Two Boys in a Balcony
223 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsTwo Boys in a Balcony is the New England Movies Podcast hosted by Sean Sullivan and Bill McMorrow. Each week, they watch and discuss a different movie set in New England, about New England, featuring somebody from New England, featuring somebody who says the words New England, and Good Will Hunting.
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Love Story (1970)
January 27, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBLove means never having to watch this wretched movie again. It's Two Boys in a Balcony and in the immortal words of J Geils and Peter Wolf.... love (story) stinks.
The Dead Zone (1983)
January 20, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBLadies and gentlemen, today, the balcony gives you a choice... a weapon of choice if you will... if you could touch my hand and see that you're about to have an hour and fifteen minutes of fun time, party boy riffs, would you still try to assassinate the two boys in the balcony? No. You wouldn't. It's the Dead Zone with Christopher Walken! Don't worry... at no point do either boy make it even close to a Christopher Walken impression!
The Finest Hours (2016)
January 13, 2021 05:02 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBAhoy! Today the Balcony Boys are dipping their toes back into the GCU (the Gillespie Cinematic Universe) to look at I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie's 2016 totally fine, the Finest Hours, a movie that Bill swears he saw rushing the Capital Steps during the failed insurrection and thus he would see hung for treason but Sean knows is just a perfectly fine watchable movie about a ship sinking or something. It's wet!
I, Tonya (2017)
January 06, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBWhoa ho! It's a New Year! New Pod! The boys have had I, Tonya on the schedule for awhile now and since we have no confidence in the 2020 Winter Olympics actually happening in 2021, we figured no time like the present to watch 2017's I, Tonya, the Tonya Harding biopic anchored with four absolutely killer performances. It's a good one. Enjoy.
The Best of Times (1986)
December 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBWhat ho! Has a Charles Dickens references crept over into the Balcony? Are the boys becoming hardcore Dickheads or did they just watch a steaming pile of Christmas pudding this week from 1986 called the Best of Times. The Best of Times it certainly wasn't! Gene Shalit! It stinks! Jay Sherman! We end Russellmania season on the worst of notes because instead of this we could have watched Used Cars, The Thing, Overboard, Captain Ron, Escape from New York, Escape from LA, Guardians of the Galaxy ...
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)/The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
December 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBHo ho ho and a bottle of rum! The Balcony boys are feeling festive and celebrating the reason for the season, KURT RUSSELL, who incredibly has cemented himself as one of the all-time great cinematic Santas with the very charming and fun 2018 Netflix original film The Christmas Chronicles! What a romp! The story of a family of true believers accidentally ruining Christmas and then having the wherewithal to set things straight? It'll warm the dead cockles of your heart! The Christmas Chronicles...
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
December 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBBeep boop beep boop the podcast wore podcast pods! It's week three of Russelmania or Kurt Russmas or the month where we watch a bunch of Kurt Russell movies cause who cares anymore? Springfield's most famous son (go f yourself, Doctor Suess). It's baby Kurt week cause we watched the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes a movie that posits that computers make you smarter but I would suggest watching this movie made me dumber. Hi. I am Sean Sullivan from Two Boys in a Balcony and I no joke think I fell a...
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
December 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 97 MBFolks, Sean here. I've been doing goddamn daily podcasts everyday and I'm going insane. Yes, Bill, I forgot to put in the theme song. No, Bill, I probably can't fix it right now. Sorry. I needed to get a little business out of the way to let Bill know I forgot to put in the theme. ANYWHO WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM CAN I HAVE ANOTHER! It's Big Trouble in Little China week here in the Balcony and boy howdy did this thing sail clean over our heads. Good luck!
Miracle (2004)
December 02, 2020 05:03 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBAbout six months ago, one of the idiots of this show discovered that beloved human actor Kurt Russell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and he is now forever our favorite son and we have decided to dedicate this last month of this especially shitty year to only watching his movies and we kicked things off with a patriotic banger! Miracle tells the origin story of a bunch of Wall Street scumbums and how they single handedly prevented nuclear war. It's a heart-warming tale that even Sean, ...
