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Welcome back amigos for a very special well drawn double feature, Tyler was tasked with picking two films of the animated verity and came back with two films from Japan! (yay?) Up first we have the teen weeaboo staple Akira (1988) dir. Katsuhiro Otomo. Then following that we have the taught psycholgical thrill Perfect Blue (1997) dir. Satoshi Kon. The boys have a fun discussion about two pretty da...

Hello fight fans the boys are back with two more Cannon Classics this time of the “Horror?” variety. We have two by Tobe Hooper first we have Lifeforce from 1985. Following that up we have Texas Chainsaw Massacre II from 1986. Both are...interesting takes on the horror genre and the boys have two very different discussion. Spoiler: Dog will hunt! Best movie Tyler watched this week: The Age of Inno...

Welcome back to the first of (hopefully) many Cannon specials. Cannon the notorious 80s production house known for boobs blood and bad movies. This week we have from 1983 10 to Midnight (dir. J. Lee Thompson). Then as our second feature we have from 1987 Death Wish IV: The Crackdown (dir. J. Lee Thompson). Both are fun and a little weird but we have a fun talk. Spoiler: A lot of bad Bronson impres...

Tyler and Ben are back inside their houses and ready to talk about two best foreign language Oscar winners. From 1950 directed by Akira Kurosawa Rashomon . Then from 2009 The Secret in Their Eyes directed by Eduardo Sacheri. So get ready for two prestigious films semi-new and old. Spoiler: Stay Inside please! Best thing Tyler watched this week: Scarecrow Best thing Ben watched this week: Contagion...

This week the boys of TWGTF steal the show as they talk heist movies. First the two dive into what might be the first and one of the best of the genre in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle! Next we wing over to Paris and we discuss the silent but deadly cool French noir film Rififi! So strap in and get ready for two great films that will have you wanting to put your own crew together and case the jo...

Everybody get up it's time to slam now We got a real jam goin' down Welcome to the Space Jam Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam Alright....We also speak about the 1994 college basketball film Blue Chips It's a really odd one this week folks so strap in!

Ben and Tyler are back with two more of Tyler's pick so we set our sights on two slow depressing films because Tyler. Two John Cassavetes films both starring his wife Gena Rowlands, up first from 1974 A Woman Under the Influence . Then from 1984 the penultimate film in Cassavetes Filmography, Love Streams . Sit tight for a fun talk about sad films. Spoiler: Bedazzled isn't Monkeybone. Spoiler numb...

Howdy, once again, and boy remember how long last episode was? Well, oops this one is all non-sequiturs. The boys Ben and Tyler are talking once again talking about their favorite of the year that was 2019! A bad year if you watch the news but a good year if you only watch movies! Once again this is a long one, like very long, so get ready and I hope you're hydrated. Spoilers: I hope you liked tha...

Welcome to week one of our best of 2019 countdown. The boys Ben and Tyler have lists and they are checking them more than once to make sure they come up with 10 of the best films of the year that was 2019. They talk a lot about a bunch of movies from all over the globe. It's pretty long, so we hope you have had your vitamins and you're ready for discussion of 2019's best.  00:00-05:51: Intro/...

I can hear us talking in the air tonight...hold on! Welcome back to yet another Mount Rushmore this one was recorded live from the neon lit streets of Chicago, simulcast to the sunny beaches of Miami, because of course we are breaking down the top four movies of Michael Mann. This is probably the most contentious list for a multitude of reasons including what was and wasn't on someone's list. Hmmm...

Boy these boys do not want to talk about these films! Happy Oscars in a couple days! Ben was forced to pick two best picture winners he hadn't seen. And boy did he pick some movies! First from 1989 we have Driving Miss Daisy (oof). And then from 1996 we have The English Patient (double oof). What Tyler watched: The Man Who Fell to Earth What Ben watched: 1917 00:00-02:42: Intro 2:43-12:31: Best th...

Howdy! Hello! Welcome back as the boys have two “historic” films. These two films might be the least Tyler of Tyler's picks. Up first we have the classic paranoid 70s thriller All the President's Men . Then in second place we have the paranoid 2000s thriller Zodiac . The boys have a long talk about both. Enjoy won't you? Best thing Tyler watched: Sleepless in Seattle Best thing Ben watched: The Pa...

Hello Ladies and Gentleman and welcome back to our coverage of the 2020 Oscar season! This week we look at the nominees and we talk about the big categories and who got love and who was denied it! Sit back relax and listen to us book the greatest close to an award show since Bonnie and Clyde botched saying Moonlight!

