TOMMY 'N' JACOB'S MIX TAPE

Today we finish off the Universal Monster Reimaging block with a review of 2025’s Wolf Man!A family is terrorized on an isolated farm by an aggressive, blood thirsty creature as the father combats a destructive and transformative disease.Happy Spooky Season!Directed by: Leigh WhannellWritten by: Leigh Whannell and Corbett TuckStarring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Matilda FirthCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we continue our ‘Universal Movie Monster reimagination block’ with a review of 2020’s The Invisible Man.A woman combats her abusive husband who has designed an invisibility suit. Happy Spooky Season!Written and Directed by: Leigh WhannellLoosely based on the novel ‘The Invisible Man’ by H. G. WellsStarring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Aldis HodgeCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we continue our Universal Monster Reimagined Block with a review of 2017’s The Shape of Water. A mute custodian makes an unsuspected connection with an aquatic humanoid. Happy Spooky Season!Directed by: Guillermo del ToroWritten by: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa TaylorStarring: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, and Richard JenkinsCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Happy Spooky Season one and all! Today we kick off the first episode of our sixth season with a review of 2014’s Ex Machina!A man is taken to a high-tech research facility to ascertain the consciousness of an advanced A.I.Written and Directed by: Alex GarlandStarring: Domhall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia VikanderCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Join us today for our end of the season show with the MOGWAI (Movies of Great Worth and Infamy) Awards. We will be discussing some of the films we reviewed over the course of the year and reopen discussion, reexaminations, and reflections on some of our favorite (and not so favorite) movies. Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we have our first guest, Dahveed Bullis! He is a good friend of the podcast and a great friend to us personally. We gave him the honor of choosing this week's movie, so we will be reviewing 2023’s American Fiction. A disillusioned author writes a farce novel to make a point about race, only for it to gain unforeseen traction and fame. Written and Directed by: Cord JeffersonBased on the novel ‘Erasure’ by Percival EverettStarring: Jeffrey WrightCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Hello everyone! Today we are taking a break from our usual movie reviews and will be having a little chat about various media we have been enjoying and just hanging out. Come join us!Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we discuss a movie that both of us remember enjoying from our childhood to finish off our Clone Block with a review of 1996’s comedy Multiplicity. An overworked family man uses a new technology to create copies of himself and uses the clones to divvy up his responsibilities with disastrous results. Directed by: Harold RamisWritten by: Chris Miller, Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo MandelStarring: Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowellCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

On a more serious note we continue our Clone Block with a review of 2010’s drama Never Let Me Go.A trio of childhood friends tackle love, tragedy, and life with an ever looming crisis of what their purpose is and what it means to really live. Directed by: Mark RomanekWritten by: Alex GarlandBased on the novel by: Kazuo IshiguroStarring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Kiera KnightleyCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Join us today as we try to figure out who is who in our Clone Block with a review of 2005’s The Island. Two people in a hightech medical facility escape once they find out their sinister fate. Directed by: Michael BayWritten by: Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Robert OrciStarring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Djimon Hounsou, and Steve BuscemiCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we start off our Clone Block with a review of 2025’s Mikey 17.A colonizing mission goes awry when an expendable clone is duplicated illegally. Written and Directed by: Bong Joon HoBased on the book “Mickey7” by Edward AshtonStarring: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, and Toni ColletteCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Let’s go huntin’ today as we finish our Bloodsucker Summer with a review of John Carpenter’s Vampires. The leader of a group of vampire hunters goes on the war path to eliminate a vampire master responsible for murdering his team.Directed by: John CarpenterWritten by: Don JakobyBased on the book “Vampire$” by John SteaklyStarring: James Woods, Thomas Ian Griffith, Daniel Baldwin, and Sheyl LeeCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

We continue our Blood Sucker Summer with a review of 2009’s Thirst. After a botched medical procedure, a man of God finds himself a vampire and must navigate his new found life and desire for human blood. Directed by: Park Chan-wookWritten by: Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyungInspired by Émile Zola’s “Thérèse Raquin” Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Kim Hae-sook, and Shin Ha-kyunCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we’re starting a bloodsucker summer block with a review of 2025’s Sinners! Twins with a sordid past return home to open a bar but come face to face with a supernatural evil. Written and Directed by: Ryan CooglerStarring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Canton, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jack O’ConnellCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Hello friends! Today we will be taking a break from our usual movie reviews and will be talking a bit about a few video games we have been enjoying, Death Stranding 2 and Expedition and Expedition 33. Come on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

We finish off our “must-see” pairing this week with 1964’s dark comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.A disturbed American military officer takes it upon himself to attempt a bombing of Russia to protect the American people from Soviet control.Directed by: Stanley KubrickBased on the novel Red Alert by Peter GeorgeWritten by: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry SouthernStarring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Slim PickensCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we are reviewing a “must-see” on a list of all cinephiles, 1985’s dystopian dark comedy Brazil.An employee of a dysfunctional dystopian bureaucracy becomes disillusioned after a clerical error brings to light the faulty system. Directed by: Terry GilliamWritten by: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeowStarring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, and Michael PalinCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we review one of Jacob’s favorite films that Tommy has never seen, 2004’s dark dramaedy Garden State.After a death in his family, a twenty something year old man must return home to attend the funeral and partake on a journey of self discovery.Written and Directed by: Zach BraffStarring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ian HolmCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we review one of Tommy’s favorites that Jacob has never seen, 2002’s apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later. Considered the revival for ‘zombie’ movies in the 2000s, we follow a group of survivors twenty eight days after an aggressive rage virus has ravaged the United Kingdom. Directed by: Danny BoyleWritten by: Alex GarlandStarring: Cillian Murphy, Naome Harris, Brendan Gleeson, and Christopher EcclestonCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.

Today we finish off our kick ass female heroines block with a review of 2019’s Alita: Battle Angel. A cyborg with amnesia learns to navigate the world and learn who she is and where she came from. Directed by: Robert RodriguezWritten by: Lames Cameron and Leata KalogridisBased on the Manga by: Yukito KishiroStarring: Rosa Salazar, Christopher Waltz, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, and Mahershala AliCome on in and have a listen! What do you think of this movie? What are others like it you enjoyed? We’d love to hear from you! Please like, follow, subscribe, share.