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Welcome to the world of higher film education where two former Blockbuster Video employees, film school sorta graduates, and filmmakers take deep dives on different film topics from across the movie universe every week. Taught exclusively by Alex Bonner and Nicholas Souder: This is the world's greatest and cheapest free film school. You'll laugh, cry mascara tears, and possibly if the movie magic kicks in at just the right moment, accidentally get you to learn something. Take drugs and have ...
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Do you like hope based on calendar dates? Do you like balloon drops on top of people running through a crowd trying to find someone before they holiday decide to choose not you? Do you like kissing Billy Crystal while champagne drunk? Well Hollywood does. The boys have a very special holiday episode about the movie magic of (and nauseating over sac…
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How would you react to finding four inch long hairs up n down your back? What if your chest grew a secreting orifice with hidden weapons inside? Let’s be honest: we all want to be dude from Scanners popping coworkers’ heads like pimples. Our bodies are haunted houses, and David Cronenberg is the architect holding the blueprints for the newest addit…
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Before they actually made smart horror thriller comedies that were self aware and post modern and mind bendingly hilarious Joe Dante and Tom hanks basically created the model. It didn’t really work at the box office but since it has created and entire generation of smart ass goofball movie nerds that can’t get enough of tan lines, night vision, and…
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When you think of international powerhouses outside of Hollywood you usually think of The UK, Japan, Italy, France, Bollywood and… the Dutch? Not really. But then like a heatwave in the late seventies a madman dressed like a suburban dad exploded out of Amsterdam and for the next twenty years threw haymakers in American smart action movies which wo…
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What is best in life? Blood, swords, and James Earl Jones in charge of a snake cult. A movie that wouldn’t even have shot to be made these days but looks better than most that come out. An epic score, Milius at the true top of his game, and Arnold finds a magic sword that gives him an acting career. If Crom will not help us with this podcast, then …
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Kathleen Kennedy has sneakily taken over Hollywood. She has toyed with the idea of changing her name Movieoverlord Kennedy several times. She produced ET when she was a literal child. She convinced those Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park to be good at acting. She beat George Lucas in a real lightsaber duel and cut off his hand and got his company. Then tu…
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Can you have your parody film and eat it too? Many have tried, most have failed, but no one has done three times except Edgar Wright. His debut film Shaun of the Dead was the best horror comedy made since Evil Dead 2. TheBlockbuster Quik Drop examines the first entry of the Cornetto Trilogy starring co-writer Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Shaun of the…
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It’s a simple formula: take an expertly written novel by a great author, multiply that by two with a pair of filmmaking brothers at the top of their game then add in exquisite cinematography and actors who transcend this dimension. The result is No Country for Old Men, a neo-noir crime western executed with such craft younger people with less exper…
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Can you recall the past? Do you remember print newspapers & magazines, or when you could board a plane without an ID then smoke on board, or when it was ok to trip your face off then climb a stranger's garage in Topeka, Kansas? Neither do we; thank the rock gods for Cameron Crowe’s magnum opus Almost Famous. It is funny as it is dramatic filled wit…
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No one thought that Dick Dale/Kool and the Gang/Dusty Springfield would be the perfect sequence on an album until two hit men discussed European fast food. Just the same Way when Q Lazzrus recorded “Goodbye Horses” they probably weren’t thinking about Ted Levine tucking it back dancing in the mirror but that’s all we can think about. When the song …
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Usually when someone is the kid of a tv actor, a child star, a pro baseball player, and in a movie about Elvis impersonators, that person tends to suck. However with the power of his luxurious hair and cowboy cadence Kurt Russell has managed to tear a whole in the Hollywood suck space continuum. Whether he’s saving presidents from powerful Scientol…
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Every year Hollywood gets together to decide which movie about someone with a disability will win an award. Then, they congratulate each other on how they are no longer jerks about anything and how they are saving the world then they yell at a valet in the parking lot. Here at the Blockbusties our award ceremony involves explosions, booze, hedonism…
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Has anyone ever really seen chestnuts roasting on an open fire? We live in the city so we do not get carolers. And the only reindeer we've ever seen escaped from a zoo then chased Super Producer Brian Tepps around a Circuit City parking lot. But luckily we have watched a lot of holiday movies so we could bring you our Christmas picks. Hastily wrapp…
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What’s your favorite horror movie, bob hair cut and boob sweater Drew Barrymore? Sometimes people are great filmmakers, sometimes people are terrible filmmakers. And every so often, there comes a “master of suspense” who makes two straight up rad horror movies and then also a bunch of schlocky trash about people in the stairs or some shit. Anyways,…
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It’s our 50th episode! To celebrate we chose one of the most iconic film stars of all time to be the subject of this special occasion. We even invited him to appear on his own episode! Ladies, gentlemen, and non binary friends, the one, the only, Harrison Ford… did not reply to our emails so Mike Hayes from B Movie Mania is here instead. From Han S…
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Life is about balance but art is another story. Sometimes two different types of mayhem create hit films. If Jerry Bruckheimer is chaos then his former producing partner Don Simpson was a riot during a coup d’état. When Simpson/Bruckheimer were in top form they couldn’t be stopped, producing one blockbuster after the next. When it didn’t work we wo…
