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An Hour With Your Ex

188 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings

Mel Evans and Mark Colomb challenge each other's taste.

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An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: Longbourn

July 15, 2015 20:44 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

Mel Evans is joined by Rachel Grandi and Jessica Kent to discuss Jo Baker's 2013 novel "Longbourn." Are the servants bustling in the background of "Pride and Prejudice" worthy of their own narrative? With all the romantic twists and Napoleonic War turns and illegitimate children and PTSD, we guess they do. An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago-based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. "Longbourn" is a novel by Jo Baker, based on "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. This last bit is for...

An Hour With Your Ex 128: Blade Runner (Who Knows What Cut)

July 10, 2015 14:41 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Blade Runner is set in 2019. This podcast was recorded TODAY! Can you believe that? Aaron J. Amendola from VStheUniverse is the guest. Is he human or is he DANGER? Blade Runner is a stone cold classic from 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott and featuring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. This vision of the future has inspired design, books, the internet, and directors the world over to release multiple cuts of a single movie.  Do podcasts dream of electric sponsors? We dream about Field Notes Bran...

An Hour With Your Ex 127: The Incredibles w/ The Remake Podcast

July 03, 2015 17:01 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

Holy cosmic crossover Batman. It's no capes allowed this week on An Hour With Your Ex. Josiah Jenkins and Rob Grabowski from The Remake Podcast stop by to talk Pixar's The Incredibles. They had us on their show to talk about remaking The Thin Man. We all love Brad Bird and we REALLY love this movie. Enjoy the show!  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast. It's hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb who write stuff and talk about stuff in Chicago. Josiah Jenkins and Rob Grabowski are th...

An Hour With Your Ex: After Dark! Metropolitan (1989)

July 01, 2015 15:05 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Mel Evans, Jessica Kent, and Rachel Grandi AFTER DARK! They all watched Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan." Find out what they thought of the concerns of the landed gentry of Manhattan in late 80's. A mannered take on "Mansfield Park." An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast and a member of The Chicago Podcast Coop. Occasionally Mel has friends over to talk about Jane Austen adaptations. Mark talks about wrestling sometimes. 

An Hour With Your Ex 126: Jurassic World

June 26, 2015 11:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

22 years after your were filled with awe and wonder it's time to GO BACK to the island! This time it's all sponsored and branded. We head to Jurassic World with special guest Chicago comedian Natalie Kossar writer of Pattern Behavior. Mel Evans and Mark Colomb are your Chicago based hosts. We talk about nostalgia, BDH, and who exactly the villain of the movie is. Mel knew it was Vincent D'Onofrio this time. An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. ...

An Hour With Your Ex 125: Interstellar (2014)

June 19, 2015 13:44 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

We exist in all dimensions at once this week on An Hour With Your Ex. This tiny Chicago base podcast is joined by co-creator of Card Against Humanity Max Temkin to talk about Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. We talk about corn, make stuff up about quantum theory, head to 2001, and beyond the infinite. If you are Dr. Wolf Man or Dr. Hugh Man you will enjoy this trip through the wormhole.  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Max Temki...

An Hour With Your Ex 124: Daredevil (Netflix 2015) Season One

June 12, 2015 12:35 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB

PARKOUR! We're The Daredevil! This show we went to the formerly seedy Hell's Kitchen by way of Netflix and watched Daredevil. Charlie Cox plays Matt Murdock and The Daredevil in this Netflix original series. We invited host of The Pop Fury Podcast Sammy Tamimi to talk comics, tv, parkour, and more. How is Foggy? How many episodes did it take for Mel to realize that Kingpin was played by Vincent D'Onofrio? An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark ...

An Hour With Your Ex 123: Game of Thrones Season 5 (ish)

June 05, 2015 03:45 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

This week on An Hour With Your Ex we head north of uptown Chicago to lair of Arnie Niekamp and Sarah Maher to talk about Game of Thrones. We recorded hours before "Hardhome" and I promise you'll still have a good time. Since so much happened just a few hours later we had to bring someone on to follow up on "Hardhome." Sammy Tamimi from The Pop Fury Podcast stopped by to fill us in on White Walkers, Others, and Ice Dragons? A ton of Game of Thrones talk for you. Arnie is the host of "Hello fr...

