Latest Filmsnuff Podcast Episodes
Episode 119 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Film Snuff - January 19, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratings[In HAL 9000’s voice]: Open the podcast doors, Dave, because we’re doing the 1968 classic Stanley Kubrick film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” We are putting ourselves to the fullest possible use, which is all we think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. We know we’ve made some ver...
Episode 118 - The Devil Wears Prada
Film Snuff - January 06, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe 2006 smash hit "The Devil Wears Prada" seemed to have struck a chord on the piano that is the hearts of moviegoers everywhere, but to us, with its weighty pile of missed notes, it instead felt like ton of ivory falling on our heads. Based on the chick-lit novel of the same name, it tell...
Episode 117 - Annie Hall
Film Snuff - September 17, 2020 02:30 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsLa-dee-da, la-dee-da. Woody Allen's 1977 Best Picture winner "Annie Hall" is considered his masterpiece and marked his shift from slapstick zany comedies to more heady, romantic fair. This movie is patient zero for annoying, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual romantic comedies that followed (thin...
Episode 116 - Face/Off
Film Snuff - August 21, 2020 22:38 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsSomehow John Woo’s remake of “Freaky Friday” known as “Face/Off” starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage where they switch bodies was somehow beloved by audiences—and critics alike—in 1997. But this is nothing more than a shoot-‘em-up cheesy action flick that appears it was made by 8th gra...
Episode 115 - Forrest Gump
Film Snuff - June 30, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe Best Picture winner for 1994 "Forrest Gump" is itself like a box of chocolates: filled sickly sweets that seem like they’re good on the surface, but end up being too nutty, gooey and annoyingly filled with shrimp. It’s also a heaping slice of Americana pie topped with a scoop of Ok Boomer ...
Episode 114 - Varsity Blues
Film Snuff - June 14, 2020 11:07 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsGet your potbelly pigs, concussions, and whipped cream bikinis ready, because we’re covering the 1999 after-school special "Varsity Blues," which tells the story of a jaded back-up quarterback at a small-town Texas high school who has to take over hero responsibilities when the star QB gets inju...
Episode 113 - Rain Man
Film Snuff - May 19, 2020 12:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsUh oh! Definitely did "Rain Man," definitely did "Rain Man." Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman somehow star as brothers in this manipulative road trip/buddy comedy that topped both the box office and the Oscars in 1988. People love this movie, but it's nothing more than a con-job that somehow got cr...
Episode 112 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Film Snuff - May 05, 2020 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIn 1981, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg whipped up a weird Bible film where a surly, pedophile grave robber tries to beat the Nazis to gain possession of a chest that holds the remains of the Ted Commandments in order to speak directly to God. And it’s a kid’s movie! The first in the "India...
REPLAY: Rocky
Film Snuff - April 28, 2020 10:28 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWhile most of us are still on lockdown do to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, please enjoy this reposting of our episode on the original "Rocky" movie that aired in February 2018. Keating spends a few minutes up front updating you on how his quarantine has been going, and then at the very end, ...
Episode 111 - Armageddon
Film Snuff - April 21, 2020 12:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe highest-grossing film of 1998 that was nominated for four Oscars (yes), “Armageddon,” makes its also-awful counterpart “Deep Impact” look like “Citizen Kane.” This explosion-(in space?)-filled blockbuster is another in the painful pop culture cancer filmographies of director Michael Bay an...
REPLAY: Titanic
Film Snuff - April 14, 2020 13:03 - 3 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIn September of 2017, we released back-to-back episodes about James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic." For this REPLAY episode, we have combined those into one long episode for your memory lane listening pleasure. Enjoy.
Episode 110 - Outbreak
Film Snuff - April 07, 2020 20:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe all-the-sudden relevant movie from 1995,” Outbreak,” about a global pandemic and how to stop it, misses the chance to be interesting by squandering its all-star cast in exchange for mindless explosions, helicopter chases and a cheesy love story. Always-angry Dustin Hoffman plays a military...
REPLAY: Point Break
Film Snuff - March 31, 2020 23:27 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWe hope everyone is staying safe and trying to make the best of their quarantine. But assuming that you're not trying to necessarily make the best of it, you might as well listen to us then. So here’s a replay of one of our favorite episodes that maybe will cheer you up and help pass the time. ...
Episode 109 - Pretty in Pink
Film Snuff - March 23, 2020 13:51 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWith yet another view into the creepy mind of ‘80s John Hughes, we decided to tackle the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink.” It stars Molly Ringwald in a flip of her “richie” role in “The Breakfast Club,” where she is the one from the wrong side of the tracks. She has an alcoholic, loser dad (played b...
2020 Oscars Wrap-Up
Film Snuff - February 10, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 89 ratingsFor the fourth year in a row, we fired up the mics immediately after watching the Oscars ceremony and give you our take on what we witnessed. We also figure out who got the most categories correct, discuss the ceremony, some of the speeches, and our most-hated moments from the broadcast. It migh...
