The Shot & The Chaser

We have consumed too much! On this week’s episode, the fellas dive into Richard Fleischer’s 1973 dystopian nightmare, Soylent Green. To chase this down, Matt finally wore us down and we watched Larry Cohen’s, The Stuff! A combination that existed to proved to us that it’s the end of the world! Impossible Beef is people, Joey is ready for Wonka, and the boys dunk on the lackluster Emmy nominations!...

I’d like to dedicate this episode to David Grush. Thanks for letting us know that aliens are here on Earth, Dave! On this week’s episode, we finally reviewed Jordan Peele’s Nope as the shot, and then chased it down with Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens! Like the title says, it’s sober summer so we are a little more irritable than usual lol. Joey hates Walmart, Nick yells at an infant, and will Mat...

We have a 𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓽𝔂 in the studio this week! Yung Bud has been whispering in our ears for months that he wanted to come onto the show to discuss 2 of his favorite films and we finally were able to get him on the show. For the shot, we have Jim Cummings’ The Wolf of Snow Hollow and to chase it down, YB requested that we watch Gremlins, A Christmas classic. We vent about a heckler at our theatrical...

Vroom vroom cinephiles! On this week’s episode, we forced Matt to watch Drive for a 3rd time only to learn that Matt did not understand the plot 3 times in a row. Please feel free to give him a hard time about it, but be nice or else. To chase down Nicolas Winding Refn’s hyper violent slowburn, we watched Joey’s favorite movie Baby Driver! The boys tackle cancel culture, Nick spoils The Flash, and...

(Explosion sounds, sick guitar riff) Hello again Michael Bay fans! We meet again! Please be kind to our Scorsese fans they represent the last of a dying breed (movie fans that matter). On this week’s episode, we watched Scorsese’s moderately approachable Bringing out the Dead, and to chase this down we watched Michael Bay’s underrated masterpiece Ambulance. Nick is Matt’s boss now, Joey watched Bl...

You are having a great dream that you are listening to your favorite podcast. This dream is making you want tell everyone you have ever met about the amazing dream you are having. That is exactly what Akira Kurosawa does on our shot for this week, Dreams! To chase down this love letter to the psyche, we watched Mikoto Shinkai’s Your Name! The boys rank their favorite spiderman movies, Nick made sa...

Prepare to be traumatized! Joey has been wanting to watch Antichrist for a while and we were finally able to corner him on this weeks episode! To chase down Lars Von Trier’s controversial masterpiece, we watched everyone’s favorite 2011 romcom, Crazy Stupid Love! 3 white men talking about the inherent chaos of women, what could go wrong? Joey praises the Succession finale, Nick watched softcore po...

If you were a dead guy, would you want to be used a multipurpose tool OR be a party prop for guys wearing shorts with blazers? Decide for yourself on this weeks episode! For the shot, the fellas dive into the Daniels’ outrageous co-directoral debut Swiss Army Man, and and to chase this down, we endured a movie about missing the comedic mark 9 times out of 10, Weekend at Bernie’s! Matt has no feeli...

With spooky season right around the corner (5 months from now) what better time to watch something scary with something campy! This week, the fellas watched the micro budget found footage gem, Hell House LLC, and to chase this down we watched the 1999 cult classic, The Haunting! Being 2 of her favorite horror movies, Molly guest stars to give us hilarious and fun facts about both movies. Nick is a...

How the fuck are we doing today listeners? On today’s fucking episode, the fucking boys cover Paul Thomas Anderson’s fucking masterpiece Inherent Vice, and to chase that fucker down we watched Joel Coen’s fucking swear count breaker The Big Lebowski! Nick gets his heart broken by a fucking game, Matt’s YouTube algorithm is fucked, and Joey has never seen a fucking episode of Black Mirror! Check ou...

Welcome to The Shot and The Chaser podcast home of the hot movie takes, can we shit on your favorite movies? This week, the boys shamelessly ate Mcdonald's while watching The Founder. To chase down our abandonment of basic humanity, we watched the movie where Dan Schneider gets too close to his cast members, Good Burger! The boys saw Renfield, Joey hates Lord of the Rings, and Matt has never seen...

Fasten your seatbelts for a brand new episode of The Shot and the Chaser! This week, the boys watched the 1975 dystopian classic Death Race 2000, and to chase this down, we watched the Wachowski sister's hidden gem Speed Racer. The boys saw Beau is Afraid, Matt praises the new Evil Dead, Joey throws hands in defense of Lil Dicky, and Disney keeps making bad movies! It’s all here on the new episode...

