The Shot & The Chaser

F For Fake/Exit Through the Gift Shop - What IS Art? An Existential Crisis

Real bummer here on the show this week. We just found out that anyone can be an artist? Tragic. On this week’s episode, the boys take on their first Orson Welles movie with F For Fake. To chase this down, we watch every Pacsun shopper’s favorite documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop. We really are not the same people we were an episode ago! Nick finishes his Evangelion cut, Joey needs a Criterion box set, and Matt will continue to make art despite it possibly being ruined by this combo. Art has a class system! Find out about it now!

Twilight 1990/New Moon - Joey Chooses Jacob In The Year of Our Lord 2024

Yes Twilight! A request in having Molly and Hannah back on the show was that the soundboard be aggressively utilized during this episode and I think we did a good job of that. On this week’s episode, Nick picked the 1990 lost Hungarian film Twilight (bless you Arbelos for the 4K restoration), and to chase this down, we all watched New Moon because we thought it would be funny, but there’s nothing funny about true love I guess. Nick missed The End of Evangelion in theaters, Matt’s mom loves Twilight, and Joey is Team Jacob?! We’re just as surprised as you are. The new episode is out now!

The 2024 Oscar Recap - My Eyes See Sweepenheimer

Who is surprised? It’s the 2024 Oscar recap because our opinion on this award ceremony is top priority! The fellas cover the nominations, who predicted the most, and who did and did not deserve an Oscar! We’re looking directly into your soul Brad Booker and David Mullins the creators of War is Over. Boy, it’s good to be done with Academy Award movies, especially when you know it’s gonna be a Dune Part 2 2025 Oscar sweep. Listen to our valid opinions now!

Bicycle Thieves/The Pursuit of Happyness - Irresponsible Fathers Raising Self Sufficient Sons

How is your relationship with your father? On this week’s episode, the fellas dive into a movie that seemingly needs no introduction, Bicycle Thieves! To chase this down, we (unfortunately) sat through The Pursuit of Happyness. Infuriating that it’s spelled wrong and all for one half assed bit from the first few minutes of the movie, but we’ll save our comments for the show. The boys watched the Oscars, Nick saw Dune again, and did you ever watch your dad break the law? Let’s talk about it! The new episode is out now!

The Green Knight/Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Dune Part 2 Movie of the Year No Cap Fr

Where is your honor?! Matt cooked up quite the combo this week with David Lowery’s The Green Knight and Tim Burton’s feature debut, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. There are a lot more correlations than we had expected, but you’ll have to listen to find out. Additionally, the boys saw Dune Part 2 (multiple times) and have some spoiler free thoughts about it. The Oscars are just days away, our favorite Letterboxd user has short films on Youtube, and Dune Part 2 2025 Oscar sweep? The new episode is out now!

Arrival/Cloverfield - The Conspiracy Theory Episode (WAKE UP SHEEPLE)

Are you ready for the invasion? Or do you think they’re already here? On this week’s episode, the boys watch Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (god bless you king). To chase down this sci fi epic, Nick finally gets the fellas to watch what he considers the greatest piece of “found footage” media of all time, Cloverfield! Joey is about to finish the Oscar list, Nick puts on a tin foil hat, and Matt doesn’t completely obliterate Elemental! Aliens, you will love how media portrays you. The new episode is out now!

The Last Picture Show/Last Action Hero - The Movie Theater is Church

Cinema is dead! On this weeks episode, the fellas began their journey into the filmography of late Peter Bogdanovich with The Last Picture Show. To chase this down, we then enter an entirely different (yet heartwarmingly similar) world of Last Action Hero. The Oscar watchlist is dwindling, Vladimir Putin is a villain, and will we see the end of the movie theater in our life time? Probably! The new episode is out now!

VHS/Be Kind Rewind - Pirating Movies is Badass if You Like PRISON

Don’t skip around too much or you’ll wear out the tape! What a terrible joke, almost as bad as 3 grown men with a podcast! On this week's episode, the theme is VHS tapes and Matt chose for us to watch VHS as the shot, and Be Kind Rewind as the chaser. An anthology vs another anthology? It’s gonna be fun. The boys continue the Oscar watchlist, we discuss the spectrum of cinephila, and we should send all movie piraters to prison immediately. We would never condone such a thing when streaming services are upcharging for a service that is falling apart! That would be shameful! Anyways, who is the REAL Agent Argylle? Find out now!

Trash Humpers/Napoleon Dynamite - John Heder is Nate Skoog in Tapawingo

What are we gonna review today, cinema bros? Whatever we feel like reviewing, GOSH. In all seriousness, the boys are heading back into the chaotic mind of Harmony Korine for the shot this evening with Trash Humpers! To chase this down, we revisit every homeschool kids favorite movie, Napoleon Dynamite! The Oscar watch list continues, Matt steals chicken fingers, and will Joey hate Trash Humpers as much as Gummo? Only one way to find out! The new episode is out now!

Magnolia/Tampopo - Justice for the Reptiles

We are all connected! We are continuing our PTA binge this month and diving deeper into the Criterion Collection with our shot and chaser this week. Our shot is PTA’s 3 hour cacophony of humanity in crisis, Magnolia. To chase this down, the boys go to hell and back trying to get their hands on Tampopo. We go over our thoughts on the 2024 Oscar nominations, Nick hates Radiohead, Matt makes us all hungry, and Joey isn’t seeing Tenet again! Who the fuck knows what Nyad is? The new episode is out now!