TOMMY 'N' JACOB'S MIX TAPE

We saw the new one and decided to review the new one. Join us today for 1997’s action horror film Anaconda. A documentary crew is shanghied into joining an insane hunters quest to capture a massive snake in the Amazon. Directed by: Luis Llosa Written by: Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, and Jack Epps Jr. Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, and Eric Stoltz Come on in and have a listen! What do you...

Today we try something new with a review of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as a whole. Looking back on a huge Disney property that spanned years and years. It's a pirate's life for we! Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Happy Holidays! Join us as we finish our holiday block with a review of 1946’s It’s a Wonderful Life.  A retrospective look at a man's life from the point of view of an angel trying to receive his wings. Directed by: Frank Capra Story by: Philip Van Doren Stern Written by: Frank Capra, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Jo Swerling Starring: James Stewart and Donna Reed Come on in and have a li...

Happy Holidays! Today we have to share with you a review of 2003’s Elf. A man raised by Christmas elves returns to New York city to reconnect with his biological father.  Directed by: Jon Favreau Written by: David Berenbaum Starring: Will Ferrell and James Caan Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please lik...

Happy Holidays! Join us today for our review of 2000’s (Dr. Suess’) How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  A social outcast schemes to steal the Christmas holiday from his naive neighbors.  Directed by: Ron Howard Based on the story by: Dr. Suess Written by: Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to...

Come in and join us today for a Banter Episode! We will be talking about various films, video games, television, and other media we have been consuming recently. Talk to you soon! All our links at https://linktr.ee/TJsMixTape Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Happy holidays! This week we’re doing a review of Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow. A family discovers magical, musical, muppet, monsters living in a forest near their aunt's house. Together they must face off against an evil turkey farmer out to get their farm.  Directed by: Kirk R. Thatcher Written by: Kirk R. Thatcher, Tim Burns, and Christopher Baldi Story by: Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl Starring: Gra...

Today we finish the “dead parent block” with a review of 2007’s dark comedy Death at a Funeral.  A man’s funeral goes awry when the guest cannot keep their composure.  Directed by: Frank Oz Written by: Dean Craig Starring: Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinkalage, and many more Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to...

Today we continue our “dead parent block” with a review of 2013’s August: Osage County.  A father’s sudden disappearance causes his family to reunite under one roof, and finally hash out a lifetime of grievances.  Directed by: John Wells Written by: Tracy Letts Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, and many more Come on in and have a listen! What do you think o...

With the fall holidays on the horizon we decided to focus on a “bring the family together” block of films. Starting with a review of 2014’s This Is Where I Leave You.  A fathers passing forces his children to reconnect over a week at their mothers house.  Directed by: Shawn Levy Written by: Jonathan Tropper Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Jane Fonda, and many more Come...

Happy Halloween! Join us today for a review of 1978’s Halloween, as well as a discussion of the evolution of Horror Slasher films over the years. A young woman must fight off an obsessive killer that preys on unexpecting victims in a small town. Happy Spooky Season! Directed by: John Carpenter Written by: John Carpenter and Debra Hill Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence Come on in and...

Today we finish off the Universal Monster Reimaging block with a review of 2025’s Wolf Man! A family is terrorized on an isolated farm by an aggre ssive, blood thirsty creature as the father combats a destructive and transformative disease. Happy Spooky Season! Directed by: Leigh Whannell Written by: Leigh Whannell and Corbett Tuck Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Matilda Firth Come...

Today we continue our ‘Universal Movie Monster reimagination block’ with a review of 2020’s The Invisible Man. A woman combats her abusive husband who has designed an invisibility suit.  Happy Spooky Season! Written and Directed by: Leigh Whannell Loosely based on the novel ‘The Invisible Man’ by H. G. Wells Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Aldis Hodge Come on in and have a list...

Today we continue our Universal Monster Reimagined Block with a review of 2017’s The Shape of Water.  A mute custodian makes an unsuspected connection with an aquatic humanoid.  Happy Spooky Season! Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Written by: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Starring: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, and Richard Jenkins Come on in and have a listen...

Happy Spooky Season one and all! Today we kick off the first episode of our sixth season with a review of 2014’s Ex Machina! A man is taken to a high-tech research facility to ascertain the consciousness of an advanced A.I. Written and Directed by: Alex Garland Starring: Domhall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others...

Join us today for our end of the season show with the MOGWAI (Movies of Great Worth and Infamy) Awards.  We will be discussing some of the films we reviewed over the course of the year and reopen discussion, reexaminations, and reflections on some of our favorite (and not so favorite) movies.  Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d...

Today we have our first guest, Dahveed Bullis! He is a good friend of the podcast and a great friend to us personally. We gave him the honor of choosing this week's movie, so we will be reviewing 2023’s American Fiction.  A disillusioned author writes a farce novel to make a point about race, only for it to gain unforeseen traction and fame.  Written and Directed by: Cord Jefferson Based on the no...

Hello everyone! Today we are taking a break from our usual movie reviews and will be having a little chat about various media we have been enjoying and just hanging out. Come join us! Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we discuss a movie that both of us remember enjoying from our childhood to finish off our Clone Block with a review of 1996’s comedy Multiplicity.  An overworked family man uses a new technology to create copies of himself and uses the clones to divvy up his responsibilities with disastrous results.  Directed by: Harold Ramis Written by: Chris Miller, Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mand...

On a more serious note we continue our Clone Block with a review of 2010’s drama Never Let Me Go. A trio of childhood friends tackle love, tragedy, and life with an ever looming crisis of what their purpose is and what it means to really live.  Directed by: Mark Romanek Written by: Alex Garland Based on the novel by: Kazuo Ishiguro Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Kiera Knightley Com...

Join us today as we try to figure out who is who in our Clone Block with a review of 2005’s The Island.  Two people in a hightech medical facility escape once they find out their sinister fate.  Directed by: Michael Bay Written by: Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Djimon Hounsou, and Steve Buscemi Come on in and have a lis...

Today we start off our Clone Block with a review of 2025’s Mikey 17. A colonizing mission goes awry when an expendable clone is duplicated illegally.  Written and Directed by: Bong Joon Ho Based on the book “Mickey7” by Edward Ashton Starring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, and Toni Collette Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you en...

Let’s go huntin’ today as we finish our Bloodsucker Summer with a review of John Carpenter’s Vampires.  The leader of a group of vampire hunters goes on the war path to eliminate a vampire master responsible for murdering his team. Directed by: John Carpenter Written by: Don Jakoby Based on the book “Vampire$” by John Steakly Starring: James Woods, Thomas Ian Griffith, Daniel Baldwin, and Sheyl Le...

We continue our Blood Sucker Summer with a review of 2009’s Thirst.  After a botched medical procedure, a man of God finds himself a vampire and must navigate his new found life and desire for human blood.  Directed by: Park Chan-wook Written by: Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung Inspired by Émile Zola’s “Thérèse Raquin” Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Kim Hae-sook, and Shin Ha-kyun Come on i...

Today we’re starting a bloodsucker summer block with a review of 2025’s Sinners!  Twins with a sordid past return home to open a bar but come face to face with a supernatural evil.  Written and Directed by: Ryan Coogler Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Canton, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jack O’Connell Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it...