The Office Grunts

For a 4th of July double feature, John Wayne, Petey, and Stew watched Harrison Ford killing Russians aboard Air Force One, and watched American oil drillers conquer an asteroid in Armageddon. It's a whole lot of late 90s insanity, plus fireworks rituals, and Independence Day thoughts.

It's "Elvis Week" as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew all checked out Baz Luhrman's "Elvis." Plus, they count down their Top 5 Elvis songs and their Top 5 Music Biopics.

John Wayne & Stew travel to NYC for the Tribeca Film Festival's screening of the new 4K restoration of Michael Mann's HEAT. They discuss the trip, the panel discussion with Pacino and Deniro, the screening, and, of course, the movie Heat itself (which is Stew's favorite movie of all-time).

It's Jurassic World week as John Wayne and Stew check out the newest dinosaur "adventure" and re-rank the JP series. Plus, Stew continued his Rutherford B. Hayes fandom, John Wayne makes an Apple TV+ discovery, and Petey makes the savvy decision to skip dinosaurs for a repeat of Top Gun: Maverick.

By listener request, John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit 2 modern war movies, "13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Banghazi" and "Long Survivor." 3 former infantryman have a lot to say about 3 infantry heavy movies, and the way the movies. Also, office renovations, Star Trek indoctrination, and foiled vacation plans.

It's Top Gun week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit the 80s classic and then buckle in for the blockbuster sequel. Plus, Memorial Day thoughts from the trio.

It's another Army movie double feature of "Patton" and "Charlie Wilson's War" for the fellas. Plus, Stew discusses advances in Nerf warfare technology, and John Wayne goes full-Rambo during a wilderness hike.

It's a John-Milius double feature this week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit "Red Dawn" and "Apocalypse Now." Wolverines!!!!

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew get together for a post-Mother's Day episode, talking about the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe release, "Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

John Wayne and Stew ride back into movie theaters for "The Northman," and revisit the (largely forgotten) Clive Owen-starring, Jerry Bruckheimer-produced version of "King Arthur." Plus, Netflix pet peeves, 3-D printed food, and Stew avoiding "Yellowstone" (yet again) to watch Julia Child.

It's another Michael Mann week for the show as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit "Last of the Mohicans" and "Miami Vice." Plus, Stew returns from a 9 day Disney vacation with parenting war stories to tell.

John Wayne is in the saddle with Petey for a Stew-less rundown of their Top 10 Favorite (pre-2000) westerns.

It's the 100th episode extravaganza for John Wayne, Petey, and Stew as they look back on the first 100 episodes, and then count down their individuals lists of their Top 20 Movies of All-Time. Thanks to everyone who has made these first 100 episodes so much darn fun.

John Wayne and Stew talk "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol." Plus, camping Texas style, Stew takes in a first hockey game, and the fellas bemoan the terrible Little Caesar's promotion for "The Batman."

It's finally here! John Wayne, Petey, and Stew do a spoiler-filled deep dive on "The Batman." Plus, Stew talks about being a pushover parent sinking tons of money into endless Batman toys & collectibles.

It's another "Guilty Pleasures" week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew watch William Friedkin's The Hunted, Anthony Hopkins in Instinct, and Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings.

John Wayne and Stew finally talk "Mission:Impossible" with the first 2 entries in the Cruise-led franchise. Plus, the rapidly-rising reputation of "Blackhat," and Stew's continuing pilgrimage to as many "Dollar General" stores as he can find.

For Valentine's Day, John Wayne, Petey, and Stew each picked one of the romantic comedies they didn't hate for the group to watch. Serendipity from John Wayne, Grosse Point Blank from Petey, and Intolerable Cruelty from Stew. Plus, they rundown their Top 5 romantic comedies. Stew talks a Bengals Super Bowl, and John Wayne recounts a Valentine's Day getaway gone awry.

John Wayne and Stew look back on 20 years of X-Men movies and rank the series, 10 to 1.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew watch "Titanic" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for a listener request Leonardo DiCaprio episode. Plus, Stew's Bengals are in the Super Bowl, John Wayne is watching 1883 to remember his good old days, and Petey is plotting how to beat 150 coworkers in a weight loss challenge.

John Wayne and Stew get geeky over all things Middle Earth as they talk the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Plus, John Wayne's 2nd battle with the 'rona, Stew riding high on Bengals fandom, plus invites to the Ohio Sasquatch Festival.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew strap on their berets and enjoy some Shakespeare, including the new Tragedy of Macbeth and the Kenneth Branagh Henry V. Plus, their own tribute to a fallen brother in arms, and a rundown of their Top 5 Movies of 2021.

Stew and John Wayne finally go toe-to-doe with their dueling rankings of all 25 James Bond films, from worst to best.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew plug into The Matrix Resurrections for a spoiler-filled reaction to the latest entry in the series. Plus, Stew twists the knife of the Urban Meyer postmortem, John Wayne rails against fantasy football, and parenting advice (for raising a soldier of fortune) from Petey.

John Wayne and Stew's spoiler-filled rundown of the blockbuster new "Spider-Man: No Way Home."