0:00 – Hello, Happy New Year, how to say “2016,” what to name kids
2:35 – Snider saw “The Hateful Eight” at a showing where Quentin Tarantino showed up
7:05 – “The Hateful Eight” review
16:00 – Our top 10 lists for 2015
40:30 – Snider settled the bet by watching “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” three nights in a row
42:20 – Listener survey: the Mt. Rushmore of 2015
47:15 – QOTW (movies you saw because we recommended them)
53:00 – Questions That We Can Answer® (Jeff’s speech patterns, our shame lists)
58:20 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: What movie that you think Jeff and Eric have not seen should they see?
REVIEWS:
The Hateful Eight: B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
0:00 – Merry Christmas! Et cetera
2:35 – “Joy” review
11:55 – “The Revenant” review
21:10 – “45 Years” review
27:15 – “Concussion” review (Bayer only)
32:20 – “Point Break” (Snider only)
37:25 – “Daddy’s Home” (Bayer only)
41:35 – Your QOTWs reiterated: tell us your 3 favorite movies of 2015; and tell us about movies you saw this year based on our recommendation
42:55 – Questions from Listeners®: advice for would-be film critics
47:35 – Recap and goodbye
REVIEWS:
Joy: C+ 7/10
The Revenant: B 9/10
45 Years: B+ 7/10
Concussion: n/a 8/10
Point Break: D n/a
Daddy’s Home: n/a 5/10
0:00 – Greetings to one and all
1:50 – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” review (no, it doesn’t have any spoilers, don’t be stupid)
16:05 – “Sisters” review
25:25 – Bayer has a plan that Snider is convinced won’t happen; Bayer also makes an offer to listeners
27:20 – “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” review (Snider only)
32:10 – “The Big Short” review
40:05 – QOTW (your “Force Awakens” plans)
47:20 – Snider was a target of weaponized spoilers
50:40 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: 1) What are your three favorite movies of 2015? 2) What movie (if any) did you see this year primarily because Jeff and Eric suggested it? (You have two weeks to answer these.)
REVIEWS:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Sisters: C+ 5/10
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip: D+ n/a
The Big Short: B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
0:00 – Hello! Bayer’s parents are here, and he’s drinking root beer
3:30 – “In the Heart of the Sea” review
15:45 – “Carol” review
25:30 – “Krampus” review (Snider only)
28:45 – QOTW (remaking non-holiday films into holiday films)
37:15 – A round of Hey, Some People Asked Us Stuff
45:40 – A round of Character Casserole
53:40 – Bayer’s unusual plans for seeing “Hateful 8”
55:35 – Wrap-up and goodbye
QOTW: What are your plans for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”?
REVIEWS:
In the Heart of the Sea: C+ 4/10
Carol: A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Krampus: B n/a
0:00 – Hello; Bayer has a cold; this week’s wide releases weren’t screened for critics
3:55 – “Legend” review delayed by other “Legend”-related nonsense
5:05 – “Legend” review
14:00 – “Chi-Raq” review (Snider only)
21:35 – QOTW (best movie questions)
29:25 – Next week’s QOTW, derailing into a discussion of parades, and a plug for the B.S.-approved list
33:00 – Hey, Ask Us Something
36:40 – What’d You Watch? (“Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” “Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “The Fly,” “I Smile Back”
44:00 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: What non-holiday movie could you remake as a holiday movie, and how?
0:00 – Hello; all the movies were screened at the same time so we couldn’t see them all
2:25 – “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” review
15:45 – “Trumbo” review
26:15 – “Brooklyn” review
32:55 – QOTW (best sitting-around-and-eating scenes)
41:45 – Our new segment, Give It a Rest with Jeff & Eric
44:20 – A round of Pitch Me
54:15 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: Which movie family (or group of characters) would you like to spend Thanksgiving with?
0:00 – Intro, an iTunes review
3:05 – “Spotlight” review
16:45 – “The 33” review
24:00 – “My All-American” review
34:40 – “Love the Coopers” review (Snider only)
41:50 – QOTW; also, you should submit questions for Jeff and Eric to answer, because they like talking about themselves
45:05 – Recap, goodbye
QOTW: What’s your favorite scene of people sitting around and eating?
REVIEWS:
Spotlight: A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!)
The 33: C 4/10
My All-American: C- 3/10
Love the Coopers: C n/a
0:00 – Hello; we’re not doing celebrity gossip; write us an iTunes review, why don’t you?