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Sometimes the famous lead actor surviving the apocalypse is basically the same character who killed aliens in their last film but now they have glasses. Others actors transform themselves with each role inhabiting a new soul at a level which is unrecognizable to even themselves. Philip Seymour Hoffman was that performer. Every film he graced had a …
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Sometimes a movie comes out and people are so into nu metal or disco or Pokémon or whatever dumb shit they don’t process just how dope it is until years later when they go “wait did I buy a Disturbed CD, with money? Did I do that shit?”. This is the formula for underrated films however sometimes films come out and every last dingus is like oh (inse…
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Awards season is three months of celebrities reminding each other how important and talented they are culminating with the Academy Awards, the Mount Rushmore of self fellating. In a shocking twist sometimes they get it wrong. The Office Hours crew re-examines the ‘95 Oscars, a year that crowned a simple minded running back king turd of guano mounta…
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Terminator! Terminator 2: Judgement Day! Diminishing Return: Rise of the Machines! A Welsh man yells at an extra! More embarrassing than Sega Saturn! Arnold is captivating discussing drapes or blinds, no one remembers exactly and we will not rewatch. We discuss the highs and terrible, terrible lows of the Terminator franchise. That dragon lady wasn…
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Come with me if you want to live. (Long awkward silence) Alright, come with me if you want to listen to our Terminator 2: Judgement Day 30th anniversary special. There we go! James Cameron’s sci-fi action classic was a phenomenon upon release and the majority of it still holds up today. The Office Hours crew nerd out discussing Arnold, Sarah Conner…
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There are over four hundred species of berries so for all the great ones like Matt or Gwen Berry you might end up with a Marion Barry. Once in a great while you find a berry so exceptionally charismatic that three years after becoming the first woman of color to win best actress (#oscarssowhite) she accepted her Catwoman Razzie in person. Halle Ber…
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Lon Chaney was known as the man of a thousand faces. He’ll have his own episode at some point. This one is about a man who is the polar opposite of Chaney: Clint Howard only has one face, a face so distinctive you’ll never be able to forget it. You will always remember part two of the B-Movie Mania crossover episodes as they enter our world and tak…
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Do you like your podcasts with two scoops or one? If you said two (and let’s be clear: your answer did not matter) you are in luck today because it is our first ever crossover episode with the living legends at B-Movie Mania! We combined our humor, film knowledge, and alcoholism to tackle the 90s no budget classic Ice Cream Man. That makes Clint Ho…
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If we were to be honest the scariest parts of the 90s would be oversized jeans, nu-metal concerts, and Court TV. Horror movies of that time often get overlooked because, well, they weren’t the best. The office hours crew found some of the best 90s horror films available on streaming services so you don’t have to. Now you can avoid the memory of see…
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In the before time people couldn’t see colors. The heads at MGM studios said, “we need yellow bricks and green women” and films were never the same again. Regardless of how much of that is true black and white films have become an under appreciated medium. The office hours crew hand picked some of our favorite B&W streaming picks for you to enjoy. …
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Before every Thursday night sitcom had people staring into the camera discussing how to put a stapler in Jell-O, a string of independent comedies perfected the faux documentary film. The common denominator for many of those movies was the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, better known as Christopher Guest. Since Guest and his collaborators respect their chara…
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Wait, I’m sorry did you just say that BFS is doing a watch along to Wayne’s World? Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? That’s right. It is not bogus or sad it is excellent. I had never done a crazy thing in my life before BFS, why is it if you kill a man in war it is called heroic but if you kill him during a watch along it is called murder? Marriage is p…
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Here at Blockbuster Film School we ask hard questions. Questions like where is Cher’s closet fashion software from Clueless goddamnit? How am I supposed to dress myself? As if. Or do you ever pretend that Jeff Spicoli and Sean Penn are different people because Spicoli is the fucking man and Penn seems like kind of a dick? Also, do you get aroused w…
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To quote celebrity crazy person Eric Andre, you gotta give the Internet what it wants. The cries for equality have not been answered yet but the D.C. fan boys were gifted a four hour wet dream when Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League landed on streaming. The sprawling epic is better than expected but also stupid as all hell. The Office Hours crew e…
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This week the boys get a talk storm going about maybe the greatest actor ever known by one name. Eat that, Charro. It is the legendary Denzel!!!! Everybody has a Denzel movie they like, if they don’t they are aliens wearing human skin and you should tear their face off even if it gets you fired from being a co-host on Fox and Friends. Training Day …
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So you’e decided to become a fancy pants movie person? Step one, listen to Blockbuster Film School tell you some sweet Criterion Collection picks which will make you cool. Step two, start ONLY WATCHING The Criterion Collection, wear a beret, and start referring to things as “ a lesser work." Step three, become the coolest kid in your screenwriting …
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Oh the weather outside is weather. Locally it is winter at the Blockbuster Film School but you might be experiencing summer or stuck in a strange time dimension located behind your daughter’s bookcase. No matter where or when you are the Office Hours winter streaming picks will provide you with hours of entertainment and/or distractions while avoid…
