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The First Watch
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Three friends watching movies they should've watched a long time ago, for the first time.
Episodes
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Ep. 34: All The President's Men
Join us in watching and discussing the 1976 Masterpiece starring a young Robert Redford and an even younger Dustin Hoffman. A staple of the paranoid thriller genre, this film checks all the boxes in craft, down to the fact they built their own Washington Post for the movie! So follow the money…
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Special: The Godfather Part II
We simply decided it was too good to pass up. In other words- we made ourselves an offer we don' refuse.
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Ep. 33 The Godfather
I mean... do we really need to say anything about this one? Enjoy!
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Ep. 32: Clerks
Join us in watching and discussing Kevin Smith's Writer/Director debut! The indie of all indie's launched not only his career, but a whole type of comedy. This is a fun one because we seem to be all over the map on the humor and entertainment value of the film so tune in for a little contention!
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Ep. 31: Raising Arizona
Join us in watching and discussing a quintessential early Coen Brothers masterpiece starring a young Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman. This is basically live-action looney tunes and that is just wonderful. Lots of children in peril has the parents in the room squirming but it also has...
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Special: The Odyssey
Another bonus new release episode, this time featuring one of the biggest and most anticipated of the year- Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the first story ever told. I don't think you need much selling as to why you should watch this and listen, but hey we'll do it anyway! Matt Damon, Anne...
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Ep. 30: The Social Network
Join us in watching and discussing David Fincher's 2010 Oscar-winning masterpiece starring a young Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and a totally-not-based-on-his-real-persona Justin Timberlake. This is an all-time favorite of Dan and Ozzy for many reasons, but the nascent Reznor-Ross partnership...
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Ep. 29: The Abyss
Join us in watching and discussing one of James Cameron's least remembered films. This one features the start of his love affair with deep-sea diving and an autobiographical fantasy version of how to reverse his impending divorce. And that's all without mentioning the gosh darn creature hanging…
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Ep. 28: Akira
Join us in watching and discussing a seminal anime text Akira! It needs no introduction but somehow you don't know what this is or have not heard of it, stop what you're doing and watch! This blueprint probably inspired most of your favorite anime and sci-fi media in general. Come for the...
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Special: Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie
In another edition of "movies that are coming out now that we want to cover", this episode is a very special one to Dan. Join us in watching and discussing the ultimate version of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's Nirvana the Band's experience. It's one of a kind, we hope you give it a shot!
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Ep. 27: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Join us in watching and discussing Milos Forman's 1975 Best-picture winning masterpiece starring the best actor-winning Jack Nicholson and best actress-winning Louise Fletcher in her iconic role as Nurse Ratched herself. What a legendary queen we have here on this one! One of the best supporting...
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Ep. 26: Dog Day Afternoon
Join us in watching and discussing Sidney Lumet's 1975 crime drama, oscar-winning masterpiece starring an oscar-nominated Al Pacino at the heart. This one is full of sweat, cigs, and working-class solidarity against the man. Truly one of the great movies of the 70's and very ahead of its time in…
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Ep. 25: Children of Men
Join us in watching and discussing Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 distopian near-future masterpiece starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and a phenomenal Michael Caine supporting performance. This one has everything you want from a movie, surprises, tears, thrills, incredible oners, and Baby Diego himself!...
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Ep. 24: The Raid
Join us in watching and discussing Gareth Evans' 2012 Indonesian action/martial arts cult classic. Some of the coolest action cinematography you'll ever see meets one of the most head-empty (complimentary) plots of all-time. A Mike Shinoda soundtrack to boot??? Hope that you enjoy this one off of...
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Ep. 23: First Reformed
Join us in watching and discussing Paul Schrader's 2018 character study of a lonely alcoholic pastor played wonderfully by Ethan Hawke. What does it take to push a sad man with nothing going on in his life into radicalization? A little attention from Amanda Seyfried and being the first on the…
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Ep. 22: Magnolia
Join us in watching and discussing Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 follow-up to Boogie Nights. Do you like big messy movies that take the spaghetti at a wall approach? So do I, and that's why I love this movie! Tons of ideas, a huge varied cast, daddy issues out the wazoo, everything you'd want in a...
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Ep. 21: The Hurt Locker
Join us in watching and discussing Kathryn Bigelow's 2009 Best Picture and Best Director winning war film starring Marvel's own Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie! Would you believe this testosterone-filled character study led to Bigelow becoming the first woman to win best director? Alanis...
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Ep. 20: The Princess Bride
Join us in watching and discussing Rob Reiner's 1987 Cult Classic starring a young Robin Wright and about a dozen of your favorite character actors. Our second foray into Rob Reiner's filmography is less divisive for the group with this crowd pleaser. Tune in to hear about 30 quotes you've seen...
