We all have them — movies that we're embarrassed to admit that we have watched 100 times alone in the dark of night. We do not speak of them — the universally hated comedies, the saccharine rom-coms, the terrible fantasy flicks. But they betray something about our character, don't they...our guilty pleasure movies. Tom and Dave talk about some of t…

Apparently, once upon a time, the plan was to have Oscar-winner Denzel Washington star alongside Morgan Freeman in Se7en instead of Brad Pitt. We got to talking about what that would be like — and it was a whole lot of fun.Oleh David Maccar

It happens every once in a while — two movies with nearly the same subject matter are release within months of each other. One is well received and becomes a big hit, and the other one is largely unsuccessful and forgotten. And it's not always the first movie to come out that wins. Dave and Tom take a look at the beloved '90s western Tombstone (199…

WOLFMAN'S GOT NARDS!!!! There are two kinds of people who grew up in the late 1980s and 90s: Goonies people, and Monster Squad people. Dave and Tom are most definitely Monster Squad people. This movie started off as a reboot of the classic Universal monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, The Gillman (The Creature from the Black Lag…

If you know, you know. If you don't, then when you get the THAT scene in Bone Tomahawk (2015), you're gonna know. But this flick isn't all about that one scene. The horror is wrapped in an extremely solid Western deftly acted by a tremendous cast. It's also absolutely insane and will have you peeking through the gap in your fingers more than once. …

Monster Movies! They're the cornerstone of any nutritious Halloween season breakfast. What's your favorite "monster movie"? Dave and Tom throw up their picks and then move on to a couple of super niche werewolf movies from the 1980s: Wolfen (1983) and Silver Bullet (1985). One features Albert Finney, his tremendous flowing mane, his impeccable fash…

Ah slasher movies — a gem of a horror subgenre born of the exploitation flicks of the 1970s and then the sequel crazy home video horror machine of the 1980s. There's a lot to laugh about, and a lot to make fun of, but these characters have stuck around through decades, endless sequels, remakes, and reboots — and they just won't die! We take a look …

Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Wolf Man (1941), The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) — while Universal Studios certainly had more monsters in its catalog back in the 1940s and 1950s, that was the core group that changed cinema and created horror cinema — with sound. These classics follow…

Since Saving Private Ryan premiered in 1998, two actors with small parts have been causing confusion among audiences. The German soldier affectionately known as Steamboat Willie whom Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) sets free after being capture by the squad is often though to be the same soldier who brutally stabs Mellish (Adam Goldberg) in the movie's fi…

Is End of Watch (2012) one of the most underrated buddy-cop movies of all time? Tom gave it a watch — a movie he admits he would probably have never watched on his own — and is back with a first-viewing reaction of this excellent flick from writer and director David Ayer starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as two LAPD street cops who get way …

Which is more of a comedy classic, Wayne's World (1992), or The Hangover (2009)? Which is more iconic, There's Something About Mary (1998), or Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)? Which holds up better, American Pie (1999) and Encino Man (1992), or Superbad (2007) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)? We dig through the funniest, gun splittin…

"I'm Lin. You Jackson? You look like a Jackson. That must make you Frank Ducks." "No, it's Dux." "Oh, right. Like put up your dukes." Say 'Mite! SAAAYYY IIIIIITTTTTTTT!Oleh David Maccar

The improbable success story of an underground comic about giant mutant turtles who lived in the sewers of New York City, who are also teenagers, and also ninjas just will never not be popular. Ever since they hit the big and small screens in the late 1980s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been everywhere in one incarnation after another. As …

We thought the Alien franchise had jumped the shark and crossed into Terminator territory as a franchise that should just stop having new entries, because all they did was water down the great installments in the franchise. But, it turns out there's a bit more story, and fear to wring out of the ol' double-jawed xenomorphs. And if you thought faceh…

There's a new take on the Universal Studios classic The Wolf Man (1941) coming out for Halloween 2024. With that in mind, we take a look at the previous remake of this horror classic from nearly 15 years ago, The Wolfman (2010) starring Benicio Del Toro in one of his most forgettable performances alongside Anthony Hopkins. And we see how it stacks …

Longlegs. People talked about how scary it was, how original, how inventive, how amazing Nic Cage's performance was. It will rattle your bones inside your meat suit and make you pass out from sheer terror. Well, Dave thought it absolutely sucked. And he's gonna tell you about it.Oleh David Maccar

The character of serial killer and cannibal Hannibal Lecter is so pervasive in pop culture that he might as well be real. Anthony Hopkins blew audiences away with his portrayal of the killer psychiatrist in Silence of the Lambs, but did you know that wasn't the first portrayal of Lecter in a feature film? Can't forget about Manhunter from the '80s.…

The character of serial killer and cannibal Hannibal Lecter is so pervasive in pop culture that he might as well be real. Anthony Hopkins blew audiences away with his portrayal of the killer psychiatrist in Silence of the Lambs, but did you know that wasn't the first portrayal of Lecter in a feature film? Can't forget about Manhunter from the '80s.…

We started talking about it, and then decided to go movie by movie through Tom Cruise's filmography to see if the man has ever actually made a movie that was a dead flop. Even the biggest movie stars have had duds, some more embarrassing than others in retrospect, but when it came to Cruise, we couldn't think of one off the top of our heads. And I'…

Baseball movies are special. They're a genre within the sports movie genre, and no sport lends itself to the drama of the screen quite like baseball. They range from ethereal and sincere, like The Natural and Field of Dreams, to fun comedies like Major League. Some tell isolated stories, tiny chapters within the sprawling history of the game, like …

