Silver Screen Biases

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Every week Jeff and Nelson sit down to discuss a movie off the IMDB Top 250, and the truth claims made within it. They'll wrestle with their own biases as they analyze Hollywood's.

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Sneakerhead

This week we discuss Majid Majidi's 1997 film Children of Heaven ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Children of Heaven Children of Heaven on IMDB Children of Heaven on Rotten Tomatoes Children of Heaven on Letterboxd Watch Church People SOAPBOXR Watch L.A. Confidential Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson on Letterboxd...

Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 53

Off 250 - Kissing Cousins

This week we discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1990 film The Godfather Part III ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III on IMDB The Godfather Part III on Rotten Tomatoes The Godfather Part III on Letterboxd Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson on Letterboxd...

Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 52

Women in Leadership

This week we discuss Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc on IMDB The Passion of Joan of Arc on Rotten Tomatoes The Passion of Joan of Arc on Letterboxd Read Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison Read Letters to the Church by Francis Chan Kerry Baldwin Watch 12 Angry Men Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Red...

Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 51

Found Money w/ Connor

This week we are rejoined by Connor to discuss The Coen Brothers' 2007 film No Country for Old Men ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men on IMDB No Country for Old Men on Rotten Tomatoes No Country for Old Men on Letterboxd Read Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men Watch The Road Watch Detectorists Watch Expedition Unknown Read books by Michael Pollan Watch The Passion of Joan of Arc Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouT...

Jan 01, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 50

An Ayn Rand Christmas w/ Ben

This week we are rejoined by Ben to discuss Sergio Pablos' 2019 film Klaus ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Klaus Klaus on IMDB Klaus on Rotten Tomatoes Klaus on Letterboxd How I Met Your Mother reference scene Gigantopithecus Watch Odd Thomas Watch Loudermilk Read Dumbing Us Down Watch Amazing Grace Read Ayn Rand Watch Time Changer Watch No Country for Old Men Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson...

Dec 25, 2023•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 49

Trauma Bonding

This week we discuss the William Wyler's 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives on IMDB The Best Years of Our Lives on Rotten Tomatoes The Best Years of Our Lives on Letterboxd Read Glory For Me by MacKinlay Kantor Read the Times article that inspire the book Watch Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Watch Somewhere in Time Listen to Ben Folds Watch Klaus Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter Y...

Dec 18, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 48

Spared No Expense w/ Doug Stuart

This week we are joined by Doug Stuart, CEO of Libertarian Christian Institute, to discuss Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Jurassic Park ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Jurassic Park Jurassic Park on IMDB Jurassic Park on Rotten Tomatoes Jurassic Park on Letterboxd Read Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park Libertarian Christian Institute Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth Bob Murphy's Chaos Theory Brian Barcyzk Watch The Best Years of Our Lives Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twit...

Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 47

Double the Fun

This week we discuss the Billy Wilder's 1944 film Double Indemnity ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Double Indemnity Double Indemnity on IMDB Double Indemnity on Rotten Tomatoes Double Indemnity on Letterboxd Read Double Indemnity by James M. Cain Watch more by Billy Wilder Watch Dragnet Past Magazine - 100 Best Noir Films Watch Jurassic Park Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson on Letterboxd...

Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 46

Breaking The First Rule ft. GM Zach

This week we are joined by GM Zach of the Mortals and Portals Podcast to discuss David Fincher's 1999 film Fight Club ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Fight Club Fight Club on IMDB Fight Club on Rotten Tomatoes Fight Club on Letterboxd Read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Read Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk Read Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk Listen to Mortals and Portals Download Brave Browser Play Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Play Chronicles of Crime Play Pathfinder Read The Kingkiller C...

Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 45

30 Minutes of Silence

This week we discuss the Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film The Seventh Seal ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal on IMDB The Seventh Seal on Rotten Tomatoes The Seventh Seal on Letterboxd Nelson's recent guest appearance on The Things We Say Bob Murphy talks poker The Canadian kid's sketch comedy show that Nelson couldn't remember Listen to Mortals and Portals Watch Fight Club Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail....

Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 44

Regular Josh for President

This week we are joined by presidential candidate Joshua Smith to discuss Frank Capra's 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on IMDB Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on Rotten Tomatoes Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on Letterboxd Joshua Smith 2024 Break The Cycle Read The Teapot Dome Scandal Watch True Romance Watch Bad Taste Read Cronyism by Patrick Newman Read Enough Already by Scott Horton Josh on TimCastIRL W...

Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 43

Fiasco, North Dakota

This week we discuss the Coen Brother's 1996 film Fargo ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Fargo Fargo on IMDB Fargo on Rotten Tomatoes Fargo on Letterboxd Watch Fargo (show) Play Fiasco Mossberg 580 Shockwave Men's Health - 70 Best Dark Comedies Watch Mr Smith Goes to Washington Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson on Letterboxd...

Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 42

Mexican Skeleton ft. Sara

This week we are joined by Sara to discuss Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina's 2017 film Coco ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Coco Coco on IMDB Coco on Rotten Tomatoes Coco on Letterboxd Kid's Psych 101 ft. Sara Resting Place of Giants Watch The Greatest Showman Watch All Creatures Great and Small Steve-O's Street Dog Read Heaven is for Real Watch a "La Llorona" horror movie, there's heaps Watch Fargo Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail...

Oct 30, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 41

Forklift Certified

This week we discuss James Cameron's 1986 film Aliens ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Aliens Aliens on IMDB Aliens on Rotten Tomatoes Aliens on Letterboxd Read An Indigenous People's History of the United States Read The Not So Wild, Wild West Read Social Justice Fallacies Read Conceived in Liberty Read Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America Watch Deep Dive: Alien Watch Deep Dive: Aliens The entire Alien/Predator Chronology Sheologians Watch Arrival Kid's Psych 101 ft. Sara Watch Coco Sen...

Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 40

Hobby Hunting ft. Driver Broc Martin

This week we are again joined by Broc Martin to discuss David Fincher's 1995 film Se7en ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Se7en Se7en on IMDB Se7en on Rotten Tomatoes Se7en on Letterboxd Mail Call with R. Lee Ermey Read Seven by Anthony Bruno Read Se7en the graphic novel Watch Solace Watch The Shield Down The Rabbit Hole | Mouse Utopia Experiments Read Pilgrim's Progress John Warnock Hinckley Jr. on Youtube Watch Taxi Driver Watch Zodiac Killer The Way of the Master Hit Man Podcast Watch The Curious...

Oct 16, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 39

Work/Play Balance

This week we discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film The Shining ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Shining The Shining on IMDB The Shining on Rotten Tomatoes The Shining on Letterboxd Read Stephen King's The Shining Censored Count Musicless Dancing in the Street Musicless Michael Jackson Musicless Blue Suede Shoes Musicless Britney Spears Bad Lip Reading Beach Boys Shreds Watch The Sandlot Heavy Spoilers' The Shining Breakdown Analyzing Evil - Jack Torrance Watch Operation Avalanche Read Percy Jacks...

Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 38

Touch Grass ft. Cassy

This week we are again joined by Cassy Sinchok to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Rear Window Rear Window on IMDB Rear Window on Rotten Tomatoes Rear Window on Letterboxd Read Cornell Woolrich's It Had to be Murder Cassy on Letterboxd cassysinchok.com Mika - Grace Kelly Shia LaBeouf on Finance Silicon Valley - Sesame Seeds Watch Disturbia The Police - Every Breath You Take P Diddy - I'll Be Missing You Watch The Shining Send us a text Support the sh...

Oct 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 37

Bonus Episode: State of the Union

It's Friday The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes Eric July IMDB Top 250 History Buy our red hot merch! Get access to our monthly Subscriber Only show! Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterboxd Nelson on Letterboxd...

Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min

Cuba Libre

This week we discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 film The Godfather Part II ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II on IMDB The Godfather Part II on Rotten Tomatoes The Godfather Part II on Letterboxd Read The Godfather by Mario Puzo Chris Cuomo's "Fredo" Controversy Explained Watch Sleeping With The Enemy Read 1984 Watch Rear Window Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com Redbubble Jeff on Letterbo...

Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 36

How to Win Friends and Influence People ft. Angela Mannarino

This week we are joined by Angela Mannarino to discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film The Godfather ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Godfather The Godfather on IMDB The Godfather on Rotten Tomatoes The Godfather on Letterboxd Read The Godfather by Mario Puzo Watch Wes Craven films Watch Francis Ford Coppola films 10 Things Canadians Don't Know About Americans Former Mobster Michael Franzese One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb Gary Plauché Find Angela on Facebook Find Angela on X Watch ...

Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 35

A Very British America

This week we discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove on IMDB Dr. Strangelove on Rotten Tomatoes Dr. Strangelove on Letterboxd Read Red Alert by Peter Bryant Watch Wargames Read The White Pill Watch Logos Made Flesh Read The Not So Wild, Wild West Watch The Godfather Send us a text Support the show Find Us Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube SilverScreenBiases@gmail.com R...

Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 34

Earning It ft. Connor

This week we are joined by Connor to discuss Steven Spielberg's 1998 film Saving Private Ryan ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan on IMDB Saving Private Ryan on Rotten Tomatoes Saving Private Ryan on Letterboxd Read books by Stephen E Ambrose Watch Remember the Titans Watch Back the Future Watch Harry Potter Watch Band of Brothers Korean Soldier who fought for Germany on D-Day Watch Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Send us a t...

Sep 04, 2023•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 33

Populism and The Occult in Gotham

This week we discuss Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Metropolis Metropolis on IMDB Metropolis on Rotten Tomatoes Metropolis on Letterboxd Read Metropolis by Thea von Harbou Silver Screen Biases on Libertarian Christian Podcast Friends "Friendly Finger" Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North of Richmond Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul's In the Shadow of Freedom Expedition Bible - Search for the Tower of Babel Expedition Bible - Exploring Babylon Expedition Bible - Moloch Alex Jones...

Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 32

Utilit-alien ft. Hunter

This week we are joined by Hunter to discuss John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch The Thing The Thing on IMDB The Thing on Rotten Tomatoes The Thing on Letterboxd Read John W. Campbell's Who Goes There? Watch more John Carpenter films Watch more Kurt Russell films Wilford Brimley has diabetuhs Heffalumps and Woozles Blurry Creatures Democracy: The God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Watch The Thing (2011) Watch Hot Fuzz Watch Metropolis Send us a text Support the ...

Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 31

Reverence

This week we discuss Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 film Das Boot ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Das Boot Das Boot on IMDB Das Boot on Rotten Tomatoes Das Boot on Letterboxd Read Lothar-Günther Buchheim's Das Boot More from Wolfgang Petersen Watch Down Periscope Watch The Hunt For Red October Watch Rocketman Smarter Every Day - Nuclear Submarine Watch Valkyrie Watch Defiance Evgeny Stepanovich Kobytev: Before and After Revisionist History: The Foot Soldier of Birmingham Watch The Thing Send us a text S...

Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 30

Savior of Rome ft. John Grandy

This week we are joined by Pastor John Grandy to discuss Ridley Scott's 2000 film Gladiator ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Gladiator Gladiator on IMDB Gladiator on Rotten Tomatoes Gladiator on Letterboxd Read Daniel P Mannix' Those About To Die Read Paul Stutzman's Hiking Through Resilient Coaching Watch A Beautiful Mind Watch Cinderella Man Watch Robin Hood Directed by Ridley Scott Works by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Jesus' Legacy of Sacrifice The Heroes' Journey Explained Gladiator and The Hero's J...

Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 29

Union Job

This week we discuss Elia Kazan's 1954 film On The Waterfront ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch On The Waterfront On The Waterfront on IMDB On The Waterfront on Rotten Tomatoes On the Waterfront on Letterboxd Read On The Waterfront by Budd Schulberg The World's Greatest Con - On The Waterfront Italian Job (2003) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Tower Heist (2011) Logan Lucky (2017) Ian McKellen on Acting A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Superman (1978) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Godfather (1972) The Exorcist (19...

Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 28

Everybody Loves Waymond ft. Steve Moats

This week we are joined by Steve Moats to discuss Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert's 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Everything Everywhere All At Once Everything Everywhere All At Once on IMDB Everything Everywhere All At Once on Rotten Tomatoes Everything Everywhere All At Once on Letterboxd DJ Snake, Lil Jon - Turn Down for What Watch On The Waterfront Send us a text The Tuttle Twins The Tuttle Twins books. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate li...

Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 27

Arabian Knights

This week we discuss David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia ! Spoilers ahead! Links Watch Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia on IMDB Lawrence of Arabia on Rotten Tomatoes Lawrence of Arabia on Letterboxd Read Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1994) The Marytrmade Podcast #23 – Whose America? pt. 2: Inner City Blues The 13th Warrior (1999) Choice by Bob Murphy Lawrence After Arabia (2022) Watch Everything Everywhere All At Once Send us a text The Tut...

Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 26

Praise Dale ft. Driver Broc Martin

This week we are joined by Dirt Track Racer Broc Martin to discuss James Mangold's 2019 film Ford v Ferrari ! Spoilers ahead! Links Where to watch Ford v Ferrari Ford v Ferrari on IMDB Ford v Ferrari on Rotten Tomatoes Ford v Ferrari on Letterboxd Where to watch Le Mans Where to watch Lawrence of Arabia Send us a text The Tuttle Twins The Tuttle Twins books. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the sho...

Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 25

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