The Tough Cut Podcast

Long time no listen--Alex and Matthew are back with some interim programming that is more relaxed and more easygoing than ever. The Comfy Cut follows our hosts as they dive into a series that neither of them has ever seen before: John Wick.Join us as we talk about our experiences watching the series for the first time and as we make predictions on what waits for us in the sequels.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This comfy watch party features:John WickJohn Wick 2John Wick 3John Wick 4

We stand in solidarity with the writers' and actors' strike. Follow the links to donate to relief funds. Supporters also can donate to food and practical support drives helping power the picket lines, or check out the strike toolkits — like the WGA Strike Social Media Toolkit and Social Toolkit for TV/Theatrical/Streaming — to learn how to effectively join the #WGAStrong, #WGAStrike, and #SAGAFTRAStrong causes.

Join the Tough Cut as continue our summer vacation to the far away land of Clearwater Florida, debate what it means to 'go' on vacation, and finally embrace chaos...Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Forgetting Sarah MarshallHot Tub Time MachineY Tu Mama TambienCheaper by the Dozen 2Total RecallJust Go With ItThe Goofy MovieThe One I Love

Vacations get a little wackier every year, but that won't stop the Tough Cut from going to Mars! Is the 1990 Total Recall a vacation movie? We're about to find out.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Forgetting Sarah MarshallHot Tub Time MachineY Tu Mama TambienCheaper by the Dozen 2Total RecallJust Go With ItThe Goofy MovieThe One I Love

It's summer time and the Tough Cut Podcast is going on vacation! This one has Hawaii, a hot tub, a beach, and Eugene Levy. Grab your goggles because this one will make you wet!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Forgetting Sarah MarshallHot Tub Time MachineY Tu Mama TambienCheaper by the Dozen 2Total RecallJust Go With ItThe Goofy MovieThe One I Love

Bonus Time! Summer may have just begun but it's never too early to start prepping for Halloween... Horror Nights that is! Join us as we make our spec maps and predictions for what they have in store this year for Halloween Horror Nights.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!

It's the finale of the Aliens bracket and you wouldn't believe which movies made it here! (unless you've been listening along, in which case, good for you) We've got honorable mentions again so hop on, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:The Fifth ElementAlienPredatorArrivalThe ThingStarship TroopersIndependence DayDistrict 9

Join us as the Tough Cut boys nail down the hard-hitting questions. What would Ben 10 call himself when he turns into the Xenomorph and the Predator? Also, Matt gets deep in the nitty gritty about one of his favorite movies. Get your ear holes ready!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:The Fifth ElementAlienPredatorArrivalThe ThingStarship TroopersIndependence DayDistrict 9

Join us as we find out what happens when aliens don't land in America, when a 21-year-old is the most dedicated person on a movie set, and when you give Paul Verhoeven 100 million dollars to make an adaptation. Things are sure to be out of this world. Come find out what makes the cut!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:The Fifth ElementAlienPredatorArrivalThe ThingStarship TroopersIndependence DayDistrict 9

The Tough Cut Podcast goes out of this world! We're talkin' the best alien in town... or in the universe? Galaxy? To be perfectly honest the scale is unclear to me.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:The Fifth ElementAlienPredatorArrivalThe ThingStarship TroopersIndependence DayDistrict 9

Honorable mentions, a perfect submission, and a classic finale -- what more could you want from an episode of the tough cut? Join as we finish out celebrating one of our hosts and we try to understand why Jake keep saying "Shernshank"Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ShrekFrozenJurassic ParkMidnight in ParisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Kung Pow Enter the FistThe Princess BrideWhat We Do in the Shadows

The Tough Cut hired a new intern! Unfortunately, none of his audio recorded and it was too much work to edit out the parts where we talk to/about him. Oh well! Here ya go.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ShrekFrozenJurassic ParkMidnight in ParisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Kung Pow Enter the FistThe Princess BrideWhat We Do in the Shadows

Jake's computer is full of ghosts, so Matt and Alex are flying fast and loose today. We've got four fast food commercials and we have to find a winner in under half an hour!

