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It's the annual Christmas episode! This year, Brad and Jeff discuss Nora Ephron's dark Christmas comedy "Mixed Nuts"! It's a wild night of unexpected events taking place at a crisis hotline center with Steve Martin doing his best to control the...

Hot off the back-to-back blockbuster success of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, rising star Steven Spielberg took a shot at comedy in 1979 with his WWII parody film, 1941. On the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, Brad and Jeff...

The Wachowskis are known for big budget, FX-driven blockbusters. Their directorial debut, Bound, is a small, neo-noir thriller starring several actors at the top of their game. With a new Matrix film about to be released, Brad and Jeff discuss the...

They're back! Five years after the massive success of Ghostbusters, Director Ivan Reitman brought the boys back together to battle the ectoplasmic supernatural in Ghostbusters 2. Brad and Jeff team up with Dee and Jason of the Surely You Can't Be...

Alfred Hitchcock's body of work proves he's the master of suspense! Brad and Jeff discuss his first American film, Rebecca; a gothic romantic thriller. Listen along as they talk about comparison's to a recent episode topic Crimson Peak, their favorite...

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's successful career has spanned more than half a century. Regarded as the originator of the body horror genre, his work is known to be strange, cerebral, and limit-pushing for it's visuals and effects. Join us, as...

Guillermo del Toro has a reputation for the fantastical. He's danced with the darker heroes of comics with Blade and Hellboy. He's softened our hearts with oddities in Pan's Labyrinth and his Oscar-winning The Shape of Water. In 2015, del Toro offered...

15 years after Earth, humanity's last hope...is Titan A.E. Don Bluth was Disney royalty before moving on to form his own independent animation company. Brad is joined by special co-host Dayton Johnson to discuss Bluth's ambitious sci-fi fantasy Titan...

Comedy legends Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito team up for an unlikely murder plot in the dark comedy Throw Momma From The Train! Jeff is joined by regular 1986 contributor David Burns to discuss DeVito's feature directorial effort with the memorable...

No place to run. No reason to hide. Kevin Costner delivers another powerhouse performance both on the screen and behind the camera with his third directorial effort, Open Range. Brad and Jeff discuss the stellar cast, the gorgeous cinematography, and...

You have a red, white, and blue American right to eat cotton candy and ride roller coasters! So says Kevin Costner's charming but dangerous escaped convict character Butch to 8 year-old hostage turned partner, Buzz. Clint Eastwood's crime drama A...

After The Sixth Sense shocked a generation of movie goers, we've come to expect thrills, chills, and mind-bending twists from M. Night Shyamalan. With his 2015 "found footage" style comedic thriller, The Visit, he delivers exactly what we want!

Jeremiah Johnson, Tootsie, 3 Days of the Condor, The Firm. Filmmaker Sydney Pollack was truly one of the greats! In 1974, he stepped outside his comfort zone to direct The Yakuza; a neo-noir drama that showcased Robert Mitchum is his last leading role.

What would you do if you were held captive, without reason, for 20 years? Would you want answers? Would you want revenge? Film auteur Spike Lee delivers his neo-noir, action-packed "reimagining" of the 2003 Korean thriller of the same name, Oldboy!...

When loyalty is tested by obsession, betrayal leads to revenge! Known for his blockbuster films and penchant for flawed heroes, Tony Scott delivered his underrated, romantic thriller Revenge in 1990. Join us as we examine the morality of the...

Best known for his extensive foray into the Fast & Furious universe, filmmaker Justin Lin has a knack for taking known franchises and giving them a fresh take. And before he finished the "Kelvin Timeline" of the recent Star Trek films, he crafted an...

Doves. Guns. Explosions. The face-off between Brad and Jeff gets lively as they discuss legendary action director John Woo. Hot off the success of films like The Killer, and Hard Boiled, Woo left Hong Kong for Hollywood to re-invent the action genre...

Pam Grier is...JACKIE BROWN. The third film from Quentin Tarantino remains his only adapted work, as he took Elmore Leonard's novel, Rum Punch, and crafted a star-relaunching crime drama for 70's greats, Pam Grier and Robert Forster. On this...

You know his name. You love his movies. In the history of cinema, Stanley Kubrick is one of the greatest of all time. On this episode, Brad and Jeff discuss Kubrick's impressive filmography, which arguably began with his 1956 film noir classic,...

At age 19, Adam Wingard began his successful directing career, primarily in the horror genre. After films like You're Next, and his collaborative work on the V/H/S franchise, he breathed new life into The Blair Witch. With his blockbuster...

Zack Snyder knows a thing or two about successful comic book adaptations. He wowed audiences with 300 and Watchmen, but before his world-building of the DCEU, he crafted a unique original story in Sucker Punch. It's a visually stunning fantasy...

When searching for eclectic cinema, one needn't look farther than Wes Anderson. His films are crafted with dry humor, unique characters, and painstaking levels of detail. His 2004 dramedy, The Life Aquatic with Steve Sizzou, puts his go-to...

In 1998, F. Gary Gray pitted two of Hollywood's most in-demand stars against one another in The Negotiator; his tension-filled crime thriller. On this episode, Brad and Jeff discuss Gray's impressive filmography, from Friday to The Fate of...

For five decades, Martin Scorsese has delivered hit after hit. We've rooted for his bad guys, be they an unhinged vigilante, or a slimy Wall Street broker. We've become envious of the gangster lifestyle, and we've marveled at the...