2Films 2Curious

The Suicide Squad and The Dirty Dozen a discussion of suicide missions for a team of Baddies as a trope both old and new A bunch of baddies all locked up in jail FOREVER, but the government needs a dangerous mission completed. Call in the Dirty Dozen or the Suicide Squad; they'll get it done! The Dirty Dozen stars President Snow and Bill's Grandma's biggest crush - Chuck Bronson - as a bunch of convicts blow up a Nazi officer's club, Inglorious Basterds style. The Suicide Squad stars Captain Mal Reynolds, Yondu, Kim Kardashian's boyfriend (this joke will certainly be evergreen) and the guy from Das Sound Machine, except they all die in the first 10 minutes. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

2Films 2Curious Y3ar 3nd Wrap Up: Third Anniv3rsary Wow! Thr33 y3ars of podcasting! Bill and TDOG look back on this y3ar's movi3s; th3ir favorit3s, th3ir n3w loves, and th3ir big surpris3s! Plus Spid3r-Man: Hom3coming on Whaddya do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Lion King and Strange Brew a 2Films3Curious special featuring 2Films 3Curious alum The Other Bill "Oh, Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet! the Vampire Army has taken the city!" -Hamlet, Act 3 Billy S., as he was known to his friends; was nothing if not prolific. From Henry the IV to Henry the V; Shakespeare has written a button of crap. One that some people were forced to read in school is Hamlet. The Lion King (1994) is Hamlet but with lions, and features Mandy from The West Wing and Darth Vader himself as Old Hamlet (I mean Mufasa). Strange Brew starts as some sort of weird Omega Man ripoff; but eventually becomes Hamlet in a Canadian brewery featuring Bob and Doug Mackenzie as the illustrious Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as well as Max Von Sydow in a role that has no real analogue to the Hamlet story. (editor's note - is Max Von Sydow Ophelia's dad? since he's the caretaker of Rosy La Rose; our storie's Ophelia? who's to say??) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

