Movie B.s. With Bayer And Snider

  0:00 - Hello, Portland is a winter wonderland 2:25 - iTunes review 3:40 - "The Bye Bye Man" review 13:30 - "Patriots Day" review 24:50 - "Live by Night" review 30:15 - "Paterson" review 38:25 - Bridget of Finland reports a moviegoing experience of note 41:25 - A call for questions for the "Ask Jeff & Eric Questions" segment, plus what's on DVD this week (nothing great) 43:00 - Jeff talks about "Coin Heist," Eric talks about "Underworld: Blood Wars" 47:30 - Recap, hey we're going to do some shows from Sundance, good day   REVIEWS: The Bye Bye Man: D+ 2/10 Patriots Day: C 4/10 Live by Night: C+ 7/10 Paterson: B 7/10

  0:00 - Hello, happy new year, we won't re-read old iTunes reviews, Dogcat makes a cameo 1:35 - "Silence" review 16:20 - "Hidden Figures" review 25:15 - "20th Century Women" review 30:20 - Lots of movies trickling out right now, local newspapers, and DVD releases  35:10 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: Silence: B 5/10 Hidden Figures: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!) 20th Century Women: B 8/10

  0:00 - Hey, it's the end of the year, and what a year, amirite?  5:10 - Our top 10 lists 29:20 - Other movies we liked a lot 32:25 - How our respective Christmases went, children's joy, a book about comedy, underwear 38:00 - Thank you and good day   Eric D. Snider's top 10 list:    1 Arrival 2 Moonlight 3 La La Land 4 Green Room 5 Sing Street 6 The Witch 7 Pete's Dragon 8 Manchester by the Sea 9 The Nice Guys 10 10 Cloverfield Lane   Jeff Bayer's top 10 list:    1 Arrival 2 Green Room 3 Sing Street 4 Midnight Special 5 Fences 6 Lion 7 Moonlight 8 La La Land 9 The Lobster 10 The Nice Guys

  0:00 - Hello; if it's just now "beginning" to look like Christmas you are late 2:50 - "Passengers" review 13:10 - "Why Him?" review 20:30 - "Assassin's Creed" review 31:40 - "Fences" review 39:10 - "A Monster Calls" review 45:35 - This week's DVDs include a last-minute gift for Dad 48:10 - Recap, happy holidays, and good day   REVIEWS:  Passengers: C- 5/10 Why Him?: B- 7/10 Assassin's Creed: D 7/10 Fences B+ 9/10 (B.S.-approved!) A Monster Calls: C+ 7/10

  0:00 - Hi! We report on the Critics' Choice Awards, where we accomplished two of the missions we set for ourselves last week 10:05 - "Rogue One" review 23:30 - "La La Land" review 33:45 - "Collateral Beauty" review 41:00 - This week's DVDs, including another Critics' Choice anecdote 45:00 - Recap, one last Critics' Choice anecdote, and good day   REVIEWS:  Rogue One: B- 7/10 La La Land: A- 9/10 (B.S.-approved!) Collateral Beauty: D 2/10

  0:00 - Hello! We're going to be at the Critics Choice Awards in L.A. this Sunday (airing live on A&E, if you want to watch)! We talk about what we will ask particular celebrities if they are there and we get a chance to talk to them 10:00 - "Miss Sloane" review 17:40 - More celebrities and the things we would say to them; a memory of an obscure Julia Louis-Dreyfus show; dancing monkeys 25:35 - "Office Christmas Party" review 32:30 - More celebrity conversation speculation; Michael Shannon's hands 35:50 - "Lion" review 45:35 - "Loving" review 53:30 - This week's DVDs, a little more celeb talk, recap, and good day   REVIEWS:  Miss Sloane: B+ 9/10 Office Christmas Party: C+ 7/10 Loving: B+ 6/10 Lion: B+ 9/10

  0:00 - Hello, there are so many movies in the next several weeks 2:30 - "Allied" review 11:50 - "Manchester by the Sea" review 18:40 - "Moonlight" review 27:50 - "Jackie" review 38:30 - The wide releases weren't screened; this week's new DVDs ("Ab Fab: The Movie," "Don't Breathe," "Pete's Dragon"); recap, and more musings, good day   REVIEWS: Allied: B 7/10 Manchester by the Sea: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!) Moonlight: A 9/10 (B.S.-approved again!) Jackie: A- 9/10 (What?? B.S.-approved!)

