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We've got #2 for you of AMBLIN DREAMS ! IT'S PHIL JOANAU'S THREE O'CLOCK HIGH ! From IMDB: Mild-mannered Jerry Mitchell gets into hot water with quiet bad boy Buddy Revell, who challenges Jerry to a fight on the grounds of their high school after the school day's end. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA,...

Kickstarting July for you all! (Even if we've already dropped our first movie episode for July already!) BARNES AND NOBLE CRITERION COLLECTION SALE THRU 7/26/2026! BLU-RAY TITLES HITTING TOMORROW 7/7/2026!   GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment ind...

It's July 1st! Which means a few things: 1.) The year is officially half over. 2.) We're knee deep in summer movies. 3.) We have a new theme! We're calling this one AMBLIN DREAMS , where we dive into movies that Steven Spielberg produced from both the Amblin days as well as Dreamworks . We kick it off with Frank Marshall's directorial debut from 1990: ARACHNOPHOBIA with Jeff Daniels , Julian Sands...

Our final Kickstart for June is here! We talk World Cup, physical releases coming this week, our July theme, and a few more tidbits. The theme this month is Amblin Dreaming . These are movies produced by either Amblin or Dreamworks . We kick it off with Frank Marshall's directorial debut: ARACHNOPHOBIA ! It'll drop this week on Patreon this Wednesday by way of EARLY ACCESS , and Friday for the pub...

GRADUATION DAY 2026 comes to an end with one you KNEW was coming. It's Olivia Wilde's feature film debut: BOOKSMART ! From IMDB: On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and...

Kickstart #3 for June 2026! Blu-ray Releases for June 23, 2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-o...

GRADUATION DAY 2026's #3 movie is a first time watch for Joe, and one Corey has seen A LOT. IT'S CAN'T HARDLY WAIT from writer/directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont starring Jennifer Love Hewitt , Ethan Embry , Lauren Ambrose , Charlie Korsmo, Peter Facinelli . and a slew of up-and-coming actors. (Part of the fun of CHW is identifying all of the faces we know so well now!) From IMDB: A complet...

Kickstart #3 for June 2026, and we're back to the bite sized chunk of goodness it is always supposed to be. Just a taste to start your week before all of the long form chats hit your podcast app! BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR JUNE 16, 2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers...

Going WAAAAY back for GRADUATION DAY 2026 with this one! All the way to 1973 and AMERICAN GRAFFITI ! George Lucas followed up THX-1138 with this look back his days in Modesto soon after his graduation from high school with this nostalgia look at cruising the main street, listening to music, and trying find someone willing to make out with you. From IMDB: A group of teenagers in California's centra...

Kickstart Monday again for June! Last week, the little Yorkie that helped save the lives of wheelbarrows full of Yorkies, and many humans along the way, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Below are some pics from the many I have from times I spent rubbing that tummy, and spoiling her with chicken chips. Rest easy, little one. I hope you're chasing all of the squirrels. Donate to Save A Yorkie Rescue HERE...

For June 2026, the theme is GRADUATION DAY ! And we're kicking it off with a movie that made stars of some eventual Oscar nominees and winners: IT'S SUPERBAD with Michael Cera , Jonah Hill , Emma Stone , Bill Hader , Seth Rogen , and McLovin' himself Christopher Mintz-Plasse in his feature film debut! From IMDB: Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after...

Kickstart is BACK! We don't say it in the episode, but our movie theme for June is GRADUATION DAY . All movies are movies that are tied to high school graduations, most usually involving a big party. We kick it off with SUPERBAD , which was a first time watch for Joe. That will be out for EARLY ACCESS on Patreon Wednesday, and public consumption on Friday. BLU-RAY TITLES for JUNE 2! GO SEE MOVIES!...

The third DECADES 2026 movie is from 2006, and is one most have either seen or forgot they've seen it. It's CLICK with Adam Sandler , Kate Beckinsale , David Hasselhoff , and Christopher Walken . From IMDB: A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. GO...

Kickstart is back after taking a week off for some family stuff out of state! BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR MAY 19, 2026!!! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Communit...

DECADES 2026 continues as we move ahewad 10 years to 1996 and Michael Bay's The Rock ! Sean Connery , Nic Cage , and Ed Harris ' milkshake brought EVERYONE to the theater back in 1996! From IMDB: An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerv...

It's May, so we have a new theme: DECADES ! Every episode we're covering this month either came out 10, 20, 30, or 40 years ago. We're kicking it off with one celebrating it's 40th anniversary on May 23, it's George P. Cosmato's COBRA starring Sylvester Stallone , Brigitte Nielsen , Brian Thompson , and Reni Santoni ! (And a bevy of character actors Corey fawns all over.) From IMDB: A tough-on-cri...

It's a Kickstart #1 for May 2026! I've been traveling all day, so I'll update the show notes tomorrow including a video companion which you'll hear about in the episode. BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR MAY 5, 2026!!! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment indus...

April Showers b closes out with M. Night Shyamalan's sophomore effort Unbreakable starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson ! From IMDB: A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the enter...

The final Kickstart to close out April Showers 2026 ! Hopefully, May will actually bring us some nice smelling flowers like tulips instead of stinky shit like the Corpse Flower. BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR APRIL 28, 2026!!! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertai...

The second movie for April Showers 2026 is Rutger Hauer in SPLIT SECOND ! From IMDB: In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.   GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of...

4/20. Blu-ray Releases for 4/21! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work ------------------ As a...

Kickstart #2 for April 2026! There won't be a movie episode this week due to some family stuff that required us to turn our focus that direction. We're still going to do this movie because it's awesome, but it won't be coming out this week. Malcome in the MIddle: Life Is Unfare on Disney Plus! Blu-ray Releases for 4/13/2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ----------------...

It's a new month, and it's time for APRIL SHOWERS 2026 ! The inaugural episode for APRIL SHOWERS is 1998's Hard Rain with Christian Slater , Minnie Driver , Morgan Freeman , and Uncle Eddie . From IMDB: The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm. HARD RAIN is currently s...

It's Kickstart for 4/6/2026! We hope everyone enjoyed a quiet weekend. This week, we start April Showers which will be movies where it rains a lot in them. In the case of this week's movie Hard Rain, it never STOPS raining. That'll hit Patreon for Early Access on Wednesday, and public release on Friday. In Joe's Film Aesthetics class this week, they watch Shane Black's The Nice Guys . We talk Pizz...

We are in a new month but the new theme won't begin until next week. This week, we give you all a sneak peek into our new Patreon-only movie episode FRESH FLICKS ! With FRESH FLICKS , instead of covering older catalog titles, we venture into new films! Whether it's a new movie from you favorite streamer, or a film still in the theaters, these are what FRESH FLICKS is going to be. With this one, we...