Not Your Father's Movies
144 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsNot Your Father's Movies aims to tackle the elusive genre of "Dad Movies."
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LISTENER REQUEST MONTH--Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (2018)
March 08, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBIT"S A BIG ONE! For our next episode in our LISTENER REQUEST MONTH, A momentous entry into the dad canon - Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. Guess that's a bit of a spoiler but c'mon - if you've seen it, you agree. 'nuff said. This week Jesse took the webs and hosted our fan-favorite; hard to credit exactly where this one came from. This was our most requested movie both among our pod-family and outside of it, Into the Spiderverse has a big place in our hearts. We've been excited to talk ...
LISTENER REQUEST MONTH: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
March 01, 2021 07:59 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBOkay, so we are back to our LISTENER REQUEST MONTH, after taking a quick break to celebrate Jesse's Birthday! This week, our request came from Madeleine who wanted to hear our thoughts on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, a true western classic, with cowboys and robbers and cattlemen and an extended foray into the process of statehood. Also Jimmie Stewart and John Wayne. Did not wanna forget those guys. For Mike and Jesse, this was a big one! For Vito, it was a brand new experience...
JESSE'S BIRTHDAY!
February 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBHello everyone! We are interrupting our LISTENER REQUEST MONTH to bring you a very special episode that we hope to bring you only 3 times a year: a BIRTHDAY episode! The Birthday Episode's will be brought to you by the Birthday Dad, who creates the whole show around a theme that he has chosen. Jesse has crafted an episode about 3 movies he saw with his father: Gallipoli (1981), 3:10 To Yuma (2007) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Included with a general goofing around involvi...
Jesse's Birthday!
February 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBHello everyone! We are interrupting our LISTENER REQUEST MONTH to bring you a very special episode that we hope to bring you only 3 times a year: a BIRTHDAY episode! The Birthday Episode's will be brought to you by the Birthday Dad, who creates the whole show around a theme that he has chosen. Jesse has crafted an episode about 3 movies he saw with his father: Gallipoli (1981), 3:10 To Yuma (2007) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Included with a general goofing around involvi...
JESSE‘S BIRTHDAY!
February 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBHello everyone! We are interrupting our LISTENER REQUEST MONTH to bring you a very special episode that we hope to bring you only 3 times a year: a BIRTHDAY episode! The Birthday Episode's will be brought to you by the Birthday Dad, who creates the whole show around a theme that he has chosen. Jesse has crafted an episode about 3 movies he saw with his father: Gallipoli (1981), 3:10 To Yuma (2007) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Included with a general goofing around involvi...
LISTENER REQUEST MONTH: The Prestige (2006)
February 15, 2021 08:44 - 1 hour - 125 MBFEATURED GUEST: IN-LAW-AUSTIN You wanted it, you got it, this is Listener Request Month! Our first episode of LRMonth is The Prestige, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan, released in October of 2006. This movie was requested by Mikhael! This episode was really fun to record and also really fiery. Not since Spiderman 3 have we discussed a movie so intensely, and even disagreed! What can always be said about Christopher Nolan is he pro...
MOVIES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD: The Muppet Movie (1979)
February 08, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 49.9 MBDo you like to watch people pretending to be characters with their hands? Well we are dads, so we do! This is our final entry of our Hollywood series and we are ending it with The Muppet Movie (1979). We couldn't be happier with this choice to close things out. We are are all very attached to Muppets and we hope you are too. Come with us as we revisit this movie and the Muppets in general! We hope you enjoy and please be sure to like and subscribe all the things, leave us a comment, send u...
Episode 4: The Muppet Movie (1979)
February 08, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 49.9 MBDo you like to watch people pretending to be characters with their hands? Well we are dads, so we do! This is our final entry of our Hollywood series and we are ending it with The Muppet Movie (1979). We couldn't be happier with this choice to close things out. We are are all very attached to Muppets and we hope you are too. Come with us as we revisit this movie and the Muppets in general! We hope you enjoy and please be sure to like and subscribe all the things, leave us a comment, send u...
NEW RELEASE: The Little Things (2021)
February 01, 2021 08:05 - 56 minutes - 68.1 MBWe have a special review for The Little Things. Why? Because Denzel is in it and the trailer looked amazing! The first half is spoiler free and the second half we discuss the whole movie (we tell you before we start spouting spoilers). How does this compare to Denzel's other work? How was the best performance? Do we recommend the movie? Is this a dad movie? Finally, we speak about the movie generally and what we liked and didn't like about it. Please like and subscribe on your fa...