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What’s the best way to appear completely over something while also flaunting how powerful you are? Sell it for billions of dollars then give away the loot. Being one of the most successful film producers while also one of the more divisive movie directors has garnered George Lucas uneven career highlights. He went from creating two of the most cher…
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Caped Crusader. Dark Knight. Jennifer Garner’s husband. He may have lots of monikers but there is only one name that criminals fear when the sun goes down: Alfred. No, crap; we meant Batman. Listen as we run down the entire Batman catalog from comic books and groovy 60s TV show to Tim Burton & Sir Michael Keaton giving birth to modern superhero fil…
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There is a scene in Sonic the Hedgehog - yes, the Sonic movie is better than it ever deserved to be and we all have to deal with it- where Sonic’s entire life is shattered and he must pick the pieces. That’s how everyday in 2020 felt. Luckily, as always, there were movies. We at Office Hours picked some of our favorite films that debuted this year …
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Nicole Kidman is not like the others, sure is she a super tall attractive alien from Australia? Yes. But is she also one of the best award winning actors in the world? You know it. Also, she married to a 4 foot tall king of Scientology and a country music star and was friends with Kubrick. Also, Australia sucks, not the country, just the movie. Ale…
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The best part of being a multi talented artist is that when one skill fades away the rest get stronger. Rather than going blind and hearing better as a result, John Carpenter directed John Carpenter’s Vampires and then went on tour with his band. In Carpenter part two we discuss the rapid decline of his films that lead to him making a Chevy Chase c…
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They said the power of the skullet could never really be harnessed, that it was too dangerous, that the synth chords it created would be too spooky and that the action horror movies it could unleash would be too amazing for mortal men. They would be half right. Young John carpenter and his spooky sexy, movies along with his killer scores, wild cast…
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Hard to believe but there was a time when a person wearing another person’s face while wielding a chainsaw was not a normal part of cinema. Did you know that slasher movie tropes had to be invented? Are you aware Richard Dreyfus used to be both young and handsome?! Don’t worry your worried little head: Blockbuster Film School is here to teach you t…
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Does Michael Jordan become as big with out that Nike commercial? Does Hollywood have any street cred, AT ALL, if Mookie doesn’t throw that trash can through that window? Does Reggie Miller even exist if he doesn’t drain those 3s and then yell at Spike to sit his ass down and you watch Spike’s soul leave his body? The answer is no. Spike Lee isn’t t…
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Cowboy. Soldier. Astronaut. Cowboy vampire. Space soldier cowboy. We got Bill Paxton bingo! Game over, man, game over. It didn’t matter if he was larger than life or playing someone so average it reminded you of a dude you met at party once, Bill Paxton made all his roles special and undeniably his own. His gift as character actor makes the audienc…
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Talent blooms in the dark then suddenly reveals itself, much like a mysterious goat speaking to you telepathically for the first time or learning Willem Dafoe can flatulate on command. In our new segment Office Hours Contemporaries we discuses filmmakers on the rise who have all our attention. We begin with Robert Eggars, director of modern horror …
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Oh, what a wild year 2006 was: Al Gore had just invented the internet, the Seattle SuperSonics completed their three-peat championship run, and Jennifer Lawrence was born. Does that sound completely preposterous to you?! Well wait until you listen to this episode of Office Hours when we remind you which movie won best picture at the Academy Awards.…
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Do you have a diverse group of sassy frenemies? Do you like to steal implausible things like big diamonds that are actually gateways to other dimensions or some shit? Are you a aging handsome boy actor with salt and pepper? Well you might be be in a heist movie. This week Alex and Nick go into which movies know how to pull of the twistiest, zaniest…
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Da na na na na na na na bat nipples! Every so often an artist’s missteps become their greatest hits catalog. Joel Schumacher is one of them. With the recent passing of this director we look back on his vampire mullets and rubber cod pieces along with some of the flashiest & campiest outfits, mafia and non wiseguy alike, ever put on film. Blockbuste…
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It’s not often an actor can carry a dark aura in the majority of their roles as they lead mainstream hits and stay a beloved star. But whether she is hanging with ghosts, killing her classmates, or using Christmas lights to communicate with her son in another dimension Winona Ryder has remained Winona while always changing. Four decades after her c…
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Making the jump from small screen to big screen is difficult for actors but even harder for series. Turning the winning formula behind sixty hilarious sketches or ten successful television seasons could still result in CHiPs. Dax Sheppard, you were Frito; how could you? Here at Office Hours we examine the seamless transitions that gave us comedy cl…
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Axl Foley. Prince Akeem. Donkey. Let’s cut to the chase: Eddie Murphy is a comedy icon. His popularity as a stand up made red leather suits fashionable, his films grossed a combined six billion dollars at the box office, and his laugh is one of the most recognizable sounds in Earth. No one’s career is perfect but we’ll save that for the episode. He…
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When it comes to large egos, flamboyant lifestyles, and spending habits worse than Nic Cage no one in Hollywood compares to producer Joel Silver. He is the man behind some of the most influential action films of the last thirty years. The only thing he does better than filmmaking is piss people off. So join Blockbuster Film School as we weave a sto…
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