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The Back of the RangeTyler Watts - 2025 Sunnehanna Amateur Champion Our guest on this episode of The Back of the Range is junior phenom, Tyler Watts from Huntsville, Alabama. The winner of the 2023 Jones Cup Junior Invitational has been trending upwards since his runner-up finish in 2024 at the U.S. Junior and this summer captured one of the most prestigious title in amateur golf, the Sunnehanna Amateur title.
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Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.170 The Mount Rushmore of Awesomness profiles Sofia Coppola or Its not the most screwed over Kirsten Dunst gets in a movie tonight!!It's our latest Mt. Rushmore and this one is near and dear to our hearts!
0:00:00 to 0:04:24 Preamble & Music: ...Thats a lazy Bojack horseman joke!
0:04:25 to 0:12:02 Opening and a brief bitch about the latest trash from Marvel with some time at the cinema past and present!
0:12:03 to 0:15:19 An overview on Sofia Coppola
0:15:20 to 0:20:40 Tyler's Top 4
0:20:41 to 0:27:28 Ben's Top 4
0:27:29 to 0:29:59 The Negotiation of Placement
0:30:00 to 0:40:22 Ranking the entire filmography
0:40:23 to 0:56:23 Number Four Position "I'm as blunt as I need to be corporal McBurney!"
0:56:24 to 1:1...
2023-03-062h 00Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.167 TWGTF Presents Best of 2022 part 2 (5-1) or What professional wrestling move would you do on Jamie Lee Curtis if you could?Welcome back to the biggest countdown of all time and what may prove to be our biggest award show to date as well! That is right we have the big 5-1 and we hope you dig!
0:00:00 to 0:02:41 - Preamble & Music: ... Another Top 10 List of movies from 2022!
0:02:42 to 0:14:11 - Opening and A Few Honorable Mentions from 2022
0:14:12 to 0:35:40 - Tyler's 05 "Why do you always act up Hans?"
0:35:41 to 0:52:04 - Ben's 05 "My silly husband probably making things worse."
0:52:05 to 1:08:16 - Tyler's 04 "Fabian stood on the curb watching the cars"
1:08:17 to 1:24:10 - Ben's 04...
2023-02-133h 29Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.166 TWGTF Presents Best of 2022 part 1 (10-6) or I watched it on a laptop in a log cabin in the middle of Oregon and I was happy the whole timeTime to count down from 10-6! Lets fucking GOOOOOOO!
0:00:00 to 0:06:53 - Preamble & Music: ...Another Top 10 List of movies from 2022!
0:06:54 to 0:18:11 - Opening and A Few Honorable Mentions from 2022
0:18:12 to 0:32:39 - Tyler's 10 "While I was singing to Turtles!"
0:32:40 to 0:42:41 - Ben's 10 "Is that the Shima Sushi premium dinner set?"
0:42:42 to 1:00:42 - Tyler's 09 "It's the most magical place in the world."
1:00:43 to 1:16:16 - Ben's 09 "This is my breadroom."
1:16:17 to 1:26:07 - Tyler's 08 Splash "MIA!"
1:26:08 to 1:40:17 - Ben's 08 "Stop running away from me like some fool of a moody school c...
2023-02-062h 42Two White Guys Talking FilmIt's Wednesday Night and You Know What That Means or Tyler Went and Saw Some Wrestling Mini EpisodeLast Week on Friday our dear co-host Tyler thanks to a wonderful and generous Christmas gift from his wife attended some wrestling courtesy of AEW! During one of the recordings for a future show the boys took some time to discuss what he saw and maybe just maybe booked a great main event for Wrestlemania before it is sold off for parts!
Spoiler Alert: WWE looks like it is going over seas for their future endeavors!
2023-01-1211 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmTWGTF Best of the Decade in Horror 1985 to 1989 part 2 or This is the road that gets you to Zeffirelli's Hamlet!TWGTF Brothers and Sisters!!! Gather around your favorite podcast device and feel the power of the most Spooktacular episode of the show to date! Everyone who was hoping for the heat to be brought in part two my only suggestion is get some oven mitts!! I am so excited to say that this is one of our strongest lists and even maybe the strongest top fives we have ever done.
0:00:00 to 0:05:53 Preamble & Music: ...Welcome to the back half of the 80's in horror!
0:05:54 to 0:07:00 Show Open and how is everyone doing?
2022-10-312h 44Two White Guys Talking FilmTWGTF Best of the Decade in Horror 1985 to 1989 part 1 or That is a piece of trivia I have had in my head for almost two hours now.Velcome back to TWGTF Vaithful to another Vaithful of the show you love to scream for! This week it is 1980's horror but it is the back half of the 1980's from 85 to 89! Ladies and Gentleman this is a weird one so hold onto your hats!
0:00:00 to 0:02:54 Preamble & Music: ...Welcome to the back half of the 80's in horror!
0:02:55 to 0:10:30 Show Open and how is everyone doing?
0:10:31 to 0:24:27 Tyler's Number 10
0:24:28 to 0:34:54 Ben's Number 10
0:34:55 to 0:48:51 Tyler's Number 9
0:48:52 to 0:59:25 Ben's Number 9
0:59:26 to 1:11:43 Tyler's Number 8
1:11:44 to 1:31:34 Ben's Number 8
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South of Scruffy with Ben Fields#140-Tyler HaysTyler Hays is the owner of Vessul Creative. While uncovering Tyler's life journey from South Korea to Knoxville, Tyler and Ben dig into the new ways companies are leveraging video content to reach broader audiences.
2022-10-211h 28Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.156 Four Weddings and a Funeral and Muriels Wedding or Somebody Get in Contact with George Miller we have Had a Huge Uptick in Lorenzo's Oil Purchases for RentalWelcome to another blissful episode of TWGTF. This week the boys take the plunge into the genre of wedding related films. This is related to the fact that our dear Tyler is going to be taking the actual plunge very soon and we figured this would give him some thinks to look forward and watch out for. First up from 1994 comes a story about a woman who isn't just getting married she is also getting even. It is of course the 1994 classic from down under starring the charming and delightful Toni Collette as the titular character in Muriel's Wedding...
2022-09-191h 42Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.154 Long Weekend and Wake in Fright or That is the most Australian sentence you will hear this episodeWelcome back TWGTF people or as they say down under G'day! That is right we are back this week with another episode that chronicles the wild and weird outback that is ozploitation! Up first we have a very strange and if you hate nature like Ben does down right terrifying ordeal in the one and only Long Weekend! Following that we have then take a gander at a lost classic that shocked the world and made Australia say in one loud voice "That is not us on that screen!" This is of course the film from 1971! Wake in Fright!
2022-09-051h 15Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.152 Ugetzu and Onibaba or Leave the sipping inWelcome back TWGTF faithful to another episode of the best darn movie show on the west coast! This week we dive into two classic films of the country of Japan! Starting off we take a look at what War both is and isn't good for with the 1953 classic adaptation of Ugetsu! Following that Ben and Tyler take a stroll through the reeds and examine exactly what happens when some and some do not come home from war with the wonderfully vicious Onibaba!
0:00:00 to 0:02:25 Preamble & Music: ... !
0:02:26 to 0:15:22 Opening and the Best Thing We Saw This Week
2022-08-221h 24Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.151 Winter Light and Seance on a Wet Afternoon or We watched Nope I'm so sorry I'm so sleepyWelcome back TWGTF faithful to a very special apology episode of the show! This week Ben wishes to make amends with his partner Tyler for the mean trick of Eternals a few weeks back! As a sign of an olive branch Ben has picked out two certified classics or as we say on the show pure Tyler bait! Up first we delve into the world of Bergman with a film about faith and doubt with the 1963 classic Winter Light! Following that we look hard and long into the world of crime and the supernatural with a brilliant little pot...
