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This week we continue our celebration of Back to the Future by welcoming Marty McFly to October, 2015 with Back to the Future 2. Featuring: Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns, and Whitney DePaoli.  Spoilers: The Back to the Future Trilogy, Super Mario Brothers, Children of Men, Home Alone 1 & 2, The Nutty Professor, Jack and Jill, Rocky II, Friday the 13th IV...

It is October 2015, the month and year that Marty McFly himself sets down in the future. To welcome him, we’re revisiting the Back to the Future trilogy one movie at a time. In today’s episode, Robert Zemeckis beloved 1985 science fiction adventure, Back to the Future. Featuring: Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Back to the Futur...

We're playing Save or Kill once again, this time with like-named actors. Faced with two actors who share a first name, who would you save if it meant killing the other? Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise? Michael Fassbender or Michael Keaton? On and on the list goes. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, and Tyler Hanns. I'm afraid we've lost track of Spoilers. When we menti...

In this episode, we have two big items on our agenda: First, to argue out our reaction to M. Night Shyamalan’s new found-footage horror flick The Visit. Secondly, we rank M. Night Shyamalan’s films from best to worst. If you haven’t made it out to see The Visit just yet, you may want to skip to 38:45, at which point we move on from major spoilers for The Visit and keep things more general. Featuri...

We have tasked a committee with the harrowing challenge of ranking director Christopher Nolan’s filmography from best to worst. Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, and Peter Nikiforov. Major Spoilers: The entire Christopher Nolan filmography. Abstract & Minor Spoilers: Total Recall, Flight of the Navigator, American Psycho, American Hustle, Reign of Fire...

At the beginning of May, we focused on our annual tradition of attempting to predict the top 10 highest grossing movies of the summer. The summer movie season is over, the results are in, and the winner is not who we expected. Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Peter Nikiforov. Spoilers: Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, Straight Outta Compton, Ant-Man, Pitch Per...

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We are, once again, taking critics to task over their collective disdain for Neil Blomkamp’s third film, Chappie. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns. Major Spoilers: District 9, Elysium, Chappie. Minor/Abstract Spoilers: Panic Room, Mad Max: Fury Road, All Is Lost, Phone booth, Buried, The Hills Have Eyes, Short Circuit (1 & 2), Interstellar, it Fol...

We’re pitting one of film history’s all-time classics—the Stephen Spielberg masterpiece, E.T.—against the J.J. Abram's 2001 film clearly inspired by it, Super 8.   Featuring: Josiah DePaoli, Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Peter Nikiforov, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Major spoilers for E.T. and Super 8, as well as minor/abstract spoilers for: Psycho, Interstellar, Mac &...

In today’s episode we’re presenting 20 different summer movie blockbusters to a panel of our hosts, two at a time, and forcing them to decide which one they would save if it meant killing the other. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Rather than ruin the fun of these painful decisions, we’ll warn you that each time two choices are presented, it sta...

We accuse critics and audiences alike of hating movies, for they did not fathom the greatness that is Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen.  Featuring: Abi Porter, Alex Rettmann, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns. Major spoilers for the graphic novel Watchmen and its subsequent film adaptation. Minor/abstract spoilers for: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, the Simpsons episode "...

Today we argue about which is the better obscure Phase 2 Marvel movie, Ant-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy.  Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Featuring major spoilers for all movies in the Marvel cinematic universe, as well as minor/abstract spoilers for: Pumping Iron, Saturday Night Live hosted by Chris Pratt, Interstellar, Chappie, Back to the Future, the Batman v. Superma...

This episode we pose a pressing question: Which movie evokes more summertime nostalgia, The Sandlot or Stand By Me?  Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: The Sandlot and Stand By Me, as well as minor/abstract spoilers for The Goofy Movie, Forrest Gump, Hook, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Star Wars Episode IV, Raider...

Today we conclude our five-part miniseries, as we finally see and react to Terminator Genisys.  Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: All Terminator films, as well as minor/abstract spoilers for Star Wars, Rocky Balboa, Tron Legacy, Short Circuit, and Bicentennial Man. 

As we near the conclusion of our special miniseries—Road to Terminator Genisys—we're taking a look at the often-disliked 4th installment, Terminator Salvation.  Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: All Terminator films, as well as minor/abstract spoilers for World War Z, Lonesome Dove, Back to the Future, Star Wars: Episode IV, The Shawshank Redemptio...

This 4th of July, we're electing the best film president. Is it Independence Day's Bill Pullman, or Air Force One's Harrison Ford?  Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: (major) Independence Day, Air Force One, (minor) Deep Impact, 2012, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Jurassic Park 3, Lost, Seinfeld, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Patriot Games,...

In the 3rd installment of our four-part miniseries—Road to Terminator Genisys—the franchise takes a significant plunge with Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.  Featuring: Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: All Terminator films

The 2nd installment in our four-part miniseries, Road to Terminator Genisys. We are revisiting, discussing, dissecting, and arguing about one of the greatest sequels of all time: Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Mike Jensen, and Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers in this episode: (major) All Terminator films, (minor) The Rundown, Jurassic Park, Predator, Avatar, the San And...

The first installment in our special four-part miniseries, Road to Terminator Genisys. We are revisiting, discussing, dissecting, and arguing about James Cameron's 1984 sci-fi classic, The Terminator

We surfed a 22-year strong wave of nostalgia, affection, and general film geekiness from the original Jurassic Park directly into theaters to see Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World. We share a few agreements, some disagreements, and accuse some critics of hating movies.

We’re helping all the knuckleheads out there learn how to stop ruining movies for the rest of us.

We're arguing about who will be the big winners at the box office this summer.

We discuss our immediate impressions of the 2012 remake of one of our favorite films, Total Recall.

Revisit the long-running debate over how long Bill Murray had to relive Groundhog Day, but more importantly, WHY?

We narrow down the definitive list of must-see holiday films, and deice one-and-for-all what qualifies as a Christmas movie.