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Ep. 19: Malcolm X
Join us in watching and discussing Spike Lee's 1992 Epic featuring an all-time great Denzel Washington performance who was RUDELY snubbed of a well-deserving Oscar win for his portrayal of the titular black revolutionary and thought leader himself. Do you wanna see some incredible accent work…
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Ep. 18: Alien
Join us in watching and discussing Ridley Scott's 1979 Sci-fi horror masterpiece starring a young breakout Sigourney Weaver alongside an all-time murderer's row of character actors. This film has a ton of iconic imagery and lines and is a classic for a reason but for me it's really just one of…
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Ep. 17: Strange Days
Join us in watching and discussing Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 cult classic starring a slimy Ralph Fiennes and also the coolest anyone's ever looked in Angela Bassett. Not to mention a Juliette Lewis who- you guessed it- is the walking embodiment of sexual energy. Tune in for a weirdly prescient and...
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Ep. 16: Mulholland Drive
Join us in watching and discussing David Lynch's 2001 dreamy masterpiece featuring a star-making Naomi Watts performance alongside a few other freaks who are sure to bring a smile to your face. This one is not for you normies out there so be warned. It is Dan's FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL-TIME so...
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Special: One Battle After Another
Sometimes a movie comes out that you can't NOT talk about! With Paul Thomas Anderson's new masterpiece hitting streaming we decided to throw an extra episode in the mix and talk about it. We welcome on a new guest in Dan's wife Diana and just chat about normal stuff like parenthood, fetishization...
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Ep. 15: Titanic
Join us in watching and discussing James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-sweeping epic starring a young Leo and Kate Winslet. But you already know all about this one, let's just say it was pretty popular... Come for the love story, stay for a cartoonishly villainous Billy Zane and a hot pirate-coded Bill...
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Ep. 14: The Iron Giant
Join us in watching and discussing Brad Bird's 1999 animated masterpiece featuring Vin Diesel's best performance??? We're talking McCarthyism and The Red Scare in a kid's movie? Let's goooooooo. Grab a box of tissues and gather round the boob tube for this wonderful experience.
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Episode 13: There Will be Blood
Join us in watching and discussing Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 Masterpiece starring an Academy Award Winning-Daniel Day-Lewis playing a demon sent from hell to spread his capitalist seed. In other words, if you say he is an oil man, he would agree! Do you like drinking milkshakes? Then boy do we...
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Episode 12: Blazing Saddles
Join us in watching and discussing Mel Brooks' 1974 Comedy/Western classic starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. If you're interested in a culturally sensitive portrait of race relations in the wild west, look no further!
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Episode 11: Cure
Join us in watching and discussing the first of our crew's five faves, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 mind-bending horror masterpiece starring the great Koji Yakusho. We hope you listen and learn that all the things that used to be inside of you are now all outside. Just as they should be...
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Episode 10: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Join us in watching and discussing Wes Anderson's 2009 Oscar-nominated stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel starring George Clooney as the titular Mr. Fox alongside a FANTASTIC supporting cast. We hope you enjoy this cussing great episode about a cussing great movie!
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Episode 9: The Sixth Sense
Join us in watching and discussing M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 twisty horror/thriller starring Oscar nominated-Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette, also Bruce Willis is there! If you don't want to listen to this fantastic episode you could take Dr. Malcolm Crowe's advice and "keep it movin'...
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Episode 8: A Few Good Men
Join us in watching and discussing Rob Reiner's 1992 Legal thriller starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore and an Oscar-nominated Jack Nicholson. Like and subscribe if you certainly CAN handle the truth unlike SOMEONE in this freaking movie...
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Episode 7: The Handmaiden
Join us in watching Park Chan Wook's 2016 erotic thriller starring Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee and Ha Jung-woo. Breaking down the patriarchy one scissoring scene at a time!
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Episode 6: Saving Private Ryan
Join us in watching Steven Spielberg's 1998 World War II Epic starring an Oscar-nominated Tom Hanks, a relatively young Matt Damon and a definitely not coked-out Tom Sizemore! We're all FUBAR after watching these lovable scamps get brutally killed one by one!
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Episode 5: The Shape of Water
Join us in watching and discussing Guillermo del Toro's 2017 Best Picture winning romantic fish loving drama The Shape of Water starring an Oscar-nominated performance by Sally Hawkins, and an unhinged predator in Michael Shannon! This film asks the ultimate question- could you resist a hot fish...
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Episode 4: Annie Hall
Join us in watching and discussing Woody Allen's 1977 Best Picture winning classic comedy romance Annie Hall starring Woody Allen himself and Diane Keaton in an Oscar-winning performance! This movie surely is not problematic in any way! He never had a latency period!
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Episode 3: Jackie Brown
Join us in watching and discussing Quentin Tarantino's 1997 American heist thriller starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Forster!
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Episode 2: Shaun of the Dead
Join us in watching and discussing Edgar Wright's 2004 Horror Comedy Classic starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost!
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Episode 1: The Setup
Our first episode! We do all of the table setting necessary to explain what this show is before going through out entire lists. Listen to our first true episode coming out later today!
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