Croissant! Escargot! And other French things. It’s a double whammy French cinema episode here at The Shot and The Chaser pod. For our short, we begin our long awaited journey into the filmography of Agnes Varda with Vagabond. And to chase this down, we watched the 2002 Oscar nominated sensation, Amelie! Joey finally sees I Saw the TV Glow, Aggro Dr…

The end of an era (3 months)! Through our teary eyes, we come to the conclusion of the Nolan binge and what a journey it has been. To wrap up our first ever director binge, we watch the mindfuck classic, Memento. To chase this down, we watch the sci fi epic, Dude, Where’s My Car! Nick is in tune with the tao, Matt praises I Saw The TV Glow, and tod…

Does magic exist? Or are we all victims of con men? On this week’s episode of illusion, we are inching closer to the end of the Nolan binge with The Prestige. To chase this down, the fellas run to Tubi to watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Steve Martin and Michael Caine as villains? What more could you ask for! Maybe subtitles. Nick talks basketball, M…

Should you let your children be exposed to Lost in Translation at the age of 12 under the impression that Bill Murray was gonna be a laugh riot? The answer is no. Your child will grow up to be Nick and no one wants that. On this week’s episode, the boys inch one step closer to completing the Nolan filmography with his feature debut, Following! To c…

I was gonna try to rewrite the Aqua Teen theme song using our names, but it got complicated and weird. Anyways, we’re back with the final Nolan Batman movie, Batman Begins! To chase this down and stay on the theme of origin stories, the fellas watched Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. Comedy has never recovered. The fellas discu…

They found your copy of Starsky & Hutch dumped in a landfill covered in GARBAGE. On this week’s crime dramedy episode, the boys make their way through Nolan’s earlier works with Insomnia. To chase this down, Nick thought that he could find a correlation with Starsky & Hutch. Spoiler alert: not so much. Matt and Joey watch Thunderdome, Nick vouches …

sdeah naloN kcab emocleW! On this week’s time entry in the Nolanverse, the boys finally give Tenet another chance after dunking on it since it’s premier in 2020. To chase this down, we watched the Tumblrcore Netflix hit, Safety Not Guaranteed, and boy does it age! Nick critiques Satantango, Joey takes Matt to see Challengers, and (spoiler alert) th…

Nazis aren’t human beings knowwhatimean? For our final week of seeing Nolan movies at our local Regal, the boys blow out their eardrums with Dunkirk. What better way to chase this down than with our favorite goofball, Ernest P. Worrell, in Ernest in the Army. Joey gets emotional, Nick loves the triumph of the human spirit, and Ernest in the Army wa…

Which one of your friends does a good Bane impression? Or are you that friend? On this week’s episode on the Nolan trail, Nick opens the eyes of Matt and Joey to the total trainwreck that is The Dark Knight Rises. To chase this down, the boys endure another movie about heroes trying to go the distance well past their prime with Rocky Balboa aka Roc…

Philip K. Dick, Dostoevsky, Alex Jones. What do all of these things have in common? Apparently, insufferable people dream about them all the time! On this week’s episode in our Nolancentric series, the boys watch Richard Linklater’s college freshmen wet dream, Waking Life. To chase this down, we tackle the normies favorite Nolan film, Inception. Jo…

Imagine, if you will, a world where all you can eat is corn, and your only hope for survival was Matthew McConaughey. Or, just maybe, you’re the size of an ant and you’re being tortured by aliens while psychedelic rock just ominously played in the background for eternity. Like the sound of either or both? Then you’re gonna enjoy the next episode in…

Good evening, basement dwellers! Welcome to the first multi-episode series in The Shot & The Chaser podcast history: The Nolan Gauntlet (just made that up). To kick it off, we are watching The Dark Knight as our shot, and to chase it down we are breaking back into Terrence Malick’s filmography with Days of Heaven. The boys marathon the extended cut…

Quit daydreaming about listening to a myriad of better shows! You’re here and that’s all that matters. On this week’s episode, Joey gets the fellas to watch Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. To chase this down, we endured the 2013 blockbuster hit, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Nick deletes social media, Matt finishes his Nightmare o…

Real bummer here on the show this week. We just found out that anyone can be an artist? Tragic. On this week’s episode, the boys take on their first Orson Welles movie with F For Fake. To chase this down, we watch every Pacsun shopper’s favorite documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop. We really are not the same people we were an episode ago! Nick …

Yes Twilight! A request in having Molly and Hannah back on the show was that the soundboard be aggressively utilized during this episode and I think we did a good job of that. On this week’s episode, Nick picked the 1990 lost Hungarian film Twilight (bless you Arbelos for the 4K restoration), and to chase this down, we all watched New Moon because …

Who is surprised? It’s the 2024 Oscar recap because our opinion on this award ceremony is top priority! The fellas cover the nominations, who predicted the most, and who did and did not deserve an Oscar! We’re looking directly into your soul Brad Booker and David Mullins the creators of War is Over. Boy, it’s good to be done with Academy Award movi…

How is your relationship with your father? On this week’s episode, the fellas dive into a movie that seemingly needs no introduction, Bicycle Thieves! To chase this down, we (unfortunately) sat through The Pursuit of Happyness. Infuriating that it’s spelled wrong and all for one half assed bit from the first few minutes of the movie, but we’ll save…

Where is your honor?! Matt cooked up quite the combo this week with David Lowery’s The Green Knight and Tim Burton’s feature debut, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. There are a lot more correlations than we had expected, but you’ll have to listen to find out. Additionally, the boys saw Dune Part 2 (multiple times) and have some spoiler free thoughts about …

Are you ready for the invasion? Or do you think they’re already here? On this week’s episode, the boys watch Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (god bless you king). To chase down this sci fi epic, Nick finally gets the fellas to watch what he considers the greatest piece of “found footage” media of all time, Cloverfield! Joey is about to finish the Oscar …

Cinema is dead! On this weeks episode, the fellas began their journey into the filmography of late Peter Bogdanovich with The Last Picture Show. To chase this down, we then enter an entirely different (yet heartwarmingly similar) world of Last Action Hero. The Oscar watchlist is dwindling, Vladimir Putin is a villain, and will we see the end of the…

Don’t skip around too much or you’ll wear out the tape! What a terrible joke, almost as bad as 3 grown men with a podcast! On this week's episode, the theme is VHS tapes and Matt chose for us to watch VHS as the shot, and Be Kind Rewind as the chaser. An anthology vs another anthology? It’s gonna be fun. The boys continue the Oscar watchlist, we di…

What are we gonna review today, cinema bros? Whatever we feel like reviewing, GOSH. In all seriousness, the boys are heading back into the chaotic mind of Harmony Korine for the shot this evening with Trash Humpers! To chase this down, we revisit every homeschool kids favorite movie, Napoleon Dynamite! The Oscar watch list continues, Matt steals ch…

We are all connected! We are continuing our PTA binge this month and diving deeper into the Criterion Collection with our shot and chaser this week. Our shot is PTA’s 3 hour cacophony of humanity in crisis, Magnolia. To chase this down, the boys go to hell and back trying to get their hands on Tampopo. We go over our thoughts on the 2024 Oscar nomi…

WARNING: Playing our drinking game will have you blacked out by the end of the episode so please drink responsibly. On this week’s episode, the boys are joined by Roberto to discuss 2 movies about fighting AND the triumph of the human spirit (drink). For our shot, the boys became men with the 1976 Academy Award winner, Rocky. To chase this down, th…

PTA is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and it’s not even a question. This is not our first PTA movie for the show and most definitely will not be the last, but for tonight’s shot the boys watched There Will Be Blood! You would think that Matt had seen this movie before, however, a misquote may convince you otherwise! To chase this down, …

We’re starting the new year with a crisis (Letterboxd is down). Forgive us, we’re not ourselves without our life support system (Letterboxd. Which is down). On the first episode of 2024, the fellas expose Joey to another David Lynch masterpiece, Blue Velvet. To chase this down, Nick pledges his life for Bob Clark’s most despised movie on Letterboxd…

2023 has finally come to an end! Thank you for being with us through such a chaotic year for this planet. Contrary to popular belief, making a list of worst movies that came out is actually based and these lists should be celebrated. Joe Russo, it is okay to shit on a bad movie! With this firm stance in mind, join us as the fellas go over their hon…

Happy Holidays everybody! It’s our favorite time of the year! We get to spend time with our loved ones, dunk on horrible Christmas movies, eat our body weight in desserts, but most importantly we get to do our annual gift exchange! That’s the reason for the season, right? Before we give out our presents this year, The pod boys and their wives ranke…

Lock your doors and make sure you don’t leave your menacing children behind this Christmas! On our second week of the 2023 holiday season, we are diving into Bob Clark’s slasher classic, Black Christmas! To chase this down, we visit a movie we all saw on TV at some point in time, Home Alone! Matt shares his thoughts on Godzilla Minus One, Nick down…

Happy Holidays you goons! To kick off the Christmas season, we decided to jump head first into arguably one of the worst movies ever to curse Tubi, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas! To chase down this genuine poison, we returned to our lovable king of slapstick, Ernest P. Worrell in Ernest Saves Christmas! Nick’s nana is racist, Matt is still watchi…

Happy belated Turkey day everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that your boomer relatives didn’t spark any weird fights about things they’re wildly misinformed about! On this year’s annual Thanksgiving special, the fellas are covering Eli Roth’s 16 years in the making commercial success, Thanksgiving. To chase this down, we wen…

Beep Boop Cling Clang, iron enthusiasts! On this week’s episode, the boys get into the world of robotics and cinema while also discovering one of Disney’s (many) bizarre secrets! For our shot, we watched Shinya Tsukamoto’s cult classic, Tetsuo: The Iron Man. To chase this down, we truly suffered through David Kellogg’s final film, Inspector Gadget.…

Hello Lars Listeners! On this week’s episode, the fellas question how much they trust their wives after watching David Fincher’s Gone Girl. To chase down the fear that kept us awake at night, we let Craig Gillespie break our hearts with Lars and the Real Girl. The boys review Divinity, Nick gives a history lesson in Digimon, Joey is done with Taika…

Good evening Evangelion fans. On this week’s episode, we are once again joined by Julius for our Godzilla episode that was recorded on time but released a way after Godzilla day. (insert 1998 Godzilla roar here). For the king of monsters big day, we sat down and watched Hideaki Anno’s Shin Godzilla. To chase this down, we watched Inishiro Honda’s 1…

Halloween is over, Christmas is officially here! What better way to kick off the holiday season than by watching a Rob Zombie movie that has nothing to do with joy at all? On this week’s episode, Clay Graham guest stars, and the fellas endure Zombie’s cult classic, House of 1000 Corpses. To chase this down, Joey gets another Jarmusch win with Dead …

Happy Halloween cinephiles, and thanks for tuning into the 2nd annual Shot & Chaser Halloween Special! As some of you may remember, last year Nick gifted the fellas a copy of the 4-hour cut of Halloween for Christmas. It has laid dormant on all of our movie shelves all year and we finally sat down, turned off the lights, and watched the longest Hal…

Like zoinks dudes! We’re watching a low-budget sequel and a masterpiece tonight! On this week’s episode, the boys show Joey the Wes Craven vehicle, Scream. To chase this down, we rifled through the discount bin at Walmart and grabbed Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed! The fellas discuss the last time they cried (all 3 were relatively recent), Joey s…

Don’t touch that dial, we are live! Not really, but it works for the bit. On this week’s episode, we watched the controversial BBC Halloween TV movie, Ghostwatch. and to chase this down we watched Chris LaMartina’s homage to a beloved time of television, WNUF Halloween Special. Nick and Matt review Saw X, Joey’s scared of ghosts, and apparently the…

SOUNDBOARD! We bit the bullet and spent the Star Wars jar on a soundboard and now our show has gotten exponentially more insufferable! On this week’s migraine infused episode, the boys watched George A Romero's 1968 immortal classic Night of the Living Dead. To chase this down, we watched Edgar Wright’s zombie romcom, Shaun of the Dead. Nick and Ma…

Aloha Rob Schneider haters! On this week’s episode, we are joined by Hannah to discuss her favorite Tumblr movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind! To chase this down, we suffered through 50 First Dates, a movie that aged like milk. Everyone has religious trauma, Matt falls asleep during Saw 2, Joey goes to bat for Paul Dano once more, Nick go…

DO NOT WATCH BAD BIOLOGY WE ARE VERY SORRY THAT WE ARE EVEN DISCUSSING THIS MOVIE BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT WATCH BAD BIOLOGY. Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, welcome back listeners! After a brief delay, we are back on schedule and continuing to shit on movies that deserve it. For this week’s shot, we had Frank Henenlotter’s 2…

Not quite our longest episode yet, but it got close. Sorry for the delay everyone! On this week's episode, the boys invited two guests to discuss two deeply spiritual and philosophical films about men’s truest desires. For our shot, we have Hideaki Anno’s controversial feature film, The End of Evangelion. To chase this down, we watched a group of m…

Enjoy the festivities while you can! As summer is coming to a close, it’s time to say goodbye to either your seasonal fling or your toxic relationship, and what better way to celebrate this rebirth than with Ari Aster’s masterpiece, Midsommar! Not dating a sociopath? No problem. To chase this down we watched Richard Linklater’s foundational love st…

Welcome to hell, High Roller! That’s right gang, we are heading to the worst place on this godforsaken planet, Las Vegas! Nic Cage takes us on a journey to Rock Bottom in Leaving Las Vegas, and to chase this down we visit Vegas if it was a fun place where the only bad thing was high speed car chases with animated Warner Brothers characters, Looney …

Cowabunga young sapian! On this week’s episode, the boys move in shadows for our Samurai/Ninja episode by watching Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. To chase this down, Nick dawns his rose colored glasses and makes the boys watch the 1990 immortal classic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Matt HATES The Meg 2, Joey sees his first Polanski …

We are so “beary” excited for this week’s episode! It’s Joey’s turn to pick the movies and this week he had us watch Alejandro González Iñárritu’s critically acclaimed film, The Revenant! To chase this down, Joey finally made us sit down and watch Paddington, but not Paddington 2. Joey also saw the new TMNT, Matt saw Talk to Me, and Nick finally fi…

Back to our regularly scheduled programming! In this week's dog oriented episode, the boys suffer through the film adaptation of Stephen King’s Cujo, and Nick faces his childhood trauma with Snoopy Come Home. The fellas discuss movie theater snacks, Matt defends Burger King’s chicken nuggets, Joey gets flustered with Synecdoche, New York, and Nick …

BREAKING NEWS! Sorry to lie to all of you, but the Cujo/Snoopy Come Home episode will come out next week. After our Barbenheimer weekend, we had to drop everything and do a very special episode of the pod dedicated to 2023’s biggest cinematic event. Joey spoils Neon Genesis Evangelion, Matt hates modern comedy, Nick learns that he is part of the pr…

We have consumed too much! On this week’s episode, the fellas dive into Richard Fleischer’s 1973 dystopian nightmare, Soylent Green. To chase this down, Matt finally wore us down and we watched Larry Cohen’s, The Stuff! A combination that existed to proved to us that it’s the end of the world! Impossible Beef is people, Joey is ready for Wonka, and…

I’d like to dedicate this episode to David Grush. Thanks for letting us know that aliens are here on Earth, Dave! On this week’s episode, we finally reviewed Jordan Peele’s Nope as the shot, and then chased it down with Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens! Like the title says, it’s sober summer so we are a little more irritable than usual lol. Joey ha…