Each week we invite a guest to pick a movie of their choosing to play some games and engage in some film-talk centered around their movie choice. In most cases the entire movie is discussed, so please keep in mind that spoilers are inherent.
It's the conclusion of our Fraternal Twin Double Feature with guest REGINA CONNOLLY and 1997's LA-based VOLCANO! We track the reality of lava bombs, praise our hero, Don Cheadle, and brad hates math (when it makes him feel bad about himself) on today's show! Check out Regina's movie podcasts, Theronathon! and The Keanu Review, both out where podcasts are available!
It's another Fraternal Twin Double Feature! For the next two weeks we're tackling the eruption frenzy of 1997 with guest REGINA CONNOLLY! This week, it's DANTE'S PEAK! Brad flexes his 'Mr Girl 2' prowess, we delve into the Grandma Ruth character, and can anyone find 'King Kong Lives?!' on today's show! Nerd out of Regina's two movie podcasts THERONATHON! and THE KEANU REVIEW, both available on Apple Podcasts. And don't forget to tune in next week for Part Two of the Fraternal Twin Double Feature to watch 'Volcano!'
It's PART TWO of our OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we're watching this year's BEST PICTURE winner, CODA, with guest AMY WILK! It's the exciting conclusion to the High on Film Awards, Chris shares some Best Picture perspective, and Amy flexes her titling skills on today's show! Follow Amy on You-Tube, Instagram, and Tik-Tok @amywilklikemilk and if you're in the LA area, go see her with the sketch comedy team Grifter on 4/20 at the Westside Comedy Theater! And don't forget to check out Chris and Brad's other show, Death at Sunset, available everywhere!
It's our annual OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we're celebrating PART ONE: THE OSCAR THROWBACK EPISODE with guest BRANDON BLACK! He decided to watch FARGO, so we're bundling up and diving back into the Coen Brothers' work. We're back on our bullshit with Transformers movies, Brad reveals the "modern day Casablanca," and nobody like Arby's on today's show! Watch Brandon in A MADEA HOMECOMING, now on Netflix and follow him on social media @Brandon_f_Black and @BBlack! And don't forget to check him out in season 2 of the DEATH AT SUNSET podcast! Tune in to PART TWO of OSCAR SPECTACULAR for whatever wins BEST PICTURE next week!
With 'In the Heights' out now, we're taking a look back at the Broadway smash, HAMILTON, with guest CARLY WALSH! We touch on some French comedies, discuss the best villain songs, and do movie musicals need intermissions? on today's show!
We're going to (intermittently) go through the Coen Bros catalog and we're kicking things off with DAVID JACOX and MILLER'S CROSSING! Would Michale Bay's Raising Arizona be a completely bad idea?, David coins the phrase "homme fatale," and should we do The Substitute on High on Film? on today's episode!
April showers bring May flowers and May flowers bring RYAN MCKELVEY with Jim Jarmusch's BROKEN FLOWERS! Brad gets his second 'musch, how could they cancel the High Fidelity show?!, and let's get gratuitous on today's show! For performance art, botany, and more, follow Ryan @ryna.m.mckelvey and Thrum_houseplants on instagram!
It's our OSCAR SPECTACULAR PART TWO and we're watching the BEST PICTURE of the 93rd Academy Awards, NOMADLAND, with guest ROBIN HITCHCOCK! Plenty of Oscar takes, Robin got into a fight over Fargo, and does Chewbacca speak backwards on today's show! Be sure to tune into Robin's podcasts, The Keanu Review and The Number One Movie in America, and follow her on social media @HitchDied!
It's our annual OSCAR SPECTACULAR and we're kicking things off with our guest, writer CHIK AGWUNA and BLACK SWAN for PART ONE: OSCAR THROWBACK! Chick did ballet AND ballet on ice, if you get a chance to be Spider-Man you take it, and is it normal to clip your nails with a pair of scissors on tonight's episode! For more Chik, tune in to Season 2, Episode 9 of TUCA & BERTIE on Cartoon Network and the new A LEAGUE OF THIER OWN series! And join Chris and Brad next week for whatever wins Best Picture this Sunday at the Academy Awards in PART TWO of our Oscar celebration!
Okay, campers, rise and shine! It's GROUNDHOG DAY, again. We've got MIKE DERENSIS to talk about one of his top 4 favorite comedies, Chris tries to alter the fate of a rock star, and will Brad ever see the end of 'Babe?' Find out on today's show! And during the HOF hiatus, remember to check out both seasons of 'Death at Sunset,' the sunshine-noir radio play from Chris and Brad. Available everywhere you find your podcasts.
