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Discussion Episode: Favorite Movies featuring Dragons Chris Pine and the party roll into theaters this weekend in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Since doing our favorite movies featuring dungeons would be tough, we went the dragon route. Find Movies … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Laurence Fishburne Movies With John Wick: Chapter 4 blasting its way into theaters this weekend, Dave remembered that franchise also features Laurence Fishburne. We need no further reason to present to your our five favorite Laurence Fishburne … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Movies about Gods Zachary Levi and company battle a mean Helen Mirren in this weekend’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods. One can only assume from the title that Dame Helen is playing a god, so instead of … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan This weekend Ghostface heads to the big apple which got Dave to thinking about that one time another masked slasher headed to the city that never sleeps, 1989’s Friday the … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite A-List Actor Directorial Deubts Michael B Jordan steps in front of the camera, making his directorial debut in this weekend’s Creed III. By this point, Jordan is a well established movie star, so we will be listing … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Charlie’s Angels(2019) Director Elizabeth Banks’ unleashes the Cocaine Bear on unsuspecting movie audiences this weekend and since we’ve already done our favorite Banks movies from in front of the camera, we have decided to do a discussion on … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Paul Rudd Movies The next phase of the MCU kicks off with this weekend’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. As much fun as it would be to do a Jonathan Majors list, it may be a little … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Third in a Franchise Movies Channing Tatum’s Magical Michael rides into theaters one last time this weekend, right in time for Valentines Day, with Magic Mike’s Last Dance. To celebrate, we have a list we know you’ll … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Cabin in the Woods M. Night Shyamalan is back to keep you guessing with this weekend’s Knock at the Cabin. Said cabin is in the woods, and that got Dave to thinking about another cabin in the woods … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Jonah Hill Movies Kenya Barris’ You People hits Netflix this weekend, co-written by Barris and the star of the movie, Jonah Hill. Pulling double duty this early in the year is a good way to earn yourself … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Missing Person Movies You could be forgiven for thinking this is a discussion movie about Chuck Norris’ 1984 action flick, but it’s not. Nia Long and Storm Reid star in Missing which is about a missing person, … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Willow Once upon a time, about two months ago, Dave wanted to do a discussion about Ron Howard’s 1988 Willow. Instead, we did a episode on Encino Man. Since the finale just went up this week, fate has … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Best of 2022 Happy New Year! As is tradition around here, and seemingly everywhere else, we start off the new year by counting down our favorite movies from the year that was. Happy trails 2022! Movies On UP! … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  2022 Uppie Awards Santa has Santa’d, the dishes are done, gifts are unwrapped, so cozy up with Dave and I as we pass out the Uppie awards for 2022. Who’s the Worthless Worthington? Did anyone pull a McAvoy … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  2022 Christmas Special A year in the making, Mr. Dave fulfills his promise (and my Christmas wish) by writing his own version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas inspired by Joe Daunte’s 1984 masterpeice-Gremlins! Movies On UP! is … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Avatar With the long-awaited sequel The Way of Water finally hitting theaters, Dave and I (re)visit Pandora for James Cameron’s record-breaking smash, Avatar. Find Movies On UP! on iTunes. Don’t be afraid to leave us a review. Movies … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Encino Man Darren Aronofsky’s new movie looks to have a whale of performance from its lead, Brendan Fraser. That got Dave to thinking about another movie lead by Fraser, and apparently Sean Astin, Encino Man. That’s how we … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Cult Movies Sarah Polley’s Women Talking looks to make some noise this weekend at the box office. Rooney Mara and Claire Foy talk about their religion, and while Dave and I are fans of these two actresses … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Top Gun: Maverick Glen Powell hops back in the cockpit again this year, this time alongside Jonathan Majors in JD Dillard’s Devotion. For our discussion this week, we turn back to the clock to a pretty successful movie … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Ralph Fiennes Movies For your enjoyment this weekend, might we suggest a starter of Nicholas Hoult paired with some vintage Anya Taylor-Joy and a side of Ralph Fiennes in Mark Mylod’s The Menu. Whet your appetite with … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Black Panther Ryan Coogler heads back to Wakanda this weekend with his follow-up to 2018’s Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Relive one of the most impactful and financially successful films ever with this week’s episode. Find Movies … Read More →

