94 - The Upside

Americans. We take care of business. We fix things. We get the rights to a milquetoast French comedy and give it some oomph, make it relevant to our social issues, throw Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston in there. We’ll even add some Australian spice by giving Nicole Kidman a role. Basically, what we are saying is that THE UPSIDE, maligned as it is by the Tomatometer, is the movie The Intouchables should’ve been. Listen to Alex and Julio as they grow even prouder to be citizens of the United States while listing all the ways in which Neil Burger outperformed his French counterparts.

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89 - Wild Hogs

We end our Summer Road Trip by welcoming back the star of our last Summer adventure. In 2007, John Travolta recruited Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H Macy for a cross-country motorcycle trip and all of America got to tag along in WILD HOGS! Listen to Alex and Julio admire the movie’s brave examination of emasculation, its ingenious pairing of Marissa Tomei with the least likely biker and its generous offering of a Hall of Fame Villain Role to Ray Liotta!

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47 - Zero Dark Thirty

Ever had an awesome history class you actually loved because the teacher made it feel like story time instead of boring school stuff? ZERO DARK THIRTY is the complete opposite of that. Special guest Kinsey Jones joins Alex and Julio as they navigate the dangerous waters of criticizing a 9/11 movie, analyzing Jessica Chastain's questionable investigative talent, and complaining about yet another instance of a movie wasting Kyle Chandler's time. It's the fourth installment of our Female Filmmakers Arc and it's a doozy!

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Episode 35 - A Good Day To Die Hard

John McClane. More American than apple pie, baseball and gun-control debates. What happens when a daring filmmaker sends this American icon to wreak havoc on Mother Russia? Oh, just the best fifth entry in an action franchise EVER. Join Alex, Julio and special Aussie guest Chas Fisher (from the Draft Zero podcast) in our most international episode yet!

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Episode 18 - Three Kings

Why does David O'Russell hate America? What did our troops ever do to him? And why does he think war is so damn funny? Listen as Alex and Julio can barely contain their outrage while the clownish, incompetent and morally bankrupt team of George Clooney (Batman and Robin), Mark Whalberg (Fear), Ice Cube (Are we there yet) and Spike Jonze (Jackass) make a mockery out of American soldiers and the Iraq war in this surprisingly celebrated movie from the director who would eventually give us "Fat Bald Christian Bale" as his masterpiece. 

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