JFK (1991)
November 25, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBIf you came hear looking for a scholarly dissection of Oliver Stone's paranoid masterpiece JFK, KEEP ON TRUCKIN' SISTER CAUSE THIS AINT THE PLACE! However if you'd love to hear two idiots talk around a three hour movie about the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, we might be able to do a little business together. Was it the Cubans? Was it the CIA? Was it the gay legitimate businessmen of New Orleans? Why not all three and more! Everyone's a killer in this beautiful thing except Bill an...
The Iron Giant (1999)
November 18, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBParty over, oops, out of time, we're watching a cartoon from NINETEEN NINETY NINE! Crunch crunch creak creak It's the big iron giant boy, the Iron Giant directed by the great Brad Bird. It's a movie about beatniks and single moms, nuclear proliferation and the troubles of domesticating squirrels. It's got everything want from a movie and it is good so watch it and then listen to us and mind the mess, people. We're not professionals.
Quiz Show (1994)
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBWhoa there Quiz Kid Donnie Smith! For $25,000 dollars, what 1994 directorial debut did the Balcony Boys dreamily discuss for very long in the final tumultuous days of the American experiment? Time's up! It's Quiz Show directed by Robert Redford, a fact we almost certainly forgot to discuss in any significant detail. Look if you want facts, read a wikipedia. If you want America's Dumbest Film Critics, listen to the Balcony. And as a bonus, the boys finally reveal their true forms: morally bank...
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
November 04, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBHere's the deal, jack. On the eve of one of the darkest days in American history, Bill and Sean hooked up the dang pod machines and recorded an episode on Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 comedy, The Trouble with Harry. Sean was tripping balls on claritin the whole time. Bill was tripping on his balls the whole time. Sean also tripped over Bill's balls once or twice or three or four times EACH TIME FUNNIER THAN THE LAST! Don't read and walk at the same time, folks! We don't know if the bombs have star...
Child's Play (1988) - LIVE at HOME with WILL SMALLEY and ANDREW MAYER!
October 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBDearly beloved, we gather here today to cast another Boo Englund into Bill's Soul Pit for another year and helping us we've got the goodest buddies Will Smalley and Andrew Mayer to help us shuffle off this mortal coil. We gathered on Bill's 50th flipping birthday to watch the original Child's Play from 1988. Sean and Andrew had never seen it so Bill and Will pretended to hold their hands to guide them through this baby murder doll story! Good times abound!
Hubie Halloween (2020)
October 28, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBGather round for a most harrowing tale of a mentally ill man who just wants you to be safe on Halloween. That's right, folks, we called another audible and instead of whatever bullshit we said we were watching, we watched the newest Netflix original Sandman production, Hubie Halloween! AND TRUST US... we get into it! We certainly don't spend the entire episode talking about other horror movies like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm or One Cut of the Dead, a Japanese zombie comedy that we realized we...
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - LIVE at HOME with MARK GALLAGHER! (the sound sucks... sorry!)
October 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBI KNOW! I threw the goddamn mic cable away! There's nothing we can do about but I can't write off the stuffed peppers we shoved in our faces if I don't put the episode out! We gathered round the fire table for another of our patented socially distanced balcony nights with old friend and horror aficionado Mark Gallagher to watch the Wes Craven masterpiece, A Nightmare on Elm Street from 1984! We meet Fred Krueger, lowly child killer, who hasn't had time to stop off at the demonic open mics in ...
Creepshow (1982)
October 21, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB*extreme creep voice* Stand clear of the meteor shit! It's week 17 of Boo Englund and we're dipping our damn toes back into the waters of Castle Rock (probably) for the ultimate Halloween dream team matchup! Script by Stephen King, direction by George Romera, best acting by Stephen King! It's Creepshow! 5 tales so scary (?) that you'll probably die... of laughing maybe! Or Covid-19! There's lots of things that will really kill you out there. Try to avoid them... if you can... muwhahahahaha!
Friday the 13th (1980) - Live at Home with ROB GREENE! (warning: wonky sound on this one!)
October 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 128 MBSummer camp! It's a girl's time to be alive! Unless you go to Camp Crystal Lake LOLOL! Once again we opened up the balcony and brought in hilarious comedian and LOYAL LISTENER Rob Greene to watch the original Friday the 13th on ole big screen! And yes, Bill's mic cable is somehow supremely shitty throughout and I don't know how to fix it. Hopefully you'll forgive us and not send your mother to murder us in a very haphazard yet methodical nature!