2:20 – “SPECTRE” review
14:30 – “Suffragette” review
21:30 – “Miss You Already” review (Bayer only)
24:25 – We didn’t see the Peanuts movie because the screening was on a Sunday, WTF?
25:00 – QOTW (comic strips that should be made into movies)
35:30 – A round of Character Casserole (Rambo, the Sundance Kid, and Alan from “The Hangover”)
46:10 – Next week’s QOTW
47:10 – What’d You Watch? (“The Talented Mr. Ripley”)
50:30 – Recap and goodbye
51:50 – An outtake we cut out because we were sort of embarrassed (though not very, obviously)
QOTW: Please give us suggestions for future Questions of the Week, in particular ones relating to the upcoming holidays.
REVIEWS:
SPECTRE: C+ 7/10
Suffragette: B- 8/10
Miss You Already: n/a 5/10
0:00 – Howdy; Bayer has a beer; his house is old
3:15 – “The Last Witch Hunter” review
11:25 – “Rock the Kasbah” review
18:00 – “Jem and the Holograms” review (Snider only)
24:45 – It’s a bad week for new movies; more discussion of Eric’s cat’s name
26:20 – QOTW (best use of songs in movies)
41:35 – A round of Pitch Me, ending with a tangent, which is permitted
50:20 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: What’s your scariest movie moment in a theater?
REVIEWS:
The Last Witch Hunter: D 5/10
Rock the Kasbah: C- 5/10
Jem and the Holograms: C- n/a
0:00 – New theme song (by Greg Whitehead) reflects Jeff’s return to Portland; Eric got a cat
5:05 – “Steve Jobs” review
14:55 – “Crimson Peak” review
22:35 – “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” review (from Sundance)
24:15 – “Experimenter” review (from Sundance)
27:10 – Jeff finds something to be annoyed about
27:50 – “Goosebumps” review (Snider only)
32:15 – “99 Homes” review (Snider only)
36:05 – We chose “Crimson Peak” over “Bridge of Spies”; we’ve missed several big movies
38:10 – QOTW (favorite screenwriters)
51:00 – Recap, parting words, mostly about the films’ titles
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0:00 – Hello! Jeff is on his way back home to Portland
3:10 – “The Walk” review
11:50 – Some movies we didn’t see, like “Pan”
13:00 – “Goodnight Mommy” review
18:00 – QOTW (remakes you’d be OK with if they were guaranteed to be good); at 26:30, Eric relates an anecdote of white-collar crime
29:10 – A round of our new remake game that doesn’t have a name yet
38:25 – Recap, there’s pictures and video of Eric’s temporary tattoos online, and goodbye
QOTW: Who’s your favorite screenwriter, past or present?
REVIEWS:
The Walk: C+ 6/10
Goodnight Mommy: B+ 7/10
0:00-5:20 – We’re in Austin just as Fantastic Fest is about to begin; all around us chaos reigns; Scott Weinberg, the Loki of Fantastic Fest, is within the range of our microphone
5:20 – “Stonewall” review (Snider only)
11:10 – “Sicario” review (Snider only)
14:50 – “Hotel Transylvania 2” review (Snider only)
17:50 – QOTW (old/young duos who should make a movie together)
24:05 – Weinberg comes up with next week’s QOTW on the spot, and there is discussion
27:40 – Bayer is about to put fake ‘toos on Snider because Snider lost the Summer Box Office Challenge; films we’re looking forward to; reasons to punch people
36:30 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: If it was guaranteed to be good, what film would you like to see remade?
REVIEWS:
Stonewall: C- n/a
Sicario: B n/a
Hotel Transylvania: B- n/a
0:00 – Introduction; this is Jeff’s last San Diego show; our theme song is almost obsolete; Portland will soon be destroyed anyway
4:50 – “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” review
13:20 – “Everest” review
25:30 – “Black Mass” review
32:20 – “Sleeping with Other People” review
40:40 – “Pawn Sacrifice” review (Snider only)
44:15 – QOTW (man vs. nature stories)
1:00:10 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: In honor of De Niro and Hathaway in “The Intern,” what’s an old-young combination who should make a movie together? (Doesn’t have to be romantic. In fact, probably shouldn’t be.)
