Not In a Creepy Way

Brothers Drew and Eric go back to the horror genre with 2007's Trick R Treat. It's fun, it would be a great date movie, and it's 82 minutes long.   One of Drew's cats makes her presence known.   Housekeeping starts at 44:40 during which they discuss Halloween costumes, musical improv, cellos, Faith No More, Sex Pistols, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.   File length 1:20:26 File Size 5...

Brothers J and Eric discuss the 2020 Benedict Cumberbatch cold war spy drama The Courier. It's low-key good stuff.   Along the way they discuss the word "penguin," "War Pigs" by Faith No More and by Samantha Fish , local government, "The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics" by Leonard Susskind, "The Last Tribe" by Brad Manuel, house centipede...

We're 16 movies into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and we're thinking maybe Brother J is not a fan. Only 9 movies left to go!! Drew and Eric quite liked the movie but J does not dig the friendly neighborhood crime fighter.   Housekeeping begins at 1:18:35 and along the way they discuss The Big Hit; the Woodward/Costa book Peril; Malignant; the documentary Pray, Obey, Kill; internet amateur crime j...

Brothers J and Eric discuss the Roland Emmerich, French Stewart film Stargate. It's formulaic and not very original but Eric loves it due to nostalgia, J didn't enjoy it despite the nostalgia.   Along the way they discuss The Linguini Incident, Johnny Dangerously, owning physical media, the Richard Kind / George Clooney cat story, Kirsten Johnston, The Crying Game, Butterfinger vs 5th Avenue Bar,...

Brothers J and Drew discuss Legend, the 2015 Tom Hardy biopic about the Kray brothers.   Housekeeping starts at 58:45 during which they discuss Leah Remini, Only Murders In The Building, COVID numbers, and a tiny bit about listening to a 911 call.   File length 1:14:44 File Size 53.2 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Fac...

All the brothers dive back into the MCU for Doctor Strange. Along the way they discussed Brendan Fraser, library violence, Drew's Cask of Amontillado fears, Bob Ross, Jian Ghomeshi, COVD, and swim meets.   Housekeeping starts about 1:02:00   File length 1:23:37 File Size 60.8 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Foll...

Brothers J and Eric discuss the George Clooney directed sci-fi film The Midnight Sky. Both found it lacking. Eric merely complains but J did a deep dive and comes back the next day for a book review as well.   The movie recap beings immediately The book recap begins at 54:12   File length 1:24:27 File Size 52.7 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to u...

Brothers Drew and Eric discuss the Jim Cummings horror film The Wolf of Snow Hollow. This is a movie that subverts one's expectations throughout. If you are the least bit interested in horror movies, watch it first because they spoil everything.   File length 58:22 File Size 44.4 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Faceboo...

Brothers J and Drew discuss 2018's Oscar award winning Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga vehicle "A Star Is Born." Along the way they discuss jumpy IKEA assembly, Andrew Dice Clay, trauma response vegetables, and the need for subtitles.   Housekeeping starts at 1:20:00 and they discuss Mother Anderson's puppy progress, Oregon driving, and masks.   File length 1:32:15 File Size 74.4 MB   Theme by Jul Big G...

After addressing a grievance about our Mile 22 episode, the brothers discuss the Gary Ross film Pleasantville starring NIACW Hall of Famer Joan Allen. Along the way they discuss The Morning Show, For All Mankind, Big Trouble in Little China, How Did This Get Played?, Tobey Maguire aka Player X, and Reese Witherspoon's empire.   Housekeeping starts at 59:50 and they discuss ScarJo vs Disney, local...

Brothers J and E discuss Mile 22, the Mark Walhberg, Iko Uwais film. Spoiler: Brothers J and E compare EVERY movie to the Tyler Perry movies. Spoiler for next week's episode: Drew is REALLY unhappy we picked an Iko Uwais movie to record on a day he wasn't available.   Housekeeping starts at 46:22 and they discuss Our Family Wizard, the Fear Street trilogy, Taking Shape and Taking Shape 2, Human Sa...

Brothers J and Eric enter the Madea Cinematic Universe with Madea's Big Happy Family. Ur Ma Gur, what a ride. ByrroooOOooooooOOoooOOnnn.   Housekeeping begins at 1:14:40 and we discuss Storm Large, Tastee-Freez, Lucky Wishbone, and self-care.   File length 1:22:22 File Size 54.8 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us...

