The Film Thugs Movie Show

Has the moment Clarkson has been waiting for finally arrived? Is there a genuinely good Superman movie? Well... let's find out.

Let's say it right off the bat... Ryan Coogler is a bad ass. It is officially undeniable.   The man mad a sequel SERIES to Rocky that represents some of the strongest in the franchise. He killed it with Black Panther, hell... he even started with a bold statement in Fruitvale Station. So... how does he do when he is going fully original. Not just fully original, original elevated genre... that's a...

Not sure if you are aware, but this show is hosted by two VERY lapsed catholics. It is also a show hosted by two men with a combined near decade and a half of experience as altar servers. Basically, we have covered all of the services.  Weddings? Yep? Easter? No question. Christmas Eve Midnight Mass? Yep. Christmas Day? Of course? Regular Sunday? Shit... more than I can remember.   So this time ou...

Saturday Night Live (originally called "Saturday Night," due to American Sportscaster Howard Cosell having a show on CBS called Saturday Night Live.) premiered less than a month and a half after Jim was born. By the time it hit it's real stride in the mid 80's, it had become an institution, and Jim's sports team. Like a sports team, SNL has good and bad seasons. It has super stars and draft busts....

It is rare for a movie to completely defy description. Yes, we could just talk about what happens in this movie, but... just listen and you'll understand.

We continue our hit streak with some Hitchcock related horror... Oz Perkins, son of Anthony, really knocks it out of the park with this unsettling little gem that is a refreshing entry from a director with an incredible sense of story and tension, and an even better eye.

Seriously. Episode titles have to be 5 characters.    A title so simple that Podbean doesn't recognize it, but GOD DAMN... does it ever deliver on that name.

Is it possible for a movie to overcome "Marvel Fatigue?" We have seen it all, and now the hole multi-verse thing... seriously, it's exhausting.   So, let us see how the boys handle it.

Some movies are just so good that, if you meet someone who dislikes it... you blame them for not liking it, because it cannot possibly be the fault of this wonderful, engaging, dare I say "perfect," movie.   This is one of those movies.

We recently lost one of the greats of screenwriting, Robert Towne. His resume is almost cartoonishly good, and his influence on the craft of screen writing cannot be measured. This week, in addition to discussing the career of Robert Towne, we will be discussing his criminally overlooked, "The Last Detail," starring Jack Nicholson as a career Navy signalman on Shore Patrol escorting a prisoner. Le...

Actors "trying their hand at directing," tend to have one of three outcomes.  "Yeah... I expected that crap." "Wow, that was pretty good." "Holy shit! What is this person dong next?"   Monkey Man is the third type. The story is lean. The action is brutal. The camerawork is stunning.    Let's see what else there is to say about, "Monkey Man."

Can  a movie really be a movie if it doesn't have a disclaimer specifically stating that no animals, specifically including OXEN, we harmed during the filming?   Let's find out, shall we?

Is this possibly the best Godzilla movie ever made? Probably. Find out why.

How do you make  a completely episodic TV show into a good movie? We have been grappling with this question with VASTLY varying degrees of success. Some are amazing, most are forgettable, some are abhorrent. So... where does The Fall Guy stand? Well... let's find out.

What happens when you have an idea so bad that it simply cannot be told in a movie? Well... evidently, you make two movies.   This time out we take a look at the collection of questionable decisions that is... Rebel Moon.

The Miracle of the Andes is one of the most compelling, terrifying, and awe inspiring stories in human history.  Back in 1994 we got a decent film version of it with, "Alive," which was a powerful, moving, and impactful film that felt like a poignant and realistic depiction of this hell on earth.   Then, "Society of the Snow," came along and elevated the game. Join Clarkson and Jim for an in depth...

This year we decided to let the dust settle a little and then look back at our Best Picture Nominees.  So, that's what we did. We watched all of them in one week. Now, here is what we thought.   Also, Jim screwed up and didn't actually release this two weeks ago, like he thought.

For decades, Dune has kind of been the white whale of science fiction filmmaking. Yeah, the 1984 version was interesting... Children of Dune is.... best not mentioned... Let's take a trip back to Arrakis and see just how well they can pull this off.

Christopher Nolan writing and directing an epic historical biopic about the controversial father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer.  Just saying it lets you know, we are through the looking glass here, people. So, what do we get when one of the most visually interesting, narrative challenging filmmakers, who delivers with a rare level of consistency with one of the most controversial, fasci...

I can't think of a film series that we have had a more interesting experience with than the Creed movies. From dismissive, to excited, to completely won over... these three movies did the unimaginable. They made Rocky relevant again. Three movies... Creed was perfect. Creed 2 was amazing. Now, lets see how we fell about the first Rocky movie, without Rocky.

We end our look at the world of wrestling with an actual documentary, made by an actual documentary filmmaker. "Beyond The Mat," well produced, well financed documentary that not only had unprecedented access to the WWF (still a Federation at the time), but had an actual theatrical release (yes, Jim actually saw this in the theater). So, lets close out this chapter in style.

As a filmmaker, what do you do when you are making a rather run of the mill, straight forward vanity profile of a well known figure and, in the middle of making this profile, one of the most epic, insane, and legendary events in the history of that person's field occurs? Do you: A- Switch the focus of your documentary to this insane event and become the first person to fully report on it, thus giv...

This week, a bizarre tag team combo...   In this corner we have a lifelong wrestling fanatic. A Texas born and raised, bonafide expert in the subject with years of watching, rewatching, reading, rereading, discussing, debating, arguing, fighting, and getting locked in the very same finishing move this movie takes its name from but his big(?) brother. And his partner in crime... A guy who spent fro...

That's right folks... it's time to fasTEN your seatbelts and drive, full throttle into the mouth of familia as we take another spin with Dom and the family.  I could try to explain what happens, but... 

Imagine, "The Pilgrim's Progress," but with a rich, surfing douchebag in the lead?  Ok. Now, if you thought, "That is a fucking terrible idea. Please, leave me alone." You would be correct. You, however, would absolutely not be the producers, writers, director, or stars of "Journey Into Hell."   There isn't really much more to say.