The Film Snobs

WELCOME BACK! We’re here not with Jared’s pick for ROM COMS but his wife’s pick! This pick can be described as a CLASSIC rom com from the hay-day of romantic comedies. This film stars legends in Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, directed by Donald Petrie, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” This film was funny, witty, smart, and iconic. The film was not without faults but we very much enjoyed the c...

WELCOME BACK! We’re here with Eric’s pick for ROM COMS and ON TIME! Haha, ANYWAY, this week’s pick is from the early 2000’s and comes from director John Hamburg and is a pick that Caleb guessed last episode, “Along Came Polly.” This is our THIRD Philip Seymour Hoffman film in an many months and we are HERE for it. We had an absolute blast talking about this film and even talked about poop for like...

Hey there Snobbies. Sorry for the late entry. Things have been a tad hectic on out end. Pretty rare for us to miss a Monday release. Today’s pick comes to us all the way from across the pond! But he’s here now! It’s ETHAN JASSO!! He has picked a gem of a RomCom for us this week, The Silver Linings Playbook! We had such a blast talking about this film and mostly just having fun with our very good f...

Hey there Snobbies. Today we have Caleb’s pick for ROMCOM. Jared came in HARD that this is NOT a RomCom. This was heavily debated on this episode as we discussed why the Paul Thomas Anderson Directed film “Punch Drunk Love,” belongs in this category. If a film’s heart is romance and comedy, isn’t it a RomCom? Is it a NeuroDivergentRomCom? Is it just pure chaos energy? What we DO know, is that this...

Snobs. HOLY COW. Or should I say….Holy BEAVERS! WE decided to watch a INSANE film from the creative and genius mind of Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews…comes a film unlike anything you have ever seen, and we can confidently say this, “Hundreds of Beavers.” This film is taking a silent film approach with ADR and hyper-toonlike-violence and we are HERE FOR IT! We talk about Beavers, Rabbit...

Sup Snobbies. We have a FILM SNOBS FIRST!! Today marks the first time we’ve had a repeat guest TWICE in a row. Lydia is back with her take on Cody’s pick this week. We gave Cody the assignment to pick the topic and the film. He picked ROM COMS, and picked the unlikely choice of “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines,” directed by Ken Annakin. This film was such a blast to talk about and w...

Hello Snobbies. Today we travel to Italia to sunbathe, drink spritzes, dress with impeccable style and assume hot peoples' personas. That's right, we're discussing 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley. Enjoy the episode! Film Discussed: ⁠ The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Letterboxd: Eric Peterson: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/EricLPeterson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jared Klopfenstein: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠letterboxd.com/kidchim...

Snobbies! We have a special one for today. Today is Eric’s pick and he picked one his favorite films of all time when he was a kid, Stephen Sommers, “The Mummy” This episode is a lot of us talking about the Mummy, but even more of us talking about other random things haha. We enjoyed this adventure romp and Brendan has NEVER looked better. This was a fun one, hope you enjoy! Film Discussed: The Mu...

Snobbies! We’re back with Cody’s pick for REMAKES and this one is a stone cold classic. Kurt Russell has never been hotter?? Questions mark?? This remake is from a 1951 original called, “The Thing From Another World,” adapted from the 1938 novel, Who Goes There? WE WATCHED Director John Carpenter’s,  “The Thing.” THIS. FILM. RULES!!! We had an absolute blast watching this film. Every once and a wh...

WELCOME BACK! WE’re back with a very special series….WE’RE DOING REMAKES! This week we have a very special guest…ERIC’S DAD RUSS! This episode was so fun. It was Caleb’s pick today and he decided to go with the remake of the original film from 1969….TRUE GRIT! This remake was made in 2010 and made by the Cohen Brothers. We talked about Russ’s top 4 films, all the crossovers, Matt Daemon in a truly...

Welcome back everyone! And welcome to a special mid-week episode of the film snobs. Today we are featuring Part 2 of the Annual Snobbie awards. The SNOBBIES are a very important and yearly tradition where we come up with the categories and criteria and then feature films that probably didn’t have much of a chance in the Oscars and some that did. We, as per usual, had an absolute blast making this...

Welcome fans one and all to THE 3rd ANNUAL SNOBBIES!! WE are out here talking about our favorite films of the previous year. This episode we talk about our top 10’s and our group top 10 as a Film Snob collective. We welcome previous and best snobs ETHAN and RICKY!!! SO, so, so excited to have these men back on the pod. It is becoming a yearly occurrence and we are HERE for it. Join us on this jour...

