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Noted Brestians Don and Pat tackle all 6 hours of Scent of a Woman and Meet Joe Black on this week's episode of The Academy Academy. Would Scent of a Woman still work with Stephen Dorff in the Chris O'Donnell role? Was every person of note in history actually killed by two cars? Was Death a dang himbo?! Tune in to find out, folks. This one is a corker.

The Heat Is On, folks.... and we're all doing the Neutron Dance! Join Don and Pat as we cover arguably the most successful and critically acclaimed works of Martin Brest, Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, on today's The Academy Academy! #YuppieAndTheHump #MoreMitch #AnnoyingButLovable

It's time for another interstitial The Academy Academy miniseries, folks! Don and Pat want to figure out what makes Martin Brest, the director of both Beverly Hills Cop and Gigli, tick. In this episode, we take a look at his earlier works. Two are student features. One, on its face, appears to be a seemingly straightforward Hollywood debut. Is there more than meets the eye? If you wish to find out...

This isn't a podcast about Sal Pacino. This isn't a podcast about David Pacino. This podcast could only be about Al Pacino. Pat and Don record some regrets, dole out the Academy Academy Awards, inaugurate eight actors into the Academy Academy Hall of Fame, and tally the votes that shall determine the best Al Pacino performance. Does Serpico stand a chance? Will Dog Day Afternoon have its day? Tune...

On today's pod we discuss Righteous Kill, the crass cash-grab; and The Irishman, the meta masterpiece. Why do the police keep crafting poetry? Who would play James Cameron in a Greatest Showman-style musical about his life? And just which British actor is mad at the Shame Boys this time?? Tune in to find out! Note- The King of the Geezer Teasers: Inside Randall Emmett’s Direct-To-Video Empire, Whe...

Peculiarly punctuated titles! Father-son jeans jogging! Babies crying! Film reviews by.... Zagat??!?! This is the nutritional content slurry we all crave, folks! We have riffs flowing like white wine off this bad boy! Give this ep a listen as Don and Pat discuss Bobby Deerfield, ...And Justice for All, and Author! Author! on this week's The Academy Academy! #DadsRock #AdRockComeBack

Becky Feldman (The Too Stupid To Live Podcast!) returns to discuss Michael Mann's The Insider and Sidney Lumet's Serpico on this week's The Academy Academy! Belly laughs are had, the entertainment value of competency is measured, and a rousing game of Scent of Some Cumin is played. This is a ballpark ep, folks- don't miss out!

Is The Offer an offer we can't refuse? Will The House of Gucci get Ridley Scott that Oscar gold? Will there be a trademark The Academy Academy swerve? Is Nedda one of cinema's underappreciated characters? Y tu mamá... Dupree? All this and MORE will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy!

Will two dudes with a podcast inevitably reference The Sopranos? Is Tony Stark a Baird man? Is beer the Christian weed? Is Steve-O our generation's trickster deity? And if you show a pregnant dog, do you have to show the dang puppies afterwards? All of these burning questions and more will be answered by your beloved Shame Boyz and our delightful returning champ Nick Eliafan on this week's The Aca...

Don and Patrick discuss Al Pacino's trio of HBO films. These films tackle difficult subject matter, ranging from euthanasia to murder, so it's totally understandable if you want to sit this one out! We talk about fallen idols, wild wigs, and the cons of watching these movies in succession on this week's The Academy Academy.

This one nearly broke us. Bad for our souls... great for podcasting! WARNING: There is some baby crying during this recording, but I think it complements the chaos of the ep? It's almost as if she is trying to warn us that releasing content about Gigli and Jack & Jill is an affront to nature itself...

Returning Champ/Television Writer/ABBA Laserdisc Owner Kristina Woo (Halston! Players on Paramount Plus!) joins the Shame Boys to talk Mann and De Palma on this week's The Academy Academy! Should art make you cry? Would Scarface be a better film if Robert Loggia and Al Pacino danced on a giant toy piano-pad together? Do you yearn to know what life would be like in an Al-ternate universe? Tune in t...

Actor/Improviser/Acting Coach Randy Thompson (The Ruby!) joins The Two Fredos to discuss Al's performances in Scarecrow and Serpico! Does Serpico have to go, or will Scarecrow have to eat cantaloupe like a belly-achin' rhinoceros? Tune in to find out!

