Not In a Creepy Way

Brothers J and Eric expand their horizons and watch a really charming movie for a change: Robot and Frank. We laughed, we cried, we didn't think about election returns for an hour and a half.   Housekeeping starts at 46:55 where we discuss Halloween, J's future house, and Eric's new cats   File length 1:03:50 File Size 47.4 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen t...

Brothers J and Drew take on new take on a familiar love story: Beyond the Lights. It's The Bodyguard for the 21st Century. Housekeeping starts at 01:21:30 during which they discuss J's maybe new house and a bit of pandemic and election fear.   File length 1:58:58 File Size 84.9 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us...

If you like your superheroes equally handsome and dumb then 2011's Thor is the Marvel Cinematic Universe film for you.   Housekeeping starts at 01:01:25 during which they discuss "The Way Back," Henry Rollins' spoken word, househunting, and a bit of politics at the end.   File length 1:25:11 File Size 63.4 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher...

Brother Drew, during this time of global, national, and local turmoil, made Eric watch a two and a half hour French language period piece starring the Chairman from Iron Chef America. Spoiler: both brothers love this movie though they don't exactly understand it.   Housekeeping starts at 01:05:53 during which they discuss a local political sex scandal, distance education, and "My Octopus Teacher."...

Brothers J and Eric discuss two Jeff Goldblum films from the 80's: Transylvania 6-5000 and Vibes. One was described by Brother J as hot garbage juice. Vibes had Cyndi Lauper and Peter Falk so was, by definition, better and might be the goofy PG movie you're looking for in these troubled times.   T6-5000 starts immediately   Vibes starts at 00:41:42 and goes to 00:55:45 at which point we get visite...

Technical difficulties delayed Brother J and Drew this week so we present a short back-up episode waiting for just such an occasion: Eric and Drew discuss I Trapped the Devil. It's a movie about brothers.   Housekeeping starts at 26:13 during which they discuss the animated movie Abominable and the films Enter Nowhere, Alexandra's Project, and Anna (by Luc Besson), plus juggling, shyness, and coll...

The Andersons unite to watch Iron Man 2. Meh, it's a'ight.   Housekeeping starts at 0:59:25 and includes discussion of sorbet, activated carbon, Alias, Challenger: the Final Flight, The Great City of Milwaukee Oregon, the great suburban community in Anchorage: Eagle River.   And at 1:24:40 father Anderson's trap was sprung on Eric.   File length 1:38:18 File Size 71.8 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green v...

Brothers Drew and Eric talk about the two zombie films release within a month in 2016 and directed by Sang-ho Yeon. Train to Busan is a worth entry into the pantheon of zombie films. Seoul Station takes place in the same universe but the story is… darker.   An extra spoiler warning on this one, you'll want to go into Seoul Station with as little knowledge as possible so maybe skip that section if...

Brothers J and Eric watched the 2017 Robert Redford, Jason Segal, Rooney Mara film The Discovery so you won't have to; you're welcome. There's plenty to discuss but ultimately the film fails. Housekeeping begins at 53:05 and involves pouring one out for Bella the dog and Brother J's world being on fire.   File length 1:05:54 File Size 45.7 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us...

Brothers J and Drew discuss whether the Robert Redford film All is Lost was an experiment to see if there is a star so powerful, an actor so fine that he can carry a movie both alone and without dialogue.    File length 1:02:52 File Size 48.1 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to sho...

The brothers reunite for 1993's Clint Eastwood flick "In the Line of Fire." They all had fond memories of the movie and Eric still enjoyed the re-watch but Drew in particular did not enjoy it.   Housekeeping starts at 55:50 which includes discussion of the novel Year Zero written by Rob Reid and the audiobook read by John Hodgman, the Home survivalist novel series by A. American, poor mail order r...

Brother Drew invites Eric to explore the majesty and mystery of 2018's Bad Times at the El Royale. Spoiler: one of them wanted less singing, the other wanted more singing. One of them says it feels like Tarantino meets Wes Anderson and the other one vehemently disagrees.   Housekeeping starts at 1:1:00 and Brockmeyer, tattoo ideas, and fatherhood. File length 1:26:43 File Size 67.8 MB Theme by Jul...

Brothers J suffers through a movie Eric loves: Capricorn One. Along the way they discuss the verb "to jump," rattlesnakes and quicksand, Fallout: New Vegas, payphones, and NECCO wafers.   Housekeeping starts at 1:13:00 and involves residential drama.   File length 1:29:27 File Size 62.4 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook F...

