Make Mine a Double Feature
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Robert and Ellen watch movies that fit a weekly theme and recap them for each other in all kinds of ways -- forwards; backwards; choose your own adventure. Also, booze.
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Sandmaniston Summer: Just Go With It & Murder Mystery
June 06, 2022 23:10 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBWe have a few drinks and tell some untrue crime stories about a couple of Adam Sandler & Jennifer Aniston movies. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes. You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things. And you can listen to our shows: Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like ba...
DTDF: 2022 Spring Baseball Sequel Superteam: Major League II & Benchwarmers 2
April 11, 2022 17:05 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBI'm talking about a couple of baseball movies. Major League II & Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls. Going one position at a time, I make my draft picks to build a superteam. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes. You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things. And you can listen to our shows: Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and ...
DTDF: B-Movie Queen Claudia Jennings in Unholy Rollers & The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
March 08, 2022 22:14 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBOn the first installment of Dollar Theater Double Feature, it's just me—Rob—talking about a couple of grindhouse movies starring Claudia Jennings. You got some rollerskate fighting on a tilty loop of rink & some fizzly boomstick bank robberies with fun-loving Texas ladies. Really appreciate you for giving this a shot. Hope you're doing great out there. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassio...
I Will Always Love 2: Expendables 2 & The Lost World: Jurassic Park
February 07, 2022 13:55 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBWe romanticize a couple of action movie sequels by pretending they’re love stories. Rob's got a recap of Expendables 2 that might involve old meatman Stallone falling big head over feet in love with the beautiful JCVD. Ellen's got the story of some T-rexes in love over on apparently a second dinosaur island in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Crack open one of them leftover holiday wines and enjoy. Keep an eye out next month for the first episode of Dollar Theater Double Feature, Rob's new s...
Have Yourself a 90s Little Christmas: Home Alone 2 & While You were Sleeping
December 07, 2021 19:10 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBEllen's got some letters from Santa to the pretty likable characters of While You were Sleeping. Rob's got letters from Old Saint Nick to some folks involved with Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. It's a bunch bird doo doo and charming 90s Bill Pullman this time on MMADF. Enjoy. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes. You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things. ...
NeverEnding Gories: Halloween (1978) & A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
October 04, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBTis the season...for scary stuff! Rob's recapping the original Halloween, which is a real fun tense atmospheric time. Ellen's recapping A Nightmare on Elm Street, which is cool and also maybe not a full story, right? Either way, we're having a beer and some screwdrivers and enjoying the most wonderful time of the year. Cheers! At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes. ...
Summer Better Than Others: Muscle Beach Party & Summer Rental
July 05, 2021 18:16 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBMovies…some are better than others, huh? But a summer movie is always at least a little fun. So we tell the stories of Muscle Beach Party and Summer Rental in a review style. Yelping with margarita. Google review with gluten-free beer. John Candy stepping on beachgoers. Frankie and Annette smoking cigarettes and jiggle dancing. Here’s to summer! At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in a...
9021...Oh, wait this isn't that 90s show because it's a movie instead
April 06, 2021 16:26 - 58 minutes - 27 MBEllen tells the story of driving around in a pretend drillmobile under the Earth by some cartoon magma in Descent. Robert tells the entwined stories of a cartoon lothario film director director, a model novelist, and a sex doll designer in Zoom. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in all kinds of ways. We’d love to hear from you. And you can hit our merch page to get things and support...
And the Award Goes To...Fast Times at Ridgemont High & Slither
March 02, 2021 16:06 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBWe give out awards for Breakout Star and Best Manicure while talking about a bunch of topless teens just 80s-ing all over the place and some tentacled alien thing impregnating Earth with its slithery tentacled seed. Gross. Enjoy. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in all kinds of ways. We’d love to hear from you. And you can hit our merch page to get things and support us. Here are...
Pretty Other Woman: Along Came Polly & The Wedding Planner (Screech Style!)
February 02, 2021 02:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBWe're talking about people cheating on people from the POV of side characters, Screech style. And we're drinking mimosas. Low-Effort Content At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in all kinds of ways. We’d love to hear from you. And you can hit our merch page to get things and support us. Here are some of the shows you can listen to from low-effort content. Make Mine a Double Feat...