We close out our McConuary celebration with writer JOE RECHTMAN and THE DARK TOWER! We continue our book club meeting of 'Greenlights,' Brad has a lot in common with Selena Gomez, and we start a KoRn podcast on today's show! Check out Joe's Dark Tower blog, "The Church of the Cosmic Turtle" and follow him on twitter @JoeRechtman and @CosmicTurtle19. For more Chris and Brad, listen to the new season of the "Death at Sunset" podcast, a sunshine-noir radio play, out now on Apple and Spotify!
Happy McConuary, everyone! Writer BRENDEN GALLAGHER joins us once again to celebrate the work of Matthew McConaughey, this time with THE BEACH BUM! Brenden elaborates on his 'Holy Fool' theory, Serenity is boring, and we start a petition to get McConaughey into a Michael Bay film on today's show! For more Brenden content, watch 'Warrior Nun' on Netflix, follow him on twitter @brendengallager, and check him out in Claire Downs' weekly newsletter, Going Downs!
We continue our exploration of the January Dump of 2015 and our guest DAVE BEIRNE! Dave makes up for our lack of 'First Impressions,' we want more John Taken movies, and Brad turns down a Mortdecai party on today's show! Follow Dave on twitter @PrettySoundGuy!
We're kicking off the January Dump with Michael Mann's BLACKHAT with guest ERIN TEACHMAN! Chris doesn't believe this film belongs in the Library of Congress, there's a Con Air imprisonment, and stay tuned for Teaching Mann on today's show! To support Erin and the Atlanta Opera, check out 'The Kaiser of Atlantis' in their Big Tent Series, streaming now!
We conclude our Christmas Carol series with podcast hosts MEGAN PRIOR-PFEIFER and CATE SMITH and last Christmas' LAST CHRISTMAS! Michael Bay makes a Christmas movie for the troops, we quote the Bible, and no rom-com is too rom-commy for boundaries on today's show! Hear more Megan and Cate on the Not Quite Dead podcast for great horror movie analysis or on Takeout Breakout for critiqued themed lunch orders! And don't forget to listen to Chris and Brad's noir radio-play podcast, Death at Sunset, two seasons out now!
We continue our Christmas Carol series today with guest BOB SHIELDS and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS! Thora Birch's 'Home Alone," kids don't watch wedding videos, and we find out Brad's favorite Christmas movie on today's show! Hear more of Bob on The Keanu Review and the Theronathon podcasts and binge all of Chris and Brad's noir radio-play Death at Sunset now!
The holiday season is here and we're celebrating in song! Guest ADAM HINKLE comes to the show to watch the classic, WHITE CHRISTMAS! Adam warms our hearts, Chris and Brad have the same taste in scenes, and we put on a Christmas show to save the podcast! Check out Adam's work on his web series 'The Park" at www.theparkwebseries.com and hear more of Brad and Chris on their new radio play 'Death at Sunset' wherever podcasts are found!
Today, we look into the seminal David Fincher work, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, with actor JOE MCGRANAGHAN! We get wet with the director's style, rope the President of Harvard into a new movie, and Joe never joined Facebook on today's show! See more of Joe by renting 'A CALL TO SPY' on your streaming services now! And, for more Chris and Brad, check out the 'Death at Sunset' radio play wherever you find your podcasts!
We're back with our spoiler-free mini-episode series BUZZED OFF FILM! Tonight, we review David Fincher's stylized new release, MANK!
Before you watch David Fincher's 'Mank,' revisit CITIZEN KANE with guest JOSH GREEN! Josh had the movie spoiled by The Sims, we hypothesize that all movies with a Hall of Mirrors are good, and we somehow end up talking about 'Dirty Work' on today's show! Follow Josh on twitter @Wings4Wheelz and listen to Chris and Brad's noir radio play 'Death at Sunset' out now!
We're wrapping up Noir-vember with CLAKRE KOHLER and DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID! Clarke was hazed with a showing of 'Grumpy Old Men,' Chris learns of a vaudevillian tradition, and we remember Carl Reiner on today's show! To hear more of Clarke, check out the sunshine-noir podcast 'Death at Sunset' now!
It' the third week of Noir-vember and we're watching Rian Johnson's BRICK with actor BRANDON BLACK! Brad takes no offense to his name being used in the new Spider-Man, Chris doesn't care for a whodunnit, and will we ever get answers from J.J. Abrams?! on today's show! Watch Brandon on 'Dear White People,' and on this season of 'Shameless,' and hear him on the new season of 'Death at Sunset' available now wherever you get your podcasts.
Noir-vember continues this week with actress ERIN COLEMAN and the neo-noir classic CHINATOWN! The 70s are back, Erin makes the most out of a long t-shirt and a belt, and we discover the inspiration for that Postal Service song on today's show! Follow Erin on twitter @universalcenter! And check her out in the new season of 'Death at Sunset' available this Friday!
