‘Hardball’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey leave their Midwestern hometowns in search of their favorite runaway film, ‘Hardcore,’ starring George C. Scott, Season Hubley, and Peter Boyle and directed by Paul Schrader. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s raining frogs in the studio as Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey rewatch the 1999 film ‘Magnolia,’ starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julianne Moore and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins definitely advise skipping the fish after rewatching the 1989 black comedy ‘The War of the Roses,’ starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito and directed by Danny DeVito. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan are forced to become warriors or victims after rewatching the 2017 crime thriller ‘Shot Caller,’ starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lake Bell, and Jon Bernthal. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey revisit Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 drama ‘Manchester by the Sea,’ starring Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, and Michelle Williams. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan are too fucking macho after rewatching the 1990 crime-thriller ‘Internal Affairs,’ starring Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, and Nancy Travis. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan quit playing it safe and trade in their microphones to deal in human fulfillment after rewatching 1983’s ‘Risky Business,’ starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Producer: Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Kyle Brandt be nice until it's time to not be nice after rewatching the 1989 classic ‘Road House,’ starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You know what cheers Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan up when they’re feeling down? Rolled-up kings over aces and rewatching the 1998 poker classic ‘Rounders,’ starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Malkovich. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Live from Philadelphia, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan revisit the first installment in the 'Rocky' spinoff franchise, ‘Creed,’ starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson and directed by Ryan Coogler. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices