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Patreon Exclusive: Ace Ventura Revisited
Hey everyone! Here's the follow-up to our episode on The Cable Guy. This time, we talk more about Jim Carrey, starting with the documentary Jim & Andy, along with some other Andy Kaufman projects. Then we move on to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. We had a very Siskel & Ebert take on those two movies so be sure to let us know in the comments who you're siding with!
Once again, the...
2025-03-16 01:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access: Episode 45 - The Cable Guy (1996)
Thank you so much to everyone who provided feedback on that little sample of our fuck-up. You made us realize it wasn't as bad as we were making it out to be. So, without further ado, here's our full episode on The Cable Guy. I normalized the audio and did some minor enhancing and I think it sounds way better than the sample did. Still, it's not perfect but definitely listenable.
On this ep, we discuss Ben Stiller's career at length, including his directorial work (
The Unplugged Cable Guys
Hey everyone. Good news, bad news situation. We sat down and had a lively chat about The Cable Guy yesterday and felt great about the episode. Later, I went to edit it and to my horror discovered that there had been an issue during the recording. Turns out our mics and soundboard did not pick up any of our audio BUT the internal mic on my Macbook was rolling. So, we have the audio but it's not great.
I sound OK, as I was facing the computer, but Ryan sounds a bit...
Next episode updates!
Hey everyone, we're planning to finally record our episode on The Cable Guy towards the end of the week. In addition to that movie, we've each been watching a lot of Ben Stiller's early film work, both as a director and a star. We'll touch on his work in films like Heavyweights, Permanent Midnight, and Reality Bites. I also revisited Tropic Thunder and watched Zoolander for the first (and most likely la...
2025-03-03 19:04:03 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary P.O. Box Pickups!
Hey everyone, here's what was sent to the PO box over the last month. Thanks to everyone who mailed us something! Even if you didn't send anything in, I'd love to hear your thoughts on some of these movies in the comments. I'll definitely be checking out a few of the Burt Reynolds movies that Joker sent for the next catch-up so leave some recs.
I'm also using this an excuse to plug the three Kino Lorber BluRays (Hot Pursuit, Summer Rental, Uncle Buck) that I did audio commentaries for ...
2025-02-19 22:33:59 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access: Movie Catch-up - Winter Extravaganza
Not sure how we got this carried away talking about what essentially amounts to seven movies, but here we are! We were going to split this into two parts but I think it honestly flows better as one loooong one. On it, we discuss mostly newer releases theatrical and streaming releases. Spoilers are heavy so consult the timecodes below:
Joe’s BluRay Viewings - 00:00:00
Nosferatu (2025)... again - 00:14:27
Wolf Man (2025) & Universal Monster Movies - 00:24:38
The To...
2025-02-17 21:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostWe got a bit carried away...
We had a lot to say on Movie Catch-up. Stay tuned...
2025-02-17 02:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostNext episode updates!
Hey everyone, we're planning to record a movie catch-up in a couple of days and then we'll get to The Cable Guy later this month. We might have some time to check out any recent movies you feel are worth talking about so feel free to leave some recommendations. As it stands, we plan to discuss:
Here (2024)
The Tom Green Documentary (2025) & Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Flight Risk (2025)
Wolf Man (2025)
Saturday Nig...
2025-02-13 17:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Exclusive: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Hey everyone, here's the follow-up to our last episode where we talk about another hitman comedy, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was George Clooney's directorial debut. Ryan also revisited two other Charlie Kaufman films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York. We also got sidetracked a bunch and talked about other topics like The Gong Show in its various iterations. Enjoy!
2025-01-31 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access: Episode 44 - The Matador (2005)
Hey everyone, here's our newest episode on 2005's The Matador - a really unique black comedy starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. Before getting to the plot of the movie, we also discuss some other Pierce Brosnan movies such as The Long Good Friday, Nomads, Taffin, The Thomas Crown Affair, GoldenEye, and The Tailer of Panama.
Stay tuned for our follow-up on ...
What did you think of The Matador?
It's that time again! Let us know what you thought of this month's movie The Matador and we will read some of your comments out on the show. Feel free to talk about anything that relates to the movie and its stars, especially Pierce Brosnan.
Also, I am going to try to put together more Revisited video pieces. I'd love to use audio from our past Patreon shows in particular so if there's a previous discussion on one of those shows that you feel would be great with ...
Withnail & I Revisited (with visuals)
Hey everyone! I had so much fun putting together our Batman Forever Revisited video that I decided to do it again. This time, I wanted it to be for a movie that we are way more fond of and it's hard to top our fondness for Bruce Robinson's Withnail & I. Enjoy!
2025-01-24 22:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostDiscussing David Lynch
You might have seen this go out on our podcast feed a couple of days ago but with David Lynch's passing, I decided to cut together our David Lynch discussions from previous movie catch-ups in tribute to him.
Listening back to these conversations, I am motivated to finally get around to watching more of his work so I'd love to hear what some of your favorite Lynch movies are. Ryan makes a pretty good case for The Straight Story in both segments so I may start there...
2025-01-20 16:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary P.O. Box Pickups!
Hey everyone! We've decided to start posting pictures of items sent to our PO Box rather than going through them in-depth at the top of the Patreon show from here on out. We figured this would be a better way to share what's been sent with you and to create more communal discussions on everything.
Anyway, here's what we received over the last couple of weeks. If you sent any of these items, leave a comment below about why you sent them with any other general thoughts/opinions you have o...
2025-01-17 16:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostBatman Forever Revisited (with visuals)
Hey everyone! I decided to sync up clips of Batman Forever with our discussion of the movie from the most recent movie catch-up, as teased at the end of the last post.
A lot of listeners have asked to do this for certain episodes and I figured this would be a good chance to try it out. I can't promise we'll do this too often, as it took a long time to source all of the clips, but it was still a lot of fun to put together and I think it really elevates our review of the ...
2025-01-16 17:25:54 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access: Movie Catch-up - Favorites of 2024
Hey everyone! Here's the latest movie catch-up. Though not planned, this ended up being a discussion on some of our favorite pieces of media of the year, due to the delays in recording and us doing the Alec Baldwin Sidetracks ep in favor of a movie catch-up last month. There are also a few other random movies that got lumped in here that don't fall into that category. (Sorry to disappoint, but Wicked was NOT a favorite of the year). As always, this is a spoiler heavy episode so I've included ...
2025-01-13 17:55:15 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Exclusive: More Kurt Russell Movies
Hey all! Here's your exclusive episode on three MORE Kurt Russell movies. This time we're talking about Tango & Cash (1989), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), and Bone Tomahawk (2015). Also, apologies for the low volume on the last episode. I had the wrong setting checked on the export which bumped the sound down considerably. Should be resolved with this episode but let me know if there are any issues. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
I'm also debuting the new and improved p...
2025-01-08 20:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post