Best Friend and Criterion Collection supporter Steffan Sitka joins me to watch two very different movies. He shows me Brand on the Brain and I get a lot of stuff wrong. We talk about Film Noir, stereotypes of the 50s and a Clockwork Orange. I'm

S2E18: Harold and Maude v. Tommy Boy

Nov 11th, 2020 1h 13m

Best Friend and perpetual optimist Marcelina Chavira sits miles away from me on a computer to share one of her favorite movies - Harold and Maude. It is weird and both not enough and too much. We talk about ageism, the agency of a woman and how

S2E17: S.O.B. v. Empire Records

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 15m

Best Friend and dog actor enthusiast Stephanie Streisand comes on the show to show me a classic - S.O.B. She teaches me a lot about the movie industry, I talk a lot about how dogs break into the biz. She talks intelligently about the background

S2E16: True Lies v. (500) Days of Summer

Oct 1st, 2020 1h 27m

Best Friend and fellow podcaster Myke Thompson joins me on my podcast to revisit an old favorite. He makes me watch True Lies while I try not to fall in love with young Arnold Schwarzenegger. We talk about spies, Jamie Lee Curtis and how I alwa

S2 E15 MacGruber v. Enemy at the Gates

Sep 16th, 2020 2h 21m

Best friend and brother-in-law Marshall Cox "zoom calls" me to talk about some of our favorite SNL scenes. He explains his amazement at the MacGruber sketch becoming a full fledged pop culture icon. We laugh and talk about Pepsi and his wife.T

S2E14: State and Main v. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 33m

Best friend and painter extraordinaire Hooks shows me one of their favorite nostalgic movies. We watch State and Main and I swoon over romantic lead Philip Seymour Hoffman. We talk about Los Angeles as two transplants and basically decide it's

S2E13: The American President v. Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Aug 20th, 2020 1h 5m

Best friend and political aficionado Emma Lieberman joins me for two great polar opposites. First, she shows me The American President. We laugh about 40 year olds flirting, we talk West Wing and Aron Sorkin and we love Michael J Fox. I get dis

S2E12: Sleepy Hollow v. Die Hard

Aug 7th, 2020 54m 58s

Best friend and first time interviewee Kiki Andersen joins me to discuss some classic movies. First she shows me Sleepy Hollow where I laugh and am grossed out by Johnny Depp all at the same time. We discuss how Tim Burton it all is, how Harry

S2E11: Who Framed Roger Rabbit v. Reservoir Dog

Jul 16th, 2020 1h 44m

Best friend and jazz enthusiast Allison Lyons joins me via Zoom to discuss two incredibly different movies. First she shows me Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I marvel at toons in real life. We laugh about fake hammers and living taxis and Steve Bu

S2E10 There Will Be Blood v. Ghostbusters

May 14th, 2020 1h 31m

Best friend and movie-review-article writer John Flynn "zooms" me to watch six minutes of a movie. He regales me with stories of a coyote and I insist we watch There will be Blood. I confuse it with No Country for Old Men and we talk a lot abou

S2E9: The Conjuring v. Silence of the Lambs

Apr 30th, 2020 1h 33m

Best Friend and whatever-is-in-your-pantry-chef extraordinaire Marc "The Nucch" Ranucci sits down miles away from me to chat about scary movies. He shows my The Conjuring and tells me that a full world with rules exists inside the Horror movie

S2E8: Goodfellas v. The Cabin in the Woods

Apr 16th, 2020 1h 4m

Best friend and professional college filmmaker Jimmy Flynn "zooms" with me to talk about our favorite movies. He shows me Goodfellas and I keep talking about "The Irishman" despite several warnings. I fall in love with Ray Liotta again (no surp

S2E7 Heartbreakers v. He's Just Not That Into You

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 57m

Best friend and recurring quarantine-lifer Alex Warheit sits with me in our living room (as we do every day and night) and shows me a delightful gem - Heartbreakers. I desperately wish Gene Hackman finds the love of his life as we discuss the b

