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2020/06/15
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2025/12/29
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Critics and the rest of the world have gotten too negative. We, like you, just want to find new movies and enjoy meaningful stories. If you struggle to separate the movies you love from the Hollywood machine, or can't enjoy the characters you relate to while ignoring the celebrities trying to ruin it, we are here to help! We really, really like movies. Doesn't matter if they're classics or so-bad-they're-good, from blockbusters to hidden gem indie films - we're all about sharing the variety that we like, in hopes of helping you find that perfect movie to fall in love with.
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Top 10: Endings and Goodbyes
2025/12/29
The ending of a movie may be the most important part, because nothing else can completely redeem a movie you hated, or completely ruin something you really enjoyed. We list our top 10 movie endings ever, plus recap the life of the podcast and say our goodbyes in our last episode. It's been an amazing five and a half years, and we really want to thank you for going on this ride with us. We also take some time to discuss what comes next, and other great movie podcasts you should switch to in our absence - so stick around for all that (plus a little post-credits Easter egg at the very end).
Before that, we wrap up the 2025 movie draft, recapping how our picks did and crowning a champion. Dustin also gives spoiler-free first impressions for Better Watch Out, David, and Wake Up Deadman. Jake shares his thoughts on The Family Stone, Living with Yourself, The Diplomat, Soulmates, and Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2.
We love you and we'll miss you. If you're interested, follow Dustin's personal instagram and book youtube for updates on his next book and tour coming this spring. Follow Jake's new podcast for continued shenanigans with his co-host and wife, Christy - @Master.Daters on Instagram and TikTok.
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Festivus Special: Our Biggest Movie Pet Peeves
2025/12/15
It is truly a Festivus for the rest of us! We bring a pretty extensive airing of grievances as it pertains to movies. We complain about a wide variety of very serious and very petty issues, and have a great time doing it. No target is off limits, as a highlight movies, writers, celebrities, advertising, and even you, the audience. But we didn't have time to touch on everything, so let us know in the comments or on Instagram what your biggest movie pet peeves are!
Before that, Dustin gives spoiler-free first impressions of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Jay Kelly, and Fat Man. Jake has recently watched The Sacrifice, The Watcher, The Beast in Me, and most of The Guilty.
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Top 10: Adventure
2025/12/01
Well it's finally happened, we kept our long-standing promise to finally split up our top 10 adventure movies which were originally lumped in with top 10 action. It's a very exciting time, especially because we intentionally snub some of the most obvious and cliche picks so we can include our personal favorites that deserve more recognition. Tune in and let us know if we missed your favorite adventure movies as well!
Before that, Dustin gives spoiler-free first impressions of Now You See Me: Now You Don't, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Carry On, and both he and Jake discuss briefly first part of Stranger Things final season. Jake has also seen Roofman, Red Sonja, Merry Ex-Mas, Hot Frosty, Things Heard & Seen, and Zootopia 2.
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Press Play: Watch "Tombstone" with Us
2025/11/22
To accompany our discussion on historical accuracy, enjoy this full-movie bonus episode where we sit down to watch an entire movie together. Sync the audio with your copy of Tombstone at home, or watch the full movie with us on Spotify.
In this commentary we watch one of the westerns we both love the most! When we're not enjoying the movie, we get into all this and more:
How much of the history is actually incredibly accurate (and discuss why it made sense to deviate when it did)How Wyatt Earp (the man) impacted Western movies in early HollywoodJake gives and old timey English lesson translating all the strange phrasesWhat makes this western differentThe lack of masculine heroes in movies todayHow Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday deserves as much recognition as Heath Ledger's JokerThe insane number of major actors in small rolesThe competition between this and Kevin Costner's "Wyatt Earp" movie that came out right afterIs this the most accessible western movie?How key Kurt Russel was to the movie's success, mostly behind the scenesand how short America's history really is
Reviewing Historical Accuracy in Movies
2025/11/17
This episode we are FINALLY joined by one of our favorite podcasters and Movie Bonerz Awards presenters - Brian Ruppert from the Reviewing History Podcast. We get deep into some of the most accurate and least accurate movies based on a true story. We also discuss historical movies in general - debating to what extent accuracy matters and how the audience and the subjects in the film can be affected. It's an amazing time, so check it out and check out Reviewing History and their holiday special Bandcamp promotion
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Before that, Jake gives spoiler-free first impressions after watching "Megadoc," the making of Megalopolis documentary, and also season 4 of Stranger Things ahead of the final season in a couple weeks. Dustin hasn't watched anything new, but Brian gives thoughts on a pair of kids movies: Stitch Head and Leo.