Carrie (1976)
October 14, 2020 11:17 - 1 hour - 118 MBYOU'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT THIS! It's week three of Boo Englund and we're doing a bonafide masterpiece,, Brian Depalma's 1976 teen sex comedy Carrie! It's Carrie! You know exactly what is going to happen the entire time. THere's no surprises and it is absolutely thrilling. It's Carrie!
Halloween (1978) - Live at Home with DOUG GUERTIN and DAN BOULGER!
October 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBLOOK OUT! It's another B-b-b-bonus Boo Englund episode for you criminals. We set up the projector and the screen on the veranda and sat down with two good buddies for an EXTREMELY SOCIALLY DISTANCED screening on the John Carpenter masterpiece Halloween from 1978. Jaime Lee Curtis you crazy for this one. Doug Guertin from the Top Five Podcast and Dan Boulger from our episode on Hamilton came together for a real sloppy chat about almost anything and everything! Marvel at Doug's Halloween origin...
Pieces (1982)
October 07, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBThe most beautiful thing in the world is listening to the Balcony boys fall in love with the insanity that is 1982's Spanish exploitation picture Pieces! Set in Boston, filmed in Spain, at no point does it appear that anyone in any scene is speaking the same language. This movie has it all... chainsaws, co-eds, and kung-fu. None of it makes any sense and yet, even now I feel compelled to try and piece together the puzzle that is this movie. Pieces! It gets the highest honor the Balcony has ev...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - Live at Home with MIKE WHITMAN!
October 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBLadies and gentlemen, as a special Boo Englund bonus for your ghouls and ghosts, the Balcony boys are running a series of special extra episodes recorded before and after some socially distanced outdoor screenings of classic slasher flicks! The New England rule gets tossed right out the window as we journey to rural Texas for one of the greatest horror movies ever made, Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Along for the ride is longtime good buddy and hilarious comedian Mike Whitman! So sit...
Session 9 (2001) with the return of KEN REID!
September 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBBoo Englund comes in a day early this year! We were going to talk about some boring historic drama but called an audible for the asbestos-based horror of 2001's Session 9. Relive your days of co-playing Mtv's Fear by listening to special guest Ken Reid recount us with his teenage tales of breaking into the abandoned mental hospital where this films takes places and then giving us a very scholarly assessment of the film! It's the Shining in Everett so put on your mask and don't breathe the air!
Hamilton (2020) - Live at Home with DAN BOULGER!
September 25, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBHey there, sports fans! It's a Friday B-b-b-b-b-bonus episode! Once again Sean and Bill set up the projector for a little outside screening on the Disney+ presentation of the live musical adaptation of Ronald Chernow's biography of a man with the last name of HAMILTON! Does it take place in New England? NOT FOR A SECOND! But they mention John Adams a couple times so that counts. Going us on the veranda is our good buddy Dan Boulger who you might have seen on TV once or twice. It could be comp...
An American Carol (2008) with MARK GALLAGHER!
September 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBOoops we did it again... step aside Boondocks Saints II: All Saint's Day, there's a new king of Mount shitty movies. That's right. We poked the dying corpse of the Zucker brothers legacy and watched the right-wing, conservative "comedy" An American Carol starring Chris Farley's less charismatic brother Kevin and a virtual who's who of Hollywood's true heroes: annoying republican twittter celebrities. James Woods, Jon Voight, Kevin Sorbo, and Kelsey Grammar all in the same picture?! STATES RIG...
National Treasure (2004)
September 16, 2020 12:01 - 1 hour - 117 MBHey gang. Sean here. I didn't forget to post this episode. I had a highly complicated, highly fraught, and highly illegal scavenger hunt prepared that would have seen you travel from Plymouth Rock to the Bunker Hill Memorial to the Dr Suess Museum in Springfield ultimately arriving at a textile museum in Lowell but Bill said I should just post the episode. We watched National Treasure. Here. Somehow this is better I guess.
Johnny Tremain (1957)
September 09, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBToday in the balcony, the boys pull off the greatest heist of all time. That's right. We broke into the Disney vault and smuggled the 1957 revolutionary war romp Johnny Tremain back into the light. Dip your hand in silver, chop it off, and melt it down into musket food cause we are the boys, yes, we are the boys, the boys in the balcony.
1776 (1972) with JOSH GONDELMAN!
