Category: B.S.-approved

0:00 – Hello, it’s July now
2:00 – “Spider-Man: Homecoming” review
16:40 – “The Big Sick” review
26:40 – “The Little Hours” review
31:00 – “The House” review (Snider only)
34:40 – Summer Box Office Challenge update
39:50 – Movie of the Month discussion: “sex, lies & videotape” (1989)
49:15 – Your next MOTM is “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988), which we’ll discuss on the 8/4 show
50:15 – There aren’t any good DVDs this week; recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Spider-Man: Homecoming: B+ 8/10 (BS-approved!)
The Big Sick: B+ 8/10 (BS-approved!
The Little Hours: B 7/10
The House: C+ n/a

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0:00 – Hello, summer is half over, let’s get to it!
1:50 – “Baby Driver” review
10:45 – “Despicable Me 3” review
19:00 – “The Beguiled” review (Snider only)
23:40 – “Megan Leavey” mini-review (Snider only)
26:25 – This week’s DVDs (“T2 Trainspotting” and “CHIPS” are your best bets), plus an Agent can win a copy of “The Boss”
30:00 – Summer Box Office Challenge update
35:30 – Recap, don’t forget to watch “sex, lies & videotape” before next week, and good day

REVIEWS:
Baby Driver: B+ 8/10 (BS-approved!)
Despicable Me 3: C 6/10
The Beguiled: B n/a
Megan Leavey: B n/a

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0:00 – Hello, no apples allowed on the show, here’s an iTunes review
3:15 – “Transformers: The Last Knight” review
25:10 – “Band Aid” review
32:10 – Summer Box Office Challenge update
34:05 – “Masterminds” (2016) is on Netflix and it’s funny
38:20 – The Mt. Rushmore of Comedy, as voted by you the listeners
50:10 – “Life,” the sci-fi horror from a few months ago, is on DVD now; the Bayers like “The Lego Batman Movie”; recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Transformers: The Last Knight: D 3/10
Band Aid: B+ 8/10 (BS-approved!)

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0:00 – Hello, Jeff has a new beverage, an iTunes review from Argentina.

4:50 – “Ghost in the Shell” review (Snider only)
13:50 – “The Boss Baby” review
21:15 – “Raw” review
28:35 – “The Zookeeper’s Wife” review (Snider only)
33:20 – “CHIPS” review, and Eric says just a little about “Power Rangers” (it’s not good)
36:35 – DVDs this week: “Silence” (we’re giving a copy away to one of our Agents), “Patriots Day,” “A Monster Calls,” “Why Him?,” and “20th Century Women”
40:20 – Recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Ghost in the Shell: C+ n/a
The Boss Baby: B 7/10
Raw: B+ 10/10 (BS-approved!)
The Zookeeper’s Wife: C n/a
CHIPS: B- 7/10
Power Rangers: C n/a

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0:00 – Hello, happy new year, we won’t re-read old iTunes reviews, Dogcat makes a cameo
1:35 – “Silence” review
16:20 – “Hidden Figures” review
25:15 – “20th Century Women” review
30:20 – Lots of movies trickling out right now, local newspapers, and DVD releases
35:10 – Recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Silence: B 5/10
Hidden Figures: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
20th Century Women: B 8/10

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0:00 – Hello; if it’s just now “beginning” to look like Christmas you are late
2:50 – “Passengers” review
13:10 – “Why Him?” review
20:30 – “Assassin’s Creed” review
31:40 – “Fences” review
39:10 – “A Monster Calls” review
45:35 – This week’s DVDs include a last-minute gift for Dad
48:10 – Recap, happy holidays, and good day

REVIEWS:
Passengers: C- 5/10
Why Him?: B- 7/10
Assassin’s Creed: D 7/10
Fences B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
A Monster Calls: C+ 7/10

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0:00 – Hi! We report on the Critics’ Choice Awards, where we accomplished two of the missions we set for ourselves last week
10:05 – “Rogue One” review
23:30 – “La La Land” review
33:45 – “Collateral Beauty” review
41:00 – This week’s DVDs, including another Critics’ Choice anecdote
45:00 – Recap, one last Critics’ Choice anecdote, and good day

REVIEWS:
Rogue One: B- 7/10
La La Land: A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Collateral Beauty: D 2/10

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0:00 – Hello! We’re going to be at the Critics Choice Awards in L.A. this Sunday (airing live on A&E, if you want to watch)! We talk about what we will ask particular celebrities if they are there and we get a chance to talk to them
10:00 – “Miss Sloane” review
17:40 – More celebrities and the things we would say to them; a memory of an obscure Julia Louis-Dreyfus show; dancing monkeys
25:35 – “Office Christmas Party” review
32:30 – More celebrity conversation speculation; Michael Shannon’s hands
35:50 – “Lion” review
45:35 – “Loving” review
53:30 – This week’s DVDs, a little more celeb talk, recap, and good day

REVIEWS:
Miss Sloane: B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Office Christmas Party: C+ 7/10
Loving: B+ 6/10
Lion: B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)

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0:00 – Hello, there are so many movies in the next several weeks
2:30 – “Allied” review
11:50 – “Manchester by the Sea” review
18:40 – “Moonlight” review
27:50 – “Jackie” review
38:30 – The wide releases weren’t screened; this week’s new DVDs (“Ab Fab: The Movie,” “Don’t Breathe,” “Pete’s Dragon”); recap, and more musings, good day

REVIEWS:
Allied: B 7/10
Manchester by the Sea: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Moonlight: A 9/10 (B.S.-approved again!)
Jackie: A- 9/10 (What?? B.S.-approved!)

