At it's heart, Gran Torino is about an old, set-in-his-ways (racist) war veteran realizing that he has more in common with the hardworking, honest Asian family next door than he does with his own spoiled American family. The trouble is, the guy is just so damned racist that it's hard to get comfortable with him. And even when his opinion of the family next door changes, the offensive language he uses to describe them doesn't. Gran Torino is a tough movie to talk about. Join the discussion: Email...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ask the average person what they think of when they hear the name Rambo and they'll probably say something about an over-muscled rageaholic murdering dozens of people with weapons meant to be mounted on vehicles. Even if they know better, they'll probably agree that this first movie in the franchise is called "Rambo". Neither of those things is entirely accurate, so we're setting the record straight in a podcast covering one of Sylvester Stallone's best movies. Check out https://club.baldmove.co...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Road to Perdition is the only movie we could think of that features Tom Hanks as anything other than a wholesome heroic type. It turns out he's an honest-to-goodness actor and he can absolutely pull off the Irish gangster dead set on avenging his murdered family, especially when he's sharing the screen with other talented actors such as Paul Newman and Daniel Craig. Who knew! Check out our Club Bald Move page to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free v...
Mar 31, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for a discussion about teenage trauma and angst filtered through Bobby Cannavale playing an accidental pedo and Paul Giamatti getting pile drived into the grass by a 15 year old. You can get your very own custom commissioned podcast by visiting https://support.baldmove.com. Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our belated obsession with The Queen's Gambit has lead us back to our formative years to cover a movie that also has a young chess prodigy at its center, Searching for Bobby Fischer. It's an under-celebrated classic about being successful without losing your decency in the process. Check out our Club Bald Move page to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twi...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 80s movies don't get much more classic than this! Join us for The Breakfast Club, the genre-defining teenage drama from John Hughes. We talk about the pressures of being a teenager, how the movie explores those pressures, our own teenage years, and whether this movie holds up in 2021. Check out https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another year of charity marathons is in the books and it was certainly worthy. This year we raised $17047.74 for the Cure Alzheimer's Fund and had a ton of fun doing it. Join us as we recap the event and for a special wrapup interview with Connor from the Cure Alzheimer's Fund discussing their work as well as the damage that Alzheimer's does and preventative measures you can take to reduce your likelihood of developing it. $6969.69 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/902975643?filter=highlights&sort=t...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast I didn't know much about "The Troubles" in Ireland going into this movie and, to be honest, I don't feel like I know any more coming out of it. History lessons aside, The Boxer includes some excellent performances from the entire cast in a movie that is more of a meditation on borrowed resentment than a traditional boxing story. Check out https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a mont...
Mar 09, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's been 10 years since Sorkin and Fincher released The Social Network, a movie about the origins of Facebook. So how has it aged? Join us on the podcast as we discuss this, and many other questions. Check out https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Pod...
Mar 02, 2021•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for a discussion of Steven Spielberg's incredibly breezy, semi-biographical movie based on the life of a high-school-aged 1960's check forger who collected over $4m in cash before being caught by the FBI. Check out https://patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review ...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast It has been over 20 years since an unknown filmmaker named M. Night Shyamalan somehow got $40m dollars to write, direct, and produce a movie that would forever change the horror genre. Does it still hold up today? Find out as we discuss our feelings on all things "The Sixth Sense" two decades later. Check out https://patreon.com/baldmove/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unlike many other, actual awards shows that are taken seriously by the industry, we're not content to merely rip open some envelopes and throw some confetti and that's that. Oh, no. We sweat the details and record audio and video of all the debates Jim and A.Ron have had to arrive at the final winners. If you disagree with their rankings and ratings, these deliberations will be show the math. In this episode, Jim and A.Ron discuss: Baldies 2020 Coverage: 2020 Baldies Ceremony Deliberations 1 | B...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we debate the Best Drama category and re-run our review of Arrival. It's almost time for our 6th annual Baldies Awards. To celebrate, we're running back the past 5 years of the Baldies to pick an ultimate winner; a Baldy of Baldies, if you will. Each episode features an intro where we debate a previous Baldies category to crown an overall winner and then our full spoiler review of a previous Best Movie Baldy category winner, culminating in our pick for the best winner from the past 5 y...