An Hour With Your Ex 122: The End of Mad Men

May 29, 2015 15:50 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

We're toasted and so is Mad Men. The end of a show that was very important for our silly little podcast. What did we want? What did we get? Did you want more organ music?  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Mad Men was a show on AMC created by Matthew Weiner. This episode is sponsored by Jackbox Games and The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. Thanks for listening folks. Rate us on iTunes and tell a friend. Follow us on twitter. SEO! SEO!...

An Hour With Your Ex; After Dark: Jane Austen Book Club

May 26, 2015 01:40 - 1 hour - 47.7 MB

Mel Evans is joined by Rachel Grandi and Jessica Kent to sludge through the 2007 movie "Jane Austen Book Club." Not even Jimmy Smits can save it. Join the ladies as they try to figure out what went wrong with everything in this film when it's based on such wonderful source material. (The source material being the works of Jane Austen, and not the Karen Joy Fowler novel "Jane Austen Book Club.") "Jane Austen Book Club" is a 2007 film starring Kathy Baker and Maria Bello.  An Hour With Your Ex...

An Hour With Your Ex 121: Fury Road (Mad Max)

May 22, 2015 14:40 - 1 hour - 65.8 MB

This week on An Hour With Your Ex (A Chicago based podcast) we head to The Wasteland. Mark saw Fury Road twice so you can imagine how he feels about it. We talk about our love of George Miller, smashing the patriarchy, and 'splosions. This movie is a stone cold classic.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. They are writers and performers from Chicago. Fury Road stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy. George Miller directed it. Coma The Doof Warri...

An Hour With Your Ex 120: The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)

May 15, 2015 12:04 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This week as part of Mark's rabid anticipation of Fury Road (next week's podcast!) we had a very special guest, Scott Dikkers founding editor of The Onion stopped by to talk about one of his favorite movies The Road Warrior. Scott has directed several films as well and this is a real fun episode. Find out why this movie matters so much to Scott and Mark. Then go see Fury Road this weekend.  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Scott D...

An Hour With Your Ex 119: Avengers: Age of Ultron

May 08, 2015 03:03 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB

This age is a very special age of An Hour With Your Ex, it's THE AGE OF ULTRON. We invited Linus Lee to come discuss Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon, twitter, Vision, Scarlet Witch, and twins? It's a super sized episode of the show for a super sized film.  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Linus Lee is our friend who reads comic books. Avengers: Age of Ultron is movie directed and written by Joss Whedon and the good people at Audi. Our ...

An Hour With Your Ex 118: Hudson Hawk

May 01, 2015 14:57

The Bruce Willis action/comedy/trip to Italy Hudson Hawk is the pick this week. CJ Tuor from Hitchcocktails (Friday's 10pm, The Annoyance Theater in Chicago) stopped by to share his affection for this film. Mark may have read the novelization of the film as a kid. We have a lot to say about a movie that says so much.  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. CJ Tuor is a comedian in Chicago. Hudson Hawk is a 1991 movie produced by Joel Silver and m...

An Hour With Your Ex 117: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

April 24, 2015 14:13 - 1 hour - 52.1 MB

We emerge from our bunker to talk about the Netflix original series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" from Robert Carlock and Tina Fey. Indiana, Pinot Noir, living in the big city, and surviving trauma are all things that we talk about. Is this a worthy successor to "30 Rock" or something even better? An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. This week's episode is sponsored by Jack Box Games and The Chicago podcast cooperative. 

An Hour With Your Ex 116: Back To The Future 2

April 17, 2015 15:05 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

This week on An Hour With Your Ex we go back! It's Back To The Future 2. Marty, Doc, and several other parts that have been recast all return. We juggle multiple timelines and infinite possibilities.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based show hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Back To The Future 2 is a movie directed by Robert Zemeckis. This last bit is for SEO but I don't think it works. This week's episode is sponsored by Gapers Block. Read a thing about Mark they published. We are a ...

