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Finally, we wrap up New Jersey for our AINT THAT AMERICA series and things got shuffled around a little bit before we decided last minute to switch to this oddball ass movie. We scrapped “Jersey Girl” and then “Paterson” for a little less North Jersey representation but truth be told the geography is haywire in the 1991 Dan Aykroyd film ‘NOTHING BUT TROUBLE” starring him, Chevy Chase, Demi Moore and John Candy. If you’ve ever seen this movie then you may never forget it but not for all the right reasons. It’s hard to explain. Go see it and then hear us...

We’re at our penultimate New Jersey selection for our AINT THAT AMERICA series and surely we can get sadder, right? We’re heading to Asbury Park and all over Jersey from Rahway down to Wilmington, Delaware. The best city to die in bar none. As far as we can tell the 2008 film “The Wrestler” starring Mickey Rourke is Darren Aronofsky’s best movie but we’re far from experts. But pro-wrestling? That’s in the wheelhouse, brother. I gig for this shit. I put it over. So hear us talk about the saddest Jersey movie and stay to the end to hea...

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We’re in our last batch of New Jersey flicks for our AIN’T THAT AMERICA series and it might seem like a given that we would discuss this notorious Zach Braff debut film from 2004. It is named for the state’s nickname after all. Yeah, dude. GARDEN STATE. A movie often cited as a prime example of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie trope. We revisit the sneakily humorous if not overwritten hit movie that had a whole generation about that Shins song. Did Zach Braff kill the Shins? Maybe. Back when we first watched this 22 years ago we pro...

OUR FIRST ROAD MOVIE for our AIN’T THAT AMERICA SERIES and it takes place entirely in New Jersey. We’re finally getting to a stoner comedy with this comedy classic from 2004, “HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE” the breakout roles fro John Cho & Cal Penn. A wilder odyssey than Christopher Nolan could execute as we cut diagonally through the state from Hoboken to Cherry Hill. We actually map out what we believe their route is. There’s actually a map link below. So hear us all unfold it as we get deep into the geography from Taylor Ham to Pork Ro...

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FINALLY! We’re back to the 3rd state in our union for our state series “Ain’t That America”. Our first half of New Jersey at the Movies was months ago but now obligations are fulfilled and we’re finally here again for movies about the Garden State. For this discussion we’re going to the west end of the George Washington Bridge where a sad bag NYPD wannabe Sheriff gets to kid glove a town whose residents are an entire Police precinct. WHADDAYAKNOW they’re corrupt! Were talkin’ an early outing from James Mangold with a stellar cast, COP LAND from 19...

This is the last selection for “YOU’RE NEVER OUT”, our heist block for our LIVES OF CRIME series. Want a heist movie? Well, how about the movie called “HEIST” from 2001 starring Mean Gene Hackman. It’s our second David Mamet involved selection for “YOU’RE NEVER OUT” and this one he directed and wrote and boy did he wrote this thing. He dripped all over it. He fucked this thing into a cocked hat. Mamet co-wrote “Ronin” too and so we’ve recently discussed two movies with the phrase “fucked into a cocked hat”. Do you know what a cocked hat is? It’s not a...

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This block of heist films we’re doing for our LIVES OF CRIME series is called “YOU’RE NEVER OUT” and no flick in this block encapsulates that title more than this debut from Jonathan Glazer. Of course we’re talking about “SEXY BEAST” which came out 26 years ago. Hard to say why we never watched it until now, perhaps then it looked a little like too much of the Tarantino/Guy Ritchie inspired stuff but we did our past selves a disservice because this film backs up it’s style with rich characters that are far more layered than many we saw...

“YOU’RE NEVER OUT” is the heist series of our rotating theme LIVES OF CRIME and today we’re hitting up our first John Frankenheimer flick for the show. So let’s go to France and meet “Sam” (Robert De Niro) a former CIA agent that is in on a plan to steal a case of great value but  can people be trusted with this job? Of course not. A stellar cast which includes an actor we’ve discussed more than any other for the show. This movie is known for its car chases and rightfully so. Do you like ice skating...

