A kidnapping. A wealthy victim. Battles of morality and integrity.
On this one, we have the classic 1963 thriller “High and Low” from legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa vs the 2025 remake “Highest 2 Lowest” starring Denzel Washington from legendary filmmaker Spike Lee
Which film wins out? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Blak gives a spoiler free review of the first season of “The Paper”
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Fast cars. Rivalries. History. Dad movies.
On this one, we have two top tier dad films going head-to-head. We have James Mangold’s 2019 “Ford v Ferrari” against Joseph Kosinski’s 2025 “F1”.
Which film wins out? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Brad gives a spoiler free review of “Peacemaker” season 2
– Blak gives a spoiler free review of “The Map That Leads to You”
– The fellas discuss John Cena vs. Dave Bautista
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Vampires. The Lo-fi edition.
On this one, we have two alternative vampire films that twist and subvert the classic story of the immortal ones. We have Jim Jarmusch’s offbeat 2013 film “Only Lovers Left Alive” vs. Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 cult classic “A Girl Who Walks Home at Night”.
Which film wins out? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Catching up on things we’ve seen or want to seen
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Look up! It’s a bird! A plane! It’s…
Blak and Brad discussing Richard Donner’s 1978 classic “Superman” vs. James Gunn’s revitalized 2025 “Superman”.
Which Man of Steel film wins out? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Avengers: Doomsday rumors
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Two ambitious westerns. Two controversial productions – one befell by box office returns and lawsuits, the other by an unfortunate tragedy.
On this one, we have Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” vs. Joel Souza’s “Rust”.
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
No aftershow on this one, folks. See you on the next one!
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Anime turned live action.
On this one, we have Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s 2005 adaptation of “Initial D” against The Wachowskis’ 2008 adaptation of “Speed Racer”.
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Blak discusses watching The Bear season 3 (spoilers)
– Blak discusses attending Fantasia International Film Festival 2025 (reviews coming soon)
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Well….we ran it back. Brad twisted Blak’s arm and made him watch Ted 2. Oh, and Paddington 2 as well.
On this one, it’s the foul talking teddy bear vs the wholesome, well-mannered anthropomorphised bear.
We have Seth McFarlane’s “Ted 2” (2015) vs. Paul King’s “Paddington 2” (2017).
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Brad gives a spoiler-free review of Shane Gillis’ Netflix show “Tires”
– Blak gives a spoiler-free review of season 5 of “Fargo”
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The young cinephile. Full of life. Full of imagination. Also, a bit too serious at time…
On this one, we have Chandler Levack’s “I Like Movies” (2022) vs. Kevin Smith’s “The 4:30 Movie” (2024).
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Brad gives a spoiler-free review of season 2 of “Severance”
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Road rage is one of the most intense, irritating things to experience on the road. You yell, you honk, you curse, you move on.
Well…what if moving on is not that easy?
On this one, we’re comparing two vastly different films – a 60s-set comedy and a hard hitting thriller. We have Barry Levinson’s 1987 comedy “Tin Men” (starring Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss) vs. Roger Michell’s 2022 thriller “Changing Lanes” (starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck).
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– Brad gives a spoiler-free review of the film “Friendship”
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What’s it like to extensively recreate one moment in cinema? Show a moment based on memory and/or recollection and stay as objective as you can possibly be.
Two films here explore this possibility in interesting ways.
On this one, we have Robert Greene’s 2016 experimental documentary “Kate Plays Christine” vs. Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s 2025 real-time war film “Warfare”.
Which one wins? Let’s find out!
Aftershow:
– It’s Brad’s birthday! The fellas discuss his plans
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