The Academy Academy

Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion aka The Chronological Cowboys are back with a doozy of an ep, folks. French Harvey Keitel. Dingle-gate. Rug Chats. Appreciation for the television show Treme. Donald Trump having a thing for sexy Q*Bert. Brain-puddling revelations about successful screenwriters. Shrek walking out on Marc Maron. These are just the tangents on this week's The Academy Academy, wh...

This week, Don & Pat tackle Domino- a bonafide Tubi Treat™ that pushes boundaries and probably should've involved the hit Van Morrison song Domino in some capacity! Is going on a walk or reading a book a more effective use of time than watching The Snyder Cut? Should Don & Pat attend a 4-day darkness retreat to determine our podcasting future? Did anyone ever want to watch the movie Belfast?! Tune...

It's another miniseries within a miniseries on this week's episode of The Academy Academy! Don & Pat discuss David Fincher's origins as a commercial and music video director, Seven's impact on modern cinema, and the wild alternate castings that almost occurred. Let's just say one of these people, had they been cast, would have orange crushed it... If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to...

Is Con Air a simple film for a simpler time or a misunderstood classic? Is Armageddon the cinematic equivalent of carving a bong out of an apple or a work worthy of its inclusion in the Criterion Collection? Can you be both of those things at once? Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discuss the first films of the post-Don Simpson era, Con Air and Armageddon, on this week's The Academy Academy!...

Is Black Hawk Down an act of male imagination? Is The Academy Academy the number-one podcast for proud stinkers? Were Whistler and Sam Shepard contemporaries? Tune in to find out!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at  theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com   Also, feel free to message us on Twitter...

Can a commercial be art? Can an auteur convince you to purchase a luxury vehicle? Should the cast of The Banshees of Inisherin be the cast of the next Bond film? Should the New York Times have a Pandora bureau?!  Tune in, as Don & Pat cover The Hire- a series of short films starring Clive Owen as "The Driver" and his myriad of German automobiles on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a f...

The Original Guys Just Being Dudes are back with their Top 10 films of 2022! Did Avatar make the cut? Did Don & Pat consider Bardo a banger? Would you trade 5 years of your life to be 6'4" and absolutely shredded? Does the Joker have a Lorne Michaels story?! All this and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy!   Enjoy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send you...

Do you get commercials for weird medicine when you watch something on Tubi? Are you yearning for a solid introduction to the oeuvre of Carl Franklin? Is The Crow the opposite of Tár? All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy as your intrepid hosts Don & Pat give a rundown on the film that defined Tony Scott's 21st century works: Man on Fire.   If you are a fan of the pod an...

Crank up your Netzero accounts, folks- Don & Pat are talking Hannibal and Spy Game on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Bob Dylan the key popular artist of the 20th century? Did the opening credits sequence of Se7en ruin opening credits sequences for the next decade? Must a Chris fall for a Paul to rise?!  Tune in to find out! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfilter...

This ep took a while to make, but it's finally here. It's for the folks who relate to E.T.'s love of candy. For the folks who have a fondness for Slim Pickens and William Devane. For those that consider Claude Chabrol a dang normie.    Enjoy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at  theacademyacade...

Is Commodus the Phantom Menace? Is Proximo basically a CAA Agent? Is Orson Welles the king of the Big Boys? Could Russell Crowe portray the Maud'Dib? Could Timothée Chalamet portray Maximus? Find out the answers to these burning questions and more as Don & Pat hang out in Dad Movie Elysium and discuss Ridley Scott's Gladiator on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or...

Don and Pat return to the briny depths to discuss James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water on this week's The Academy Academy! Is 4DX any good? Is James Cameron the only director to have discovered a new species of sea cucumber? Is The Weeknd a 21st Century Celine Dion?   Grab a thermos of gold soul goo and find out!

Pat and Don discuss all things Enemy of the State in this week's episode of The Academy Academy! Is Gene Hackman portraying the same character he played in The Conversation? Why is Jon Voight dressed exactly like Robert S. McNamara? Should there be more awards given at The Academy Awards?? Tune in to find out! Note: Patrick's audio quality is terrible in this episode! Sorry, folks.  If you are a f...