Join us as we get down and dirty with part two of the Alex bracket and we continue to explore the movies that mean the most to one of our hosts. As a pre-show quiz, did Alex pick a movie that means a lot to him because it reminds him to be a champion of the downtrodden or because he watched that movie on an airplane as a child?Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ShrekFrozenJurassic ParkMidnight in ParisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Kung Pow Enter the FistThe Princess BrideWhat We Do in the Shadows

Happy birthday month to our very own good good host Alex. He picked all the movies, so for better or worse, blame him for what you're about to hear.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ShrekFrozenJurassic ParkMidnight in ParisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Kung Pow Enter the FistThe Princess BrideWhat We Do in the Shadows

Oh yeah, it's all coming together in this epic finale of the Tough Cuts annual Oscars bracket. We celebrate 100 (not really at all) and something special comes in right in the nick of time.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Everything Everywhere All At OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out StoryBanshees of InisherinMarcel the She with Shoes OnBarbarianRRRBullet TrainMorbius

It's the semifinals of our 2023 Oscars bracket, the first half might be your everyday Oscars nominated films, but we promise the two movies int he second half aren't winning anything. Come for the good film analysis, stay for the good vibes.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Everything Everywhere All At OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out StoryBanshees of InisherinMarcel the She with Shoes OnBarbarianRRRBullet TrainMorbius

A double feature!? That's right, part 2 of the Oscars Bracket 2023 is out right now! Even if the Oscars were last weekend, that doesn't mean we can't all have a good time talking about the most snubbed performance of the year... Mommy Milkers.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Everything Everywhere All At OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out StoryBanshees of InisherinMarcel the She with Shoes OnBarbarianRRRBullet TrainMorbius

It's awards season and this episode might be coming out after the Oscars, but that doesn't mean we don't think we know what should have gotten attention. I'm looking at you Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Listen along as we pick what movie should have won the Oscars this year.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Everything Everywhere All At OnceGlass Onion: A Knives Out StoryBanshees of InisherinMarcel the She with Shoes OnMorbiusBullet TrainBarbarianRRR

Matt and Alex stall for time because Jake is sick. What horrible twisted fanfic will they come up with today? Listen and find out!

Join Alex, Jake, Matthew (and Trumpet Boy) as they share their predictions for the 95th Oscars. Play along with us as we yet again call out our "head" and "heart" picks in each category.Watch the Oscars live Sunday, March 12, 2023, and follow along with us on social media @Toughcutpod

It's the Jaket finale and we get to the bottom of the big question. The one that's been on everyone's mind... Is Jake a Man or a Muppet?Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ClueThe MuppetsThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonIt's Such a Beautiful DaySpirited AwayOne Cut Of The DeadCoherenceIn and Of Itself

In this episode, the tough cut lads settle the semi-finals of Jake's celebratory birthday bracket while trying to avoid the irresistible temptation of getting trapped in an endless nightmare of their own creation.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ClueThe MuppetsThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonIt's Such a Beautiful DaySpirited AwayOne Cut Of The DeadCoherenceIn and Of Itself

In part two of Jake's celebratory birthday bracket, we get personal. We finally talk about our greatest passions; skin suits, Starcraft 2, and Bill Gates.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ClueThe MuppetsThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonIt's Such a Beautiful DaySpirited AwayOne Cut Of The DeadCoherenceIn and Of Itself

It's been 20 days, but our New Year's sabbatical has come to an end. The Tough Cut boys are back and healthy and we're celebrating Jake in this all-new bracket.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:ClueThe MuppetsThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonIt's Such a Beautiful DaySpirited AwayOne Cut Of The DeadCoherenceIn and Of Itself

Join us for a totally normal Tough Cut Episode where there is nothing awry except for the fact that we are doing a bonus episode. We get into some wacky and wild movie trailers in this speed bracket as we talk about bullying movie studios, being misled, and just what it was like as a moviegoer in 2010.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:SkinmarrinkUsSuicide SquadThe Last AirbenderSonicSocial Network...Wait a minute that isn't actually Alex. Who has infiltrated the Tough Cut???

There's a stink and Alex has to smell it in this epic finale for the Family bracket. The tough cut boys talk about their and your honorable mentions, so let's see what almost made the cut.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Furious 7Spy Kids 2HereditaryLilo and StitchRoyal TenenbaumsParasiteMy Big Fat Greek WeddingLittle Miss Sunshine

Mommy's back and she's here for a good time... or at least Matt is. Let's just say this one sure could have used a little parental supervision on our end...Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Furious 7Spy Kids 2HereditaryLilo and StitchRoyal TenenbaumsParasiteMy Big Fat Greek WeddingLittle Miss Sunshine

