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It’s the 75th Anniversary of the Frank Capra classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. This film has steadily played every Christmas season for 75 years and we were very excited to talk about it. This is the oldest film we’ve ever done an episode on and brought back Rob’s Dad, Fred Lundquist, to chat about it with us. Had a blast chatting with Fred and ended this episode with a Starting 5 game and our Patro...

We got 3 of some of our best recurring guests who are great with our movie trivia games to compete against each other in our Movie Game Night: Battle of the Champions. Home Free’s own Tim Foust, Hound and the Fox’s Reilly Zamber, and Rob’s best friend from Kindergarten, Timmy St. Sauver, all played a full 3 rounds of our movie jeopardy game we call Bend It Like Trebekumm. It was EPIC. Our Patrons...

For sure in the Top 10 of the best heist films ever made, Ocean’s Eleven, is turning 20 years old this year. One of the better remakes out there with an absolutely star-studded cast. We have been excited to talk about this film for a long time, and we brought back one of our buddies to chat with us, Max Felsheim! We ended this episode with a Starting 5 Game and our Patrons can watch us draft our T...

Marvel has done it again, they made another awesome superhero film, this time with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. To talk about this awesome film we had to bring back an awesome guest, Niko Del Rey from The Filharmonic. Niko has been on a few times now and he always brings a fun energy and great takes. We end this episode with a Starting 5 game and our Patrons can watch us draft our To...

A tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast is celebrating its 30th anniversary. This film was a big part of our childhoods and we went and got a huge Disney buff who knows this film better than most, our good buddy Matt Atwood. This is Matt’s first time doing a regular movie episode with us and he was great. We ended the episode with a movie quotes game and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top...

If you haven’t seen the new Ryan Reynolds film, Free Guy, we highly recommend you check it out. Chris Rupp recommended this film to us and we thought we’d bring him back on the pod to talk about it. He had some fun takes and we enjoyed talking with him again. We end this episode with a Starting 5 game and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Favorite Ryan Reynolds Films. It’s available now to...

We got our favorite female friends we went to college with on the show to do some movie trivia with us! It was so much fun for us and we hope you enjoy all the derailments and explosive laughter throughout this episode. Enjoy! 1:33 Anne Tower, Krista LaPlant, Kelsey Lundquist, Jessie Pellowski, Kate Duncan 5:45 The Starting 5 25:20 Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich (The Quotes Game) 40:11 Bend It Li...

It’s been 20 years since we were introduced to the masked vigilante known as V in V For Vendetta. This DC Comics film rocked us when it came out and we’ve had it on the schedule all year to release as close to the 5th of November as we could get. Back to the show is our good buddy and film enthusiast, Timmy St. Sauver, who we always enjoy talking with on the pod. We conclude this episode with an I...

BOO! It’s spooky season and we saw that Scream was celebrating it’s 25th anniversary and knew we had to do an episode on it. Amberly Hall LOVES the Halloween holiday and came back on the pod to give her thoughts on the Wes Craven horror flick. We had a great time chatting with her! We end this episode with a new Scary Movie Game and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movie Masks. En...

If you’ve listened to this podcast regularly you would know that we reference The Long Kiss Goodnight all the time. When we found out it was having it’s 25th Anniversary we knew we had to do an episode on it. Our good friend, Max Felsheim, loves him an action movie and it was a no-brainer having him on for this episode. He always cracks us up and has super fun takes. We conclude with an Imitation...

It’s Bond. James Bond. Daniel Craig took his first crack at playing the iconic spy 15 years ago and with his new film, No Time To Die, just being released, it seemed the perfect time to talk about Casino Royale. We have had both Neil Ghosh and Adam Chance on the show many times, but surprisingly this is the first time they have been on together. We made it happen! Love these two guys and it was wo...

We wicked love The Departed which is celebrating it’s 15th Anniversary. We knew that Jenika Marion loves it even more than we do, so it was a no-brainer to have her discuss her thoughts on this film with us. She has some amazing takes and might just be an expert on this Scorsese classic. We end this episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can watch us draft our Top 5 Favorite Undercover Cop...