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0:00 – Hello, happy Thanksgiving, we hope there was no bloodshed, here is an iTunes review
5:20 – “Bad Santa 2” review
13:15 – “Nocturnal Animals” review
22:00 – “Rules Don’t Apply” review
28:00 – “Moana” review (Snider only)
34:30 – Here’s what’s on DVD now (“Finding Dory,” “Hands of Stone,” “Hell or High Water,” “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “Mechanic: Resurrection,” “War Dogs”), plus are there a million movies? There are probably a million movies
41:00 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Sausage Party,” “Bulworth,” “The Addams Family”), recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Bad Santa 2: C+ 6/10
Nocturnal Animals: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Rules Don’t Apply: C 4/10
Moana: B n/a

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0:00 – Hello, here are two iTunes reviews, one displeased
4:50 – “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” review
17:20 – “Bleed for This” review
22:30 – “The Eagle Huntress” review
27:50 – “The Edge of Seventeen” review (Snider only)
32:30 – Hey, What’d You Watch, featuring retroactively B.S.-approval, “Airplane!” with millennials, “Shut In,” “Almost Christmas”
43:30 – Recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: C+ 5/10
Bleed for This: C 6/10
The Eagle Huntress: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
The Edge of Seventeen: B+ n/a

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No show this week. Two of the three new movies weren’t screened for critics, and the one that was, “Arrival,” we already reviewed at Fantastic Fest. So here we are talking about it again for a few minutes, with the FF review tacked on at the end. Back next week with a real show.

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0:00 – Hello, no iTunes review, and whose fault is that?
2:10 – “Doctor Strange” review
12:30 – Why Jeff didn’t see “Hacksaw Ridge” (it involves the Cubs, somehow)
15:20 – “Hacksaw Ridge” review (Snider only)

25:00 – An update on our oldest listener
27:10 – New DVDs this week: “Star Trek Beyond,” “Bad Moms,” “Nine Lives”
31:05 – What’d You Watch? (baseball, Eric’s parents’ visit, “The Fog,” “A Woman Under the Influence”)
35:40 – Recap and good day

REVIEWS:
Doctor Strange: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Hacksaw Ridge: B- n/a

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0:00 – Hello, drinking, an iTunes review, a cute story about Dylan
4:10 – “The Magnificent Seven” review
14:30 – “Other People” review
26:30 – “The Good Neighbor” review

32:30 – “Mr. Church” review
39:35 – “Operation Avalanche” review
45:40 – “Max Rose” review (Bayer only)
48:40 – What we’re looking forward to seeing at Fantastic Fest
56:50 – What’s new on DVD this week
1:01:50 – Recap and good day

REVIEWS:
The Magnificent Seven: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Other People: B- 7/10
The Good Neighbor: B- 7/10
Mr. Church: C 5/10
Operation Avalanche: C+ 5/10
Max Rose: n/a 5/10

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0:00 – Hello, brought to you by honest lemonade
1:55 – “Hell or High Water” review
12:15 – “Florence Foster Jenkins” review
21:50 – “Don’t Think Twice” review



31:25 – “Sausage Party” review (Snider only)
38:40 – “Nine Lives” sort of review (Snider only)
43:40 – QOTW (bad movies that could be remade well)
54:00 – Recap, additional commentary, good day

QOTW: What pre-1960 movie should be remade, and how would it be different today?

REVIEWS:
Hell or High Water: B+ 8/10
Florence Foster Jenkins: B+ 7/10
Don’t Think Twice: B+ 8/10
Sausage Party: B n/a
Nine Lives: C- n/a

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0:00 – Intro, iTunes review
4:45 – “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” review
13:05 – “The Secret Life of Pets” review
22:00 – “Swiss Army Man” review
29:10 – QOTW (wedding stories)
40:00 – We’ve added a perk for Patreon patrons
41:20 – A round of Interquel, which we erroneously call Character Casserole the whole time because we’re idiots
47:50 – A brief, tactful Summer Box Office Challenge update
48:50 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What fictional town from a movie would you like to live in?

REVIEWS:
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: B- 7/10
The Secret Life of Pets: C- 5/10
Swiss Army Man: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)

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0:00 – Hello, an iTunes review, a bit of show history
4:20 – “Finding Dory” review
13:50 – “Central Intelligence” review
22:25 – “Tickled” review
31:30 – “Genius” review
39:35 – QOTW (best movie deaths)
49:20 – Summer Box Office Challenge update
50:20 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: In honor of “Independence Day: Resurgence,” what other movie from 1996 should get a sequel? (Here’s a handy list of 1996 films.)

REVIEWS:
Finding Dory: B 8/10
Central Intelligence: B 7/10
Tickled: A- 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Genius: C+ 6/10

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0:00 – Hello; Snider’s apathy toward sparkling water, which Bayer loves
3:25 – iTunes review
4:50 – “The Nice Guys” review
15:40 – “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” review
23:40 – “The Angry Birds Movie” review (Snider only)
31:30 – “A Bigger Splash” review (Snider only)
34:10 – QOTW (pitches for movies based on apps)
42:30 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Sweet Smell of Success,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Wicker Man”)
51:00 – Recap, a few more words about the movies, the end

QOTW: What fictitious product from a movie would you like to own?

REVIEWS:
The Nice Guys: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
The Angry Birds Movie: D- n/a
A Bigger Splash: B n/a

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0:00 – It’s draft day, and Bayer is already making excuses
3:30 – “Keanu” review
10:40 – “Sing Street” review (from SXSW)
14:20 – “Mother’s Day” review (Snider only)
29:55 – QOTW (best use of diegetic music in movies)
42:00 – The Summer Box Office Challenge draft, beginning with a brief explanation of what that is
51:10 – Recap and goodbye

QOTW: What’s the worst movie experience you’ve ever had with your mother?

REVIEWS:
Keanu: B- 5/10
Sing Street: A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Mother’s Day: F n/a

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