MOVIES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD: La La Land (2016)
January 25, 2021 08:24 - 1 hour - 118 MBFEATURED GUEST: CHRIS Our third entry in our series of Movies about Hollywood is La La Land (2016), the third film tied for most nominations in the Academy Awards...ever. Which is nuts. We talk about it. To help us, we enlist our old friend Chris, and Lis makes a guest appearance as well! Turns out, everybody had something to say about Seb and Mia's relationship. Unfortunately, nobody started singing and dancing. We also discuss how this movie fits into our series as a whole and the di...
Episode 3: La La Land (2016)
January 25, 2021 08:24 - 1 hour - 118 MBFEATURED GUEST: CHRIS Our third entry in our series of Movies about Hollywood is La La Land (2016), the third film tied for most nominations in the Academy Awards...ever. Which is nuts. We talk about it. To help us, we enlist our old friend Chris, and Lis makes a guest appearance as well! Turns out, everybody had something to say about Seb and Mia's relationship. Unfortunately, nobody started singing and dancing. We also discuss how this movie fits into our series as a whole and the di...
Episode 2: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
January 18, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThis week, we're continuing Season 2 with our second episode of the Movies About Hollywood series. In this edition, we discuss the classic film Sunset Blvd. (1950). What an episode this is. Not Your Father's Movies loves to talk about how movies have affected us, and not just recent movies. We love to focus on those older movies that have stood the test of time and remained a classic to reach across generations. Judging by our conversation here, we think Sunset Blvd. does that beautifully....
MOVIES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
January 18, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThis week, we're continuing Season 2 with our second episode of the Movies About Hollywood series. In this edition, we discuss the classic film Sunset Blvd. (1950). What an episode this is. Not Your Father's Movies loves to talk about how movies have affected us, and not just recent movies. We love to focus on those older movies that have stood the test of time and remained a classic to reach across generations. Judging by our conversation here, we think Sunset Blvd. does that beautifully....
MOVIES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD: Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood (2019)
January 12, 2021 08:01 - 2 hours - 155 MBFEATURED GUEST: JP Welcome to Season Two of Not Your Father's Movies! In our past season, we covered a new classic trilogy of movies, a trilogy from our dad's time, and one from our grandfather's time. This generational bridge is our identity as a podcast, and is fundamental to who we are as we started our show. Going forward, we hope to bring something new: what is next for us as a podcast and us as dads. We are starting a new series: movies about Hollywood. These are movies about mov...
Episode 1: Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood (2019)
January 12, 2021 08:01 - 2 hours - 155 MBFEATURED GUEST: JP Welcome to Season Two of Not Your Father's Movies! In our past season, we covered a new classic trilogy of movies, a trilogy from our dad's time, and one from our grandfather's time. This generational bridge is our identity as a podcast, and is fundamental to who we are as we started our show. Going forward, we hope to bring something new: what is next for us as a podcast and us as dads. We are starting a new series: movies about Hollywood. These are movies about mov...
TOP 5 MOVIES OF 2020
January 05, 2021 19:48 - 1 hour - 122 MBWelcome to season 2 of NYFM! We are kicking things off with a Year In Review of 2020, the dumpster fire year that most of us suffered through in seclusion. In many ways, it seemed movies and TV shows were our only reprieve. This episode sees us unpack much of what we saw this year, and what we thought about it! We cover a few different TV shows we thought notable: Vito heaps praise on the Mandalorian, Jesse forgets who is in Middleditch and Schwartz, and Mike laughs to death over Avenue ...
Top 5 Movies of 2020
January 05, 2021 19:48 - 1 hour - 122 MBWelcome to season 2 of NYFM! We are kicking things off with a Year In Review of 2020, the dumpster fire year that most of us suffered through in seclusion. In many ways, it seemed movies and TV shows were our only reprieve. This episode sees us unpack much of what we saw this year, and what we thought about it! We cover a few different TV shows we thought notable: Vito heaps praise on the Mandalorian, Jesse forgets who is in Middleditch and Schwartz, and Mike laughs to death over Avenue ...