With a new show coming to Max from one of the later Dune books, now seems like a good time to delve into the many, many pages of Dune lore that exist in the novels that come after Dune and Dune: Messiah (which is getting a feature film treatment soon). Fortunately, Tom is a monstrous nerd and has read all EIGHT Dune novels. He breaks down the long …

The Crow (1994) turns 30 this year, we were lucky enough to see it in a theater for the first time ever after being way too obsessed with it as angsty teens. It was also the first time Tom had been back in the theater that was OUR theater growing up in about 20 years. We came to know this movie from VHS copies and DVDs, but never got to see this do…

A few years ago, a bunch of odd folks thought the Rapture had arrived. Like, the saved would be beamed up to heaven while the rest of us wallowed in hell on earth. Or something like that. Just before the supposed event, Dave saw The Room in its entirety for the first time. And tehre was a moment...just a moment, when he thought it might be the last…

Here's the next entry in our Laundry List series, and it's buddy-cop movie time. Dave convinces Tom to watch what he argues is the best buddy-cop movie to come along in at least a decade, End of Watch (2012) starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out on one of the best of the sub-genre.…

"What are you eating?" "Donut stuffed with M&Ms. That way, when you finish your donut you don't have to eat any M&Ms."Oleh David Maccar

He's one of the most popular antagonists of all time. Satan, Beelzebub, The Morning Star, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Louis Cypher, John Milton — whatever you call him, the Devil has captured the imagination of storytellers for centuries. Filmmakers are no different. Dave and Tom take a look at some of the best portrayals of the dark one in movies (no…

Did you ever do...lewd things with GI Joes and Barbies when you were a kid? We discuss this important topic and how it really sucks hating a movie that so many people like — we couldn't stand Killers of the Flower Moon...and DiCaprio really pissed Tom off...like, a lot.Oleh David Maccar

It's over. The well has run dry. It's time, for the love of all that is good and sweet in this world, to stop making Terminator movies. Every avenue has been explored, every iteration probed, every avenue trodden. It's. Over. And any further attempts can only get worse. Dave is joined by his old college buddy and extreme movie nerd, Vinnie, who wil…

A lot of people make fun of Tom Cruise, but he might be one of the last true movie stars left who is making consistently good stuff. And his career has been nothing short of amazing.Oleh David Maccar

At this point, there are several generations of Star Wars fans - but the OG fans are the ones who grew up with nothing but the original trilogy, a bunch of novels, and a few ancient video games. We saw the prequel trilogy come and go, and then the sequel trilogy — but the one thing we always wanted, we never got. And now, it can never be. But Disne…

There have been a few good comedy sequels, but how many? You can probably count them on one hand off the top of your head. Maybe. Making a good sequel to a popular film is hard enough, but it seems like the special magic imbued upon popular comedies is even harder to capture for a second go-round, from the abomination that was Caddyshack II to the …

Dave is joined by his old friend and extreme film nerd, Vinnie, to talk about the recently announced Blair Witch Project remake coming from Lionsgate and Blumhouse. They get into why Hollywood really has to get its head out of its ass when it comes to choosing IPs to remake or reboot and why the chances that this won't suck are really, really low.…

In our first episode ever, Dave did his best to convince Tom that Rob Zombie's version of Halloween (2007) was worth his time — because he'd never seen it, and he should have. Tom took the advice and watched this divisive remake of a horror classic. Find out what he thought and if he'll ever trust Dave for a horror movie pick ever again.…

Dave doesn't speak Dune very well. He's finally seen the entirety of Dune: Part One (2021) in one sitting, sober, in anticipation of seeing Dune: Part Two (2024), and the recently announced and forthcoming third chapter, Dune: Messiah. He also rewatched David Lynch's Dune from 1984. And he has some question. Luckily, Tom is a huge nerd and has read…

There are a lot of bad movies out there, and most of them have equally shitty endings. It's expected. But every once in a while, you get a good movie, a really solid film that just gets mucked up by a bad ending. On this episode of Yipee-Ki-Yay Mr. Falcon, we go through a few of those and get to ranting and raving about some of the worst endings in…

The guys get to talking about Walk Hard and the legend of Dewey Cox before Dave tells a story about how he kinda sorta accidentally stole a car one time.Oleh David Maccar

The horror classic, The Thing (1982), is one of the crowning achievements of director John Carpenter's career, but the ending has had people arguing for decades. In a movie where anyone can be the monster, you can have a cut and dried finale. So how 'bout it? Was Childs infected after the arctic research station is destroyed? Could MacReady be infe…

You find some weird shit when you randomly watch buried titles on streaming services, but this was one of the best we've ever come across. After finding the made-for-TV cautionary tale classic (in my mind, now, at least) Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983), I just had to watch it. It's like an after-school special for adults, a mediocre budget for …

We get to talking about our absolute favorite serial killer movies of all time, and we get into that by talking about the recently concluded fourth season of HBO's True Detective: Night Country, starring serial-killer movie alum Jodie Foster alongside Kali Reis. This season have proved controversial, mostly because a lot of media outlets heaped pra…

There have been eight films that can be called “Rocky Movies” since the original Rocky was released in 1976, and a ninth if you’re stretching it, including a spin-off series that now has a life of its own. Everyone has their favorites — if you grew up in the 1980s and ‘90s, you probably loved Rocky III and Rocky IV as a kid and that has translated …

Welcome to the first episode of Yipee-Ki-Yay Mr. Falcon, a movie podcast for working-class Xennials who love movies! We're introducing our podcast and one of our favorite formats with this first installment. Welcome to "The Laundry List," in which Dave convinces Tom, a busy dad who works full-time, to use his one movie slot a week to watch somethin…