The Hold Up

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And what better way to celebrate than... a Robert Zemeckis movie about undead Hollywood women? That's right! This year your stocking is filled with necrotic spray paint, face lifts and undead horrors all in the name of immortality. Do you dare drink the potion? Join us as we watch the Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis horror/comedy: Death Becomes He...

Yep. It's Top Gun.

This podcast... is ours! Happy Halloween season! This year The Johns are joined by their wives, Ali and Sujata, to watch the gothic tale of spirits: The Others. Nearly two decades later, will this candlelit nightmare pack the same spooky punch it once did? Or will it stumble like a friend caught cheating on a ouija board? Listen and find out!

It's time to set sail for Sweethaven! For September the Johns are watching Robert Altman's Popeye. Will this children's classic be strong to the finnach? Or will it turn into a cocaine fueled nightmare? Listen and find out!

It is time to rise from the ashes of this world and conclude Episode 50 with Part 4 - Mad Max: Fury Road. Will Longino finally find... redemption? Will Nelson knock some sense into Mad John and prove this movie is amazing? We can at least agree on one thing: the flaming guitar guy is pretty cool. Two opinions on Fury Road diverged in a yellow and red color filter. Can they meet somewhere in Valhal...

This car chase ain't even close to over, suckaaaas! Welcome back to Part 3 of our 50th Episode, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Has fatigue set in at all for our wasteland survivors John and John? And what will they make of the famed Master Blaster and Tina Turner? Grab your chainsaws because dyin' times here! **Note: We had technical difficulties for the second half of our recording. Apologies for t...

The madness continues as we celebrate 4 years of The Hold Up Podcast and our 50th episode. In part 2 we drive onward in our post apocalyptic drag race of mayhem and murder as we watch Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior. Will The Humongous reign supreme and rule the wasteland? Or will this classic fall short of out lofty expectations? Chow down on a can of dog food, listen and find out!

Welcome to the special 50th episode of The Hold Up Podcast! This month we are celebrating our 4th anniversary and 50th episode milestone with a special four part marathon of George Miller's Mad Max films! In part one we watch the movie that started it all: Mad Max. And stay tuned for the entire month of August for Parts 2-4 of The Road Warrior, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Mad Max: Fury Road re...

What do you get when you combine a feel good 80s high school wrestling saga with a beatnik, coming of age poetry odyssey about sexuality and existential dread? You get one hell of a surprise called Vision Quest. Nelson brings this bizarre and fascinating movie to the table that Longino has never heard of and now will never forget. Can a Journey themed bro-down testosterone parade that features a l...

Every generation a slayer will rise, and sometimes she may even become... Movie Trivia Schmoedown Champion. This month the Johns are joined by fellow editor and trivia champion, Rachel Cushing, to watch the original Buffy The Vampire Slayer film. Whether you prefer Spike or Pee Wee, this discussion is about as nerdy as it gets. Grab your stakes and pom poms and join us to witness Rutger Hauer... p...

Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaawwww! Hope y'all are ready for some good old fashioned blockbuster movie watchin'. Never mind the troubling subject matter of romanticizing white slave owning confederates or the blatantly sexist overtones within. This thing is a classic! For May the Johns enlist in the war and watch Gone With The Wind. Will the love story of Scarlett and Rhett transcend the highly problematic r...

Trevor Carlee, the hero we all deserve, returns to The Hold Up Podcast to discuss his love for M. Night Shyamalan's sophomore film: Unbreakable. But the sinister John Nelson, aka Mr. Podcast, reveals his invitation was merely a ploy for him to talk trash about a movie he despises. Oh, and John Longino flexes his muscles and crawls around on the ceiling or some such nonsense. It's the ultimate figh...

With a car running on fumes and a wallet down to it's last five dollars, The Johns pull into the town of Red Rock. They're a thousand miles from nowhere, and one thing is certain: nothing is what it seems. They came here to do a podcast, but they'll leave neck deep in conspiracy, character actors and 90s cinema. Join The Johns as they dive into the Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Laura Flynn Boyle, J...

What better way to celebrate the month of love than with a film about stalking? Join The Johns for their discussion of 1996's The Cable Guy. Will this Jim Carrey dark comedy be as polarizing as ever? Is it actually funny? Or is it a biting social satire? Will The Johns polish off their film degrees and over-analyze the living hell out of every facet of this movie? Listen and find out!

Happy 2019! Now who wants to be thoroughly depressed?!? To celebrate the new year, we're digging deep into our long list of listener requests and watching Philadelphia, as suggested by Dirk Voetberg . Will this oscar winning film starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington about AIDS and intolerance in the workplace still be moving 25 years later? Will John and John, two white bread boring ass straig...

Merry Christmas from The Hold Up! Enjoy this l33t bonus episode for the holidays where we HACK THE PLANET! Josh Lentz joins the Johns to watch Hackers. It's gonna mess with the best but will it die like the rest? Listen and find out!

Happy Holidays! In November of 2018 we auctioned off the ability to choose our next episode to benefit The Trevor Project. The winning bidder chose the 1995 Sandra Bullock cyber thriller: The Net. Clever girl. Will the Johns be blown away with such heart pumping antics as ordering a pizza... online, booking airfare... online, or having your entire life ruined... ONLINE?!? Or will the stank of the...

I want my molecules back! ...or perhaps just my childhood innocence? Welcome to the 41st episode of The Hold Up, where Longino picks Memoirs Of An Invisible Man. Surprisingly, it's also a John Carpenter movie! Listen as The Johns watch another John movie about a regular John who turns invisible and has to run from Johnny Law! Will Chevy Chase be able to helm this comedy/sci-fi/romance/adventure? W...

Here we are. At the end of all things. It's time to check into the motel one... last... time. SURPRISE! Enjoy this bonus special episode where we watch Psycho IV: The Beginning. We just had to know. Will Psycho IV be any good at all... whatsoever? Listen and find out!

Ready to check back in to the motel? This is Part 2 of our halloween double feature of Psycho II and III. Can lightening strike twice? Or in this case, thrice? After Nelson and Longino gave Psycho II a shocking double hold up, can Norman Bates keep his streak alive as we watch Psycho III? Or will the quality of the Psycho series die a horrible death in the shower? Listen and find out!

Happy Halloween 2018! The Hold Up's favorite month is here, and what better way to celebrate the season than a mini marathon of Psycho? Will we be watching the Alfred Hitchcock classic? Hell no! We start off Part 1 of our 40th episode with Psycho II. Will John and John make it through without losing their minds? Listen and find out!

No jokey intro this time, folks. For September we're watching Bowling For Columbine. Yep. That's right. It's a long one. Enjoy.

Are we more than the sum of our parts? Does a sequence of genes determine your fate? Does the movie that explores these concepts... hold up? Happy 3rd Anniversary to The Hold Up Podcast! This month the Johns take on the sci-fi dystopian epic, Gattaca. Will the movie live up to its full genetic potential or instantly fail its urine test? Listen and find out!

Have you been jonesing for 500% more Smashmouth in your life? Written any long shot love letters you're praying will pay off? Do you think Powerman 5000 goggles are cool? Well then The Hold Up has got you covered! Join us as we watch the late '90s High School romp, Can't Hardly Wait.

Nelson reached deep down into his bag of tricks to unearth the zany race across the country romp: The Cannonball Run. Listen as Longino tries to wrap his mind around this Burt Reynolds vehicle while Nelson insists a doctor constantly smelling his finger is hilarious. And who knows? Perhaps the mysterious Captain Chaos will come save us from the rampant sexism, racism, and cocaine induced "com...