros and Middle Earth, we break down the first seasons of the Game of Thrones prequel series on HBO "House of the Dragon" and the Lord of the Rings prequel series on Amazon Prime "The Rings of Power". In the first part o...

Happy Halloween Y'All! We have a special spooky episode for you and we just had to compare two batshit crazy "horror" movies. We took the 2022 insanely twisted "Barbarian" and faced it off against the classic 2012 horror satire "Cabin in the Woods". In a battle of two of the more creative and absurd films in the genre, which will take a whole bowl of candy home? Warning...

Get on your brooms and expelliarm-yourselves because we are up to no good to rid the world of the dark arts once and for all! We brought Harry Potter fan and Slytherin, Kevin, back to the pod to break down the final FOUR movies in the Harry Potter film franchise. After enjoying some love potions and mugs of butterbeer, we ranked all of the 8 movies, talked about the highs and lows of the last four...

Gear up because these three young maidens are secretly heading off to war! Today's episode is our FIRST animated movie to live action remake face off (obviously more will come). We compared the classic, inspiring 1998 Disney animated film "Mulan" against its 2020 Disney+ original live action remake... "Mulan". Let's get down to business, to decide if the remake is as wonder...

We've been untraceable operatives running from a dangerous compromised government... But we are BACK to face two action spy blockbuster movies. We faced the new Netflix Russo Brothers film "The Gray Man" off against the sixth film of the Mission Impossible series "Mission Impossible: Fallout". We compare our newest badass American scorned spy hero Sierra Six off against the leg...

If it bleeds, we can talk about it! In this episode, we smear blood on our bodies and force two Predator movies to fight to the death. We faced the new hit Hulu original movie "Prey" off against the 2010 gritty spin-off "Predators". In a bloody battle between two unique offshoot Predator projects from a historic cult action franchise, which movie will prevail and collect the final...

OPA!!!!! In this episode, we're going against our parent's plan and falling in love with silly white boys. We faced the massive hit Greek-American romcom "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" off against the iconic British-Indian coming-of-age movie "Bend It Like Beckham". We reminisce about these intergenerational banger movies and then decide which was best. Go rewatch both on HBOMa...

The boys are back in town! We got diabolical on this one breaking down the recent outrageous 3rd season of the Amazon Prime badboy superhero show "The Boys". We inject some Temp V and debate/discuss our thoughts on the season overall, character development, what we expect in the next season, and what our powers would be if we got our hands on some V. (This episode contains heavy spoilers a...

In a quest to fill the void left without Harry Potter movies, we focused on fantastic beasts and where to find them. In this episode, we face the second film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise "The Crimes of Grindelwald" off in a magical duel with the third and latest film "The Secrets of Dumbledore". We talk about all the magical beings, American and British muggles and wizards, an...

SOME...BODY once told us to do a Shrekisode and so we set off on that quest. We found two magical animated movies in which the protagonist goes on a quest with an obnoxious companion to appreciate the magic fantasy of their worlds. We took the endlessly memeable legendary 2001 Dreamworks movie "Shrek" and faced it off against the underrated COVID Disney+ release "Onward". Does the...

It's Cinco de Mayo, so we are talking about our favorite El Rata Alada! Straight from the dark crime-infested streets of Gotham, we got a special episode comparing two Batflicks where the World's Greatest Detective tries to stop a crazed villain, hellbent on exposing the hypocrisy of city leaders. We faced the new Pattinson-led 2022 film "The Batman" off against the legendary Bale...