An Hour With Your Ex 115: Furious 7 with Colt Cabana

April 10, 2015 02:59 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

We take life 7 miles at a time! This week An Hour With Your Ex is joined by Professional Wrestler and Podcaster Colt Cabana. We all watched Furious 7 and do our best from Colt's Studio (apartment) to make sense of Vin Diesel's loving tribute to Paul Walker. This episode of An Hour with Your Ex is sponsored by Field Notes and The Chicago Podcast Cooperative.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Colt Cabana is a professional wrestler a...

An Hour With Your Ex 114: Wrestlemania 31 (2015)

April 03, 2015 15:17 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

A yearly tradition unlike any other. Normally we save wrestling for our Ex Hour: After Dark shows but it's WRESTLEMANIA. All your favorite hosts stop by the show. Mel Evans and Mark Colomb talk about hosting a Mania party and why they may stop watching Raw. Second City Chicago's Daniel Strauss checks in over skype and tells us about watching Mania in bits and pieces. Bro Jackson's Robert Rich stops by to talk about the whole show and possible Mania plans in Dallas.  An Hour With Your Ex is a...

An Hour With Your Ex Pride and Podcasts: “Clueless” (1995)

April 03, 2015 15:07 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

Mel Evans is joined by Rachel Grandi and Jessica Kent to talk Amy Heckerling's 1995 movie "Clueless."  Is this the best modern adaptation of any Jane Austen novel ever?  We think it might be.  How does it hold up to the other adaptations of classics of the 1990s? Pretty well, we think. We are also lucky enough to have a special segment where Miss Julie Brown talks about playing Ms. Stoeger in the film and the TV series as well as some on-set memories.  Check out her website at www.juliebrown...

An Hour With Your Ex 113: Back To The Future

March 27, 2015 14:29 - 1 hour - 50.4 MB

Back To The Future reference. This week we go back to a better time. It's morning in America, right? Hold on. Were the 1980's not as awesome as that quiz made you think they were? At least the 1950's were awesome, right? No? There were horrible problems then? But then what are those baby boomers so excited about all the time?  Where we are going you don't need nostalgia. Mark Colomb probably loves this movie too much. Mel Evans sort of remembers it. Lots of questions and comments about Back ...

An Hour With Your Ex 112: The Jinx (HBO), Serial, and True Crime

March 20, 2015 13:20 - 1 hour - 46.9 MB

This episode of An Hour With Your Ex is about The Jinx, Serial, and the rise of true crime as entertainment. How true is true crime? Why are we so fascinated by convicting people over the course of 6-8 weeks? What was the deal with Jarecki? When will the public turn on you? When will they turn on us? An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedian Mel Evans and moron Mark Colomb. This episode is sponsored by Shawnimals with the help of The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. Plea...

An Hour With Your Ex 111: Law and Order: SVU

March 13, 2015 14:29 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

 In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered particularly heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.  In Chicago, Mel Evans makes Mark Colomb watch their episodes for hours on end.  This is their story.   Dun dun. An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago-based podcast hosted by comedians Mark Colomb and Mel Evans.  They write for brojackson.com and community p...

An Hour With Your Ex 110: Dead Again (1991)

March 06, 2015 14:44 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

It's Mel's birthday month so we are getting her picks all March. First up? The Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Scott Frank classic (?) 1991's Dead Again. A tale of past lives and passable American accents. We celebrate all things Emma Thompson and are working through some things with Kenneth Branagh. Also Wayne Knight and a secret cameo from Robin...(Williams, it's Robin Williams).  This episode is sponsored by Field Notes. Please buy a nice notebook from them and say you heard about them on...

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: The Road To Wrestlemania

March 01, 2015 20:52 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

It's An Hour With Your Ex After Dark where Mark and Mel take a break from each other and talk to their friends, sometimes. It's Mark's show and he talked to Mel (wait, what?) and Bro Jackson dot com writer Robert Rich about everything on the road to Wrestlemania. Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, NXT, Divas, Vince, Triple H, Brock, and more. We cover a lot. An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedians Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Mel writes for Bro Jackson and Mark makes vid...

An Hour With Your Ex 109: Drive (2011)

February 27, 2015 04:06 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

This week on the Chicago based podcast An Hour With Your Ex we take a ride in the elevator with a special guest. Chicago actor and comedian Dylan James Hackworth picked the Nicolas Winding Refn film Drive from 2011. It's An Hour With Your Ex and guest. Only the show is about 90 minutes this week and we're married. But other than that it's a pretty accurate title.  This whole bit is for SEO. An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Mel Evans and Mar...

