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Episode 178: Best of Enemies

3 Nov

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In this politically-charged episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville’s Best of Enemies and Robert Altman’s Secret Honor.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Halloweentimes, The Ides of March episode
00:05:25- Best of Enemies, politics
00:56:50- Secret Honor
01:12:54- Episode wrap-up

Episode 177: Bone Tomahawk

27 Oct

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In this episode, Tyler and Reed discuss S. Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk and Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Real Heroism, by Tyler Smith

23 Oct

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Clint Eastwood’s Sully is the director’s latest film about real life heroism. Starting with Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima in 2006, Eastwood has made several films based on inspirational true stories, though often from an odd angle (telling Nelson Mandela’s story as a function of the rugby World Cup, for example). With Sully, however, Eastwood – ever the deconstructionist – has decided to approach what could be a straightforward story and treat it as an opportunity to meditate on the very nature of heroism itself.

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Episode 176: The Shallows

20 Oct

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Shallows and Neil Marshall’s The Descent. Please note that there are some audio issues with this episode. Thanks for your patience.

Episode 175: The Witch

13 Oct

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In this episode, Tyler and Reed discuss Robert Eggers’ The Witch and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

Episode 174: Werewolf Movies

5 Oct

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In this episode, Tyler is joined by author Andrew Klavan to discuss werewolf movies.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Andrew Klavan, The Great Good Thing
00:09:10- Andrew’s career, the Christian attitude towards art

00:24:20- Werewolf Cop
00:28:30- Werewolf movies
01:08:10- Episode wrap-up

Episode 173: Jim’s Top Ten

29 Sep

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In this episode, Jim Rohner discusses his ten favorite films of all time.

Minisode 91: The Apartment

22 Sep

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Tyler and Josh discuss Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, winner of Best Picture of 1960.
Please note, there is some slight audio distortion in this minisode. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Minisode 90: West Side Story

15 Sep

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Tyler and Josh discuss the 1961 Best Picture, West Side Story.
Please note, there is some slight audio distortion in this episode. Thanks for your patience.

Episode 172: with special guest Adam Yenser

11 Sep

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In this episode, Tyler is joined by comedian Adam Yenser to discuss his life and career.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Esther O’Reilly, BP Zombie Commentaries
00:02:25- Discussion with Adam Yenser
00:59:00- Episode wrap-up, Adam’s website