White Christmas and The Holiday a 2Films 3Curious Christmas Special Spectacular featuring 2Films 3Curious Alum Brenda! A lot has changed in film over the years. Used to be you couldn't get a movie job unless you could make silly faces and talk in text cards; nowadays there's people out there in movies talking at all kinds of volumes and with names like Skarsgård. Join us as we look at how the world of Christmas Movies, Rom-Coms (or romantically comedics, for long), and old people have changed from the 50s to the booming 2000s. White Christmas is about a couplea song and dance men singing and dancing in postwar Vermont; featuring Bing Crosby and Danny [REDACTED] Kaye from the Christmas Vacation quote. The Holiday is about the wonders of houseswapping and stars an EXCEEDINGY normal Jack Black who is still quite goofy when next to Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Silence of the Lambs and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Join Bill, TDOG, and special guest 2Films 3Curious alum Amanda as we talk about a couple of movies inspired by Ed Gein; a really wild person. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a movie where a group of people attempt to trace their heritage in small town Texas and end up getting invited to an exciting dinner party. The Silence of the Lambs is about Jodie Foster's independent study class during her FBI training. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Treasure Planet and Kumiko the Treasure Hunter a 2Films 3Curious special featuring Co-Tagonist Chris where we talk about treasures lost and found is treasure untold riches? is it maturity? is it the friends we met along the way? is it freedom? WHO'S TO SAY? wait one more - is it one man's trash? Treasure Planet is an animated movie that's treasure island but in space with david hyde pierce and martin short. Kumiko the Treasure Hunter is a movie where a woman tries to find the money from the movie Fargo and she.......succeeds? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Moana and Princess Mononoke The child of the ruler of a community whose land is being threatened by an ignorance of the way nature is supposed to work leaves to find the cause and solution of this problem and finds themselves in a conflict of gods.. EXCEPT DO I MEAN MOANA OR ASHITAKA?? Moana is the movie about how Dwayne The Rock Johnson stole the rock and was forced to put it back by Moana the new Chief. Princess Mononoke is the story of a prince with a demon hand saving the forest with his friend the Furry Princess of wolves. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: TDOG Birthday Bash!! (and Guardians of the Galaxy 2) Some fun festivities for TDOGs Birthday and Guardians 2 on Whaddya Do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Midsommar and Legally Blonde a 2Films 4Curious special featuring 2Films 3Curious Alumnae Devon and Amanda! Category is: movies about women succeeding in traditionally male-dominated spaces! Or... movies about communal emotional reactions? Or movies about post-baccalaureate work? or movies about shitty boyfriends? Anyways, there's many layers here... Midsommar is a movie where one of the Little Women goes on a European vacation with her horrible boyfriend and his shithead friends. Legally Blonde is a movie where Jennifer Coolidge is definitely in it as an iconic character and I definitely didn't forget about her in my recap. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Doctor Curious Or is it Films Strange? Bill and TDOG talk about Doctory, scientisty movies, strange movies, and Doctor Strange on Whaddya Do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Captain America 3: Avengers 2.5: 2Civil 2War Bill and TDOG talk War movies, Civil movies, and Captain America Civil War on "Whaddya Do, MCU?" This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Lego Movie and The Pagemaster How do kids process their emotion? Do they act out? do they internalize it? do they create an elaborate lego world? Do they have a literature based fever dream? The Lego Movie stars Will Ferrell as a dictatorial bureaucrat attempting to oppress everyday citizens like Morgan Freeman, Batman, and a unicorn cat. The Pagemaster stars the Home Alone kid as he leaves home and fights Long John Silver (the pirate, not the restaurant), Moby Dick (the whale, not the novel), and a dragon (the mythical creature, not an issue of the classic Dungeons and Dragons magazine). This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Ant Films A special Mothers Day Special Feature! Bill and TDOG are joined by the mother of all 2Curious, 2Films 3Curious alum Brenda! Plus, Ant Man on Whaddya Do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Prince of Egypt and Ben Hur A discussion on Biblical epics Happy Easter! Happy Passover! This month, Bill and TDOG use Easter as an excuse to watch Ben Hur and use this year's theme of Animated/Live Action as an excuse to pair it with The Prince of Egypt. Ben Hur is a movie about a noble racecar driver who runs into Jesus a couplea times. The Prince of Egypt is the story of how Val Kilmer freed the Jewish slaves from Egypt and the clutches of Pharaoh Ralph Fiennes. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: 2Avengers: the 2Films of 2Curious AUDIO WARNING: one half of 2Films 2Curious switched mics about 6 minutes deep. Sorry for the inconvenience (or, rather; you're welcome for sticking to our roots and continuing to be a grassroots operation?). Bill and TDOG talk about superhero movies, DCEU vs MCU, and Avengers: Age of Ultron on Whaddya do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Watership Down and Les Miserables We're back from our unintentionally long hiatus and are here to present our February episode on today; February 60th! Animated vs live action? Musical or spoken drama? Fantasy worldbuilding or historical fiction? Many things about these movies are not the same, but it's safe to say that Hazel the rabbit and Jean Valjean the human bean are kindred souls. Watership Down is the story of a group of rebels who flee to paradise, liberating the oppressed along the way; but also they're all rabbits. Les Miserables or, as the French say, Les Mis, is the story of a decorated cop who chases a fugitive across idyllic 1800s France, except they're all singing. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: 2Year End 2Wrap Up Bill and TDOG count down the movies from Year 2 of 2Films 2Curious and talk about what they learned about sequels. Plus, Guardians of the Galaxy on "Whaddya Do, MCU?" This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Speed Racer Why would you make something animated be live action? are you trying to do a grown up kids thing? You tryna do your edgy business? You decided that you really just liked puppets? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Sam Rockwell, Corey Feldman, and Elmo Monster in a movie about teen-aged turtles (of the ninja mutant variety) as they clean the mean mean streets of ole New York. It's got puppets and that classic New York gritty realism. Speed Racer stars Jay Adams, Walter Sobchak, and Wednesday Addams in a story about corporate greed and the triumph of the Mom and Pop(s Racer) small business. It's like a bright, colorful, zany Matrix except make it racing and anime. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Captain 2Films: the Winter 2Curious Join Bill and TDOG as they discuss movies they like where the main character is FAR from sympathetic, movies that they were surprised to learn they liked, and; the ever-popular, crowd favorite Captain America: The Winter Soldier on "Whaddya do? MCU?" This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

