It's Your Pic
177 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFather and son take turns picking movies to watch and review.
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Episode 26-Avengers: Age of Ultron
January 31, 2016 13:58 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBI didn't think we'd get a show out this week--Collin developed strep throat (on his 13th birthday, no less) and was pretty much bed ridden until Saturday. But he toughed it out, snorting and coughing directly into the microphone for good measure (hopefully I got most of those sound edited out), and we actually got the show recorded. Unfortunately, for you the listener I do most of the talking, as Collin and his bacteria-laden tonsils are relegated to asides and various non sequitur comments...
Episode 25 – The Karate Kid (1984)
January 24, 2016 19:08 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBSome movies just have staying power. Despite whatever cheesy, cringe-worthy pop music or hammer-fisted sentimentality that dates it, The Karate Kid has been in America's movie lexicon for over 30 years now, and I'm not sure it will ever leave. Say, "Wax on, wax off," or break into a crane pose and most people are going to get the reference. It's probably been more than 20 years since I've seen it, and Collin has never seen it. So we remedy the latter with this weeks show. Collin does hav...
Episode 24 – Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
January 12, 2016 14:33 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBI apologize to all those who are experiencing Star Wars fatigue, but all the Force Awakens talk got Collin wanting to revisit his "favorite" Star Wars movie. After the re-watch he may or may not revise his list. In addition to our usual 5 questions, we discuss whether or not Wookies have seen Tarzan, lounging Jedi holograms, and of course we have to bring up the "Nooooooooo!!!!" The episode is a little longer this week as well because we give our top five of 2015 from the rather limited lis...
Episode 23 – Singin’ in the Rain
January 03, 2016 23:58 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIt's Your Pic gets in the Wayback Machine and visits a movie that older than the two of us combined. We've both somehow avoided seeing this 1952 classic musical...some might say, the classic Hollywood musical...but that has now been remedied. I'm happy to report that the movie is as vibrant and energetic as advertised. We both had a blast watching this one, and I hope it's the first of many "old movie" shows we talk about. There's a ton of classic Hollywood that I've just never bothered t...
Episode 22 – The Obligatory Force Awakens Show
December 27, 2015 21:24 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBIt really wasn't my plan to do what literally every other movie podcast has been doing and talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the proverbial hustle and bustle of the holiday season left me with the choice of a Star Wars show or no show. Some may argue that the latter choice was the correct one, but we're nothing if not persistent. We start the show with some general talk about the series (in which Collin gets the order of best to worst all wrong) and move into talking about the la...
Episode 21-Home/Holiday Binge Watching
December 20, 2015 15:07 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week Collin picked the 2015 animated feature Home. After I ask my 5 questions, we discuss how movies with overly familiar plots can be rescued from blandness. Whether or not Home gets rescued is also discussed. Also this week we watched quite a few holiday shows, and we caught up with Ant-Man. We'll discuss them all in rapid-fire fashion. We had family visiting this week, and they agreed to let me record them singing a Christmas song. That's the song I used for the outro this week. ...
Episode 20 – Christmas Vacation/The Good Dinosaur
December 14, 2015 01:23 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBTis the season to blow the dust off the Christmas DVDs and watch those classics that we haven't watched since last year. Does Christmas Vacation fit into that "classic" category? Well, if an annual viewing is the criteria then I guess I'll have to say yes. It's not my favorite, but it's right on that list with A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Oh yeah-the MST3K version is in the Wiley cannon and I will brook no arguments) as necessary Christmas ...
Episode 19 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
November 29, 2015 20:07 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBOh, the Baymanity! It was Collin's pic this week, and he is determined to muscle through these Transformers movies. Maybe, just maybe, the experience is starting to wear on him a bit. Imagine a 160 minute episode of Battlebots hosted by a sweaty, twitching Shia Labeouf, co-hosted by a bored-looking Megan Fox in a tank top doing slow motion jumping jacks, and throw in John Turturro's bare butt in glorious HD. Now throw up your hands every 15 minutes or so and say, "Wha...?" That's pretty m...
Episode 18 – Adventures in Babysitting
November 20, 2015 12:48 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBMy trifecta of boyhood cinematic crushes would be Lori Loughlin, Phoebe Cates, and the lead in the movie we watched this week, Elisabeth Shue. Whether or not Shue's girl-next-door charm can keep Adventures in Babysitting from aging badly is up for debate in this episode. I probably should have just let this one remain a fairly good movie in my memory instead of risking the revisit, but all my picks ultimately run that risk.
Episode 17 – The Peanuts Movie
November 10, 2015 21:30 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIt's not often we get the whole family out to the movies, but we were able to swing it this week. The kids have really been looking forward to this movie since they saw the trailer. I, on the other hand, have been kind of dreading it. It struck me as a total nostalgia cash grab, and I was equally worried that the product had a high change of being inferior. Whether or not my concerns proved valid...well, it's all in the podcast, so why give it away here. Join us for this weeks episode: T...
Episode 16 – Trailers
November 03, 2015 23:41 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWe had a Halloween episode all planned out. We even watched the movie. But life, as it will, intervened, and so we had to call another audible. We decided we'd check out the upcoming movie slate by watching some trailers and estimating how excited we were to see the movie. It turned out to be a pretty fun exercise, so this may become a quarterly thing we do. We also have a short discussion on the movie we watched, Monster House.