An Hour With Your Ex Pride and Podcasts: Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife

February 20, 2015 02:49 - 1 hour - 53.1 MB

Mel is joined by Pride and Podcast co-hosts Rachel Grandi and Jessica Kent to discuss Linda Berdoll's "steamy sequel" to Pride and Prejudice.  Turns out - Mr. Darcy is not. That. Innocent. Did the ladies make it all the way through Berdoll's British-by-way-of-Texas "Victorian" pose? They needed a lot of wine to try.   Warning: this episode is very blue (but not half as bad as the source material.)  An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago-based podcast normally hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. ...

An Hour With Your Ex 108: Doctor Who - Clara, Capaldi, and Christmas

February 09, 2015 21:43 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

There is a brand new Doctor Who and a Christmas special so you know we needed to do an episode. Brandon Curtis from Brojackson.com stops by to chat with us over skype. We talk about Clara, the new doctor, life under the Moffat regime, and more. We exist in every timeline. Especially ones with Nick Frost. The first 10 minutes of audio are a little rough thanks for bearing with us (skype). An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedian Mel Evans and person (debatable) Mark ...

Inherent Vice (Film 2014)

January 16, 2015 20:11 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

You ever dream that PT Anderson made a movie based on a Thomas Pynchon novel? Me too Doc, me too. It's Inherent Vice. A story about private eyes, southern California, the 60's, the 70's, the difference, corruption, idealism, and drugs, a fair amount of drugs, and Can. We ramble for about an hour and then at the end talk about our friend Jason Chin who passed away. Thanks for listening. Our next show will be Boogie Nights.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedian Me...

An Hour With Your Ex 106: Bojack Horseman

January 08, 2015 16:41 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

This show we watched the Netflix original series Bojack Horseman. A show about a horse, depression, comedy, friendship, guilt, and the ultimate question "Are you a good person?" If you haven't watched the show yet please go out of your way to do so. Then listen to our show so you can argue with us after the fact. Next show is the new PTA film based on the Pynchon novel Inherent Vice. An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by comedian Mel Evans and idiot Mark Colomb. Bojack Ho...

Episode 105: Love Actually, Live Actually

December 21, 2014 00:27 - 2 hours - 92.4 MB

This is a very special holiday episode of the An Hour With Your Ex Podcast. We recorded a running commentary for the Richard Curtis film 2003 film Love Actually. We will give you instructions when to sync up. Or download the show and let us sooth you through your holiday travel. A cavalcade of stars are in this holiday classic. Is it a holiday classic? We debate that and more. Thanks for listening to show this year.    An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast. Hosted by Mel Evans and ...

Episode 104: A Christmas Carol

December 10, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MB

This show we go to the rosetta stone of western holiday traditions Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol." We invited the two Davids from The Blurry Photos Podcast to join us. We talk about the origins of the story, our favorite adaptations, who needs a little of the spirit, and class war. Light up a yule log and join us.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Blurry Photos is a Chicago based podcast hosted by David Flora and Dave Stecco about the ...

Episode 103: The Hallmark Christmas Special

December 04, 2014 21:33 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB

This episode of An Hour With Your Ex dives deep into the world of Hallmark holiday movies. Co-host Mel Evans is addicted to the things and makes Mark watch. Please read Mel's article about them on BroJackson and follow along at home. We talk about Superman, 90210, depressed Santa, and CATS!  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Hallmark movies keep getting made. 

An Hour With Your Ex 102: Collateral

November 26, 2014 21:21 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB

Join us for a taxi ride across L.A. with former Chicago resident and current Los Angeles based comedian Barry Hite. We talk about hating Tom Cruise, dudes that love Michael Mann, and how many movies Jada Smith has ruined. It's Michael Mann's 2004 film "Collateral" on this episode of An Hour With Your Ex. An Hour With Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. They make videos and podcasts together. Barry Hite is one of our favorite comedians and people. He makes ...

