0:00-5:00 – Introduction; the pronunciation of “Smaug”; Bayer’s weird feet
5:00-13:00 – “Frozen” review
13:00-19:25 – “Philomena” review
19:25-25:30 – “The Book Thief” review
25:30-32:10 – “Nebraska” review
32:10-37:45 – “Black Nativity” review
37:45-42:40 – “Homefront” review
42:40-43:30 – They didn’t screen “Oldboy” for critics in most cities
43:30-51:20 – QOTW (movies that make you hungry)
51:20-58:50 – Character Casserole
58:50-1:00:35 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What animated film should be remade in live action?

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0:00-2:40 – Introduction, banter
2:40-15:40 – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” review
15:40-22:40 – “Delivery Man” review
22:40-32:00 – “Blue Is the Warmest Color” review
32:00-42:20 – QOTW (movies that would have worked better as TV series)
42:40-49:20 – Movies from this weekend some years ago (we’re working on it)
49:20-52:00 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: In honor of Thanksgiving, what movie makes you hungry, and for what?

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0:00-6:15 – Introduction; iTunes review; a tangent on Bayer’s beers
6:15-19:10 – “The Best Man Holiday” review
19:10-28:25 – “Kill Your Darlings” review
28:25-43:00 – QOTW (actors you love despite being in many bad movies)
43:00-49:10 – Pitch Me
49:10-51:00 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie would have worked better as a TV series?

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0:00-5:00 – Introduction, beverages, and this week’s sponsor: The Queens’ Tea, fine purveyor of many teas that you can buy and they will mail them to you.
5:00-15:45 – “Thor” review
15:45-28:20 – “Dallas Buyers Club,” including an endorsement of safe sex
28:20-39:20 – QOTW (movies that could be theme park rides)

QOTW: What actor do you love even though he or she has been in a lot of bad movies? And why?

Our sponsor: The Queens’ Tea, for all your tea needs! They ship!

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0:00-4:05 – Introduction, iTunes review
4:05-17:20 – “Ender’s Game” review
17:20-27:25 – “Last Vegas” review
27:25-39:00 – “12 Years a Slave” review
39:00-47:00 – “About Time” review
47:00-53:20 – “Free Birds” review
53:20-1:03:00 – QOTW (how you discovered the show)
1:03:00-1:04:05 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie should become a theme park attraction?

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0:00-4:50 – Introduction, hats, iTunes review
4:50-8:00 – This week’s sponsor: The Inside Mag, where listener Andre Noble has written a short story. Read his story, why don’t you?
8:00-21:00 – “The Counselor” review, and “Bad Grandpa” non-review
21:00-32:10 – “All Is Lost” review
32:10-42:50 – “Zero Charisma” review
42:50-45:00 – “Argento’s Dracula” review
45:00-50:30 – New QOTW, plus our listenership numbers
50:30-58:50 – Interquel (“LOTR: Return of the King” and “Independence Day”)
58:50-1:00:40 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: How did you discover Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider? Please indulge us this once.

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0:00-2:05 – Introduction
2:05-3:45 – This week’s sponsor: “Door to Door,” a new comedy webseries at TheBestSeriesEver.com
3:45-15:50 – “Escape Plan” review
15:50-23:35 – “Carrie” review
23:35-33:00 – QOTW (hypothetical ’70s remakes)
33:00-35:10 – We request suggestions for QOTW and other discussion topics
35:10-39:35 – “The Fifth Estate” review
39:35-43:30 – You can download our “Commando” audio commentary for $1.99!
43:30-53:30 Character Casserole (Tony Stark, Wolverine, Erin Brockovich)
53:30-54:40 – A plug for “The Saratov Approach”
54:55-55:40 – Wrap-up and goodbyes, complete with bizarre technical glitch

QOTW: Please suggest Question of the Week and other discussion topics for us to use on the show. Thank you in advance.

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0:00-2:45 – Introduction, nonsense
2:45-6:20 – This week’s sponsor: You Look Nice Today Photography. For all your Portland-area photo needs!
6:20-22:45 – “Captain Phillips” review, ending with tangent about “Gravity”
22:45-33:10 – “Romeo & Juliet” review, ending with an IMDb user review of it
33:10-41:20 – “We Are What We Are” review
41:20-43:35 – “Machete Kills” review
43:35-1:00:00 – QOTW (what movie you would delete from existence, with Jeff and Eric’s answers, which leads to a flight of fancy)
1:00:00-1:04:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes, including an update on Eric’s hair growth

QOTW: Your hypothetical cast for a hypothetical remake of any ’70s film.

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0:00-2:10 – Introduction
2:10-6:40 – This week’s sponsor: 11th season of LoadingReadyRun, an online sketch series with a good Kickstarter campaign
6:40-17:55 – “Gravity” review
17:55-27:25 – “Runner Runner” review
27:25-49:00 – QOTW (actors with the best overall track records)
49:00-55:45 – Pitch Me
55:45-1:00:00 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What ONE movie would you delete from existence, and why?