A partnership torn apart by insecurity and avarice. A tragic and ignominious end to one of Hollywood's hit machines. And in the middle of all this, one of the greatest action films of all time is crafted. Don and Patrick discuss The Rock and more on this week's The Academy Academy. If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way...

Would you do what it takes to climb the hill from Thief of Hearts, or die trying like Norm from Cheers? Would you watch Gran Torino: 2 to Tango? Is Eddie Murphy's performance in Norbit actually one of the best of all time?! Folks- you've entered podcasting Boot Camp. Let Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion be your Master Chiefs (not the video game guy) as we discuss the ins and outs of G.I. Jane...

Gil Renard is a troubled knife salesman and baseball fanatic. Bobby Rayburn is a hotshot MLB pro that just signed a $40 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. Gil turns his obsessions towards Bobby. Things escalate. John Kruk gets knifed in the rain.    Returning Champ Andrew Saunderson (Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill) joins us to discuss all things The Fan on this week's The Academ...

Schools in session... and your teachers on the tallest peak of Cocaine Mountain are none other than former marines/Bob Dylan aficionados Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion! We're talking all things Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, folks. Are there only 10 guys in Hollywood? Would you be wowed by the sensuality of Detective Mike Sex? Did Stevie Wonder assassinate JFK?! Will our grandkids make...

Dad Donald Saunderson and Friend of Dad Patrick Gremillion return to Scott/Scott with the explosive Crimson Tide! Denzel at his most Denzel! Hackman at his most Hackman! Were you a child when Ghosts of Mississippi fever swept the nation? Should Warren Beatty have played Bill in Kill Bill? What sick freak picks up the dog poop in the little baggy, and then leaves it on top of a dang mailbox?! This...

Boo! It's that time of the year when your haunted hosts Patrick-or-treat Gremlin and Don-of-the-Dead Scaryson shine a light on an underrated cinematic horror icon! We talk Lance Henriksen and discuss his performances in Near Dark, Pumpkinhead, and Alien 3 on this week's The Acade-scary Acade-shriek!  The Academy Academy: The Only Podcast Enamored by the Cinema of Hubie Halloween™ If you are a fan...

Donald "The Minefield Avoider" Saunderson and Patrick "The Good Opinion Haver" Gremillion talk 1492: Conquest of Paradise and White Squall on this week's The Academy Academy! Was White Squall Ridley Scott's excuse to go Sandlering in the Caribbean? Is Hannibal Lecter a fan of dolphins? Is Michael Clayton a regular Tár?! Tune in to find out! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send y...

Don makes his triumphant return to the only podcast in the biz that references both Jeff Hanneman and Eliot Spitzer- The Academy Academy! Which prop would Pat steal if he saw it on display at Planet Hollywood? Which actor brought their mother to the set of True Romance? Should every movie end with the main character shakily incorporating the film's title into the dialogue?! Tune in to find out and...

Apologies for the pod delay! Due to some last-minute scheduling calamities, we're taking a brief detour off the Scottway and exiting directly onto Lustig Lane. Returning Champ and all-around-mensch Paul Heredia returns to discuss Robert Forster and Fred Williamson's Vigilante on this week's The Academy Academy! Did Patrick choose to discuss the movie because of something Quentin Tarantino said on...

This film is a banger folks, as is the pod! Does Thelma & Louise feature Brad Pitt at peak hunkiness? Do we detail how Callie Khouri went from producing Foreigner music videos to winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay? Was having a scary wife the biggest fear of early-90s male columnists? Tune in to find out as Don & Pat talk Thelma & Louise on this week's The Academy Academy!   If...

You can take the Michael Douglas out of California... but can you take the California out of Michael Douglas? Can a perfectly thrown football save a life from sniper fire? Will we ever get those salt-of-the-earth Lava Factory jobs back in the good ol' US of A? Will Pat & Don make it to the Hat Convention this year? A certain character in Black Rain probably won't! Join the Semi-Sunday Morning Boyz...

Does Days of Thunder have the best character names in a film featured on The Academy Academy? Would you watch Don Simpson's Driving Miss Daisy? Should they reboot House with Michael Rooker? Is Tom Cruise a Hair Actor?! Wow, we've got an episode on our hands, folks! Don Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion burn rubber and talk Days of Thunder on this week's very funny and informative episode of The Ac...