Brandon finally gets a movie thats light and fluffy as we talk about the Illumination movie, Despicable Me. We compare this one to the other 2010 movie with a very similar plot, Megamind, and talk about how the minions gave us Looney Tunes vibe

Bridesmaids

Apr 10th, 2023 55m 43s

The gang RSVPs yes to the greatness that is Bridesmaids. We discuss the evolution of female comedies and the role this played in changing the landscape, our favorite comedic scenes and performances in the movie and the existence of ugly carrots

Midnight in Paris

Apr 3rd, 2023 51m 37s

Oh wow, Owen Wilson is in a Woody Allen movie. The IDYP crew takes a dream Parisian vacation that turns into a nightmare in the form of Midnight in Paris. We discuss fantasy vs. sci fi time travel, the lack of fucks that we give about the chara

A Separation

Mar 27th, 2023 1h 2m

Another foreign gem finds its' way across our paths as we watch the OSCAR winning Iranian film A Separation. Emily enlightens us about the history of the political strife in Iran and the Green Movement, Ben talks about the pull-the-rug-out-from

Girl With the Dragon Tattoo w/ Ra'Shawn from When Cinephiles Attack - Special Episode

Mar 20th, 2023 53m 59s

We invited on Fincher fanatic Ra'Shawn from When Cinephiles Attack this week to discuss The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We put Ra'Shawn on an island and force him to pick his favorite Fincher movies, mourn this trilogy that never was, and try

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star - Wheel of Trash Episode

Mar 6th, 2023 48m 20s

The wheel of trash lands on the first, and hopefully worst, movie of 2011 for us with Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star. We chat our favorite Happy Madison movies, where this thing went wrong and if any part of it is salvageable, and our reaction

Melancholia

Feb 27th, 2023 53m 23s

This was a deeply affecting movie for us here at IDYP as we watched Melancholia. We discuss our personal struggles with depression and the lens this movie provided into that world, seeing former child stars topless, and all of the crazy theorie

The Muppets - Special Episode

Feb 23rd, 2023 40m 31s

Our first special episode of the season sees IDYP getting nostalgic for the Muppets reboot. We discuss our favorite Muppet properties, how much we love the songs in the movie (most of them), and the deleted scenes and alternate endings that cou

Warrior

Feb 20th, 2023 1h 5m

Emily watches her second ever fighting sports movie and falls in love with the genre as we discuss the MMA-centric movie Warrior. We break down and try to fix the worried wife trope, talk about what sets this apart from other sports movies, and

Crazy Stupid Love w/ Lacy from When Cinephiles Attack

Feb 13th, 2023 58m 46s

We brought back Lacy from When Cinephiles Attack to discuss this Rom-Com with a twist, Crazy Stupid Love. We fall head over heels for the Gosling-Stone pairing, question the message this movie is trying to send, and one of us nearly loses our m

Margaret

Feb 6th, 2023 1h 2m

Two versions of a movie - One is considered a masterpiece and the other is garbage. We went with the latter version and tear it to shreds as we discuss the Kenneth Lonergan directed Margaret. We chronicle the long path this took to get to theat

Beginners

Jan 30th, 2023 1h 5m

What a treat this movie was!! We dive into the semi-autobiographical Mike Mills film, Beginners. We do an in-depth comparison to the movie this most reminded us of, 500 Days of Summer, have a very serious discussion about if Hal's life was well

Shame

Jan 23rd, 2023 1h 8m

We are in need of a shower after watching this deeply unsexy NC-17 movie, Shame. We discuss the beauty of the filmmaking and performances in the movie, the need for more dick in movies, and argue over whether this is a character study or an aff

Hugo - Season 3 Premiere

Jan 16th, 2023 1h 6m

With a new season comes a rebrand for IDYP as we transition to a new name and slightly altered format, but with that same old IDYP style. For our first foray into 2011, we went back to the origin of film by watching Hugo. We discuss the homages

I Drink Your 2010 - Season 2 Finale

Dec 29th, 2022 1h 16m

We have watched over 50 of the movies that 2010 has to offer and now we are coming together to summarize it all, draft our favorites and hand out a few awards. Which top movie pick of one of our co-hosts is deemed to be unworthy of existing by

The King's Speech

Dec 19th, 2022 1h 35m

For our last movie of 2010, we watch the Best Picture winner for that year, The King's Speech. Best Picture winner? Then this movie must be really good. Well if it is, IDYP don't get it. We talk about some questionable filmmaking decisions and

Four Lions

Dec 12th, 2022 1h 1m

In this explosive episode of IDYP, Ben, Wes and Emily dive real deep into a very controversial comedy in Four Lions. We try to figure out if we are bad people for liking this movie as much as we did, argue about whether this movie normalizes te

True Grit - Special Episode

Nov 28th, 2022 47m 40s

We lasso another reboot/prequel/sequel in this special episode in the heavily OSCAR nominated True Grit. We go through the 10 nominations and discuss which were deserved and which were not, we question whether this is a revenge cautionary tale,

Tangled

Nov 21st, 2022 52m 19s

At last we see the light, as we are in the home stretch of our 2010 movie season, as this week we discuss the Disney animated film, Tangled. We argue over how well this one matches up to the films of the Disney renaissance, talk about the deep

Inception

Nov 14th, 2022 1h 6m

We reunite the original gang for this Christopher Nolan dream heist movie. We try to incept into Emily that the rest of us know what this movie is about, discuss some theories, new and old, about the movie's meaning and ending, learn something

The Last Airbender - Wheel of Trash Episode

Nov 7th, 2022 1h 2m

We scrape the bottom of the 2010 barrel and the gunk that manages to come off is M Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. We discuss the whitewashing controversy surrounding the movie, all of the areas that this adaptation failed it's source mat

The Town

Oct 31st, 2022 1h 1m

Cue up the Sweet Caroline cause we are watching a Boston set movie again with Dylan, but this time we aren't letting him use the accent (You're welcome). We examine the setting and discuss whether it could be set anywhere else, wonder if this w

Toy Story 3 - Special Episode

Oct 24th, 2022 52m 46s

On this very special episode, Ben and Emily reminisce about the Toy Story franchise and the special place that PIXAR occupies within each of us. We share some hot takes about this movie (Bonnie is a villain, Lotso was right), analyze the qualit

Valhalla Rising w/ Ryan from One Track Mind

Oct 17th, 2022 58m 34s

Strap on your thinking caps and dust off your PhD in Norse mythology cause you are gonna need them as the ever-hilarious Ryan joins us to help us figure out what the fuck we just watched. Emily asks a lot of questions while Ben tries to answer

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Oct 10th, 2022 49m 49s

Tucker and Dale vs Evil is all the closer we can get to covering a horror movie this spooky season, so we find time to discuss the horror influences of this, where it ranks on the list of best horror comedies, and how much we love the two lead