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The Rock is a lot of things. 2016's highest paid actor. People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive". Fanny pack fashion icon. Future president? And now, he's the subject of a brand new podcast! Join Jordan and Charlie on their quest to find out why Dwayne Johnson is the most electrifying man in entertainment. They'll break down every one of his IMDB offerings in near-obsessive detail until they get to the bottom of it. Special episodes are planned to examine his Saturday Night Live appearances, gu ...
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Wait, what's that gracing your podcast feed? IT'S ROCK TALK BREAKING YOUR DOOR DOWN TO FINISH WHAT WE STARTED.Jordan and Charlie mean it this time - it's time to finish out the Dwayne Johnson canon with a flurry of episodes YEARS in the making.First up: Fate of the Furious. Rachel Bondy makes her debut appearance on the pod to give us insight into …
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It only took a year and a global pandemic but Rock Talk Presents: Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw!The jabronis return from a long hiatus to discuss the spinoff that broke up the Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson bromance. Does this movie live up to the Fast and Furious legacy? Why are there so many ball jokes in this movie? What is a champagn…
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Although the Titan Games wrapped up a few months ago, we're guessing you probably didn't watch it. That's okay, because the Rock Talk jabronis have you covered and are watching the finale LIVE on this episode!If you remember, Jordan and Charlie were crushed to find out their application wasn't accepted to join the Titan Games but after watching, it…
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WE’RE BACK, BABY!After months on haitus, Rock Talk returns and we could think of no better day to come back than Dwayne Johnson’s birthday. This is the episode that almost broke us - technical delays and host relocations tried to hold us back BUT THEY COULDN’T.Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is not a good movie. But it’s certainly A movie. There’s…
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DADDY LOVES WHO?This week the jabronis talk about the latest Dwayne Johnson offering, Skyscraper. If you were worried that this movie would be too much like Die Hard or Towering Inferno YOU WERE RIGHT. And that's not a bad thing. Dwayne Johnson turns in what might be the seminal performance of his career alongside Neve Campbell and a bunch of bad g…
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EPISODE 28 - CRANKRock Talk’s Fast Family Vacation continues with Jason Statham’s magnum opus, Crank. This fever-dream-of-a-movie stars Statham and Amy Smart. It’s like that movie Speed - EXCEPT STATHAM IS THE BUS.Statham plays Chev Chelios, a reformed hitman who gets poisoned by a rival gang. If he slows down, he dies. IT'S TIME FOR REVENGE. Oh, a…
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The Fast Family Vacation begins! And it couldn't begin with a better movie. xXx (don't google that without safesearch on) is part James Bond, part X-Games and part Mountain Dew Code Red. This is Vin Diesel at the height of his hairless powers and HOO BOY is it a roller coaster.The jabronis talk about fur coats, mini-submarines and soundtrack pole d…
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What's the best thing about summer? FAMILY VACATIONS. And what better family to spend your vacation with than the Fast and Furious family? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.Announcing Fast Family Vacation, a Rock Talk miniseries. For the next five episodes, the jabronis will dissect movies starring the OTHER stars of Fast and Furious. We're talking a…
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"Who should we call?""EVERYBODY."2015's San Andreas, or, Dwayne Johnson vs. Earthquakes. This movie does a disaster flick EXACTLY RIGHT. We have crazy destruction, cheesy one-liners and copious amounts of product placement.Is this movie scientifically accurate? OF COURSE NOT. Mostly because all of the science is being explained to us by Paul Giamat…
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From Splash Mountain to highly classified intelligence information, The Rock's Twitter feed has it all. Guest jabroni Erin Shore joins Charlie and Jordan on the quest to find the ALL-TIME BEST DJ TWEETS.And yes, we talk about THAT TWEET.Join Rock Talk next week as they discuss the earthquake disaster movie San Andreas!!…
