If all you know of Rocky is Mr. T and Ivan Drago, you might be shocked to find out this won an Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director and earned Sly Stallone a writing Nomination. That’s right kids, once upon a time, Rocky was actually good!
Last year we checked out the 1961 classic Paul Newman film, “The Hustler”. This week we’re looking at the sequel, 1986’s the Color of Money. What has Fast Eddie Felson been up to for the last 25 years? This movie has all the answers. Directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring some early work by Tom Cruise, this is the film that finally won Newman an academy award for Best Actor.
It has been 35 years since Hoosiers became the definitive Indiana basketball movie, and possibly one of the all-time great inspirational sports movies. Though we both were born and raised in Indiana, we somehow managed to miss this movie entirely. Join us for the podcast as we talk our way through our feelings about this beloved classic.
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This week there’s something for everyone. We use Cuphead as a springboard to talk about the most difficult games we’ve ever beaten, try to come up with our top 3 movie posters, talk about politics and YouTube as ex-JWs, whether (and how) we track our TV / movie viewings, the fantasy future of bald move, and sports nostalgia from our youth.
Today we’re talking 1961’s The Hustler, which might just be the greatest movie about the game of pool that has ever been made. Starring Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, and George C. Scott, it’s a tale of an up-and-coming pool hustler trying to make it big but, more importantly, it’s the story of a man trying to figure out what makes a person a “winner”.
This week on the show: • Listener Feedback (9:17) • New Meat and a Curse for this Town (15:17) • SPORTS! (32:03) • Trivia! (44:46) • PAX Aus Say What? (47:08) • Oculus Rift Chat! (1:07:39) • Facebook Roundup (1:25:49) • Recommendation (1:39:15) Listen up! And feed us back (we’ll put it on the cast)…
Welcome to Episode 119 of the Personal Arrogants Podcast! This week, Jesse is back with baby in tow and we talk about all of this stuff: • Listener Feedback (9:31) • Haloooo 4!!!! (12:54) • Please Give Us a Wizards of the Coast Movie! (25:20) • Trivia! (37:53) • The Triumphant Return of “Is it…
Welcome to Episode 118 of the Personal Arrogants podcast. This week, Jesse is out because he had a baby. But in his place, Aron Hubbard has joined us from the Bald Move network to cover the following topics. It’s a doozie! • Listener Feedback (6:50) • Disney Buys Star Wars (16:40) • Trivia! (41:23) •…