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Our next LIVES OF CRIME block is all about heists and the big personalities behind them. We’re calling it “YOU’RE NEVER OUT” and we’re long overdue to get to this seminal hit film from the 1970s that won Best Picture and more at the Academy Awards. We’re talkin’ THE STING from 1973. It’s hijinks and capers and rag time as Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford, RIP) and Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman, RIP) team up with a surprising amount of people to score big time off of the gangster boss Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw, RIP). Misdirects and danger aplenty b...

We may have bitten off more than we can chew for what we hoped to complete by the end of the year but we’re finally back to a rotating theme that will likely encompass 2027 as well. Once again it’s time for our “LIVES OF CRIME” series and we’ve been hankerin’ since we did the James Cagney block and are finally able to get back into it. For this chunk’s crime theme we’re gonna need a few decent heavies. Preferably ones we can trust, which are non existent. We’re talking about HEIST MOVIES for this LIVES OF CRIM...

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This episode features special guest Tyler Mahon Coe from "Cocaine & Rhinestones"

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We wrap up our NEW STUFF SHOWCASE with the only movie in the bunch that didn’t hit that box office mark. We don’t mean to rub it in but maybe 80’s nostalgia has its ceiling. We caught MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE on a freshly dropped stream just six weeks after its theatrical release. Mattel cashed in huge with Barbie so now Prince Adam gets the treatment. In fact, they stick him in a soul sucking HR job daydreaming about some insane fantasy land from his childhood. Sound familiar? That’s you, man. He’s you. You fucking loved He-M...

CELEBRITY SHAME SPIRAL collects Documenteers Shorty episode #’s 2, 9 & 17. These recordings are from around 2018.

0:00 - New Intro

4:18 - Lou Reed: Lowest Form of Life

23:25 - Here Now

38:43 - Bjørk Explains Her TV

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We continue NEW STUFF SHOWCASE with yet another breakout horror that made box office bank and it’s directed by a surprisingly young breakout director, Kane Parsons. We’re talking BACKROOMS which we saw in the theater but, admittedly, we knew nothing about the YouTube series that it came out of or the creepypasta lore that inspired that. How do you even find anything good with Creepypasta? There’s so much slop. Anyway, there’s a lot to compliment in young Kane Parsons debut feature film and some performances worth checking out. What would your backrooms look like? What would yo...

We’re going through a NEW STUFF SHOWCASE and finally hitting up some fairly recent releases and this hit charmed the britches off of audiences when it released in theaters a few months ago. America’s Official Quirky Hunk and Modern Nice Guy Everyman, Ryan Gosling, stars in one of this year’s biggest hits, “PROJECT HAIL MARY”. Ryan plays Dr. Grace a middle school science teacher  who has to go light years into space to figure out why the sun is dying. He’s not expected to come back alive but when he encounters sentient extraterrestrial life then anything beco...

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A lot of this month will be devoted to recent releases. It’s NEW STUFF SHOWCASE and no movie this year will be a bigger surprise phenomenon than the movie we’re discussing today. Curry Barker’s monster hit “Obsession”. It seems like making horror is the best approach to breaking out in this challenging business of making movies. Curry Parker, Ari Aster a decade ago, Adrian Chiarella and Kane Parsons also this year as well as Zach Cregger with “Barbarian” and “Weapons”. All fine and good but can we go see other things beyond horror too? I need a Kramer vs. Krame...

We’ve been behind on the hot new movies that have been coming out this year so we did a little cinema/streaming grind and hit up five fresh flicks. We’re calling this series NEW STUFF SHOWCASE and we’re discussing them in the order of maximum profit first. That said, The Odyssey is still selling tickets and packing the IMAX going into week four so it looks like the Nolan epic might become a certified “Billy” (billion at the box office) so THE ODYSSEY is first! The hottest cake on the griddle! NO NOTES FOR THIS DISCUSSION! 100% GUARANTEED...

