Podcasts about gropers

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have decided to look into the filmography of a favorite director of the 2010s, Bong Joon-ho, fresh off of his Oscar victories with "Parasite." The guys will be watching his second ever film, 2003's police thriller "Memories of Murder," for this week's classic movie. For the cult movie of this week, a friend suggested that Ben and Nate watch the horror musical 2008's "Repo: The Genetic Opera," and now Ben doesn't know if he should consider this person a friend any longer. Available on Spotify and iTunes Episode 269 includes: -R.I.P. Ian Holm and Joel Schumacher. -New names for the Gropers of the Week: Chris D'Elia, Jeffrey Ross, and the Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort. -Ben heartily recommends "VFW" as good 80s heyday schlocky fun.  -Classic Movie -- "Memories of Murder" (2003) -BongJoon-ho's second film and big international breakthrough is a methodical police procedural about a real-life serial killer in 1980s South Korea. -Cult Movie -- "Repo: The Genetic Opera" (2008) -It's a weird musical with vivisection, Paris Hilton, and the director of Saw 2. How could Ben not love it?

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are jazzed for the new Blumhouse horror reboot of "The Invisible Man" that they're pitching reboots for the Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman too. They also continue their self-punishing tournament determining the worst film of the 2010s decade, narrowing down to a final Four of Awful. Then they close out with a rushed version of everyone's favorite game, "So Shalit Be," before bidding goodbye on an extra-sized podcast. Available on iTunes and Spotify Episode 257 includes: -Gropers of the Week: Timothy Hutton, plus Harvey Weinstein verdict arrives. -Spielberg out for Indy 5. James Mangold in. For now. -Pixar's "Onward" works better as an emotional journey than as a comic fantasy, go figure. -"The Invisible Man" is the first great film of 2020. This Week's Pitch -- Universal Monster Reboots! -The guys pitch movies following writer/director Leigh Whannell's formula of grounding the famous monsters in real-world and socially relevant angles. -Bonus Discussion: Not-So Elite 8 of Worst of 2010s! -It's the final eight worst of the worst for the dishonorable title of worst film of the 2010s decade.

On this episode, Sarai recaps her vacation in Puerto Vallarta and Camille talks about her one year anniversary. Later on, first-time guest Steven Hutchison discusses his experience with choosing his passion for music. Gropers also chime in with their own personal stories.

In this episode, Sarai and Camille are talking LIVE on Instagram. They respond to questions from Gropers, have a special audio message from a listener, and read profiles from Adventist ”Tinder”. Most importantly, they don't remember the capital of Georgia..... a moment of silence for their high school geography teacher.

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have a litany of news to get through and several movies to get caught up with, leading into the big February releases of "Alita: Battle Angel" and "The Lego Movie 2," and in honor of that block-headed family movie, the guys are pitching Lego movies and series. They conclude with America's favorite game, So Shalit Be, where they adopt the spirit of Gene Shalit to provide blurbs for this week's catalogue of movies reviewed. Available on iTunes Episode 231 includes: -Gropers of the Week: Ryan Adams, R. Kelly, and Max Landis staging a comeback. -Stop me if you've heard this before: the Oscars came up with a terrible idea that everyone thought as terrible. -The long-awaited live-action "Alita: Battle Angel" is... fine, big weird anime eyes and all. -Netflix's "Polar" is gratuitous in every possible way. -"Lego Movie 2" might not be as fresh but it's still a highly enjoyable family film.  -This Week's Pitch -- Lego Movies! -Ben pitches Lego sequels to other existing franchises as well as a movie where their very building blocks are sold as a commodity in a class system. -This Wee's Game -- So Shalit Be! -The guys play another round of imitating notable film critic Gene Shalit when it comes to delivering blurbs for the films reviewed on this podcast.

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have another round of movies to speed through in an attempt to catch up, ending on the incredible new animated film, "Into the Spider-Verse." In honor of the film, the guys pitch movies from parallel comic worlds. The guys also play another edition of America's favorite game, So Shalit Be, coming up with increasingly bizarre pun-laden blurbs for the movies reviewed this episode to honor the legacy of Gene Shalit. Episode 225 includes: -The worst song of all time has been unleashed. Have your ears try and comprehend Pitbull's "Ocean 2 Ocean." -Gropers of the Week: Michael Weatherly and Neil deGrasse Tyson. -Nate reviews the likes of "Creed II," "Death of a Nation," "Green Book," "Roma," and "Mowgli." Ben reviews "Old Man and the Gun" and "Vox Lux." -The two of them then review "The Favourtie," "Mary Queen of Scots," "Mortal Engines, and "Into the Spider-Verse," the best 2018 animated film. This Week's Pitch -- Parallel Comic Worlds! -Nate pitches a crossover between the Fantastic Four and the better film Fantastic Four, the Incredibles. -Ben pitches the Canon films version of Spider-Man, the 1970s Japanese Spider-Man, Victorian era superheroes, and Star Trek superheroes. -This Week's Game -- So Shalit Be! -The guys take all of the many, many movies they reviewed this week and find appropriate and inappropriate blurbs from the mind of Gene Shalit.

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are sprucing up for the big night at the Oscars and making their predictions and then tying in an awards-season edition of their favorite game, So Shalit Be. The guys also chat about whether anyone has ever played the game Mouse Trap, the ubiquitous of Eric Roberts, whether a "9 to 5" remake can work in this new post-Me Too era, Shakespeare's inspiration for Othello, the missed opportunity of a modern "Death Wish," the glory of "Game Night," and mansplaining how Gal Gadot should pronounce her own name. Available on iTunes. Episode 205 includes: -Kevin Smith almost died and Joss Whedon is bowing out of Batgirl -Did somebody make "The Shape of Water" earlier, but with a dolphin and a deaf woman? -Gropers of the Week: Ryan Seacrest, Alex Jones. -Ben rails against the live-action "Full Metal Alchemist" and the sci-fi thriller "Annihilation." -"Red Sparrow" doesn't have the conviction to own its sundry genre elements, even with the naked J-Law. -This Week's Pitch -- None! -Bonus Discussion: Oscar Predictions! -The guys make their predictions for most of the categories for Hollywood's big night. -This Week's Game -- So Shalit Be! -The guys play the pun-happy, Gene Shalit-friendly game, this time coming up with Shalit critical blurbs for all 9 of the Best Picture nominees.