You Pick The Movie

Finally a real film nerd! Comedian Ben Kirschenbaum joins the pod to talk the classic noir, "Sunset Boulevard." This movie holds up! This is a good one, have a listen!

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Comedian Brent Lowrey joins the pod to talk about the greatest underdog story, Rocky!

Brent’s from the West Coast but we don’t talk about that the entire time…ever notice how California is different than New York?

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Our old friend Ken Oonyu joins the pod to talk Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox! We mostly talk about parenting and what animals we like though. It's within the themes of the movie! Alright!?

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Comedian Jaron Young joins the pod to talk about the Denzel Washington deep cut, "Ricochet!"

Did the cast and crew know they were making a campy, dumb action movie, or did they think this was definitely going to be the next Die Hard? Jessica, Levi, Jaron and Cam discuss!

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Derick Gonzalez joins the crew to pick Speed, leading everyone down a glorious rabbit hole of Keanu Reeves haircuts, Dennis Hopper doing his best Looney Tunes supervillain impression, and the eternal question: why is Sandra Bullock allowed to drive a bus? The gang breaks down the movie’s completely reasonable premise—a bus will explode if it drops below 50 mph—while marveling at how casually everyone in 1994 accepted that this was simply Keanu’s Tuesday. They debate whether Speed is basically Die Hard on a bus, discover that the original script was apparently even more ridiculous, and somehow...

Liam Dalton finally picks a movie made before 1998 and, mercifully, he picks Goodfellas — which is basically the cinematic equivalent of bringing a loaded gun to a water balloon fight. The episode dives into why Scorsese’s gangster classic has become so deeply embedded in New York culture that you can quote half the movie without realizing you’re quoting it, from “Funny how?” to the fucking shinebox, while reminiscing about growing up with Goodfellas, The Godfather, Casino, and Carlito’s Way playing in the background like required childhood programming. They talk about the Copacabana tracking shot, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci, the m...

Jack Finnigan joins us to talk about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, because apparently watching a three-hour movie wasn’t enough—we also had to spend another 79 minutes arguing about it. We debate whether Nolan made a masterpiece or a very expensive excuse to yell about mythology, whether Matt Damon was actually the right guy to play Odysseus, why Anne Hathaway is basically the MVP, and why Tom Holland continues to exist despite our objections. We get into the Trojan horse, Hades, practical effects, PTSD, hubris, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 70mm IMAX, and the deeply important question of whethe...

Jessica Levin and Levi White rope in Trent Mabry to nerd out about the original 1972 The Heartbreak Kid — a dusty Neil Simon/ Elaine May anti-rom‑com that somehow got buried by a pharma company (seriously). They roast and admire Charles Grodin’s consummate dirtbag energy, swoon/side‑eye Cybill Shepherd, and marvel at how the movie quietly delights in discomfort. Trent’s a proud deep‑cut picker; the hosts go from “this movie? nah” to “actually, respect” as they unpack cringe, sunburns, lobster dinners, and a man who marries for a nut and maybe a trust fund. Takeaway: awkward, hilarious, and oddly...

The gang welcomes comedian Ray Zawaodni to defend his beloved 1989 masterpiece Road House, immediately igniting a blood feud over whether Patrick Swayze's Dalton is one of cinema's greatest action heroes or just a shirtless philosopher with incredible hair. What follows is an hour of lovingly overanalyzing bar fights, debating whether professional bouncers used to travel the country like touring rock bands, praising Sam Elliott's majestic mustache, and wondering if Bar Rescue secretly stole its entire premise from this movie. Along the way, they argue about Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dirty Dancing, prison one-liners, John Taffer, and...

This week, the gang is joined by Tampa Bay's own,  Jared Waters. The man is a world traveler, speaks 30 languages, and does 50 sets a night. One of those is a lie. He's also the Love Doctor. So we talk about Levin's love affairs, SNL after parties, and we eventually remember they're supposed to be reviewing Chris Rock's Top Five after detouring through politics, beach parties, mushrooms, skincare, and wrestling. What follows is a chaotic celebration of comedian cameos, ridiculous celebrity stories, and nonstop riffing that somehow reviews the movie while getting distracted by literally everything e...

This week's You Pick the Movie kicks off with producer Cam choosing Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen, but the crew spends way more time proving they should never host a history podcast. What starts as a movie intro immediately spirals into forgetting actors' names, debating whether every Black British actor is secretly Stormzy, attempting wildly inaccurate British accents, recounting Cam's Bermuda vacation, and somehow ending up in ancient Mesopotamia while confidently trying to locate Babylon on a modern map. 

Between roasting Bermuda's resort food, bullying Talal, and collectively fact-checking each other's nonsense in real time, they eventually remember t...

