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Showdino87: Fargo (1996)Fargo is a 1996 black comedy crime film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell). The film was an American and British co-production.2025-03-111h 00
Showdino86: Lost in Translation (2003)Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whisky. There, he befriends another estranged American named Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman and recent college graduate. Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, and Fumihiro Hayashi are also featured. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It defies mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.2025-02-2541 min
Showdino85: Jaws (1975)Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.2025-02-1143 min
Showdino84: Run Lola Run (1998)Run Lola Run (German: Lola rennt, lit. "Lola Runs") is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The story follows a woman named Lola (Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).2025-01-2857 min
Showdino83: Wonka (2023)Wonka is a 2023 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby based on a story by King. It tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, a character in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, depicting his early days as a chocolatier.[6] The film stars Timothée Chalamet as the title character, with an ensemble cast including Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant. It is the third live-action film based on Dahl's novel, following Willy W...2025-01-1441 min
Showdino82: Mama Mia (2008)Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson, based on her book from the 1999 musical of the same name. The film is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, with the possibility that any of t...2024-12-3142 min
Showdino81: Capote (2005)Capote is a 2005 American biographical drama film about American novelist Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. The film primarily follows the events during the writing of Capote's 1965 nonfiction book In Cold Blood. The film was based on Gerald Clarke's 1988 biography Capote. It was released on September 30, 2005, coinciding with what would've been Capote's 81st birthday.2024-12-1745 min
Showdino80: American Fiction (2023)American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson, in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "black" books, only for it to be mistaken by the liberal elite for serious literature and published to both high sales and critical praise. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, and Keith David.2024-12-0350 min
Showdino79: Oppenheimer (2023)Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film[5][6][7] written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan.[8] It stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project—the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of Oppenheimer, with the story predominantly focusing on his studies, his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II, and his eventual fall from grace due to his 1954 se...2024-11-1955 min
Showdino78: American Graffiti (1973)American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Set in Modesto, California, in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and early rock 'n' roll cultures popular among Lucas's age group at that time. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a night.2024-11-0535 min
Showdino77: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American computer-animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Produced by Universal Pictures, Illumination, and Nintendo, and distributed by Universal, it was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel. The ensemble voice cast includes Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen. The film features an origin story for the brothers Mario and Luigi, Italian-American plumbers who are transported to an alternate world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and...2024-10-2246 min
Showdino76: War Games (1983)WarGames is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union. WarGames was a critical and commercial success, grossing $125 million worldwide against a $12 million budget. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards.2024-10-0835 min
Showdino75: Her (2013)Her (stylized in lowercase) is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt.2024-09-2456 min
Showdino74: Sing Street (2016)Sing Street is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama-musical film written and directed by John Carney from a story by Carney and Simon Carmody. Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Kelly Thornton, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl in 1980s Ireland. It is an international co-production among producers from Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Street2024-09-1039 min
Showdino73: Wings (1927)Wings is a 1927 American silent film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. The film stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Rogers and Arlen portray World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount Pictures. Gary Cooper appears in a small role, which helped launch his career in Hollywood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(1927_film)2023-12-0542 min
Showdino72: Cecil B. Demented (2000)Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers; they force her to star in their underground film. Stephen Dorff stars as the eponymous character and leader of the group, with Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Michael Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal co-starring as the rest of his gang of filmmakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._Demented2023-11-2131 min
Showdino71: Wild (2014) Wild is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Reese Witherspoon, with Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, and W. Earl Brown appearing in supporting roles. The screenplay was adapted by Nick Hornby from Cheryl Strayed's 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which is about a solo backpacking trip Strayed undertook on the trail in 1995 after numerous personal issues had left her life in shambles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_(2014_film)2023-11-0739 min
