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The Showdino Gang watches Enola Holmes – a 2020 mystery film based on the first book in the young adult fiction series of the same name by Nancy Springer. The story is about the teenage sister of the already-famous Sherlock Holmes, who travels to London to find her missing mother but ends up on a thrilling adventure, pairing up with a runaway lord as they attempt to solve a mystery that threatens...

Mulan is a 2020 American fantasy action drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Niki Caro, with a screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1998 animated film of the same name, itself based on the Chinese folklore story, "The Ballad of Mulan". The film stars Yifei Liu in the title role, alongside Donnie...

Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. Scottie is forced into early retirement because...

Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animated science-fiction comedy film written, produced, and directed by Wes Anderson.

The gang bonks heads and then watches a movie! Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Jeff Pope.

Rob and Kevin talk about Quentin Tarantino's love letter to 1969 Hollywood. It was written and directed by Tarantino and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood

Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a Hitler Youth member who finds out his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. He must then question his beliefs, while dealing with th...

Parasite (2019) is a South Korean dark comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho, written by Bong Joon-Ho with Han Jin-won. But not that dark...

Kevin, Rob and Ben watch After Hours directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, and starring Griffin Dunne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_(film)

Kevin, Ben and Rob animately discuss the 2020 DnD Quest film from Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studio. Directed by Dan Scanlon and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and Keith Bunin with the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onward_(film)

Ben, Rob and Kevin head to a time long ago to talk about the final episode of the Star Wars saga started in 1977. Episode 9 was produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker

Rob and Ben welcome back Kevin Galligan to the podcast to talk about 2016's "Don't Think Twice." It was written and directed by Mike Birbiglia and stars Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher and Chris Gethard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Think_Twice

Ben and Rob are back and watching Pixar's Toy Story 4 directed by Josh Cooley from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom. Stick a Forky in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_4

Rob welcomes special guest Kevin Galligan to watch the sequel to Mary Poppins (1964) directed by Rob Marshall, written by David Magee with a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. It stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins, with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep in supporting roles. Feed the birds and enjoy t...

Ben and Rob watch the Oscar winning film directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. It was written by Phil Lord and Rothman. Starring the voices of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber. Thwip! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Into_th...

It's summer and time for Ben and Rob to talk about and rate movies they have seen recently: NO SPOILERS! Up In Smoke (1978) Monsters University (2018) Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018) The Greatest Showman Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) Skyscraper (2018) Half Bak...

Rob shows Ben what life was like in the Hollywood of 1992 by watching Robert Altman's Comedy/Thriller The Player. 65 Celebrity cameos! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_(film)

Rob hangs from his fingertips as Ben slowly peels them away from the rock one by one. They also watch the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo. It was directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Solo

Ben and Rob welcome a very special guest Zanne! They talk about Venom from 2018 Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, and Kelly Marcel, it stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott.

Ben rates movies. Rob rates movies. Together.

Ben and Rob rate movies and wish you were here.

More movie rating fun! It's fun! Fun!

Ben and Rob rate movies and have fun with the Leonard Maltin rating system!

Rob shows Ben the most recent story to come from the Star Wars universe. I have a good feeling about this… Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story

Rob and Ben watch a classic from Rob's childhood together. It was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. Logan's Run