FOLLOWING FILMS

Episode 220 - Rudy It's that time of the year where we lose our weekends to the futile hopes of our favorite football team winning a game or two. To celebrate this festive season, we are looking back at 1993 at the gridiron classic, Rudy. Along with Rudy, we are contractually obligated as part of any medium that discusses film or pop culture to provide a review of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

With the kickoff of American football, we are in the mood for a double feature of THE LONGEST YARD. In the 1974 version, Burt Reynolds has us scratching our hairy chests in admiration, while Adam Sandler has us scratching our (egg shaped) heads at the jokes presented on screen. Find out which film we chose, the original or the remake, and also which centerfold graces Mike's wall.

Peter is joined by returning guest hosts Karly (of That Pop This Life and Talking Shondaland ) and Devin (of The Liquor Run Podcast ) to talk about their five favorite sports movies and a long list of honorable mentions. Hopefully we can remind you of some of the ones from your childhood!  

Peter and Phoenix go back to 1992 and review a movie with a bunch of young stars! Brendan Fraser, who plays David Green, stars in School Ties about a high school football player who gets a scholarship to a preparatory school where he has to hide that he is Jewish.  

If all you cinephiles can't get enough of the NFL Draft, we have a treat for you (debatable) with an episode from the vault: "It's DRAFT DAY in the NFL for Kevin Costner, and that can mean only one thing for us... we review two baseball movies not starring Kevin Costner. MONEYBALL and TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE are on the clock, and keeping with War Machine vs. War Horse tradition, we watch Brad Pitt continue to have great hair, and discover the evil that is Matthew Lillard."