Showdino70: The Paralax View (1974)The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1970 novel[1] by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary focus is political assassination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parallax_View2023-10-2641 min
Showdino69: The Fabelmans (2022)The Fabelmans is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote and produced it with Tony Kushner. The film is a semi-autobiographical story loosely based on Spielberg's adolescence and first years as a filmmaker. It's told through an original story of the fictional Sammy Fabelman, a young aspiring filmmaker who explores how the power of films can help him see the truth about his dysfunctional family and those around him. It stars Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy, alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch in supporting roles. The film is dedicated to the memories...2023-03-2844 min
Showdino68: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a 2021 American mockumentary comedy-drama film directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (in his feature directorial debut), with a screenplay by Fleisher Camp, Jenny Slate and Nick Paley from a story by Fleisher Camp, Slate, Paley and Elisabeth Holm. It is based on a series of shorts of the same name written by Slate and Fleischer Camp. Slate reprises her voice role as Marcel, an anthropomorphic shell living with his grandmother Connie. Fleischer Camp, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Lesley Stahl, and Isabella Rossellini also star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_the...2023-03-0743 min
Showdino67: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati), based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone...2023-02-2151 min
Showdino66: The Shining (1980)The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. The film's central character is Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, with his wife, Wendy Torrance (Duvall), and young son, Danny Torrance (Lloyd). Danny is gifted with psychic abilities named "shining". After a winter storm leaves the...2023-02-071h 07
Showdino65: Michael Clayton (2007)Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy in his feature directorial debut and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack.[4] Clooney plays lawyer Michael Clayton, who discovers a coverup over the effects of toxic agrochemicals. Released on October 5, 2007, the film grossed $93 million worldwide. It was praised for its direction, performances, and screenplay; Swinton's performance was particularly lauded. Michael Clayton was nominated for seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Clooney, Best Supporting Actor for Wilkinson, and Best Supporting Actress for Swinton, which she won...2023-01-241h 06
Showdino64: Dick (1999)Dick is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming from a script he wrote with Sheryl Longin. It is a comic reimagining of the Watergate scandal which ended the presidency of Richard Nixon and features several cast members from Saturday Night Live and The Kids in the Hall.[3] Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams star as Betsy and Arlene, two warm-hearted but unworldly 15-year-old friends, who – through various arbitrary circumstances – become the legendary "Deep Throat" figure who played a key role in bringing down the presidency of Nixon (played by Dan Hedaya). At the time of the movie's release, the...2023-01-1042 min
Showdino63: Do the Right Thing (1989)Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood's simmering racial tension between its African-American residents and the Italian-American owners of a local pizzeria, culminating in tragedy and violence on a hot summer day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing2022-12-271h 06
Showdino62: A Star is Born (1954)A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical drama film directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Hart's screenplay is an adaptation of the original 1937 film, based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional writers—David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg and Adela Rogers St. Johns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1954_film)2022-12-1357 min
Showdino61: Brokeback Mountain (2005)Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex romantic relationship between two American cowboys, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, in the American West from 1963 to 1983. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain2022-11-2957 min
Showdino60: Everything Everywhere All at OnceEverything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as "Daniels"), who co-produced the film with the Russo brothers. The film stars Michelle Yeoh as a Chinese-American woman being audited by the Internal Revenue Service who discovers that she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from causing the destruction of the multiverse. Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis appear in supporting roles. The film has been described as a "...2022-11-151h 04
Showdino59: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)Welcome to our newest member of the of the podcast... Heidi Hesse! Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films. https://en.w...2022-11-0141 min
Showdino58: The Big Lebowski (1998)The Big Lebowski (/ləˈbaʊski/) is a 1998 black comedy crime film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, then learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski (David Huddleston) was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski's trophy wife is kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release; the plan goes awry when the Dude's friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money. Sam...2022-10-2051 min
Showdino57: House of Gucci (2021)House of Gucci is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden. The film follows Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci. Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino also star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Gucci2022-07-1242 min
Showdino56: In the Heat of the Night (1967)In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It is based on John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name and tells the story of Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. It stars Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and was produced by Walter Mirisch. The screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(film)2022-06-3045 min