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0:00-2:50 – Introduction; iTunes review
2:50-4:15 – This week’s lunch sponsor: listener Andy Thomas’ fundraising page for the 2013 Susan G. Komen Greater Cincinnati Race for the Cure. It’s a worthy cause! Help out a fellow listener, won’t you?
4:15-6:00 – Pig War
6:00-19:30 – “Riddick” review
19:30-28:05 – “Short Term 12” review
28:05-38:50 – QOTW (biggest surprise of the summer movie season); no show next week
38:50-45:40 – Interquel (“Man of Steel” and “Face/Off”)
47:45-47:50 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

Our lunch sponsor: The fundraising page for listener Andy Thomas’ Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure team.   

QOTW: What horror film that didn’t get a sequel deserved one?

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0:00-7:25 – Introduction; this week’s sponsor/apology; something about Canada; we didn’t see the One Direction movie
7:25-18:15 – “Getaway” review
18:15-24:50 – “Closed Circuit” review
24:50-30:05 – “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” review
30:05-36:50 – “Austenland” review
36:50-43:40 – “Drinking Buddies” review
43:40-52:25 – QOTW (singers/bands who deserve a biopic, and who should star)
52:25-58:50 – Post-mortem on the summer movie season; then memories of past summers
58:50-1:02:00 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What was the biggest surprise (good or bad) of the summer movie season?

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0:00-4:20 – Introduction; our lunch sponsor: documentary “Hafu”
4:20-15:10 – “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” review
15:10-26:30 – “The World’s End” review
26:30-35:15 – “You’re Next” review
35:15-42:00 – “The Spectacular Now” review, and a new rating system
42:00-50:00 – QOTW (favorite drinking scenes)
50:00-59:20 – Character Casserole!
59:20-1:02:10 – Wrap-up; we were on Golden Briefcase; goodbyes

QOTW: What singer or band deserves a biopic, and who should star in it?

This week’s lunch sponsor: the new documentary film “Hafu,” screening in several cities this fall.

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0:00-5:25 – Introduction; it’s humid today
5:25-7:20 – Our lunch sponsor: The 2 Cents Movie Podcast! It is another movie podcast besides the one that we are!
7:20-9:10 – Jeff’s drink sponsor and more nonsense
9:10-27:10 – “Kick-Ass 2” review
27:10-29:50 – A comment Jeff got
29:50-41:35 – “The Butler” review
41:35-50:30 – “Paranoia” review
50:30-55:10 – The final Summer Box Office Challenge update
55:10-1:04:00 – QOTW (PG movies that could be remade as R’s)
1:04:00-1:05:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What is your favorite drinking scene in a movie (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)?

This week’s lunch sponsor: The 2 Cents Movie Podcast. Here is their Facebook, and here is their iTunes.

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0:00-5:20 – Introduction; our lunch sponsor: Jones T-shirts is giving away a scholarship! That is cool!; also tangents about youthfulness
5:20-7:30 – iTunes review
7:30-19:40 – “Elysium” review
19:40-27:30 – “We’re the Millers” review
27:30-36:05 – “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” review
36:05-44:35 – “Blue Jasmine” review
44:35-52:20 – “Blackfish” review
52:20-54:30 – “Prince Avalanche” review
54:30-55:30 – We didn’t see “Planes”
55:30-1:07:20 – QOTW (characters who deserve spinoffs)
1:07:20-1:09:50 – Summer Box Office Challenge update: it’s the final weekend!
1:09:50-1:13:30 – Wrap-up and goodbyes, including a college tangent and a plug for The Garrens Comedy Troupe 20th Anniversary Reunion Spectacular

QOTW: What PG-rated movie could be redone as an R-rated movie?

This week’s lunch sponsor: Jones T-shirts is offering a non-T-shirt-related scholarship.

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0:00-3:50 – Introduction; our lunch sponsor: Marty Reeder, author of young adult fiction. Support his Kickstarter!
3:50-5:50 – Jeff’s beer sponsor
5:50-18:00 – “2 Guns” review
18:00-21:35 – “Smurfs 2” (we didn’t see it)
21:35-26:15 – “Maniac” review (Snider only)
26:15-44:20 – QOTW (movies at the top of your to-do list), with considerable tangents
44:20-51:20 – Pitch Me
51:20-53:00 – Some Portland events
53:00-55:10 – Eric plugs The Garrens Comedy Troupe 20th Anniversary Reunion Spectacular (coming to Provo, Utah, Sept. 14)
55:10-57:15 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie character deserves his or her own spinoff?

This week’s lunch sponsor: Marty Reeder, author of words! Read his stuff!

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0:00-4:30 – Introduction; our lunch sponsor: Little Dress Up Shop, costumes for kids
4:30-17:45 – “The Wolverine” review
17:45-26:00 – “The To Do List” review
26:00-34:05 – “Fruitvale Station” review
34:05-43:30 – QOTW (movie you were embarrassed to buy a ticket for)
43:30-45:00 – Vomitorium correction
45:00-54:30 – Character Casserole
54:30-56:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie is at the top of your to-do list — one you’ve been meaning to watch and want to watch but just haven’t gotten to it?

This week’s lunch sponsor: Little Dress Up Shop

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