What do dysfunctional families, pissing off film twitter, and plastic-covered couches all have in common? They are all featured on the latest episode of the Tough Cut Podcast! Join us to find out exactly how we've accomplished all that and more as we discuss some fan favorites and heavy hitters.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Furious 7Spy Kids 2HereditaryLilo and StitchRoyal TenenbaumsParasiteMy Big Fat Greek WeddingLittle Miss Sunshine

Join us for part 1 of our Family Movie bracket! Don't be a dummy! These aren't family-friendly! Well... some are, but some DEFINITELY are not. Please for the love of Paimon don't watch Hereditary with your children.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Furious 7Spy Kids 2HereditaryLilo and StitchRoyal TenenbaumsParasiteMy Big Fat Greek WeddingLittle Miss Sunshine

It's the childhood fears finale and the tough cut is about to crown the king or should we say queen of movies that made us wet our dirty little diapers. We also share some of our and our audience's honorable mentions so hop along for the scariest ride of your childhood life!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneSaw IIWar of the WorldsKiller Klowns From Outer SpacePan's LabyrinthJames and the giant peachCoralineScooby-Doo Zombie Island

Join the Tough Cut as the boys debate the morality of looking at nasty fanfic while they talk about movies they saw as kids. Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneSaw IIWar of the WorldsKiller Klowns From Outer SpacePan's LabyrinthJames and the giant peachCoralineScooby-Doo Zombie Island

Spiders, Aliens, Cats and Clowns! Oh my! That's a reference to the Wizard of Oz, a movie we aren't talking about in this bracket. Join us as we get personal and dive into some childhood fears just a lil after Spooktober!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneSaw IIWar of the WorldsKiller Klowns From Outer SpacePan's LabyrinthJames and the giant peachCoralineScooby-Doo Zombie Island

What do things that go bump in the night, creepy creatures of folklore, and SpongeBob animations all have in common? They scared the hosts of the Tough Cut as children. Join us as we get personal and dive into some childhood fears just in time for Spooktober!Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneSaw IIWar of the WorldsKiller Klowns From Outer SpacePan's LabyrinthJames and the giant peachCoralineScooby-Doo Zombie Island

It's been a looooong time coming but the finale is finally here! Part four of the Looong Movies bracket has your honorable mentions and a matchup that has the hosts of the Tough Cut debating the difference between epic poetry and modern mythologies.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:LotR Two Towers extended editionLotR Return of the King extended editionLotR Fellowship of the Ring extended editionBarry LyndonThe Wailing The Hateful Eight (roadshow edition)RRR The Batman

Looong Movies part three is here! The semi-finals are heating up as the Tough Cut hosts make an impossible decision and Jake is desperate to reason with a couple of nerds.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:LotR Two Towers extended editionLotR Return of the King extended editionLotR Fellowship of the Ring extended editionBarry LyndonThe Wailing The Hateful Eight (roadshow edition)RRR The Batman

Today on the Tough Cut Podcast we decided between the book ends of a fan favorite trilogy, address the spider in the room, and discuss Kubrick vs Tarantino. What more could you want as we discuss 12+ hours of movies yet again?Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:LotR Two Towers extended editionLotR Return of the King extended editionLotR Fellowship of the Ring extended editionBarry LyndonThe Wailing The Hateful Eight (roadshow edition)RRR The Batman

We'll cut to the chase, these movies are long. Like, very long, in just this first episode we had over 12 hours of movies. Please this is a cry for help...Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:LotR Two Towers extended editionLotR Return of the King extended editionLotR Fellowship of the Ring extended editionBarry LyndonThe Wailing The Hateful Eight (roadshow edition)RRR The Batman 

Today on the Tough Cut Podcast, we find the Jack Blackiest of Jack Black movies in our finale for the Jack Black bracket (wow, we really said Jack Black a lot there.) Come join us to find out who will win and for some honorable mentions from our audience and a few that didn't make the cut from our hosts.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Nacho LibreKung Fu PandaJumanjiGoosebumpsPeter Jackson's King KongBe Kind, RewindSchool of RockTropic Thunder

Jake is sick so Alex and Matthew take to the idea vault and unleash a pitch game masterpiece. With the bracket being Jack Black we jump into the Kung-Fu Panda trilogy and pitch the newest sequel, a political thriller about the fate of imperial China. You won't want to miss the twists and turns in this one. Join us to find out who is in the Dreamworks Hell Dimension.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!

