From Under The Rock

One of the most intense films we've covered so far, this week it's Martin Scorsese's Wolf Of Wall Street. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the charismatic criminal, Jordan Belfort, this film takes us through the absolutely wild saga of Belfort's life before his arrest and prison time, and really paints an upsetting picture of what the furthest reaches of exploiting unfettered capitali...

Sometimes manic episodes are a symptom of exhaustion, stress, or other mental health struggles. Other times, they're a symptom of watching an absolutely unhinged movie from your childhood and loving every damn minute of it. Join us this week for our usual commentary and attempts at analysis, with an uncommon amount of hijinks and laughter along the way. It's a fun one, folks.

This week Ben and Sawyer cover our first of hopefully many Studio Ghibli masterpieces, 1997's "Princess Mononoke." Having firmly established himself and Studio Ghibli as powerhouses in the world of animated storytelling with such greats as "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind," "My Neighbor Totoro," and "Castle In The Sky," Miyazaki delivered in '97 p...

From one of the most iconic films of this century, to one of the most iconic films of all time!! This week we cover Alfred Hitchcock's incomparable classic, "Psycho". Follow along as Ben's uneducated a** gets a masterclass in how cinematic suspense actually works, and we collectively realize that Hitchcock, for all his many faults, might still be able to hold his own in today&#39...

Just like that, episode 20 is here! For our 20th episode, we decided to cover one of the films we discussed for episode 1 - Gladiator. A magnificent film from start to finish, we're really proud of this one, so go ahead and give it a listen. That's all the summary you get this time, check out the episode! ^_~

By Grabthar's Hammer, it's another episode! Yes, this week we are covering the 1999 cult classic, "Galaxy Quest," starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman (among many others). Join us as we take a fun peek into this heartfelt love letter to Star Trek and its fans that was apparently once voted the 7th best Star Trek film of all time! XD (I wonder what the top 6 were...

And now for something completely different! After a few weeks covering heavy, critically acclaimed, LENGTHY movies, we decided to mix it up with a fun little direct-to-video Disney animated sequel, "Aladdin and the King of Thieves." Join us as we enjoy this oft-overlooked childhood favorite in which Aladdin tries to balance his wedding to Jasmine with unpacking oodles of family trauma wh...

From the biggest film of 2023 to one of the biggest films of all time, this week Sawyer and Ben bring you coverage of 1966's seminal spaghetti western, "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly." Fresh off of 8 seasons of "Rawhide" and the first two films of this Cornetto-esque trilogy of westerns, Clint Eastwood catapulted himself to a new level of stardom with his role in this mov...

We wrap up our coverage of this year's Oscars with a special extra-large episode for the biggest movie of the year - Oppenheimer! Nominated for 13 Academy Awards and taking home 7 this past Sunday evening, this movie stood arm in arm with Barbie as the most talked about movie event of 2023. The outfits alone that weekend will stick in my memory for years to come. Join us as we discuss Nolan&#3...

Our Academy Award coverage continues with Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers," starring Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. In a film that harkens back to our first episode - Dead Poets Society - Giamatti delivers a heart-wrenching performance as the enigmatic professor Paul Hunham, a black sheep, misanthropic teacher at Barton Academy, his own alma mater. After...

With the heavily coveted Academy Awards just around the corner, we begin a short stretch of Oscars coverage with a look into a film from the unsurprisingly beautiful and enigmatic world of French film: Anatomy of a Fall. This film quickly went from "this is what we landed on tonight," to "I'm pretty sure this should actually maybe win best picture, Cillian Murphy's cheekbone...

It's Alive!!! For our lucky number 13 episode we're bringing you Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from 1994, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as the titular doctor. Accompanied by Helena Bonham Carter and Robert De Niro, Branagh leads us through this dark and twisted tale of grief, horror, and the perils of letting obsession lure you beyond the realms of what can - or...

This week, from our subterranean hermitage, we're bringing you 1996's The Birdcage, starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. In a film that dances along the line between hilarious and heartbreaking, we watch Williams and Lane play off of one another seamlessly as a gay couple grappling with the idea that their young son is not only getting married, but is also intent on hiding the truth of...

Not to be confused with the conspicuously unavailable to stream acclaimed 2016 show from HBO, this week, dear friends, Sawyer and Ben cover 1973's Westworld! The original on screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's sci-fi dystopia in which high-paying patrons are able to play out their ultimate Western fantasies as guests at a futuristic theme park filled with incredibly life-like automaton...

With the Super Bowl just over a week away, we bring you our first sports movie, Remember The Titans. Based on the true story of the 1971 T.C. Williams high school football team - the first school and team in Virginia to be forced to integrate in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement, it's a heartfelt story of coming together to defeat the odds and defeat racism all at once. If you haven&#...

As an equal opportunity podcast, when we indulge one host we will of course indulge the other. For this week's ~slightly~ longer than usual episode, we dive into Kubo And The Two Strings, an animated film that you might not have heard of, but if you didn't you really do need to go and see. Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, and many others star in this tale of family, sto...

From an ancient crusade, straight on into a crusade for modern times, this week we cover 2022's "The Menu," our most recent film yet! Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Nicholas Hoult, this film will have you coming for the darkest timeline Food Network vibes and staying for the unhinged proletariat wish fulfillment. Join us as Ben rambles on and on about this movie for a g...

And now for something completely different! In a more serious turn, this week Sawyer and Ben cover Ridley Scott's sprawling 2005 epic, "Kingdom of Heaven," starring Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, and Edward Norton among others in a cast stacked with household names. In a story of faith, redemption, and varied complications of family, listen in as we discuss Balian of Ibelin's unexpect...

This week, Ben and Sawyer dive into IMDB's sixth-ranked con artist movie of all time! (That's how you know it's legit). It's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) featuring the enormous, dueling talents of Michael Caine and Steve Martin. Join us as we unpack this delightful winding tale of deception, one-upsmanship, and defying expectations. You might be saying, "Two movies about pat...

Sawyer and Ben take you through 2006's The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton as the enigmatic "Eisenheim," a cunning young magician who uses his intellect and his skills for the supernatural to try to save his lady love (played by Jessica Biel) from the clutches of an evil, miserly crown prince. It's a classic tale! Boy meets girl, boy and girl are forbidden from seeing each ot...

In this special! Christmas episode of From Under The Rock, Sawyer and Ben discuss 1988's Scrooged - a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol, that follows the journey of Bill Murray's thoroughly repugnant TV exec, Frank Cross, as he rediscovers the meaning of Christmas and *hopefully* grows enough to earn the opportunity to repair his life. A callous, cold, ric...

This week, Sawyer and Ben delve into one of the more iconic - and more ridiculous - offerings from the 1980s era of wildly fun, over-the-top action flicks. Will Robocop's steadfast heroics be enough to prove to these two young cynics that perhaps ONE cop is not a b******? Or will the allegory of businesspeople and criminals working side by side to make everything terrible prove too realistic i...

Ben and Sawyer take one of the all time classic sports flims, Rocky (1976), and discuss how it's underdog story and troubled characters launched the career of one of the most recognizable actors of his generation, Sylvester Stallone.

Ben and Sawyer begin their journey through the lengthy list of films one or both haven't seen with a classic from the oeuvres of Robin Williams and Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society.