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: Death Comes to Pemberly

November 17, 2014 00:04 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

An Hour With Your Ex gets a new "After Dark" spin-off with Pride and Podcasts: "Death Comes to Pemberly." Mel Evans is joined by Rachel Grandi and Jessica Kent to talk about PBS's airing of the BBC Christmas mini-series.  Join the ladies as they drink wine, mull over historical inaccuracies and the ruin of beloved characters, and have mixed feelings about gratuitous sex scenes.

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: WWE Hell In A Cell Supershow

November 02, 2014 23:29 - 2 hours - 88.8 MB

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark! Mark and friends talk about the WWE, Hell in a Cell, The WWE Network, New Japan, NXT, and more! Guest include Chicago comedian Mel Evans (who may also be my regular co-host), BroJackson.com writer Robert Rich, and from Chicago's The Second City and iO Kevin Sciretta. It's a 130 minute Broadway/Triple Threat/Battle Royal/Podmania of Pain.    Please take a minute to donate to Kevin's kickstarter. He's making a show called "Doomsdate" that I know is going to be ...

An Hour With Your Ex: 101 Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow

October 31, 2014 13:07 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

We wrap up an eventful October with Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" from 1999. Johnny Depp and half of the best actors in England pay homage to Hammer Studios with this twist on the Irving Washington short story. We also touch on the Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod." An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp made movies in the 90's and haven't been heard of since. Nope. Never again. They just made great movies in the 9...

An Hour With Your Ex Episode 100: The Skin I Live In

October 24, 2014 03:40 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

We hit 100! It's our first episode post wedding and to celebrate we take it back to where it all began. The first movie we saw on our first date "The Skin I Live In." Antonio Banderas stars in a Pedro Almodovar film about gender, murder, suicide, body horror, and all sorts of fun first date stuff. Find out how it all began.   An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. The Skin I Live In is a film from 2011. This last bit is for SEO. Episode 101 will ...

Episode 99: Gone Girl (2014 Film)

October 09, 2014 01:59 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

We tell the other side of the story this show. Back in episode 52 of the show we both read Gillian Flynn's novel "Gone Girl." This show we went to see the 2014 David Fincher adaptation starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. We take some questions and try and work out if why people compare David Fincher to Alfred Hitchcock.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Gone Girl is a novel and a film. Episode 100: The Wedding Spectacular is going to be...

An Hour with Your Ex Episode 98: The Bride of Frankenstein

October 03, 2014 16:05 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MB

It's October! This show we watched the Universal Studios classic "The Bride of Frankenstein." We talk about James Whale, Boris Karloff, Mary Shelly, Young Frankenstein, monsters, and more. Please join us for the rest of our Halloween Spooktacular throughout October. Also episode 100 - The Wedding Episode???????  Look for another episode shortly. Episode 99: Gone Girl (The Movie) will be posted in a few days. Listen to Episode 52 and hear us talk about the novel.  An Hour with your Ex is a C...

An Hour with Your Ex Episode 97: Pierrot le Fou

September 19, 2014 14:12 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

Special guest Griffin Eckstein had the pick this show. We watched Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou (1965). Griffin talks about his love of french new wave film and where to get started. We talk about what we think the film is about, why french new wave is so much fun, what directors to watch, and more. Two more episodes till our 100th episode wedding spectacular. An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mark Colomb and Mel Evans. Griffin Eckstein is a Chicago based comedian ...

Ex Hour After Dark: WWE Summerslam (2014)

August 21, 2014 19:37 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

It's An Hour with Your Ex: After Dark. Mel Evans is away so Mark has his buddies Daniel Strauss from The Second City Chicago and Robert Rich from Bro Jackson over to talk wrestling. We talk Summerslam, BORK, John Cena, why we all love Dean Ambrose, and a little New Japan G1 Climax. Mel assures me she is starting her own show soon... An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based comedy podcast. Mel Evans and Mark Colomb are the hosts. We debate movies, tv, and books. We are coming up on our 100th e...

Episode 96: The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

August 21, 2014 15:01 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

Special guest Ben Seeder visits us all the way from Los Angeles. Ben had the pick and wanted to watch Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in "The Sweet Smell of Success". Directed by "The Ladykillers" director Alexander Mackendrick and written by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. An incredible score by Elmer Bernstein. Go out of your to watch this movie.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Ben Seeder is a Los Angeles based comedian. This last bit ...

