Best Moviereviewpodcast Podcasts (2024)

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Mulholland Drive (Baby's First Lynch Movie) | Glaring Admissions 1:20:46

12d ago1:20:46

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Mulholland Drive is a 2001 surrealist drama/mystery that was written and directed by David 'Garmonbozia' Lynch. The film stars Naomi Watts and Laura Harring as two women investigating the circumstances that brought Harring's character (Rita) to Watts' (Betty, not Betsie's, I promise) door. Along the way, surrealism happens. Ya know, Lynch stuff.Cha…

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Ep 174: Road House 3:00:16

10d ago3:00:16

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Today we stay in the 1980s with an absolute gem of a classic... Road House! There is WAY more to the writing here than many give it credit for and The Movie Defenders will break it all down in the way only we can. We have a full episode for everyone as we also talk about Furiosa and a possible big reason why Hollywood is losing money at the box off…

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Ep 173: They Live 2:58:05

20d ago2:58:05

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It's time to peel back the layers of another 1980s classic, going back to John Carpenter's They Live! A bonkers movie in all the best ways, and even better... Donald saw it for the first time! Did he like it...? Well, find out on the show! Before we break down the film we all go over our top 5 "Aliens Among Us" films of all time. So memorize your o…

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Ep 172: Face/Off 3:36:35

1M ago3:36:35

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It's time to visit our 2nd place winner of our 90s movie Patreon poll... Face/Off! A John Woo classic action thriller from 1997, our hosts feel this deserves to live in the pantheon of classic action flicks. Before we jump into Face/Off, we break down our Top 5 actors we want to swap places in a movie and do impressions of each other as they act. S…

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2. Total Recall is Apparently Indiana Jones on Mars? | Glaring Admissions 1:03:40

1M ago1:03:40

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Total Recall is a 1990 Paul Verhoeven directed adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker who dreams of going to Mars and stops at Rekall Incorporated to have the memories of one such trip implanted into his brain. However, something goes wro…

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Ep 171: Sneakers 3:03:19

2M ago3:03:19

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On today's episode we go back and visit one of the most underrated and underappreciated movies of the 1990s... Sneakers! With a cast that holds up against any film, this film is one of the best spy thrillers of all time. We go thru the entire film, play several scenes and discuss them, and even talk about technology thru the years and what the film…

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Ep 170: Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan (Live from GamerNation Con) 3:19:49

2M ago3:19:49

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LIVE from GamerNation Con 2024 it's our first podcast with a live audience, and we get to cover one of the best science fiction films of all time... Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. In this episode Brev and Scott break down the superior writing and character moments that make this film sing! We play lots of scenes from the movie and even break down …

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1. Jurassic Park (This Is Somehow Underrated) | Glaring Admissions 59:51

2M ago59:51

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Introducing Glaring Admissions, a show dedicated to watching/discussing iconic, famous movies that we've somehow missed out on! Join us on our inaugural episode as we sit down and discuss Steven Speilberg's iconic 1993 action/suspense/horror classic, Jurassic Park! It's spawned *a lot* of sequels, was worked on concurrently with Schindler's List an…

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Ep 169: Dune Part 2 4:01:15

3M ago4:01:15

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The year-in-movies 2024 gets started with a bang! An early front-runner for Best Picture gets discussed today as we dive head first into Dune Part 2 with our great friend Bart German! We will unpack this dense film and examine all the goodness within! The score, the VFX, the performances, the writing choices, the differences between film and book..…

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99. Rad (Thunder in Your Heart is the greatest song of all time) 1:00:14

3M ago1:00:14

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Check out the full-video edit of this episode, complete with cutaways, on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscDbMTovs2Zww6by8HSDMg 1986's BMX, underdog, feel-good, teen, coming of age cult movie "Rad" is coming back to theaters this Thursday for a holiday called "Rad day" and, in preparation for it, I decided to sit down with my good friend/podcast…

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Ep 168: Heathers 3:33:49

3M ago3:33:49

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We love dark comedies! And because we do, what better show than to watch Heathers with our great friend Daryl Ewry! A movie which tackles multiple serious themes that's a lot funnier and deeper than you might remember, we examine Heathers from every angle. The writing, performances, the language, the colors, and of course the humor! Before we dive …

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Ep 167: 2024 Defender Awards 4:22:41

4M ago4:22:41

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We put the Oscars to shame! Time to celebrate the year of film that was 2023 in a way only The Movie Defenders can... with more fun categories, scenes, actors and actresses, and awards for movies you actually watched! Today is our favorite show of the year where we get to gush about our favs all year. Join us now for the 2024 Defender Awards! We al…

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Ep 166: Ted 3:21:44

4M ago3:21:44

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It's time for one of our shows where we just laugh... so it's time for Ted! We examine this raunchy comedy (that somehow Brev never saw) which has a lot more heart and drama in it than you might think. Before we talk about Ted and play a lot of scenes from the film, we pick our top 5 CGI characters from films of all time. So grab your bongs, turn u…