You….Doin’ That Thing You Doooooo. That’s right, we talked about the Tom Hanks Beatles-esque classic That Thing You Do! It turns 25 years old this year so we needed to get a recurring guest that loves this movie so much, Nathan Stone! We always have such a good time talking with Nate and his takes are super snappy in this one. We end the episode with a Starting 5 game and our Patrons get to hear u...

We’ve reached the end of our epic Harry Potter journey and have come to the amazing conclusion with Deathly Hallows Part 2. To celebrate this momentous occasion we brought back 2 previous guests of the Podwarts Express with Sami Matarante and Jenika Marion. These two are such Harry Potter enthusiasts and their super fun energy and thoughtful takes were delightful throughout the entire Podwarts Exp...

We’ve reached our penultimate episode of the PODWARTS EXPRESS and finally made it to the Deathly Hallows Part 1! It’s been quite the journey and we’ve been enjoying every minute of it! Our good friends Reilly and McKenzie Zamber of The Hound + The Fox are mega Harry Potter fans and made it onto the Podwarts Express just in time. We love having them on the show and you’re going to love hearing thei...

We are coming down the track and getting closer and closer to the end of this ride. The PODWARTS EXPRESS has stopped at Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and we got a couple guests who have already boarded the train at previous stops with Sami Matarante and Neil Ghosh. They are such big Potter enthusiasts that we had to get them back to give us their thoughts on the Half-Blood Prince. We end...

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Next stop: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! We’ve been having a blast breaking down all of these Harry Potter films and we finally got HP super fan, Jenika Marion, back on the pod to discuss one of her favorite films! She has some history with the Order of the Phoenix and it was fun hearing her break it down. This episode ends with an Imitation Game and our Patro...

We are cruising along on the Harry Potter train reaching our half way point with Goblet of Fire! To join our TriWizard Tournament we got recurring guests Adam Rupp and Neil Ghosh. These guys know their Harry Potter and this film is one of their favorites of the series. They have some great takes and some fun facts they shared with us. This episode ends with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can li...

Toot Toooooooot! We’re back on the Podwarts Express and we’ve reached our Azkaban stop, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We brought back to the pod one of our favorite guests that we’ve known since Junior High, Broadway/Film actor Benny Elledge! We found out that Benny is a big Harry Potter fan and has some very strong feelings about certain casting decisions. You’re not gonna want to mis...

We are chuggin’ along on the Podwarts Express and the next stop is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! We had Amberly Hall on the pod way back on our Drop Dead Gorgeous episode and she explained to us then her love of all things Harry Potter. We knew we had to ask her back when we started this series and she graciously accepted and brought along her man/Rob’s bandmate, Austin Brown. These two...

ALL ABOARD THE PODWARTS EXPRESS!!! The time has finally come to break down all of the Harry Potter films! Buegs has been counting down the days and is so excited to talk some Harry Potter. To start off the Podwarts Express we got a Harry Potter expert in Sami Matarante to discuss Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. She was just at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter hours before we recorded and...

We’ve been waiting for the release of this film for a long time. In fact, we’ve had it on the schedule for over a year and had to keep rescheduling as the release kept getting pushed back. It’s finally here and we were stoked to bring back our good buddy and Marvel Super Nerd, Reilly Zamber, to talk about it. We had such a good time hearing all of Reilly’s takes and fun theories on where he thinks...

Lin Manuel Miranda strikes again with his New York based musical, In The Heights. We have been very excited for the release of this film for some time because we knew that Kelsey Lundquist is OBSESSED with it. We always love having her on the show and we had a blast hearing her takes. We ended this episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Movies Where A Main Chara...

It’s been 15 years since we were blessed to see Emma Thompson narrating Will Ferrell’s life as an IRS agent. One of the very few serious/grounded Will Ferrell roles happens to be a favorite of ours and the 15th anniversary gave us an excuse to talk about it! One of our favorite recurring guests, Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser, is also a big fan of Ferrell and this film. We always enjoy hearin...

We got some of our favorite people on the planet back on the pod: Luke Pierce, Abe Sword, Tim Foust and Jenika Marion!!!! All of these people are so much fun and we just had a fantastic time playing games and hanging out for an hour and a half. The title of this Movie Game Night is a joke within the episode so you’ll have to listen to understand what that’s all about. Enjoy! 1:07 Luke Pierce, Abe...