2022-08-151h 23Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.150 The Mount Rushmore of Awesomness profiles Stanley Kubrick or It's annoying, he's being annoying!Welcome TWGTF to one of the most special episodes we have ever done. No it doesn't have to do with the fact that we are talking about a living legend on our show today! Although any chance to talk about the great Stanley Kubrick is special in itself! No today we do our one hundred and fiftieth episode live and in person with each other. It has been 80 episodes exactly since we last set foot in a room and we have been looking forward to seeing what happens when Gasoline meets a flame live on the air again. As...
2022-08-082h 17Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.148 Roman J. Israel, Esq. and Eternals or I don't care that the world is ending. I don't live on that world!Welcome back to a very special episode of TWGTF. Well its special in the sense if you've always wanted to know what Tyler really getting mad at a movie sounds like! Well believe me you are going to get that but first up we have to discuss our first film which is truly a movie Tyler has been talking about since he first met Ben! It is the second film from the much unseen as of late Tony Gilroy! It stars Denzel Washington in the Oscar nominated titular role of Roman J. Israel, Esq. Then following that we head...
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The Back of the RangeTyler Johnson - Chattanooga Choo Choo Invitational ChampionMy guest on this episode is the defending Chattanooga Choo Choo Invitational Champion, Tyler Johnson. When the tournament is held at Council Fire Golf Club next week, you won't find anyone that has had more success there than Tyler. Last summer, he won the Tennessee State Amateur AND the Choo Choo on that course and set some records along the way. Tyler Johnson - University of TennesseeChattanooga Choo Choo Invitational - Official WebsiteSubscribe to The Back of the Range
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Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.143 Two Thousand Maniacs and Bad Girls Go to Hell or Brigadoooooon!!Hello all you TWGTF fans and fanatics as we welcome you back to another episode of our show! This week Tyler is pulling from a place known as the Something Weird Video! This is quite a group and quite an interesting bit of films to select from! Up first we begin with a movie by the godfather of gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis with a movie about a group of Yankees who find themselves involved in a southern centennial and smack dab in the middle of Two Thousand Maniacs! For our main attraction Tyler pulls out all the stops...
2022-06-201h 28Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.142 House of Gucci and Drive My Car or Now see I think that's what Jared Leto's soul looks likeWelcome back to another fantastic and truly special episode of TWGTF. This time out Tyler has tasked Ben with finding two films from the previous year of 2021 and show why they would be considered missed gold. Up first Ben gives Tyler the second half of sir Ridley Scott's two films to follow his sword and sword epic of The Last Duel. It is of course the fashion nightmare that has Tyler maybe love to hate or hate to love House of Gucci! After that we are then flown over to Japan for the purposes of completing another set of...
2022-06-131h 20Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.3 eXistenZ & The Matrix or Penetrate like it is 1999!Tyler brought Ben two heavy hitters this week from the grand year of 1999, David Croneberg's eXistnZ and the Wachowski Sibling's The Matrix. They disagree about eXistenZ and they go very long on the Matrix (sorry). Spoiler: eXistenZ is weird.
Tyler's Pic: Transit
Ben's Pic: Quiz Show
00:00-01:04: Introduction
01:05-07:09: The Best Thing We Saw This Week
07:10-08:10: eXistenZ introduction
08:11-10:12: "Play with me."
10:13-48:10: eXistenZ discussion
48:11-49:37: eXistenZ ratings
49:38-49:56: The Matrix introduction
49:57-52:15: "What is the Matrix?"
52:16- 1:45:14: The Matrix discussion
1:45:15-1:46:30: The Matrix Ratings
1:46:31-1:47:59: What's on the pod next week
1:48:00-1:50:20 : Outro
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Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.131 TWGTF Presents Best of 2021 part 1 (10-6) or This is Rashômon for dummies!Welcome back TWGTF faithful and a happy New Year to all! We figured what better way to kick off 2022 then to say goodbye and give a big salute to 2021! That's right back by popular demand we are doing part one of our best of the year in cinema 2021 addition! Come join us as we discuss the year that was 2021 and all the exciting cinema we experienced! As for part two and our top five you'll have to come back next week and see what the rest of the list holds!
Spoiler Alert: Ben weirdly vibe with the...
2022-02-073h 04Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.122 Blood and Black Lace and The Empty Man or Once it becomes a 90's shot on video trashfire with a huge budget I'm like this is f$##ing cool!Welcome back to the spookiest time of the TWGTF year! That's right its the second week in October and we are doing two more horror movies! Tyler gave Ben a bit of free reign and since he didn't want to break from tradition we did at least talk about one Giallo film this year! Up first we take a look at one of the most famous in the genre by looking at Mario Bava's 1964 classic Blood and Black Lace! Following that the boys take a short detour onto a bridge as they discuss one of the best and most...
2021-10-111h 26South of Scruffy with Ben Fields#85-Tyler LarrabeeWhen Tyler Larrabee started organizing and promoting music festivals as a high schooler, he didn't quite know what he was getting himself into. With the help of some mentors and people who believed in him, Tyler has become an important player in the concert promotion scene. New Ground Festival takes place Sunday, September 12, 2021.
2021-08-161h 34Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.104 Spy Game and Killing Them Softly or Very Few Guys Know MeWelcome back to our final episode of the second year of TWGTF! Man alive we have seen some good movies throughout the last fifty two weeks! Now at the close of the second year we jump into two films Ben thinks Tyler will like! Luckily this wasn't crazy hard as we all know the fastest way to a young boys heart is through Brad Pitt! The first film is the 2001 post 9-11 spy film that show just how bad the CIA is in the great little pairing with Pitt and legend Robert Redford Spy Game! Following that we are...
2021-05-031h 38Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.100 The Mount Rushmore of Awesomeness profiles The Coen Brothers or That dude does not abide!Howdy neighbors! The boys are back with yet another Mount Rushmore this time they are tackling a pair of directors, that’s right they are talking about the Coen Brothers. The boys talk about their four favorite Coen bro films and they also talk about where the rest of the filmography lands for them. It’s a good episode I think! Spoiler: They talk about the dude a lot. 00:00-06:52: Cold open 06:53-09:55: Intro 09:56-15:09: Tyler’s Rushmore 15:10-19:30: Ben’s Rushmore 19:31-32:46: Building the Rushmore/Exiting through the Giftshop 32:47-56:12: Four Spot 56:13-1:13:44: Three Spot 1:13:45-1:29:31: Two Spot 1:29:32-1:59:03...
2021-04-052h 10Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.97 Marie Antoinette and Moneyball or I like the Martian, I'm not sure why I said that!Welcome back and happy Spring...well almost. In honor of us making it to the season of rebirth the boys sit down and discuss two movies that according to google both take place in the season! Up first we have the 2006 film that was pretty mixed at the time but now has gained some steam and has aged beautifully in Marie Antoinette. Next we lace up our cleats and head out to centerfield where we will discuss one of the best baseball movies of the last decade with the 2011 film Moneyball! Hope you all enjoy and please be patient...
2021-03-151h 20Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.88 Days of Thunder and Clerks or Duvalamania is running wildThis week on the show Ben attempts to lighten the mood for Tyler and certainly does give some moments of levity with an all time strange pairing! First up we make the trek to 1990 where we hop in the passenger seat with Tom Cruise as we take a look at the underappreciated film by Tony Scott Days of Thunder! After that we then head to a small convenience store in Leonardo New Jersey where the career of one man begins as we look at the Generation X movie to end them all in the 1994 classic Clerks!
Spoiler A...
