The Four Seasons (1981)
A movie designed to make you re-examine your relationship with friends. But did friends ever behave like this? Or are they too well off to b...
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An amused second look at movies from the 60's and 70's.
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20 of 112 episodesMaltese Falcon (1941)
Jimmy gets Ryan Sim to watch The Maltese Falcon and blows his mind. They talk about the cast, the legacy and Ryan's newfound facination with...
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Mario Bernardi and Chris Jarvie are back and they're not monkeying around - that, by the way, is the only money joke you'll hear about the o...
Dick Tracy (1990)
Larry Smith returns with a bee in his bonnet for the movie Dick Tracy. Larry is totally in love with this movie despite some reservations. L...
Road House (1989)
Women are delicate flowers, right? Sometimes but new guest Kelly Holt breaks the mould with her spirited praise of the movie Road House. Gue...
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
We never thought we'd see a film chosen by guest Bob Kerr we'd actually enjoy. But honest to Peter, Killer Klowns From Outer Space is so qui...
Fire In The Sky (1993)
To say this episode went off the rails very quickly is an understatement. Somehow guest Ryan Sim and engineer Phil (in one of his last engin...
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
A Hollywood comedy director wants to make the great American Drama - it does not go well. Jimmy England wants guest Chris Wuergler and engin...
Speed (1994)
If you feel the "need for speed", maybe a movie about a bus isn't your first choice but if you like high-octane adventure and thrills but do...
250th Episode With Sunset Boulevard and L.A. Confidential - Hooray!
Yes it's our 250th episode as Jimmy and Phil reflect on it all and Phil makes a big announcement. But wait! They also made each other watch...
Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983)
Guest Ryan Visser joins Jimmy to find the Meaning of Life but find only a legendary sketch group's most underappreciated film or an absurdis...
Dogma (1999)
Guest Mitch McBeaudry displays an impressive amount of religious knowledge while extolling the virtues of the outragious 1999 movie Dogma. I...
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Considered by many - including guest Mario Bernardi - to be one of the funniest movies ever made. Both funny and disturbing by today's stand...
Cars (2006)
Another exception as we wander into the new century to test guest Chris Jarvie's theory that the Pixar movie Cars is the greatest movie ever...
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
What can we say that's new about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Turns out, a lot. Kristian Reimer joins us for what turned into a far ranging and...
Fargo (1996)
Scott Faulconbridge is back and he's talking about a movie that's totally different from what he's brought in the past - 1996's Fargo. But i...
Inception/Key Largo
Phil and Jim get together again to watch each other's movie choice and discuss them. Phil made Jim watch Inception and Jim made Phil watch K...
Practical Magic (1998)
Happy Valentine's Day everybody. It's our special Valentine's episode with everybody's favourite cutie pie Chris Wuergler. Chris brings a li...
The Big Sleep (1946)
It's a different time, a time when the world was black and white and nothing made sense - especially the movie The Big Sleep. It was Chris W...
Predator (1987)
Predator is like catnip to guys - it drives them crazy. Jimmy and Phil host Nik Duncan and surprise guest Ryan Sim to talk about the Sylvest...