CHRISTMAS EPISODE: Home Alone (1990)
December 22, 2020 08:01 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at NYFM! We hope you enjoy this special, seasonal episode of our show. Usually, we try and stick to our special series, our slate of movies that are tied together by a theme, but every now and then, we do a special episode. And for our last episode of the year, we bring you Home Alone! A true time-honored classic beloved by us universally, even if it was an unknown first time for one of us (if you listen, I promise that sentence makes sen...
AFTERMATH: Not Your Grandfather‘s Courtroom Dramas
December 16, 2020 01:52 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Here we are, at the end of another series, our third! We take the time to amend some of our thoughts, finally acknowledge Vito's physical deformities, and talk about all these courtroom dramas as a whole (including Trial of the Chicago 7). It was a blast talking about these meaty, important movies that still packed a lot of nostalgia and heart. We almost didn't anticipate what we were getting ourselves into with these important films. It was heady stuff but we we...
AFTERMATH: Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas
December 16, 2020 01:52 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Here we are, at the end of another series, our third! We take the time to amend some of our thoughts, finally acknowledge Vito's physical deformities, and talk about all these courtroom dramas as a whole (including Trial of the Chicago 7). It was a blast talking about these meaty, important movies that still packed a lot of nostalgia and heart. We almost didn't anticipate what we were getting ourselves into with these important films. It was heady stuff but we we...
Episode 9: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
December 09, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 214 MBFEATURED GUEST: LIS To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless classic that concludes our series on Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas. What a ride it's been. From Spiderman, to Disney, and now some of the greatest movies ever on some of the weightiest subject-matter. Classism, racism, drug addiction, and sexual violence are all mentioned in this episode frequently. Nothing three dads can't handle right? WRONG! We can't handle it. To help us talk about this story which is way beyond our ...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S COURTROOM DRAMAS: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
December 09, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 214 MBFEATURED GUEST: LIS To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless classic that concludes our series on Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas. What a ride it's been. From Spiderman, to Disney, and now some of the greatest movies ever on some of the weightiest subject-matter. Classism, racism, drug addiction, and sexual violence are all mentioned in this episode frequently. Nothing three dads can't handle right? WRONG! We can't handle it. To help us talk about this story which is way beyond our ...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER‘S COURTROOM DRAMAS: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
December 09, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 214 MBFEATURED GUEST: LIS To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless classic that concludes our series on Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas. What a ride it's been. From Spiderman, to Disney, and now some of the greatest movies ever on some of the weightiest subject-matter. Classism, racism, drug addiction, and sexual violence are all mentioned in this episode frequently. Nothing three dads can't handle right? WRONG! We can't handle it. To help us talk about this story which is way beyond our ...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S COURTROOM DRAMAS: A Man For All Seasons (1966)
December 01, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBWelcome to our second episode in our Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! The film this week is A Man For All Seasons from 1966, about the life of Sir Thomas More and his infamous decision to die rather than to betray his beliefs and principles. This one is very nostalgic for all of us as we all were raised with this movie in our homes, from an early age. We dig into some more historical context than usual, both about the making of the film and about Henry Tudor and his ascension to...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER‘S COURTROOM DRAMAS: A Man For All Seasons (1966)
December 01, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBWelcome to our second episode in our Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! The film this week is A Man For All Seasons from 1966, about the life of Sir Thomas More and his infamous decision to die rather than to betray his beliefs and principles. This one is very nostalgic for all of us as we all were raised with this movie in our homes, from an early age. We dig into some more historical context than usual, both about the making of the film and about Henry Tudor and his ascension to...
Episode 8: A Man For All Seasons (1966)
December 01, 2020 16:40 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBWelcome to our second episode in our Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! The film this week is A Man For All Seasons from 1966, about the life of Sir Thomas More and his infamous decision to die rather than to betray his beliefs and principles. This one is very nostalgic for all of us as we all were raised with this movie in our homes, from an early age. We dig into some more historical context than usual, both about the making of the film and about Henry Tudor and his ascension to...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S COURTROOM DRAMAS: 12 Angry Men (1957)
November 24, 2020 20:46 - 2 hours - 114 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Introducing our new series: Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! In the next few episodes, we tackle three classic courtroom dramas from our grandparent's era, and the first one is 12 Angry Men. This film is influential for many reasons, whether it is the taut writing, the claustrophobic direction, or the impeccable production design, and we attempt to discuss as much as we can. The first issue we tackle is the casting of the film, the characters, and...
