High & Low is a movie and film podcast that marries the upper crust with the leftover crumbs. Each episode, we discuss two movies connected by a theme of our choosing. One movie is "high brow" and the other is "low brow". The theme changes every week. It could be the same subject matter, director, writer, genre, politics, character name, on-site dentist, mother's maiden name or whatever it takes to make this concept work. Are you curious about the intersection of trashy cinema with A-list fi ...
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Playin' for Bonks - Above the Rim/Slam Dunk Ernest
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Hey, Vern! Join Podcast Sportsmanship Award runner-ups Luke, Vonn, and Mitchell as they consume replenishing sport drink with Marlon Wayans, Tupac, and Wood Harris in the third entry of Barry Michael Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy," Above the Rim (1994)! Then, hijinks ensue as the podcasting preeners sub-in the beloved Jim Varney for a second half filled…
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A little teaser for our upcoming high octane episode on Above the Rim (1994) and Slam Dunk Ernest (1995).By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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VRRRROOOOOOOM! Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn are off to the races today as they discuss the heartwarming, high octane animated classic Cars (2006) and compare it to the hunk of junk Wheely (2018). How long did it take to hose down the voiceover booth after Larry the Cable Guy was done with it? Who knew Mater was a Juggalo? Is human trafficking really a …
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A little teaser for our upcoming high octane episode on Cars (2006) and Wheely: Fast & Hilarious (2018). Vroom vroom!By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Join Luke, Mitch and Vonn on a monster of an episode where they discuss two kaiju films from the far east. First up is the OG klassic, Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla (1954). Tune in to find out who plugged the toilets, who’s been spotted with the Clintons and who gets heartburn from too much Oxygen Destroyer! Then, from behind the King of the Monsters wit…
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A brief sample from our upcoming episode on Godzilla (1954) and North Korea's kaiju kult klassic Pulgasari (1985), produced by Kim Jong-Il!By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Cowboys and Imbeciles - The Wild Bunch/The Ridiculous 6
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW! Join Luke, Mitchell, and special guest Josh Young (The Pink and Black Playback, Look Who's Siskel and Ebert Now!) as they take the Oregon trail on a frontier adventure to the wild west! Uh oh, who will die of dysentery first? First, the fearless podcasters make a heroic last stand with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine in Sam Pe…
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Teaser - The Wild Bunch vs. The Ridiculous 6
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A brief sample from upcoming episode 15 of the High & Low podcast featuring The Wild Bunch and The Ridiculous 6, to be released on April 14, 2024.By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Bungle in the Jungle - Predator/Robowar
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Cornholes and collard greens abound when the High & Low crew take on a special mission deep in the jungles of [REDACTED] where they have 72 hours to watch John McTiernan's 1987 action masterpiece PREDATOR starring a Mount Olympus of beefy action greats: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, and the late great Carl Weathers. Then, the group infiltra…
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A brief sample from upcoming episode 14 of the High & Low podcast featuring PREDATOR and ROBOWAR, to be released on March 31, 2024.By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Out For Femgeance - Lady Snowblood/Elektra
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Join Luke, Mitch and Vonn as they discuss female assassins on quests for vengeance in this ninja-rrific episode of High & Low. First we chat about hypertensive villains, bamboo wives and inappropriate naming conventions in the 1973 genre classic "Lady Snowblood" starring the amazingly talented Meiko Kaji. For our "low" pick we're talking 2005's Mar…
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A brief sample from our upcoming episode on female assassins, to be released on March 17, 2024.By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Bad Taste - Society of the Snow/Ravenous (Oscar Extravaganza!)