2020 Christmas Special! Scrooged and There Will Be Blood It's that time of year! Where the world falls in love and every song you hear seems to say "I'm Bill and I'm TDOG!" On the 2020 Christmas Special, TDOG receives a stupid Christmas present; 2Films 3Curious Alum gives a present to all of you, our listeners; and we discuss Scrooged, There Will Be Blood, and greed. Scrooged stars a bunch of Murrays in a modern, cutting edge, 1980s adaptation of Dickens' immortal classic SCROOGE. There Will Be Blood stars Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano and featuring Paul Dano in a movie about a bubblin crude. (Oil, that is; black gold, Texas tea) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Thor: 2Dark 2World Christmas now is drawing here at hand! Listen as we discuss our favorite Christmas movies (spoiler alert: we're both pretty basic here (spoiler alert spoiler alert: neither of us picked Die Hard)) as well as the oft undiscussed "Holiday movies for holidays other than Christmas or Halloween". Plus! Thor: The Dark World on "Whaddya Do, MCU?". This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Shaolin Soccer If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball, as the saying goes; but what if your Iron Head technique can bend a wrench? Sports comedies seem to be pretty formulaic - underdogs win; bad guys lose, there's sports involved. But are they similar, internationally? Dodgeball stars Wash, the pilot of Serenity and a Mac computer as they dodge wrenches, balls, and traffic to defeat Derek Zoolander's evil Gym. Shaolin Soccer stars both the leader and an aspiring member of the deadly Ax Gang as they teach the world about Shaolin Kung Fu by playing soccer and defeating the evil Team Evil. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Iron Man 3: Tennessee Drift Bill and TDOG discuss their favorite Documentaries and Mockumentaires! Plus, the FIRST movie in MCU Phase TWO - Iron Man THREE - in Whaddya Do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Metallica: Through the Never and Repo! The Genetic Opera Everybody, and we do mean everybody is into some weird nonsense. Even if it's just a little bit, like putting tuna in your mac and cheese, there's something you do that someone else would be like "man, that's weird..." For a lot of people, that weird thing is weird movies. Metallica: Through the Never stars the cop who caught Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile and the son of famous tennis player Torbin Ulrich in what is basically a concert-long music video. Repo! The Genetic Opera stars Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Paris "That's hot..." Hilton in an opera about family and the pharmaceutical industry. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: 2Films 2Curious's Marvel's The Avengers Join Bill and TDOG as we talk about some spoopy movies! Also, Avengers on "Whaddya do, MCU?" This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Count of Monte Cristo A discussion about revenge. Revenge is a dish best served cold, as the Klingons say (or, really "bortaS bIr jablu'DI', reH QaQqu' nay'", but same diff). But is it worth it? Should you revengeance a student who makes you look like a fool? Should you destroy a man's life because he threw you in jail because you were successful? These are the questions that plague us. Ferris Bueller's Day Off stars the WarGames _boy and Captain John Harriman of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC 1701-B) as they tour Chicago. _The Count of Monte Cristo stars Jesus and his son, D.C. Comics' Jesus as they tour old timey France. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Curious America: The Film Avenger He's the First Avenger, even if he's the fourth hero and fifth movie! Captain America: The First Avenger on Whaddya Do, MCU? Plus! The Dune Trailer is finally here and it looks more cash money than a whole vat of the spice melange! And a good list of movies to watch when testing out your new TV... This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Blade Runner 2049 and Mad Max: Fury Road Sometimes it takes a while for a sequel to come out. Sometimes it takes thirty-six years. Oftentimes those sequels are...not great. But, sometimes they're great! Blade Runner 2049 stars 2Films 2Curious Man Crush Monday Ryan Gosling and 2Films 2Curious Man Crush Monday Harrison Ford as definitely a replicant and maybe a replicant while they figure out who else is a replicant. Mad Max: Fury Road stars "The masked man..." "...Bane?!" and MR F "(Mister F!)" as they take the Tell of Immortan Joe and his Imperator, Furiosa. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: ThorFilms ThorCurious Bill and TDOG mark the RETURN OF THE QUARANTINE STREAMING LISTS! Plus: Thor on Whaddya Do, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Alien and The Royal Tenenbaums A 2Films 3Curious special about uninvited guests! (Featuring INVITED guest Amanda!) Your narcissistic, estranged father; your little brother's annoying friend; a xenomorph facehugger... Who invited these people? Special guest Amanda led us through two movies as we discussed the worst kind of guests - uninvited guests. Alien stars live action Bilbo Baggins and animated Aragorn as they bring their uninvited guest along for the ride home. The Royal Tenenbaums stars Morticia Addams and her estranged husband Lex Luthor as they find some way to juggle adult children Pepper Potts, Derek Zoolander, and a pair of Wilsons. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: 2Iron 2Man (men?) On this SPECIAL FEATURE, Bill and TDOG talk about songs in movies, movies about school, and Iron Man 2 is on WHADDYA DO, MCU? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers A discussion on middle parts of trilogies. The middle part of a trilogy has a unique problem to tackle: be a coherent, stand alone story that also bridges the beginning and end of a much larger story. We're not talking about, like, Godfather part II which was supposed to be the end of the series; or, like, Toy Story 2 which doesn't really tightly link Toy Story and Toy Story 3. Rather, we're thinking about making a good movie and a good story out of an incomplete saga. But really, we're just excited to finally do Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back stars Linus Larrabee, the therapist from Austin Powers, and Cliff Clavin as the Rebel Alliance destroys no Death Stars. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers features the cannibal from Sin City, the man who rode Hidalgo in Hidalgo, and the new Zelda Spellman as they all walk around a whole bunch. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The Incredible 2Curious On this month's Special Feature, we talk about places to visit in movies, our favorite heist movies and, of course, The Incredible Hulk on "WHADDYA DO, MCU?" brought to you by 2Films 3Curious alum Brenda! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Thor Ragnarok A discussion about major tonal shifts in established serieses.You know how it goes: sometimes you watch the first movie in a series and then you watch the second one and you think "was that even in the same galaxy as the original??" Usually it's pretty jarring, but usually it's also the second movie in a series. It's pretty uncommon to see huge tonal shifts in the third movie of a series.Harry Potter 3 is a movie that threw out the bright shiny Harry Potter in 1 and 2 (along with the castle and Richard Harris) for a much darker Harry Potter (and much darker castle and Michael Gambon). Thor 3 (often written as 3or by only me and really only in the last week or so) takes Kenneth Branaughhes Shakespearean Thor and detonates a Taika Waititi glitter bomb right in the core.This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

