Film Or Movie

The boys don their speedos and dive into two merfolk tales. First up is Disney/Pixar's LUCA, followed by a trip back to 1984 to see if Ron Howard's SPLASH still holds up. The guys also tell their own "fish out of water" tales and Pete has mold in his house. 

Ian bows out to find his nerve as the remaining FoM team members take in a horror double feature of A QUIET PLACE PART 2 and 1982's POLTERGEIST. Families must be protected, special effects creatures must be combated, and t-bone steaks must be maggoted. It's Film or Movie!

It's a jilted lover showdown as the guys check out Sundance darling THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, then go back to Terrence Malick's second feature, DAYS OF HEAVEN, to see where it stands on the olde-timey Hold-Up-O-Meter. Can the boys make it through the whole episode without getting lost in Richard Gere's hair?

The boys let the power of Tina Turner wash over them as they review HBO Max's new doc, TINA. They then follow her to Bartertown to see if MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME still holds up. There's also a SPEED ROUND: 1985 edition, some light chatter about if anyone can ever enjoy Mel Gibson again, and an appreciation of Ian finally speaking into the correct side of his microphone. Who runs Bartertown? Film or Movie! 

The guys rip out spines and stomp on necks as they review the new MORTAL KOMBAT, then backflip to the Bruce Lee classic ENTER THE DRAGON to see if it still kicks ass. There's a martial arts Speed Round, a look back at 1995's MORTAL KOMBAT, and an unnerving discussion about what everyone's fatalities would be. Round 1... FIGHT!   

This week it's a celebration of National Treasure Frances McDormand, fresh off her Oscar win, as the guys review NOMADLAND and pair it with Ms. McDormand's (and the Coen Brothers') screen debut, BLOOD SIMPLE. Plus an all-McDormand Speed Round, more drops than you can shake a stick at, and the retirement of our Cure for COVID segment (despite COVID still being a very real threat please get vaccinated k thanks bye).

The OG crew is reunited to tackle two tales of immigrant families! First up is Lee Isaac Chung's Academy Award nominated MINARI, followed up by Barry Levinson's oft-forgotten AVALON from 1990. Plus we're serving up BOTH an Artist's Loft and a Nerd Alert. Who's a lucky podcaster subscriber? YOU!

It's a biopic double-header as the panel checks out JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, then dip back to 2007's THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD to see if it still holds up now that we're not 20-something's. Special Returning Guest Anjali Prasertong again adds some gravity to the conversation, plus an all Brad Pitt Speed Round! 

To celebrate Women's History Month we unceremoniously kick off two unwitting hosts and bring in Tony and Rob's wives, Beth and Anjali, to drop some much-needed female perspective on PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN and 1973's LADY SNOWBLOOD. Let the fan mail demanding their permanent place on the panel commence. The FOM Future is Female. 

It's a double dose of the afterlife as the guys check out Pixar's newest, SOUL, followed by 1990's Greatest Hair Competition aka FLATLINERS. Tony and Pete go mano a baldo over Pixar's potential repetitiveness and there's some real sharing going on as well. The kind of sharing only Joel Schumacher can elicit....  

The boys get heavy with Amazon's SOUND OF METAL, then- mostly because it sounded funny- they check out the 1981 animated boob montage known as HEAVY METAL. Coming at you like a scantily-clad woman riding a featherless turkey, it's FILM OR MOVIE!

It's a (much deserved) Gary Oldman love fest as the guys check out David Fincher's MANK, followed by a dip back to BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA to see if their junior high selves were right all along. Even Keanu's accent can't derail the hot cinema talk that goes down in this episode.

It's a Spike Lee Joint today on FOM as the guys check out the director's breakout DO THE RIGHT THING, followed by his newest, DA 5 BLOODS. More importantly, we somehow found a way to include Tony's 15 year old voiceover demo reel. It's one heck of an episode. And that's the truth, Ruth.  

The FoM Team spits out some verse by checking out Netflix's THE FORTY YEAR OLD VERSION, then pairing it with 1998's SLAM for Does It Hold Up. A hip-hop related Speed Round is then accompanied by a Cure for Covid that's full of heavily outdated MANDALORIAN chatter. Believe when we say FoM's no better than you/ Except when we rap so we guess it ain't true. 

It's a special, over-stuffed "Versus" episode as the boys pit two action icons against one another: Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme. We examine HARD TO KILL and KICKBOXER, determining if either one holds up, then throw in a Who Wore It Better and an Artist's Loft segment before ultimately deciding our favorite actor-who-would-occasionally-injure-a-stuntperson. Heads up: there are some intermittent tech issues since the discussion was so action-packed that Tony's mic shit itself.  

Since recording this episode, there have been hurricanes, elections, and hurricane-elections. But we're finally picking up the pieces over here at FoM Studios. This week we go full sci-fi comedy with BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC, followed by 1999's GALAXY QUEST. Rob also interviews GALAXY QUEST'S Daryl "Chill" Mitchell for a minute and a half because he was too self-conscious to ask more than one question. Never give up, never surrender!  

After taking some extra time to deal with several existential dilemmas in their real lives, the boys finally jump into some existential motion pictures instead. They check out Charlie Kaufman's newest, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, then look back to ADAPTATION to see if it holds up. Also, keep an eye out for FoM's currently in-production spinoff off podcast: "Nicolas Cage's Hair in Adaptation". Coming soon!  

The boys check out Kelly Reichardt's FIRST COW, then put on their berets and sad 1960's French faces for AU HASARD BALTHAZAR for Does It Hold Up. All that, plus an all-animal Speed Round and a hastily thought out Cure For COVID. We gettin' sophisticated in this piece!

Between pickles and weed, it's a very green episode this week as the guys check out AN AMERICAN PICKLE and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. There's ice cream talk, a speed round, and- this can't be right- even a mention of sports?! All that, plus Rob apparently can't tell the difference between Andrew Garfield and the dude who created Magic the Gathering. 

This week the boys tackle that time-tested genre known as the "Immortal Warrior Squad Movie". First they review Netflix's THE OLD GUARD, then check out BLADE II to see if it holds up. New drinking game: take a shot every time we say "world-building". Plus a new Cure for Covid segment!