The Shot & The Chaser

The Blasphemous Easter Special - 2 Passion 2 Christ

Happy Easter loyal believers! He is risen indeed! For our Easter special, we decide to go right for the throat and endure the youth group trauma film, The Passion of the Christ. Then to chase this down, we watched a movie that was so controversial to the church for reasons unknown, Bruce Almighty! Matt is playing the Last of Us 2, Joey defends his undying love for Jim Carrey, and Nick finds his faith? It's another wild one! Check it out now!

Watchmen/The Green Hornet - Obtaining World Peace One Crime At a Time

We love you Zach Snyder please be on our show! After watching Sucker Punch last week, Joey said he had never seen Watchmen so of course we had to continue our fandom journey into Snyder’s filmography. With Watchmen as our shot, we reluctantly chose Michele Gondry’s adaptation of The Green Hornet as our chaser which yielded interesting results, to say the least. We all saw John Wick 4, we discuss how movies need to be meta to be funny now, and 18-year-old Nick is a little distracted by Dr. Manhattan’s blue dong. Check out the new episode!

Shutter Island/Sucker Punch - The DiCaprio Debacle

It’s a Leo episode! On today’s episode, the boys discuss Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, an overinflated psychological “thriller”, and then to chase this down, we watched Zach Snyder’s hidden masterpiece, Sucker Punch! This an episode I am sure will infuriate cinephiles and incels everywhere, we are super excited to talk about two masters of cinema in one episode. Matt and Joey get in a screaming match about the talents of Leonardo DiCaprio and Nick tells us about his first time ever torrenting a movie. It’s a wild one for sure!

Kajillionaire/Fun with Dick and Jane - Eat the Rich! Including Alec Baldwin!

We’re baaaaaaaaack! Sorry for the delay everyone! We had a move and some family matters come up over the past few weeks but we are back with our movie reviews, our recap of the Oscars, and the lucky winner of the Oscar nominations poll! On our newest episode, we cover Kajillionaire, a movie released quietly by Universal, and to chase it down we watched the 2007 remake of Fun with Dick and Jane, directed by the same guy that did Galaxy Quest! How the mighty have fallen! Jamie Lee Curtis is Nick’s enemy, Joey’s thinking of buying a Switch, and Matt likes a movie with no blood! It’s good to be home!

Angel’s Egg/The Science of Sleep - The Cinematic G Spot

We have another guest for you guys this evening! Nick’s old roommate, Nick B, wanted to do an episode, but refused to tell us what the shot was going to be. He sat us down and showed us Angel’s Egg, a profound movie that prompted Nick C to contact Criterion and demand that they put it in the Criterion Collection asap as possible. To chase this down, we visited Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep, which is free on YouTube! The boys are making their own horror movie, Nick B. does pottery, and we deconstruct faith to it’s core! Don’t miss it!

Mulholland Drive/Cecil B. Demented - Like the Intro Says, TAKE BACK THE SCREEN!

Hello again, cinephiles! On today’s episode, we are covering the inner workings of Hollywood and the different ways to make it in show business. For our shot, we have David Lynch’s Criterion classic, Mulholland Drive, and to chase this down, we have John Waters’ underrated masterpiece, Cecil B. Demented. In case you were wondering, almost every quote from our intro is from Cecil B. Demented so this one comes with high praise. We also discuss disastrous faith-based moves, Nick’s somewhat psychotic love for filmmaking, and Matt and Joey butt heads about The Way of Water! Check it out!

Wolf Children/Comet - He Got That Dawg In Him

Greetings from the year 2014. We are anon messaging you from Tumblr and hoping that you are keeping calm and carrying on. On this week’s episode, we are covering Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, and to chase it down we watched Sam Ismael’s Comet! Both movies you might have seen while doom scrolling down your Tumblr dashboard in between posts about mustaches and pop punk lyrics. Joey Lestz guest stars and explains to us his favorite theories about Comet, Joey’s back to hating kids, Matt still hates musicals, and Nick wants to have sex with Olivia Coleman. It’s a wild one! Check it out now!

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair/Lady Bird - Would You Like Some Parm For Your Creepypasta?

It’s a coming-of-age episode! We’re deep in the trenches of the Oscar nominations this week and we have a few things to say about our most recent watches. This week, the boys dive into the creepypasta masterpiece, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and to chase it down, we watched Greta Gerwig’s love letter to Sacramento, Lady Bird. Matt gets us on a Star Wars tangent (again), Nick wishes he could experience a real-life creepypasta, and Joey loves his hometown more than the rest of us do. Check out the new episode today!

Prisoners/Ernest Goes to Jail - How To Pronounce ”Denis Villeneuve” For Dummies

It’s officially Oscar season! We’re back this week with a new episode covering the American Prison System (not really) as well as the highs and lows of the Oscar nominations of 2023. For the shot, we watched Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners and we struggle greatly to pronounce his name. To chase this down, we begin our journey into the Ernest-verse with Ernest Goes to Jail, a movie that may have paired better with Villeneuve’s ‘Enemy’. Triangle of Sadness is dog shit, Jamie Lee Curtis does not deserve the nomination, and Joey watches American Psycho for the first time! Don’t miss it!

Venom/Upgrade - Who Wrote The ”Turd in the Wind” Line?

Hello, symbiotes! We had been discussing reviewing Venom for a few months, but we knew we would not do it justice alone so we had to call in an expert. Our friend Haley has stated that this is one of the best movies she has ever seen so we had to have her on to bring her argument to the table and dammit does she have a compelling argument. To chase down this vile fluid, we watched Upgrade, which is actually the exact same movie. Jane Campion is a nepo baby, Matt and Joey watched Cats for the first time, and we discuss our first bad movie theater experience! Don’t be a turd in the wind, check it out!