Discussion Episode: UHF Daniel Radcliffe picks up the squeezebox this weekend for Weird, so dare to be stupid with us for a while as Dave and I discuss Weird Al’s 1989 vehicle, UHF. Movies On UP! is on Stitcher! Thanks … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Halloween Ends Boovies on Up ends for this year with our final horror movie discussion of the month, David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends. I promise, it’s Dave and I in this episode, no imposters this time. Movies On … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Octo-boo-er Fest 2022: Part IV One final week of Boovies on Up means one final list episode. We finish our trip back in time with a list of our favorite non-banger bangers from the 1970s. Don’t worry, there’s … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Prey To continue with our decade movie discussions and discussions of one word title movies, Dave and I discuss this year’s Hulu hit: Prey. Movies On UP! is on Stitcher! Thanks to The Champions of All Time for the theme … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Octo-boo-er Fest 2022: Part III In 10 years of stupidly broad lists, this week’s list may just be the stupidest and the broadest. You may have guessed it, or listened to us when we told you what we … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Scream For our second movie discussion of the month, we’ll be discussing the best Scream movie since Scream. That’s the 2022 release for those of you keeping score at home. Movies On UP! is on Stitcher! Thanks to The … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Octo-boo-er Fest 2022: Part II Our trip down monster memory lane begins this week with our favorite 90s horror movies. Plenty of big names and deep cuts for movies lovers of all types! Movies On UP! is on … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  The Black Phone We’re back with a second episode of Boovies on Up this week to discuss Scott Derrickson’s hit from earlier this year, The Black Phone. You can catch it on Peacock and it’s a great way … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Boovies on Up and Chills Boovies on Up is back for another Octo-boo-er Fest with twice the goodness. All month, we’ll be plopping two episodes per week and we get things kicked off with 31 horror movies to … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  2022 Fall Preview From Michael Myers to Black Adam to Weird Al, there’s quite an eclectic roster of movies for your viewing pleasure. Dave and I run down the major releases between October and the end of the … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Booksmart Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling kicked up quite a bit of fuss prior to its release. This weekend, you can see what all the fuss was about. We look back at Wilde’s directorial debut, a movie with … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Viola Davis Movies Viola Davis looks to take the crown in this weekend’s box office with Gina Prince-Blythewood’s The Woman King. Already Hollywood royalty, we decided to put another jewel in Davis’ crown: a Movies on Up … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Crawl Tom George’s See How They Run, dashes into theaters this week with a who-done-it featuring a great cast including Saorise Ronan and Sam Rockwell. That reminded Dave of another who-done-it featuring a great cast, 1985’s Clue. Movies … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Diego Luna heads back to the galaxy far, far away in the new Disney+ show, Andor. With Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One the only live-action Star Wars movie never to get it’s own … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Idris Elba Movies If your wish was another Idris Elba-inspired list, your wish is Movies on Up’s command. Elba stars with Tilda Swinton in George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. For at least a decade, Dave … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Crawl Idris Elba battles a beast this weekend in the aptly named film titled Beast. That got Dave to thinking about Idris Elba and more specifically, man vs nature movies. One of his favorites is the woman vs … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Jamie Foxx Movies Jamie Foxx teams with Snoop Dogg to turn some vampires into bones in Netflix’s Day Shift. I’m pretty sure we’ve done our favorite vampire movies once upon a Halloween, but we haven’t done our … Read More →

Discussion Episode: The Princess Joey King speeds into theaters this weekend alongside Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and crew on the Bullet Train. David Leitch’s latest seems to be a high octane action fest and King is fresh off her own … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Tim Roth Movies Tim Roth maybe comes back from the dead to cause some trouble to Rebecca Hall in this weekend’s Resurrection. Since we’ve already done a Rebecca Hall list, we’re going to cause some trouble with … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Favorite Man Movies Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling lead Netflix’s handsome-off also known as The Gray Man this weekend. To celebrate all of that good looking man meat, Dave and I list our favorite movies with the word … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite James Caan Movies 1940-2022 Movies On UP! is on Stitcher! Thanks to The Champions of All Time for the theme music.  It comes from the song “Home” off the CD/DVD Bridges Burned/Lessons Learned.  Also check out the new release … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Christian Bale Movies Academy Award winner, Christian Bale makes his MCU debut this week in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder as the villainous Gorr the God Butcher. We’ll run down his biggest hits, as well as … Read More →

Best of 2022 (so far) Without hyperbole, 2022 has amazing from a new movie standpoint. We’ve had a billion dollar hit, plenty of indy darlings, and it’s still only June. Catch up with the year that has been with our … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Sinister Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawke are back to scare up some dollars at the theaters this weekend with The Black Phone. For this week’s discussion, we call back a decade to their previous horror team up effort, … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Prequels Lightyear heads to infinity and Disney+ this weekend. It’s kind of a prequel to Toy Story, so Dave and I run down our favorite prequels. Movies On UP! is on Stitcher! Thanks to The Champions of All … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Favorite Ray Liotta Movies With the recent passing of Ray Liotta, Dave and I take a look back at what was a really great and much more varied career than we would have thought. Movies On UP! is … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Favorite Movies About Being Watched Pod favorite, Maika Monroe is back this weekend in Chloe Okuno’s Watcher. As per usual, she’s being stalked by something or someone of a creepy nature. This gave Dave the terrible idea to … Read More →

Discussion Episode: Top Gun After nearly forty years, seemingly most of them in the production phase, Tom Cruise’s Pete Mitchell takes to the skies again with Top Gun: Maverick. We felt the need, the need to check out the original … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Favorite Men Movies Alex Garland’s Men drops this weekend, and if there’s two things I know about Dave, it’s that he loves Alex Garland and he’s a man. This week, we celebrate movies with men in the title. … Read More →

Discussion Episode:  Movies on Up 2022 Hall of Fame Class Welcome the esteemed third class citizens into the Movies on Up Hall of Fame! Find Movies On UP! on iTunes. Don’t be afraid to leave us a review. Movies On … Read More →