Faking Movies
297 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFreeing you from the tyranny of movie plots
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Faking Movies – Ep 179. Blood and Wine
November 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBLee tackles Blood and Wine. Rock bands, Stephen Dorf, the pledge -- what else do you need? Oh, Cthulhu Might Ducks... yup.
Faking Movies – Ep 178. It Takes Two
November 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBSeth tackles It Takes Two. We've got festivals, we've got summer camps, we've got ritual sacrifice, we've got ... twins? Sort of? Tune in for lots of hijinx and at least one Olsen twin.
Faking Movies – Ep 177. Intolerable Cruelty
November 09, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBZak tackles Intolerable Cruelty. What makes a Coen Brother's movie? We talk about it a bunch, and come to zero conclusions. That said, we've got some rom com and a Hollywood revolution, so tune in this week!
Faking Movies – Ep 176. Just Cause
November 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBLee tackles Just Cause. Fresh out of Spookyvember, we're taking two adventures this week, both involving kinda swampy jungles. Otherwise, these probably couldn't be more different -- tune in to see who wins!!
Faking Movies – Friday the 13th Spooktackular
October 26, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBWe all tackle the Friday the 13th universe. Sometimes we all do dumb things. Sometimes people decide to watch all twelve movies in a notably-bad franchise. Sometimes friends need to discuss the mistakes they've made with one another. Tune in this week for just... all of that.
Faking Movies – Ep 175. Vivarium
October 19, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBSeth tackles Vivarium. There's so little cast, but such great heights. The district sleeps very isolated this week, with varying levels of ass-kickery and domestication. Tune in for a LOT of talk about action figures.
Faking Movies – Ep 174. Ready or Not
October 12, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBMarielle tackles Ready or Not. Everything in life is a competition... well, not really... but in this week's episode, that fact certainly rings true. Tune in for some break-neck action on all sides this episode.
Faking Movies – Ep 173. Only Lovers Left Alive
October 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBZak tackles Only Lovers Left Alive. In our second installment of Spookyvember (TM), we get pretty dark, exploring vamps and sex and... I mean, mostly combinations of that, I guess.
Faking Movies – Ep 172. Possessor
September 28, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBLee tackles Possessor. This week we travel into both the future and the past to explore various versions of possessing... both souls and actual people. Tune in for our FIRST episode in spookyvember this year -- it's gonna be a wild month.
Faking Movies – Ep 171. Vibes
September 21, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBSeth tackles Vibes. What are chaboys to do when pandemics got ya down? Well, guest host, naturally. Friend of the show Jess stops by to enforce some law and order for once, while we discuss this very strange movie.
Faking Movies – Ep 170. Green Room
September 14, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBMarielle tackles Green Room. The twitter maven is BACK. Unsurprisingly, we've got two movies with green rooms... and some unfortunate events ensue in both cases. #RIPAnton
Faking Movies – Ep 169. Long Riders
September 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBZak tackles Long Riders. Siblings... some of us have them... some of us don't. That's kinda the whole thing. There's crimes, there's the wild west, there's other crimes... get into it.
Faking Movies – Ep 168. As Cool as I Am
August 31, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 52.6 MBLee tackles (As) Cool as I Am. Come on down, folks, we've got family drama, and family drama, and... family drama? That's right... it's all family bullshit this week (you can relate, you know you can)... good luck!
Faking Movies – Ep 167. Radio Flyer
August 24, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBSeth tackles Radio Flyer. We've got kids, we've got wagons, we've got... well, that's kinda where things diverge, I guess. There's a bunch of offshoot movies and even video games his week, so tune in for a real cornucopia of the usual nonsense!
Faking Movies – Ep 166. Playing by Heart
August 17, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBKev tackles Playing by Heart. What. a. RIDE. So many highs and lows this week; words truly cannot do it justice. Tune in for the emotional roller coaster we all obviously need right now. (we don't... the world is burning).
Faking Movies – Ep 165. Gosford Park
August 10, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBZak tackles Gosford Park. This week we've got some high society, some wayward youth, some hot goss, and some sagely wisdom. Tune in to figure out how they all fit together!
Faking Movies – Ep 164. Split Image
August 03, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBLee tackles Split Image. We've got oil companies, we've got cults, we've got family drama, we've even got... Caddyshack? Somehow? Tune in to see if the gopher lives through this episode.
Faking Movies – Ep 163. Men With Brooms
July 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBSeth tackles Men With Brooms. Once upon a time, we watched a dumb golf movie no one knew about, and now our hubris carries us here, to this... thing. We've got Canadians, we've got warlocks, we've got curling, we've got fart sounds. The one sure-fire consensus we came to is that 2020 JK Rowling really sucks the most.