Our 2020 Oscars predictions
Film Snuff - February 06, 2020 02:53 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWill it be "Parasite" or "1917" that takes home the big prize? Join us as we discuss the year that was 2019 in film as we break down our thoughts on all the Oscar-nominated movies, and then each pick what we think will win in all 24 categories. Keating pretentiously mocks Jim for making what he ...
In Theaters: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Film Snuff - August 26, 2019 13:19 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIn the latest installment of our recurring In Theaters segment, we saw Quentin Tarantino’s newest film "Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood" and then immediately fired up the mics to discuss it. Some people have hailed this movie as a masterpiece while others think it’s a misogynistic mess. Where did...
Episode 108 - Cast Away
Film Snuff - May 28, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIn 2000, Robert Zemeckis made "Cast Away," the longest FedEx commercial in history that masquerades as a trapped-on-a-desert-island story. Granted, the middle section of the film where Tom Hanks is marooned isn't terrible, but the pair of audience-insulting bookending acts that surround it repla...
Episode 107 - Dances with Wolves
Film Snuff - May 09, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe Kevin Costner vanity project "Dances with Wolves" beat "GoodFellas" for Best Picture in 1990. That's right, this three-hour goofy slog that was heralded as the first movie not to have two-dimensional Native American characters, took home the gold statue. The problem? Even if its Lakota chara...
In Theaters: Us
Film Snuff - April 23, 2019 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAfter the enormous success of Jordan Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," he's back at the helm again with his followup, "Us" (which is currently in theaters). And, because of that, we went and saw it for our aptly-named In Theaters segment that we do on this show from time to time. But gues...
Episode 106 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Film Snuff - April 02, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIf you actually do stop and look around at the 1986 John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off," there's a lot of stuff you can't miss that doesn't make sense. Are Ferris and his sister twins? Do his parents think he has the mind of the 5-year-old boy? Is Ferris a figment of Cameron's imagina...
Episode 105 - Green Book
Film Snuff - March 08, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe controversial 2018 film "Green Book" that just won the Academy Award for Best Picture has it all: a white-savior narrative, cheesy New York Italian-American accents, and a series of cringeworthy tone-deaf scenes that aim to solve racism, but end up being more racist themselves in the end. ...
2019 Oscars Wrap-Up
Film Snuff - February 27, 2019 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 89 ratingsFor the third year in a row, we fired up the mics immediately after watching the Oscars ceremony and give you our take on what we witnessed. We also figure out who got the most categories correct (and settle our wager), discuss the ceremony, some of the speeches, and our favorite and most-hated ...
Our 2019 Oscars predictions
Film Snuff - February 20, 2019 00:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWe guide you through the Oscar nominations for movies released in 2018 leading up to this Sunday's ceremony (which will take place on Feb. 24). We discuss the snubs, the surprises, and give you our picks for all 24 categories. We also decide upon a bet for whoever loses, and talk about how bad...
Episode 104 - (500) Days of Summer
Film Snuff - February 13, 2019 20:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 89 ratingsHappy Valentine's Day! This time we tore apart the 2009 movie "(500) Days of Summer," an overly-stylized hipster attempt at an anti-romantic comedy. You can't spell parenthetical without pathetic. This is one of the most pretentious movies in the last ten years. They bounce back and forth bet...
Episode 103 - American History X
Film Snuff - January 24, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWe decided to curb stomp the 1998 Edward Norton vehicle "American History X" that showed us all neo-Nazis have to do to overcome their vicious deep-seated racism is have one jokey conversation with a funny black guy in prison. This movie has it all: a "Psycho"-esque black-and-white bloody slow...
Episode 102 - Splash
Film Snuff - January 10, 2019 02:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe 1984 box office smash "Splash" gave us a lot of things: Tom Hanks as a leading man, Ron Howard as a bankable director, and oddly the name Madison becoming popular. It’s just a shame that's all this pile of fish crap is worth. It's literally a fish out of water story, and also, frankly, the...
REPLAY: Episode 62 - When Harry Met Sally...
Film Snuff - December 31, 2018 17:21 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsHappy New Year! We'll be back next week with new episodes. It's 2019 now. The future. Makes the 2015 from "Back to the Future Part II" seem like a million years ago. But now we're in the year of "Blade Runner." And they really nailed that. No better way to describe Los Angeles 2019 than a bunc...
REPLAY: Episode 62 - When Harry Met Sally...
Film Snuff - December 31, 2018 17:21 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsHappy New Year! We'll be back next week with new episodes. It's 2019 now. The future. Makes the 2015 from "Back to the Future Part II" seem like a million years ago. But now we're in the year of "Blade Runner." And they really nailed that. No better way to describe Los Angeles 2019 than a bunc...
REPLAY: Episode 65 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Film Snuff - December 18, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 89 ratingsHey, guys, we're still hoping to get a Christmas episode done, but this past week hit a little snag. A good little snag. Jim's wife just gave birth to their second child, so needless to say, he's been a little busy this week. And this time she didn't go into labor while we were recording, so tha...
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