Aya Vs. The Big Boys

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By: Merry-Go-Round Magazine

A podcast about watching "boy movies" for the very first time. Meet Aya Lehman, dipped into the depths of the fiery infernos of “bro cinema”, and Kevin Cookman, her Virgil through the abyss known as “Why do men love GOODFELLAS so much?” On their weekly film review show, Aya adventures through some of the so-called “greatest films of all time” for the first time ever, with Kevin as a doting guide through uncharted waters. Attempting to understand the psychosis of the patriarchy? That’s the true divine comedy.

KEVIN VS. 26
#89
04/18/2022

review us on apple podcasts :)


EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (feat. Alexandra Wallachy)
#88
04/09/2022

A24-PRIL is back, this time with their latest venture into the multiverse: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022).


CODA
#87
04/02/2022

Our Best Picture mini-series goes out not with a bang, but with a slap, baby.

 

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12 YEARS A SLAVE
#86
03/19/2022

ok wait wait, before you scroll past: this is somehow still a fun episode.

i know, that sounds bad, and it might actually be bad, but it's true lmao

 

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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
#85
03/12/2022

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BRAVEHEART
#84
03/05/2022

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AMADEUS
#83
02/26/2022

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ROCKY
#82
02/19/2022

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ALL ABOUT EVE + MIDNIGHT COWBOY
#81
02/12/2022

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BEST FILMS OF 2021 (THE 2021 GOLDEN BOYS)
#80
01/29/2022

The best films of 2021, the hottest hotties of the year, and a personal grading of how we did last year. 

Wow! Self-reflection!

 

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EYES WIDE SHUT
#79
12/25/2021

We'll be taking a holiday break until January 22nd!

Catch up with our backlog til then, ya filthy animals!

 

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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME + NIGHTMARE ALLEY + DUNE + BENEDETTA + WEST SIDE STORY + THE POWER OF THE DOG + HOUSE OF GUCCI + ETERNALS + VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
#78
12/19/2021

Aya & Kevin tackle all the new big boys that could've had their own episodes! It's the 2021 Big Boy Round-Up!


LICORICE PIZZA (feat. Andrew Warren)
#77
12/11/2021

PIZZZAAAAA

 

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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
#76
12/04/2021

IIIIII SHOULDA KNOWN BETTA WIT A GURL LIKE UUUUUUU

 

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GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
#75
11/25/2021

munch? her?

 

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NETWORK
#74
11/13/2021

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THE FRENCH DISPATCH + TOP 5 WES ANDERSON MOVIES
#73
11/06/2021

The episode all about Wes Anderson.... deep breath in

 

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LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (feat. Trevor Dillon)
#72
10/30/2021

Goodbye Spooky Month!!!!

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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
#71
10/23/2021

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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (feat. Noah Marger & Mason Maguire)
#70
10/16/2021

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CARRIE (1976)
#69
10/09/2021

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THE FLY (1986)
#68
10/02/2021

Welcome to Spooky Month!!!!

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YOUR NAME
#67
09/25/2021

We wrap our Hispanic Heritage Month mini-series with the most Hispanic medium of all: anime.

 

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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
#66
09/18/2021

ay ay ayy !!!

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JFK – A 9/11 SPECIAL
#65
09/11/2021

America is broken !!

 

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DOG DAY AFTERNOON (feat. Robert Franco)
#64
09/04/2021

Sidney Lumet, prolific American cinema master whose catalogue spans the Golden Era to the 2000's auteur revitalization... And Aya has only ever seen THE WIZ. 

 

The duo is joined by Film Twitter magnate Robert Franco to discuss all things Al Pacino, the masculinity of bank robbing, and the ethics of making Hollywood movies about real-life deadbeat losers.

 

Also Rob casts himself as Spider-Man.

 

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CANDYMAN (1992)
#63
08/28/2021

Join us as we solve gentrification!!!

 

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STAND BY ME
#62
08/21/2021

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ALL THAT JAZZ
#61
08/14/2021

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THE SUICIDE SQUAD + LISTENER MAILBAG
#60
08/07/2021

You know what it is, only the hippest Latinx film podcast on the Internet – Órale guey !!! Hot cheetos!!

 

Ok, onto the show.

 

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A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (feat. Hayley Bensmiller)
#59
07/31/2021

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BURNING (feat. Jacqueline Codiga)
#58
07/24/2021

david ehrlich made all of us watch this! most of us loved it, some of us didn't get it! ooOoooo tension!!

 

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LOKI: Season 1
#57
07/17/2021

Aya and her friend Maddie hash out the latest in the MCU with LOKI (2021). Kevin is also occasionally present.


SHAFT (1971)
#56
07/11/2021

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INDEPENDENCE DAY
#55
07/03/2021

25 years of INDEPENDENCE DAY, 25 years of movies being ruined


F9: THE FAST SAGA (feat. Dorie Bailey)
#54
06/26/2021

Every single FAST AND FURIOUS movie. Every single one. Enjoy.

 

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UNFORGIVEN (feat. Mitch Lehman)
#53
06/19/2021

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MOMMY
#52
06/13/2021

AYA VS. THE BIG BOYS vs. MOMMY.... How Freudian!

 

Closing out June's Pride programming double feature is Xavier Dolan's explosive, Tumblr-friendly MOMMY, one of the most discussed & adored films of the 2010s.... Until it suddenly became one of the decade's forgotten smash hits. Huh? How'd that happen?

 

Young men making movies in their 20s, MOMMY's huge year amongst film bros and subsequent burial from the critical consciousness, and Dolan's bizarre choice to inject dystopian sci-fi in a domestic drama. Also, the duo answers once and for all: why is Xavier Dolan in...


PINK FLAMINGOS
#51
06/05/2021

Camp. CRUELLA. Crap.

 

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Kevin's Mom Vs. The Big Boys
#50
05/29/2021

Kevin asks his mom about raising a boy in a world designed to break their brains, and instead she reviews DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, Guy Ritchie's WRATH OF MAN, MEET JOE BLACK, John Waters' CRY BABY & NOMADLAND.

 

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