Hi all, and welcome to a very special Sci-Fi episode of TWGTF pod. Ben offered up a James Cameron double feature, starting with his second feature The Terminator from 1984 and his follow up from 1986 Aliens . It's a fun and sometimes weird talk about two faves (for some). Spoiler: The club in The Terminator is called 'Technoir.' What Tyler watched: The Executioner What Ben watched: Sweetheart 00:0...

Welcome to Oscar coverage 2020! throughout the next month or so we will be covering the Oscars and we must first start at the nominations. For our mini episode we decided to cover what we think is going to be nominated in the acting directing and picture categories! Hope you guys like and see how close we came by heading HERE to see what was really nominated! Check back in the weeks to see us talk...

Dun Dun Dun! There's murder afoot! And the boys at TWGTF are on the case. First in the cold air a train stuck in a snow storm from 1974 we have Murder on the Orient Express . Then up next from the year after 1975 we have Deep Red . We get to the bottom of two mysteries one is an all time classic and the other is...pretty weird. Spoilers: It was his mom? Ben and Tyler saw: Little Women 00:00-04:25:...

Happy New Years, and welcome back to the pod, this week the boys serve up a weird theme. Tyler asked Ben to bring two movies from his past, one he wants to re-evaluate and one he meant to see by never got around too. Ben brought two pretty different movies. First from 2008 Burn After Reading . Then from 2012 Magic Mike . It's a shorter episode but what do you want from us? We have families too. Sp...

Welcome back to the second half of our best of the decade special. Much like the last half this is a pretty long one so have some time to settle in a listen to the boy's talking about some of the films they loved. The boys would like to thank the academy and their parents, it's been a good first year or less. Spoiler: Andrew Garfield had a sneakily good decade. Happy New Year 00:00-03:20: Intro 03...

Merry Christmas or should we say Merry Cats-mas and a happy Chanukah! This holiday season the boys at TWGTF have decided to review a couple of choice holiday cuts (no not that one). Up first we have the very good Safdie Brothers film UNCUT GEMS. (It’s good, go watch it). Then we have the latest disaster-piece from Tom Hooper CATS(it’s awful go watch it). Spoilers: The Last Jedi is good. Deja Vu Tr...

The Decade is over and everyone is putting out their best of the decade lists and for better or worse so are Ben and Tyler. There are laughs, some crying, no scares cause we already did that list ( Part 1 & Part 2 ). This one is a little long so maybe break it up over your holidays. Spoiler: TYLER DOES NOT ENDORSE FASCISM  00:00-15:10: Intro  15:11-30:45: Tyler's Number 10  30:4...

Welcome TWGTF Fans to our most discombobulated episode! Why you ask well its because its our first and hopefully not last best of nothing show! So the simple explanation is that this is all the tangents and side roads we wandered down that really didn't fit in the episodes but were too good to go into the trash bin! So sit back have a glass of something and try to follow us down the rabbit hole of...

Bonus episode! Yet again the men of TWGTF pod are forced at gun point to talk about what is current and hip. Some are in theaters and others are--well not so much in theaters. First we have the important, and very dad-ish Dark Waters directed by Todd Haynes. Then its on to the latest Rian Johnson film Knives Out. Then a pair of Adam Driver vehicles The Report directed by Scott Z. Burns and Marriag...

We here at TWGTF manor would like to apologize for the negativity and drunken tangents you will hear in this episode. Ben and Tyler have a real negative episode for you this week. The boys talk and drink and talk and drink. If you like one, or more, of these movies good for you we have no beef with you. Spoiler: It's uh....goodluck. 00:00-03:05 intro 03:10-10:22: Ben's Number five 10:23-19:25: Tyl...

We here at TWGTF estates are excited to bring you this very special episode. Wednesday of last week Netlfix dropped a brand new Martin Scorsese film,  The Irishman, and Ben and Tyler are here to give you brief and spoilerific rundown. You should watch the movie first, if you haven't already, before listening. Spoiler: I'm going to jail you realize that don't you?

We are yet again back at Ben and Tyler's weird and dark national park where the two of them are once again designing a Mt. Rushmore to one of cinema's shiniest stars. This time around we are doing Kathrine Bigelow and her films that focus almost solely on the male ego and male violence. We had fun recording it so maybe you'll have fun listening to it? Is that how this works I don't know. Spoiler:...