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Ep 165: Akira 3:38:28

5M ago3:38:28

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It's time to re-visit a fan-favorite and one of the most iconic anime films or shows of all time... Akira! This 1988 film took the west by storm and for many it introduced them to the world of Japanese animation. For some, this film is a beloved classic. For others, they aren't sure what they hype is about. Hopefully at the end of this episode ever…

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Ep 164: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 3:05:19

5M ago3:05:19

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It's time to revisit one of the very best's very best! Today we review the immortal Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent! A self-aware meta-comedy about the career of Nic Cage, Hollywood, ridiculous actors and agents, you name it. Hilarious! We do all this with the help of our great friend, Megan Bush, as we also break down our t…

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Ep 163: Die Hard 4:00:00

6M ago4:00:00

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We ring in the New Year right on The Movie Defenders Podcast! We end it with a bang(er): Die Hard! The OG 1988 action movie that to this day is still considered one of the best films ever. Is it a Christmas movie? YES! But who cares? It's amazing! We will focus on the writing, details, nuances in the performances, and things you might not know as w…

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Ep 162: Scrooged 2:54:50

6M ago2:54:50

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Now more than ever, it is important to remember the true meaning of Christmas. Don't miss the Movie Defenders show on Scrooged. Your life... might just depend on it! We are halfway done with our December movie line-up chosen by our Patrons, and it's time for Scrooged! Before we jump into this take on the Dickens classic, we each give our lists of t…

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Ep 161: The Muppet Christmas Carol 2:41:07

7M ago2:41:07

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We start the holidays off right with one of our favorite Christmas movies ever... The Muppet Christmas Carol! We are huge Muppet fans and this movie has so much going for it, including an incredible performance by Michael Caine who plays the part straight up with all the emotion you could ask. Great songs and soundtrack and a wonderful take on a cl…

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Ep 160: Clue 3:03:22

7M ago3:03:22

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FINALLY! It's time to put one of the Movie Defenders favorite all-timers on the channel: Clue! Brought to us by great friend of the show, Stephanie Ewry, we basically laugh for the entire show. A stacked cast, witty dialogue, snappy jokes, and incredible physical comedy all wrapped up into a great whodunit! We play many of the best scenes from the …

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Free Backlot Tour Episode: Chat GPT Writes Our Movies 1:31:08

7M ago1:31:08

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Today we release a Backlot Tour episode for free! The Backlot Tour is a second show reserved normally for Patrons starting at just $1 per month. As a sample, here's some of what you'll get if you sign up. PREPARE TO LAUGH! After this show we have headaches and our sides and stomachs hurt. We laughed non-stop for 90 minutes and the movies that AI wr…

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Ep 159: V for Vendetta 3:29:35

7M ago3:29:35

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Time for a new comic book movie review, this time a bit different with V for Vendetta! A very deep character study and examination of everything from the news to politics and religion, this movie doesn't hold back with the messages it's trying to convey. Before we dive into this fantastic movie we break down our Top 5 Political Thriller movies of a…

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Ep 158: It Follows 3:41:12

8M ago3:41:12

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It's Halloween time! To celebrate we continue our scary movie reviews and visit one of the best modern horror films around... It Follows! A low budget film filled with no-name young cast members, this wildly intelligently written film keeps you on the edge the entire time. Most who see this film think it's simply an STD metaphor, but as we will dis…

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Ep 157: Doctor Sleep 3:52:13

8M ago3:52:13

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It's time to visit the long-awaited sequel to one of the greatest horror films of all time... Dr. Sleep! This sequel to the Shining was long awaited, so how does the movie hold up!? This time, we examine the Director's Cut for the definitive version and vision of the film. But before we dive into Dr. Sleep, we start a new segment introducing Donald…

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98. Wild Wild West (Damn) 1:29:24

8M ago1:29:24

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Media Obscura's back and, on this week's episode, we're tackling Wild Wild (ficka) Wild Wild West, the 1999 Will Smith Box Office bomb! Join Nick, Sierra & Raekwon as they reminisce about this (not so) classic 90s action comedy! It's a film they all grew up with and have some nostalgia for it, so you'll be sure to hear the good, bad and ugly about …

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Ep 156: The Untouchables 2:50:49

9M ago2:50:49

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Our Patrons have voted and handed us The Untouchables to review and boy are we excited! This 1987 Brian De Palma classic has one of the finest casts in history, with Sean Connery winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance. This is a timeless classic and we play several scenes right from the film, along with interviews and more! Oh... and tha…

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Ep 155: Jumper / Sing Street (6th Anniversary Show) 4:30:18