2021-01-111h 48Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.86 The Godfather and The Godfather part II or The things you are mad at in Godfather II are astoundingThis week on the final show of the year Ben makes Tyler an offer he couldn't refuse! Well technically speaking Ben got to have a free space so he picked two movies that he has wanted to do since the start of this podcast about the world of cinema! So please sit back get a glass of something from the old country and listen to these two men talk about why they believe in America.
Spoiler Alert: This original recording started off at three hours and nine minutes of run time. After editing is now three hours...
2020-12-283h 01Two White Guys Talking FilmEp70 The Mount Rushmore of Awesomness profiles David Lynch or Patriot Games SucksWelcome back to another episode ending in zero so we are once again talking about a filmmaker's whole filmography and for this episode the boys have one of Tyler's big faves, David Lynch. They have a good long talk about all of Lynch's films and Twin Peaks because we had too. Spoiler: Sometimes my arms bend back.
00:00-04:33: Intro
04:34-09:51: Tyler's Mount Rushmore
09:52-12:38: Ben's Mount Rushmore
12:39-14:51: Combining Rushmore's
14:52-27:26: Giftshop shop/full rankings
27:27-1:48:00: Our Rushmore
1:48:01-1:59:16: Coming Attractions/Outro
2020-09-071h 59Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.69 Midnight Cowboy and Cruising or Mark Whalberg Looks like if Boston was a PersonNice!
What Tyler Watched: Flesh
What Ben Watched: Manhattan
00:00-11:40: Intro/Twin Peaks the Return Spoilers.
11:41-20:47: Best thing we watched this week
20:48-21:34: Midnight Cowboy Intro
21:35-23:36: “Taxi...”
23:37-1:00:32: Midnight Cowboy discussion
1:00:33-1:01:20: Cruising intro
1:01:21-1:04:07: “I'm Steven Burns...”
1:04:08-1:32:14: Cruising discussion
1:32:15-1:47:26: Coming Attractions/Outro
(Movies we talked about: Midnight Cowboy, Cruising)
2020-08-311h 47Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.68 The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl or Very clearly his InsplationsWelcome back yet again, to another new episode of TWGTF this week we have two films that (however loosely) melodramas. The first is the classic 70s Sci-Fi horror film The Stepford Wives (1975) dir. Bryan Forbes. The second film on our docket is the decade defining film Gone Girl (2014) dir. David Fincher. We have a good talk about two films that maybe stretching the term melodrama juuuust a little. Spoiler: If cops wanna talk to you ask for a lawyer immediately never talk to cops.
What Ben Watched: Jeaper's Creeper's
What Tyler Watched: All That Heaven...
2020-08-241h 51
The Back of the RangeTyler Strafaci - 2020 United States Amateur ChampionMy guest on this special episode is the 2020 U.S. Amateur Champion, Tyler Strafaci. We caught up just a few days after his dramatic victory over Ollie Osborne at Bandon Dunes. We spoke about Tyler's incredible summer season, the challenges around playing a U.S. Amateur during the coronavirus pandemic, and some behind-the-scenes details that found him leaving the state of Oregon with the Havemeyer Trophy.
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2020-08-2151 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.67 Seven Samurai and The Seventh Seal or The Irishman of Samurai MoviesWelcome back friends! On this Episode Tyler gets to cross off two embarrassing films off his towering watch list. First we have Akira Kurasawa's The Seven Samurai. Then closing us out tonight is Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal. Both are good and pretty firmly in the Tyler camp, this go around. Spoiler: What is this gambling? Look at all those sevens.
What Tyler Watched this Week: Passion of Joan of Arc
What Ben Watched this Week: Seven
00:00-04:02: Intro
04:03-7:50: Most captivating thing we watched this week
7:51-8:55: Seven Samurai...
2020-08-171h 02Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.66 The Conversation and The Burbs or You Win the Garret Dillahunt Gun Fight!Welcome once again to another episode of TWGTF pod, this week we are being tailed as we watched two films about Surveillance. First we have Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. Then to close us out is Joe Dante's The 'Burbs. We have some differing opinions. Spoiler: I think the 'Burbs might be like a cartoon guys.
What Tyler watched this week: Ask Any Buddy
What Ben watched this Week: Enemy of the State
00:00-03:08: Intro
03:09-12:39: Most interesting thing we saw this week
12:40-13:14: The Conversation intro
13:15...
2020-08-101h 30Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.65 Mallrats and Dodgeball a True Underdog Story or Anything After V is Not My ThingWelcome back to another special double feature at TWGTF video store today the boys have two comedy films that Tyler thinks might not hold up all the way. Up first from the man himself Kevin Smith you have 1995's Mallrats. Then from 2004, if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball, Dodgeball: a true Underdog Story. One film maybe holds up better then the other one? Who knows? Not me. Spoiler: Tyler mispronounces Noroi: the Curse but what else is new? Spoiler 2: Tyler was kinda on a role with those guess, huh?
What Tyler watched...
2020-08-031h 53Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.64 Apocalypse Now and The Fly or Jim Morrison is the Ryan Reynolds of PeopleWelcome back and how's it going? The boys have one and one half remakes for you today. Up first and the movie Tyler has some issues with (because of course he does) Apocalypse Now. Then they follow it up with maybe the best the film from the mad Canadian David Cronenberg The Fly. It's a good show (we think anyways) so sit back and relax and enjoy? Spoiler: We would like to apologize to the Reynolds and Morrison family.
What Tyler Watched this Week: A Killing of a Chinese Bookie
What Ben Watched this Week...
2020-07-271h 51Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.63 Only Angels Have WIngs and The Rules of the Game or He has resting villain face and he can't get rid of it!Welcome back film friends for another new piping hot episode of TWTGF. Tyler asked for it and for this episode he put together a double feature of films from 1939. Opening up the evening is the Howard Hawks film Only Angels Have Wings. Following that up we have The Rules of The Game. The boys have two great movies (at least Tyler thinks they're great movies) to talk about so sit back and relax. Spoiler: Jackfruit rules and you should try it.
What Tyler Watched: Lenny Cooke
What Ben Watched: The Naked Kiss
00:00-08:20...
2020-07-201h 17Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.62 The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Searchers or I'm a Child Arsonist I AmWelcome back to the store, where the TWGTF guys have two technicolor classics. First up one of the original hollywood blockbusters from 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood. Then we follow it up with a problematic fave The Searchers. Both are...interesting in their own ways so grab a glass of your favorite ale and sit in your favorite rocking chair and relax. Spoiler: Tyler was right but if you want to know about the history of technicolor here's the video he was trying to remember the information from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqaobr6w6_I
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2020-07-131h 40Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.61 Death of a Gunfighter and Catchfire-Backtrack or At the very least she knows how to change a tire!Welcome back, the TWGTF boys are going underground and are going to be talking about the most mysterious of directors, one Mr. Allan Smithee. The first movie is the 1969, and the first of Smithee's films, Death of a Gunfighter. The second (and third) film are Smithee's Catchfire and Denis Hopper's Backtrack. The boys have two different talks about two (three) films that are very different.
Spoiler: Catchfire/Backtrack is supposed to take place in San Francisco.
What Tyler Watched: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
What Ben Watched: Carnival of Souls
00:00-04:44: Intro
04:45-21:36: Best Thing We Watched this Week
21:37-25:22: A...
2020-07-061h 53Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.60 The Mount Rushmore of Awesomness profiles Bong Joon Ho or Big Mouth Tail FishWelcome to another episode that ends in zero, the sixth in fact and for this episode we're going out of the states for our director, and for this Rushmore we will be talking about Bong Joon-Ho. The boys have a good talk about four movies from the reigning best director (as of 2020).