In honor of the dear departed Richard Donner the three brothers discuss his film Conspiracy Theory, a Mel Gibson / Julia Roberts vehicle that tries to do too much. The performances are fine but the tone is weird.   Housekeeping starts at 1:07:08 during which they discuss a fancy Apple TV remote.   File length 1:19:43 File Size 55.9 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes...

Brothers J and Eric trip all over themselves talking about their first Tyler Perry movie: A Fall from Grace. Hey, it was a long week and this is a bonkers movie.   Along the way they discuss Mother Anderson, Rogue One, and the documentary "Sophie: A Murder in West Cork." File length 1:13:49 File Size 54.6 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Li...

Brother Drew introduces Eric to one of the modern Star Wars movies: Rogue One. It's an amazingly satisfying experience.   Along the way the brothers discuss The Mandalorian, Stephen King, Jesus cursing a fig tree, the X-Wing flight simulator video game, and toys as Wikipedia.   File length 1:39:57 File Size 65.2 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on St...

Brothers j and Drew got all nostalgic and watched James Cameron's The Abyss. Spoiler: James Cameron has a problem writing strong women and the film doesn't really hold up. Also anti-kudos to Amazon Prime for offering a crappy 4:3 print. Drew says watch Kristen Stewart's Underwater instead.   File length 1:13:45 File Size 41.0 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes List...

Brothers Drew and Eric discuss (and spoil) the latest Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead movie Synchronic. It's great. Along the way the brothers discuss hallucinogens, synthetic copycat drugs, the V/H/S anthology films, and Moon Knight. And at 1:03:45 we have housekeeping and Drew's weight loss journey with WondR Health. File length 1:17:10 File Size 55.6 MB Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us o...

What started out as an exploration of epic storytelling by watching all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in order has turned into mostly a monthly torture session for Brother J. He's a good sport.   Along the way they discuss word selection as a power move, Jim Croce, classic rock Muppets, Power Records ,Kumail Nanjiani, Newcomers (the podcast), Dark Air with Terry Carnation, and parboiled...

The brothers dissect the movie so nice you'll need to watch it twice (or you might be frustrated by its extreme density). The standouts are John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.   Along the way they muse about Remington Steele, Armie Hammer, ridiculous Kenneth Branagh performances, box graters, mask normalization, and reality-based training.   #RobertPattinson #JohnDavidWashington #tenet #ch...

Brother J introduces us to Oscar award winning "Mank," directed by David Fincher. It's a beautiful film that's doing a thing. Whether that thing is completely successful is the matter of the brothers' discussion.   Housekeeping starts at 36:28 and includes discussion of The Investigation, The Command, the Chernobyl podcast, Sons of Sam, Sasquatch, The People Vs OJ Simpson, jury duty, Zero Fail, an...

Brother E introduces Drew to the 1985 cult classic "Re-Animator," which somehow eluded his much-too-young viewing in the VHS era. Watching with modern eyes and in high-definition does this movie no favors. Also, it's super campy until it's super rapey. Mid-show Drew introduces a new bit!   Housekeeping starts at 1:06:50 where Drew reminisces about Oasis, 21 Bridges, and Speed Cubers. Plus Drew dro...

The brothers close out MCU phase two with Ant Man. Brother J is not amused. The other brothers, much more so.   Along the way they misremember the filmographies of Craig Kilborn and Paul Feig, and discuss Marc Maron, Rachel Hollis, emotional manipulation, and Apple TV weirdness.   File length 1:04:37 File Size 46.8 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on S...

Brothers J and Eric discuss the gorgeous Robert Pattinson, Willem Defoe film The Lighthouse. It's… batshit crazy but really well done.   File length 1:06:16 File Size 51.7 MB Housekeeping start at 39:22 and involves birthday robots, Skyrim, Eric's chicken flipping, springtime with Portland's bugs, the dog park, and Shock G's Sex Packets.   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iT...

Brothers J and Drew go back to 1988 and discuss the shortcomings of the Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell film Tequila Sunrise. Along the way they discuss Father Anderson's giant vibrator and Dangerous Liaisons.   Housekeeping starts at 38:50 and involves The Americans; Schitt's Creek; the book "Poisoned," by Alan Ball; Covid fatigue, television longevity, and snow loads.   File length 1...

Brothers Drew and Eric discuss the Lulu Wilson, Joel McHale, Kevin James film Becky. They spoil it, as always, but the movie is worth hearing about whether or not the genre is your cup of tea.   Along the way they discuss Joel McHale's schtick, The Cabin with Bert Kreischer, umbilical cords, and Drawing Flies.   Housekeeping starts at 49:05 during which they discuss Torn Curtain, Topaz, Murder Amo...