the day the earth stood still & knowing (with jake ures)

Hollywood is in the midst of a serious movie star crisis. in an era of Marvel superheroes and interchangeable Chris's, it's hard to remember a time when we had actual movie stars that could draw audiences to theaters. for our latest chapter in rotten apocalyptic cinema, we're watching the world burn with two of our favorite podcast mack daddies and two of our most timeless leading men: Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Cage.



we're discussing two forgotten sci-fi disaster thrillers from the late 2000s that both came out when our boys were in one of their career dead zones. first up, it's the 2008 remake of the "The Day the Earth Stood Still" starring Keanu as the hot alien who has come to Earth to let the human race know they fucked up the planet and it's time to die. after that, we're joined by our in-house 9/11 commentator Jake Ures to unpack the gloriously batshit "Knowing" featuring Nicolas Cage as a professor turned full-blown Q-guy after unearthing a series of numbers that reveal when the world is going to end.



what happens when a weird christian goth guy gets to make his version of an M. Night Shyamalan movie? why doesn't anyone wanna fuck the hot alien in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"? is there any movie star as daring and original as Nicolas Cage? are there any more honest-to-god movie stars? why are there so many moose running around on fire in "Knowing"? why is Nicolas Cage googling 9/11??? there's only one place to find out.



"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is streaming on HBOMax. "Knowing" is streaming on Amazon Prime & Hulu.