The Two Fredos are back and fuggedaboutit folks, this ep is one for the dang books! Don, Pat, and Maria "The Academaria" Walsh-Cole talk children running the Oscars, monkey movies, defending bullies, Heartbreakers, merkin mustaches, and much, much more on this week's The Academy Academy! #JusticeForEd #PencilThin #DudeStuff

Matt McCarthy (We Watch Wrestling! Sober Dad!) joins the Not Baird Men to discuss another non-bracket Pacino film... The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone! Is this Al Pacino's first Hoo-ah performance? Does the animated series based on the Dick Tracy movie get brought up? Could Al Pacino play the lead role in a Vince McMahon biopic? Download this dang pod and find out!!

Tales from the Mooseport! Fredo's Jurassic Park!! Brutal Grandpa Energy!!! At least one of those things has to prick up your ears. Filmmaker/Writer Kevin Hamedani (aka the Michael to Don and Pat's Fredos) joins us to discuss Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather Part II on this week's The Academy Academy!

We're not talkin' Sal Pacino. Hell, we're not even talkin' David Pacino. We're talkin' Al Pacino, and this ep has a lot to cover. We discuss the current state of the bracket, Cruella, a possible reason for Jean Reno's prevalence in mid-to-late 90s American Cinema, and some of the more niche and unique works in the Pacino catalogue. Lights out, Richard!

Greetings, Al-coholics! The hilarious and talented Jenny Zigrino (Comedy Central Presents! The upcoming Too Late!) joins your favorite Scientists to discuss Serpico, Cruising, sanpaku eyes, Tom Hulce trivia, and what a Sicario sequel directed by Nancy Meyers would entail. At one point, everyone does an impression of Wallace Shawn doing an impression of Theodore the Chipmunk. This episode is a wild...

In honor of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They's first film poll, Donald and Patrick have decided to release a whopping 4+ hour-long BONUS EPISODE going through our personal top 25 flicks! Will Shrek appear on Patrick's list? Does Donald have an expertly crafted Jeff Goldblum impression placed up his sleeve? Find out! 

It's a double-dose of De Palma on this week's The Academy Academy! We have special guest Andrew Saunderson (The Me You Can't See! Donald Saunderson's Brother!) on the pod to discuss everything from elaborate crane-shots to poor, poor Lalin. Plus- another round of What's in the Boxd!

Aaron Sorkán. Kevin Lomax: Swamp Attorney. Gilbert Gottfried as Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna. Mr. Bean. The Stalker/Gigli Double Feature. Rock & Roll Poets. What Is Art? Why Make Things? All this is covered, perhaps even answered, on this week's delightful episode of The Academy Academy with special guest Evan Cox (I'm Enjoying My Time Here! The How Do We Human Podcast!). Make sure to listen to...

The Broken Men of Podcasting are back, and boy howdy do we have an ep. We're tackling The Godfathers with Courtney Haney (@comradepepper on Instagram)! Courtney expounds on her California beach city influenced Al-tobiography, Donald wonders how far he'd be willing to go to make great French toast, and Patrick introduces a new game involving everybody's favorite website- ooh baby, it's Letterboxd!...

Do you want to see Al Pacino as Phil Spector as the Tim Robinson Hot Dog? Do you want to hear tales of necessary cheese danishes? Do you want to see an image of the thiccest goddamn cartoon owl alive?! If you answered yes to any of these, then bad news- you probably have cinematic toxoplasmosis. Sorry bud :/

Which Al Pacino character did a young Don dress up as for Halloween? Would Rocket Raccoon side with Neil McCauley or Lt. Vincent Hanna? Is Justin Theroux too hot to portray someone with a job that doesn't involve just being a dang hunk? Quit feeling stinky, folks- these questions and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy, featuring Wild's ferociously funny Jessica Svendsgaard (@...

Was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade the second gunman? Was Tango the Salsa of the 1990s?? Did Weird Al miss a *great* opportunity when he didn't write a parody song of Nookie titled Wookie??? The wildly humorous Paul Heredia (@paulheredia on Instagram, @paulontheinternet on TikTok!) drops in to help pontificate and examine these burning questions and MORE on this week's The Academy Academy!