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The Hold Up

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John Longino

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This month the Johns are joined by Josh Lentz to watch the 1999 party epic, Go.  Will this time capsule of the late 90s keep us rolling all night or crash like a bad overdose?  Listen and find out!
This month The Johns hop into their RV and go on a road trip to watch Race With The Devil.  Will this 70s craziness rock out?  Or will it send us directly to hell?  Listen and find out!
A few months ago Nelson brought The Nutty Professor to the podcast.  So in a petty act of shameless vengeance, Longino is unleashing Drop Dead Fred for the month of April.  Will this bizarre imaginary friend story be the hilarious romp Longino
This month Nelson brings to the table a film Longino has nether seen nor heard of: the 70s conspiracy theory thriller, Capricorn One.  Inspired by the theory that the moon landing was staged, this fictional adventure depicts a government conspi
Happy February and early happy Valentine's Day.  What better way to say love than a viewing of... Tron: Legacy?  When Longino found out that Nelson had never seen this cyberpunk sequel to the 80s cult classic, he abandoned this month's plans fo
Happy 2024!  This month The Johns grab a plate and chow down on the Eddie Murphy multi performed fat joke buffet, The Nutty Professor.  Will it fart its way into our hearts, or fart its way into a... wet fart?  Listen and find out!
Happy holidays!  What better way to celebrate than a low budget high concept indie movie about time travel?  This month The Johns take on Primer.  Will this movie finally make complete and total sense?  Or will be be as bewildered as the first
Is this a glitch?  An error?  No!  The Johns realized that it's been 8 years since the first episode of The Hold Up, which means enough time has passed to revisit the first film we ever watched for the podcast: The Last Starfighter.  Have we be
At long last: the dramatic conclusion to the epic episode 100.  For Part 5 we are once again joined by Ali to watch All The Real Girls.  Will the return of a non action film finally win the day?  Or will we break up like a sad romance?  Listen
Episode 100 continues with Part 4.  This time we are joined by guests Alison Star Locke and Lizze Gordon to watch Michael Bay's The Rock.  Will Ali survive the third action film to be pulled in a row?  Will Longino come around on a movie he rem
The glorious episode 100 continues with Part 3.  This time we're joined by Alison Star Locke and returning guest, Rachel Levine, who you may remember from our Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode.  Another random draw from the hat of action films a
Episode 100 continues!  We're joined by guests Alison Star Locke and Julie Cohen to once again draw from the random bucket of movies, action films vs chick flicks.  And this time we drew... Timecop!  Will the JCVD sci-fi silliness be a timeless
At long last we have arrived.  Welcome to the landmark 100th episode of The Hold Up Podcast.  For this glorious occasion, we've decided to do something outside our norm: a special 5 part weekly odyssey though gender cinema with an episode every
One episode shy of the landmark 100th episode, The Johns are not taking things easy.  This month Longino decides to unearth the strange sophomore satire from Richard Kelly: Southland Tales.  Is this infamously bizarre bomb a misunderstood gem o
Nolan is in the air, so it's time for Nelson and Longino to revisit the catalog and dust off 2002's Insomnia.  Will this Christopher Nolan remake with Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hillary Swank shine eternal like a 24 hour sun?  Or will it pas
This intro is written from ChatGPT with the following prompt: "Please write an introduction to a podcast called The Hold Up hosted by two men named John.  In this podcast they watch movies they haven't seen in many years to see if they still ho
This month The Johns get wacky as they uncover the bizarre antics of Return of the Killer Tomatoes.  Astonishingly featuring George Clooney, John Astin and rounded out with a bunch of people you've never heard of, this 80s relic will be inspect
Beware.  Here be DRAGONS!  This month The Johns dust themselves off of soot and ash to take on the 2002 Matthew McConaughey/Christian Bale dragon apocalypse: Reign Of Fire.  Will this movie be fit for a king or will it burn in hellfire?  Listen
This month The Johns are joined by friend and longtime listener, Tyler Wong, to watch 1992's Spanish language action classic from Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi.  Is this 90s indie film classic shot for $7K still bueno or is it muy mal?  Listen
The year was 1973 and John Nelson was born into this world.  That's right!  Nelson is turning 50!  To celebrate, he's selected a film from the same year as his birth: Soylent Green.  Will this infamous Charlton Heston sci fi parable  taste stal
The Hold Up is pleased to welcome Bob Longino, many years film critic and father of John Longino, to the podcast as our special guest.  This month we're watching 1958's The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, and Janet
Our special guest has unfortunately been delayed to next month, so to ring in 2023 we had to pivot quick.  This month we will be watching Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's The Wedding Singer.  Will this late 90s throwback to the 80s still make
When you think A Simple Plan, the last thing on your mind is a happy ending.  But Nelson has a different experience.  Having seen a test screening with a completely different ending than what was theatrically released, Nelson finally gets to wa
This month the Johns get back to basics and watch an obscure film from Longino's childhood: Used Cars.  Will this early Robert Zemeckis directed comedy starring Kurt Russell drive off the lot with zero issues?  Or will it be a full blown lemon?
Halloween never stops here at The Hold Up.  Join us for a record breaking month of releases as we do a special Catch Up episode for 1987's neo western horror: Near Dark.  Will Longino think this Kathryn Bigelow cult vampire classic is smokin' o
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