Showdino55: Star Wars (1977)Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew. It is the first film in the Star Wars film series and fourth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Lucas had the idea for a science-fiction film in the vein of Flash Gordon around the time he completed his first film, THX 1138 (1971), an...2022-06-161h 34
Showdino54: Encanto (2021)Encanto is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, Encanto was directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith who co-wrote the screenplay with Bush, and produced by Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer, with original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Featuring the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama, Encanto follows a multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, he...2022-06-0257 min
Showdino53: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money-laundering operation led by the prison wardenSamuel Norton (Bob Gunton). William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in sup...2022-04-2842 min
Showdino52: The Big Sleep (1946)The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its results". William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay. In 1997, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and added it to the National Film Registry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_(1946_film)2022-04-1455 min
Showdino51: Free Guy (2021)Free Guy is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy thriller film directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman. It stars Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a bank teller who discovers he is actually a non-player character in a massively multiplayer online video game and becomes the hero of the story, trying to save his friends from deletion by the game's creator. Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika Waititi also star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Guy2022-03-1548 min
Showdino50: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American Technicolor science fiction-adventure film and one of the first features shot in CinemaScope. It was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions, directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. It was also the first feature-length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. The film is adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Disney also adds this disclaimer to the film which we also find appropriate: “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cu...2022-03-0149 min
Showdino49: Spirited Away (2001)Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film, and Mitsubishi. The film features the voices of Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takeshi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, and Bunta Sugawara. Spirited Away tells the story of Chihiro Ogino (Hiiragi), a ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the world of Kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore). After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba (Natsuki), Chihiro takes a...2021-12-1441 min
Showdino48: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) plus Bonus Movie - The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) That’s right it’s the Don Knotts special episode you’ve all been clamoring for! The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 American comedy horror film starring Don Knotts as Luther Heggs, the town dunce and a newspaper typesetter who spends a night in a haunted house, which is located in the fictitious community of Rachel, Kansas. The working title was Running Scared. The title is presumably a humorous variation of the film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). The Incredible Mr. Limpet...2021-11-2942 min
Showdino47: Jungle Cruise (2021)Jungle Cruise is a 2021 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from screenplay written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Michael Green, based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name.[1] Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti, and follows the captain of a small riverboat who takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Cruise_(film)2021-11-1546 min
Showdino46: The Hot Rock (1972)The Hot Rock is a 1972 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Peter Yates from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name, which introduced his long-running John Dortmunder character. The film stars Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn and Zero Mostel. It was released in the UK with the alternate title How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Rock_(film)2021-11-0137 min
Showdino45: Pineapple Express (2008)Pineapple Express is a 2008 American buddy stoner action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco. The plot centers on a process server and his marijuana dealer as they are forced to flee from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after witnessing them commit a murder. Producer Judd Apatow, who previously worked with Rogen and Goldberg on Knocked Up and Superbad, assisted in developing the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_Express_(film)2021-10-1831 min
Showdino44: Repo Man (1984)Repo Man is a 1984 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox in his directorial debut. It stars Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez, with Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Vonetta McGee, Fox Harris and Dick Rude among the supporting cast. Set in Los Angeles, the plot concerns a young punk rock enthusiast (Estevez) who is recruited by a car repossession agency and gets caught up in the pursuit of a mysterious Chevrolet Malibu that might be connected to extraterrestrials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film)2021-10-0432 min
Showdino43: My Man Godfrey (1936)My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film.[2][5] The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by La Cava, based on 1101 Park Avenue, a short novel by Eric S. Hatch. The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, and then falls in love with him. In 1999, the original version of My Man Godfrey was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library...2021-09-2050 min