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Walking Tall is DJ’s first foray into a gritty, throwback, 1970s style action movie. Except with Johnny Knoxville. And Zero from the Holes movie. If you like movies that barely eclipse the hour-long mark, THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU. It’s 85 minutes of slow-moving action that features crystal meth, a fireman strip dance, and SO. MANY. BULLETS.Also!!The U…
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It's part two of our Rampage discussion AND WE'RE FIRED UP. Why? Because the guys at @NerdyThingsPod trashed our boy DJ. WE THINK THEY MISSED A FEW THINGS.Kevin Howe joins the jabronis to defend the honor of Nerdy Things. It's an audio deathmatch!! TWO PODCASTS ENTER. ONE PODCAST LEAVES.Charlie and Jordan cover anything they missed last week (sorry…
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Is this movie dumb? Yes, but is it dumb fun? ALSO YES. The jabronis are joined by guest Caleb Holt to discuss The Rock's newest movie, Rampage!Dwayne plays primatologist Davis Okoye who forms a bond with an albino gorilla and BLAH BLAH BLAH IT DOESN'T MATTER. All you need to know is that our boy DJ has to fight three monsters before they destroy th…
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If you take the Book of Revelation and throw it in a blender with Donnie Darko, Interstellar, a few adult films and some monkey souls, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.Southland Tales is an ambitious world-building story about a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles where entertainers are politicians and a government agency spies on Americans in the name of national se…
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MARCH MADNESS HAS HIT ROCK TALK! People love brackets. It's a fact. So when it came time to make one for Rock Talk, the jabronis knew what needed to be ranked -- ONE LINERS.Jordan and Charlie spent WAY too much time whittling down the many amazing Dwayne Johnson quotes to the 16 very best. Which one is the best? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN.Join …
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2005’s Be Cool. It’s just like Pulp Fiction – except everybody is much older and the writing isn’t as good! Dwayne Johnson plays Vince Vaughn’s gay bodyguard who dreams of being a big-time actor. If you like dated music references and loud mouth chewing, THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU. It has it all: Travolta plastic surgery, Andre 3000, a speech about cult…
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THE TITAN GAMES. Not much is known about this future athletic-based reality show except that The Rock is behind it. That’s enough for us! Join us on this week’s mini-episode as the jabronis apply on-air. We’ll answer some very very specific question like: Do you parkour? Can you swim? What’s the most harrowing trauma you’ve ever been through?Learn …
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Furious 7 is a movie that starts at a 10 and ONLY GOES UP FROM THERE.This movie brings a few new faces into the fold (Statham! Kurt Russell!) but is quintessential FAST FARE. We have skydiving cars, building jumps, exploding helicopters AND IT GETS CRAZIER. Oh, also there are butts. Lots of butts. Get used to it.Rampage release date moves to April …
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Have you ever wondered what The Rock would look like as a blonde-haired white man? THEN THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU. Maalik Simmons makes his return to Rock Talk to discuss DJ's first foray into voice acting with the 2009 animated SPANISH movie Planet 51!The Rock plays Chuck Baker, an astronaut that crash lands on an alien planet that is exclusively popu…
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“Amputee Dwayne Johnson vs. A Very Tall Building”“DJ Die Hard”“The Most Dwayne Johnson Movie Ever”These are all descriptions seen on Twitter for this summer’s Skyscraper. AND WE COULDN’T AGREE MORE. The jabronis dissect every second of the first Skyscraper trailer that debuted during the Super Bowl. It looks like this one has all the hallmarks of a…
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Dylan Erwin joins the jabronis this week to talk about 2014’s sword-and-sandals flick Hercules. If you like wisecracking soothsayers, an army of screamo band frontmen and beards made with testicle hair, THIS MOVIE IS FOR YOU. Seriously. There's a lot of beard-talk in this episode. You’ve been warned.Is Hercules truly a demigod or just a simple huma…
