Movie Challenge Accepted!

This is the girl. It's a Dan Hedaya Double Feature this week, with Arco taking on David Lynch's avowed feature-length masterpiece, 2001's Mulholland Drive, and Jason watching great talent--William Goldman! Jodie Foster! Mel Gibson!--cash sizable checks in 1994's Maverick. https://youtu.be/OiCfHW3N3vo (Twin Perfect's YouTube essay on Mulholland Drive.) https://linktr.ee/moviechallen

After a brief hiatus, we're back with two movies that define this podcast. Jason was delighted by the third Keanu/Stahelski shoot 'em up, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum [28:41], while Arco let himself be lost in the quiet beauty of Ryuske Hamaguchi's Best Picture-nominated Drive My Car [02:59]. https://linktr.ee/moviechallengepodcast (Connect with Movie Challenge Accepted.) Your H

For the pod's first ever fan challenge, Jason watched the martial arts powerhouse that is Gareth Evans' The Raid 2 [02:12], while Arco went back to 1977, with William Friedkin's lost classic, Sorcerer [35:15]. You're gonna need a tougher truck. NOTE--Sorcerer was Friedkin's SEVENTH feature film as director, not his third or fourth. Mea culpa. If you enjoy the pod, please rate and r

Until last night, Arco had never watched the Academy Awards in full. He'll never forget his first. The boys dive into the winners, losers, whether the Oscars are relevant, and That Which Can't Be Ignored. All on a special, emergency podcast. If you enjoy the pod, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's a small gesture that will help us grow. Thanks! https://lin

In the most contentious episode yet, Jason had problems with the cultural statements he believed Matthew Vaughn's first Kingsman movie tried to make, while Arco threw up an eyeball during his second ride on the RefnCoaster, 2016's The Neon Demon. A true challenge, all around. If you enjoy the pod, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's a small gesture that wil

In our second Unchallenged episode, Jason and Arco step into Matt Reeves's Gotham, rainy home to the Batman...and also Bruce Wayne, but only for like, one scene. Pattinson fulfilled all of Jason's noir, Frank Miller-inspired dreams, while the movie worked a bit less effectively when seen through Arco's MCU-tinted glasses. If you enjoy the pod, please rate and review us on Apple Pod

This one's a Movie Challenge Accepted first: two films enter, one screenwriter leaves (these are both Derek Kolstad scripts). It's like Thunderdome, only not. So sit back, relax, and listen as Jason argues that Bob Odenkirk's Hutch Mansell is a more fully realized creation than Wick, while Arco believes Keanu paved the road, and we're all just riding on it, baby. If you enjoy the p

Reports of Arco having left Marvel movies behind turned out to be greatly exaggerated, as he challenged Jason this week with Ryan Coogler's groundbreaking Black Panther [28:40]. Jason went in another direction entirely, selecting Armando Ianucci's dark political farce The Death of Stalin [01:00]. If you enjoy the pod, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's a s

Before Eternals, Chloé Zhao made quiet, beautiful movies filled with genuine human emotion. At least that's how Jason sees Nomadland [28:46]. Did Arco agree? Who knows? He issued the pod's first Steven Soderbergh challenge, 2011's international actionfest Haywire [02:03], featuring Gina Carano's acting (cough, cough) debut. This one represents MCA perfectly. https://linktr.ee/movi

Movie Challenge Assemble! A movie so big, a universe so omnipresent, a Man so Iron. This one gets its own episode. Shareef McIntosh joins Arco and Jason to discuss the epic conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (phase IV, or 12, or...whatever), 2019's Avengers Endgame. Buckle in, folks, this one's almost as long as the movie. https://alfanerdz.com (Shareef's website - AlfaNer