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Top 10: Scariest Non-Horror Movies
2025/11/03
Hopefully you don't have Christmas decorations up yet, because we're extending the spooky season just a little bit. Have you ever wondered, if you remove the jokes, how scary that comedy actually is? Are you still traumatized by that "family-friendly" fantasy movie from your youth? We realized there are many very scary movies outside the horror genre, so we've each compiled our top ten most horrific, and they are all over the spectrum. Dustin also rewatches a movie he swore he'd never watch again!
Before that, Dustin gives his spoiler-free first impressions of 28 Years Later, Bring Her Back, and Triangle (2009). Jake has been watching Netflix and shares thoughts on The Perfect Neighbor documentary, The Woman in Cabin 10, and both season 1 and 2 of Nobody Wants This. Jake also has been catching up on horror/thrillers from the early 2000s, and finally watched Joy Ride and The Ring for the first time.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a very important podcast announcement, and let us know what non-horror movies you find scariest of all!
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Let's Watch 10 Random Movies (again)
2025/10/20
A couple months ago that we spun the wheel of random movies and selected 10 on the show. Well we finally watch them all and have a lot of thoughts. What a random mix of films, some very good, some very, very bad. Check out the highlight at the top of our Instagram profile for which movies we picked and where you can watch them, largely for free. We learned how Gene Kelly broke into Hollywood, we debate the empowerment vs exploitation of extensive nude scenes, and in a totally separate movie Jake worries he may have accidentally downloaded and sent Dustin porn with a yeti in it. ....yeah.
Before that, Dustin gives spoiler free first impressions of the remade "Salem's Lot (2024) and also M3GAN 2.0. Jake of course is watching Love is Blind: Denver and The Golden Bachelor, but actually has important recommendations in "Chad Powers" and a really unique indie film called "Hellbender" (2021).
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Press Play: Watch "Hereditary" with Us
2025/10/06
We're filling the gap in our delayed Random 10 episode with our second of the commentary format episodes - just in time for spooky season! This movie has come up on the show many times in the past, but it's so rich and deep and brilliant that it made complete sense to break down the whole thing scene by scene. Just in time for Halloween, join us as we watch Hereditary and chat all the way through it.We also get into...
Ari Aster and how he's the new generation's ShyamalanHow Toni Collette just doesn't get the credit she deservesWhy the scariest parts of this movie aren't even the demon trying to possess themHas A24 peaked and gone too mainstream? Is Neon filling that void now?Which effects and stunts were practicalThe one scene that Jake could live withoutAnd most importantly, all the ways that mental trauma is a secret foreshadowing of the possessions and how the demon manifests----
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Spoiling: Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy
2025/09/22
Last episode was a movie no one's seen that very few people like, so this episode we're digging into movies everyone should have seen and almost no one dislikes. This trilogy, and the characters and themes within it, is deeply personal to both of us. In this episode we revisit the context of the time Batman Begins came out 20 years ago, and the myriad of ways comic book movies and cinema in general have been changed since. We pick apart some very petty issues in each film, we go through each character and actor performance, and dig up some fun facts and Easter eggs along the way! Let us know why you love these movies or any issues you have with them. We also want to hear your best Batman and Bane voices - so leave us a voicemail: +1 (724) 4-BONERZ
Before that, Dustin gives spoiler-free first impressions of The Conjuring: Last Rites, The Long Walk, and the new Office spin-off The Paper. He also watched a bunch of documentaries: Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Woodstock '99, AKA Charlie Sheen, and the Unknown Number: High School Catfish doc Jake talked about last time. Jake gives his initial thoughts on Nobody 2, Weapons, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and the new I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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Spoiling: MEGALOPOLIS
2025/09/08
I told you I'd make Dustin watch this - and boy did it pay off! I know it's probably a bad podcasting idea to cover a movie no one saw and that the director pulled from all distribution channels... HOWEVER I just saw you can stream MEGALOPOLIS on Apple TV+ right now! So get a free trial and check it out because you will want at least some context for this episode. We dig into all the characters played by spectacular actors and how badly wasted Dustin Hoffman was. We try to explain the fable and allegory as best it makes sense. And we struggle to fathom how a movie about America has zero grasp of what it is or was (or really Rome, for that matter). There are interesting things that worked, and more that should work on paper, so it's complicated and definitely an interesting discussion. Lots to dig into, and we want to hear your takes as well. Leave a voicemail or shoot us a text: +1(724)4-BONERZ
Before that, we need to spin for another random movie because we can't find one of the 10 picked last episode. Then Dustin gives spoiler-free first impressions of The Naked Gun (2025), The Thursday Murder Club, and revisiting Ben Hur. Jake shares thoughts after seeing Together, Primitive War, and Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.