It's the start of Noir-vember and we're watching the classic DOUBLE INDEMNITY with guest ATUL SINGH! Chris holds an Oscar grudge, Atul would prefer you got his references to 'The Rock,' and Brad still has 'Frankenstein' on the brain on today's show! Follow Atul on twitter @atultime! And check out the trailer for the new season of 'Death at Sunset' available this Friday wherever you get your podcasts!
Happy Halloween! We're at it again! Writer LIZZIE DONALDSON returns to watch the celebrated sequel, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN! Lizzie is not a doctor, Brads puts the Tramp in unique circumstances, and we're not watching 'Son of Frankenstein' on today's show! For more Lizzie tune into 'Black-ish' Wednesdays on ABC and follow her on twitter @lizziedonaldson!
It's Mary Shelley's High on Film episode as writer LIZZIE DONALDSON guests to watch the original FRANKENSTEIN in preparation for Halloween! Is it a windmill or a castle, Chris plugs The Keanu Review podcast, and we somehow get on the subject of monster dongs on tonight's show! Follow Lizzie on twitter @lizziedonaldson and watch Black-ish on ABC!
The conclusion of our first Fraternal Twin Double Feature is here! Comedian JEN MURRAY returns to watch DEEP IMPACT and compare it to the Michael Day asteroid movie. Chris and Brad become podcast-ronauts, we discuss the difference between arks and ships, and drink every time Chris mentions wolves on today's show! Check out Jen's sketch show "That's What She Said" on her instagram @jenniferlynmurray and follow her on twitter @somejenmurray!
We're back and comedian JEN MURRAY is here to watch Michael Bay's ARMAGEDDON! We rock out to the Aerosmith soundtrack, Jen was laughed at by her teachers, and we make rules to break rules on today's show! Check out Jen's sketch show "That's What She Said" on her instagram @jenniferlynmurray and follow her on twitter @somejenmurray! Tune in next week for the conclusion of our Fraternal Twin Double Feature!
It's the end of the road for High On Film and writer LIZZIE DONALDSON is here to watch Chris's favorite movie, COOL HAND LUKE! Brad loves hardboiled eggs, we get the truth behind the London brothers familial ties, and we thank you for listening on today's show! Watch Black-ish on ABC and follow Lizzie on twitter @liziedonaldson! Get Brad's weekly baseball article, I Love You, Pittsburgh Pirates on tumblr! And listen to the entire first season of the Death at Sunset podcast at deathatsunset.com!
The Incredibles are back and so are we with another BUZZED OFF FILM mini-episode review of INCREDIBLES 2! Spoiler free and when to pee!
We're finally tackling some Kurosawa in our penultimate episode with guest AUSTIN TRIZINSKY and the masterpiece that is SEVEN SAMURAI! We discuss the remakes, reminisce on a college production of 'Rashoman', and cheers with some slightly chilled sake on today's show! This episode is brought to you by SUDIO HEADPHONES! Visit www.sudio.com and use the promo code HIGHONFILM for 15% off any purchase with free worldwide shipping!
We take a look at the new documentary WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? to learn more about our collective childhood mentor, Fred Rogers! Check out the latest bonus mini episode of BUZZED OFF FILM for a spoiler-free review!
We're into the final three episodes! This week comedian JEN MURRAY joins the show to watch one of her family faves, FATHER OF THE BRIDE! We finally get to talk about Steve Martin on the show, Brad concocts an excellent X-Rated title, and we take a dark turn into some famous skiing deaths on today's show! Los Angeles! Check out Jen's show THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID this Wednesday, June 13th at the Westside Comedy Theater! Follow her on twitter @somejenmurray and on instagram @jenniferlynmurray for more info!
This week actress ERIN COLEMAN makes her final HOF appearance with one of her favorite comedies, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL! Erin defines her Disney character, we make the film into a trilogy, and Chris vows to take everything from Jared Leto on today's show! See Erin perform with the Back Alley Racket Club sketch team at Santa Monica's Westside Comedy Theater and at LA's Second City on Sundays at 5pm this summer! Follow her @universalcenter on twitter and @erinhcoleman on instagram for more info!
This week our fifth guest ever, LAURA DENTON, returns to watch Hitchcock's ROPE! Chris defends 'Vertigo', Laura recommends a Grace Kelly meme, and we watch the theatrical trailer on today's show! Follow Laura on twitter @RockyRoadkill and instagram @dentobean!
It's another spoiler-free Marvel cuperhero movie review! This week we're reviewing DEADPOOL 2 and we settle the month long Cable vs Thanos debate.
This week, actor BRANDON BLACK makes his final appearance on the show to watch HBO's NIGHTINGALE! We go through some of David Oyelowo's performances, Brandon creates his own Trash/Star/Destroy category, and we wonder if anyone is watching on today's show! See Brandon in DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and 13 REASONS WHY on Netflix now and follow him @brandon_f_black on twitter!