Showdino42: Soul (2020)Soul is a 2020 American computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers, the film stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, and Angela Bassett. The story follows a middle school music teacher named Joe Gardner, who seeks to reunite his soul and his body after they are accidentally separated, just before his big break as a jazz musician. Soul is the first Pixar film to feature an African-American protagonist.2021-09-0632 min
Showdino41: The Farewell (2019)The Farewell is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Lulu Wang. It stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, and Zhao Shuzhen. The film follows a Chinese-American family who, upon learning their grandmother has only a short while left to live, decide not to tell her and schedule a family gathering before she dies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farewell_(2019_film)2021-08-1732 min
Showdino40: Tenet (2020)Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with Emma Thomas. A co-production between the United Kingdom and United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The film follows a secret agent who learns to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_(film)2021-08-0550 min
Showdino39: Palm Springs (2020)Palm Springs is a 2020 American romantic comedy film directed by Max Barbakow and written by Andy Siara. It stars Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, Peter Gallagher, and J. K. Simmons, and follows two strangers who meet at a Palm Springs wedding only to get stuck in a time loop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs_(2020_film)2021-07-1541 min
Showdino38: Brick (2005)Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson in his directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, and opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006. The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a California suburb. Most of the main characters are high school students. The film draws heavily in plot, characterization, and dialogue from hardboiled classics, especially those by Dashiell Hammett. The title refers to a block of heroin, compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick. Description from: 2021-07-0238 min
Showdino37: Enola Holmes (2020)The Showdino Gang watches Enola Holmes – a 2020 mystery film based on the first book in the young adult fiction series of the same name by Nancy Springer. The story is about the teenage sister of the already-famous Sherlock Holmes, who travels to London to find her missing mother but ends up on a thrilling adventure, pairing up with a runaway lord as they attempt to solve a mystery that threatens the entire country. The film is directed by Harry Bradbeer, from a screenplay by Jack Thorne. Millie Bobby Brown stars as the title character, while also serving as a pr...2021-06-1543 min
Showdino36: Mulan (2020)Mulan is a 2020 American fantasy action drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Niki Caro, with a screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1998 animated film of the same name, itself based on the Chinese folklore story, "The Ballad of Mulan". The film stars Yifei Liu in the title role, alongside Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Ron Yuan, Gong Li, and Jet Li in supporting roles. The plot takes place in Imperial China, where Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored...2021-06-0139 min
Showdino35: Vertigo (1958)Vertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story was based on the 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. The screenplay was written by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor. The film stars James Stewart as former police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. Scottie is forced into early retirement because an incident in the line of duty has caused him to develop acrophobia (an extreme fear of heights) and vertigo (a false sense of rotational movement). Scottie is hired by an acquaintance, Gavin Elster, as a...2021-05-1051 min
Showdino34: Isle of Dogs (2018)Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animated science-fiction comedy film written, produced, and directed by Wes Anderson.2021-05-0637 min
Showdino33: Stan and Ollie (2018)The gang bonks heads and then watches a movie! Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Jeff Pope.2021-01-0444 min
Showdino32: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)Rob and Kevin talk about Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to 1969 Hollywood. It was written and directed by Tarantino and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood2020-12-2354 min
Showdino31: Jojo Rabbit (2019)Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a Hitler Youth member who finds out his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. He must then question his beliefs, while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend, a fanciful version of Adolf Hitler (Waititi) with a comedic stand on the politics of the war. The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell. 2020-10-2645 min
Showdino30: Parasite (2019)Parasite (2019) is a South Korean dark comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho, written by Bong Joon-Ho with Han Jin-won. But not that dark...2020-10-1940 min
Showdino29: After Hours (1985)Kevin, Rob and Ben watch After Hours directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, and starring Griffin Dunne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_(film)2020-08-1140 min
Showdino28: Onward (2020)Kevin, Ben and Rob animately discuss the 2020 DnD Quest film from Walt Disney’s Pixar Animation Studio. Directed by Dan Scanlon and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and Keith Bunin with the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onward_(film)2020-07-2841 min
Showdino27: Rise of Skywalker (2019)Ben, Rob and Kevin head to a time long ago to talk about the final episode of the Star Wars saga started in 1977. Episode 9 was produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker2020-07-141h 01