Spoiler: The next Rushmore is from a real straight forward filmmaker.
00:00-03:34: Intro
03:35-06:45: Ben's Rushmore
06:46-10:31: Tyler's Rushmore
10:32-1:32:31: Our Rushmore
1:32:32-1:41:00 : Coming Attractions/Outro
2020-06-291h 40Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.59 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Pacific RIm or I Confuse Phantoms and Mimics all the time!Hello boils and ghouls...welcome back to another episode on this episode Ben and Tyler watch two monster movies. First on the list is the B-Movie classic The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Then from 2013directed by the big Del Toro Pacific Rim. Some of the monsters are cute and other's are...less cute but boys talk about them all on this episode. Spoiler: A heelflip is a skateboard trick where you flip the board with your heel.
Best thing Tyler Watched: Ticket of No Return
Best thing Ben Watched: Cat Ballou, Lovebirds
00:00-02:06: Intro
02:07-11:45: Best thing we watched this week
11:46...
2020-06-221h 14Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.58.5 In Theaters Now Da 5 Bloods or We Don't Like the French Here EitherGear up fall in and head out for 40 plus minutes of war torn film coverage as Ben and Tyler join the 5 Bloods on their quest for fortune and glory and perhaps redemption! Two different thoughts on the film one solid conversation over all! Spoiler: Ben's Microphone was in the Shit we are choppering him to a near by microphone hospital two clicks down river.
2020-06-1646 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.58 Breathless and Natural Born Killers or We are introduced to the Warden Who is Being Played by Foghorn LeghornWelcome back TWGTF fans for this episode Ben tasked Tyler with picking two films written by two other filmmakers. For the first film Tyler dug into his French New Wave bag and pulled out Jean-Luc Godard first film from 1960 with a story written by Francois Truffaut Breathless. Then following that we have the Oliver Stone directed based off a story by Quentin Tarantino the 1994 film Natural Born Killers. The boys talk about two very different films, or are they? Spoiler: Yes they are.
Best thing Tyler watched: Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator and Dumb: The...
2020-06-151h 51Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.57 The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind or He Played Soccer in High School of Course He's British!Welcome back to the pod and this week the boys find themselves in a bit of sticky wicket politically. Tyler asked Ben to bring two movies from 1939 and Ben brought two classics. The first film is the children's classic The Wizard of Oz. The second film and one that may spark some discussion and thought the film, that adjusted for inflation, the highest grossing film of all time Gone With the Wind. (yikes) This in hindsight is an awkward one, both Ben and Tyler understand that Gone With the Wind is, to say it mildly, a bit racist, and...
2020-06-081h 53Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.56 Two Lane Blacktop and Vanishing Point or That Car that I didn't think could hit me fast hit me fast!3-2-1 and they are off ladies and gentleman and welcome back to TWGTF where this week we are doing two car films. Up first from 1971 Two-Lane Blacktop directed by Monte Hellman. Second from 1971 as well directed by Richard C. Sarafian Vanishing Point. The boys have a fun informed talk about two movie about revolution and existentialism. Spoiler alert: These cars go fast.
Best thing Tyler watched: The History of the Seattle Mariners
Best thing Ben watched: Bone
00:00-04:38: Intro
04:39-15:33: Best thing we watched this week.
15:34-16:24: Two-Lane...
2020-06-011h 18Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.55 Point Blank and The Proposition or You are Litterally Stan From South Park Right NowWelcome to another beautiful day at TWGTF-land this week Tyler asked Ben to bring two revnege films to the table and he did deliver. First the classic sleek and brooding 1967 neo-noir Point Blank. Then up second is the Australian revisionist western film from 2005 The Proposition. Both are interesting tales of bravado and of course revenge. Spoiler: that Payback poster was so sick.
What Ben Watched: Chopping Mall
What Tyler Watched: Naked Childhood
00:00-03:30: Intro
03:31-17:04: Best thing we watched this week
17:05-17:48: Point Blank intro
17:49-19:17: *Lee...
2020-05-251h 39Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.54 The Last Picture Show and Days of Heaven or 2nd Helpings Texas StyleWelcome back to the shop this week we are offer two second films. First up from the director of Paper Moon and the previously covered Targets Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show. Then up second from the director of the previously cover Tree of Life, Knight of Cups and Badlands Terrence Malick we have Days of Heaven. The boys have a fun talk about two Texas bound classics. Spoiler: Apologizes for Tyler's voice he is now currently in the witness protection for his views on Godfellas.
Best film Tyler watched: Shock Waves
Best film Ben...
2020-05-182h 01Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.53 Blood Simple and Get Out or I Recently Watched Friday the 13th part 8 and its the Oppisite of ThatAhoy Ahoy! Welcome back to the shop? Intresting, do look into that. This week the boys have two more first films. Going back to link up with the second episode, Ben picked the first films of the Coen Bros. and Jordan Peele. The first of the two is Blood Simple (1984). Then from 2016 the great indelible Get Out (2017). We have a good talk about both films so enjoy! Spoiler: M. Emmitt Walsh got paid in straight cash.
What Tyler watched: A Better World Tomorrow 1 and 2
What Ben watched: American Gigolo and Q
00:00-03:05: Intro
03:06-13:54: What we watched this week
13:55-15:05...
2020-05-112h 13Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.52 The Honeymoon Killers and La Haine or The Cinematic Needle in My ArmWelcome back film goers, the boys are back this time Tyler was tasked with two films that Ben would like and Tyler did not disappoint. Up first from 1970 the blistering American indie The Honeymoon Killers (dir. Leonard Kastle). Then from 1995 the dark and brooding La Haine (dir. Matthieu Kassovitz). It's another dark one film fans but both films are good and the boys have a good light mostly lighthearted talk. Spoiler: I guess the Honeymoon Killers does have a score, huh.
Best thing Tyler watched: In The Mood for Love
Best thing Ben watched: Mark...
2020-05-042h 07Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.51 Alien and In the Mouth of Madness or If I understand space correctleyWelcome back to another episode of TWGTF, today we have two cosmic horror films to tear down your reality and break open your mind. First we have the classic 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien. And then in the the 2 slot we have the final film in the apocalypse trilogy by John Carpenter In the Mouth of Madness from 1992. The boys have an interesting discussion about both of these films. Spoiler: Tyler doesn't like one of them what a surprise. Spoiler 2: Tyler wants you to watch all of the movies he mentions after the Alien especially Alien 2: On Earth
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2020-04-271h 22Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.50 The Mount Rushmore of Awsomeness profiles Martin Scorsese or Five Decades of Life in the American CinemaWelcome pod fans for yet another milestone for the TWGTF-pod lads. It is yet again an episode that ends with a zero so they are once again talking about a director's entire filmography in order to pick out their four favorites, in order to build a Mount Rushmore of said director's four best films. This week because fifty felt somewhat lofty the two boys are talking the on the only Martin Scorsese. So sit back and relax as these two talk argue and figure out what will be Scorses's four best films. Spoiler: The guy made a lot of good...
2020-04-202h 08Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.49 Akira and Perfect Blue or ANIMEtion NationWelcome back amigos for a very special well drawn double feature, Tyler was tasked with picking two films of the animated verity and came back with two films from Japan! (yay?) Up first we have the teen weeaboo staple Akira (1988) dir. Katsuhiro Otomo. Then following that we have the taught psycholgical thrill Perfect Blue (1997) dir. Satoshi Kon. The boys have a fun discussion about two pretty dark and weird things. It's fun I promise. Spoiler: Who are you?
Best thing Tyler watched: The Magician
Best thing Ben watched: While We're Young
00:00- 06:30: Intro
2020-04-131h 32Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.48 Lifeforce and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 or Cannon Classics Vol.2 They Should Have Their Dick and Balls in a TIght ShotHello fight fans the boys are back with two more Cannon Classics this time of the “Horror?” variety. We have two by Tobe Hooper first we have Lifeforce from 1985. Following that up we have Texas Chainsaw Massacre II from 1986. Both are...interesting takes on the horror genre and the boys have two very different discussion. Spoiler: Dog will hunt!
Best movie Tyler watched this week: The Age of Innocence
Best Movie Ben watched this week: The Last Waltz
00:00-04:53: Intro
04:54-11:00: Best thing we saw this week
11:01-11:48: Lifeforce intr...
2020-04-061h 20Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.47 10 to Midnight and Death WIsh IV the Crackdown or Cannon Classics Vol.1 You Know What This is Used ForWelcome back to the first of (hopefully) many Cannon specials. Cannon the notorious 80s production house known for boobs blood and bad movies. This week we have from 1983 10 to Midnight (dir. J. Lee Thompson). Then as our second feature we have from 1987 Death Wish IV: The Crackdown (dir. J. Lee Thompson). Both are fun and a little weird but we have a fun talk. Spoiler: A lot of bad Bronson impressions ahead.
What Tyler watched this week: I Was Home at Home, But...
What Ben watched this week: Death Wish III
00:00-03:04: Intro
2020-03-301h 04Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.46 Rashomon and The Secret in Their Eyes or A Film in any language would be as goodTyler and Ben are back inside their houses and ready to talk about two best foreign language Oscar winners. From 1950 directed by Akira Kurosawa Rashomon. Then from 2009 The Secret in Their Eyes directed by Eduardo Sacheri. So get ready for two prestigious films semi-new and old. Spoiler: Stay Inside please!
Best thing Tyler watched this week: Scarecrow
Best thing Ben watched this week: Contagion
00:00-03:20: intro
03:21-12:21: Best thing we watched this week
12:22-12:44: Rashomon intro
12:45-14:37: Rashomon clip
14:38-41:45: Rashomon discussion
41:46-42:14...
2020-03-231h 14Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.43 A Woman Under the Influence and Love Streams or When a Director Loves a WomanBen and Tyler are back with two more of Tyler's pick so we set our sights on two slow depressing films because Tyler. Two John Cassavetes films both starring his wife Gena Rowlands, up first from 1974 A Woman Under the Influence. Then from 1984 the penultimate film in Cassavetes Filmography, Love Streams. Sit tight for a fun talk about sad films. Spoiler: Bedazzled isn't Monkeybone. Spoiler number 2: Tyler was thinking of Dino De Laurentiis who helped produce Dune (1984).
What Tyler watched: Burning
What Ben watched: The Age of Innocence
00:00-09:00: Intro
09:01-20:59...
2020-03-021h 34Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.42 TWGTF Presents Best of 2019 part 2 or The Big 5 of 2019Howdy, once again, and boy remember how long last episode was? Well, oops this one is all non-sequiturs. The boys Ben and Tyler are talking once again talking about their favorite of the year that was 2019! A bad year if you watch the news but a good year if you only watch movies! Once again this is a long one, like very long, so get ready and I hope you're hydrated. Spoilers: I hope you liked that one Netflix movie everyone was talking about.
00:00-09:36: Intro
09:37-23:30: Ben's Number 5
23:31-38:32: Tyler's Number 5
2020-02-243h 12Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.41 TWGTF Presents Best of 2019 part 1 or In the year 2019!Welcome to week one of our best of 2019 countdown. The boys Ben and Tyler have lists and they are checking them more than once to make sure they come up with 10 of the best films of the year that was 2019. They talk a lot about a bunch of movies from all over the globe. It's pretty long, so we hope you have had your vitamins and you're ready for discussion of 2019's best.
00:00-05:51: Intro/Little Josh's (Ben put in Josh's full name here) best of the year
5:52-10:31: Our respective number 11's
10:32-17...
2020-02-172h 03Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.40 The Mount Rushmore of Awsomeness profiles Michael Mann or Manno Y MannoI can hear us talking in the air tonight...hold on! Welcome back to yet another Mount Rushmore this one was recorded live from the neon lit streets of Chicago, simulcast to the sunny beaches of Miami, because of course we are breaking down the top four movies of Michael Mann. This is probably the most contentious list for a multitude of reasons including what was and wasn't on someone's list. Hmmmm. *Peter Gabriel drum solo*
00:00-05:00: Intro
05:01-11:17: Tyler's list
11:18-14:36: Ben's list
14:37-19:30: Deliberation
19:31-26:15: the Gift Shop
26:16-1:11:30: The Mt. Rushmore
1:11:31-1:18:48: Coming Attraction/Outro
2020-02-101h 18Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.39 Driving Miss Daisy and The English Patient or The Anna Paquin Duck MovieBoy these boys do not want to talk about these films! Happy Oscars in a couple days! Ben was forced to pick two best picture winners he hadn't seen. And boy did he pick some movies! First from 1989 we have Driving Miss Daisy (oof). And then from 1996 we have The English Patient (double oof).
What Tyler watched: The Man Who Fell to Earth
What Ben watched: 1917
00:00-02:42: Intro
2:43-12:31: Best thing we watch this week
12:32-13:26: Driving Miss Daisy intro
13:27-16:25: “He's stealing from me...”
16:26-49...
2020-02-031h 25Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.38 All the Presidents Men and Zodiac or History of Ages PastHowdy! Hello!Welcome back as the boys have two “historic” films. These two films might be the least Tyler of Tyler's picks. Up first we have the classic paranoid 70s thriller All the President's Men. Then in second place we have the paranoid 2000s thriller Zodiac. The boys have a long talk about both. Enjoy won't you?
Best thing Tyler watched: Sleepless in Seattle
Best thing Ben watched: The Parallax View
00:00-10:04: Intro
10:05-16:53: Best things we watched this week
16:54-18:05: All the President's Men intro
18:06-19:44: “...Now do...
2020-01-271h 53Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.37 The Terminator and Aliens or I KNOW SHE'S DEAF!!!!Hi all, and welcome to a very special Sci-Fi episode of TWGTF pod. Ben offered up a James Cameron double feature, starting with his second feature The Terminator from 1984 and his follow up from 1986 Aliens. It's a fun and sometimes weird talk about two faves (for some). Spoiler: The club in The Terminator is called 'Technoir.'
What Tyler watched: The Executioner
What Ben watched: Sweetheart
00:00-09:34: Intro
09:35-18:06: Best thing we watched this week
18:07-18:36: The Terminator intro
18:37-20:53: I don't even know it's mostly sound...
2020-01-201h 30Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.36 Murder on the Orient Express and Deep Read or The SNES and PS2 of Who Done ItsDun Dun Dun! There's murder afoot! And the boys at TWGTF are on the case. First in the cold air a train stuck in a snow storm from 1974 we have Murder on the Orient Express. Then up next from the year after 1975 we have Deep Red. We get to the bottom of two mysteries one is an all time classic and the other is...pretty weird. Spoilers: It was his mom?
Ben and Tyler saw: Little Women
00:00-04:25: Intro
04:26-13:50: Best thing we watched this week
13:51-14:18: Murder on the Orient...
2020-01-131h 15Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.35 Burn After Reading and Magic Mike or Den of Thieves Two PopesHappy New Years, and welcome back to the pod, this week the boys serve up a weird theme. Tyler asked Ben to bring two movies from his past, one he wants to re-evaluate and one he meant to see by never got around too. Ben brought two pretty different movies. First from 2008 Burn After Reading. Then from 2012 Magic Mike. It's a shorter episode but what do you want from us? We have families too. Spoiler: No they don't.
