United States of a Movie

"Hi, I'm in Delaware". Up until this episode a small joke in Wayne's World was all we really knew about Delaware, but it turns out Delaware has the coolest record store in America with 'Empire Records', it's also a hotbed of impotent male rage and the home of 'Fight Club' but also a crime scene where Jon Cryer decides to embrace his statutory need for teenage girls while on the run from the mob Le...

This week Oli learns that there's three Cs in Connecticut. Outside of that massive, world changing realisation we also step into small town Connecticut, a place where New Yorkers go to get away from the city to get haunted by ghosts, to be bullied by liberals and to be murdered and turned into Fembots with machine gun jubblies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Priv...

Enhance... Enhance... ENHANCE - to be honest it doesn't matter how close you look at it, there's no explanation for why 'What Lies Beneath' is so bad. a $100 million turkey that made us miss 'In The Mouth Of Madness'. 'Dead Poets Society' gives Oli an opportunity to talk about his time at boarding school - something he NEVER gets to do - while 'Super Troopers' is the sweet syrupy dessert we need....

Step back in time to an all-time-classic episode where the USofAMovie crew head to the state they've all lived in - Arizona. 3 certified bangers are on the table AND YET double Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer can't possibly compete with Charlie Sheen as an immortal, zombie, alien, revenge car... or CAN they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://a...

Minnesota - a state so cold and frigid that the only activities available are ice hockey, ice fishing, murdering everyone and trying to bone Ann-Margret. Come for the movies, stay for the rock hard nips 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 .

Comedian, actor, writer, and bonafide Rhode Islander Matt McCarthy joins the USofAMovie crew to explore Rhode Island's spooky history as well as torture Oli with his worst nightmare - a horror movie. It's time to watch 'The Conjuring' with it's murder house, murder tree, murder cupboard, murder basement, murder doll... you get the point Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

This podcast is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get... unless of course you read the description on the box. In this case we totally avoided the Forrest Gumpian sized elephant in the room and decided to explore Alabama from different angles. Oli had a dream to bone up on American civil rights by watching 'Selma', Will figured a fever dream that makes you miss your Dad...

Throwback to Episode 1 of the USofAMovie Podcast - where we start in California, the state with the most movies in the history of movies and yet somehow our intrepid podcasters manage to pick 3 movies that are ALL Los Angeles based heist movies. But to be honest, who cares? It's 'Heat', 'Point Break' and some total Bayhem with 'AmbuLAnce'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

There's more to Maryland than Baltimore... sort of? Granted one of this week's movies literally starts with a song titled 'Good Morning Baltimore' but never fear, digital alligators and flawlessly interwoven exposition will Erase all memory of that movie. Then we'll jack in to the late 90's political action thriller 'Enemy Of The State', a movie that freaks you out by speculating what it would be...

Arkansas came in strong as the 'dark horse' of the United States of a Movie, because by complete fluke we accidentally became a REAL movie podcast for the day by bringing 3 oscar nominated/oscar winning movies to the table. Witness the beginning of the McConanaissance with 'Mud', the introduction of Hailee Steinfeld in 'True Grit' and some history making performances in 'Minari'. Is it too much to...

Missouri? Missourah? Honestly we don't know. But, what we do know is that sometimes those fondly remembered childhood movies are enough to make you never want to watch movies again, RYAN. This week the USofAMovie crew get into the detailed nuance of... okay, I can't do it... this week we make many, many jokes about Ben Affleck's penis while trying so find at lease one positive thing to say about E...

As we head to Tennessee it's time to grab your sweat rag because things get MOIST. 'Inherit The Wind' is a 1960s movie set in the 1920s that could be a panel on a news show in 2024 as things get tense, lawyerly and oh so sweaty with a side dish of 'greatest acting ever'. 'Walking Tall' is a film that has all the subtlety of being beaten over the head with a big stick as it tells the story of a She...

So it's the weekend of the Big Game, you know THAT one... That one nobody can say out loud otherwise NFL commandoes storm your house. So bearing that in mind we're celebrating the weekend of the 'Superb Owl' by trying to find the defining Football movie for 'Murica. Is it Oliver Stone's 2 1/2 hour music video 'Any Given Sunday'? Will 'Little Giants' Fumblerooskie it's way into our hearts? Or will...

