Ep 72: One Battle After Another

We're back doing some secret lists. Jack and Josh each brought a long list pertaining to movies that is a surprise to the other. These are always fun and we get some live reactions to the lists in real time. We like these episodes and will keep coming back to them every couple of months or so.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd) 

Josh and Jack are joined by two guests this week, Guy Blelloch and Adam Murray are both back to talk about 5 movies that could be classified as a tough sell, a guilty pleasure or contains a hot take we want to get off our chest. It's always fun when these guys are back on The Longlist and even more fun as a rare four person episode. We all had a great time making it, hope you have a great time listening to it.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd) 

Happy Halloween! Josh and Jack discuss everyone's *some people's* favorite holiday and all that it entails, with several movie and pop culture lists throughout. We also discuss the phenomenon that is You Can See Everything. We highly recommend you go see it.    Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd) 

It's a momentous day here on The Longlist. In honor of his new film, Digger, Josh and Jack are doing a whole episode on the enigmatic powerhouse movie star that is Tom Cruise. Love him or hate him (shame on you, if you hate him) his filmography is pretty undeniable. Join us for a lengthy discussion on Digger, his impact on the film landscape, his past and continued star prowess and, of course, we rank our top ten favorite movies of his career.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd) 

Jack has the week off so for this episode, Josh is joined by his lovely wife, Rebecca. This episode is all about the undeniable 90s classic (and Rebecca's FAVORITE movie) Pretty Women. What a film. It catapulted the career of one of our most endearing movie stars, revived the career of another and helped redefine a genre. Pretty Woman is iconic and we had a blast talking about it.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd) 

Josh is back from vacation and created an episode revolving around some of his favorite aspects of the trip. And of course there are some movie lists as well. Jack was given no prep, no doc, he was just told to show up. Part of this is to give Jack a break because he held down the fort with two solo episodes (much respect), and the other part was just to keep jack on his toes with no prep. Enjoy!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

Jack once again braves the solo pod. This week, after sharing some takes on his recent viewings of films that have come out this year, he explores the use of weather in movies. Weather can obviously occur in, or prominently affect, any film. Sometimes it's a plot point, sometimes it's a character of its own. Sometimes it just looks good. Jack gives his top 25 of whatever the weather is calling for. 

Who doesn't love Pixar? Over the years, Pixar has displayed a consistent level of excellence on nearly every level of filmmaking. The studio is known for being at the forefront of digital computer animation, and rightly so, but what truly makes their movies great is the level of character development and writing they display time and time again. In this episode, Brothers Josh and Jack rank funny Pixar moments, tear jerking Pixar moments, side characters and music. And of course we give our ranking for our favorite films released by this storied studio. We stan with Pixar.   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)

This week Jack attempts the unthinkable: Solo Pod! He also decided to take on a film with hella characters, scenes, and set pieces. The film is a thrilling, hilarious, politically charged, and a searing testament to what's happening everyday, all around us...Good luck, Jack! One Battle was an instant classic for the Muller Bros. Jack aims to do it justice. OCEAN WAVES!

This week on The Longlist, we're using the whole episode to talk about one of our favorite movies, A Knight's Tale. If you like action, adventure, romance, comedy, period pieces, sports movies, or hang out movies, then this is the place to be. Enjoy!   Music credit: Happy and Fun Kids Jazz by Alex Productions- (Free Music Archive), (cc by-nd)