What Tyler Watched: Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
What Ben Watched: The Squid and the Whale
2020-01-061h 13Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.34 TWGTF Best of the Decade 2010 - 2019 part 2 or The Best of the best of the best!Welcome back to the second half of our best of the decade special. Much like the last half this is a pretty long one so have some time to settle in a listen to the boy's talking about some of the films they loved. The boys would like to thank the academy and their parents, it's been a good first year or less. Spoiler: Andrew Garfield had a sneakily good decade. Happy New Year
00:00-03:20: Intro
03:21-18:45: Our list's so far and Tyler's Number 5
18:46-36:57: Ben's Number 5
36:58-58:23: Tyler's Number 4
2019-12-312h 53Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.33 TWGTF Best of the Decade 2010 - 2019 part 1 or Super Good Flicks from 10 to 6The Decade is over and everyone is putting out their best of the decade lists and for better or worse so are Ben and Tyler. There are laughs, some crying, no scares cause we already did that list (Part 1 & Part 2). This one is a little long so maybe break it up over your holidays. Spoiler: TYLER DOES NOT ENDORSE FASCISM
00:00-15:10: Intro
15:11-30:45: Tyler's Number 10
30:45- 44:37: Ben's Number 10
44:38-55:43: Tyler's Number 9
55:44-1:05:40: Ben's Number 9
1:05:41-1:26:33: Tyler's Number 8
1:26:34-1:37:05: Ben's Number 8
1:37:06-1:48:48: Tyler's Number 7
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2019-12-232h 40Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.32 TWGTF Presents The Best of Nothing or Please Edit That Out Volume 1Welcome TWGTF Fans to our most discombobulated episode! Why you ask well its because its our first and hopefully not last best of nothing show! So the simple explanation is that this is all the tangents and side roads we wandered down that really didn't fit in the episodes but were too good to go into the trash bin! So sit back have a glass of something and try to follow us down the rabbit hole of this tangent! Spoiler Alert: If you want to know what got bleeped in the darkest joke segment you must find Tyler at...
2019-12-151h 45Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.31.5 In Theaters Now? Dark Waters, Knives Out, The Report, and Marriage Story or Y'all Got NetflixBonus episode! Yet again the men of TWGTF pod are forced at gun point to talk about what is current and hip. Some are in theaters and others are--well not so much in theaters. First we have the important, and very dad-ish Dark Waters directed by Todd Haynes. Then its on to the latest Rian Johnson film Knives Out. Then a pair of Adam Driver vehicles The Report directed by Scott Z. Burns and Marriage Story directed by Noah Baumbach. Ben and Tyler had fun talking about most of these...yeah most of these. Spoiler: Watch Atlantics on Netflix, it's...
2019-12-0954 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.31 Bottom Five Movies of 2019 or I Feel Bad About ThisWe here at TWGTF manor would like to apologize for the negativity and drunken tangents you will hear in this episode. Ben and Tyler have a real negative episode for you this week. The boys talk and drink and talk and drink. If you like one, or more, of these movies good for you we have no beef with you. Spoiler: It's uh....goodluck.
00:00-03:05 intro
03:10-10:22: Ben's Number five
10:23-19:25: Tyler's Number five
19:26-30:05: Ben's Number four
30:06- 42:15: Tyler's Number four
42:16-48:06: Ben's Number three
2019-12-091h 46Two White Guys Talking FilmEp. 30.5 In Theaters Now? The Irishman or I'm Going to Jail!We here at TWGTF estates are excited to bring you this very special episode. Wednesday of last week Netlfix dropped a brand new Martin Scorsese film, The Irishman, and Ben and Tyler are here to give you brief and spoilerific rundown. You should watch the movie first, if you haven't already, before listening. Spoiler: I'm going to jail you realize that don't you?
2019-12-0242 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.30 The Mount Rushmore of Awsomeness profiles Kathryn Bigelow or The Strange Truth vs The Hurtful FactsWe are yet again back at Ben and Tyler's weird and dark national park where the two of them are once again designing a Mt. Rushmore to one of cinema's shiniest stars. This time around we are doing Kathrine Bigelow and her films that focus almost solely on the male ego and male violence. We had fun recording it so maybe you'll have fun listening to it? Is that how this works I don't know. Spoiler: K-19 the Widowmaker did not make that much money.
That Willem DaFoe story
00:00-01:52: Intro
01:53-03:00: Rules...
2019-12-011h 15Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.29 Klute and Fat City or For Love and Boxing Noir StyleWelcome back film fans! From the seedy streets of post-watergate America, we have two films from the golden age of American Neo-Noir. In the red corner from the mean streets of New York New York Alan J. Pakula's Klute from 1971. Up second in the blue corner from Stockton California from 1972 John Huston's Fat City. So get ready you're in for a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Spoiler: Never be a boxer in Stockton honestly.
What Tyler watched this week: Inferno
What Ben watched this week: The Big Lebowski
00:00-01:25- Intro
2019-11-251h 43Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.28 Silence of the Lambs and Glengarry Glen Ross or Adapting to TangentsWelcome back film fans for a long one (apologies). Tyler lobbed Ben Adaptations (can't be the movie Adaptation) and Ben came back with two barn burners, albeit problematic ones. First on the docket, is Johnathan Demme's Oscar legend Silence of the Lambs. Following that we have the James Foley directed David Mamet written Glengarry Glen Ross. So strap in and be warned light heavy talk lays within. Spoiler: Anyone who talks to this fucking asshole is a fucking asshole.'
What Tyler watched: Basket Case
What Ben watched: The Departed
00:00-01:30: Intro
2019-11-182h 29Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.27 This Is Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman or I told them to put TWGTF over Puppet Show!Welcome back movie fans for another hand picked double feature. This week Tyler was tasked with picking two comedies, one from the 80s and one from the 90s. Tyler came back with two Christopher Guest films, the first staring Mr. Guest is the classic Rob Reiner directed This Is Spinal Tap. Then we check out a movie helmed by Guest himself, Waiting for Guffman. So join Ben and Tyler as they laugh recounting these two. Spoiler: These films will be followed by a Jazz Odyssey.
Double spoiler: It's actually Rosetta by Jean-Peirre and Luc Dardenne
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2019-11-111h 32Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.26 The Killing and Touch of Evil or To Rob and Love Noir StyleHello, and welcome back to the seedy alleys and black a white offices of Noirvember. For the first of our two noir specials (the second coming at the end of the month) Ben picks two classic noirs. This week from 1956 we Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. And taking place across the border from 1958 we have Orson Well's Touch of Evil. So put on your fedora's and smoke your filter-less cigarettes we're doing noirs. Spoilers: We all end up flat on our back floating in waste water.
Timothey Carey's IMDb Touch of Evil at Movie Maddness
What...
2019-11-041h 41Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.25 TWGTF Best of the Decade in Horror 2010 to 2019 part 2 or Ghoulish Fun from five to oneSecond verse same as the first! The boys (Ben and Tyler) are back with part two of their best of horror decade lists. Join them as they talk about all sorts of creepy crawly's and disagree at times about the genre and its boundaries. So breathe deep and listen to Two White Guys Talking Film's best horror movies of the decade part 2. Spoilers: List are hard dude.
Spoiler Alert: We asked people to take a survey about their favorite horror movies of the decade. We didn't get a ton of feedback but special thanks to Eve Astraea w...