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The jabronis came across a question on Reddit that required THEIR FULL ATTENTION. Which Dwayne Johnson character would make the best WWE wrestling match against The Rock?We may have gone overboard on this one. We break down every single character Dwayne Johnson has ever played and pitted them against The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainmen…
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2005’s Doom, or, the only movie that sucks certified skunk taint. Look – they can’t all be winners but is there something strangely watchable about the one movie that Dwayne Johnson has admitted was a mistake? Possibly!There is SO much going on in this one but at the same time it’s brutally simple. Space marines are sent to mars to investigate stra…
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Dwayne Johnson has never been nominated for an Academy Award. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST ONE GOSH DARN SECOND. It’s a crime. But his participation at awards shows is something to be celebrated, so this week the jabronis are recapping the Golden Globes DJ STYLE. We break down what he wore (Brioni! Mont Blanc! Fancy!), his daughter’s role as Golden Gl…
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The jabronis discuss the newest entry into The Rock’s filmography with returning guest jabroni Grace Aucella. FOR MONTHS, Charlie and Jordan were cautiously optimistic about this movie – but did it pay off? They tackle some of Jumanji’s most pressing questions, like:What qualifies a movie as a “video game movie”?Why …
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This week we joined the hosts of Nerdy Things Podcast (http://nerdythingspod.libsyn.com) to discuss Dwayne Johnson's newest film - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.Scrub to 29:38 for the Jumanji discussion!We'll return to talk about the movie in greater detail next week with a special returning guest -- a Rock Talk all-star -- but until then, get our…
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2013’s Snitch. Or, the closest thing to a soap opera that Dwayne Johnson has ever done. Ever heard of it? Neither had we! Is this a diamond in the rough or a forgotten stinker? We aren’t sure but we do know that DJ is doing some A.C.T.I.N.G. in this movie. We’re seriously worried he’s going to pull a muscle.The Rock is opposite heavyweights like Su…
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Jordan and Charlie take their talents to South Beach to talk about HBO’s Ballers! Is this show anywhere douchey enough to be as compelling as Entourage or is it simply a knock-off?Here’s what we do know: The Rock drives fancy cars and wears even fancier suits. THE CHARM IS ON FULL DISPLAY AND WE ARE HERE FOR IT. Also, there might be a break in the …
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The jabronis discuss 2013’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and it’s a doozy. This movie has ninjas, soldiers, an imposter president, Bruce Willis (for five minutes) and Channing Tatum (for six minutes). There are more characters here than you can shake a tungsten rod at. Is the plot convoluted? Of course. Is it worth your time? If your name is Jordan Rumme…
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Race to Witch Mountain. This movie has *RACING* and *WITCHES* and *MOUNTAINS*!! ...except it really doesn't have any of those things.This Disney remake that nobody asked for features aliens, taxis and is probably a heavy-handed climate change allegory PROPAGATED BY THE RIGHT WING FAKE NEWS LIBERAL MEDIA. Okay, maybe not the last thing but we're kee…
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In these divisive times, we can all agree on one thing: Every movie would be better with The Rock in it. So the jabronis put some time and research into it and came up with their perfect dream roles for Dwayne Johnson. NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS. We're talking James Bond, Breaking Bad, Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Full House. It gets a little nuts.And yes, …
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Wait, this isn’t a Dwayne Johnson movie..? YOU BET YOUR SWEET JOCK-ASS IT ISN’T. We did a podswap for Halloween with the guys over at Whatcha Gonna Do, the podcast that puts Hulk Hogan movies under the microscope. We take a look at the Hulkster’s 1989 cinematic masterpiece “No Holds Barred” – they examine Rocky’s “Walking Tall”.And MY GAWD, we have…
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LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON!! From “Bambi” to a Chicago-style monologue, DJ really illustrates what’s so magical about America’s longest-running TV comedy institution. Charlie and Jordan scrubbed through 20-plus years of sketches and monologues to bring you the best of DJ on Saturday Night Live. If you guys like clips, then H…
