This week we watched the 2018 alternate history action horror film Overlord. Directed by Julius Avery the plot follows several American soldiers who are dropped behind enemy lines the day before D-Day and discover terrifying Nazi experiments. I

That Time We Watched The African Queen

26 days ago 1h 17m

This week we watched the 1951 adventure film The African Queen. he film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf it revolves around WWI East Africa, where a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a

That Time We Watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

May 6th, 2024 1h 55m

This week we watched the 2023 fantasy heist adventure film Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the film is based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Set in the Forg

That Time We Watched Bridesmaids

Apr 30th, 2024 1h 5m

This week we watched the 2011 comedy film Bridesmaids. Directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, the film focuses on a woman who experiences a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honor for

That Time We Watched Cellular

Apr 22nd, 2024 1h 23m

This week we watched the 2004 action thriller film Cellular. Directed by David R. Ellis it tells the tale of a female science teacher who is kidnapped but manages to randomly phone a stranger for help, who then informs the police before realizi

That Time We Watched The Goonies

Apr 15th, 2024 1h 26m

This week we watched the 1985 adventure comedy film The Goonies. Directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg in the film, a group of kids attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and,

That Time We Watched The Silence of the Lambs

Apr 3rd, 2024 1h 26m

Well Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming? This week Zach picked the 1991 Academy Award winning horror film The Silence of the Lambs. Directed by Jonathan Demme and adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel of the same name it follows Claric

That Time We Watched The Sunset Limited

Mar 25th, 2024 1h 17m

This week we watched the 2011 adaptation of the play of the same name, The Sunset Limited. Directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson, the film is about the relationship between a Christian African American who has a positiv

That Time We Watched Steel Magnolias

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 20m

Returning again to the year 1989 we watched the comedy drama film Steel Magnolias. Directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. Based on the 1987 play of th

That Time We Watched Field of Dreams

Mar 11th, 2024 1h 36m

What a coincidence this was mentioned at last night’s Academy Awards, we watched the 1989 baseball fantasy Field of Dreams. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson and based on Canadian novelist W. P. Kinsella's 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, the film stars

That Time We Spoiled Dune Part Two

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 33m

This week we watched the 2024 epic scifi film Dune Part 2. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel and follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the

That Time We Watched History of the World Part I

Feb 27th, 2024 1h 14m

This week we watched the 1981 comedy adventure film History of the World Part I. Written and directed by Mel Brooks the film tells the story of some of human history through comedy and gags. The large ensemble cast also features Sid Caesar, She

That Time We Watched The Mummy

Feb 20th, 2024 1h 38m

This week we watched the 1999 action adventure film The Mummy. Directed by Stephen Sommers, in a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, and follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian

That Time We Watched 13 Assassins

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 21m

This week we watched the 2010 Japanese samurai drama film 13 Assassins. Directed by Takashi Miike it is a remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 film of the same name, and is set in 1844 toward the end of the Edo period in which a group of thirteen assas

That Time We Watched Hell or High Water

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 24m

This week we watched the 2016 neo-Western crime drama film Hell or High Water. Directed by David Mackenzie and written by Taylor Sheridan, it follows two brothers who carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch while being p

That Time We Watched Black Hawk Down

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 42m

Up next is the podcast’s first Ridley Scott film, the 2001 war drama Black Hawk Down. Directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, it is based on the 1999 eponymous non-fiction book by journalist Mark Bowden, ab

That Time We Watched The Lady in the Van

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 10m

Our second film of the season may, for the second year in a row, be starting an unintentional theme month of van movies with the 2015 dramedy The Lady in the Van. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the film is based on the memoir of the same name cre

That Time We Watched Little Miss Sunshine

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 34m

Ian’s up with the first film pick of Season 8 and he chose the star studded 2006 tragicomedy film Little Miss Sunshine. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (in their directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Michael Arndt. The f

The 3rd Tortellini Awards

Jan 9th, 2024 1h 56m

Welcome to Season 8!!! With the start of the new year and season brings our annual award show The Tortellini’s where we discuss our favorite films, actors and moments of Season 7 and what we’re looking forward to in the upcoming season. So come

That Time We Watched The Return of the King

Dec 18th, 2023 1h 8m

The final installment in not just our Lord of the Rings month but also Season 7 and 2023 is the 2003 film The Return of the King. Directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Jackson, the film is the final inst

That Time We Watched The Two Towers

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 14m

Up next in our Lord of the Rings month is the 2002 film The Two Towers. Directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, the film is the second instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilog

That Time We Watched The Fellowship of the Ring

Dec 4th, 2023 1h 14m

I guess December is technically Lord of the Rings month because we watched the whole trilogy and up first is 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring. Directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 19

That Time We Watched Spirited Away

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 7m

The final entry in this year’s Animation Month is the 2001 Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film tells the story of a family's move to the suburbs where, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a worl

That Time We Watched Monsters vs. Aliens

Nov 22nd, 2023 56m 4s

Up next in Animation Month we watched the 2009 DreamWorks animated film Monsters vs Aliens. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman, the film involves a group of misfit monsters hired by the United States Armed Forces to stop the invasion o

That Time We Watched Hercules

Nov 15th, 2023 1h 31m

Next up in Animation Month we watched the 1997 Disney classic based on the greek myth, Hercules. Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements the film follows the titular Hercules, a demigod with super-strength raised among mortals, who must learn