Episode 95: After The Thin Man (1936)

August 15, 2014 02:19 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

This week on the show we watch "After the Thin Man" the 1936 sequel to "The Thin Man". Mel Evans and Mark Colomb talk about William Powell, Mryna Loy, Jimmy Stewart, and of course Asta. We also talk about our growing love of TCM and the twitter account @NextOnTCM and how we've fallen in love with older films.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Have you read the stuff they write on Bro Jackson? Have you watched one of the dozens and dozens of...

Episode 94: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

August 07, 2014 00:42 - 1 hour - 56.4 MB

This week WE ARE GROOT. An Hour with Your Ex is talking about Guardians of the Galaxy the new film from Marvel Studios. Chicago comedian Kellen Terrett @drterrett joins us to talk Chris Pratt, comic books, Celestials, continuity, and GROOT. Mel Evans and Mark Colomb are the hosts. This is our first show from a new location. Audio will continue to improve during the show. Thanks for listening. 

Ex Hour 93: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

July 24, 2014 19:42 - 1 hour - 43 MB

An Hour with Your Ex vs. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World vs. Your Questions. How awesome is Edgar Wright? How bad is Ramona and Mary Elizabeth Winstead? Movie talk, video game talk, and a whole lot of evil exes. We also get into Bryan Lee O'Malley's new book 'Seconds'.  Next show is "Raiders of the Lost Ark'. CANADA.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. They make podcasts and short videos in Chicago. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is a Universal Film...

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: Triple Threat Part Two

July 24, 2014 18:19 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

When in doubt? Spinoffs. An Hour with Your Ex After Dark: Triple Threat. The second episode. Chicago comedian and previous guest Daniel Strauss and Bro Jackson writer Robert Rich join Mark to talk wrestling. WWE, Weight Classes, The Shield, getting arrested on TV, and more. All the wrestling talk you didn't know you wanted.     An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast normally hosted by Mark Colomb and Mel Evans. Sometimes we do other shows to keep things spicy. Look for Mel's new sho...

Episode 92: Lawrence of Arabia in 70mm

July 17, 2014 16:32 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB

This week we went to Chicago's Music Box Theater to see "Lawrence of Arabia" in 70mm. Mark's brother Jon Colomb joins Mel and Mark to talk about the movie. David Lean, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, intermissions, 70mm, the score, the script, T.E. Lawrence, and more. This epic film gets an epic discussion. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic filmed by David Lean. Peter O'Toole plays Seven Pillars of Heaven author T.E. Lawrence. Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, and José Ferrar all give c...

Episode 91: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)

July 15, 2014 02:43 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - this week An Hour With Your Ex is. Mel Evans and Mark Colomb talk about the 1966 Mike Nichols film. There is a little yelling. Some swearing. Mix yourself a drink and listen.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a 1966 Mike Nichols film based on an Edward Albee play. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor do a lot of acting in this movie. This last bit is for SEO. I don't like ...

An Hour With Your Ex After Dark: Triple Threat

July 03, 2014 18:33 - 1 hour - 64 MB

When in doubt? Spinoffs. An Hour with Your Ex After Dark: Triple Threat. Chicago comedian and previous guest Daniel Strauss and Bro Jackson writer Robert Rich join Mark to talk wrestling. WWE, Stardust, Emma's sticky fingers, New Japan, Ricochet, and more. The plan is hopefully to do this following monthly WWE PPV's.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast normally hosted by Mark Colomb and Mel Evans. Sometimes we do other shows to keep things spicy. Look for Mel's new show soon. Th...

Episode 90: Game of Thrones Season Four

June 25, 2014 02:58 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

Game of Thrones Pun! That's right folks we head back to our roots. It's the fourth season you watched with your parents HBO Go password. I mean, you set it up for them. It's only fair that you get to use it for free. Anyhow. We talk about the sexual politics of Kings Landing, how to chain your dragon, and if Kit is a dumb dumb. Thanks for listening. Please leave a review on iTunes. It really helps.  An Hour with Your Ex is a Chicago based podcast hosted by Mel Evans and Mark Colomb. Game of ...

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John Sabine
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The Phantom Menace
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