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Jordan and Charlie discuss 2016’s Central Intelligence, a movie that answers some of life’s most puzzling questions like: What would Dwayne Johnson look like as a chubby, brace-faced 17-year old? Why is Jason Bateman so good at playing total douches? Are Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson the Devito/Schwarzenegger duo of our time? PLUS, WE GET TOTAL ROC…
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Welcome to the Buzzfeed-ification of Rock Talk! The jabronis do the Lord’s work this week and rank every movie they’ve covered so far. And yes, it’s still technically a mini-episode.Remember to rate/review/share the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get our podcast!CHARLIE’S LIST11. Baywatch10. The Tooth Fairy9. The Game Plan8. Scorpion King…
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The jabronis make sure they're wearing their thunderwear to check in on Fast Five, a movie that many consider to be the greatest film-making achievement of all time. (Okay, maybe that's just us.)Beaches. Action. Exotic cars. Bald, sweaty men standing so close to each other that they're almost kissing. THIS MOVIE HAS IT ALL. And we haven't even gott…
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While you jabronis were looking at that big ol' dumb eclipse, our eyes were focused on another light in the sky. We saw the Fast-Signal and we instantly knew there was Fast and Furious news to be discussed.Tyrese gets in The Rock's mentions?Michelle Rodriguez walks away from the franchise?Hellen Mirren wants a bigger part?It's a jam-packed mini-epi…
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The jabronis wave goodbye to summer with the latest movie in the Rock canon, Baywatch! Did this movie fare well with the critics? No. Did this movie appease Bay-heads out there excited for a reboot? Not really. Is there anything salvageable from this rare Dwayne Johnson misstep? Probably!Also!!Boy hero saves sister's life because DJ taught him how!…
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It's a very special mini-episode this week on Rock Talk! Charlie travels to NOVA Pro Wrestling's August event in Annandale, Virginia to talk to Daniel Richards, The Progressive Liberal.This guy has been all over NPR, CBS News, and Deadspin for his amazing performances as the wrestling heel in Appalachia. But what happens when he comes up to liberal…
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AWW YEAH XZIBIT IS HERE TO PIMP YOUR ROCK MOVIE. Picture this: the year is 2006. NASA just launched the New Horizons rocket towards Pluto. North Korea just started testing nuclear weapons. Nic Cage starred in The Wicker Man.It was an exciting time, but it was also kind of scary. The Human Race needed stability. It needed inspiration. It needed a fo…
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I'VE COME FOR THE WOMAN AND YOUR HEAD. The jabronis are joined by guest Connor Weber to discuss Dwayne Johnson's first starring movie role, 2002's The Scorpion King! There are so many questions to answer here. Are camels really smarter than horses? What is a British dude doing in ancient Egypt? Why does Nickelback on this soundtrack?Also!!The Rock …
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Jordan and Charlie are joined by one of the smartest and most qualified jabronis they know, political journalist Ed Demaria. They'll take a much-too-serious look at DJ's possible road to the White House.Do campaign committees ever draft winners? If not President, what other elected position can The Rock feasibly win? Dwayne Johnson introduced WHO a…
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Jordan and Charlie choose Option A this week as they take a look at The Rock’s 2003 action-adventure comedy “The Rundown”! They get to the bottom of pressing questions like: Does a turntable have the aerodynamic properties of a frisbee? Exactly how many hats does Christopher Walken have? Is this The Rock’s “Indiana Jones” movie?News!!“Run The Rock …
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DON’T CALL IT A REBOOT. It’s a big week for Rock Talk as Jordan and Charlie are joined by guest jabroni Grace Aucella to discuss 2008’s secret agent parody “Get Smart”! They’ll tackle some of our generation’s toughest questions. At what point does a movie become a Dwayne Johnson movie? What was funny during the Bush administration? What’s the ideal…
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