Faking Movies – Ep 162. Tango and Cash
July 20, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBJer tackles Tango and Cash. We take quite a meandering journey this week -- there's a movie about nothing at all, and another movie that serves only as a pissing contest. That said, there's ample goofage to be had, so tune in for that bit, at least.
Faking Movies – Ep 161. War of the Roses
July 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBZak tackles War of the Roses. We've got divorce, we've got libations, we've got... well, everything except historical accounts of English civil wars, confusingly. It's a pretty diverse, wild ride this week -- tune in for the fun!
Faking Movies – Ep 160. The Man from Earth
July 06, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBLee tackles The Man from Earth. We've got aliens, we've got cavemen, we've even got good old fashioned religion -- come on down to FM Emporium, we've got it all! No but seriously, you probably haven't heard of this movie, but you should... it's really something.
Faking Movies – Ep 159. Gung Ho
June 29, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSeth tackles Gung Ho. We find ourselves in a unique position this week. I'm not sure I can actually describe either of this weeks movies without giving too much away -- they're both simultaneously HUGE swings and also, kind of... successful? somehow? Tune in for a double-dose of insanity this week and see which lunacy comes up out on top.
Faking Movies – Ep 158. Multiplicity
June 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBWill tackles Multiplicity. This week we've got two thematically quite similar movies, and I think that's all we're gonna say about that. One, however, is quite a bit better than the other -- play along to figure out which way we go! (it should be quite obvious...)
Faking Movies – Ep 157. Ghosts of Mars
June 15, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBZak tackles Ghosts of Mars. In the continued "sorry audience, we just wanna goof on each other, you don't matter" trend, we're back this week with a genuine nightmare. By the way, sorry, again. There's some mars, and there's some ghosts... obviously... you guessed that. Tune in... we're deep in the pandemic and it's getting weird. Someone might win, maybe... I don't even remember. (None of this is true, it's a great ep... do actually tune in)
Faking Movies – Ep 156. Blue Steel
June 08, 2020 13:02 - 59 minutes - 52.9 MBLee tackles Blue Steel. We've got tons of mystery this week... some involving some cool clandestine heist action and some with a real murderous psycho. We're either on the edge of our seats or no one cares... it really goes several directions -- tune in to see how it all shakes out!! Richard Jenkins: we'll expect the reputation glow-up check whenever you get around to it.
Faking Movies – Ep 155. Night Shift
June 01, 2020 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBSeth tackles Night Shift. We've got some sex work, we've got some stolen cars, we've got a morgue, we've even maybe got a spiritual prequel! Come on down to the Movie Plot Emporium for our pandemic sale this week -- WE'VE GOT ALL YOUR PLOT NEEDS.
Faking Movies – Ep 154. Dr. Strangelove
May 25, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBErica tackles Dr. Strangelove. We've get into a genuine classic this week -- we've got a deep-dive into the realities of nuclear war on one side, and a gripping thriller on the other. Tune in this week to see who wins, it's a tight one!
Faking Movies – Ep 153. Eyes of Laura Mars
May 18, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 50.1 MBZak tackles Eyes of Laura Mars. Given the specificity of this title, these movies share a BIT of a theme, but go in fairly different directions. Tune in for some real out-there nonsense this week. Also, credit for music used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EcTOoEp9TM
Faking Movies – Ep 152. Siberia
May 11, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBLee tackles Siberia. We've got a crime thriller and a wanderlust travel tale this week, in the second of the Russian Extravaganza. You're spared a trilogy because we literally could not find the final film -- congrats. Tune in to see which chilly, high-latitude movie wins this week!
Faking Movies – Ep 151. That Thing You Do
May 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBSeth tackles That Thing You Do. What a gift this movie was. We've got a crazy villain training movie, and also, the Beatles, but American. It's all goofs... the world is ending... tune in... you've literally got nothing else to do.
Faking Movies – Ep 150. The Matrix Trilogy: Advanced Linear Algebra
April 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBEveryone tackles the Matrices. Boy, we've really outdone ourselves this time. We watched all three Matrix movies and discuss various bits of trivia, general themes, and most importantly: what we think they're actually all about. Tune in for this emotional rollercoaster of an anniversary episode!
Faking Movies – Ep 149. Pennies from Heaven
April 20, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBMarielle tackles Pennies from Heaven. The hardest working woman in podcasting is BACK BAYBEE! We have two fanciful meandering tales this week, and plenty of insanity. Tune in to see which wins!
Faking Movies – Ep 148. Midnight Cowboy
April 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBZak tackles Midnight Cowboy. Well, this week we've got a fun romp, and maybe the least fun romp of all time. Not so much a romp as a genuine emotional crisis, by the sound of it. Two very highly rated movies however -- tune in for the barn burner this week!
