The Rough Cut Retrospective

2025 has come to a close, and 2026 is just beginning. So, the boys gather the usual suspects to compete in Season 5 of Fantasy Movies! 10 competitors enter to draft movies to be release in 2026. Who will be victorious this year? Who will fall short? The 2026 odyssey begins! If you would like to play in your own fantasy movie league, or want to track the scores of movies over the year, download Gaf...

It's a new year, and the boys are back to look back on one of the bigger holiday season releases of 2025 with 'AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH'. The boys discuss 'AVATAR's cultural impact as a whole, its box office juggernaut status, and all of the story telling decisions of the third installment in the franchise.

Merry Christmas from The Rough Cut Retrospective! This holiday season, the boys and the WAGs gathered to watch 'THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL' . Sync up the film and enjoy our commentary track on 'THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL'.

In the grand finale of Season 2 of 'Seeing Double', the boys revisit two holiday favorites with 'CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS' and 'THE FAMILY STONE'.

It was a week full of industry shifting news and 2025 awards season news. This week, the boys take a look at some relevant news stories this week, including Letterboxd entering the streaming/rental space, the 2025 Golden Globe nominations, and the seismic potential deal of Netflix buying Warner Bros. The boys discuss what this could mean for streaming, movie theaters, physical media, and movie out...

This week, the boys decide to dive into another director's filmography. This time, they tackle the many films of the Master of Suspensse, Alfred Hitchcock. Together, they discuss the styles and themes of Hitchcock's works, and debate what 10 movies belong in Hitchcock's Hall of Fame.

It's good to see us, isn't it? The boys are bag with their wives and significant others to finally review one of the most anticipated movies of 2025: 'WICKED: FOR GOOD'. The gang shares their mixed collective feelings, how this differs greatly from the success of the first film, and what are its chances at the upcoming Academy Awards.

Get to the choppah! 'PREDATOR: BADLANDS' is here, and the boys are joined by Brian Dickinson to look back on this entire franchise. They discuss the highs, the lows, the resurgence, and the surprisingly exciting future of this nearly 40 year old franchise.

Yorgos Lanthimos's new film, 'BUGONIA', is here, and the boys decide to venture into where his eccentric works all began. On the 10 year anniversary of 'THE LOBSTER', the boys look back at the filmmaker's announcement into Hollywood and dig into this dark comedy for the RCR Top 100.

Happy Halloween from your two favorite movie podcasts! The RCR boys are joined by their comPODres, Kody and Korbin (Kody and Korbin Have a Podcast), to look back on their personal spooky season movie challenge they lovingly dubbed 'Carpentober'. The boys discuss their personal new watches: their favorites, least favorites, and everything in between!

Spooky month continues to roll, and this week, the boys are back with an all new edition of 'Seeing Double' to look back at two kid friendly movies: 'CASPER' and 'MONSTER HOUSE'.

Spooky month continues on RCR, and this week, the boys dive into the RCR Top 100 to look back on John Carpenter's 'THE THING'.

Spooky month keeps rolling with a spooky themed Seeing Double. This week, the boys cover two early superhero movies with devilish themes in 'SPAWN' and 'HELLBOY'.

It's officially spooky season at RCR, and the boys are kicking it off with a monster movie draft. The boys are drafting movies featuring zombies, werewolves, vampires, frankenstein's monsters, ghosts, and witches. Who has the best roster? Vote below!

RCR is celebrating another WAG birthday! The boys are joined by Lauren Kaplinsky and Abbi Feiner to toast to Lauren's birthday by revisiting feel good, child performances in 'GIFTED' and 'WONDER'.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE! 2025 is bringing us a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, as well as a new Daniel Day-Lewis movie. In honor of the return to the big screen for the pair, the boys dive into the RCR Top 100 and look back at their first collaboration together: 'THERE WILL BE BLOOD'.

Way-Too-Early Oscar Season is here, and the boys decide to get in the spirit by looking back at the peak of the Oscar's in our culture: the 1990's. The boys are joined by Kody Webb and Korbin Zvokel (Kody and Korbin Have a Podcast) to look back on the 90's and bid on the movies that were both nominated and won an Oscar.

Hero or sidekick? Superhero movies are entering a new era, so the boys revisit an older era of caped crusaders. Jackson, Jeff and Carter are joined by Evan Manning to discuss the early family centered superhero movies of 'SKY HIGH' and 'ZOOM' in a new edition of 'Seeing Double'.

The boys are back to celebrate Carter's birthday with a new 'Talk Along'. This week, the boys fire up 'INCEPTION' to celebrate the 15 anniversary. Sync up the film and enjoy our commentary track on 'INCEPTION.

You talkin' to me? It's the dog days of Summer, and it's also the week one of the greatest American actors was born. Robert De Niro turns 82, and the gang decide to look into the filmography of one of the most celebrated actors of his generation to draft his best films.

It's the 250th episode of the Rough Cut Retrospective! The boys are joined by Davy Willian to partake in their first ever retrospective movie draft. The boys look back at a turning point at the movies and draft the best movies the year of 2019 has to offer.

It's a Lindsay Lohan edition of 'Seeing Double', with the release of 'FREAKIER FRIDAY'. This week, the boys are joined by the WAG's to look back at 'FREAKY FRIDAY' and 'HERBIE FULLY LOADED'.

It's clobbering time! Phase 6 of the MCU has kicked off with promise with 'THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS'. The boys review the latest superhero event film, why it was a breath of fresh air and a new tone for Marvel, and look ahead to what is to come next in Kevin Feige's masterplan.

The price is wrong, b***h! 'Happy Gilmore 2' is here, and so is Kody Webb (Kody and Korbin Have a Podcast). Together, the boys look back at the filmography of Adam Sandler to determine 10 films to be enshrined into the Adam Sandler Hall of Fame.

It's a bird! It's a pod! It's 'SUPERMAN'! The first feature film of James Gunn's DCU is here, and the boys travel to a pocket dimension to unpack everything the man of steel has to offer in this new iteration. The boys are joined by Korbin Zvokel (Kody and Korbin Have a Podcast) to share what works, what doesn't work, and what's to come in the wake of the success of...