9M ago4:30:18

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It's time to celebrate 6 years of The Movie Defenders podcast! We return today to our tradition of showing the hosts movies they've never seen. Brev had never seen Jumper, an underrated sci-fi flick, and Scott and Donald had never seen Sing Street, a modern musical that flew criminally under the radar. We review both films in a double episode to ce…

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Ep 154: Disney's Robin Hood 3:47:06

10M ago3:47:06

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In a very special double episode of The Movie Defenders, we are joined this episode by friend of the show, Amy Cass! Amy is currently a Senior Assistant Production Manager at Warner Brothers Animation and has studied recently with the immortal Don Bluth! We spend the first half of our episode talking to Amy about animation... the past, present, and…

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Ep 153: The Flash 3:30:21

10M ago3:30:21

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It's time to talk The Flash! A movie that all three hosts LOVED very much, and one in which we each went into with different levels of expectations and excitement. In the hosts' humble opinion, this film deserves to rest near the top of the DCEU. We examine every moment and play the big moments from the movie while we break it all down. But before …

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Ep 152: Death Becomes Her 3:09:16

11M ago3:09:16

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Today we return to one of the classic dark comedies ever... Death Becomes Her! With the help of our great friend, Megan Bush, we go back and revisit this Robert Zemeckis gem and are reminded how awesome this oft-forgotten film are. In fact, for our hosts, this was basically a first-time watch. Before we dive into the movie though we reveal our Top …

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Ep 151: The Martian 3:21:37

11M ago3:21:37

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Ridley Scott is one of the GOATs and we revisit one of his more recent works, The Martian! Along with friend of the show, Mark Martin, we head back to Mars and dissect this film and play a dozen scenes from the movie to talk about. A film nominated for many Academy Awards we see how it holds up today. Also as part of our discussion we review our to…

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Ep 150: The Goonies 3:25:32

12M ago3:25:32

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It's time to let three Generation Xers relive one of the movies that cut the cloth from which the Movie Defenders were cut... The Goonies! An absolute perfect family film, and one that makes us laugh and smile every time we see it, is a movie we haven't yet taken a deep dive analysis into yet... so today we remedy that! Before we talk about the fil…

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Bonus Episode: Fireside Chat (Letter from Camp Hiatus) 1:01:30

12M ago1:01:30

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Dear Losers, We're spending the summer at Camp Hiatus! We're having a great time taking a little break. :) That means we won't release any new episodes all summer, but don't be sad - we'll be back! That's a Terminator quote, we think. Anyway, we wanted to leave you with this fireside chat about films we saw this year or didn't, and what we look for…

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Ep 149: Stand By Me 2:56:45

12M ago2:56:45

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On this Father's Day we re-visit one of the best drama films ever from the 1980s, Stand By Me. A film that launched many careers, it is considered by many to be Rob Reiner's best film, and the best Stephen King film adaptation. Our hosts were the exact same age as these kids when the movie dropped. How did it land with us then, compared to how did …

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Episode 54: Dead Dove Do Not Eat 1:23:00

1y ago1:23:00

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We watch one of the most disturbing movies ever created, and to no one’s surprise, it’s a favorite film for Antonio - The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2009). Listen as we sit down and lose part of ourselves while Dalia cries and HEAVILY sighs over the true crime/horror/mockumentary flick that we all immediately repressed. We talk about Disney DILFs, main ch…

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Episode 53: The Bears are my Loife 1:10:09

1y ago1:10:09

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You can’t find a more emotionally harrowing journey than Dalia watching The Country Bears (2002). One Loser’s trash is another Loser’s bear power! We discourse about how Big Al is THE moment and also about famous bears, Disney lore, Jim Henson, dream band reunions, armpit farters, Property Brother Bear, Betterhead Better Health Papa John’s, and we …

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Episode 52: It’s POETIC! 1:26:33

1y ago1:26:33

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We watch a close-quarters whodunit on a train that’s been there and done that. Who is she? Murder on the Orient Express (2017). We watch as detective Hercule Poirot boards a train with whacky strangers and find out the true meaning of “we should totally just stab Caesar.” We also discuss ohh wig, Michelle Pfeiffer leaving NO crumbs, murder concerts…

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Episode 51: She Spooks 1:26:18

1y ago1:26:18

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Be my little baby! We get the biggest whiplash watching Barbarian (2022) with the world’s most jarring hard cut. And the world’s most jarring baby bottle! We talk a lot about what we would do or wouldn’t do in all these situations, but also chat about our last meals, it’s horror babey, font journalism, emo looks, Paddington, short guy energy, toile…

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Ep 148: Spider-Man - Across the Spider-Verse 4:03:37

1y ago4:03:37

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The wait is over! After 4 years of waiting, we finally get to watch and discuss Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse! In late 2018, The Movie Defenders saw, and then reviewed, one of the best movies they had ever seen in their lives: "Into the Spider-Verse", and then that show changed our format forever. Now we finally get to dive into the film and …