Faking Movies – Ep 147. The Barber of Siberia
April 06, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBLee tackles The Barber of Siberia. Oh heavens, what a journey this turned out to be. The movies share stylistic elements (to Seth's great delight), but follow surprisingly different paths, ultimately. Tune in for some good fun this week, comrade.
Faking Movies – Ep 146. Something Wild
March 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBSeth tackles Something Wild. On one hand we've got a long-shot culinary adventure, on the other a sort of kidnapping-gone-right tale. Tune in for some "recorded before the world caught fire" optimism, in this dark times.
Faking Movies – Ep 145. Brigadoon
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBNicolas tackles Brigadoon. We have two sort of out-of-time stories this week, both QUITE whimsical. Lots of real fanciful insanity this week -- tune in to see who takes it! Sorry for the delay on RSS issues -- we're working through them!
Faking Movies – Ep 144. Midnight Run
March 16, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MBZak tackles Midnight Run. This week we've got dueling dark-jogs -- one involving chasing fugitives cross country and one involving nightly vigilante justice! Hope nobody hates horrendous Scottish accents, because you ain't gonna love this one, if so.
Faking Movies – Ep 143. The Hunter
March 09, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBLee tackles The Hunter. We've got a wayward scam on one side and... I don't know... a hunt... on the other? Tune in to hear about this weirdly under-the-radar movie!
Faking Movies – Ep 142. In Time
March 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBSeth tackles In Time. Two movies about time, sadly, zero additional non-Timberlake N*Sync members in either. One follows the exploits of a pop star and the other, a movie so obsessed with time but it sure takes forever to go anywhere. Heavy on the Mario Goofs and some discussion of the Teen Choice Awards.
Faking Movies – Ep 141. Flash Gordon
February 24, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutes - 48.1 MBKatelyn tackles Flash (aaaaah aaaaaaaaaaaaaah) Gordon. Two massive contenders face off this week -- one is a genre-subverting psychological super hero mystery and the other is... well... genuinely indescribable. Tune in to see how it all shakes out!
Faking Movies – Ep 140. Butter
February 17, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBZak tackles Butter. Two extremely niche movies... both very butter-centric, both slice-of-life. Chris Guest directed either none of, or both of these movies... you'll have to decide for yourself.
Faking Movies – Ep 139. Family Business
February 10, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBLee tackles Family Business. We've got a hell of a cast on this one -- one version is a quirky family romp and the other is a botched heist. Also, I think we owe James Blunt royalties.
Faking Movies – Ep 138. Career Opportunities
February 03, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBSeth tackles Career Opportunities. The two movies this week share a genre, and honestly not much else. They both have plenty of goofs, and some dubious star power. Tune in to see who wins!
Faking Movies – Ep 137. Pulp Fiction
January 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBTiff tackles Pulp Fiction. This week we get all up in this classic... or IS it a classic? One version has some crimes and the exact number of people in Pulp Fiction and the other is like less crime and WAY more people -- tune in to see what the correct number of people is for Pulp Fiction!
Faking Movies – Ep 136. Blow Dry
January 20, 2020 09:00 - 59 minutes - 45.8 MBZak tackles Blow Dry. We harken back, this week, to a better time, a simpler time... an early 2000's time. The movies are honestly fairly similar this week, if for no other reason, than the fact that this title lends itself to zero creativity whatsoever.
Faking Movies – Ep 135. The Long Kiss Goodnight
January 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBLee tackles The Long Kiss Goodnight. This week we're split between a bizarrely paced action movie (we think?) and an out-of-time multi-thread fantasy tale.
Faking Movies – Ep 134. The Chill Factor (MkII)
January 06, 2020 09:00 - 57 minutes - 50.9 MBSeth tackles The Chill Factor. Wait, did we do this one already?? Kinda, yes. This week we goofed on Seth and gave him The Chill Factor, a little known early movie by the same title as the only-slightly-better-known later movie we covered in episode 130. Tune in this week for the mulligan!
Faking Movies – Ep 133. The Princess Bride
December 30, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBCurt tackles The Princess Bride. We honestly have two fairly comparable movies this week. We spend a lot of time discussing the downsides of nostalgia and some time covering Highlander, unfortunately. Except for Lee... he can't get enough of Highlander.
Faking Movies - Ep. 132. The Phantom
December 23, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBZak tackles The Phantom. Turns out Zak DID kinda know this movie, because Lee and Seth talk about it constantly, but here we are anyway. One is a full-goof comic book remake, and one's a social and political commentary-laden hero's journey. Clearly we really planned ahead for this holiday episode.
Faking Movies - Ep. 131. King of California
December 16, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBLee tackles King of California. This week is chock full of fun, with a lunacy-treasure-hunt on one side and a political thriller on the other. Tune in to see how ends up on top for this weirdly new yet largely unknown movie.