Laugh Picture Show - Necessary Roughness & Dumplin'
January 04, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBHere we are trying to talk about comedies set in Texas but then these here two movies aren't all that funny. Robert's got the story of some armadillos who can't catch college footballs in Necessary Roughness. Ellen has the story of some girls doing a pageant in Dumplin' and Jennifer Aniston's in it. We're telling the stories in our neat style, which means we just plain old tell 'em. Thanks for hanging out with us. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make ...
Christmas Prime is Here: A Frosty Affair & Christmas Catch (Letters to Santa style!)
December 10, 2020 02:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBOur theme is Christmas Prime is Here, which means we each watched a Christmas movie available on Amazon Prime. And we told the stories of those movies in a Letters to Santa style. Ellen watched A Frosty Affair—or 40 Below and Falling—and Robert watched Christmas Catch. You can read our write-ups over on Low-Effort Content. At low-effort content—where okay is okay—family and friends hang out, make stuff, and share it with you to celebrate curiosity and creativity in all kinds of ways. We’...
Happy Blanksgiving! What's Cooking? & Home Alone
November 03, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBWe play a little fill-in-the-blank as Ellen tells the story of several families dealing with tensions, food, and Thanksgiving in the 2000 movie What's Cooking? and—because, for him, Thanksgiving most means it's time for Christmas—Robert tells the story of an adorable boy who lives on his own for a while in the Thanksgiving classic Home Alone. You can contact or support us over at synopsish.com & check out all the other stuff we’re making: Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few ...
Oops I Did It Again: The Cat in the Hat & Heartbreakers (Horrorfy Style!)
October 06, 2020 01:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MBWhat if the Cat in the Hat was scary? Like...scarier than it already is. And what if love, heartfelt hatchet in hand, slowly chased us all through the woods of life? We're turning a Mike Myers Dr. Seuss adaptation and a Jennifer Love Hewitt rom-com into horror movies this time on MMADF. You can contact or support us over at synopsish.com & check out all the other stuff we’re making: Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds o...
House of 1,000 Courses: Inhumanwich! & The Platform
September 07, 2020 22:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBHouse of 1,000 Courses We're telling stories about horror movies that involve food, and we're doing it in our new recipe style. Rob has the scoop on how to make an indie comedy in Ohio that's tons of fun and right there on Amazon Prime: Inhumanwich. Ellen blogs us through how to make The Platform, which is the opposite of Inhumanwich in every way, maybe. Pop a hard seltzer, ease into the Halloween season, and enjoy! MMADF Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and t...
Homophonic Spree: Drive & Drive
August 03, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBBoth of the movies we're talking about tonight are called Drive. One of them is about Ryan Gosling quietly driving. The other one is about two guys driving into one badguy fight after another (that's the 1997 one). Have a drink if you're into that kind of thing and enjoy. You can contact or support us over at synopsish.com & check out all the other stuff we’re making: Make Mine a Double Feature, where we have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like bac...
Wish You Were Beer - The World's End & Arthur (Postcard Style!)
July 06, 2020 22:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBWe're watching movies about drunks. Ellen tells Robert about an apocalyptic pub crawl, and Robert tells Ellen about a wealthy lush. It's robots, butlers, and booze this time on Make Mine a Double Feature. Pour a pint and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, tri...
Wikipediduh - The Disaster Artist & Bernie
June 01, 2020 23:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBWe're getting our facts straight by referring to Wikipedia throughout our recaps. Rob tells Ellen about the movie about the movie The Room with some information on stuff like diners and apartments, and Ellen tells Rob about a movie about a Texas mortician, the tools of his trade, and a flatbed truck. It's summer, so mix a margarita and enjoy tonight's double feature.
Talkin Walken - Nick of Time & Excess Baggage (Untrue Crime!)
March 28, 2018 22:00 - 26 minutes - 10.7 MBWe got a fever, and the only cure is talking about movies with Christopher Walken in them. Ellen tells Robert about the time Johnny Depp had to do some assassinating, and Robert tells Ellen about a time Alicia Silverstone did some self-abducting. And we're telling the tales in our Untrue Crime style, so stare out an unlocked window into the black night and have a listen. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and fami...
No Balls Two Strikes - Goon 2 & Kickboxer Retaliation (Tag Match!)
March 07, 2018 21:40 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBNot all sports have balls in them, and this time we're talking about a couple of movies that show how stupid that can be. Ellen tells Robert about the piece of puck sequel to Goon, and Robert tells Ellen about the easy come, easy go conflicts of a Van Damme dud. Bloody the ice and kick a box. It's time for Synopsish. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibilit...