2019-10-272h 19Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.24 TWGTF Best of the Decade in Horror part 1 or Things That Go Count in the NightHello and welcome back, Ben and Tyler are back but with something a little different. This week they will be talking about their picks for best horror films of the decade (part one of two). Strap in cause it is a long one. Editors note: Some of the clips are in other languages and links will be provided to the both the video and a written transcript of the dialogue for those who would like to follow along. Spoiler: if you hate our picks then I don't know make your own list.
00:00-03:05: Intro
03:06-03:20: Ben's #10 pick
03:20-05:55: (Video Clip...
2019-10-192h 04Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.23 The Beyond and Prince of Darkness or Even More Scary Movies to Discuss in the DarkEpisode 23:
Ahoy! Ben and Tyler are back with another one of their 'Halloween favorites' this time Tyler steps to the plate with two Lovecraftian nightmares. First by way Italy we have Lucio Fulci's The Beyond from 1981. Then the All-American boy John Carpenter presents one of his lesser-known films The Prince of Darkness from 1987. So sit back and make sure all the windows are shut tight before easing into this one. Spoiler: The Book of Ebron will get you killed.
What Tyler watched: The Beach Bum
What Ben watched: Crazy Rich Asians
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2019-10-131h 11Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.22 Wait Until Dark and The Thing or Scary Movies to Discuss in the DarkWho goes there? Welcome back for this spooky scary episode of TWGTF. Ben and Tyler are picking some of their favorite horror movies for this spooky season. Up first we have Ben's picks, from 1967 we have Wait Until Dark. Then in our featured attraction we have from 1982 John Carpenter's The Thing. Spoiler: We're both the Thing. What Tyler watched: The Farewell and Trick 'r' Treat. What Ben watched: Brightburn and IT: Chapter Two (The Itaning)
00:00-01:50: Advisory/Intro 01:51-12:52: What we watched this week
12:53-14:09: Wait Until Dark intro
14:10-21:06: “You want something...?”
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2019-10-071h 33Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.21 Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless or High School can be Heckerling!Welcome back, as the kids have gone back to school...for a while, Ben and Tyler decided to look at a couple of High School movies. Both happen to be directed by Amy Heckerling, first up from 1982, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Then from 1995 five the adaptation of Jane Austin's Emma, Clueless. Enjoy the show, and Tyler's somewhat deeper voice. Spoiler: get out of my chair!
What Tyler watched: The Last American Virgin
What Ben watched: The Amazing Jonathan Documentary
00:00-02:27: Intro
02:28-13:16: What we watched this week
13:40-14:24...
2019-09-291h 56Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.20 The Mount Rushmore of Awsomeness profiles Christopher Nolan or The Great White Gentleman vs The Thin White DudeHello and welcome back to TWGTF where we have another episode ending with a zero and you know what that means. That's righ we pretend to build monument to a director based a monument Americans love, for some reason. This week we have the thin white gentleman himself Christopher Nolan. Join us as we look through his filmography for our four faves, and discard the rest. On this week's Mt. Rushmore memorial of awesomeness Nolan addition. Spoiler: Ben & Tyler are in the same room!
00:00-01:53: Intro
01:54-03:38: On Nolan the director
03:39-07:48: Rules...
2019-09-221h 27Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.19 Batman Mask of the Phantasm and South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut or Things Get AnimatedHiya, and welcome back as Ben and Tyler are drawn back to have a particularly animated conversation on two movies that happened to be of the animation variety. Up first we have the Dark Knight himself, with Batman: the Mask of Phantasm (1993 dir. Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm). Then its the boys from the small redneck town in Colorado South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1998 dir. Trey Parker and Matt Stone). Its a long one with some conflicted feelings. Spoiler: Joker shouldn't have been a former mobster.
What Tyler watched this week: Bridesmaids
What Ben...
2019-09-151h 47Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.18 Strange Days & Somewhere or Its OVER!!!Welcome back as Ben and Tyler have two films that are gems from two well known directors. First up is the tech-noir cyberpunk and aggressively 90s movie Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) from 1995. Then closing out our double feature is Sofia Coppala's experiment in slow cinema Somewhere from 2011. It's a wild one folks. Spoiler: Tom Sizemore is always a baddy.
What Tyler watched: Je T'Amie Je T'Amie (1968 Dir. Alain Resnais)
What Ben watched: Longshot (2019 Dir. Jonathan Levine)
00:00-05:43: a Press Confrence
05:44-07:20: Intro
07:21-23:06: Best thing we watched this...
2019-09-081h 41Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.17.5 Trailer Talk The Irishman, The Adams Family, The LighthouseTyler and Ben return with a compliment sandwich of trailers in the year of our lord 2019! Frist we put on some fine Italian suits and talk about the newest film from Martin Scorsese "The Irishman". FYI we were unaware at the time or recording that it is going to be three and a half hours. So make sure you hit the head before you settle in. After that Tyler and Ben get out their steel toe boots to kick the holy hell out of "The Adams Family". Finally we take off our boots and throw on a couple of...
2019-09-0519 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.17 Tombstone & The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford or If You Like the Shoot Bangs with the horsiesHowdy! Giddy-up partners as Ben and Tyler talk two westerns on this episode. First up we have, from 1993, George P. Cosmatos' Tombstone. Then Ben and Tyler take a looooooooong look at the looooooong film The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik) from 2007. Listen along as they ask question such as: How good is Powers Boothe? Is Val Kilmer actually good? And Why snub The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford? Spoiler: Well...bye.
What Tyler watched: Inland Empire
What Ben watched: Stand By Me
00:00...
2019-09-011h 45Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.16 Ghost World & Scott Pilgrim vs the World or I've Got Till 5!Ben and Tyler welcome you back this week to talk about two comic book adaptations. First up a movie for the loners, the freaks, the weirdos Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff). Then we follow it up with everyone's favorite Michael Cera performance, Scott Pilgrim vs. World (dir. Edgar Wright). Listen along as Ben and Tyler go through the ups and downs, the highs and lows of being in your late teens and early 20s. Spoiler: The song at the beginning of Ghost world is “Jaan Pehechan Ho,” from the movie Gumnaan.
What Tyler watched: The Chase (amazon prim...
2019-08-251h 55Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.15 Do The Right Thing Die Hard with a Vengeance or Anyone can be racist...Even YOU!“HOT TIME SUMMER IN THE CITY” Ben and Tyler escape the heat by staying inside and watching other people spend time in hot hot city. First on the docket is Spike Lee's masterpiece Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee). The other is John McTiernan's Die Hard With a Vengeance (dir, John McTiernan). Spoiler: Ben and Tyler have been busy this week so this is late.
What Ben watched: The Lion King (lol)
What Tyler watched: Satan's Children
00:00-00:57: intro
00:58-10:30: best thing we watched this week
10:31-11:28: Do the...
2019-08-191h 49Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.14 Josie and the Pussy Cats & Jem and the Holograms or I'm Guilty of Nothing but Pleasure Volume 2Ben and Tyler welcome you back as they discuss the soaring highs and subterranean lows of Tyler's guilty pleasures. Up first the fun cute and quirky underappreciated comedy Josie and the Pussycats (dir. Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont). Then they examine, argue over, and stumble through the great (?) confusing, and earnest Jem and the Holograms (dir. Jon M. Chu) (blame Tyler). Spoiler: Glitter came out on the 21st of September 2001
What Tyler watched this week: The Possessed (1965)
What Ben watched this week: Goodfellas (1990)
00:00-01:03: Intro
01:04-09:50: Best thing we watched this week
2019-08-101h 23Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.13 Rosemarys Baby &The Cable Guy or I'm Guilty of Nothing but Pleasure Volume 1CW: Rape, Sexual Assault: Starts at 37:45 and ends at 42:29 and the conversation about Polanski starts at 55:50 and ends at 1:01:16
On this episode Ben and Tyler take a trip through some dark themes and guilty pleasures, specifically Ben's guilty pleasures (so blame him not Tyler). First up we have a movie directed by He Who Shall Not Be Named Rosemary's Baby. And second we have a movie starring Jim Carrey and known bad driver Matthew Broderick The Cable Guy. Spoiler: The sequel to The Detective was called Nothing Lasts Forever which is a much worse name then Die...