The Tough Cut is back with a brand new fake sponsor: TiVo! Come find out why we continue to be obsessed with a pre-streaming relic as we talk about what makes a Jack Black movie a Jack Black movie.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Nacho LibreKung Fu PandaJumanjiGoosebumpsPeter Jackson's King KongBe Kind, RewindSchool of RockTropic Thunder

The time has come for part two of the Jack Black bracket and with it, a long-awaited discussion--did beauty kill the beast? Find out on the latest episode of the Tough Cut Podcast. Come for the laughs stay for the hard-hitting exploration of BIG MONKEY.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Nacho LibreKung Fu PandaJumanjiGoosebumpsPeter Jackson's King KongBe Kind, RewindSchool of RockTropic Thunder

Comedy, Musician, and all-around great guy Jack Black is at the center of the next Tough Cut Podcast bracket, and these matchups are about to get a little crazy. Come find out what makes great satire, why School of Rock is so iconic, and who one of the tough cut hosts might be related to...Curious isn't it...Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Nacho LibreKung Fu PandaJumanjiGoosebumpsPeter Jackson's King KongBe Kind, RewindSchool of RockTropic Thunder

Alex is still out, but Ash is back. We dive back in to try and find out what makes the best ads. Are they memorable? Are they funny? Are they filled with deranged lovecraftian nightmares? Probably all yes, and Tough Cut wants you along for the ride.Follow us @ToughcutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Flying Gorilla - Flying Gorilla 2Sprite - SunfizzTsuruya Japan - Sticking Together, No Matter WhatCravendale - Cats With ThumbsMountain Dew - Puppy Monkey BabySkittles - Skittles LeakFolgers - Christmas Folgers

Dunna-nuna-nuna-nuna... BAT-erm we mean Dunna-nuna-nuna-nuna...Ernell! Today, Jake and Matthew try to tackle the best of the worst that the DCEU has to offer, so they call in some help from Ernell Pearson from the Good Kraken Podcast. Join us as we suffer for your enjoymentFollow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Batman and Robin (1997)Steel (1997)Green Lantern (2011)Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

It's the 90's Romcom finale and Matt is mysteriously missing! Jake and Alex hold down the fort until time gets wonky in the second half! Can these paltry podcasters keep it together?Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:You've Got Mail10 things I hate about youThere's something about MaryWedding singerPretty WomanGroundhog DayDilwale Dulhania Le JayengeParent Trap (1998 version)

Audience, set a ~sexy~ course for the ~sexiest~ tough cut episode: Sixty-nine. Join us as we continue to talk romcoms and why some of the tough cut doesn't think the genre is as loose as it seems. Come find out what will advance to the finale.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:You've Got Mail10 things I hate about youThere's something about MaryWedding singerPretty WomanGroundhog DayDilwale Dulhania Le JayengeParent Trap (1998 version)

Bollywood titans, western classics, trash-core serenades, and much much more await you in this episode of the Tough Cut Podcast. Join us as we dive deeper into the world of 90's rom-coms and why the genre is so beloved much like a fluffer for the soul...Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:You've Got Mail10 things I hate about youThere's something about MaryWedding singerPretty WomanGroundhog DayDilwale Dulhania Le JayengeParent Trap (1998 version)

The Tough Cut is in search of love and laughs. Join us as we search for the perfect blend of romance and comedy, and dive into some of the best that the 90's had to offer.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:You've Got Mail10 things I hate about youThere's something about MaryWedding singerPretty WomanGroundhog DayDilwale Dulhania Le JayengeParent Trap (1998 version)

Shiver your timbers, you scurvy dogs! The pirate bracket finale is upon us and it's sure to be quite the adventure. Join the Tough Cut as they return home with all the booty, otherwise known as your honorable mentions. Come see if we shout out your favorite pirate film as we talk our way to the most piratey pirate movie ever made.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Treasure PlanetHookPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCastle In The SkyPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black PearlThe Pirates! Band of MisfitsMuppet Treasure IslandDodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Why is the rum gone? The Tough Cut drank it! Join us as we continue to narrow down the best pirate movie where we discuss how Vince Vaughn would've changed pirates of the Caribbean, approach Jake's judgment day, and find out how relatable Alex can be.Follow us @ToughCutPod on all your favorite socials!This bracket features:Treasure PlanetHookPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCastle In The SkyPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black PearlThe Pirates! Band of MisfitsMuppet Treasure IslandDodgeball: A True Underdog Story