Showdino26: Don’t Think Twice (2016)Rob and Ben welcome back Kevin Galligan to the podcast to talk about 2016’s “Don’t Think Twice.” It was written and directed by Mike Birbiglia and stars Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher and Chris Gethard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Think_Twice2020-05-1837 min
Showdino25: Toy Story 4 (2019)Ben and Rob are back and watching Pixar’s Toy Story 4 directed by Josh Cooley from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom. Stick a Forky in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_42020-05-0537 min
Showdino24: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)Rob welcomes special guest Kevin Galligan to watch the sequel to Mary Poppins (1964) directed by Rob Marshall, written by David Magee with a story by Magee, Marshall, and John DeLuca. It stars Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins, with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep in supporting roles. Feed the birds and enjoy the show! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_Returns Plus we have a spoiler free discussion of: * Apollo 11 (2019) * Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018) * Ch...2019-06-2051 min
Showdino23: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)Ben and Rob watch the Oscar winning film directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. It was written by Phil Lord and Rothman. Starring the voices of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber. Thwip! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Into_the_Spider-Verse2019-05-2739 min
Showdino22: Summer SpectacularIt’s summer and time for Ben and Rob to talk about and rate movies they have seen recently: NO SPOILERS! Up In Smoke (1978) Monsters University (2018) Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018) The Greatest Showman Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) Skyscraper (2018) Half Baked (1998) Les Miserables (2012) Yellow Submarine (1968) 2019-05-2026 min
Showdino21: The Player (1992)Rob shows Ben what life was like in the Hollywood of 1992 by watching Robert Altman’s Comedy/Thriller The Player. 65 Celebrity cameos! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_(film)2019-05-0632 min
Showdino20: Free Solo (2018)Rob hangs from his fingertips as Ben slowly peels them away from the rock one by one. They also watch the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo. It was directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Solo2019-04-2236 min
Showdino19: Venom (2018)Ben and Rob welcome a very special guest Zanne! They talk about Venom from 2018 Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner, and Kelly Marcel, it stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom, alongside Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott.2019-04-0833 min
Showdino18: Bonus 04Ben rates movies. Rob rates movies. Together.2019-03-2510 min
Showdino17: Bonus Episode 03Ben and Rob rate movies and wish you were here.2019-02-2510 min
Showdino16: Bonus Episode 02More movie rating fun! It's fun! Fun!2019-02-1109 min
Showdino15: Bonus Episode 01Ben and Rob rate movies and have fun with the Leonard Maltin rating system!2019-01-2808 min
Showdino14: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)Rob shows Ben the most recent story to come from the Star Wars universe. I have a good feeling about this… Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo:_A_Star_Wars_Story2019-01-1438 min
Showdino13: Logan's Run (1976)Rob and Ben watch a classic from Rob’s childhood together. It was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. Logan's Run2018-12-1036 min
Showdino12: The Cannonball Run (1981)Rob shows Ben the classic Hal Needham film starring Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast of jugheads having fun in cars. (This podcast was recorded prior to Burt Reynolds passing.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run2018-11-2635 min
Showdino11: The Big Sick (2017)Rob shows Ben The Big Sick a romantic comedy directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sick2018-11-1447 min
Showdino10: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)Rob shows Ben Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from the Eighties! It’s directed by Frank Oz and stars Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Rotten_Scoundrels_(film)2018-09-0336 min
Showdino9: American History X (1998)Ben gets historical by showing Rob American History X. The 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. They then end the show with an extended version of the movie rating game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_History_X2018-08-2232 min
Showdino8: Three Kings (1999)Rob and Ben go to war! Well at least they watch a very funny movie about war. Three Kings written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley. Then they give their 5 minute review of Star Wars: the Last Jedi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kings_(1999_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi2018-08-0634 min
Showdino7: Dazed and Confused (1993)Ben shows Rob the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused completely sober. It was written and directed by Richard Linklater. Dude. Dazed and Confused on Wikipedia2018-07-2334 min
Showdino6: Ready Player One (2018)Rob shows Ben a movie celebrating technology and the 80’s. But it’s a post-apocalyptic world. Directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline. Ready Player One on Wikipedia2018-07-1036 min
Showdino5: Being John Malkovich (1999)Rob climbs through a tunnel and lives for 15 minutes inside Ben’s brain. Then they spend 30 minutes talking about it into microphones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich2018-05-2540 min
Showdino4: Idiocracy (2006)Bor and Neb find something to say about this silly movie directed by Mike Judge that stars Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy2018-05-0124 min
Showdino3: The Philadelphia Story (1940)Rob and Ben discuss this 1940 romantic comedy directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart.2018-04-1034 minShowdino2: They Live (1988)Ben and Rob talk about the 1988 film written and directed by John Carpenter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live2018-03-2629 min
Showdino1: Strangers on a Train (1951)Rob and Ben talk about two other guys on a train. Strangers on a Train - Wikipedia2018-03-1238 min