War Crimes
War Crimes
#46 - War Crimes: Stir Crazy / Fantasy Film Course Draft
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or: Is this a prequel to Breaking Bad?


Chris & Jake celebrate the memory of Gene Wilder with a special War Crimes review of the buddy comedy Stir Crazy. Chris selects a wild ale that’s sure to pair nicely with anything starring the hilarious Mr. Wilder. In Special Features the dudes host the inaugural Fantasy Film Course Draft – it’s like fantasy football for film buffs! Who drafted the better film history course? It’s up to you to decide!  *PLUS* Jake challenges the Midnight Warriors to find an essay topic he can’t relate back to Taxi Driver.

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SHOW NOTES

00:08:02 – Review – Stir Crazy
Rent: iTunes, Amazon, Google Play
00:38:44 – Beer Recommendation: Amorous by Wicked Weed Brewing
“Nobody Could Change Your Mind” – Generationals
00:42:01 – Special Features – Fantasy Film Course Draft
“When They Fight, They Fight” – Generationals
01:41:12 – Really Rad Recommendations

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#36 - War Crimes: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World / (Insert Title Here)
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or: Is James Franco the modern Lucille Ball?


Chris and Hunter discuss their collective War Crime It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with Cajun correspondent Jacob Graves! Chris picks an insanely high-point Southern Stout that’ll make you go “mad” (times 4!). In Special Features, the Dudes discuss what makes a great movie title in (Insert Title Here) – which movie titles do they love, and which do they despise? *PLUS* Fellow Rocky fanboy Jacob Graves gives his take on our inaugural Civil War!

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SHOW NOTES

00:08:56 – Review – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
00:35:56 – Beer Recommendation: KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout) by Founders Brewing Co.
“Calina” – Sam Means
00:40:06 – Intermission
00:45:23 – Special Features – (Insert Title Here)
“All I Ever Wanted” – Sam Means
01:10:10 – Really Rad Recommendations

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#25 - War Crimes: Paper Moon / Surviving the Seventies
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or: Never trust a man who dresses like Fred from”Scooby Doo”


Hunter and Chris give thanks for Hunter’s War Crime, Peter Bogdanovich’s 1973 conman con-medy Paper Moon. Chris preaches the good news of an Okie-based, Bible-themed brew, (plus an old-school sodey pop that pairs well with your coney island), while Hunter condemns the sartorial sin known as the Ascot. In Special Features, the Dudes discuss the Hollywood New Wave in Surviving the Seventies – why did some 70s era filmmakers continue to thrive, while others simply faded away? *PLUS* Hunter and Chris share what movie events they’re thankful for in 2015!

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SHOW NOTES

00:08:48 – Review – Paper Moon
Rent Paper Moon:
iTunes, Amazon, Google Play
00:31:54 – Beer Recommendation: Bible Belt by Prairie Artisan Ales
BONUS Beverage Recommendation: Peach Nehi paired with a couple “coney islands”
“Waitin’ on a Train” – Ben Wilson & The Kimberlies
00:35:48 – Special Features – Surviving the Seventies
“Wastin’ Time” – Ben Wilson & The Kimberlies
00:58:52 – Really Rad Recommendations

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#21 - War Crimes: Predator / Ahn-alayzing Ahn-ald: A Symposium on Schwarzenegger
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or: Did Dutch die of dysentery?


Chris and Hunter get to the choppa’ to critique Chris’ War Crime, the 1987 Arnold vs. 7-foot-tall alien action epic Predator. Chris selects a solid stout suffused with machismo, while Hunter drops excessive knowledge bombs of Predator trivia. In Special Features, the Dudes discuss Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career in Ahn-alayzing Ahn-ald: A Symposium on Schwarzenegger. PLUS – Galegar gets giddy over the resurrection of an Iranian immigrant’s revenge fantasy film, Dangerous Men!

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SHOW NOTES

00:09:35 – Review – Predator
00:33:04 – Beer Recommendation: Guinness Draught
Dina – Sport
00:36:19 – Special Features – Ahn-alayzing Ahn-ald: A Symposium on Schwarzenegger
You Are the Right One – Sports
00:57:22 – Really Rad Recommendations

 

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#18 - War Crimes: Ferris Bueller's Day Off / Don't You Forget about Hughes
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or: Matthew Broderick is turning into Peter Lorre


Chris and Hunter get Freudian about Ferris in a review of Hunter’s War Crime – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Chris picks a local brew that pairs well with brats, buddies, and Broderick. Then in Special Features, the Dudes discuss the cultural legacy of John Hughes in “Don’t You… Forget About Hughes”. PLUS – We announce the winner of the Rexodus Giveaway!

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SHOW NOTES

00:02:12 – Review – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
00:29:08 – Beer Recommendation: Standard from Prairie Artisan Ales
Carrying the Torch – Generationals
00:31:46 – Special Features – Don’t You Forget about Hughes
Would You Want Me – Generationals
00:54:51 – Really Rad Recommendations

 

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Short Rounds
Short Rounds
#15 - War Crimes: La Dolce Vita (Short Rounds)
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or: It’s Like Visiting Italy, But Staying On The Train


In this special Short Rounds episode, Chris and Hunter review Chris’s War Crime – Federico Fellini’s 1960 seminal cinematic masterwork La Dolce Vita. And that’s it…well, sort of. Chris recommends a high-point beer and Hunter recommends an horrible one. Saluti!

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SHOW NOTES

00:00:35 – Review – La Dolce Vita
00:23:06 – Beer Recommendation: Old Chub Nitro – Oskar Blues Brewery
“Yeah Yeah” – Sam Means

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#10 - War Crimes: Blue Velvet / Memorable Villains
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or: Lord Ratigan was a real self-made monster


Chris and Hunter review Hunter’s War Crime – David Lynch’s 1986 Blue Velvet. In Special Features, The Dudes discuss What Makes A Memorable Villain? Also, they set the stage for the first-ever Summer Shandy Chug Off.

Drinking Game Idea – Take a shot every time someone says “Roger Ebert”!

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SHOW NOTES

00:03:22 – Review – Blue Velvet
Beer Recommendation: Pabst Blue Ribbon – Pabst Brewing Company
00:33:57 – Special Features – Memorable Movie Villains
00:52:23 – Really Rad Recommendations

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War Crimes
War Crimes
#06 – The Goonies / War Crimes
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or: It’s Better to be James Brolin’s Son Than Barbra Streisand’s Son-in-Law


In this very special episode, Hunter and Chris wax nostalgic about Spielberg movies and finally watch The Goonies in their inaugural War Crimes review. During Special Features, the dudes man-up and confess their personal War Crimes – essential films they’re ashamed to have never seen.

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SHOW NOTES

00:04:50 – Review – The Goonies
Beer Recommendation: Saint Arnold Root Beer – Saint Arnold Brewing Company
00:34:34 – Special Features – War Crimes: Confessions
00:54:10 – Really Rad Recommendations

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“What??? You’ve never seen ________________ ?!?”

As much as we each consume movies like Easter candy, both of us still have some shamefully glaring omissions. Seriously, it’s embarrassing some of the movies we haven’t seen. Movies like mainstream flicks that play endlessly on basic cable. And critically acclaimed films that have been collecting dust on our respective Blu-Rays. Oh yeah, sure, we’ll “get around to them eventually” – but we never, ever do.

These are our individual War Crimes. Now we’re each manning up and atoning for them.

Our unseen movies are different. But for the sake of our honor and souls as film geeks, we each will answer for them. And you get to listen!

Our personal War Crimes lists on Letterboxd:

Check out our special War Crimes episodes below.