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Episode 50: Is This Your Mans? 1:14:07

1y ago1:14:07

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Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore grace our screens yet again for 50 First Dates (2004). Since Episode 9, we’ve awaited the great debate about Sandler/Barrymore romcoms and which is better! In this episode... we find out. We talk about our simple human adult pleasures, Rob Schneider (oop! jumpscare!), hair jealousy, what we would do if we were like L…

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Ep 147: Dungeons & Dragons - Honor Among Thieves 2:57:54

1y ago2:57:54

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It's time to talk about a surprise hit of the early 2023 movie season... Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves! A movie we nerds had our eyes on and knew it looked fun... but we had no idea what kind of treat we were in for. A hilariously smart movie that paid homage to everything we love about D&D. First, we have an RPG 5x5 as we each choose our…

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Ep 146: The Black Hole 3:21:13

1y ago3:21:13

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It's time to revisit a movie that many sci-fi fans have forgotten... the hidden treasure that is The Black Hole from 1979. Capitalizing on the newfound success of Star Wars and Star Trek at the box office, The Black Hole was one of the great sci-fi space adventures during a time in which they were exceedingly rare. But before we talk about this gre…

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Ep 145: The Dark Knight Rises 3:42:34

1y ago3:42:34

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It's time to get back to what we do around here and talk about a movie that gets more grief that, in our humble opinions, it deserves... The Dark Knight Rises. A much anticipated ending to a fantastic trilogy, but one that had to follow one of the greatest movies ever, The Dark Knight Rises regularly catches crap from critics and fans alike. Is it …

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EP 144: The Last of Us (HBO Show) 1:54:46

1y ago1:54:46

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After reviewing both games as if they were a movie, it's time to review the actual show... The Last of Us! A show that broke many records at HBO and took the world by storm gets the Movie Defenders treatment. Joining us as well this time is Scott's daughter, the TLOU encyclopedia, Alyssa to ensure she chimed in after joining us on the first three s…

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Episode 49: That’s my Dad! 1:13:09

1y ago1:13:09

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Pew, pew, pew! And many more delightful gun sounds in our watch of John Wick (2014). We don’t know if y’all know this but… there’s a dead wife in this. It’s so hard to catch, so you’re welcome for that. We giggle a lot over the handsome Mr. Keanu but also over dinner plans, the taste of revenge, grippy socks, Jonathan kill scenes, club vibes, Tyuss…

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Ep 143: 10 Cloverfield Lane 3:09:07

1y ago3:09:07

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It's time to do what we do best... re-visit a film that deserves way more love than it gets... 10 Cloverfield Lane! A film that isn't long, only has 3 characters basically, and was directed by a man who, at the time, had barely director experience. Despite that, it turned out to be one of the most intelligently written horror/thrillers in modern ti…

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Episode 48: This Girlie was Gone 1:15:46

1+ y ago1:15:46

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Our queen runs the longest of cons in Gone Girl (2014). The finesse, the details, the tenacity… your fave could never. It doesn’t hurt that this movie includes the dong heard around the world. We also scheme about unforgettable moments, ghost stories, hidden Dunkies, games of intrigue, the greatest monologue of all time, our collective mental illne…

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Ep 142: Master and Commander 3:50:56

1+ y ago3:50:56

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Today on The Movie Defenders we revisit a forgotten classic which got lost in the shuffle of the time... Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World! This Peter Weir gem is one of the best movies ever made in our humble opinion, and we're going to tell you all about why! But first, we unpack and discuss our Top 5 Historical Dramas of all time. …

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Episode 47: UNIQUE! 1:19:50

1+ y ago1:19:50

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Presenting… Miss Jean Jacket. She really is the moment in Nope (2022) and we maintain that she did NOTHING wrong. This movie really had us holding onto our horses while staring at clouds a little bit harder. Come bow to this alien superstar and listen to us chit-chat about bad bitching too hard, horrific soundscapes, horse boys, so much barking, an…

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Ep 141: Jojo Rabbit 3:24:58

1+ y ago3:24:58

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It's time to travel back to 2019 to a film lauded during awards time... Jojo Rabbit! A movie we consider to be Taika Waititi's best work, a story about the battle for a young boy's soul wrapped in satire, humor, and excellent writing. Before we analyze the film however, we break down our Top 5 Satire films of all time! Which made our list? Listen a…

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Ep 140: 2023 Defender Awards 4:35:38

1+ y ago4:35:38

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It's time to celebrate the movies from 2022 in an award show like none other... the Defender Awards! Better movies, more fun categories, and fun hosts! Speaking of hosts, this is our first show where we welcome our newest host Brev Tanner to the podcast! So kick up your feet and enjoy a show the Oscars only wishes it was! We play a lot of scenes, h…

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