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Rookie Directors Debut Movie Draft
2025/08/25
There are quite a few directors who absolutely blew the doors off with their first feature film. We have been combing through and tried to find our favorites to try to create the most powerful teams of debut films. We also spin ten random movies we should all watch within the next six weeks (find more details about where to watch on Instagram). And finally, it took five years and tens of dozens of episodes, but after a comedy of errors Jake finally breaks down in the most ridiculous and uncontrollable giggle fit just trying to make technology work. I considered taking it out, but I've left in all Dustin's bloopers over the years, so I guess I was due. Sorry.
Before that, Dustin gives his first impressions of after seeing Weapons and The Tom Green Documentary. Jake has just watched the first season of The Hunting Wives, the renewed season 14 of King of the Hill, the first episode of MobLand (finally) and as promised, Citizen Kane.
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Remembering Robin Williams
2025/08/11
August 11th marks eleven years since the world lost Robin Williams, and the possibility of more performances in the future. But the legacy he left is a rich and diverse one. We do our best to touch on as much as we can, touching on all the fan favorites and also many underappreciated gems that time seems to have lost. We discuss his unique comedy, his knack for drama, and his very convincing villain run. And yes, Jake has finally watched Death to Smoochy.
We watched a lot of new Robin Williams movies, but before that, Dustin shares spoiler-free first impressions of Fantastic Four: First Steps and Final Destination: Bloodlines. Jake gives a summary of two shows: Your Friends & Neighbors and Untamed. Then we both watched Until Dawn and of course Happy Gilmore 2.
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Critic Commandos (with James from I Was a Teenage Film Snob)
2025/07/27
This episode we invite our good friend James to make his feature episode debut! As a reformed Film Snob, he brings great insight, curiosity, and as always tons of fun as we discuss both the practicality and pitfalls of mainstream pretentious critics. When we're on topic, we discuss the role professional movie critics play in audience reception. We also debate if the role of critic is still relevant (or if they ever were), and to what capacity. Perhaps now more than ever the phrase "everybody is a critic" applies, because some of our favorite movies were found ignoring the formal recommendations. When we're sidetracked, we discuss movie going differences between Australia and the States, personal values and parenthood changing our perception, the downfall of movie poster art, and crying during Venom 3, and much, much more!
Check out the "I Was A Teenage Film Snob" podcast! James and friends are always having fun and insightful movie discussions, including a growing backlog of interesting industry interviews. https://linktr.ee/filmsnob
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The Elegant Chaos of Guy Ritchie's Filmography
2025/07/13
This episode, we finally return to taping into a full director's filmography (mostly). Guy Ritchie has been crazy busy lately, movies and shows coming out all the time. While some see his career as being very up and down, we review and speculate why the misteps make sense, and why some of his flops deserve more credit than they get. We discuss his original short film: The Hard Case, in addition to Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Swept Away, Revolvr, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes & Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Aladdin, The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, The Covenant, and Dustin's favorite movie of 2024 - Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (we only both didn't have time for Fountain of Youth and MobLand). It's also amazing how many times his work should have launched massive franchises, but didn't. We still hold out hope for revivals in the future!
Before that, Dustin gives spoiler-free first impressions of Superman, Sinners, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Minecraft, Risen, and Monster Summer. Jake has watched most of Squid Game season 3 and The Better Sister.
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Commentary: Watch "The Patriot" with Us!
2025/07/03
Want to watch the whole movie from beginning to end with your friends commenting and discussing, roasting it and maybe crying a little the whole time? Well you're in luck! Recorded last year, we're releasing this episode now for free for everyone, in the spirit of freedom this Independence Day. Hopefully the video version isn't banned, but if it is, you should press play on your copy of "The Patriot" as soon as the intro song ends on this episode (15 seconds in) to sync them up. You should know we're watching the Extended Cut of "The Patriot."
Jake breaks out some props (as in propaganda)Dustin breaks a promiseWe address the parts of the movie that are not historically accurateWe discuss if that matters, and what parts AREWe catch Benjamin Martin sneaking a peek at some cleavageWe try to figure out what Mel Gibson's best movie isWe reflect on the complicated founding of our nationThere's a lot of fatherhood talk, but we try to remember the sons' perspectives as wellWe share unpartisan thoughts about the messy and broken current political systemWe discuss the two different young actors in this movie who died way too early in real lifeAnd more than anything we just want Americans to be united under a set of shared fundamental principles once againHappy Independence Day, be safe and be free!
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