This is the third part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 2 focused on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”. *** Referenced media: “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971) “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976) “42” (Brian Helgeland, 2013) “Gran Torino”...
Oct 28, 2022•27 min
"My darling, my blood."
Oct 27, 2022•14 min
"War is always good for certain companies that are in the war. The business of war."
Oct 15, 2022•13 min
"When you can't escape, and you constantly rely on everyone else, you learn to cry by smiling."
Oct 14, 2022•13 min
This is the second part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 3 will focus on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”. *** Referenced media: “Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971) “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976) “Magnum Force” (Ted Post, 1973) “Sudden Impact” (C...
Oct 14, 2022•30 min
"Random thoughts for Valentine's day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap."
Sep 30, 2022•11 min
"They don't make mistakes. They don't do random. There's always an objective. Always a target."
Sep 29, 2022•11 min
This is the first part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. Part 2 will focus on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 3 will focus on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”. *** Referenced media: "Rocky IV” (Sylvester Stallone, 1985) “Transformers: The Movie” (Nelson Shin, 1986) “Rocky Balboa” (Sylvester St...
Sep 28, 2022•41 min
"I wake up like this every morning."
Sep 21, 2022•19 min
A Pizza Hut / A Pizza Hut / Kentucky Fried Chicken / And a Pizza Hut.
Sep 20, 2022•12 min
This is the final part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Part 6 focused on Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid”. Part 7 focused on John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”. *** Ref...
Sep 19, 2022•40 min
This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Part 6 focused on Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid”. The final episode in this series will focus on Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & J...
Sep 19, 2022•30 min
A love story in time of war that's presented as a mystery centered on how to tell stories.
Aug 31, 2022•13 min
Is pre-slap Will Smith worth reflection?
Aug 25, 2022•17 min
This is the sixth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Part 5 focused on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Future episodes will focus on John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986) and Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & June” (19...
Aug 22, 2022•35 min
This is the fifth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Part 4 focused on Gordon Flemyng’s “The Split”. Future episodes will focus on Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid” (1984), John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986), and Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & June” (1990). *** Referenced media: “Raid...
Aug 08, 2022•44 min
Best Picture Winner, really?
Jul 25, 2022•6 min
"The smiles you'll gather / Will look well on you / Oh, I hope you're Going My Way too."
Jul 22, 2022•5 min
This is the fourth part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s “Censor”. Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Part 3 focused on Brian DePalma’s “Greetings”. Future episodes will focus on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984), Garry Marshall’s “The Flamingo Kid” (1984), John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (1986), and Philip Kaufmans’s “Henry & June” (1990). *** Refe...
Jul 11, 2022•29 min
His weapon was his humanity.
Jul 11, 2022•10 min
This is the third part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor ". Part 2 focused on Mike Nichols’s " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Future episodes will focus on Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s " The Flamingo Kid " (1984), John McNaughton’s " Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer " (1986), and Philip Kaufmans’s " Henry & June " (1990). *** Re...
Jun 24, 2022•40 min
This is the second part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focused on Prano Baily-Bond’s " Censor" . Future episodes will focus on Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s " The Flamingo Kid " (1984), John McNaughton’s " Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer " (1986), and Philip Kaufmans’s " Henry & June " (1990). *** Referenced media: " High School ...
Jun 14, 2022•41 min
This is the first part of an eight-part series about American movie ratings. Part 1 focuses on Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 slasher movie " Censor ", as an introduction to censorship, generally. Future episodes will focus on Mike Nichols’s " Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " (1966), Brian DePalma’s " Greetings " (1968), Gordon Flemyng’s " The Split " (1968), Steven Spielberg’s " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " (1984), Garry Marshall’s " The Flamingo Kid " (1984), John McNaughton’s " Henry: Po...
May 20, 2022•28 min
"Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God."
May 19, 2022•11 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa catch up to the zeitgeisty hit of 2019 and reel-in a real whopper.
May 04, 2022•35 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa celebrate Eddie Murphy, a stand-up genius, playing Rudy Ray Moore, another stand-up genius, who invented Dolemite, a Hip Hop God.
Apr 20, 2022•27 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get Churched?
Apr 03, 2022•22 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa lament overdone spectacle in movies versus the too-rare peculiarity of wonderfully humane stories.
Mar 18, 2022•35 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa get a grip on porcine friendship, the influence of Bruce Springsteen, and the odd brilliance of Nicolas Cage.
Mar 11, 2022•26 min
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa reflect on the male member.
Mar 11, 2022•28 min