Icon-fess, I've Never Seen It - Rocky & The Shawshank Redemption (Dear Diary!)
February 21, 2018 10:13 - 27 minutes - 10.9 MBWe're finally getting around to watching some iconic movies this time on Synopsish. Ellen tells Robert the story of a down-on-his-luck boxer who yo, Adrians his way into a high-profile fight. Robert tells Ellen about a human stone who stonefaces his way through 20 years of prison with nary a wrinkle. And we're telling those stories in diary entries from Rocky, Apollo Creed, a bird, and more. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. Wit...
Game of Phones - When a Stranger Calls & Cellular (Telephone Style!)
February 07, 2018 23:00 - 46 minutes - 18.6 MBWe play a game of telephone with two movies that are, coincidentally, about telephones. Robert tells Ellen -- and Ellen tells Robert -- the tale of a time-traveling babysitter who refuses to check the British children even though there's a coffee-lover on the loose. Kind of. Then Ellen tells Robert -- and vice versa -- the wire-crossing story of a person in LA on a cellphone, which was intriguing in 2004. You know, if you're listening on a certain device, things are getting really phony. PUN...
Z is for Zomething - Zombies of Carnage & Zodiac
January 26, 2018 01:02 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBWe each watched a movie that started with Z, and now we're telling each other the stories as if the movies were about children. Kind of like the Muppet Babies or A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, except this time the little tykes are dealing with cooties on a playground and a nasty practical joker. Ellen tells Robert about the low-budget, hour-long Zombies of Carnage, and Robert tells Ellen about lil Davey Fincher's epic about the uncaught Zodiac. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here...
Levram - Iron Man & Captain America Civil War (Marvel Backwards!)
January 09, 2018 22:00 - 18 minutes - 7.45 MBWe're telling Marvel movies backwards. Robert hasn't seen many movies in the MCU, so he started at the beginning with Iron Man, the story of a guy who starts out wanting to be a superhero but ends up a weapons-manufacturing womanizer. Ellen revisits Captain America: Civil War to tell the story of how the Avengers go from prison to self-governed hero gang with the help of some mind control. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With ...
Unused Jim Membership - Within the Mind & Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
December 27, 2017 23:00 - 35 minutes - 14.2 MBIt's time for that New Year's tradition: not going to the gym and watching movies that almost starred someone named Jim instead. Ellen tells Robert about weird old movie that almost starred Jimmy Stewart, and Robert tells Ellen about a magical chocolate maker nobody's ever heard of: Willy Wonka. Grab the rest of the champagne and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creati...
A Very Made for TV Christmas - Holiday in Handcuffs & Miss Christmas
December 13, 2017 23:00 - 37 minutes - 15.1 MBTis the season for Hallmark Holiday Movies. Robert watched an old ABC Family favorite, so he's telling Ellen about a frazzled Melissa Joan Hart, the dimpled Mario Lopez, and some fuzzy restraints. Ellen watched a Hallmark movie, so she's telling Robert about a woman who fell for a man in a small town. Give yourself the gift of screwdriver and enjoy some cable movie cheer. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and fam...
Ghost of Christmas Movies Past - Die Hard & Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
December 02, 2017 11:26 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBIt's that time. Christmas time is here. That means it's time to rewatch holiday favorites. It doesn't get any more favoriter for Robert than Die Hard, so he tells Ellen all about John McClane and the big building of badguys. But first, Ellen tells Robert the story of a little defective reindeer who makes friends with broken stuff. Pour yourself a little wassle, whatever that is, and enjoy our Christmas movie memories. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say a...
Grateful Bequeathing - Plains, Trains, and Automobiles & Jack and Jill (Tag Match!)
November 15, 2017 23:06 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBWe're giving thanks for movies, drinks, and family this time on Make Mine a Double Feature. Ellen tells Robert about Steve Martin and John Candy road-tripping to Chicago in fiery cars, and Robert tells Ellen about Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler being brother and sister twins. Pour some spiked turkey gravy and enjoy! Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility ...
No Wayne. Wayne. - Wayne's World 1 & 2
November 02, 2017 00:40 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBWe turn the channel to Aurora's favorite public access show as Robert tells Ellen about the most successful SNL film, Wayne's World, and Ellen tells Robert about its sequel. Pour some wine and enjoy. You're worthy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, trivia, music, a...
Sidekick Friends Network - My Girl & Top Gun (Screech Style!)