SPECIAL FEATURE! The 2Films in the Iron 2Curious Welcome to another special feature! Join us as we discuss two more fun Friday Movie Questions as well as hear about the first movie in our Understanding the MCU series: Iron Man! Special thanks to our MCU sponsor: 2Films 3Curious alum Brenda

Ready Player One and Surrogates A Discussion about Working from Home We've got this quarantine on still. If you're lucky, you still have your job, and if you're REALLY lucky, you're not doing it in a risky environment. Which means working from home! Ready Player One is a movie about working from home in a virtual video game world, starring the GOOD Cyclops and the Death Star whiny guy from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Surrogates is a story about working from home with robot bodies and stars our National Shizznit, Bruce Willies and Babe's Dad from Babe. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Curiosity in the Times of Coronavirus Listen, I know our episode has a silly title, but these are serious times. One half of 2Films 2Curious keeps having lil anxiety episodes because of this whole thing. BUT! But, movies help us. Here's 34! Thirty Four! movie recommendations for you, all of which are available on streaming services. Also, please be helpful to others out there. People are scared, and sometimes all they need is encouragement. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Pacific Rim: Uprising and Terminator 2: Rise of the Machines Welcome to Season 2! We're so glad you're here

ANNIVERSARY MARATHON RECAP We done a marathon! Come hear how it went as well as the history of the Bill and TDOG marathon parties! Special Guest: Larrems Marsleck, an important man. NEXT EPISODE WILL BE A REAL EPISODE WE PROMISE This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Year of Watching Dangerously Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred movies. How do you measure the life of two people who watched movies in a year? Wow... that got away from me fast... ANYWAYS! Here's the 2Films 2Curious year in review! listen and enjoy this Special Feature and look out for our new episode soon!! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Mortal Kombat and Warcraft Yet another in our series on adaptations Why is it that so many video game adaptations miss the mark? How do you make a movie out of a fighting game? Who is Uwe Boll? These questions and MORE on this episode of 2Films 2Curious! Mortal Kombat is a movie where Christopher Lambert Scarlett Johanssons an Asian god of thunder. Warcraft is a movie where humans fight orcs in an attempt to save their home but there's no rings at all... This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Miracle on 34th Street and Dawn of the Dead In this, the wintery shopping season, it's important to remember that you don't gotta buy EVERYTHING. Like, obviously we out here buying a lot of gifts, but you know; chill a little bit. Anyways, we watched Dawn of the Dead where the Zombies are consumers and Miracle on 34th Street where Santa hits a man on the head. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Are You There, 2Films? It's Me, 2Curious Welcome to our very first Minisode! This more miniature form of episode is designed to tide you over as we traverse the often busy holiday season while we prep new full-length content for you all, our Co-Tagonists. This episode is a lil peep at your hosts, Bill and TDOG as we discuss some personal movie superlatives - some movies close to our own hearts. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Bad Times at the El Royale and The Shining Drax: If he's a planet, how could he make a baby with your mother? He would smush her. Sometimes a setting is so rich, it feels like a whole other character... Sometimes the setting IS a whole other character. Both of these movies are suspenseful tales of hotels. Both of these hotels are so evocative, that they feel like protagonists or antagonists you can relate to. Both of these hotels are technically fake (although the Overlook is inspired by a couplea different places you can visit...). BUT! only one of these movies have a setting that IS a character... Is it Bad Times at the El Royale or The Shining? This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

