Two Dudes, Brews and Reviews

No podcast is ever just a podcast - especially this episode, where after 5+ years of doing this thing we're finally getting around to talking about a Stanley Kubrick film. Hopefully the wait was worth it, because it's lead to one of our most divisive, unwieldy and longest discussions ever. Is Eyes Wide Shut a film that peels back the layers of a conspiracy related to real life horrors (a la Jeffre...

What's the most you've ever lost on a podcast? Erm I mean coin toss! We're back to talk about the Coen brothers once again, with their 2007 neo-western/crime-thriller adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel 'No Country for Old Men'. This film takes a simple game of cat-and-mouse between anti-hero and villain and turns into a strangely poetic tale about morality and the passag...

A lot of people don’t realize what’s really going on…they view life as a series of unconnected incidents, but you can’t blame the lattice of coincidence for us wanting to talk about Alex Cox’s 1984 film Repo Man . This cult-favorite sci-fi comedy sees both punk-rock and blue-collar tangled up in government conspiracy in the most hastily duct-taped together way imaginable that somehow just works. S...

We're gonna give you an offer you can't refuse - two millennial white guys watching The Godfather for the first time in 2025 and then attempting to give a fresh take on one of the most talked about films ever made...I mean, how can you resist? We also talk about the Criterion sale, social-media, Youtube advertisements, Austin's sobriety, and The Godfather sequels. Directed by Francis F...

Are you a pod, or are you some kind of cast? I guess that's for us to know, and you to find out...that's the line right? This was originally going to be an episode covering 'The Straight Story', but instead we're paying a late homage to the passing of director David Lynch by talking about his film 'Blue Velvet'. It might not be his most complex, surreal, or emotional fi...

During a time where a global pandemic was ravaging the world, people were finally able to flock back to the theater for their first big theatrical experience in almost a year. What were they given after an overwhelming time? The film equivalent of your brain short circuiting! Christopher was back with 'Tenet'. Weirdly sandwiched between his historical dramas 'Dunkirk' and 'Oppe...

We're covering a semi-recent film for the first time in ages with the slice-of-life drama 'Minari', a film that was one of the rare highlights from a year that brought us a global pandemic. We drink the white man's golden elixir (Miller Lite) as we dive deep into the films portrayal of an immigrant family going for the American Dream, adapting to a midwest lifestyle, and the various problems that...

With the 2024 presidential election looming, we thought it'd be timely to jump down the conspiratorial rabbit-hole with Brian De Palma's 1981 political thriller ' Blow Out '. This film follows slasher b-movie sound specialist Jack Terri, who witnesses a car accident that kills a prolific politician. Using his audio expertise, he begins to uncover that this accident might've been an assassination....

We don't disagree very often, but The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has changed that. Is it a celebration of life and an ode to late bloomers? Or is it a melodramatic attempt at a indie slice-of-life indie drama? Starring and also directed by Ben Stiller, it also involves Kristin Wiig, Sean Penn, and Patton Oswalt,

After the longest hiatus we've ever taken, Alex and Austin have returned to explore musical territory outside of our usual sad white-boi schtick - it's the groundbreaking 1980 album 'Remain in Light' by the Talking Heads, which explores post-punk and dance-rock elements merged with African influences and an experimental one-chord structure throughout.

Remember a time...a time before the intense superhero fatigue of the 2020's kicked in, where the idea of a non-IP semi-satire of pre-mature MCU films was a fresh idea. If you're thinking of 2010's Kick-Ass then congratulations...you win nothing! This film by Matthew Vaughn features a creative premise, Nicholas Cage overacting, kids cursing and committing murder, and some seriously ques...

Have you felt sad, lethargic, and are experiencing a lack of interest in things you're usually invested in? It's probably because you've listened to our discussion on Lars von Trier's 2011 psychological-drama ' Melancholia '. We've just come out of three months straight of bleak grayness with no sun in sight, but the heavens aligned when we got together for this session...

We know that you just want to listen to your Creedence tapes while laying on a comfy rug (that really ties the room together), but new shit has come to light! We're finally talking about The Big Lebowski, a film that we've officially declared as the "official anti-podcast movie". Surprisingly, Austin is the first one to bring back the Coen brothers to the table much to Alex's...

You know it's not going to be a good day when you have to listen to two white men drink and review movies, and all the while you're still in fucking Bruges! Most of us will never have the luxury of visiting a beautiful country like Belgium, but we all can relate to the misery that Ray feels while he's there. We're talking about In Bruges (2008), the film written and directied by Ma...

Tackling a classic film in a unique way is never an easy task, but we're going a step farther than that with Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai - a film that was an essential pillar in establishing certain plot-beats that have been referenced, homaged, and copied many times over. We get into the "slightly bald top-knot", Oppenheimer (2023) and how the atomic bomb effected J...

We're officially kicking off our "golden era" with the most life-affirming album that mankind has ever seen. Two depressed white men have their character arcs challenged by a mixture of funky bangers and thoughtful ballads. Even Alex, the resident cynic of this podcast, is singing the graces of the good lord...what the hell is going on? The status quo has been interrupted, just as St...

The Silence of the Lambs Directed by Jonathan Demme Starring - Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald We're transitioning out of spooky season through the form of this psychological-thriller that reads more of as a mature character than anything. That's right folks, the film whose VHS artwork scarred any child that laid eyes upon it is actually a commentary o...

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) Directed by Joseph Zito Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, Kimberly Beck Through some cruel twist of fate we have found ourselves in the depths of what cinema has to offer. Austin's bright idea has brought us to the iconic Friday the 13th franchise, which sees us hopping into the fourth installment without seeing any of the previous entries, but we soon fi...

Evil Dead 2 (1987) Directed by Sam Raimi Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley The rare time of the year where we actually talk about a horror film is finally here, and it's starting to look like that might not be too uncommon after today. Evil Dead 2 was recommended on a whim by Alex (who hasn't seen it) to Austin (who strongly dislikes horror), and somehow we've both...

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006) Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Frank Lero, Mikey Way, Bob Bryar Produced by Rob Cavallo Our summer of nostalgia finally ends with a seminole album in the hearts of many that grew up in the 2000's era. We're here to talk about an album that capitalized on the resurgence of the "rock-opera", and exponentially expanded the theatrical elements of what Green Day did...

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (2002) Anthony Kiedes, John Frusciante, Flea, Chad Smith Produced by Rick Rubin Continuing our journey through nostalgia and summer vibes, we've set our sights on everyones favorite Californian alternative-rock/funk band. With an already storied history and established repertoire, Red Hot Chili Peppers are approaching their 8th album with an optimistic lens a...

Inception (2010) Directed by Christopher Nolan Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio, Eliot Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine For the first time in Two Dudes, Brews & Reviews history a director has appeared for the second time as a recommendation, and in some ways this feels like a full circle moment for the podcast - Nolan i...

Jurassic Park (1993) Dir. Steven Spielberg Starring: Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Bob Peck, Martin Ferraro, BD Wong Alex decided that the best way to celebrate his upcoming 30th birthday (RIP) was to talk about a nostalgic film that just so happens to have come into existence precisely a month before he did. We're talking about one...

Warrior (2011) Dir. Gavin O'Connor Starring: Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo You would think that an early 2010's MMA-centered sports-action-drama would reek of "sponsored by Monster Energy and Five Finger Death Punch" energy - but instead we get a (mostly) mature family-drama that thrives on its writing and performances. We get into what is...

Dir.: Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers. Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya We're unsure whether or not our conversation about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a canon-event or not, but we can 100% tell you that we've had a bit too much to drink to ever be sure...