A movie podcast of elimination rankings and deep dive reviews to determine what movies are worthy of preservation for all time, even beyond the end times!
Episodes
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Episode 64: 1994 may be the most significant movie year of the 1990s. It gave us breakthrough independent cinema, new stars topping the box office, aging stars struggling to stay relevant, and the reemergence of the comedy blockbuster. A cruder and more in your face attitude began to emerge and define the voice of a generation. Pat & Jason take you back to the totally extreme hit movies of 1994 (10-6) and reveal their definitive rankings!
Hosts: Pat & Jason
Producer: Combat Jones
MOVIES
10. Pulp Fiction
9. The Mask
8. Clear and Present Danger
7. Speed
6. Dumb and Dumber
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Episode 63: By the mid-90s the muscle-bound action stars of the 80s had begun to lose their box office luster. Hollywood began shifting more traditional actors into action roles to various degrees of success. Enter Keanu Reeves and 1994's Speed. With a loaded cast of character actors, instantly memorable villain, spectacular stunts, and genius central premise, Speed set the summer of 1994 on fire! Does the movie still hold up in 2020?
Hosts: Pat & Jason
Producer: Combat Jones
Directed by Jan de Bont
Written by Graham Yost
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Dennis Hopper
Sandra Bullock
Joe Morton
Jeff Daniels
Music by Mark Mancina
Cinematography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by John Wright
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date June 10, 1994
Running time 116 minutes
Budget $30 million
Box office $350.4 million
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Episode 62: Throughout the 1980s two Israeli immigrants made some of the craziest, sleaziest, most bizarre and over the top movies of all time. Cannon Films were outside the Hollywood system but would go on to influence it and redefine it both directly and indirectly. In fact, they may be the single most influential independent film producers of all time. Pat and Jason take a look back at some of Cannon's most famous and infamous films to determine if any of them deserve a second look and to give their definitive rankings.
Hosts: Pat & Jason
Producer: Combat Jones
MOVIES:
Hercules (1983)
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Invasion U.S.A (1985)
Lifeforce (1985)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Episode 61: Pat & Jason grab their cosmic key and travel back to the heyday of Cannon Films for a Feature Presentation Review of Masters of the Universe (1987). One of 3 movies that effectively bankrupted the studio. Did the movie deserve to flop decades ago and did it leave any lasting impressions on the fantasy or superhero genres? Pat & Jason seek to find out.
Hosts: Pat & Jason
Producer: Combat Jones
Master of the Universe (1987)
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
Directed by Gary Goddard
Produced by Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, Edward R. Pressman
Written by David Odell
Based on Masters of the Universe by Mattel
Starring
Dolph Lundgren
Frank Langella
Courteney Cox
James Tolkan
Christina Pickles
Meg Foster
Distributed by Cannon Films
Release date August 7, 1987
Running time 106 minutes
Budget $22 million
Box office $17.3 million
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Episode 60: After a highly controversial Part 1, Pat & Jason conclude their Best of the Decade retrospective by ranking 5 more of the best movies from the 2010s. How many people will they piss off this time?
Hosts: Pat & Jason
Producer: Combat Jones
Movies:
Mad Max: Fury Road (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
Arrival (2016)
Lady Bird (2017)
Parasite (2019)