2019-08-031h 50Two White Guys Talking Film12.5 Trailer Talk Knives Out & Gemini ManOur first mini episode & we getting into the latest trailers that will be out soon. Will Ben and Tyler take in the latest Rian Johnson picture? Will the long awaited project known as Gemini Man rock their world! You will have to listen to find out!
2019-08-0113 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.12 Balistic Ecks vs. Sever vs. AVP Requiem vs. CapcomJoin Ben and Tyler this week as they trek through the cinematic wasteland that is Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (dir. Wych Kaosayananda) and Aliens vs Predator: Requiem. (dir. Shane Salerno). Are both films really the bottom of the barrel? Or are they possible hidden gems? Spoiler: They aren't gems.
What Tyler watched: Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years
What Ben watched: The Fifth Element
00:00-00:52: Intro
00:053-11:00 Best thing you watched this week
11:01-11:19: Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever intro
11:20-11:50: “The most comedic moment of 2002.” -Tyl...
2019-07-271h 07Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.11 The Babadook & Ladybird or Two woke dudes celebrate fathers dayWe at Two White Guys industries are proud to talk about our very first female directed double feature. Up first we have the sleeper hit and meditation on the horrors of motherhood: The Babadook (dir. Jennifer Kent). After that we have the coming-of-age film set in Sac Town Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig). So sit live laugh love, and listen to this episode of Two Woke dudes talkin' movs (that's movies). Spoiler: Tyler was correct the other female director's nominated were Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigalow. (although Lina Wertmuller was nominated for Seven Beauties. He also...
2019-07-201h 19Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.10 The Mount Rushmore of Awsomeness profiles Quentin Tarantino or Brown vs. BillBen and Tyler have something different for you this week. Instead of watching and talking about two movies, our Duo will talk, argue, and agree about a director's entire career. And with Once Upon a Time in America on the horizon we thought what better director to talk about than Quentin Tarantino. So sit and laugh along with our two host we think you'll enjoy it.
00:00-00:53: Intro
00:54-05:10: An overview of what we are doing
05:11-10:14: Ben's Time
10:15-15:37: Tyler's Time
15:38-25:07: Building a joint Rushmore
25:08...
2019-07-1347 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.9 Happy Gilmore & Brick or Two Sad Boys Cry at the MoviesBen and Tyler are back this week with two films from Tyler's youth and we got an absoultely odd double for you. First up we have the classic 1996 Adam Sandler vehicle Happy Gilmore. Followed by the 2005 Rian Johnson directed Joseph Gordon-Levit film Brick. Like I said it's weird one. Spoiler: Fifty Pills is real dammit!
Movies we watched
What Tyler Watched: Buddies
What Ben Watched: Always Be My Maybe
00:00-00:45: Intro
00:46-06:05: What Did You Watch This Week?
06:05-06:33: Happy Gilmore Intro
06:34-09:45: “My name is...
2019-07-061h 34Two White Guys Talking FilmTWGTF Presents Talkin' Classics Vol.1 JAWS or We've got a love fest on our hands on the 4th of July.Tyler and Ben have a special episode for your July 4th where they talk about that very special smooth boy Jaws. Join them as one talks about seeing the movie for the hundredth time and another man who had never seen it before. Spoiler: Jaws can think!
Must love Jaws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yHyxeju1U
“I Didn't Get Nominated”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mgrxvTdl-Q
00:00-00:50 Intro
00:51-39:26: Talkin' Jaws
39:27-41:06: Outro
41:07-42:13: “Show me the way to home”
2019-07-0442 minTwo White Guys Talking FilmEp.8 The Artist & Frances Ha or Black and White is Out of SightSalut! On this weeks episode Ben and Tyler have two movies in black and white. The first film is the 2011 Best Picture winner, The Artist. And the second film is Greta Gerwig's coming out film Frances Ha from 2013. Both are good surprisingly. Spoiler: The Godzilla Movies Tyler meant to say at 5:30 was Destroy all Monsters, and at 6:30 is The Return of Godzilla and the director Tyler was thinking of at 53:04 was Jerry Schatzberg please don't @ him. Au Revoir!
What Tyler watched: Booksmart
What Ben watched: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
00:00-00:49: Intro
2019-06-301h 16Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.7 Forbidden Planet & Robinson Crusoe on Mars or Robot vs Monkey Spoiler Alert Robbie WinsBen and Tyler take a look at two space movies one a classic and the other...well, is a movie. First we visit Robby the Robot and some human's on [the] Forbidden Planet. Before we travel to visit and man marooned on Mars before Matt Damon made it cool with Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Spoiler: The Space Sausages are just uncooked tofu sausages.
What Tyler watched: The Three Color's Trilogy
What Ben watched: Booksmart
The Jack Kelly photo, a Daniel Defoe photo, the Chief Standing Pat photo.
00:00-00:45: Intro
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2019-06-221h 25Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.6 Hard Eight & Rounders or Hold then Fold, Don't Crap Out!This week Ben and Tyler are live from a craps table and a seedy back room no limit Texas hold 'em game. Sit down with them as they discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's first film the Reno set Hard Eight. And then join them across the country in beautiful New York city as they try and win back their losses with Rounders. Spoiler: gambling addiction is serious, check out this pamphlet “when the fun stops”.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Tyler would like to apologize for his audio sounding a bit rough it won't happen again.
What Tyler Watched: In a...
2019-06-151h 15Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.5 Wild at Heart & Wicker Man or Cage Match Show Notes
On this episode, Ben tasks Tyler with picking his “best of” Cage's and his “worst of” Cage's, so this week we are watching Wild at Heart from 1990 directed by a man on a toilet surrounded by naked women, yikes! (David Lynch), and The Wicker Man from 2006 directed by a man in a bear suit punching women, double yikes! (Neil LeBute) Spoiler: NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES!
What Tyler watched: https://www.arrowvideo.com/product/donnie-darko/880
What Ben watched: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Friday-the-13th-The-Final-Chapter-Blu-ray/185846/
00:00-01:21: Intro
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2019-06-081h 44Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.2 Raising Arizona & US or Given a second chanceBen and Tyler sit down to talk about one of Ben's favorite movie The Coen's Raising Arizona (1987) and Tyler's Three hundred sixty seventh favorite movie, Jordan Peele's US (2019). Spoiler they're both pretty good!
Tyler's Pic: Knife+Heart
Ben's Pic: You Were Never Really Here
00:00-5:20:Introduction & The Best Thing We Saw This Week
5:46-8:03: "Son you got a pantie on your head!."
8:04-31:51: Raising Arizona discussion
31:52-34:20: Raising Arizona rating
34:40-37:09: "It's not about drugs."
37:10-61:19:Us discussion
61:21-72:57 :Us Spoilers
2019-05-181h 20Two White Guys Talking FilmEp.1 Targets & Badlands or feels like the first timeWhat happens when one cool art house dude and a blockbuster loving every man team up to talk movies? Well you get TWGTF or known in other circles as Two White Guys Talking FIlm. This Week we are treated to the first show with them establishing what we are all about as well as touching on the first of both Peter Bogdanovich in his 1968 Targets and Terrence Malick's 1973 Badlands. Hear all our thoughts and so much more!! Spoiler Alert: It's our first show so give us a break
Tyler's Pic: Losing Ground:
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