Episode 7: 12 Angry Men (1957)
November 24, 2020 20:46 - 2 hours - 114 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Introducing our new series: Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! In the next few episodes, we tackle three classic courtroom dramas from our grandparent's era, and the first one is 12 Angry Men. This film is influential for many reasons, whether it is the taut writing, the claustrophobic direction, or the impeccable production design, and we attempt to discuss as much as we can. The first issue we tackle is the casting of the film, the characters, and...
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER‘S COURTROOM DRAMAS: 12 Angry Men (1957)
November 24, 2020 20:46 - 2 hours - 114 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Introducing our new series: Not Your Grandfather's Courtroom Dramas! In the next few episodes, we tackle three classic courtroom dramas from our grandparent's era, and the first one is 12 Angry Men. This film is influential for many reasons, whether it is the taut writing, the claustrophobic direction, or the impeccable production design, and we attempt to discuss as much as we can. The first issue we tackle is the casting of the film, the characters, and...
AFTERMATH: Disney Classics & Their Remakes
November 17, 2020 17:01 - 44 minutes - 42.3 MBWelcome to our first AFTERMATH episode, where we take our previous series as a whole, and share a few last thoughts, opinions, and observations before we put it to bed. This AFTERMATH episode is on Disney animated classics and their remakes! We covered The Lion King, Cinderella, and 101 Dalmatians over the past few weeks, and while we had a blast talking about them, we had a few last thoughts. Thanks for listening to this episode, and we hope if you are joining us for the first time, it ...
Episode 6: 101 Dalmatians (1961 & 1996)
November 10, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWrapping up our trilogy of Disney animated classics and their live action remakes, we have selected this perennial favorite (well...Vito's favorite) 101 Dalmatians! While older, we wanted to trace the history of these remakes back a little further than most people would have, and maybe shine a light on an almost forgotten, John Hughes-written remake that we might remember from our childhoods. How good is Glenn Close? How many Dalmatians were there exactly? Do our children have a future ...
DISNEY CLASSICS & REMAKES: 101 Dalmatians (1961 & 1996)
November 10, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWrapping up our trilogy of Disney animated classics and their live action remakes, we have selected this perennial favorite (well...Vito's favorite) 101 Dalmatians! While older, we wanted to trace the history of these remakes back a little further than most people would have, and maybe shine a light on an almost forgotten, John Hughes-written remake that we might remember from our childhoods. How good is Glenn Close? How many Dalmatians were there exactly? Do our children have a future ...
Episode 5: Cinderella (1950 & 2015)
November 03, 2020 15:01 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBWe are back on the trail of our Disney animated classics and their live-action remakes, after a two week, two episode break. It was fun to break out and do something different, but we have a series to finish. For our second entry, we have a slight curveball: Cinderella. I say it's a slight curveball because, while the animated classic is always honored among the Disney greats, the live-action remake seems almost forgotten. Strange, as it is only five years old, and stranger still because...
DISNEY CLASSICS & REMAKES: Cinderella (1950 & 2015)
November 03, 2020 15:01 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBWe are back on the trail of our Disney animated classics and their live-action remakes, after a two week, two episode break. It was fun to break out and do something different, but we have a series to finish. For our second entry, we have a slight curveball: Cinderella. I say it's a slight curveball because, while the animated classic is always honored among the Disney greats, the live-action remake seems almost forgotten. Strange, as it is only five years old, and stranger still because...
NEW RELEASE: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
October 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBFEATURED GUEST: LETTENEY Following our first, exciting Halloween episode, we are introducing a new kind of episode: The NEW RELEASE. Every few weeks, or when we think a new movie would be exciting to talk about, we'll take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to discuss something new and fresh. This week's episode is on The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin's recently released Netflix film which revolves around the real trial that swept up many protestors in the ci...
HALLOWEEN EPISODE: IT (2017)
October 21, 2020 04:23 - 1 hour - 101 MBFEATURED GUEST: DAVE Welcome to our very first Halloween Special Episode! This year we are doing IT from 2017, based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. CONTENT WARNING: We discuss, frankly and with language matching the source material, both the 2017 film and the original 1986 novel, complete with the problematic issues of both. This includes abuse, violence towards children, alcoholism, drug abuse, and inappropriate child activity. The material is only what has been publishe...
