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Tearing apart your favorite movies.

Episode 119 - 2001: A Space Odyssey 01/19/2021

Episode 119 - 2001: A Space Odyssey [In HAL 9000’s voice]: /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/17569166

Episode 118 - The Devil Wears Prada 01/06/2021

Episode 118 - The Devil Wears Prada The 2006 smash hit "The Devil Wears Prada" seemed to have struck a chord on the piano that is the hearts of moviegoers everywhere, but to us, with its weighty pile of missed notes, it instead felt like ton of ivory falling on our heads. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/17443241

Episode 117 - Annie Hall 09/17/2020

Episode 117 - Annie Hall La-dee-da, la-dee-da. Woody Allen's 1977 Best Picture winner "Annie Hall" is considered his masterpiece and marked his shift from slapstick zany comedies to more heady, romantic fair. This movie is patient zero for annoying, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual romantic comedies that followed (think Rob Reiner, Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Kevin Smith, etc.). /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/15951062

Episode 116 - Face/Off 08/21/2020

Episode 116 - Face/Off Somehow John Woo’s remake of “Freaky Friday” known as “Face/Off” starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage where they switch bodies was somehow beloved by audiences—and critics alike—in 1997. This movie has 4,529 missed point-blank gunshots, sappy family drama for no reason, dead kids, white American terrorists (when that was allowed to be a thing), a futuristic Gitmo with magnetic boots, and so many doves. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/15710270

Episode 115 - Forrest Gump 06/30/2020

Episode 115 - Forrest Gump The Best Picture winner for 1994 "Forrest Gump" is itself like a box of chocolates: filled sickly sweets that seem like they’re good on the surface, but end up being too nutty, gooey and annoyingly filled with shrimp. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14948054

Episode 114 - Varsity Blues 06/14/2020

Episode 114 - Varsity Blues Get your potbelly pigs, concussions, and whipped cream bikinis ready, because we’re covering the 1999 after-school special "Varsity Blues," which tells the story of a jaded back-up quarterback at a small-town Texas high school who has to take over hero responsibilities when the star QB gets injured while also trying to take down their mean old coach. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14813771

Episode 113 - Rain Man 05/19/2020

Episode 113 - Rain Man Uh oh! Definitely did “Rain Man,” definitely did “Rain Man.” Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman somehow star as brothers in this manipulative road trip/buddy comedy that topped both the box office and the Oscars in 1988. People love this movie, but it’s nothing more than a con-job that somehow got credit for treating autism authentically, when it actually just uses it as a gimmick to divert your eye from the fact that this is nothing more than formulaic dreck. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14480324

Episode 112 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 05/05/2020

Episode 112 - Raiders of the Lost Ark George Lucas and Steven Spielberg whipped up a weird Bible film where a surly, pedophile grave robber tries to beat the Nazis to gain possession of a chest that holds the remains of the Ted Commandments in order to speak directly to God. And it’s a kid’s movie! The first in the "Indiana Jones" film franchise, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" kicked off sequels, prequels, dozens of ripoffs, pop culture staples, and is something we all loved as kids, but forgot to stop pretending is a masterpiece. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14285795

REPLAY: Rocky 04/28/2020

REPLAY: Rocky While most of us are still on lockdown do to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please enjoy this reposting of our episode on the original "Rocky" movie that aired in February 2018. Keating spends a few minutes up front updating you on how his quarantine has been going, and then at the very end, reveals what our newest episode will cover. Stay safe! /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14178389

Episode 111 - Armageddon 04/21/2020

Episode 111 - Armageddon The highest-grossing film of 1998 that was nominated for four Oscars (yes), “Armageddon,” makes its also-awful counterpart “Deep Impact” look like “Citizen Kane.” This explosion-(in space?)-filled blockbuster is another in the painful pop culture cancer filmographies of director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer that likes to remind its audience 500 times that America can do no wrong. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/14007731

REPLAY: Titanic 04/14/2020

REPLAY: Titanic In September of 2017, we released back-to-back episodes about James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic." For this REPLAY episode, we have combined those into one long episode for your memory lane listening pleasure. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13982042

Episode 110 - Outbreak 04/07/2020

Episode 110 - Outbreak The all-the-sudden relevant movie from 1995,” Outbreak,” about a global pandemic and how to stop it, misses the chance to be interesting by squandering its all-star cast in exchange for mindless explosions, helicopter chases and a cheesy love story. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13892183

REPLAY: Point Break 03/31/2020

REPLAY: Point Break We hope everyone is staying safe and trying to make the best of their quarantine. But assuming that you're not trying to necessarily make the best of it, you might as well listen to us then. So here’s a replay of one of our favorite episodes that maybe will cheer you up and help pass the time. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13788008

Episode 109 - Pretty in Pink 03/23/2020

Episode 109 - Pretty in Pink With yet another view into the creepy mind of ‘80s John Hughes, we decided to tackle the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink.” /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13572995

2020 Oscars Wrap-Up 02/10/2020

2020 Oscars Wrap-Up For the fourth year in a row, we fired up the mics immediately after watching the Oscars ceremony and give you our take on what we witnessed. We also figure out who got the most categories correct, discuss the ceremony, some of the speeches, and our most-hated moments from the broadcast. It might not have had a host, but Parasite thrived. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13082741

Our 2020 Oscars predictions 02/06/2020

Our 2020 Oscars predictions Will it be "Parasite" or "1917" that takes home the big prize? Join us as we discuss the year that was 2019 in film as we break down our thoughts on all the Oscar-nominated movies, and then each pick what we think will win in all 24 categories. Keating pretentiously mocks Jim for making what he considers outrageously dumb picks. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/13039085