All The President's Men and Zodiac "Do you read a lot yourself?" "Print is dead..." What is journalistic integrity? Did President Nixon break the law? Is Ted Cruz the Zodiac Killer? We don't really answer all these questions, but join us as we watch talk about two suspenseful movies about newspapers. All The President's Men is a movie about Watergate and cracking that case wide open. Zodiac is a movie where they DON'T solve the Zodiac murders. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The Martian and RocketMan (1997) A discussion of space exploration in honor of Apollo 11 “Even in a time of intergalactic crisis, people still want to roll them bones.” Jack Nicholson, Mars Attacks Space is really really big. We've not even seen, like half of it. Like, there's a lot we don't even know about the sun, and won't until we land on it. Which is why we need to explore more! The Martian is a really dope movie where Not-Mark-Whalberg does some neat science to save himself from the harsh Martian surface. RocketMan is a movie where Harland Williams is told off in a harsh fashion for annoying his peers on the Martian surface. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Romeo + Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing; a 2Films3Curious special "Now, I know Shakespeare's a dead white guy, but he knows his shit, so we can overlook that." 2Films 3Curious is back with another special guest! Co-Tagonist Devon is on to talk with us about Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. Baz Luhrmann's ostentation highlights beautifully the melodrama that is Shakespeare's most well known story of two idiots that kill each other and Joss Whedon does a glorious job adapting "Much Ado"s original text to a house party he had in 2011. Both have modern pictures and old timey words and help you feel better about not paying attention to them in High School. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The 13th Warrior and O Brother Where Art Thou? It's like a book you had to read in school BUT COOLER Epic literature is so ingrained culturally, that to cut through the white noise, you often have to put your own little twist on it. Even Romeo and Juliet has guns and zombies now; depending on what you watch... The 13th Warrior is the story of Beowulf as told through the eyes of Antonio Banderas. It was a huge flop that deserves far more credit. O Brother Where Art Thou? is the story of the Odyssey set in Great Depression America. The music is AMAZING and all of the neat peripheral actors are amazing too. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Jaws and Lars and the Real Girl "We need a community leader and it's going to be you, Quark." What is a community? How can they help their members? How can they hurt? Come with us as we look at Jaws and Lars and the Real Girl and discover what they have to say about being a member of a community. Jaws is a movie about a big ol hungry boi shark and the cop, fisherman, and baby Richard Dreyfuss who kill it. Lars and the Real Girl is a movie where Ryan Gosling is in love with an inhuman replicant but Harrison Ford isn't in it. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

John Wick and The Warriors "...and all the worlds he builds? I mean, wow. That's some worlds right there..." Worldbuilding is the idea where someone builds the world...Not the toughest nut to crack, but it takes a lot to bake this perfect cake. John Wick, starring Keanu "man of our hearts" Reeves builds an interesting world of Crime in New York. The Warriors, a cult-classic based on a novel called The Warriors, builds a DIFFERENTLY interesting world of Crime in New York. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World "...you are bad guy, but this does not mean you are bad guy." Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl stars Legolas, Sabé, and Sweeny Todd as adventurers on the sea of Piracy (the Pirasea?). We learn that not all pirates are bad and not all protagonists are "good" in this, the first of five Pirateses. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World stars Javert, Vision, and Peregrin Took as they hunt down a French Privateer. Good guys do good and bad guys do well in this much more gritty boat movie. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.