October 18, 2017 22:52 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBWe're seeing stories from the point of view of secondary characters this week. Robert tells Ellen the harrowing tale -- wink wink -- of a boy named Thomas J, and Ellen tells Robert about this poor guy named Goose who has a garbage friend. Pour some lime in your wine and enjoy! Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish...
Hallmark and Handsome - Love at the Shore & Framed for Murder (Popcorn!)
October 04, 2017 22:49 - 1 hour - 31 MBWe're talking Hallmark movies that feature good-looking men. Ellen tells Robert about an uptight writer who loosens up when she meets a guy who likes music, and Robert tells Ellen about a lady contractor who finds a body and uses her hammer and nails know-how to figure out who done it. Pour a drink and relax with tonight's double feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, crea...
Sigh Fy - Sharknado 3 & Big Ass Spider (Untrue Crime!)
September 21, 2017 00:41 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBIn our untrue crime style, Robert reports on the case of Fin Shepard and a shark-filled storm, and Ellen discusses the case of a large arachnid attacking Los Angeles. Pour a screwdriver or some box wine. It's time for a double feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports,...
Amazon Prime Numbers - U67 & Code 7 Victim 5 (Reel Splice!)
September 06, 2017 22:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBWe searched Amazon Prime Video for prime numbers and watched the first movie (kind of). Turns out, when you do that you get exclusively movies about boats, scuba diving, inheritances, and marriages on boats after scuba diving for inheritances. So that's what we're talking about this time. Tilt your box to get the last of your wine and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, c...
Hi, Robot - The Iron Giant & Westworld (Review Style)
August 23, 2017 23:39 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBWe're reading reviews (pretend ones) about a couple of robot movies, and we're doing that while drinking wine. Make yours a double...wine and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, trivia, music, and so on. Hope you’ll take a look. Thanks for listening. Take c...
Bruce Mousse - The Last Boy Scout & Disney's The Kid (Tag Match!)
August 10, 2017 02:08 - 43 minutes - 20 MBWe're taking turns telling each other about all the shenanigans Bruce Willis gets up to when he has hair. Ellen tells Robert about a child who shows up in a man's house to learn how to fight or something. Robert tells Ellen about a dirtbag detective who buddy cops it up with a former quarterback in order to stop a briefcase from being a different...brief...case. Or something. It's time travel, puppets, prop planes, and helicopters this time on Make Mine a Double Feature. Pour wine from a box...
WWWWWWE Movies - Countdown & The Reunion (Not a Tag Match!)
July 26, 2017 12:48 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBMoonsaulting into the WWE Films archives, Robert tells Ellen about Dolph Ziggler's race against a clock that takes a looooooong time to Countdown, and Ellen tells Robert about John Cena and his estranged family grappling with badguys in Mexico as if it's some kind of The Reunion. Piledrive a screwdriver. Box some wine. It's time for tonight's double feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebra...
Love at First Sight Unseen - Bonnie and Clyde & The Notebook
July 19, 2017 23:46 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBEllen has never watched Bonnie and Clyde, and Robert has never seen The Notebook, but they’re going tell each other how they think those movies probably played out. It’s fishing puns and tables set for two on tonight’s double feature. Grab your decanter and enjoy! Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have...
Much a Drew About Nothing - Choose Your Own Adventure!
July 12, 2017 20:54 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBRobert chooses the fate of a man who travels to space to escape some kind of coup. And Ellen chooses what happens to a troubled high school girl who's dating a teenage cop. Pour a drink and try to follow along as we choose our own (mis)adventures this time on Make Mine a Double Feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at...
You Must Dismember This - Se7en & American Psycho
July 05, 2017 23:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBRobert tells Ellen what happens when Kevin Spacey gets all biblically diabolical in David Fincher's Seven. And Ellen tells Robert about Christian Bale's go as Patrick Bateman in Marry Harron's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho. It's spaghetti, body parts, Huey Lewis & The News, and things in boxes this week on Make Mine a Double Feature. Pour a drink and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends an...
Going Coen Con - Raising Arizona & Hail Caesar (Half & Half Style!)
June 21, 2017 22:15 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBRobert tells Ellen about the baby theft and prison break in the first half of Raising Arizona, and Ellen tells Robert about the baby returns and prison...unbreak in the second half. Then, Ellen tells Robert about fires faced by a studio executive throughout the first part of Hail Caesar, and Robert tells Ellen how that executive puts out all those fires by the end. We're talking Coen brothers crime capers one half at a time this week on Make Mine a Double Feature. Pour some whimsical whiskey...