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gather round the campfire to hear us tell the tale of the gunfight at the box office corral where Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell dueled to settle which of them could create the better Wyatt Earp film. Though Costner started with his hand on the script, it was the faster, wilier Russell who prevailed in the end, buying up all the cowboy gear in Hollywood and raking in the dough while Costner's "Wyatt Earp" lay dead in the street. Seriously, that's exactly how it happened. The production of Tombst...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we debate the Best Female Actor category and re-run our review of Annihilation. It's almost time for our 6th annual Baldies Awards. To celebrate, we're running back the past 5 years of the Baldies to pick an ultimate winner; a Baldy of Baldies, if you will. Each episode features an intro where we debate a previous Baldies category to crown an overall winner and then our full spoiler review of a previous Best Movie Baldy category winner, culminating in our pick for the best winner from ...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we debate the Best Male Actor category and re-run our review of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. It's almost time for our 6th annual Baldies Awards. In order to celebrate, we're running back the past 5 years of the Baldies to pick an ultimate winner; a Baldy of Baldies, if you will. Each episode features an intro where we debate a previous Baldies category to crown an overall winner and then our full spoiler review of a previous Best Movie Baldy category winner, culminating in our ...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we debate the Best Comedy category and re-run our Dunkirk review. It's almost time for our 6th annual Baldies Awards. In order to celebrate, we're running back the past 5 years of the Baldies to pick an ultimate winner; a Baldy of Baldies, if you will. Each episode features an intro where we debate a previous Baldies category to crown an overall winner and then our full spoiler review of a previous Best Movie Baldy category winner, culminating in our pick for the best winner from the p...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast A.Ron can't get enough of The Holiday, so he recruits two all-star Christmas rom-com veterans for this important discourse. Kim Renfro from Insider and Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair join the podcast to discuss The Holiday's place in romantic comedy history, gumption, fantasy kitchens, healthy levels of "scroodily-doo", and dream of a Nancy Meyers theme park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cast Away defined the survival genre when it came out in 2000 and it's back again on its 20th anniversary to cap off the year of pure survival, 2020. Join us for the podcast as we discuss the themes of hope, scenes we can only watch through our fingers, and, of course, WILLLLSOOOONNN. Check out club.baldmove.com or patreon.com/baldmove to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content and ad-free podcasts for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today is the 25th anniversary of an absolute classic crime drama, Heat. If we hadn't already reviewed it we probably would take the opportunity to do so right now. However, thanks to the generosity of one of our most loyal listeners, Freddy C, you can hear what we thought of it circa Feb. 2018. Thanks again for the commission, Freddy, and everyone else, enjoy the re-release of Heat. You can get your very own custom commissioned podcast by visiting support.baldmove.com. Join the discussion: Email...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Season four is in the bag, but we're not exactly in the bag for season four. We join up with our listeners on this feedback-filled wrapup to hash out our feelings on this season of Fargo once and for all. We'll be back if Fargo comes back for another season, and in the meantime maybe check out our Bald Move Prestige podcast for all the well-dressed, respectful content we produce, unlike that lowbrow stuff we get up to over in the Bald Move Pulp podcast! Hollywood Reporter interview where Noah Ha...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang war has conclusively heated up in the season finale of Fargo. Find out who lived, who died, what it all meant and what we thought of this season in general. We'll be back next week to wrap up the season and sign off for the year. See you then. Check out our https://club.baldmove.com to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content for just $5 a month! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Ap...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the years there have been many film adaptations of Stephen King's work. Today we're covering one of the finest. Starring Kathy Bates and James Caan, Misery is the story of fandom gone wrong. Or maybe it's an allegory for over-zealous editors. Or it could be an author's struggle with drug addiction and the backlash from fans when their writing ventures beyond a specific genre. Join us on the podcast as we debate this question and discuss what makes Misery so great. Check out our club.baldmov...
Nov 30, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of Fargo, the drug war is heating up... wait, I think I've said that before. In fact, it's been heating up for at least half the season now. And while things have certainly progressed, with bodies in the streets and gang shootings in the papers, the ambition of this season's storytelling make it somehow feel like the war is still simmering away on the back burner with just a single episode left. Join us for the podcast to get our full episode breakdown. Check out our Club ...
Nov 24, 2020•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