We are joined by the talented comedian winner of the Boston Comedy festival, Wilfred Padua. His pick, In Bruges. We roast fake intellectuals, declare Hallmark a corporate psyop, and discover the fastest way to start a relationship fight: put on Donnie Brasco and watch someone scroll Instagram. It's a heater. Subscribe comment share 

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Welcome to this week’s episode, where we dive into Jaws — the movie that made people suspicious of oceans, swimming pools, and basically any body of water with a dramatic soundtrack. Join co-hosts Jessica Levin and Levi White as they break down the classic shark thriller, from the terrifying great white to the chaos that follows when a beach town realizes something hungry is lurking beneath the waves.

This week’s special guest is Long Island’s own Nick Tilleli, joining the conversation to share thoughts, laughs, and maybe a few reasons to avoid the water this summer...

Welcome our new Producer Cam Stafford (@camstaffordcomedy) . Levi (@levithewhite) and Levin (@jlevcomedy) needed an adult and we got one. Our real first episode. We are obsessed with Obsession. 

Spoilers but, if you haven't seen it this is on you. Get your asses to the theatre. 

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Levin and Levi are joined by comedian Julian Breheny to discuss his pick, Midnight Run! What a relief to have someone pick a solid movie!

Starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Midnight Run was directed by a little tyrant and plagued with production nightmares, but somehow it still ended up being a lean, mean movie that's a little underrated.

We also get into Armie Hammer eating people and Timothée Chalamet pumpin a peach.

It's a fun ep, check it out!

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Zach's not racist! On this episode, Levin and Levi are joined by comedian Zach Braviette to discuss the Chinese action-comedy, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons." A weird, kinda funny, kinda perverted movie that serves as prequel to the 16th century novel, "Journey to the West."

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The great John Brennan joins the pod to discuss a movie that is disgusting, rageful and weirdly inspiring — Damon Packard's Reflection of Evil!

This is a great episode! John's the man and we knew he was going to pick some weird underground movie that no one's heard of, but this was way weirder than we expected. 

Damon Packard is a truly independent filmmaker. He breaks every copyright law, experiments with different cameras, dubs over everybody's voice, gets banned for life from Universal Studios, fights dogs, stuff his face with slop...it goes on and on. The...

The hilarious Max Fine joins the pod to talk about the underrated Brad Pitt movie, "Killing Them Softly." Released in 2012, critics and audiences expected a Scorcese-esque crime thriller and instead got a 90 minute economic crisis allegory. It wasn't received well. Idiots! This movie is great!

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Levin and Levi sit down with comedian Trent Mabry to discuss what some people consider the last great comedy — MacGruber! A movie that bombed so hard in theaters but through the years got a cult following.

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Is Cillian Murphy the bravest actor in history? His tiny dork in 28 Days Later says so! Michael Good joins us on the pod hot off his Kill Tony debut! Michael picked 28 Days Later cause his brother told him to. This guy will do anything!

Zombies, monkeys, Cillian's penis and a movie dad we all want. Check it out!

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Comedian Jill Weiner joins Levin and Levi to talk about Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. A movie about the media's sensationalism of violence. We all wanna see some good ole murder! Is it a good movie? Jill thinks so. Oliver Stone makes Oliver Stone movies. That's that.

We're all over the place on this one. Jess reads Oliver Stone's entire wiki page, we make fun of Whitney Cummings, talk about how River Phoenix was better than Jaoquin, and Levi breathes heavily into the microphone. Smooches!

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Jessica and Levi discuss a true masterpiece with the funny and questionably Jewish Matt Benjamin. An iconic film that has stood the test of time, "The Girl Next Door." A movie about love, pornography and scholarships? IT STINKS!

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Julia "Goolia" Kastner joins the pod to discuss Rob Reiner's "When Harry Met Sally." Beware of spoilers, they get together in the end! Julia, Jessica and Levi talk love, relationships and Genghis Khan (friend of the pod), and we don't mention the Katz's deli scene once.

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Derek Humphrey joins our tirades. This week it's Begonia. We weren't expecting a movie this recent, but here we are. So, yes, there are spoilers. Don't listen if you live under a rock and haven't seen one of the best movies of the year.  We discuss men, Coke cans, and how we all would bang Ben Affleck over Matt Damon. 

Jessie Clemons, if you are reading, the Oscars robbed you. 

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  The third amigo joins Levi and Levin with the one and only, Talal Alyan, with Michel Gondry's  2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- a beautiful, miserable film about love, memory, and the desire to forget the people who absolutely devastate you. 

Some of us enjoy the film and understand it's about choosing connection, even when it hurts. The other is, well, a coward. If you listen closely, you can hear the "fear".  We also discuss the beginning of the end of the ever-so-loved archetype  "manic pixie chick" and the beginning of the "performative brooding male," the cast, Levi...

For the first episode of You Pick the Movie, Levi and I are joined by comedian friend  Nick Tilleli, who kicks things off by choosing the most aggressively 90s action movie possible: The Last Boy Scout. We talk Bruce Willis, unhinged dialogue, football violence, and why every character in this movie seems like they haven’t slept in weeks. Along the way, we get into comedy, growing up on movies like this, and how the films you watched way too young end up shaping your personality. This is the tone of the show—movies, dark humor...