S2E6 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington v. Arrival

Mar 13th, 2020 1h 19m

Best friend and opera up-and-comer Elizabeth Hayhurst joins me in a tiny room. She shows me Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and I dream of the olden days. I make incredibly far off predictions and never mention (not even once) that I know the ful

S2E5 Paddington 2 v. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Feb 27th, 2020 1h 27m

Best Friend and casual beer drinker Bryan Musil and I sit down to watch two movies in series. First he shows me Paddington 2, a charming movie about a child friendly psychopath and a hunt for gold that ends in a communist moral. Or at least, th

S2E4 Gone in 60 Seconds v. A Star is Born

Feb 12th, 2020 1h 15m

Best friend and all around bad ass Tara Erickson joins me in the pod room to discuss cars, love and music. She shows me Gone in 60 Seconds and we talk about our love of cars, Nic Cage, and Bullet Tooth Tony from Snatch. Ford v. Ferrari comes up

S2E3 Hollywood Shuffle v. Rear Window

Jan 30th, 2020 1h 40m

Best friend and Trekkie Gil Baron gives me a personal master class in film. He walks me through what it means to be an independent filmmaker with a strong message by showing me Hollywood Shuffle. I keep talking about "Famous People" like they a

S2E2 Demolition Man v. Moonrise Kingdom

Jan 15th, 2020 1h 26m

Best friend and cat whisperer Catherine Durickas joins me for a movie day and forces me to watch Demolition Man. I accuse her of not following directions, we talk about airpods and movies with good guys AND bad guys and we laugh a whole bunch.

S2E1: Auntie Mame v. Bridesmaids

Jan 1st, 2020 1h 18m

Best friend and workaholic Elyssa Phillips joins me in my scent-sational abode to show me one of her favorites - Auntie Mame. I'd never heard of it, but it didn't stop me from reviewing the movie. We talk about the role of the banker in the ado

Episode 23: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure v. Spaceballs

Dec 13th, 2019 1h 9m

Inquiring mind and best friend Jeannie Ceglar joins me for a fun filled afternoon of sci-fi humor. First, she shows me Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. We talk about history's men and laugh and then we talk about pizza delivery and cry.Then

Episode 22: The Last Black Man in San Francisco v. Memento

Nov 28th, 2019 1h 24m

Best friend and closet actor Jahred King takes me on a whirlwind tour of the Golden Gate City. He explains Toxic Black Masculinty while I keep guessing what gentrification is and we bond over skateboarding. Then I show him Memento and I'm not s

Episode 21: The Fifth Element v. The Bourne Identity

Oct 24th, 2019 1h 52m

Best friend and taxi connoisseur Briana Jones comes over to my house to show me sci-fi epic The Fifth Element. We crush over Bruce Willis with hair and Bri gets really into a cruise ship scene. Then I show her The Bourne Identity and we bound o

Episode 20: Mallrats v. Lucky Number Slevin

Oct 10th, 2019 1h 17m

Best friend and skateboard aficionado Brendan McCay joins me for some classics. He shows me Mallrats and I fall in love with an escalator bit. I like it so much, I watch the whole movie later! Then I show him a favorite of mine, Lucky Number Sl

Episode 19: The Honeymoon v. Snatch

Sep 26th, 2019 1h 40m

Best friend and vampire impersonator Hunter Altman joins me in my liar for a creepy night of horror. He FORCES me to watch the Honeymoon "in honor of my wedding" he says. It's very fun. I talk about metaphors of moths and how ants factor into t

Episode 18: Dazed and Confused v. Cool Hand Luke

Sep 5th, 2019 1h 20m

Best friend and sportsball afficionado Jules Forde comes over to show me high school classic Dazed and Confused. Like all the greats, I compare it to American Graffitti, a movie I've ALSO never seen and can never spell. We talk baseball, what I