Ep. 247: Joker, Sony and Marvel makeup, and can you still be funny?
Release Date: 10/15/2019
Director's Cut: Alex Garland
Dirty Sons of Pitches
The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are looking at the four films from Alex Garland, notable genre screenwriter who began his directing career with 2015's Oscar-winning "Ex Machine," and followed it up with disorienting and challenging movies like "Anihilation" and "Men," both of which didn't quite work for the gents. They also use the occasion as an excuse to talk about Garland's latest directing effort, A24's "Civil War," supposedly following journalists treading through the terror of the United States at war with itself. Available on Spotify and Apple
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Ep. 405: By the Decade -- 1990s Bonus -- "The Shadow" (1994) / "Matinee" (1993) / "Quiz Show" (1994)
Dirty Sons of Pitches
The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" Available on Spotify and Apple Episode 405 includes: -What's the opposite of an R.I.P. for O.J. Simpson? -Trailer reaction for "Joker 2" and a possible new "Matrix" movie from a not-Wachowski? -Nate has finally seen "Indy 5" and... it's even worse than he worried. -"Godzilla x Kong" is a silly monster smash 'em up that works on its own dumb fun terms. -By the Decade -- 1990s Bonus - "The Shadow" / "Matinee" / "Quiz Show" -The guys close out the awesome decade of cinema that was the 1990s with a misguied big-screen revamp of 1930s radio serial action hero...
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DSOP Presents: Saturday Night Jive -- SNL Oscar Movies
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This week, as a special episode of their "Saturnday Night Live"-themed podcast "Saturday Night Jive," brothers George and Ben discuss the small club of SNL alums who have received Oscar nominations, with Robert Downey Jr. the only winner. The guys discuss the different nominated performances, the movies, the years of nominated movies, and the ongoing history of "SNL" and its legacy. It's yet another opportunity to listen to Ben complain about the Oscars on another podcast! Available on Apple and Spotidy
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Ep. 404: By the Decade -- 1999 -- "Bringing Out the Dead" / "Animal Farm" / "Heat Vision & Jack"
Dirty Sons of Pitches
The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are close to finishing the 1990s examination of film, leading to the final year, one that stands as one of the greatest in movie history. The guys have taken on even more this week, starting with the failed pilot from a lot of comedy heavies, "Heat Vision & Jack," the dark side of "Babe" with the TV movie adaptation of "Animal Farm," and then Martin Scorsese's "Brining Out the Dead" with Nicolas Cage. Available on Apple and Spotify Episode 404 includes: -Trailer reactions: "The Crow," "Good Times," "Wicked," and response to the "Quiet on the Set" doc...
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My Dad & the Movies -- "The Holdovers" (2023)
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A special new podcast subset featuring Nate and his father. "My Dad & the Movies" is a monthly series where Nate and his father, George, discuss a movie of his father's choice, maybe a favorite or a formative work that made him the cinephile he is, and father and son can talk about their shared love of the movies. It's the third season, and with the second edition Nate and his father are looking back to the recent holiday dramedy nominated for several Oscars, including winning Best Supporting Actress, Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers." Available on Spotify and Apple
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Ep. 403: By the Decade -- 1998 -- "Deep Rising" / "Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy"
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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are back and crusin' through the radical 1990s of cinema, this time stopping to examine "Deep rising," the creature-feature that helped launch Stephen Sommers before "The Mummy," and a failed TV pilot directed by Joe Dante, "Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy," otherwise known also as "The Osiris Chronicles," a sci-fi TV show that never got further than its second introductory episode. Available on Apple and Spotify Episode 403 includes: -R.I.P. Richard Lewis and the creator of Dragon Ball and its many iterations. -2024 Oscar recap and Nate finally reviews...
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Ep. 402: By the Decade -- 1997 -- "Starship Troopers" / "Hideous!"
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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are back and ready to sing the praises of the cinematic year that was 1997, primarily with the subversive classic that today's modern fascists confuse as being pro-fascism, "Starship Troopers," and less so the second Full Moon Pictures selection of the 90s, "Hideous!", a movie about rich jerks who collect genetically deformed freaks who then break loose and wreck terror... or should have. Available on Apple and Spotify Episode 402 includes: -Nate is perplexed by the one-half Coen Brother lesbian sex comedy "Drive-Away Dolls." --Ben comes to "Dune Part Two" with some...
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DSOP Throwback: Double or Nothing -- "1492: The Conquest of Paradise" (1992) / "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992)
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Between new episodes, we're opening up some of our favorite back catalogue episodes to give you a chance to relisten to what we consider some of the most entertaining episodes across the decade-plus of podcasting. "The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are adding another new format change to their long-standing podcast, this time examining similar movies released in short order from one another. The guys kick things off by exploring the two Christopher Columbus biopics released in 1992, both of which are bad but for different reasons. "Columbus: The Discovery" is the cheaper, sillier, but...
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DSOP Throwback: What the Hell Did We Just Watch? -- "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" (2013)
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Between new episodes, we're opening up some of our favorite back catalogue episodes to give you a chance to relisten to what we consider some of the most entertaining episodes across the decade-plus of podcasting. "Back in 2013, the "Dirty Sons of Pitches" had a great idea, to watch the lowest-grossing wide release film of all time, "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure." It'll be fun, they reasoned. Oh how wrong they were. Recording minutes after finishing that awful children's movie, the guys unleash their thoughts and reflections, trying to make sense of what will never make...
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My Dad & the Movies -- "Noah" (2014)
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A special new podcast subset featuring Nate and his father. "My Dad & the Movies" is a monthly series where Nate and his father, George, discuss a movie of his father's choice, maybe a favorite or a formative work that made him the cinephile he is, and father and son can talk about their shared love of the movies. It's the start of a new season, the third in this series, and the first movie up for discussion is 2014's epic yet alienating Biblical adaptation from Darren Aranofsky, "Noah," a movie both gentlemen thoroughly enjoy and definitely recommend, and Nate's father finally goes...
info_outlineThe "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have triumphantly returned after a long though busy break. They have a lot of movies to cover and in honor of the new gritty, R-rated "Joker" film they will be pitching solo ventures in the same dark vein for Batman's other villains. The guys wind up an extra long podcast by channeling the spirit of Gene Shalit to come up with absurd blurbs for a selection of the movies reviewed.
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Episode 247 includes:
-Sony and Marvel kiss and make up realizing they both really like money.
-Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies aren't movies.
-Ben says "The Addams Family" is a nice surprise.
-Nate spits out reviews for "Hustlers," "Ad Astra," "Gemini Man," "Judy," "Parasite," and the Fred Durst-directed, John Travolta-starring "The Fanatic."
-The new "Joker" is good but Ben contests mishandles the entire identity of what makes Joker the Joker. The guys also discuss the nature of comedy in this new era and whether Todd Phillips has any point in his declaration that you can't be funny anymore.
-This Week's Pitch -- Joker-fy Batman Villain Solo Films!
-The guys try and pitch gritty, R-rated solo outings and cast movies for Catwoman, Clay Face, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin, and a dozen other rogues.
-This Week's Game -- So Shalit Be!
-The guys take on the persona of America's favorite televised film critic to offer increasingly bizarre pun-laden blurbs for this week's films reviewed.