This week 21st-Century Westerns Month continues with a double shot of 3:10 to Yuma. We compare and contrast the original 1957 version—directed by Delmer Daves—and the 2007 James Mangold remake. There’s a lot of shared...
On the show this week we discuss Wind River from 2017. This is the directorial debut of writer/actor/Paramount+ benefactor Taylor Sheridan. It’s the third in his trilogy about the modern American frontier (along with Sicario...
This week we kick off 21st Century Westerns Month, where we’ll discuss the similarities and difference between modern films in this genre and their predecessors from the early days of Hollywood. Kicking things off, 2015’s...
This week we wrap up Baseball Month with one of the best films about the sport in the modern era. David S. Ward's Major League is a screwball comedy with a lot of the tropes we saw in Bad News Bears earlier in the month, and along with its hard R antics, it also sports a
Baseball Month continues this week with 2002’s The Rookie, directed by John Lee Hancock. This story, based on the life of pitcher Jim Morris, fits the Disney template for inspiring sports films perfectly with its...
This week we’re staying in 1976 with a look at The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, a somewhat forgotten comedy that looks at the obstacles faced by players in the Negro League in...
After our Bad News Bears episode we thought it'd be fun to stay on the mics and have a conversation about A Working Man, the new film from director David Ayer. It stars Jason Statham, the unofficial mascot of our show (see our
April is upon us and that means it’s time for a new monthly theme. Since spring is in the air we’ve decided to talk baseball this month on the show. Some of these films are a little off the beaten path, and a couple of them are beloved. But whether you know them or not,
Spring is a time of rebirth. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, and for baseball fans, hope is in the air. Sure, the sting of last season’s heartbreak might still linger, but as our favorite…
This week we wrap up Fictional American Presidents Month with some high-octane fun. 1997’s Air Force One, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, pits President Harrison Ford against terrorist Gary Oldman . . . on an airplane....