We're not one to paint with a broad brush but if this week's movies are to be believed West Virginia is the centre of the universe for hillbillies. Whether it's rocket hillbillies, heist hillbillies or hillbilly hillbillies this episode of the USofAMovie has them all. We're asking the big questions like:- Why is Tucker & Dale not given more respect? Why is Logan Lucky so forgettable yet so goo...

Sure, Wisconsin is known for cheese - at least it used to be - because once you're done with this episode you'll realise Wisconsin is also known for bare assed bears, giant spiders and a troubling amount of sperm... like, a shocking amount of it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

Killer viruses, schizophrenics and polyamorous relationships with the Anti-Christ? We must be heading to the biggest little state in the union - Rhode Island! Though it be small it be mighty... weird. An animated buddy cop movie with a white blood cell and a cold pill? CHECK! A comedy about a guy with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage? CHECK! A polyamorous 4-way...

Things get extra crispy as USofAMovie ventures to Kentucky; where all the gold is (if you believe Goldfinger), where all the cigarettes are (if you believe The Insider) and where it's apparently 1876 (if you believe Next of Kin). Come for Patrick Swayze's questionable mullet choices, stay for Connery's casual misogyny and then lose your minds at the most brutal marinara saucing of all time Learn m...

It's once again time for Will to hate on another beloved childhood movie of Oli and Ryan. We head to the great state of Virginia where the only 'Major Payne' Will was feeling was a deep-seated hatred of anyone named Wayans. Denzel Washington helps end racism in America with a 'by the numbers' movie that is still a touchdown in our hearts in 'Remember The Titans'. But in pole position this week for...

Leave it to The USofAMovie gang to make Christmas a bit hornier and scarier than usual. Can 'Batman Returns', the horniest Batman movie of them all (even without Bat-nips), take down the best (and only?) Christmas, horror, comedy, kids movie 'Gremlins' OR will the Christmas classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' beat them both to a pulp? Grab your slippers and a hot chocolate and come find out! Learn mor...

This week the podcast heads to Ohio, home of Callahan Auto Parts, the Guardians - I mean Indians - and Gregarious Games. If you thought 'Ready Player One' was punishment for Will disrespecting 'Twister' - you'd be right. But it's all good, Will brings the classic 'Tommy Boy' to the party and proudly explains how he is a big time 'Puss Boy' while Ryan swings for the fences with the sequel to 'Plato...

It's time to understand just what New Hampshire is all about - Cthulhus, insanity and childhood trauma. You'd think New Hampshire would be a sedate episode but this week is filled with crazy people. Some are being controlled by evil forces where the real terror comes from the colour blue (In The Mouth Of Madness), some have been almost driven crazy by the death game that has ensnared another for 2...

It's time for the Maine Event where you should either get busy living or get busy dying of laughter at bukkake jokes. It's Maine so if we didn't do Steven King a scary clown would come and murder us, so Oli brought the ultimate catharsis of 'The Shawshank Redemption', Will knocked it out of the park with the most Spielbergian movie not directed by Steven Spielberg with 'The Iron Giant' and Ryan ch...

This week it's a 'State of Thanks' as we try and find the ultimate Thanksgiving movie. First up it's a cast that's as stuffed as a Thanksgiving turkey in 'Home For The Holidays' but this bird might be a bit under done, next is the most accurate representation of the true story of Thanksgiving in history in 'Addams Family Values' up against Ryan's nightmare holiday scenario with the stone cold clas...

New York is a vast state, but you wouldn't know it from the fella's selections this week - it's NYC all the way baby! The guys become interior design experts while being totally flummoxed by the intricacies of the New York Stock Exchange in 'Wall Street', Will once again ruins Oli's childhood by becoming a boomerang expert in his critical takedown of 'Crocodile Dundee' and Ryan becomes a pizza del...

It might not be a state, but Washington DC dominates when it comes to American movies. The fellas bring a little bit of everything to the table; Kevin Costner runs like Tom Cruise in the classic DC thriller 'No Way Out', Kevin Kline charms the pants off Sigourney Weaver AND the USofAMovie hosts and then Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx take on James Woods playing himself in 'White House Down' Learn m...