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Chops TV
by 97.1 The Fan
97.1 The Fan’s fifth best couple Chops and J-Lo cover adventures in the streaming world from their living room to the big screen. Recommendations, critiques, jokes and quarrels. Tune into Chops TV! New episodes Wednesdays.
Episodes
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Unfrosted, Madame Web, My Best Friend's Exorcism, and Ricky Stanicky
Chops and J-Lo tell you about what they watched out of curiosity with a couple of days off last week.
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ChopsTV Live: The Fall Guy
Chops and J-Lo break down The Fall Guy. This episode was recorded live in front of an audience that had also just seen the movie at Grandview Theater and Drafthouse.
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The Idea of You, Challengers, and Cheaper by the Dozen
Chops and J-Lo discuss the heat of The Idea of You, the disappointment of Challengers and pitch another Cheaper by the Dozen film.
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Fallout, How to Date Billy Walsh, and Big Mood
Chops and J-Lo argue about the virtues of Fallout and How to Date Billy Walsh, but they both found Big Mood to be funny and tragic.
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Civil War
Chops and J-Lo breakdown Alex Garland's latest movie, Civil War, from the themes, to the movie's structure, AI posters and all things in-between.
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Invincible S2, ITYSL News, Players, and Ripley
Storms causing problems in movies. Is Invincible like his dad? Tim Robinson is getting an HBO show. Players is a bad rom-com. And, Ripley looks beautiful, but...
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3 Body Problem, Curb, and Head of State
Chops and J-Lo have existential questions about 3 Body Problem. Plus some thoughts on the end of Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Chris Rock classic Head of State.
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Anyone But You and Quiet on Set
Chops and J-Lo continue their search for the Next Great Rom-Com with the Sydney Sweeney/Glen Powell feature "Anyone But You." They also give their thoughts on the harrowing details of "Quiet on Set."
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Roadhouse, House of the Dragon and Beetlejuice Trailers
Chops compares the two Roadhouse movies, J-Lo gives her thoughts on Jake Gyllenhaal, and excitement is brewing for some new trailer drops.
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Irish Wish, Damsel, and Jurassic Movies
Chops and J-Lo tell you which movies to watch on Netflix (Spoiler: not Irish Wish or Damsel). Plus they compare Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.
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Best Picture Top 10 and Finishing the Fast Series
Chops and J-Lo rank the 2023 Oscar best picture nominees 1-10 and give their final thoughts after watching the 10 Fast and Furious movies.
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Dune Part Two (More Dune)
We saw Dune Part Two, and J-Lo helps explain some of it.
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Upgraded, Beatles Biopics, and NCAA Video Game
Upgraded isn't the next great rom-com, but it gets the job done. Chops is out on music biopics and maybe the NCAA football video game. J-Lo explains the art of flipping channels.
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Everything but the Football at the Super Bowl, Fast 6-8, and Poor Things
Chops and J-Lo break down Super Bowl commercials, halftime show and more. We catch up where they are after 8 Fast and Furious movies. Finally, thoughts on Best Picture nominee Poor Things.
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Fast Franchise, Kevin Hart, Halftime Performances, and More
Chops and J-Lo discuss watching all the Fast and Furious movies, compare Kevin Hart's new movie to an old one, talk about Snoop Dogg coaching and recap some of their favorite halftime performers.
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Oscar Nominations, WWE on Netflix, and Top Wedding Movies
Chops and J-Lo go over the big categories and snubs in Oscar nominations. Plus: Netflix getting more into sports programming and our favorite movie/TV couples and wedding movies since it's our anniversary!
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The Iron Claw and Self Reliance
Chops and J-Lo wrestle with The Iron Claw, plus thought's on Jake Johnson's directorial debut with Self Reliance.
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Mean Girls, Leave the World Behind, and Golden Globes
The new Mean Girls is... Chops and J-Lo also explain the blandness of Leave the World Behind with some words on the Golden Globes.
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Saltburn, The Holdovers, and Our 2024 List
Chops and J-Lo ring in the new year with the enigmatic "Saltburn," an enthralling talky "The Holdovers," and share their 2024 watchlist.
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Wonka, Netflix Numbers, The Family Stone, and More
Chops and J-Lo detail their Wonka experience, critique Netflix's newfound "transparency," and go over the Christmas movies from this week (The Family Stone, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Christmas Again, and Jingle All The Way).
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HallMarg Party, Picking Christmas Movies and Our Latest Watches
Hallmark Christmas movies with margaritas? Sign us up! We also go over a scoring system to decide if you should watch that random Christmas movie and detail our latest watches this December.
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Family Switch, May December and More Christmas Movies
Chops and J-Lo break down the bafflingly absurd Family Switch, plus some quick thoughts on other Christmas movies at the end. In the middle, they discuss the understated drama of May December.
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Wish, Elf, Thanksgiving and Upload
J-Lo went and saw the latest Disney movie, Wish, and she tries to keep it family friendly. Chops TV also celebrated 20 years of Elf to kick off the Christmas season. Plus quick thoughts on Thanksgiving and Upload season 3.
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Loki and Death on the Nile
Loki wrapped up season two, so what are the next steps for the MCU? Chops and J-Lo give detective Poirot another shot with Death on the Nile.