Episode 4: The Lion King (1994 & 2019)
October 13, 2020 14:41 - 1 hour - 187 MBEpisode 4 of NYFM is here, and it is the start of a new trilogy of movies, up for consideration for the Dad Hall of Fame! This new trilogy will be focusing on Disney animated classics and their live-action remakes. Here we open our new trilogy with a stone cold classic, the 1994 The Lion King, and its remake from 2019. Does the new one hold up? Do both movies go in the Hall of Fame? Spoiler warning: they don't. Please like, rate, subscribe, review, follow, show us some love out t...
DISNEY CLASSICS & REMAKES: The Lion King (1994 & 2019)
October 13, 2020 14:41 - 1 hour - 187 MBEpisode 4 of NYFM is here, and it is the start of a new trilogy of movies, up for consideration for the Dad Hall of Fame! This new trilogy will be focusing on Disney animated classics and their live-action remakes. Here we open our new trilogy with a stone cold classic, the 1994 The Lion King, and its remake from 2019. Does the new one hold up? Do both movies go in the Hall of Fame? Spoiler warning: they don't. Please like, rate, subscribe, review, follow, show us some love out t...
RAIMI SPIDERMAN TRILOGY: Spiderman 3 (2007)
October 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 237 MBHere it is. Spiderman 3. The most controversial superhero movie, bar-none? Maybe. The most hated? Possibly. Does Vito really love it? You betcha. In this, the conclusion to our Spiderman trilogy, we tackle one of the most controversial modern blockbusters of our time. And we ask the age-old question: is it a Dad Movie? Does it belong on the Wall of Dad? As always, thanks for listening! Please like, rate. download, comment and subscribe! We need your feedback and we would love...
Episode 3: Spiderman 3 (2007)
October 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 237 MBHere it is. Spiderman 3. The most controversial superhero movie, bar-none? Maybe. The most hated? Possibly. Does Vito really love it? You betcha. In this, the conclusion to our Spiderman trilogy, we tackle one of the most controversial modern blockbusters of our time. And we ask the age-old question: is it a Dad Movie? Does it belong on the Wall of Dad? As always, thanks for listening! Please like, rate. download, comment and subscribe! We need your feedback and we would love...
Episode 2: Spiderman 2 (2004)
September 30, 2020 16:01 - 1 hour - 123 MBHere is the second episode of Not Your Father's Movies: Spiderman 2! It's here: our episode on one of the true classics in the genre. This film has influenced many the world over, as well as redefining what a comic book movie could do. In this episode, we try and tackle it all. The romance, the fights, the heroism, the pizza delivery: it is all here. What is lacking a little is audio quality. We were able to mostly fix it about 20 minutes in, so fast forward if that bothers you. Otherwi...
RAIMI SPIDERMAN TRILOGY: Spiderman 2 (2004)
September 30, 2020 16:01 - 1 hour - 123 MBHere is the second episode of Not Your Father's Movies: Spiderman 2! It's here: our episode on one of the true classics in the genre. This film has influenced many the world over, as well as redefining what a comic book movie could do. In this episode, we try and tackle it all. The romance, the fights, the heroism, the pizza delivery: it is all here. What is lacking a little is audio quality. We were able to mostly fix it about 20 minutes in, so fast forward if that bothers you. Otherwi...
Episode 1: Spiderman (2002)
September 22, 2020 07:16 - 1 hour - 111 MBWelcome to the first episode of Not Your Father's Movies! This is the first in a series where we tackle the Sam Raimi Spiderman trilogy. These three films were legendary for paving the way for superhero films as we know them, and for us at NYFM, they were instrumental in shaping our interests in movies and comic characters as children. In our inaugural episode, we discuss the first Spiderman movie, our nostalgia, and how we feel about it now that we have children of our own to share it with...
RAIMI SPIDERMAN TRILOGY: Spiderman (2002)
September 22, 2020 07:16 - 1 hour - 111 MBWelcome to the first episode of Not Your Father's Movies! This is the first in a series where we tackle the Sam Raimi Spiderman trilogy. These three films were legendary for paving the way for superhero films as we know them, and for us at NYFM, they were instrumental in shaping our interests in movies and comic characters as children. In our inaugural episode, we discuss the first Spiderman movie, our nostalgia, and how we feel about it now that we have children of our own to share it with...