In Theaters: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 08/26/2019

In Theaters: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood In the latest installment of our recurring In Theaters segment, we saw Quentin Tarantino’s newest film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and then immediately fired up the mics to discuss it. Some people have hailed this movie as a masterpiece while others think it’s a misogynistic mess. Where did we fall on that spectrum? What did we think of the surprise ending? How did we feel about the portrayal of Bruce Lee? Find out now. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/10997234

Episode 108 - Cast Away 05/28/2019

Episode 108 - Cast Away In 2000, Robert Zemeckis made "Cast Away," the longest FedEx commercial in history that masquerades as a trapped-on-a-desert-island story. Granted, the middle section of the film where Tom Hanks is marooned isn't terrible, but the pair of audience-insulting bookending acts that surround it replace any good will that created with seething anger. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/9891278

Episode 107 - Dances with Wolves 05/09/2019

Episode 107 - Dances with Wolves The Kevin Costner vanity project "Dances with Wolves" beat "GoodFellas" for Best Picture in 1990. That's right, this three-hour goofy slog that was heralded as the first movie not to have two-dimensional Native American characters, took home the gold statue. The problem? Even if its Lakota characters had actual names and dialogue, they're still depicted as Noble Savages who seem more like cavemen than fleshed-out individuals. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/9703835

In Theaters: Us 04/23/2019

In Theaters: Us After the enormous success of Jordan Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," he's back at the helm again with his followup, "Us" (which is currently in theaters). And, because of that, we went and saw it for our aptly-named In Theaters segment that we do on this show from time to time. But guess what? We disagreed on this one. Well, maybe our doppelgängers did. But find out which of *us* took a pair of scissors to the heart of this picture, and which has his heart tethered to it. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/9493421

Episode 106 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off 04/02/2019

Episode 106 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off If you actually do stop and look around at the 1986 John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off," there's a lot of stuff you can't miss that doesn't make sense. Are Ferris and his sister twins? Do his parents think he has the mind of the 5-year-old boy? Is Ferris a figment of Cameron's imagination? We will discuss all those and much more as we tear this iconic '80s flick. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/9149828

Episode 105 - Green Book 03/08/2019

Episode 105 - Green Book The controversial 2018 film "Green Book" that just won the Academy Award for Best Picture has it all: a white-savior narrative, cheesy New York Italian-American accents, and a series of cringeworthy tone-deaf scenes that aim to solve racism, but end up being more racist themselves in the end. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8907566

2019 Oscars Wrap-Up 02/27/2019

2019 Oscars Wrap-Up For the third year in a row, we fired up the mics immediately after watching the Oscars ceremony and give you our take on what we witnessed. We also figure out who got the most categories correct (and settle our wager), discuss the ceremony, some of the speeches, and our favorite and most-hated moments from the broadcast. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8785841

Our 2019 Oscars predictions 02/20/2019

Our 2019 Oscars predictions We guide you through the Oscar nominations for movies released in 2018 leading up to this Sunday's ceremony (which will take place on Feb. 24). /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8708891

Episode 104 - (500) Days of Summer 02/13/2019

Episode 104 - (500) Days of Summer Happy Valentine's Day! This time we tear apart the 2009 movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel "(500) Days of Summer," an overly-stylized hipster attempt at an anti-romantic comedy. You can't spell parenthetical without pathetic. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8564219

Episode 103 - American History X 01/24/2019

Episode 103 - American History X We decided to curb stomp the 1998 Edward Norton vehicle "American History X" that showed us all neo-Nazis have to do to overcome their vicious deep-seated racism is have one jokey conversation with a funny black guy in prison. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8340494

Episode 102 - Splash 01/10/2019

Episode 102 - Splash The 1984 box office smash "Splash" gave us a lot of things: Tom Hanks as a leading man, Ron Howard as a bankable director, and oddly the name Madison becoming popular. It’s just a shame that's all this pile of fish crap is worth. It's literally a fish out of water story, and also, frankly, the filmmakers have a lawsuit against the movie "The Shape of Water," which ripped this off almost to the letter. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8201225

REPLAY: Episode 62 - When Harry Met Sally... 12/31/2018

REPLAY: Episode 62 - When Harry Met Sally... Happy New Year! It's 2019 now. The future. Makes the 2015 from "Back to the Future Part II" seem like a million years ago. But now we're in the year of "Blade Runner." And they really nailed that. No better way to describe Los Angeles 2019 than a bunch of sushi-eating robots. We've been taking some time off for the holidays, but in the meantime, enjoy our repost of one of our favorite episodes, "When Harry Met Sally..." /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/8090300

REPLAY: Episode 65 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 12/18/2018

REPLAY: Episode 65 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Hey, guys, we're still hoping to get a Christmas episode done, but this past week hit a little snag. A good little snag. Jim's wife just gave birth to their second child, so needless to say, he's been a little busy this week. And more good news: Keating is still childless. Anyway, in the meantime, we decided to repost our "Home Alone 2" episode on our feed, so go enjoy (or re-enjoy) that one. Or hate it (or re-hate it)—whichever you choose. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/7971233

Episode 101 - Gone with the Wind (2/2) 12/11/2018

Episode 101 - Gone with the Wind (2/2) Continuing our discussion and dismantling of the epic classic film from 1939, "Gone with the Wind," we break down everything that happens in the nutty second half of this movie (after the intermission). Scarlett O'Hara gets married two more times to people she doesn't love, and Rhett Butler continues to play his mind games with her. /episode/index/show/filmsnuff/id/7872053

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