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We're Dying! (not really)

by Brad and John

Confronted with their own mortality, two stalwart friends embark on a introspective journey of self-improvement....on second thought, that sounds hard. They're gonna watch movies instead. Join these two middle-aged college drinking buddies on a cinematic journey through their childhoods and beyond, as they examine the films that made them who they are, while also remaining open to new movies that they just haven't gotten around to watching.Cover Art by Meghan Geary (https://www.patreon.com/mgearyart)

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Episodes

  1. 49 - Halloween

    John introduces Brad to John Carpenter's slasher classic

  2. 48 - Snowpiercer

    John and Brad try to work out the logistics of Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic trainspotting

  3. 47 - Black Panther

    Brad and John watch Ryan Coogler's infuriatingly brilliant THIRD movie

  4. 46

    Brad shows John Spike Lee's gritty heist flick

  5. 45 - The Usual Suspects

    John and Brad examine Bryan Singer's twisty neo-noir

  6. 44 - Annihilation

    John and Brad try to interpret Alex Garland's mind-bending sci-fi horror

  7. 43 - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Brad and John revisit Edgar Wright's transmedia smorgasbord

  8. 42 - Logan Lucky

    John shows Brad Steven Soderburgh's hillbilly heist

  9. 41 - Punisher: War Zone

    Brad shows John Lexi Alexander's flawed, gory masterpiece

  10. 40 - Booksmart

    John and Brad check out Olivia Wilde's intensely funny high school comedy

  11. 39 - MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion

    Brad and John go back to the MSTie well for a movie with Alan Hale, a screaming woman in a pantsuit, and the Volkswagenspinne

  12. 38 - The Ritual

    John and Brad examine David Bruckner's atmospheric horror

  13. 37 - Evil Dead 2

    Brad and John examine Sam Raimi's gleeful gorefest

  14. 36 - Death Note

    Brad and John examine the Netflix interpretation of the anime classic

  15. 35 - Labyrinth

    John and Brad puzzle out Jim Henson's fantasy classic

  16. 34 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Brad introduces John to the madcap conman antics of Steve Martin and Michael Caine

  17. 33 - Ravenous

  18. 32 - Spider-Man: Far from Home

    Brad and John enjoy the aperitif to the epic Infinity Saga

  19. 31 - Saving Private Ryan

    Brad and John examine Steven Spielberg's WWII drama

  20. 29 - Too Late (revised)

    Brad and John examine Dennis Hauck's auteur-rageous neo-noir

  21. 30 - Gremlins

    John introduces Brad to Joe Dante's childhood-scarring Christmas film

  22. 28 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  23. BONUS! Press Start and Roll Film: Video Games on the Silver Screen

    Fresh from PAX East, it's Brad and John's first live panel! Behold how far from the source material you can get in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! Be amazed at the rise and fall of Uwe Boll! Tremble at the sheer number of Pokemon animated features! Join "We’re Dying! (not really)", the world’s...

  24. 27 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Brad and John revisit Monty Python's classic Arthurian spoof

  25. 26 - The Dirty Dozen

    John introduces Brad to Robert Aldrich's WWII action classic

  26. 25 - Stalag 17

    Brad introduces John to Billy Wilder's POW thriller

  27. 24 - It Happened One Night

    John and Brad watch Frank Capra's screwball classic

  28. 23 - Avengers: Infinity War

    Brad and John watch the culmination of 12 years of the MCU

  29. 22 - Mad Max: Fury Road

    Brad introduces John to George Miller's post-apocalyptic action masterpiece

  30. 21 - Titus

    Brad and John watch Julie Taymor's Shakespearean bloodbath

  31. 20 - The Nightmare Before Christmas

    John and Brad examine an unlikely holiday classic

  32. 19 - Blazing Saddles

    John and Brad revisit Mel Brooks' satirical Western comedy masterpiece

  33. 18 - MST3k: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

    Brad introduces John to a holiday...classic, expertly skewered by our favorite hecklers in space

  34. 17 - From Dusk Till Dawn

    John introduces Brad to Robert Rodriguez's action-horror-comedy whiplash simulator

  35. 16 - Unforgiven

    Brad and John discover Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western classic

  36. 15 - The Thing

    Brad and John shudder their way through John Carpenter's nihilistic gorefest.

  37. 14 - The Lost Boys

    John introduces Brad to Joel Schumacher's pretty, pretty, savage vampire classic.

  38. 13 - It Follows

    Brad and John discover David Robert Mitchell's post-modern slasher throwback

  39. 12 - Spider-Man: Homecoming

    Brad introduces John to the friendliest neighborhood entry of the MCU

  40. 11 - Predator

    Brad and John fondly reminisce about Arnold Schwarzenegger's sci-fi horror classic

  41. 10 - Singin' In The Rain

    Brad introduces John to Gene Kelly's all-talking, all-dancing, all singin' masterpiece

  42. 9 - Lethal Weapon

    John introduces Brad to Richard Donner's buddy cop originator

  43. 8 - Heathers

    Brad and John discover Michael Lehmann's teenage-killing black comedy

  44. 7 - Back to the Future

    Brad and John rewatch Robert Zemeckis' weirdly Oedipal time travel classic

  45. 6 - Way of the Gun

    John introduces Brad to Christopher McQuarrie's sun-baked neo-noir

  46. 5 - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

    Brad introduces John to the life and death, good vs evil drama of arcade game records

  47. 4 - Winter's Bone

    Brad and John discover Debra Branik's meth-addled country noir

  48. 3 - The Abyss

    Brad and John rewatch James Cameron's oceanic wankery

  49. 2 - The Untouchables

    Brad introduces John to Brian DePalma's gangster classic

  50. 1 - Near Dark

    John introduces Brad to Kathryn Bigelow's vampire neo-Western mashup.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Confronted with their own mortality, two stalwart friends embark on a introspective journey of self-improvement....on second thought, that sounds hard. They're gonna watch movies instead. Join these two middle-aged college drinking buddies on a cinematic journey through their childhoods and beyond, as they examine the films that made them who they are, while also remaining open to new movies that they just haven't gotten around to watching.Cover Art by Meghan Geary (https://www.patreon.com/mgearyart)

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Brad and John

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