Overview
169 Episodes
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Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2024
New Netflix doc about the platonic ideal of an American.
Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2023
Barbie! Sign up for the Patreon to get the Mattel Cinematic Universe draft!
Transcribed - Published: 23 August 2023
If you want to hear the actual Oppenheimer review, you're going to have to swing by the Patreon. Sorry, folks!
Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2023
There are spoilers in this episode, so if you haven't watched the movie yet please don't listen! Don't yell at us if you do listen!
Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2023
This is a truncated episode! You want the full thing you have to sign up at the Patreon.
Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2023
Remember Transformers? They're back. In Beast form.
Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2023
There's a mess, and I'm not just talking about the MCU, HIYO.
Transcribed - Published: 25 May 2023
Participation trophies and war movies.
Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2023
Three hours of hot John Wick action! Sign up at the Patreon!
Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2023
Go karts, oven repairs, and Malignant teeth, oh my! Plus: Bullet Train.
Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2022
Celebrating Prime Day and complaining about the latest MCU movie.
Transcribed - Published: 27 July 2022
Fun episode with the great Paul Crookston sitting in for Vic Matus.
Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2022
Adventures in moving, adventures in dentistry, and adventures in mall going. And then, Elvis!
Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2022
Mulch King Mike Warren triumphantly returns to the show to discuss Georgetown and the whole cocktail party thing with Vic (broadcasting remotely from the Free Beacon studios following a power outage at home) and Sonny (broadcasting at home as usual).
Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2022
Plus, Top Gun: Maverick box office thoughts, Disney weddings, and more.
Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2022
If you want to listen, gotta sign up at the Patreon.
Transcribed - Published: 15 June 2022
Sonny learns there's more to life than winning. JVL learns about a hidden world. Vic learns life is the pits. And the guys talk Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!
Transcribed - Published: 25 May 2022
JVL announces a life change. Sonny has a coyote update. Vic's considering some aged meat. And the gang watches The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent!
Transcribed - Published: 18 May 2022
Matt Continetti, author of the new book The Right, joins Sonny and Vic this week as JVL heads up north to do some life-changing. Speaking of up north! The guys review The Northman.
Transcribed - Published: 11 May 2022
On this week's episode, Sonny talks about his visit to the Magic Kingdom (and Hollywood Studios). For a long time. And then he and JVL discuss All the Old Knives a bit. Vic has the week off to recharge his batteries. Make sure to tune in for Monday's bonus episode, when Sonny and JVL discuss the new Thor trailer, dance on Netflix's grave, and try to decide if Severance is a puzzle show or a philosophy show.
Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2022
Sonny's going on a trip. JVL beats the spread. And Vic needs a little love after his trip through the multiverse.
Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2022
JVL plays middle school Moneyball. Sonny's life improves. Vic's life sucks! Speaking of sucks ...
Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2022
The guys review The Lost City. PROGRAMMING NOTE: The bonus episode coming Monday is no longer on Romancing the Stone, which they discuss here. Instead, it is on Bruce Willis, following the news he's retiring. Apologies for the confusion. Please enjoy this episode and also Monday's episode.
Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2022
JVL discovers an investment opportunity. Sonny vs. the coyotes. Vic's dad is in town! And the gang goes deep on Deep Water, a movie that doesn't make much sense but is still kind of delightfully tawdry. The quadrants, they're killed.
Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2022
On this week's episode, the guys talk touching. (No touching!) Lots of box office talk. And the gang reviews the first couple of episodes of Winning Time. NOT SHOWTIME THAT IS A DIFFERENT NETWORK ALTOGETHER.
Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2022
On this week's episode, JVL makes an investment and Vic pulls a Homer. And the gang ... kind of hates The Batman?
Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2022
No, that's not an image of the Tinder Swindler, it's an image of the greatest culinary concoction ever created. JVL talks The Batman Calzony. Sonny gets a new knife. Vic makes a sacrifice. And the guys talk about the Netflix movie in the title of this post. Nyeh.
Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2022
A bit of a grab-bag opening before the guys discuss the feel-good movie of the year, Nightmare Alley. Saving the weekend chatter for the bonus on Monday; you won't want to miss that.A bit of a grab-bag opening before the guys discuss the feel-good movie of the year, Nightmare Alley. Saving the weekend chatter for the bonus on Monday; you won't want to miss that.
Transcribed - Published: 9 March 2022
The guys pay tribute to the great P.J. O'Rourke before reviewing the new iteration of Death on the Nile, in theaters now.
Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2022
On this week's episode, JVL makes a new friend. Vic is in trouble. Sonny's just along for the ride. And the guys review Moonfall! As well as wonder what happened, exactly, to Roland Emmerich.
Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2022
JVL designs a jersey (and you'll have to sign up for the Patreon to see it). Sonny's living through icy hell. Vic has some cookie talk! And JVL and Sonny have some questions for Vic about why we're watching After We Fell. Make sure to watch Heist, also on Netflix, for Monday's bonus episode!
Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2022
Parenting advice. A health update. A ... body? And the first half of Peacemaker, now streaming on HBO Max (or "the Max" as some people claim it's called). Don't listen to this one with the kids, folks!
Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2022
Poker talk, covid talk, bag talk, Macbeth talk. All the talks! Make sure to tune in for Monday's special episode on Joss Whedon and The Book of Boba Fett.
Transcribed - Published: 2 February 2022
Sonny's a downer. JVL wants to play a game. Vic goes shooting. And the guys review Encanto!
Transcribed - Published: 26 January 2022
JVL's going on a walkabout. Sonny goes to the movies. Vic wants some sherry. Lots of box office talk. Do clones have souls? All that and more in this week's episode!
Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2022
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