The Office Grunts

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew get in the Christmas spirit by revisiting National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. Plus, they each nominate their 2 least favorite Christmas movies. Plus, Petey turns in his Jordan-esque "flu game" (i.e. COVID game), and Stew obsesses over a new infectious Christmas song.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit the infamous Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Reloaded. Also, Stew talks Christmas inflatables and his new OLED TV, John Wayne details a wild Texas Christmas theme park, and Petey begins fighting the Minnesota blizzards,

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew count down their Top 5 Ridley Scott movies, check out the new "House of Gucci," and revisit the quickly-forgotten "All the Money in the World." Plus, Thanksgiving posmortems, mourning a lame Black Friday, Christmas tree adventures, and more.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit a classic - The Matrix - in preparation for the upcoming sequel.

It's a "Listener Request" episode from friend of the show Don Brown, who suggested "Sling Blade" (Stew's first viewing!) and the WWII classic "12 O'Clock High."

Petey and Stew do a retrospective on The Sopranos after Stew's first watch of the series. The highs, lows, Top 5 moments, and, of course, that controversial series finale. Plus, a review of The any Saints of Newark.

It's Dune(s) week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out "Dune" from director Denis Villeneuve and "Dune" from director David Lynch. Plus, Pumpkin Show Americana from Stew, John Wayne rants about rackets in the funeral industry, and Petey teaches office professionals how to rig a fix to broken zippers while on the job.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew are among the dozen people in America to watch Ridley Scott's latest historical epic, The Last Duel, in theaters. Plus, Stew finishes his first Sopranos watch 14 years after the series finale, and Petey prepares for a brutal Minnesota winter...in October.

It's finally here - "No Time to Die" - the final Daniel Craig-era Bond movies. John Wayne, Petey, and Stew walk through the whole movie, and get deep into spoilers. So, check out the movie, then come break down the plot points with the team. Also, they make some bold predictions for where the 007 series goes from here.

In prep for "No Time To Die," John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisited the prior two Daniel Craig Bond movies, "Skyfall" and "Spectre."

It's "Clint Eastwood" week on the show as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out "Cry Macho", revisit "Richard Jewell," and each rank their Top 5 Clint-Eastwood-directed movies.

It's a double-feature about plane crashes stranding men in the Alaskan wilderness to be hunted by animals this week as the fellas revisit "The Edge", with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, and "They Grey" starring Liam Neeson. Plus, "Covid Chat" with a quarantined John Wayne, following the aborted Office Grunts reunion trip thanks to the pandemic.

It's another Marvel week as the fellas watch the new "Shang-Chi" and revisit "Doctor Strange."

It's a "Petey's Picks" double feature of "No Country For Old Men" and "Hell or High Water" this week, plus Stew reviews Kanye West's new album "Donda," John Wayne revisits "Return of the King" and Petey describes the trials and tribulations of home improvement projects with kids at home.

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew talk fryers, Rutherford B. Hayes biographies, and boating...and oh, yeah, 2 new movies in Nicolas Cage's "Pig" and John David Washington's "Beckett" this week.

It's Pierce Brosnan Bonds week on a hotly debated episode of Office Grunts. John Wayne and Stew have been fighting about Brosnan for 15 years with Petey as referee. Where does he rank among the James Bond actors?

It's a Suicide Squad double-feature as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew watch the 2016 David Ayer "Suicide Squad" and the brand new James Gunn reboot "The Suicide Squad." Plus, Stew recounts his hazard-pay-worthy trip to the water park, and John Wayne gets into deep track superhero trivia.

It's a "grizzled dads" double feature as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew take in the new "Stillwater" starring Matt Damon and the actioner "Nobody" starring Bob Odenkirk. In between, Stew and John Wayne trade stories about family vacation adventures, while Petey muses about our tech overlords turning into Bond villains before our eyes.

It's M. Night Shyamalan week on the show as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out "Old" opening weekend, revisit "The Happening," and run down their Top 5 favorite M. Night movies.

It's the first "Listener Request" episode as loyal listener Justin suggested a heavy double Daniel Day-Lewis double feature of "Lincoln" and "There Will Be Blood." Lincoln buff Stew makes this arguably our nerdiest episode ever, plus a Sopranos update, water heater fights, the wonders of kids doing chores, and lots of Daniel Day-Lewis fanaticism.

John Wayne and Stew geek out about the MCU film "Black Widow" before Petey rejoins the crew to talk about Steven Soderbergh's new HBO Max movie "No Sudden Move." Plus, adventures in roofing, grocery store mysteries, and RIP Richard Donner.

It's an Independence Day-themed episode as the fellas watch...Independence Day. Does the 1996 sci-fi actioner hold up? And to round out the patriotic double feature, they checked out Episode 2 of the John Adams HBO miniseries titled, "Independence." Plus, fish fry withdrawals, Petey's "porketta" (sp?) escapades, fireworks etiquette, and more.

It's Denis Villeneuve week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit "Arrival" and "Prisoners." Plus, "pizza talk," taking kids to the horse track, and other parenting wins.

It's Father's Day week and John Wayne, Petey, and Stew tackled a double feature of "Taken" and "Field of Dreams."

It's Timothy Dalton Bond week on the show as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill." Stew is president of the Timothy Dalton Fan Club while John Wayne is a skeptic. Plus, cicada plagues, Minnesota weather updates, and more.