Brian and Shelly welcome national film critic Barbara VanDenburgh to discuss their favorite films of 2017 thus far including Colossal, The Hero, and Okja

Brian and Shelly discuss the films of Tilda Swinton including Michael Clayton, Snowpiercer and Only Lovers Left Alive

Brian and Shelly discuss the films of Daniel Day Lewis including There Will Be Blood, Lincoln and The Last Of The Mohicans

Brian and Shelly discuss movies that take place in one setting including Dog Day Afternoon, Das Boot and 12 Angry Men

Brian and Shelly discuss some underutilized concepts that deserve more attention from Hollywood including Female Heroes, Diversified Cast and Art House Horror Movies

Brian and Shelly discuss more films they could never watch a second time including Spotlight, We Need To Talk About Kevin and 12 Years A Slave

Brian and Shelly discuss movies that they once loved but now hate including Return of the Jedi, 300 and Con Air

Brian and Shelly talk about movies that they hated the first time that they saw them but ended up loving later including Bridesmaids, The Big Lewbowski and The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Brian and Shelly host a live podcast taping after a screening of the vampire classic Near Dark at FilmBar in Phoenix

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite directorial efforts of Clint Eastwood including Play Misty For Me, Mystic River and The Outlaw Josie Wales

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite performances by Clint Eastwood as an actor including Kelly's Heroes, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Gran Torino


Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite mysteries including Memento, LA Confidential and Prisoners

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite television series including The Andy Griffith Show, Futurama and The Wire

Brian ans Shelly talk about some of their favorite weird movies including A Clockwork Orange, Safety Not Guaranteed and The Greasy Strangler

Brian and Shelly discuss movies that have inspired them in various different ways including Dogma, Krishna and Creep

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite psychological thrillers movies including Get Out, Ex Machina and Rear Window

Brian and Shelly discuss some of the scariest scenes not in horror movies including Mullholland Drive, 2001 and Marathon Man

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite David Lynch movies including The Elephant Man, The Straight Story and Blue Velvet

Brian and Shelly discuss movies about graduating school and growing up including The Graduate, Say Anything and Superbad

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite haunted house movies including The Haunting, The Changeling and The Amityville Horror

Brian and Shelly discuss the trend of remakes, reboots, reimagings and rehashing and talk about some examples of this both good and bad including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Resident Evil reboot and 21 Jumpstreet

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite Charlize Theron movies including Monster, Young Adult and The Astronaut's Wife

Brian and Shelly discuss some of their favorite movies baddies including Darth Vader, The Wicked Witch of the West and Norman Bates

Brian and Shelley talk about some of their favorite cinematic heroes including James Bond, Rocky Balboa and Atticus Finch

Brian and Shelly discuss roles where actors drastically changed their appearances including Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club and Christian Bale in The Machinist