The Descendants (2011) directed by Alexander Payne is an exploration of a family in crisis. George Clooney plays a grieving and befuddled father and husband dealing with heartbreaking revelations and two distant daughters. Jim and A.Ron dive into the family drama, join them in this commissioned podcast! Thank you Bryan for commissioning this podcast for Mina!
This year’s most talked about horror movie is Weapons (2025) from Zach Cregger. When 17 kids go missing, two people are on the case: Jim and Talitha! Your hosts dive into the symbolism, character connections, and interwoven plot lines in this genre-bending movie.
On its 70th Anniversary, what does Rebel Without a Cause (1955) teach us about ourselves today? Within its central conflict, it presents the age-old problem of “fitting in” and defining yourself, a common challenge that echoes across the decades. Will Jim and A.Ron be able to relate to Nicholas Ray’s classic film? Does James Dean speak to us today as he did with audiences of previous generations?
Take a step back to 2018 when no one would shut up about Hereditary from horror director Ari Aster. Jim and A.Ron are coming at this movie from two different angles. What makes this movie? What destroys it? Keep your demon worshiping to a minimum, we’re not falling for it.
From the master of horror, John Carpenter, comes a film heavily influenced by the likes of HP Lovecraft and Stephen King. Jim, resident horror expert, and A.Ron dive into this mind-bending film for the first time. Hold onto your sanity and descend into Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness”! Thank you Stacye for commissioning this podcast!
We’re rereleasing Bald Move’s coverage of The Martian (2015) in honor of the film’s 10th anniversary! Jim and A.Ron saw Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” last night, starring Matt Damon, and have a lot to say about it. Note, the first part of the podcast is spoiler free, but then when we say we’re about to spoil things, that’s your cue to get out while the getting is good. Along the way, we talk about the trailers we saw for The Revenant, The Big Short, Joy, and Concussion.
Jim and A.Ron watch the Spike Lee joint, He Got Game (1998) starring Denzel Washington. Not only is it a great sports film, it’s a great father and son film. Opposite Washington stars a young Ray Allen and Milla Jovovich. At the end of the day, is Jake Shuttlesworth a good dad and guy?
In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the release of Seven (1995), we’re rereleasing the coverage! Special thanks to our community commissioners Fernando Rodriguez, Flash Gordon, Jefferson B, Katie Gutierrez, cocoa2mc, pooljedi, Martin K, shockg11, Keith Alejandro, Ryan L, and jmyjnstn67 for coming together and making this podcast on the 1995 David Fincher helmed “Seven” possible. Neither Jim nor I had seen this movie in it’s entirety, though some of us were more spoiled than others. We were surprised at how well the movie held up and managed to entertain despite the various exposure to spoilers. We discuss the film, it’s message, our own bleak/positive worldviews, and much more.
Does this film make you laugh? Make you cry? Leave you wanting more? Join Jim and A.Ron as they discuss Tarantino’s funny film about the least funny people in history, the Nazis. This film features a legendary performance from Christoph Waltz, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Hans Landa. Tarantino asks the question, “What if WWII wrapped up a year early?”
In 1970 came the birth of the disaster movie genre. The originator, Airplane (1970), was directed by George Seaton and Henry Hathaway and stars Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. A bomber targets an airplane and an airport manager fights to the keep the airport open. Dive into this cinema-changing classic with Jim and A.Ron.