September 02, 2020 10:53 - 1 hour - 157 MBFour score and seven years ago, our forefathers gathered in a hot ass room in Philadelphia to sing and dance our way to independence! That's right, folks, it's about to get all 1776 up in here and to do it, we're joined by Josh Gondelman from Desus & Mero, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, books, pep talks, and the good ole pod Make My Day with Josh Gondelman! It's our biggest guest ever so you know we're firing on all cylindars and the audio on Bill's mic is a little off but don't let that...
Summer Catch (2001)
August 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBJoin us to today in the wayback machine as we travel to the single worst event of the year two thousand and one. Today in the balcony, it's Summer Catch a movie so bad that I won't waste one more second thinking about it.
The Way, Way Back (2013)
August 19, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBWhen the sun is blazing and the summer gets hot, Water WIZZZZZZZZZ is a very cool spot. That's right, folks. For the second time in three weeks, we relocate the balcony to the top of a three story water park in Wareham, MA for the most geographically unrealistic New England film of all time, the Way, Way Back! You're telling me this kid rides a bike from Marshfield to Wareham everyday and no one notices? COME ON! It's a nostalgic ride back to probably 2012, maybe 1985, maybe 1994! We're trave...
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
August 12, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBLadies and gentlemen, Bill is in love... with cinema! Today in the Balcony, we're talking about a movie that has the old man smitten and Sean forgot to watch! What? Yeah. Sean really fucked it up this week and thought that he would be able to remember what happens in this movie he watched a month ago but folks, he doesn't! Lots of Boy Scout memories and lots of a gosh darn honest to goodness fawning over this weird sweet movie.
Grown Ups (2010)
August 05, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBIt's the damn dog days of summer baby and it's time to get together with your ole pals Bill, Sean, Lenny, Kurt, Marcus, Rob, and Eric and stop acting like kids and start acting like some damn Grown Ups. This cursed artifact of a simpler time should not be consumed by any viewing audience but after repeatedly threatening to watch the sequel throughout the episode, Sean is here to tell you that Grown Ups 2 is significantly more enjoyable. Quarantine really has rotted his brain. We'll announce a...
One Crazy Summer (1986) with Ken Reid
July 29, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBToday in the balcony, we finally smashed open the box that said "in case of emergency, break glass" and pulled out the red phone that calls directly into the TV Guidance Counselor Cave and it's a good thing we did because Bill and Sean were ill-equipped to discuss the legacy of One Crazy Summer director Savage Steve Holland alone. Instead we call upon our good friend, Ken Reid, who has now cemented himself as the VERY. FIRST. GUEST. It's a fun one as the Balcony boys pick the brain of the TVG...
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
July 22, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 70.9 MBThis time it's personal... because the Balcony boys got together for a socially distanced movie night with them and 7,000 mosquitoes! This is not a typical episode because Sean forgot the power cord for the recording equipment so they had to improvise but it's audible. You can hear it. It's not a commentary track but the boys periodically stopped the movie to reflect on what they saw/buffer the movie cause the outside aint' got the best wifi. It's Jaws: the Revenge, an insane movie! If you th...
Jaws 3-D (1983)
July 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBWhat's scary than a shark in two dimensions? A SHARK IN THREE DIMENSIONS! Today in the Balcony, we're jumping off the screen (of your phones) and into your hearts (of your ears)! QUAID!
Jaws 3-D (1983)
July 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBWhat's scary than a shark in two dimensions? A SHARK IN THREE DIMENSIONS! Today in the Balcony, we're jumping off the screen (of your phones) and into your hearts (of your ears)! QUAID!
Jaws 2 (1978)
July 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBJust when you thought it was safe to go back to the balcony
Jaws 2 (1978)
July 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBJust when you thought it was safe to go back to the balcony
The Boondock Saints II: All Saint's Day (2009)
June 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBWe gather here today to lay to rest the Boondock Saints and cinematic auteur Troy Duffy. Say your piece and get the fuck out.
Overnight (2013)
June 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGood morning, nerds! We're kicking off year 2 with a documentary about a man that could very easily have been either one of the boys had their fathers dropped them off the balcony as a baby. Overnight documents the rise and rise and rise of one Mr Troy Duffy, acclaimed director of the Boondock Saints, a movie we just adore. What are your thoughts on Keanu Reeves? What are your thoughts on Ethan Hawke? Kenneth Branagh? You better get your house in order cause Troy Duffy knows exactly how he fe...
Overnight (2013)
June 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBGood morning, nerds! We're kicking off year 2 with a documentary about a man that could very easily have been either one of the boys had their fathers dropped them off the balcony as a baby. Overnight documents the rise and rise and rise of one Mr Troy Duffy, acclaimed director of the Boondock Saints, a movie we just adore. What are your thoughts on Keanu Reeves? What are your thoughts on Ethan Hawke? Kenneth Branagh? You better get your house in order cause Troy Duffy knows exactly how he f...
The Boondock Saints (1999)
June 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBHappy anniversary probably maybe? We did it. The Balcony has been open for a year and we're celebrating by watching a movie that Sean calls "reprehensible." It's the Boondock Saints! If it's your favorite movie, don't tell us! We risked imploding the world and put the very fabric of existence into risk by putting the Boondock Saints up on the Boondock Saints scale. Does it pass muster? Who knows? But get comfy with the Boondockers because next week, audible, we're watching Overnight, the 2003...
The Boondock Saints (1999)
June 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBHappy anniversary probably maybe? We did it. The Balcony has been open for a year and we're celebrating by watching a movie that Sean calls "reprehensible." It's the Boondock Saints! If it's your favorite movie, don't tell us! We risked imploding the world and put the very fabric of existence into risk by putting the Boondock Saints up on the Boondock Saints scale. Does it pass muster? Who knows? But get comfy with the Boondockers because next week, audible, we're watching Overnight, the 200...
Free Fire (2016)
June 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 82 MBHey folks. It's a real weird week to try and be silly but we're so close to our one year anniversary that we decided to stay course and watch a movie called Free Fire that honestly we didn't like. Does the spoiler alert go before or after? Who knows? We were in weird moods when we recorded it but I think we were able to keep it funny enough. Hopefully it gives you a couple chuckles along for when you're taking a break from the endless shit fire. Also it is a weird time and we're not any kind...
Free Fire (2016)
June 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 82 MBHey folks. It's a real weird week to try and be silly but we're so close to our one year anniversary that we decided to stay course and watch a movie called Free Fire that honestly we didn't like. Does the spoiler alert go before or after? Who knows? We were in weird moods when we recorded it but I think we were able to keep it funny enough. Hopefully it gives you a couple chuckles along for when you're taking a break from the endless shit fire. Also it is a weird time and we're not any ki...
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
May 27, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week we reach 50 episodes which can only mean one thing: corporate buy-out time! That's right! Two Boys in a Balcony has been officially purchased by Turner Broadcasting Services which means we finally get to talk about the most watched program in the history of TNT... no not Franklin and Basch... no not Rizzoli and Isles.... we're talking about the motherfucking SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION SONS AND DAUGHTERS! It's your dad's favorite prison drama if your dad watched TV on a rainy saturday afte...
Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
May 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBNext stop... FUNderland! That's right! We're moving the balcony to FUNderland because we watched Next Stop Wonderland and then set up microphones to complain about it for over an hour! What's more fun than that? Don't answer that unless you want to step into the FUNderdome with the Balcony Boys. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you crossed paths with your soul mate 56 time over the course of 90 minutes only to finally meet them at minute 93 when the movie ends? No? What happene...
Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
May 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBNext stop... FUNderland! That's right! We're moving the balcony to FUNderland because we watched Next Stop Wonderland and then set up microphones to complain about it for over an hour! What's more fun than that? Don't answer that unless you want to step into the FUNderdome with the Balcony Boys. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you crossed paths with your soul mate 56 time over the course of 90 minutes only to finally meet them at minute 93 when the movie ends? No? What happen...
Color Out of Space (2019)
May 13, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBGather up your elder signs and pray for a swift death cause the Balcony Boys are back to their witchy roots and we're paying homage to the Elder God Cthulhu and YogSobbaDoo with 2019's Nicolas Cage mindwrap Color Out of Space. Richard Stanley is back, baby! It's almost like he never left! At the very least, one of the balcony boys knew who he was. This is a weird ass movie and it was a weird ass record as Bill McMorrow succumbed to cosmic space madness on more than one occasion and somehow dr...