This week, our resident impressionist, actor CLARKE KOHLER joins the show for the final time to watch the documentary AMERICAN MOVIE! We discuss some other American documentaries, Chris twists the film into a sex comedy, and Clarke has it on good authority that Michael Bay still wears his 'The Rock' leather jacket on today's show! Get 15% off your purchase of SUDIO headphones with the promo code HIGHONFILM http://goo.gl/wTyhHd
Today we dive into the German language with native English speaker RUSSELL DILLULIO to watch RUN LOLA RUN! We re-live a few movies in Trash/Star/Destroy, Russ doodles throughout the recording and wir sprechen Englisch on this week's episode!
This week, our most frequently recurring guest, Sound Guy DAVE BEIRNE, makes his final High On Film appearance with actress ERIN COLEMAN and the beloved comedy, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS! We make the hard choices when it comes to some of our favorite movie bands, praise the acting of Tara Reid, and Dave gives us the nicest gifts we've ever received on today's show! Follow Dave on twitter @PrettySoundGuy and look for Erin @universalcenter, at the Westside Comedy Theater, and at Second City in Los Angeles!
It's a spoiler-free mini episode review of the cinematic even that is AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR! Chris and brad go through their top MCU scenes and discuss how this installment stacks up to the catalog! Stay tuned after the music for some spoiler-filled discussion about the end of the movie!
We embark on the final ten episodes of High On Film starting with guest CARLY WALSH and her final movie choice, REALITY BITES! We Trash/Star/Destroy the Ben Stiller movies we've covered in the past, Brad unveils his iconic Steve Zahn impression, and pizza is the answer on today's show! Hear more from Carly, Brad, and Chris in DEATH AT SUNSET! A new sunshine noir radio play podcast out now, wherever you find your podcasts!
It's the OSCAR SPECTACULAR PART TWO! We're watching this year's Best Picture winner, THE SHAPE OF WATER with guests CHIK AGWUNA and KIMMY KRENZER! We recap our favorite moments from the Oscar ceremony, flood the bathroom talking about the Worst Scene, and throw in some fish puns for good measure on today's show! Follow Chik and Kimmy on twitter @chikiguna and @MusclesKrenzer!
Chris and Brad introduce the full length trailer for their new podcast, DEATH AT SUNSET, premiering Friday, March 9th!
Happy Oscar Sunday! We're celebrating with our annual OSCAR SPECTACULAR! Welcome to Part One OSCAR THROWBACK with actress KIMBERLY CONDICT and writer DAVID DEGROW SHOTWELL with 1992's Best Picture winner UNFORGIVEN! We rehash 'No Country for Old Men', sing some Metallica, and this is our gun control episode! Watch Kimberly on the second episode of ALEX, INC. on ABC soon! And check out the trailer for Chris and Brad's new comedy noir radio play podcast, DEATH AT SUNSET, available now! Join us net week for Oscar Spectacular Part Two where we will cover whatever wins Best Picture at this year's ceremony!
This week, we wrap our minds around the classic Kaufman script, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, with guests MEG STILES and LIZZIE DONALDSON! We reminisce about our times at the Manor Theatre in Pittsburgh, take our manners off, and give plenty of 'spoiler-not-spoilers' on today's show! Remember to watch BLACKISH on ABC and follow Lizzie on twitter @lizziedonaldson!
We finally dip our toes into some William Shakespeare with actor JOSEPH MCGRANAGHAN and Branagh's full production of HAMLET! We get Theatre Facts from Joe, Chris defends the Zeffirelli version, and Jack Lemmon doesn't belong in this movie on today's show!
It's Valentine's Day on the podcast and we're watching EYES WIDE SHUT with writer HEATHER NOEL ALDRIDGE! We learn that doctors keep crazy hours, declare the reference "What's in the box?!" over-used, and mull over the other Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman pairings on this week's show! Buy Heather's book of poetry FERAL BLACK SHEEP on Amazon or Blurb now!
Actor ROB SCATTERGOOD returns to the show to watch one of his favorite films: AMERICAN PSYCHO! We discuss Christian Bale's America, remind the world of Charlie Sheen's 9/11 movie, and share our favorite Phil Collins songs on today's show! Look for Rob's short film, DEATH DATE, coming soon!
Happy McConuary, everyone! For #234, writer BRENDEN GALLAGHER returns to watch young Matthew in Steven Spielberg's AMISTAD! Brenden loves McConaughey's folksy aphorisms, we discuss Spielberg's greatest misses, and all share our favorite McConumemories on today's show! For a great twitter follow get at Brenden @muddycreekU!
This week, guest BRENDAN MCCARTHY returns to watch Noah Baumbach's THE SQUID AND THE WHALE! We hypothesize the plot of Mr. Doubtfire, find out if Brad can get over 'Greenberg', and go Beast Mode on today's show! Follow Brendan on instagram @bigrigsinc and Yankee Lobster Fish Market on facebook!
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