This week on the show, it’s a battle of the B-movie directors as Joe Dante’s homage to Hollywood showman William Castle, Matinee!, throws down against Tim Burton’s biopic of the “worst director of all time,”…
This week on the podcast, it’s a throwdown between two films that feature murder caught on tape, as Tony Scott’s Enemy of the State takes on Steven Soderbergh’ s Kimi. Each is a treatise on…
Batter up! This week on the show, it’s a throwdown between two baseball classics: The Natural (1984) vs. Field of Dreams (1989). Both are beloved stories of fathers, sons, and the pursuit of a calling…
This week’s episode comes straight from the theater as we match two Andy Weir book adaptations against one another. 2015’s The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, goes head to head with…
This week on the show, we move on from the musicals of last week to films about musicians in a throwdown that might be one of our favorites to date. It’s That Thing You Do! from writer/director Tom Hanks, going up against John Carney’s Sing Street.
On this week’s episode, the guys dive deep into Mike’s wheelhouse: movie musicals. To celebrate Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, this is a battle of Best Picture nominees from all the way back in 1964. It’s the…
In this week’s episode, it’s a matchup of original vs. remake as Mike and Steven discuss The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. The original, directed by Joseph Sargent, is from 1974, and Tony Scott’s…
This week, a couple pairs of crime-fighting “guys” square off to find out who takes home the crown. It’s 2010’s The Other Guys going up against The Nice Guys from 2016. Is a broad slapstick story the way to go here? Or is a tight, black comedy noir better?
In this episode, it’s a battle of the ensemble rom-coms to round out February, as He’s Just Not That Into You goes head-to-head with Crazy Stupid Love. Which one pulls off the big, star-studded cast…
In this episode, it’s a “sex worker with a heart of gold” showdown as we compare Pretty Woman (1990) and Milk Money (1994). One became a cultural phenomenon, while the other struggled to find its…