Brother J and Eric discuss the third Oliver Stone presidential film: W. It’s surprisingly fun. They also discuss Vice, MC Rove, blackmailing Jeff Bezos, Frasier, Two and a Half Men, and a heaping helping of Presidential memories.
Eric and Drew start 2019 talking about surveillance and Gene Hackman.
Along the way they discuss the serial fiction podcasts Wolverine: The Long Night, Homecoming, and Limetown. They also discuss Tom Ripley, SAG-AFTRA health insurance, The Phantom Thread, Hereditary, Darkest Hour, Assassination Nation, It, Constantine: City of Demons, Cop and a Half: New Recruit, Mayhem, Upgrade, Drew’s shoes blues, car karma, flaming seafood, and a dump truck mishap.
The Conversation begins immediately
Enemy of the State begins at 44:55
Housekeeping begins at 1:13:35
The last Christopher Nolan film in his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, left us wanting more. Specifically: more like the second film.
Incidentally this was recorded the night of the big earthquake (just after we recorded our earthquake stories) and there were two pretty big aftershocks during the recording. We decided not to edit them out.
Housekeeping begins at 31:43 and the brothers discuss the podcast Bag Man, a gift that doesn’t eat BrOJ’s pants, the Saipan typhoon Yutu, culinary mishaps, and a helicopter story.
BrOJ and Drew talked for quite a while after Eric dropped off of the The Dark Knight episode and the conversation starts out with the movie Song of the Sea then gets deeper.
Just our luck that while discussing one of Drew’s favorite movies his sound is a bit wonky. Note this was recorded August 30, 2018 so there might be cultural references that don’t make sense in December 2018.
Interstellar is arguably Christopher Nolan’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Eric is not happy about it. Along the way they discuss Ford sport utility vehicles, Bond villain Elon Musk, and weights and measures.
Eric, Jason, Drew and Jesse are all together to celebrate Christmas with the movie Go, a slice of 1999 that exactly half of this foursome would watch again. Along the way the discuss multi-level marketing, brotherly hijinks, postal fails, testicular tragedies, and being a bad babysittee.
The Endless is a well shot, clever horror movie that really makes the most of its modest budget.
Drew and Eric also discuss the other Benson / Moorhead movie in this universe “Resolution,” and touch on their third movie “Spring,” and talk around another movie of this type “Hold the Dark.” They also discuss the Last Podcast on the Left, Lovecraftian tales, cults, the Bertcast, Beaver Fever, and Harry Potter.
Housekeeping starts about 41:00 Earthquake update runs from 47:25 - 1:07:00 Drew’s Medical Update starts at 1:07:00
Grab your case, we’re back to the Christopher Nolanoverse with Inception.
Housekeeping starts at 53:10, during which Brother J tells a tale of animal rescue (his very own Night of the Lepus) and Drew reports on his own difficulty with potent potables.
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Our last movie of Clocktober is Looper. It’s a little Back to the Future, a little Omen, a little Carrie, and a JGL, Blunt, Willis treat. During housekeeping the brothers discuss the Netflix show Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat; as well as Good Eats Reloaded, the reboot of the original Iron Chef, MXC, and Good Omens.
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Clocktober continues with the Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, and David Warner in Time After Time. Eric found the H.G. Wells vs Jack the Ripper tale more charming than Brother J but it did lead to a conversation about whether they’d be able to kill Baby Hitler and the value of being neighborly.
Housekeeping starts at 50:50 and Eric tells a tale of car repair.
Our last episode recorded during Kleptember, Oceans 11 is a fun all-star heist romp. J and E also discuss Johnny Carson, Craig Ferguson, and then there’s a harrowing tale of medical billing.
Support UNH’s Rebecca Booth’s new project “Scared Sacred” Housekeeping starts at 38:20
Celebrate Kleptember with the cartoonish heist car film Fast Five. Warning: we spoil all of the previous movies in the series, just so’s you knows.
Housekeeping Begins at 49:00 and the brothers talk about It’s Gonna Get Loud, Judas Priest’s British Steel, Kid Rock, and Brother J’s take on Gotham by Gaslight.
It’s Batman vs Wolverine as 19th Century stage magicians. It’s Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and it’s super dark. Along the way the brothers discuss juggling and deadly magic tricks.
Housekeeping begins at 58:00 where we eulogize Alice, an Anderson family dog.
Eric and Drew take on Eric’s favorite Freddy movie. Then at 32:40 they discuss the animated Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. Then in housekeeping Eric gives some book recommendations and tells San Diego tales
Whimsical or twee? We discuss Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel, a movie brother Drew hated. Housekeeping starts at 54:00 and Drew has a radical idea about the podcast.
Michael Clayton is an underappreciated dark gem. The brothers also how to commission a piece of music. Housekeeping includes tales of OCD. Stay for the Camping Song!
Song talk first Michael Clayton starts at 07:38 Housekeeping starts at 1:10:00
The story of Christopher McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp is something most Alaskans consider a cautionary tale. Jon Krakauer and Sean Penn treat it as a romantic tale of the spirit of idealistic youth. The brothers have opinions.
Comedies are hard to discuss, mostly because if one doesn’t find something funny the first time one sees it, a hearty discussion rarely changes that view. Tropic Thunder tickled the funny bone of Eric and Drew but Brother J remains unimpressed.
Along the way they discuss Richard Cheese and Drew tells a talk of pediatric x-rays.
J and Eric discuss J Edgar, a surprisingly good movie directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie brings up some current politics but we try not to drift too much.
Housekeeping starts at 53:10 and involves something of a Face/Off
If you are looking for a film chock full of great actors giving understated performances this is the film for you. Pay attention, though, and make sure you get a good night’s sleep the night before.
It’s a Dune doc about a crazy genius and movie that was never made and it’s great. After Jodo talk, the brothers catch up with a heaping helping of housekeeping.
Housekeeping starts at 32:08
Topics discussed: Play with Pain, Crime Junkies, Serial, Undisclosed, Making a Murderer, The Keepers, My Favorite Murder, Sawbones, Brockmire, Drew’s field trip chaperoning experience, and Jason’s health update.
Insomnia is a solid thriller. It is also littered with problems for Alaskans but Eric and Drew loved it anyway. In housekeeping the bros discuss 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, a portal to Hell, and a field trip from Hell.
Housekeeping starts at 40:50
Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects is a nice little thriller that allows us to discuss psychiatric medications, Bill Cosby, pharmaceutical reps, West Cork, and Radium Girls.
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers start at 47:00. Always expect us to spoil the end of movies but in this case we put it off for a while. You’re welcome.
David Lynch’s (or Alan Smithee’s) Dune is a sprawling mess. We all agree it tries to pack too much into a three hour movie, yet Jason love it for pure nostalgia and cheese. Primarily Jason tries to explain the Dune universe to his befuddled bros.
Heathers was a rough one for the bros as it is not a movie made for men in their 40’s. Pump Up the Volume was a fun blast from the past. Former guest and fan-favorite Di contributes to the Heathers discussion while super-fan Dougie contributes to the Pump Up the Volume discussion.
Heathers starts immediately Pump Up the Volume starts at 35:25