Episode 15 – Apollo 13
October 25, 2015 14:16 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBThe Martian got me thinking about another space rescue movie, Ron Howard's Apollo 13. This movie has long been one of my favorites, and I was curious to see how it held up for Collin. During the discussion we talk simulated weightlessness, space bathrooms, and the Kevin Bacon game. Also, Greta's joins us, leaves us, then joins us again to discuss games and internet trolls.
Episode 14 – On LEGOs, MLPs, and Martians
October 11, 2015 14:25 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBIt's a bit of a scattershot show this week. There wasn't a lot of time this week for everyone to get together and watch a movie, so Collin watched Lego Batman: The Movie while I fell asleep in a chair, Greta watched My Little Pony: Friendship Games, and then Collin and I went with some friends to see The Martian, which got interrupted by an occurrence that I'll let Collin describe. It's a bit all-over-the-place, but we got it in.
Episode 13 – Private Eyes and Pokemon
October 04, 2015 18:17 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBFor this week's show I decided to watch A suggestion from a friend starring Conway and Knotts Greta's back too with some Pokémon talk So download and listen for your next daily stroll That "poem" makes a lot more sense if you've seen our movie this week, 1980's Private Eyes. A humorous little whodunit from two guys my kids only know as the voices of Barnacle Boy and the Turkey from Chicken Little. Greta's back this week as well to school me on what the heck is up with this world of P...
Episode 12 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
September 27, 2015 13:49 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBWhy start with movie 5 of an 8 movie series? Simply put, Collin just finished this book, so this was the movie he picked. These books and this movie series have been talked to death, and I'm not sure we have anything new to add to the discussion. So, as a change of pace this week, Collin's sister Greta joins us to talk about ponies, make whale noises and complain about the studio seating arrangements.
Episode 11-ET: The Extraterrestrial
September 20, 2015 09:30 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIt was a crazy busy week around the It’s Your Pic household: we had to brave work, extracurricular, and near disaster but we managed to squeeze in this 1982 classic about a boy and his pet super-intelligent, telekinetic alien. I think … Continue reading →
Episode 10 – After Earth
September 13, 2015 13:46 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBWell, it turns out my fears about this 2013 M. Night Shyamalan movie were well founded. Even Collin was underwhelmed. And yet, this week the guy has a new movie coming out. He keeps flopping and a couple of years later he … Continue reading →
Episode 9 – Young Frankenstein
September 06, 2015 13:11 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBAfter watching Young Frankenstein it’s hard not to just sit and talk about how funny this or that scene was, and we don’t put up much of a fight resisting the urge to succumb to the temptation. As a result, … Continue reading →
Episode 8 – Transformers
August 30, 2015 19:51 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week Collin picked the Michael Bay epic (in length anyway) Transformers. Depending on your disposition, the name Michael Bay may fill you with a) excitement, b) dread, or c) indifference. Or if you’re as innocent as Collin, Michael Bay … Continue reading →
Episode 7 – The Bad News Bears (1976)
August 23, 2015 02:35 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBForget the sequels, forget the failed TV show, forget the Billy Bob remake, we watched the original and far superior Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal version of The Bad News Bears in all its glory. Honestly, I knew there was … Continue reading →
Episode 6 – The Book of Life
August 16, 2015 14:57 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBIt was Collin’s pic this week, and he wanted to catch up on this little nugget that we missed last year when it came out. This was one of those worrisome non-Pixar, non-Disney, non-DreamWorks animated features that can really be … Continue reading →
Episode 5 – Airplane!
August 09, 2015 18:12 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week on It’s Your Pic Collin and I climb aboard flight 209 and put our lives in the hands of Robert Hays and an inflatable dummy. From what I hear it’s safer than driving a car, but I do … Continue reading →
Episode 004-Drive-in Double Feature: Minions and Pixels
August 02, 2015 18:40 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week It’s Your Pic took a road trip to Blue Ridge, GA to take in a double feature at The Swan. Collin got a 2-fer with both Minions and Pixels showing. We still kept the podcast to around 30 minutes … Continue reading →
Episode 3 – Shaolin Soccer
July 27, 2015 02:32 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBFor our third episode we discussed the 2001 Stephen Chow movie Shaolin Soccer. One part Kung Fu movie, one part sports movie, whisked firmly and served up as a screwball comedy. Join us as we talk about Saturday night Kung Fu … Continue reading →
Episode 2 – Battleship
July 20, 2015 04:43 - 36 minutes - 25 MBIn this episode of It’s Your Pic, we take on the rich and abundant genre of board game movies. Does this one hold water (oh yeah, I did that)? You’ll have to listen to find out how we managed to … Continue reading →
Episode 1 – Napoleon Dynamite
July 13, 2015 12:55 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBSo it turns out that podcasting isn’t as easy as one (i.e. I) might think. This is our second shot at our first episode; the first try being too full of ums and dead air to be of much use. This … Continue reading →
EP-000-The Intro Episode
July 08, 2015 03:20 - 10 minutes - 7.53 MBThis episode is a short introduction of our plans for the show. Collin is a little confused about the name, but he’s 12 and rolls with the changes with aplomb. Our next podcast will include a discussion of an actual … Continue reading →