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Life on Our Planet, A Haunting in Venice, and Quiz Lady
J-Lo takes you back 300 million years, a spoiler free discussion about A Haunting in Venice, and Chops pines for comedies to capture large audience attention.
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Halloween Finale
We review our experience handing out candy to all the neighborhood trick or treaters. Then Chops recaps the last few movies to get to his 31 days of horror.
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Killers of the Flower Moon and The Fall of the House of Usher
Chops and J-Lo analyze Martin Scorsese's latest film, review the Edgar Allan Poe inspired miniseries on Netflix, and recap some other scary movies they watched this week.
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Zom 100, Fair Play, and Spooktober Continues
Dubbed over horror films work just fine. Chops and J-Lo discuss the movies they've been watching this October, and the Kardashians come up.
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Talk to Me, Totally Killer, and The Exorcist
Chops and J-Lo breakdown three horror movies that they watched to dive further into spooky season. Plus, our thoughts on episodes one and two of "Old People Fall in Love (Golden Bachelor)."
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Naked Attraction, Robots, and Bottoms
Chops and J-Lo start off October discussing a naked dating show, Robots also dating and a new play on the high school movie. They also hit on a few other things they've recently watched.
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Winning Time, Choose Love, and Theater Camp
Chops and J-Lo go over a bunch of things they've watched recently. Highlighting Winning Time, Choose Love and Theater Camp, but also mentioning Our Planet, One Piece, Fresh and more.
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Texas For Eternity
Chops and J-Lo theorize about what is really happening in Dillon, TX after finishing the Friday Night Lights series.
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You're So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah and How To With John Wilson
Chops made J-Lo watch the latest Adam Sandler straight to Netflix movie. Also, how to appreciate a show that is weird, funny and just ended.
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Vacation Friends 2 and Checking in on TV Shows
Chops and J-Lo warn you about Vacation Friends 2. Then they try to fix the season two entries of Friday Night Lights and And Just Like That.
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Friday Night Lights and Football Season on Chops TV
J-Lo gives her initial thoughts on the show Friday Night Lights, and Chops beams with pride over the TVs he's strategically placed around his house.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Red, White & Royal Blue
Chops and J-Lo sailed right in from the theater to spill the beans on The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Plus they ponder the state of rom-coms while discussing Red, White & Royal Blue.
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And Just Like That and Twisted Metal
Chops and J-Lo complain about And Just Like That, and discuss the new Twisted Metal adaptation.
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Righteous Gemstones, State Fair and Butter Sculptures
Chops has opinions on the best character in Righteous Gemstones. J-Lo explains why the Ohio State Fair is like traveling. Plus a breakdown of a forgotten 2011 movie about butter sculptures.
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We did Barbenheimer
Chops and J-Lo recant their experiences seeing Barbie and Oppenheimer back-to-back.
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Hollywood on Strike and Redbox might be Soup?
Chops and J-Lo give their views on the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike and what might happen. Plus Redbox has a weird corporate structure and some bad ideas.
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BlackBerry, Maybe I Do and Mattel Films
A discussion about the movie "BlackBerry" also becomes a breakdown of old phones. Chops and J-Lo say, "maybe you don't" to "Maybe I Do." And what is Mattel doing with all these movie plans?
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Black Mirror and The Bear
Chops and J-Lo take a trip through season 6 of Black Mirror and dine on season 2 of The Bear.
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No Hard Feelings and Field of Dreams
Chops and J-Lo aren't confident that No Hard Feelings is going to save the R-rated theatrical comedy, but they really enjoyed their trip to the Field of Dreams.
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Asteroid City and Elemental
Chops and J-Lo discuss the latest offerings from Wes Anderson (Asteroid City) and Pixar (Elemental). Face/Off and Titanic come up a few times too!
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Based on a True Story, One True Loves, and Renfield
A busy weekend for Chops TV included a show that may have missed the mark (Based on a True Story), a movie that failed the adaptation test (One True Loves), and Nicolas Cage as Dracula (Renfield).
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I Think You Should Leave, IMAX screens are busy, Primo and more
Does I Think You Should Leave season 3 stand up to the first two? Tom Cruise wants the big screens, but other releases might take them. Shea Serrano's Primo is delightful and more things Chops and J-Lo are watching.
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Succession Finale and The Little Mermaid
Chops and J-Lo got their thoughts out right after the Succession Finale for some Chops TV after dark. Also, There's a live action remake of The Little Mermaid!
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Succession Ep. 9 and White Men Can't Jump
The two lying hosts of Chops TV decided they needed to break down the final two episodes of "Succession" on their own weeks. They also liked the original "White Men Can't Jump" a lot more than the new one.
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Succession Ep. 7 and 8
Chops and J-Lo break down episodes 7 and 8 of Succession's final season.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chops and J-Lo on the laughs, tears and thinking of the third installment of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
97.1 The Fan’s fifth best couple Chops and J-Lo cover adventures in the streaming world from their living room to the big screen. Recommendations, critiques, jokes and quarrels. Tune into Chops TV! New episodes Wednesdays.
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97.1 The Fan’s fifth best couple Chops and J-Lo cover adventures in the streaming world from their living room to the big screen. Recommendations, critiques, jokes and quarrels. Tune into Chops TV! New episodes Wednesdays.
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