United States of a Movie

After 75 episodes of USofAMovie, we end Season 1 with what may be one of our best movie selections of the show. Will and Ryan did the heavy lifting for 'gargantuan pussy' Oli by selecting 3 perfect movies for Spooky Season. For starter it's the tasty morsel of 'Exorcist 3', for a main course it's an interesting combination of flavours in the truly original 'Possession' BUT THEN FOR DESSERT Ryan br...

It's time to return to what was once the centre of civilised society - The Mall. Before Amazon.com took all the fun away from us the mall was THE place to buy automatic weapons, have sex, be killed by zombies or have one's head exploded by murder bots - fortunately for you it's time for the USofAMovie team to take you back to the good old days with 3 movies which are basically documentaries Learn...

Considering it's spooky season it's time to go to the State Of Fear. Will and Ryan take sick pleasure in torturing Oli like a bunch of hippies in Texas with 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', force feeding him creepiness like the breastfeeding scene of 'Barbarian' while Oli tries to find rhyme to the reason with the inventive and original 'Cabin In The Woods'. It's time to get freaky. Learn more about...

This week Will and Oli go over Ryan's helmet by finally figuring out a way to get Star Trek on the show. It's second star to the left and straight on 'till morning as we hit warp factor 9 and send the podcast on a space adventure that'll bring us Ricardo Montalban's impressive man-boobs, some schwartz with a side order of Mog and Murphy's Law Christopher Nolan style. KKKKHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN...

It's time to head to a fictional America with the help of Alexa Heard (@alexarecommends). We start with a kids movie about conspiracy, sex and attempted genocide with the magic trick that is 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?', once we're done being scarred by the murder of a sentient shoe we explore a black and white movie that forget the black (until the last act) with 'Pleasantville' and finally we get...

Make sure you don't listen to this episode for at least 30 minutes after eating because it's time for movies that'll make you say "H2-WOAH" - in our United States of Water special we dive right in and take the plunge with the Daddest Dad movie of them all with 'The Hunt For Red October' before hunting down a shark Wes Anderson style in 'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou' and finally we were all t...

It's time to travel to alternate timelines with Author, producer and celebrity interviewer Adam L Garcia. We discuss the former movie, now documentary 'Idiocracy', Twitter's favourite movie 'Fatherland' and then we send Adam on a spiral when we introduce him to the 'cursed version' of 'Demolition Man'... Be Well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at...

Sh*t. Just. Got. Real - This week the guys take a trip to the infamous state of Florida where it's the ultimate grudge match as they pit the motorcycle ninjas of 'Miami Connection' (who are in Orlando?) against some very Bad Boys in Bad Boys 2 (whatcha gonna do?) and the drag queens of 'The Birdcage' (Dianne Wiest infection anyone?). Strap in - it gets weird Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

 @EntertainTheElk  aka Adam Tinius joins us for a road trip special as he embarks on a new podcast adventure of his own with "50 States of Cinema". Come join the ride as Beavis and Butthead unlocks Oli's inner 14 year old, Thelma & Louise shows us that all you need is a good lay from Brad Pitt and you're happy to die and finally Midnight Run establishes itself as the newest member of the 'Perf...

After crowning our International State World Champion - let's throw back to the episode that introduced one of our Final 4. Oli reveals his penchant for Elliot Ness cosplay as a childhood fan of famous kid's movie 'The Untouchables', Ryan certainly didn't skip out on HIS assignment with 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and then producer Will decided to send the podcast on a cocaine fueled, fever dream f...

Are foreigners better at 'Murica than 'Murica? Let's find out by Frenchifying New York, Kung Fu-ing the dickens out of The Bronx *cou-VANCOUVER-gh* and going full Florida in *checks notes* Serbia!?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Much like Highlander - there can be only one. 64 weeks and over 170 movies has led us HERE to the Final 4 of the International State Championship of the World. Join the fellas as they look back over season 1, crown some personal favourite champions and finally duke it out to find which movie defines America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https:...

They say picking just one movie to be crowned World Champion State of 'Murica is impossible - so we decided to bust that myth by calling Mythbuster and friend of the pod Kari Byron so help us take it from 16 movies to the Final 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

This week it's the start of the World's Greatest internationally renowned State Championships of the World as the USofAMovie crew takes it from 50+ state champion movies all the way down to the round of 16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This week the crew head to South Carolina, home of shagging, horny octogenarians and an inexplicable amount of naked swamp bathing. The USofAMovie crew team up with our resident Carolinas expert and shagging champion Beth Troutman to really get into what makes South Carolinians tick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Oklahoma seemed like the largest state in the Union this week as the USofAMovie crew binge an entire season of Scorcese true crime with 'Killers Of The Flower Moon', endure what feels like a week long musical with 'Oklahoma!' and then there was the cool breeze of 'Twister'. Oh wait, just kidding - there's 90% chance of a hot take from Hurricane Will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

This week we head to Utah where the USofAMovie becomes the Woo Fan Clan as one of the greatest action directors of all time dials it up to 11 with 90's action schlock 'Broken Arrow'. Also racing into our hearts is Anthony Hopkins and his panty dropping FLAWLESS Kiwi accent in 'The World's Fastest Indian' and then finally we get some Uptown Punk action in cult indie flick 'SLC Punk!' - a movie so f...

When you think PTSD, think Montana! This week the USofAMovie gang head to Montana where we fix PTSD in 'Mending The Line' with fly fishing, fix PTSD in 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' by saving a little kid and being struck by lightning and then finally give Will and Oli PTSD by making them watch 'A River Runs Through It' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy a...

Give it to the USofAMovie guys for once again accidentally stumbling into cultural relevance as we revisit 'Napoleon Dynamite' on it's 20th anniversary, discover new voices in the world of American movies with another indie movie, 'Smoke Signals' and then we all get swept up in the current of 'The River Wild' where Meryl Streep always comes first Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Wait, Hoosiers isn't the name of a sports team!? Indiana suprised us with 3 totally different movies that have a lot of weird overlaps. All have best supporting actor Oscar nominations and all of them involve someone being outed - outed as gay, outed as being a murderer and outed as having a violent past. But seriously, Hoosiers is what we call people from Indiana!? SINCE WHEN? Learn more about yo...

Well this wasn't easy. Which North Dakota would you prefer? California, Canada or New Mexico? Come join the fellas as we explore a terrible movie that spawned a franchise, a franchise starter that killed a studio and a franchise book-end that killed an icon (temporarily) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

Federal crimes on native land in 'Thunderheart', a crime spree in 'Badlands' and then a straight up movie hate-crime with 'Son in Law'. It's time to weez the juice in South Dakota Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For this Memorial Day it's time to return to Texas: giant state, giant trucks, giant hair - so it's no surprise this episode is giant too. The fellas bring 3 very different Texas movies to the table; cult classic 'Dazed and Confused', 'Friday Night Lights' because FOOTBALL and then the gargantuan, massive, huge, Texas-sized 'Giant'. This one goes down to the wire Learn more about your ad choices....

Necrophilia, teeth being knocked out and grave robbing? Welcome to your average New Jersey day apparently. Oli's RightThisMinute co-host and Jersey native Nick Calderone joins the USofAMovie crew to take us inside the crazy, foul-mouthed, wild mind of not just himself but the entire state of New Jersey with 2 legendary indie movies (Clerks and Garden State) and the (quite literal) wild ride that i...

There's no holds barred in this week's episode that will certainly require a leap of faith on your part. But let's be honest, the movies are all super, man (three). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .