Send us a Text Message. The Lads delve into one of our all time favorites this week, Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 epic masterpiece, Apocalypse Now. Loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella, Heart of Darkness, it follows Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) who is tasked to "terminate with extreme prejudice" Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade S…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads unpack the epic conclusion to Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel , 2024’s Dune: Part Two. After the Harkonnens take back control of Arrakis, Paul Atreides and his Bene Gesserit mother live with the Fremen. They will both be called on to contribute to the fight to rid Arakkis of its invaders,…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads discuss 2021’s Dune (Part One), directed by Denis Villeneuve. In the year 10,191, House Atreides are given the charge of taking over mining the planet Arrakis (also known as Dune) for spice, the most valuable commodity in the universe. But the previous fief holders, House Harkonnen, are not letting it go without a f…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads talk about Christopher Nolan's 2023 Best Picture Oscar winning Magnum Opus, Oppenheimer. Cillian Murphy (in an Oscar winning performance) leads an ensemble cast including Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh and Josh Hartnett, to name just a few. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer,…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads talk about Christopher Nolan’s 2010 mind bending film, Inception. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) leads a group of thieves who steal information from their targets subconscious by infiltrating their dreams. But when he’s tasked with planting an idea in someone’s mind, his past may spell disaster for his team and their miss…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads discuss the 96th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. We talk about the winners and whether or not our predictions came true. After a surprise call in from one of the hosts family, we talk about upcoming movies that we're excited to see and announce our new listener poll for possible movies we wil…

Send us a Text Message. Hail to the King, Baby! The Lads finally discuss the final film in Peter Jackson's adaptation of JRR Tolkiens' Lord of the Rings Trilogy, 2003's The Return of the King. Frodo and Sam must battle a giant spider, escape Orc legions and cross the barren, inhospitable landscape of Mordor in order to finally reach Mount Doom and …

Send us a Text Message. The Lads talk about their predictions for the Oscars, which air Sunday March 10th. We talk about which movies are our favorites from 2023 and what we hope will happen during the ceremony. We will post another episode after the Oscars, where we talk about the winners and what we liked and disliked about the show. It was a rea…

Send us a Text Message. It's our first Listener Request episode! Today the Lads talk about Babylon, Damien Chazelle's 2022 epic dramedy about Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920's to early 1930's. Featuring a large cast headlined by Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, this film is an exercise in excess in almost every …

Send us a Text Message. The Lads continue their journey into Middle Earth with the second part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: 2002’s The Two Towers with a guest; our buddy Cameron. The Fellowship have split up. Frodo and Sam continue toward Mordor, followed by Gollum (whose real name is revealed to be Sméagol). He leads them to the Black Gate bu…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about one of the worst films ever made, The Room, starring, produced, written, and directed by Tommy Wiseau. The description of this movie deserves as much effort as went into making it. Tommy has a fiancé, but, his fiancé does not like him anymore and cheats on Tommy. Tommy finds out and Tommy is sad. Please j…

Send us a Text Message. The lads finally dig into arguably the greatest trilogy of all time, Peter Jackson's (originally written by J.R.R. Tolkien) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. A hobbit named Frodo (Elijah Wood) is made aware of the existence of the One Ring. A council convenes and trusts the One Ring's fate to Frodo. After th…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Joseph Kosinski's 2022 summer blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick. Even after 30 years Maverick (Tom Cruise), is still pushing the limits and fighting his demons as a Navy pilot. He may still face his toughest battle yet after being called back to the Top Gun academy. After 36 years, audiences were finally bes…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about John McTiernan's 1989 holiday action classic, Die Hard. NYPD officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles for the holidays when a group of terrorists seize control of her work Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza. McClane manages to escape and play hell o…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Jon Favreau's Christmas classic, Elf. A human named Buddy (Will Ferrell) accidentally ends up in the North Pole. After being raised as a large elf by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart), Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan), who doesn't know he exi…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Robert Zemeckis's all-time classic, Back to the Future. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is just your average high school slacker—that is, until, with the help of his scientist and inventor friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he is sent 30 years into the past. When this movie first hit theaters, it was an i…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about David Lowery's The Green Knight. retelling a classical medieval tale of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) and the Green Knight (Ralph Ineson). There is plenty to enjoy about this film; it did leave some wanting more and some needing more. With our first guest, Steve's brother James, we hope to illuminate this film e…

Send us a Text Message. The Lads talk about Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war thriller, The Hurt Locker. Set during the ongoing Iraq war, a sergeant (Jeremy Renner) is recently assigned to an army EOD squad. His squad mates (Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty) quickly learn that the Sergeant's unorthodox and maverick tendencies may just get them killed. Th…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Denis Villeneuve's Arrival. A linguist (Amy Adams) and a physicist (Jeremy Renner) work with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. A personal favorite of the podcast and hopefully to many, we could not have been more excited to talk ab…

Send us a Text Message. In a special Halloween episode of We Interrupt This Movie, we talk about the classic horror film The Exorcist. When a young girl (Linda Blair) becomes possessed by an evil entity, her mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks the help of two Catholic priests (Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller) to try to save her life and soul. With the help…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Steven Spielberg's 1998 war film, Saving Private Ryan. Following the Normandy Landings, a squad of US soldiers, led by Tom Hanks, goes behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper, Matt Damon, whose brothers have all been killed in combat. With spellbinding performances and intensely realistic depictions …

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about David Fincher's 1999 rowdy tale, Fight Club. An unhappy insomniac office worker (Edward Norton) and a rebellious soap maker (Brad Pitt) form an underground fight club that evolves into more than previously imagined. This piece of cinema grew to define an era of angst and social disobedience. So join us fo…

Send us a Text Message. The lads finish up Steven Spielberg's Jaws. With arguably the most exciting part of the movie being the time spent on the now-infamous fictional ship, The Orca, there was plenty left to talk about in this all-time classic. Please rate and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast. If you have any questions or movie sugges…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece Jaws. When a great white shark unleashes chaos on the coast of Amity Island, it's up to a local sheriff (Roy Scheider), a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss), and an old seafarer (Robert Shaw) to hunt the beast down. With some of the most iconic lines and scenes in cine…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Martin Scorsese's 2002 epic and blood-fueled crime drama, The Gangs of New York. In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis), his father's killer. With two incredible performances by two high-cal…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about the 2017 black comedy, The Death of Stalin, directed by Armando Iannucci. Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin fell ill and quickly died. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power. With arguably a perfect cast and a comic…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about the 2019 science fiction film Ad Astra, directed by James Gray. Astronaut Roy McBride, played by Brad Pitt, undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father, played by Tommy Lee Jones, and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the un…

Send us a Text Message. The lads talk about Martin Scorsese's controversial 2013 movie, The Wolf of Wall Street. Overlaying themes of greed, addiction, and corruption that result from overindulgence in materialism. With so many deplorable acts and excess drug use, drinking felt like the right avenue to take in the making of this episode.…