Brothers J and Drew tackle the Netflix movie "Anon" which they both enjoyed despite its flaws. The discussion turns to German city planning, cigars, Lost, and Heroes.   Housekeeping starts at 57:18 and involves kids getting shots, Kawasaki syndrome, kittens, office chair wheels, skateboards, and wasps.   File length 1:36:40 File Size 74.3 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on...

MCU movie number 2 arrives in the form of The Incredible Hulk. The discussion was fun, the movie somewhat less so. Housekeeping starts at 59:30 and involves the pandemic fatigue, an unexpected moth, and filtering city water. File length 1:15:37 File Size 55.2 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send you...

Brothers Drew and Eric tackle the somewhat obscure 2005 J-Horror film The Booth.  Along the way they talk about Pontypool, Chuck Woolery, and Hulk Hogan's restaurant chain "Pastamania."   SPOILER HEAVY TALK RUNS FROM 22:22 – 36:06 Housekeeping starts at 42:12 and involves pandemic fatigue, Lennox Hill, and Max Brooks.   File length 1:03:45 File Size 48.5 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch S...

Brothers J and Eric tackle 1993's The Pelican Brief and found it overlong but worth every minute. J describes it as the Filet-O-Fish of movies while Eric likened it to the kind of movie one watches on a lazy Saturday afternoon in the winter.   Housekeeping starts at 1:11:05 and includes Eric's dreams, J's data migration reality, Eric's wife's disaster averting hearing ability, Devolution by Max Br...

Space-cadet brothers J and Drew discuss First Man, a period piece starring Lukas Haas. They also discuss fatherhood, The Fifth Element, villain Buzz Aldren, and Whitey on the Moon. Housekeeping starts at 1:09:22 File length 1:26:24 File Size 61.1 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to...

Andersons Assemble for the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 2008's Iron Man.   First we give a shout-out to longtime family friend and former neighbor Chris Achilles , owner and proprietor of Greasers Automotive in Tempe, Arizona. More Greasers Automotive information begins at 51:10 and serves as explanation of why we don't do actual ads.   File length 1:01:39 File Size 45.5 MB   Them...

The brothers welcome Jerri back for two comedies linked only by a rhyme: MacGruber and Stuber. The hate runs hot in this episode. 100% of us didn't like MacGruber and 50% didn't particularly like Stuber.   MacGruber starts immediately Stuber starts at 36:30 Housekeeping starts at 1:44:00   Tangents lead to the removeable Blaupunkt stereo, the Mazda Miata, The Joe Schmoe Show, Maya Rudolph's TV sho...

Brothers J and Eric discuss The Coldest Game, a film available for streaming on Netflix in the US. They agree it's an entertaining film for what the filmmakers were trying to do… although what WERE they trying to do? Also: Bill Pullman. Wrong actor or poorly directed. Not to worry, J and E solve the issues in case anyone wants to take their notes while doing a remake.   With Drew in the literal wi...

The Brothers discuss the historical drama "The Current War," about the war between AC and DC and between Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla. While wonderfully acted and skillfully shot,  the whole endeavor left the brothers wanting more. File length 48:36 File Size 38.5 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook...

The brothers discuss how Terminator Dark Fate had so much potential wasted. Go watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles instead, you might care about those characters. Housekeeping begins at 55:55 and consists of Drew's horror house on the lake. Trigger Warning: mosquitos File length 1:08:42 File Size 53.5 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on iTunes Listen to us on Stitcher Like us...

The Brothers welcome back guest Jerri to discuss another movie of her choice: Bombshell. Spoiler: it's really good.   Along the way they discuss the Newcomers podcast, Drew's favorite comedy bits, IMDb's Dead Calm synopsis, Keith Olbermann, and falafel.   Housekeeping starts at 1:32:50 During which they discuss Gerald's Game, Joker, Public Enemies, The Decline, the Hell House LLC trilogy, Seberg,...

The brothers take on the Edgar Wright car chase music movie Baby Driver. Along the way they discuss The Jesus Rolls, the Heavyweight podcast, Songland, April Richard's podcast "Why Do I Like This ?", the Hot Brown sandwich, Cheesey Poofs and Tomato Soup, and Eric has a false memory of Stanley Tucci with an undercut hairstyle.   Housekeeping starts at 1:02:48 during which they discuss the podcast "...