It’s a power level 5000 episode! This week, we brought in a Dragon Ball scholar Julius Beckham to truly help us comprehend the best and worst DB movies ever made. For our shot, we watched the 2009 bomb Dragonball Evolution and to chase this down, we watched the 11th highest grossing anime movie of all time, Dragon Ball Super Broly. The duality of man at its finest! Joey hates Ben Affleck, Nick spi...

There has been a murder! And a kidnapping! This week, the boys dive into David Fincher’s 1995 crime thriller, Se7en, and to chase this down we watched potentially the best crime thriller of all time, Butt Boy! An absolutely mystifying combination to say the least. The boys review the new Mario movie, Nick reveals his hottest Jessie Eisenberg take, and Joey will fight anyone who speaks ill of Brad...

Hello again, eager fans! I want to apologize off the bat, we had some audio issues with this episode, but it should no longer be an issue moving forward. These basement dwellers appreciate your patience. On this week's episode, the boys cover the Criterion masterpiece, Sound of Metal. To chase this down, we endured the movie that appeared on every middle schooler's secret Tumblr account, Across th...

Happy Easter loyal believers! He is risen indeed! For our Easter special, we decide to go right for the throat and endure the youth group trauma film, The Passion of the Christ. Then to chase this down, we watched a movie that was so controversial to the church for reasons unknown, Bruce Almighty! Matt is playing the Last of Us 2, Joey defends his undying love for Jim Carrey, and Nick finds his fa...

We love you Zach Snyder please be on our show! After watching Sucker Punch last week, Joey said he had never seen Watchmen so of course we had to continue our fandom journey into Snyder’s filmography. With Watchmen as our shot, we reluctantly chose Michele Gondry’s adaptation of The Green Hornet as our chaser which yielded interesting results, to say the least. We all saw John Wick 4, we discuss h...

It’s a Leo episode! On today’s episode, the boys discuss Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, an overinflated psychological “thriller”, and then to chase this down, we watched Zach Snyder’s hidden masterpiece, Sucker Punch! This an episode I am sure will infuriate cinephiles and incels everywhere, we are super excited to talk about two masters of cinema in one episode. Matt and Joey get in a screamin...

We’re baaaaaaaaack! Sorry for the delay everyone! We had a move and some family matters come up over the past few weeks but we are back with our movie reviews, our recap of the Oscars, and the lucky winner of the Oscar nominations poll! On our newest episode, we cover Kajillionaire, a movie released quietly by Universal, and to chase it down we watched the 2007 remake of Fun with Dick and Jane, di...

We have another guest for you guys this evening! Nick’s old roommate, Nick B, wanted to do an episode, but refused to tell us what the shot was going to be. He sat us down and showed us Angel’s Egg, a profound movie that prompted Nick C to contact Criterion and demand that they put it in the Criterion Collection asap as possible. To chase this down, we visited Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep,...

Hello again, cinephiles! On today’s episode, we are covering the inner workings of Hollywood and the different ways to make it in show business. For our shot, we have David Lynch’s Criterion classic, Mulholland Drive, and to chase this down, we have John Waters’ underrated masterpiece, Cecil B. Demented. In case you were wondering, almost every quote from our intro is from Cecil B. Demented so thi...

Greetings from the year 2014. We are anon messaging you from Tumblr and hoping that you are keeping calm and carrying on. On this week’s episode, we are covering Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, and to chase it down we watched Sam Ismael’s Comet! Both movies you might have seen while doom scrolling down your Tumblr dashboard in between posts about mustaches and pop punk lyrics. Joey Lestz guest star...

It’s a coming-of-age episode! We’re deep in the trenches of the Oscar nominations this week and we have a few things to say about our most recent watches. This week, the boys dive into the creepypasta masterpiece, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and to chase it down, we watched Greta Gerwig’s love letter to Sacramento, Lady Bird. Matt gets us on a Star Wars tangent (again), Nick wishes he coul...

It’s officially Oscar season! We’re back this week with a new episode covering the American Prison System (not really) as well as the highs and lows of the Oscar nominations of 2023. For the shot, we watched Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners and we struggle greatly to pronounce his name. To chase this down, we begin our journey into the Ernest-verse with Ernest Goes to Jail, a movie that may have paire...

Hello, symbiotes! We had been discussing reviewing Venom for a few months, but we knew we would not do it justice alone so we had to call in an expert. Our friend Haley has stated that this is one of the best movies she has ever seen so we had to have her on to bring her argument to the table and dammit does she have a compelling argument. To chase down this vile fluid, we watched Upgrade, which i...