REVIEWS:
The Scorch Trials: B 6/10
Everest: B- 6/10
Black Mass: C+ 6/10
Sleeping with Other People B+ 9/10
Pawn Sacrifice C n/a
0:00-2:45 – We say hello, and Eric negs Jeff’s improv attempts
2:45-4:45 – The movies we didn’t see
4:45-17:00 – “The Visit” review
17:00-19:20 – “Seven Chinese Brothers” review (Bayer only)
19:20-29:50 – QOTW (favorite Wes Craven moments), ending with Jeff realizing how he has traumatized Dylan
29:50-39:00 – A round of Pitch Me
39:00-41:00 – The end of the show, really, with a little other blather
QOTW: In honor of “Everest,” what’s a man-vs-nature story that hasn’t been done yet (or not often enough, anyway)?
REVIEWS:
The Visit B- 6/10
Seven Chinese Brothers n/a 6/10
0:00-3:30 – Hello there; Eric made a mistake on last week’s show
3:30-10:25 – “Learning to Drive” review
10:25-16:50 – “The Transporter Refueled” review (Bayer only)
16:50-18:25 – We’re going to replay our reviews of some Sundance movies that are now open
18:25-21:30 – “A Walk in the Woods” review
21:30-27:30 – “Digging for Fire” review
27:30-31:55 – “Cop Car” review
31:55-37:00 – “Mistress America” review
37:00-40:00 – Why Jeff is sad about Sundance
40:00-47:20 – QOTW (your favorite movies of summer 2015)
47:20-57:45 – A new game! It needs a name
57:45-1:00:50 – Recap, talk of Jeff’s Fantastic Fest bumper, and goodbye
QOTW: What is your favorite moment from a Wes Craven movie?
REVIEWS:
Learning to Drive: B 7/10
The Transporter Refueled: n/a 5/10
A Walk in the Woods: C 4/10
Digging for Fire: C+ 9/10
Cop Car: B+ 6/10
Mistress America: B 8/10
2015 Winner: Bayer Overall Record
Snider 2 — Bayer 2
Jeff Bayer
1) Avengers: Age of Ultron (5/1)
$191,271,109
4) Minions (7/10)
$115,718,405
6) Inside Out (6/19)
$90,440,272
8) Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (7/31)
$55,520,089
10) Fantastic Four (8/7)
$25,685,737
12) Ted 2 (6/26)
$33,507,870
14) Terminator: Genisys (7/1)
$27,018,486
16) Magic Mike XXL (7/1)
$12,857,184
18) Vacation (7/29)
$14,681,108
20) Trainwreck (7/17)
$30,097,040
TOTAL:
$596,797,300
Eric D. Snider
2) Pitch Perfect 2 (5/15)
$69,216,890
3) Jurassic World (6/12)
$208,806,270
5) Mad Max: Fury Road (5/15)
$45,428,128
7) San Andreas (5/29)
$54,588,173
9) Ant-Man (7/17)
$57,225,526
11) Poltergeist (5/22)
$22,620,386
13) Spy (6/5)
$29,085,719
15) Tomorrowland (5/22)
$33,028,165
17) Pixels (7/24)
$24,011,616
19) Hot Pursuit (5/8)
$13,942,258
TOTAL:
$557,953,131
DIFFERENCE: $38,844,169
THE STAKES:
The loser will:
1) wear temporary tattoos (chosen by the winner) throughout Fantastic Fest
2) watch or attend three (3) movies or events of the winner’s choice at Fantastic Fest (we both know what the other hates)
3) watch “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” three (3) nights in a row and keep a running diary (read here)
0:00-3:40 – Intro; some Fantastic Fest movies we’re looking forward to (in four weeks, I don’t know why we’re talking about it now) (NOTE: this segment contains a lie. It was during SXSW that we married OneofUs.net, not FF.)
3:40-12:40 – “We Are Your Friends” review
12:40-19:40 – “Z for Zachariah” review
19:40-23:00 – “Turbo Kid” review
23:00-36:00 – QOTW (part 2’s that were an improvement over their predecessors)
36:00-45:10 – A round of Interquel (“Psycho” and “Back to the Future”)
45:10-51:30 – The final Trouble Report
51:30-53:25 – Recap and goodbye
QOTW: What are your two (2) favorite movies of summer 2015? Blockbusters, indies, Video on Demand, anything counts as long as it came out since May.
REVIEWS:
We Are Your Friends C 5/10
Z for Zachariah B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!)
Turbo Kid B-ish 7/10