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This episode, Luke, Mitchell, Vonn along with special guest Charity Slobod host High & Low's First Annual Academy Awards Adjacent Extravaganza! To commemorate the occasion, we're (tastefully) discussing a couple of movies involving snow cannibalism. First up, we're whetting our appetite with J.A. Bayona's harrowing survival thriller Society of the …
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A "bite-sized" preview of our special Oscars episode where we talk about snowy cannibals in two very fine films: first, Netflix's 2024 hit about the miracle in the Andes, "Society of Snow"; Followed by a look back at the 1999 cult classic "Ravenous".By Luke, Mitchell, and Vonn
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Legend of the Laserblast - Heathers/Laserblast
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Join the sharing circle with Mitchell, Vonn, and Luke in a very special episode of the High & Low podcast where they discuss two films on the theme of... checks notes... Bullying? Is this right? That's right. First the fellahs take a trip back to high school with Michael Lehmann's 1989 black comedy Heathers starring Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, a…
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Toss an arm around Luke, Mitch and Vonn's shoulders as we chat about two coming-of-age films by the once-great director Rob Reiner! First up is the certified Sensitive Boy classic "Stand By Me" (1986) where we wax poetic about train tracks, vomit, mother jokes and non-toxic masculine friendship. Then, stay tuned for our most raucous discussion yet …
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Babblin' 'Bout the Bard - Throne of Blood/Macbeth
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This episode, Mitchell, Luke, and Vonn have a hurly burly and talk two radically different adaptations of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. On one side of the heath, we have Akira Kurosawa's claustrophobic masterpiece Throne of Blood (1957). Then we screw our courage to the sticking place and delve into 2006's Macbeth, Geoffrey Wright's modern-day tak…
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Talking Loud, Saiyan Nothing - Speed Racer/Dragonball Evolution
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Join Mitchell, Luke, and Vonn as they hop into the Mach 5 and set their pod on overdrive. This week, they're going to Anime-ville as they discuss two live-action adaptations: The Wachowskis high-velocity thrill ride Speed Racer (2008) and James Wong's universally panned Dragonball Evolution (2009). Just how many animals died in order to bring The W…
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Man-Splaining Method Acting - Tootsie/Female Trouble
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It's that time of the month again when Betty, Vonn, Mitchell, and Luke put their noodles together to man-explain two gender-bending cinema classics: the Award-winning 1982 Sydney Pollack hit “Tootsie” with Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, and Teri Garr; and “Female Trouble”, the irreverent 1974 dark comedy from cult icon John Waters star…
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Sub-Zero Expectations - Jack Frost/Jack Frost
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Join Luke, Mitch and Vonn for a cozy fireside chat on this Santa-sized episode of High & Low. This December we watched two piece of crap movies to make your Yuletide gay! First up is Troy Miller’s $85 million bomb, Jack Frost (1998) starring Michael Keaton on a downswing. Here we learn that poodles are the sexiest dog, that white-boy-blues-rock mak…
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Orson's Norsemen - The Vikings/Erik the Conqueror
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Join Luke, Vonn, and Mitchell, and special guest Josh Young, in this very important episode of the High & Low podcast. Boys will be boys as the gang watches two village-razing viking flicks: Richard Fleischer's 1958 epic The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis; and Mario Bava's 1961 reimagining Erik the Conqueror, starring George Ardisso…
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Cops, Crooks, and Character Actors - 48 hrs./Double Trouble
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Join Mitchell, Vonn, and Luke while they learn some new words from master improviser Nick Nolte in Walter Hill's action packed 1982 buddy cop comedy 48 hrs. Then, listen as the High & Low crew pump iron and eat cheeseburgers (and definitely don't take any steroids) with the charismatic Barbarian Brothers in John Paragon's unparalleled 1992 action e…
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Going Deep on Dick - Minority Report/Screamers
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Light up a pinkie and brandish your sick sticks because Luke, Mitch and Vonn are talking movies based on the writings of Philip K. Dick! First up is Steven Spielberg's terrific Minority Report (2002). Then we take a trip up to Québec for Christian Duguay's considerably lower budget picture Screamers (1995), starring Peter Weller.…
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The Joy of Grenade Arrows! - Rambo 2/Double Target
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Join Luke, Vonn and Mitchell as they do a tour of duty in the Namsploitation genre. Will those pencil-pushing bureaucrats let us win the war this time? Tune in to our discussion on the smash hit film Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (1985), and it's cheaper counterpart, Double Target (1987). Music by Frank Stallone!…
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Demon Dilemma! - The Exorcist/Beyond the Door
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Join Luke, Vonn, and Mitchell as they vomit some split POD soup into your ears while discussing William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece The Exorcist… and another movie, Beyond the Door (1974).By Luke
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