Yensid - Cinderella & The Little Mermaid (Disney Backwards!)
June 14, 2017 22:00 - 21 minutes - 9.96 MBWe keep it clean and family friendly as Robert tells the story of a woman who leaves behind power and a prince in order to live a modest life with her family in Allerednic and Ellen tells the story of a young woman who discovers and embraces her under-water past in Diamrem Elttil Eht. It's two animated Disney classics backwards for tonight's Double Feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrat...
Gimme an A! A! What's That Spell? A! - Airborne & About Time (Reel Splice!)
June 07, 2017 20:07 - 48 minutes - 22 MBWe've cut our movies into pieces and now we're splicing them back together all willy nilly. Robert tells the story of a California surfer dude who has to find friendship and love in the frosty city of Cincinnati. Ellen tells the story of a guy traveling through time to get life right. Pour a drink and enjoy. It's time for tonight's double feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop cult...
Video Shames - Need for Speed & Hitman
May 31, 2017 14:44 - 52 minutes - 24 MBRobert tells the story of a shaved-headed assassin running around...Russia, probably...doing assassin things that don't always make a lot of sense. Ellen tells the story of a talented street racer with a helicopter-flying buddy and a need...to drive fast. Pour yourself a drink and enjoy. We're playing tag with a couple of bad video game movies this week on Make Mine a Double Feature. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my fri...
A Piece of the Action - Speed & Death Warrant
May 24, 2017 22:58 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBWe try to tell each other action movies from memory. Ellen does okay with the spilled cans and decapitations of Speed, but Robert can't remember anything about what the Sandman's up to in the Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Death Warrant. Plus he's pretty obviously drunk. Pour yourself a little something. Here's to roundhouse kicks & faulty memories! Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop cul...
Stop Trying to Make Sketch Happen - A Night at the Roxbury & MacGruber
May 17, 2017 09:35 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBUsually, movies based on Saturday Night Live sketches aren't great, but the movies for tonight's double feature are no exception. Ellen tells the story of two head-bobbing brothers who listen to one song a lot. There's fake plants and real lamps in that one. And Robert recaps MacGruber, celery sticks and all. Pour a couple of drinks and enjoy. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture,...
TomCom - Volunteers & Mr Baseball
May 12, 2017 02:02 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBHere's the first MMADF episode we ever said into microphones. It's got a couple Toms traveling abroad to chase ladies and do stuff like build bridges and play baseball. Specifically, we're talking about America's sweetheart Tom Hanks volunteering to be killed by communists in the jungles of 1960s Thailand and America's mustache Tom Selleck driving in runs for a 1990s Japanese baseball club. Pour yourself a quadruple and enjoy! Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thin...
The Eye of The Norm Macdonald - Billy Madison & Hollywood and Wine
May 03, 2017 11:42 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBWe're taking turns talking Norm Macdonald as the old chunk of coal passes out poolside and produces pornography. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, trivia, music, and so on. Hope you’ll take a look. Thanks for listening. Take care.
Grebleips - Jurassic Park & Raiders of the Lost Ark
April 26, 2017 08:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBWe're talking Spielberg backwards as Robert tells Ellen about Indiana Jones putting artifacts back where they belong, and Ellen tells Robert about Jurassic Park being repaired for a grand opening. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, trivia, music, and so on. Hope you...
99 Problems and This Movie Is or Isn't One - End of Days & The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
April 19, 2017 08:00 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MBIt must be 1999 because we're afraid of Y2K and don't want no scrubs while we talk Schwarzenegger and Muppets. Make Mine a Double Feature is a Synopsish show. Here’s the thing I say about that: Hi, I’m Rob. With my friends and family, I celebrate pop culture, creativity, and possibility in podcasts and blog posts at synopsish.com. We have things about movies, sports, TV, trivia, music, and so on. Hope you’ll take a look. Thanks for listening. Take care.
Are You Being Severed - Theatre of Blood & White Settlers
April 12, 2017 08:03 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBWe're talking about a couple of British slasher movies--kind of. Ellen tells Robert about a disgruntled stage actor taking out critics in 70s London, and Robert tells Ellen about a nice young couple who move to Scotland just to have a bunch of pig-masked scary guys...do not much and get themselves a little bit killed. We have 20 minutes each, plus the rest of the minutes we need to tell stories of dogs, sex in the woods, trampolines, torches, and faked death this time on Make Mine a Double F...