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We close out MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU with a fresh film that was just in theaters. A sleeper little Australian horror in the wake of “Obsession” and “Backrooms” hype and this one has some decent reviews under its belt. Not too shabby for a director’s first feature length film. Small town Australia is a lot like a lot of small towns everywhere in it’s closed mindedness and this particular slice of post-industrial Aussie hell has a cult that will curse you if you go out and do the perfectly natural act of kissing othe...

We’re on our penultimate selection for this year’s belated “MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU” and we’re hitting up a refreshing raunchy teen comedy about a couple of loser lesbians. Not to be confused with the cool, hot, gays. These girls want hot chicks so bad that they’ll lie and start clubs to get anywhere near a cheerleader but Jeff, Phunck & the rest of the high school football team prefer to have the attention on them as the upcoming murder spree with a rival school is just around the corner. We can’t believe we m...

0:00 - Intro

3:16 - Monster Energy Satan

41:53 - Laphroaig 10, the Go To Islay Malt

1:06:26 - Was Bull Island the Worst Music Festival of All Time?

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers”. The episodes featured were originally recorded as Shorty Episode #’s  69, 29 & 74 from 2018 & 2019

Monster Energy Satan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjB3dO6hVwc&t=12s

Laphroaig 10, the Go To Islay Malt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGLEtapOX8

Was Bull Island The Worst Music F...

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We continue with YOUR demands as we make July as gay as June with our theme, MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU, and we’re presenting them in the classic individual style. This week is a remarkably crafty and genuinely funny story of a transgender woman that is told using (in very particular parodic ways) characters from Batman comics and shows as well as other DC comics characters as inspiration. Superhero fatigue (and Joker fatigue in particular) may have been the reason we’re just now getting to this unique comedy but it’s easily the best J...

0:00 - Intro

3:01 - Juggalette Beauty Pageant

23:05 - Angry Man Berates Trumpet Player

41:11 - Judging Jewell

1:08:24 - Husband Calling Contest

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers”. The episodes featured were originally recorded as Shorty Episode #’s  18, 57, 48 & 62 from 2018 & 2019

Juggalette Beauty Pageant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_hjkhjM5f0

Angry Man Creates Trumpet Player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIEZd5yJTO8

Judging Jewell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on73gwwY628

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MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU (and also with you). We're starting strong with our return to form as we gay up July to compensate for being too busy last June. The rest of our Gay selections are thoroughly in the 21st century and we take on our first Todd Haynes film discussion in the movie "Carol", which is a lesbian love story and also one of two films where Cate Blanchett plays a strong lesbian in a movie directed by a guy named "Todd". Carol is a pretty simple film that plays a lot of...

WE’RE BACK AT IT WITH A CLASSIC THEME AND A CLASSIC FORMAT! We had zero time in June to record anything for this year’s “Movies Are Gay” theme so by popular demand we’ve decided to expand Pride Month into July as well. We took a poll and it came back 100%. It’s finally time for MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU and we’re keeping it quite modern this year as much of what we’re discussing is very recent AND we will spread out our session across multiple days which means we’re back to old per...

0:00 - Intro

3:23 - Balloonfest ’86

23:30 - Pie Fight ’69

35:47 - N Judah 5:30

52:44 - HOA Meeting Gone Wrong

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers”. The episodes featured were originally recorded as Shorty Episode #’s  1, 12, 13 & 70 from 2018 & 2019

Balloonfest ’86: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0CT8zrw6lw&t=23s

Pie Fight ’69: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2yInYIIdE

N Judah 5:30 (not the doc, but another video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRkEwAaog_I

HOA Meeting...

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We've been busy and out of town so this is just a drop to let you know we're still alive and we're happy to announce that, by popular demand, Pride month now extends into July! To prove it we will be dropping MOVIES ARE GAY 4 episodes in July under our classic format. Then we'll talk Crime, New Jersey & Katherine Bigelow films. More on all that in the video. See you soon!

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