Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

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This week: Taylor saw Dune Part 2 and had some thoughts and Jake found a new game on Playstation. Next we're talking about Dune director Denis Villenueve's 2013 cerebral thriller Enemy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and an episode of the podcast Darknet Diaries hosted by Jack Rhysider focusing on the toreent site The Pirate Bay Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Rate us five stars Follow us on Ins...

This week we're reviewing Madame Web (it's great, shut up). Then we talk about The Iron Claw and Bottoms! Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Rate us five stars Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Tell your friends! Go to https://betterhelp.com/alley for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with...

This week we continue making our way through this year's Oscar nominees and talk about Killers of the Flower Moon but first we taking a look at the world of scam charities with the HBO documentary series Telemarketers. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Rate us five stars Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypof@gmail.com Tell your friends! Go...

This week we're talking about the new true crime documentary series American Nightmare available to stream now on Netflix and then Jake swings for the fences and tries to make Taylor walk back his statements on classic cinema with his recommendation The Thin Man from way back in 1934. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Rate us five stars Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send you...

This week we're recapping the recent Sony State of Play presentation and what's coming to the Playstation this year as well the recently rebooted Marvel Ultimate universe with last month's release of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. Then for this week's recommendations: Cannes Festival darling and Oscar nominee Anatomy of a Fall and the Hulu original comedy Self Reliance written, directed,...

We're back! This week we're catching up with Oscar nominations and past episodes of the podcast ruining new movies. Then we're getting into this week's recommendations, They Cloned Tyrone and The Holdovers. Does anyone actually read these? Genuinely curious. Leave a comment and a review if you read this. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralle...

This week we're getting into our thought on the Golden Globes and take our first steps into a potential global conspiracy. Then for our picks for this week we're looking at Fool's Paradise from writer/director/star Charlie Day. Then Nicolas Cage invades our dreams with the black-comedy Dream Scenario. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Se...

Happy New Year! We're recapping our holidays before we get into our recommendations for this week. First up we talk about the amzaing documentary "Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery" from filmmaker Kevin Perjurer on his YouTube channel Defunctland. Then, we're diving into the Snyder-verse with "Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire" from writer/director Zack Snyder available to stream on N...

We're taking this week to look back on this year. We talk about the movies, TV shows, video games, YouTube channels and recommendations from the show that met or exceeded our expectations and the one's that just fell flat. Thanks everyone for listening over the past year! Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyoura...

It's a celebration ... until the lights go out. This week we're talking God of War DLC and Taylor gets a joke 30 years late. Then we lose power while talking about our first recommendation, Chris Gethard presents Mary Houlihan's "Enchanted Pumice" but we make it work with lanterns. Finally, we get a chance to talk about what some people claim is the greatest Christmas movie e...

We're recapping the 2023 Game Awards and getting into some feedback from a very important viewer. Then, this week we look at the sci-fi survival series Scavengers Reign and the 2023 documentary Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, both are available to watch on Max. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypof@g...

This week we share our reaction to the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI and review Godzilla Minus One. Then for this week’s recs we’re talking the 2019 documentary Punk the Capital that covers the punk/hardcore music in Washington DC from the late 70’s to early 80’s and the YouTube video “Jeff Bezos Rowing Boat from artist Bobby Fingers. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram...

This week we're breaking down how our Thanksgivings went, the re-branding of the toaster oven, and Taylor's thoughts on first responders. Then for our recomendations we have Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain from the breakout SNL stars as well as the 2019 space fairing indie game Outer Wilds Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyoural...

This week we're talking turkey cooking methods and Black Friday shopping, and our favorite subreddits. Then we're getting into our recs for the week: the 2023 David Fincher thriller The Killer available to stream now on Netflix and the 1985 Canadian indie art film Crime Wave written, directed, and starring John Paizs. Follow us on Spotify, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram Send your recommenda...

This week we respond to the Game Award nominations, Taylor went and saw The Marvels, and the Wile E. Coyote movie got blown up by Warner Brothers. Then, we watched Spiderhead on Netflix starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller and went back to 2001 to play through the original Max Payne directed by Sam Lake. Follow us on Spotify, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram Send your recommendations to upyoural...

This week we're going back to the early 1800's with the indie mystery game Return of the Obra Dinn from creator Lucas Pope and the we prove that rock & roll is ageless with the new (like from last month) album Hackney Diamonds by The Rilling Stones! Leave a review and subscribe! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube @upyouralleypod Get in touch with the show via upyouralleypod@gma...

Taylor finished Spider-Man 2 for the PS5 and had thoughts about the race for the 2023 Game of the Year. Both guys watched the second season of Shoresy on Hulu and talk about that and the upcoming final season of Letterkenny. For our recs this week we've got another listener submission, the 2007 Brazilian action film Elite Squad (available on Amazon Prime) and Jake ends his run of horror recs w...

This week we're talking about Spider-Man 2 on the Playstation five and the glut of good video games we've had this year before diving into our recs for the week. First up it's Meg 2: The Trench and then Jake's month of horror picks continues with the 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Follow us on your podcast app of choice and leave a review Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod...

This week, Taylor reports back from seeing The Eras Tour movie and finding out new things about a fandom. Then, we head down to Texas with the 2022 film Vengeance written, directed, and starring B.J. Novak before we get into week two of our horror movie month and look at the original 1980 classic Friday the 13th. Follow on on Spotify or your podcast app of choice! Subscribe on YouTube @upyouralley...

This week we got back to medieval Scotland with the Netflix original film Outlaw King starring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh before we dive into the horror classic 1978's Halloween Follow us on TikTok, Threads and Instagram @upyouralleypod Rate review and subscribe on your podcast app of choice Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Tell your friends!

This week we learn about the dangers of Canine Laser Pointer Syndrome before we talk about the 1973 Robert Altman dectective film The Long Goodbye. Then we're getting abducted into the world of the Hulu original film No One Will Save You. Follow us on Instagram @upyouralleypod Send you recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Follow us on TikTok @upyouralleypod Rate and review the show Tell you...

This week we're talking about the new documentary BS High about the Bishop Sycamore football scandal and Taylor finally gets around to watching Hayao Miyazaki masterpiece Spirited away, both of which are available to stream on MAX Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads @upyouralleypod Follow us on Twitch twitch.tv/fishtankindustries Te...

This week we discuss the finer points of cast iron restoration before we dive into Sea of Stars, an indie RPG released last month followed up by Jake's rec for the week: the Jeff Lemire (pronounced "luh-meer") comic series Sweet Tooth! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to up youralleypod@gmail.com Come hang out on Twitch twitch.tv/fishtankind...

This week our wish comes true and we talk about the eigth issue comic series Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne before we get stuck in a causal loop discussing the 2004 sci-fi time travel cult classic Primer. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Threads @upyouralleypod Subscribe and follow on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube Follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/fishtankindustries Send your...