SNOBBIES! This is the LAST young snobs episode of the bunch. We are very happy and blessed to welcome Nathan and Luca Mendes. The MENDES brothers from the land of Brazil! This episode was a blast as the brothers picked a film that we did NOT expect, 2018’s…from director’s John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein…GAME NIGHT! Jason Bateman’s best and most straight man and Jesse Plemons’s absolute m...

Welcome Back!! To another episode of YOUNG SNOBS! Today we are graced with the presence of RJ! His pick for this segment is a film that all of the snobs love and loved to talk about. This film is filled with love, life, and travel. This film is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty!  Joins us as we talk about Ben stiller, tropic tinder for some reason, apprehension, taking life by the horns, travel, and...

YOYOYO!!! Snobbies, we are starting a NEW topic this month. This topic is a treat and we are throwing the choice of film and discussion to a few of our lucky, young snobs, in a topic called…YOUNG SNOBS! They will host and drive the pod! This week we have JOHNATHAN, who appeared on the “Good Morning” episode and had a lot of great insights. Back on the scene and only 17 years old! We enjoyed talkin...

Good morning SNOBBIES! And welcome back to our episode on Terence Davies month. This week we have Jared’s pick and he decided to go with “The Long Day Closes.” This film has a similar feel and vibe to Distant Voices, Still Lives. In this film we follow the perspective of Bud, a boy in Liverpool in the 1950’s, coming of age around the other family members and the austere Catholic Church as he enter...

Snobbies. Welcome to a new segment. Today we are featuring an old ep from the archives. This episode is one that we have talked about more than once on the podcast. The topic when this originally aired was "Going on a Journey." This was Ricky's week to pick a film and he decided to go with MXP Most Xtreme Primate as the film that best represented "Going on a Journey." You c...

Ho ho ho Snobbies! SURPRISE! We’re coming at you NOT on a Monday. This week we decided to do something a little different. The Snobs are in the studio with old time guest Andy and Eric’s wife Jordan. We discuss holiday favorites, least favorites Christmas movie, best Santa, best animated Christmas movie, etc. We had such a great time with this episode and really enjoyed just having a fireside chat...

Hey there Snobbies! This week we continue on our journey with the late Terence Davies and his filmography. This week was Cody’s pick and he chose to go with the director’s last film that he ever made…Benediction. A film that truly has some of the most incredible acting we have ever seen. The film features a war time military man who is put into a mental hospital to quiet his dissenting voice. The...

Welcome back Snobbies! This month we are continuing to feature the late Terence Davies and his filmography. This week was Eric’s pick and he chose to go with 1988’s Distant Voices, Still Lives. A film that has been described as the most important British film ever made, this film was powerful. This film opened up a bit of discussion in all of us about family, fathers, abuse, history, love, pain, a...

Snobbies, we have a new topic! This month we are featuring the late Terence Davies and his filmography. This week was Caleb’s pick and he chose to go with 2016’s A Quiet Place. Wait…no…A Quiet PASSION. That’s it. Okay. This film was very good. A film about Emily Dickinson and what a beautiful and brutal film. With incredible shots, beautiful dialogue, and death…we had plenty to talk about. Every o...

Welcome back Snobbies. We are EXCITED to have you back and enjoying another spooky film with us. This week, we have the incomparable, Josh George with us! He joins for the first time ever and we have an interesting one for you. Jared’s pick this week and he chose a legend of a film from 1932, director Tod Browning brings us, “Freaks.” This film deals in the controversial as it features differently...

Here. We. GOOOOO!! Welcome back to SPOOKTOBER 4, pick #3 by Cody Martin himself. We are excited to talk about this film. This animated EPIC is packed with delicious animation, beautiful shots, and a tragic story. This film is directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and is called, “Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.” This film, in the words of Cody is the perfect middle ground as it doesn’t feel like a halloween m...

SNOBBIES! Bringing to you SPOOKTOBER #2!! This week we have Eric’s pick and he decided to go the wacky route. If you remember our very first episode SPOOKTOBER #1, where we featured “House,” this film made us feel right at home. GUEST Alec Brunk joined us today as Eric’s first guest on the pod! This film’s director Ricky Lau brings us “Mr. Vampire.” This film from 1985 brought possibly the most la...

CUE spooky witch laughter and zealous lightening storms!! That’s right! It’s SPOOKTOBER #4!!!! We are PSYCHED! to be back in the SPOOKTOBER atmosphere. Caleb, Cody, and Eric take on Caleb’s pick for tonight (Jared is in Europe…having a terrible time) a film that is melancholic in nature and definitely sets up some sad snobs action. A film directed by LENGENDARY director Lars von Trier, “Melancholi...