The Film Bros

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024) featuring Dan Loeffler

Grab your guitar, harmonica, and completely unattainable mystical ability to be a vessel for iconic poetry, because we're going to the Newport Folk Festival to discuss James Mangold's A COMPLETE UNKNOWN! Along the way, we discuss Timothée Shablagoo's INCREDIBLY impressive magic trick of a performance, the infuriating draw of the Special Boy narrative, Dan Fogler's doppelganger, and the intoxicating fascination of music industry hook ups.
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Movie News | LA Fires, the TikTok "Ban", AI Drama, and More... (Patreon Preview)

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WHEWWWW Bros, it's day 23 and already this year is FULL of things to talk about. Scream about? Screaming and talking, that's pretty much the vibe.
On today's episode, Alex shares her experience with the LA fires, the Bros discuss the CHILLING political theater of the TikTok "ban", Trump's new appointees for "Ambassadors to Hollywood", whatever that means, the drama behind The Brutalist's post-production AI use, the latest in the Baldoni/Lively Battle, the sad loss of David Lynch, and more.
If you can spare it, PLEASE consider donating and sharing:
Verified GoFundMe List to help many people affected by the fires
The LA Food Bank Disaster Relief Fund
Verified GoFundMe Directory to help displaced black families
And also, since the world is existentially on fire as well, consider donating to:
The ACLU Foundation
Elevated Access to help people get access to reproductive healthcare
The Transgender Law Center
 

NOSFERATU (2024)

BROS we are back and BOY has 2025 already been... what, like a decade? 
Discussion of current events to come this Thursday on the Patreon, but for today's SEASON TEN PREMIERE, we're going to an oooooky spoooooky city in Germany for a gothic, body-horror romp with Robert Eggers' masterful chomp-fest, NOSFERATU!
Along the way we talk the ups and downs of stylized direction, the ✨yassification✨ of vampires in pop culture, and Nicholas Hoult's RATHER impressive year!
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Awards Season Prep, Blake Lively's Lawsuit, and 2024 Box Office Wrap Up (Patreon Preview)

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It's our final episode of season nine, and we've got a LOT to cover! On today's ep, we kick things off with a deep dive into Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni. We also discuss the surprises and slam dunks of the 2024 box office, and go over everything you need to know before Awards Season (the very BEST season) kicks off!
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)

Grab your sword and brush up on your immunity to iocane, because we're headed to Florin to enjoy Rob Reiner's DELIGHTFUL classic, THE PRINCESS BRIDE! Along the way, we discuss the sluttiness of a good sword fight, the terrible decisions only actors with undeveloped frontal lobes make, and, of course, the absolutely STACKED cast.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

HEE HAW! Grab your lasso and get ready to pull down the moon, because we're going to Bedford Falls for Christmas to celebrate Frank Capra's inspiring classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE! Along the way we discuss the utterly insane cognitive dissonance that happens around Christmastime, the exciting behind-the-scenes innovations that won the effects team an oscar, and the crazy story of how this film ruined showbiz friendships in order to get made!
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HOME ALONE (1990)

Grab your paint cans, your six inch long rusty nails, and your spirit of Christmas, because we're defending the homestead sociopathic-eight-year-old-style on today's episode, all about Chris Columbus' holiday classic, HOME ALONE!
Along the way we discuss the creative (and delicious) ways certain effects were achieved, the pitfalls of being a lovely man who has the same name as a genocidal monster, and the questionable morality of every single choice made by every single person in this gem of a film.
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Favorite Movie Villains with Lukas Arnold (Patreon Preview)

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What's your favorite movie villain? And what MAKES a character a villain, rather than an antagonist, a monster, an obstacle, etc.?
On today's episode, Alex welcomes guest-host-with-the-most, Lukas Arnold! Lukas is an actor, comedian, content creator, and movie lover. You can catch him on Wild n' Out, over on his podcast, Two Nosy Meerkats, or on TikTok and Instagram @LukasTArnold!
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GLADIATOR II (2024)

Grab your leather skirts and get ready to fight an array of historically inaccurate but AWESOME beasts n' monsters, because its time to get in the ring to discuss Ridley Scott's sweaty, sandy followup, GLADIATOR II!
Along the way we discuss what makes a well-justified sequel, the SHOCKING script that almost was, and, of course, the slutty slutty width of Pedro Pascal's shoulders.

WICKED (2024)

What is This Feeling? I think its... the need to chit chat! Quick, we only have One Short Day to head to Dear Old Shiz and discuss the immensely Popular (and overwhelmingly amazing) WICKEEEEED!
On the way we discuss our complicated relationships with musical theater, the almost absurd magnetism of Jonathan Bailey, and all that's to come in Act II next year.
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