Great Directors, Garbage Movies

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Sometimes great directors make terrible movies. Adam Pliskin and Dash Finley watch those movies so you don't have to.

Adam Pliskin and Dash Finley

  • May 20, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 41m AVG DURATION
  • 53 EPISODES


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The Seed Bearer

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 45:15


Dash and Adam discuss the rash of seemingly un-Covid related deaths that have ravaged Hollywood in the past week. Don't worry, it's not all sad. They also shit on Avatar and its many ridiculously titled sequels.

Algorithm and Blues

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 53:59


The lads are joined by special guest Nick Coston and immediately convert en masse to Scientology

Trolls: World's Poor

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 43:04


A treatise on the NATO invasion and subsequent occupation of AMC Theaters (2020).

The Pod That Wasn't

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 49:17


One tragically lost episode. Two emotionally shattered hosts. Three sentences to complete this leitmotif.

Animal_Crossing_Hentai.wmv

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 48:07


The pod is joined by illustrious guest Conor O'Sullivan to live free, die hard, and game even harder in the age of the Roni.

Tick, Tick... Zoom

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 41:35


Joined by special guest Evan Scott, the boys speculate about the future of Louis C.K., the Me Too Movement, and, oh yeah, society as we know it.

It Hits Different

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 45:15


As cabin fever kicks in, the boys virtually break quarantine as they're joined by their first and potentially last special guest, Brian Kelly.

Harvey Wuhanstein

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 41:18


The boys get daffy in week two of quarantine, as they ponder the shrinking theatrical window and offer a window into their own gnarled souls.

Community Spread

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 42:49


The end is nigh, and it might just be Hollywood's turn in the barrel...

COVID-B5

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 32:10


Our newly infected co-hosts boldly take on California lawmakers in an effort to salvage what little remains of their professional hopes.

Forget It, Jack -- It's Hillaryland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 35:05


The pod falls under new ownership as it explores truther theories, rapey script consultancies, and mysteriously missing moguls.

Death By A Thousand Snyder Cuts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 39:51


We get really real about Sonic hentai, the Cusackssainsce, and, of course, Zack Snyder's Chud holy grail...

Fantasy Island(s)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 41:09


In which we take on Green Knights, Dark Knights, and your friendly neighborhood trafficking network.

And The Award Blows, Too...

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 44:06


Dash takes a massive L, Adam's degenerate gambling habit worsens, and the pod gets *gasp* political for a very special Oscars episode.

Toe Thumbs Up

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 45:29


In which we delve into the mysterious disappearances of Megan Fox, Harvey Weinstein's genitals, and Netflix's statistical accountability.

Nominal Nominees

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 45:10


the Oscars are painfully white and increasingly relevant -- so we can relate.

A Is For Autopsy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 41:00


The boys do a deep dive into Dracula, digital development people, and everyone's favorite dastardly diddler.

10 - Kill Them With Kindness

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 40:56


We ring in the new year by completely spoiling Star Wars and unpacking the seemingly murderous ravings of Sir Kevin Spacey.

Pitching A Tenet

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 40:35


We chat cattily about Cats and black out on the Blacklist for a not-remotely-special holiday episode.

8 - Hurdy Gurdy Thirty

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 43:35


Our aging hosts stare down the barrel of mortality, and, to a lesser extent, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

7 - Bottoming Five

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 60:02


As the 2010s come screeching to a halt, we select our picks for the five shittiest movies of the decade that wasn't.

6 - We're Disney Positive

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 46:41


Dash and Adam both catch a dire case of the ol' Disney Plus and dive deep into a very special episode of Smart Guy.

5 - Smart Guys

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 45:09


Dash got Disney Plus just so he could watch Smart Guy.

4 - Deepfake Dystopian Demonic Dog Shit

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 48:56


We check in on our old buddies Jeremy Renner and Martin Scorsese and investigate the looming hellscape that is deepfake cinema.

3 - The Nibble Game

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 46:20


We check back in on our dear pal Jeremy Renner in this one and talk about the Game of Thrones' creators constant bumbling screw ups this week on a very spooky episode.

2 - Who Watches the Watchmen? We do!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 51:44


We talk about HBO's Watchmen, our own adventures in the screen trade, and Jeremy Renner's coke-fueled romps with underage girls in this one.

1 - You Wouldn't Get It

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 46:26


The joke's on Adam and Dash as they take down The Joker on the first installment of the rebooted podcast: Hail Hollywood.

27 - Pixar, Cars 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 35:52


We need a hug after this one, preferably not from John Lasseter.

26 - Jim Jarmusch, The Limits Of Control

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 37:43


The limits of control tests the limits of our sanity.

25 - Marvel, Thor: The Dark World

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019 37:16


They revisited it in Avengers: Endgame, now take a trip back to the Dark World, a place populated by dark elves, sci-fi gibberish, and a bunch of other goofy bullshit.

24 - George A. Romero, Survival of the Dead

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 37:19


23 - The Farrelly Brothers, The Heartbreak Kid

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 43:13


22 - David Gordon Green, The Sitter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 38:11


Is The Sitter really about an elaborate pedophile ring? Michael Feinstein joins us to help us figure it all out!

21 - Steven Knight, Serenity

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 38:11


Come along as we go huntin' for a tuna named Justice.

20 - Ang Lee, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019 28:57


We wish Billy Lynn would take a long halftime walk into the ocean. (Apologies for the slight audio issues in this one).

19 - Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 46:39


18 - The Good German, Steven Soderbergh

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 28:32


17 - David Cronenberg, M Butterfly

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 35:11


16 - David Fincher, Alien 3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 41:27


In this one, Dash and guest Alex Velasco talk about a movie that's a lot like Aliens but way worse and has way fewer aliens.

14 - Roland Emmerich, 10,000 B.C.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 36:38


We go way back to a time before podcasts to report on this prehistoric piece of garbage.

13 - Martin Brest, Gigli

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 45:52


Gigli rhymes with really as in "Really?! Who greenlit this dumpster fire of a movie?!".

12 - John Carpenter, Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2018 34:24


Chevy Chase is invisible in this one. We wish the whole movie would have followed suit.

11 - Doug Liman, Jumper

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 44:42


In this episode, guest Nick Coston and Adam jump into the jumper-verse for a jumpin' good time.

8 - Woody Allen, Wonder Wheel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 51:51


Our very first guest, Michael Feinstein, joins us to dissect Woody Allen's ode to Coney Island and terrible acting, Wonder Wheel.

7 - Guy Ritchie, Swept Away

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2018 34:50


If you could only bring one thing to a desert island, it probably wouldn't be Madonna.

6 - Wes Craven, Deadly Friend

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 39:27


In this one, we tackle the eternal question: What if the brain of a murderous yellow robot was implanted into the head of a 16-year-old girl?

5 - Danny Boyle, The Beach

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 43:17


This week, we dive into Danny Boyle's The Beach, a movie in which Leonardo DiCaprio single-handedly lays waste to the world's first successful socialist utopia.

4 - Francis Ford Coppola, Jack

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 40:56


The guy who made The Godfather also made a movie about a 10-year-old boy who looks like a 40-year-old man. Oh, and Bill Cosby is in it.

3 - Tim Burton, Dark Shadows

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 41:57


We get spooky in this one as we discuss the 2012 film Dark Shadows in which Johnny Depp fulfills his life's purpose: becoming a vampire.

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