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This week, the guys are talking about the faux documentary/first found footage movie ever (?) 84 Charlie MoPic. Is it too clean? Too gritty? Realistic? Why does Dale Dye love it so much? The guys also talk about performative progressives, realism of the genre growing in the age of YouTube and much more. Next week: The last days of Emperor Hirohito's reign of power. Questions? Comments? Suggestions...

Take some of the biggest stars of the day and send them on an adventure to destroy some guns?! Count us in! As a second world war rages, a group of disparate men with unique skills are assembled for one task: to destroy the Nazi naval guns on the Greek island of Navarone and save the lives of 2000 British soldiers. Can they do it? We hope so! Sad movies make us sad. Next week: a fake documentary?...

Gold! There's gold in that thar desert! This week the fellas get gold fever in 1999's Three Kings, the gold standard for David O. Russell Gulf War films. Starring Geroge Clooney, Marky Mark (sans Funky Bunch) and Ice Cube, who were all paid in (ironically) silver dollars. Next week: an all-star cast! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@gmail.c...

Welcome back and welcome back to the list! Since the Christmas season is over, prepare to get real depressed with the Japanese post-WWII film Fires on the Plain. The guys dive into this somber story about a tuberculosis-stricken soldier just trying to return to normalcy despite witnessing the worst kinds of humanity around him. Is this the saddest road movie ever? Did Brendan actually audibly winc...

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This week, the guys decide to play a little game of IMDB trivia with the loser facing disastrous consequences! We will return with full episodes again on January 6th, 2025! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas go to ground in the Belorussian Forest and watch 2008's Defiance! From the twisted mind of Edward Zwick, the film follows the exploits of the Bielski brothers as they try to protect their fellow Jews from the machinations of the invading Nazis. Not content to simply stay alive, they form a working commuinity deep in the woods and aid the Soviets in the fight against fascism a...

This week, the boys ask a question that has lived on through the annals of time... IS THIS MOVIE A WAR MOVIE... OR IS THIS MOVIE NOT A WAR MOVIE? The topic? 2014's Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. This major question kick-starts one of the biggest debates in podcast history but the guys also discuss the movie itself, don't you worry. They talk about the movie acting as a real-...

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Sorry about the relevancy of this week's episode... This week, the boys talk about the mockumentary-style film C.S.A: Confederate States of America, a film that presents a kind-of Ken Burns-esque program in a world where the south had indeed won the Civil War. Why are the seemingly racist fake ads a lot more believable now? What was Canada's role in this altered American Civil War? Do the film cli...

The boys dig in once again in 1937's The Road Back, a sequel to 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front lost to the midsts of time (with ample reason). The war is over as Germany surrenders to the Allies but there is much uncertainty. As soldiers return home, the government is in chaos, unrest is in the streets and the only thing that helps is some out-of-place comedy. Good luck, listener. Next week...

German thespian Tom Cruise stays true to his country by portraying Claus Von Stauffenberg in 2008's Valkyrie, a movie that takes a look at a lesser-known assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler. The guys talk about the importance of telling this story and they dissect Cruise's divisive performance, the spy movie tropes, historical accuracies and much more. Next week: All Quiet... 2?! Questions? Comm...

Once again the stars of the FSACverse come together in a night of celebration, admiration, and entertation! [THAT MISSPELLING IS INTENTIONAL] Next week: we take the moustached man to Valhalla... the Hell kind. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@gmail.com   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-...

Who better to tell us about the civil war than the 90s, Ang Lee and the singer Jewel?! This week, the guys discuss Ride With the Devil, a film quintessentially 90s but all about the battle between the North and South! Does this movie have the most obvious 1990s casting of all-time and/or is it secretly brilliant to cast Tobey in the role of a literal outsider? The guys also discuss the notion of h...

Imagine - at the age of 15 or 16, you and your dumb friends were drafted into the army with one day of training. How would you handle that? It happened to boys all over Germany as the Allies advanced in 1945. Blinded by Nazi ideology and fueled by testosterone and machismo, a group of friends are ordered to defend an unimportant bridge as a favour to their beloved teacher. But when you go searchin...

What happens when you get Ridley Scott, the year 2001 and every single white male actor on the planet? Well, that's very specific so I guess you get Black Hawk Down. The guys discuss the confusion about all the similar faces and Ridley's noble attempt to make it easier for the viewers, they debate if there are any political opinions in the film and if they are drowned out by all the machismo and e...

A man's desire to quench his thirst is strong... strong enough to fend off bullets, Nazis and the desert itself. For some folks, a cold beer is a pleasure; for others, it is the only thing keeping them alive. What I'm saying is - please contact forscreenandcountry@gmail.com for instructions on how to send us free beer. We will give you a shout out (the universal currency of those with neither mone...

Back to the list this week! This week, the fellas change gears and talk about a documentary on the Paste list - Restrepo. This is one intense close-quarters wartime coverage and the guys get into talking about the incredibly brave filmmakers, the lack of obvious narrative or bias, a very brutal on-screen emotional meltdown and much more. Next week: grab a cold one! Questions? Comments? Suggestions...

What a doozy this week. We can't really be funny here. The story of Sir Nicholas Winton is simply a story that needs to be told. Hopefully this film and (in our own little way) our podcast covering it will bring more eyes to this part of history. Don't worry, we're as dumb as usual in the episode proper! Next week: back to the list with... a documentary! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can a...

This week, the boys once again return to one of the most evil Nazis this side of the Reichstag... that being Reinhard Heydrich and the stranglehold he maintained over Czechoslovakia. Thankfully, these films are about him being killed! And do we have a doozy for you this week - 1965's Assassination, an honest-to-God Czech film about the whole operation which also comes with a bonus of some Czech ac...

As the boys venture off the list, we present to you a new sub-series: THE DOGS OF WAR... for... you know... bad war movies. This week on Dogs of War: the kitchen is heating up as Jason and Brendan go to pawn their DVD player for a copy of 2012's Iron Sky on DVD. The problem becomes obvious when they get home and Brendan's VHS player won't accept the disc; this means war. Jason has dug a trench and...

As the boys venture off the list, we present to you a new sub-series: THE DOGS OF WAR... for... you know... bad war movies. This week, we start off with Steven Spielberg's big-budget critical disaster 1941 starring everyone on the planet. Joining them is bad movie connoisseur Nathan Spavold from the What Were They Thinking? podcast. They discuss everything including the long scenes of destruction...

The horror persists but so does Kaji! As the Reds advance and the Japanese Army begins to sacrifice itself on the altar of glorious death in battle, Kaji knows that this not the end for him. Somewhere, his beloved wife Michiko is waiting, the one desperate hope left as Kaji plows south. His humanist instincts remain, but Kaji is no longer the naive idealist that stepped out of school and into a la...

The saga continues with Part 2 of this epic saga. This time, Kaji becomes a prisoner of sorts and is forced to be the one that relies on outside forces to be impartial and perhaps even helpful in his struggle. The guys talk about that as well as the similarities to Full Metal Jacket, the tragicomic suicide scene, the intimidating line of tanks emerging from the horizon and much more. Next week: th...