The Fall Guy is in theaters now, so we took a #BoyfriendMaterial field trip to watch it and record this spoiler-filled episode! After welcoming in new listeners in the mailbag — and Gosling’s new era of acting — we catch up on his busy past few

Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023)

Sep 29th, 2023 1h 34m

At long last, #BoyfriendMaterial is back to talk about Greta Gerwig's Barbie, and we hope this episode is Kenough for you. As Ryan Gosling returns to a supporting role, so, too, do we return to do more promo for our ongoing show, 2 Fast 2 Forev

The Gray Man (2022)

Jul 29th, 2022 1h 13m

Hey girl, you feel that? That's an all-new episode of #BoyfriendMaterial about The Gray Man, which marks Ryan Gosling's triumphant return to acting! We're back with a new episode after nearly three years away from the podcast and four years wit

029 Frankenstein and Me (1996)

Oct 31st, 2019 33m 44s

After last week's clunker in Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, we needed something strong to close out the regular run of #BoyfriendMaterial, and we found exactly what we needed in Frankenstein and Me. Before we officially announce the Gossies, co

028 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)

Oct 24th, 2019 33m 35s

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy isn't Ryan Gosling's worst movie, but it's certainly one of his most uneventful. When we tore through Zac Efron's early work on #ZacAttack, we reveled in finding madness in his early movies. While we've found some

026 Young Hercules (1998)

Oct 17th, 2019 1h 6m

Before Ryan Gosling was Neil Armstrong, before he was Seb, before he was the Driver, he was Young Hercules. For fifty. Episodes. Of. Television. Made more than 20 years ago and in no way designed to be binged, Young Hercules perpetuates the sam

025 Remember the Titans (2000)

Oct 10th, 2019 44m 14s

We are the Titans! Mighty, mighty Titans! Two episodes after talking about Ryan Gosling as QB in The Slaughter Rule, it's time for him to flip to the other side of the ball and line up on defense in Remember the Titans. In this episode, we talk

024 The Believer (2001)

Oct 3rd, 2019 40m 28s

Considering how incredible Ryan Gosling is in the Believer, it's not too hard to realize why talking about a Neo-Nazi in 2019 isn't a fun topic. We give it the old college try anyway as we admire Gosling's ability to speak Hebrew and his absolu

023 The Slaughter Rule (2002)

Sep 26th, 2019 52m 57s

Ryan Gosling diehards know he'd star in a football movie in Remember the Titans (coming up in two episodes), but did you know he stepped up to QB in The Slaughter Rule? In this episode, we learn that one of the Joes really connected with the mo

022 Murder by Numbers (2002)

Sep 19th, 2019 56m 10s

It’s right there in the title, but it’s still a bit of a surprise that Murder by Numbers is our second “Ryan Gosling as a murderer” movie in a row. It’s clear now that by the time he’d go on to portray Robert Durst, Ryan Gosling had quite the h

021 The United States of Leland (2003)

Sep 12th, 2019 41m 5s

Several episodes ago (or several years from now, in a normal, non-podcast timeline), Ryan Gosling played a murderer in (essentially) Robert Durst. The United States of Leland shows where murdering Gosling got his start. (Or does it? Is there mo

020 The Notebook (2004)

Sep 5th, 2019 56m 9s

The Notebook has been the White Whale of #BoyfriendMaterial. From the very beginning of the podcast, Joey has been looking forward to finally watching what may be *the* Ryan Gosling movie, while Joe Two counted down the days until they got to t

019 Stay (2005)

Aug 29th, 2019 45m 43s

We've had a good run on #BoyfriendMaterial so far, but we were bound to hit a clunker sooner or later, which we did with Stay. While it's not a completely terrible movie -- and Joey doesn't regret calling it the worst movie he saw all year -- i

018 Half Nelson (2006)

Aug 22nd, 2019 1h

Not only is Half Nelson one of Ryan Gosling's best performances (netting him his first Oscar nom), it's also the feature film debut of the directorial team behind Captain Marvel! While we still have some big movies left to come (here's looking

017 Fracture (2007)

Aug 15th, 2019 49m 56s

Fracture is the most brain mush movie we’ve had so far in #BoyfriendMaterial, which means Joey hates it and Joe Two loves it. This movie is basically two hours of people saying, "Hey! How dumb does Ryan Gosling look? Pretty dumb, right?" In thi

016 Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Aug 8th, 2019 1h 17m

Lars and the Real Girl falls in the heart of a real great run of #BoyfriendMaterial movies, and it's exactly what the doctor ordered after Blue Valentine. Not fully a comedy, not fully a drama, this movie straddles the line between laughter and

015 Blue Valentine (2010)

Aug 1st, 2019 1h 30m

Who’s ready to be emotionally devastated? Blue Valentine is one of Ryan Gosling’s best movies, one of his most beautiful, and one of his most depressing. It’s the first of two team-ups for Gosling and Derek Cianfrance (before The Gos Beyond the

014 All Good Things (2010)

Jul 21st, 2019 59m 57s

Before Andrew Jarecki made The Jinx, before we all felt in love with Burpin’ Bobby Durst, we saw Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst in All Good Things. Without the aid of resident historian Mike Manzi, we find ourselves thrown all the way back to t

The CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!

Jun 4th, 2019 2h 42m

In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from

013 Drive (2011)

Apr 21st, 2019 1h 30m

After a quick detour to modern day in First Gos, #BoyfriendMaterial is back on schedule and ready to stomp some heads into a pulp as we talk about Drive. In this episode, we compare and contrast the two NWR/Gosling team-ups, wonder whether the

012 First Man (2018)

Jan 21st, 2019 1h 15m

Just like we did for the newest episode of #MagicMics, we're taking a detour to modern day (or is it the 1960s?) to talk about Ryan Gosling's newest movie: First Man. In this episode, we blast off into the outer space of podcasting to talk abou

011 Crazy Stupid Love (2011)

Oct 21st, 2018 1h 40m

Crazy Stupid Love may not be the best movie we've watched for #BoyfriendMaterial so far... but, wow: Ryan Gosling is incredible in it. To talk about the third (or is it first?) team-up between Gosling and Emma Stone, we welcome in Aislinn Addin

010 The Ides of March (2011)

Sep 21st, 2018 1h 24m

The Ides of March may be the most political that #BoyfriendMaterial ever gets, as Ryan Gosling plays the junior campaign manager on the quest to get Governor George Clooney (!!!) (note: not his character's name) re-elected. Adapted from a play

009 The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

Aug 21st, 2018 1h 33m

Ryan Gosling may only be in a third of The Place Beyond the Pines but, boy, does he ever know how to make a lasting impression! The Place Beyond the Pines is filled with so many moments that could qualify for either most or least boyfriend mate

008 Gangster Squad (2013)

Jul 21st, 2018 1h 45m

At times, Gangster Squad is nothing more than a pastiche of cliches, yet there's something about it (hint: Ryan Gosling and also Emma Stone) that elevates it from generic and unforgettable into something that's more than a little fun... as long