A movie podcast by two guys who used to date and now they don't!
"Ex" Rated... Cause we used to date and now we don't... get it?
We made it to episode 10! The Big X! To commemorate the occasion we decided to subject ourselves to a double dose of true cinematic punishment: Joel Schumacher’s frenzied superhero fiascos, Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). Join us as we laugh through the tears on this extra masochistic episode of Ex Rated!
This week we watched Bong Joon-ho's fantastic, twisty-plotted thriller, Mother (2009)... or did we??? Find out along with Matt's idea for a Susan Boyle reality show, Ryan's impression of Susan Boyle on said reality show, and other things not related to Susan Boyle at all. It's a hard-Boyled episode of Ex Rated!
This week, we use our BRAINS to dissect Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 zombie horror comedy, The Return of the Living Dead. Also included: Ryan’s ambivalence towards Richard Linklater, Matt’s exuberance towards exposure, and a brief discussion regarding Michael Fassbender’s carpet. It’s a Poddy Award nominated episode of Ex Rated!
This just in: we love James L. Brooks's 1987 nuanced dramedy Broadcast News! Ryan drops the word paradigm, Matt drops the word arboreal, and the hashtag #respex is born. It's a vocab-expanding episode of Ex Rated!
It's a miracle! William Peter Blatty's Exorcist III from 1990 is almost as good as the first one! But is it a horror or a thriller? Join us for an episode of wild speculation regarding westerns, gushing adoration of Brad Dourif, and a music bed of actual Raymond Scott music!
"Lady Gaylord" by Raymond Scott from Manhattan Research Inc.
© Gateway Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Reckless Night Music LLC and Irwin Chusid
www.RaymondScott.net
For episode 5 we watched the 1986 gymnastics flop, American Anthem. An hour and forty-five minutes of our lives we can never recoup. Join us as we regret our educational choices and sully Michael Crichton's good name on this installment of Ex Rated.
Who's ready to be bummed out! It’s Atom Egoyan’s 1997 masterpiece, The Sweet Hereafter. How do you pronounce Sarah Polley’s name? When do gay jokes go too far? And, how exactly did MySpace work anyway? All this and more on episode 4 of Ex Rated!
We watched Damien Chazelle's 2014 jazz drumming fantasia Whiplash for our third episode. Join us as we unpack Hollywood's redhead problem, point out some crummy CGI, and wonder what Gary Larson has been up to.
In episode 2 we examine Brian De Palma's 1975 gothic horror musical, The Phantom of the Paradise. Matt insults David Lynch, Ryan insults Joseph Gordon Levitt, and we both have a good cry. Ex Rated, we have ice now!
In our first episode, we discuss Claire Denis's 1999 film about French legionnaires getting all sweaty in Djibouti, Beau Travail. We reveal our origin story, butcher some French names, and invite Jessica Walter to join us! It's the premiere of Ex Rated!