  0:00 - Hello, happy Thanksgiving, we hope there was no bloodshed, here is an iTunes review 5:20 - "Bad Santa 2" review 13:15 - "Nocturnal Animals" review 22:00 - "Rules Don't Apply" review 28:00 - "Moana" review (Snider only) 34:30 - Here's what's on DVD now ("Finding Dory," "Hands of Stone," "Hell or High Water," "Kubo and the Two Strings," "Mechanic: Resurrection," "War Dogs"), plus are there a million movies? There are probably a million movies 41:00 - Hey, What'd You Watch? ("Sausage Party," "Bulworth," "The Addams Family"), recap and good day   REVIEWS: Bad Santa 2: C+ 6/10 Nocturnal Animals: B+ 8/10 Rules Don't Apply: C 4/10 Moana: B n/a

0:00 - Hello, here are two iTunes reviews, one displeased 4:50 - "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" review 17:20 - "Bleed for This" review 22:30 - "The Eagle Huntress" review 27:50 - "The Edge of Seventeen" review (Snider only)  32:30 - Hey, What'd You Watch, featuring retroactively B.S.-approval, "Airplane!" with millennials, "Shut In," "Almost Christmas" 43:30 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: C+ 5/10 Bleed for This: C 6/10 The Eagle Huntress: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!) The Edge of Seventeen: B+ n/a

No show this week. Two of the three new movies weren't screened for critics, and the one that was, "Arrival," we already reviewed at Fantastic Fest. So here we are talking about it again for a few minutes, with the FF review tacked on at the end. Back next week with a real show.   

  0:00 - Hello, no iTunes review, and whose fault is that?  2:10 - "Doctor Strange" review 12:30 - Why Jeff didn't see "Hacksaw Ridge" (it involves the Cubs, somehow) 15:20 - "Hacksaw Ridge" review (Snider only) 25:00 - An update on our oldest listener 27:10 - New DVDs this week: "Star Trek Beyond," "Bad Moms," "Nine Lives" 31:05 - What'd You Watch? (baseball, Eric's parents' visit, "The Fog," "A Woman Under the Influence") 35:40 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: Doctor Strange: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!) Hacksaw Ridge: B- n/a

  0:00 - Introduction, then we get right to it 1:50 - "Inferno" review 15:45 - "Ouija: Origin of Evil" review (Snider only) 21:25 - Halloween plans, and a trip back in time to the movies that were playing on Halloween 1995. 31:15 - New on DVD this week: "Captain Fantastic," "Men & Chicken," "Lights Out," "Nerve" 34:50 - A few items of housekeeping, plus some TV talk, then good day   REVIEWS: Inferno: C 4/10 Ouija: Origin of Evil: B+ n/a

  0:00 - New theme song by Ken Kraylie! Check him out at Bandcamp https://paper-house.bandcamp.com/ and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/KennethKraylie .  2:10 - "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" review 15:00 - "Keeping Up with the Joneses" review 21:10 - "Certain Women" review 31:30 - Discussion: how is movie-going different in other countries? What local differences are there in customs and behavior? We seek your input on this matter 37:50 - Eric saw "Kevin Hart: What Now?" and "Max Steel" 40:45 - New DVDs this week ("Independence Day: Resurgence," "Cafe Society," "The Good Neighbor") 44:00 - Hey, What'd You Watch? ("Catch Me If You Can," "Hook," "Ghostbusters [2016]"), plus the new Christopher Guest movie "Mascots" 54:30 - Closure on Jeff's dubious story about having seen "The Blair Witch Project" before anyone else, and then how he didn't like "The Ring" 57:40 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back: C 5/10 Keeping Up with the Joneses: C+ 5/10 Certain Women: B 4/10 Kevin Hart: What

  0:00 - Hello, the theme songs are back (for now) 2:30 - "The Accountant" review 10:40 - There are some other movies opening, but they weren't screened 12:50 - "Christine" review 21:30 - Listener feedback we've gotten so far, our youngest listener, and some terrible remarks about old people 28:05 - New on DVD this week: "Ghostbusters," "Ice Age: Collision Course," "The Legend of Tarzan," "The Infiltrator" 31:00 - The Cubs, for some reason 35:25 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: The Accountant: B 7/10 Christine: B+ 6/10

0:00 - Hello, we got haircuts, Jeff is trying a beard 4:10 - "The Girl on the Train" review 16:00 - We wonder who our youngest and oldest listeners are. Are they you?  17:15 - "The Birth of a Nation" review 26:20 - The baggage attached to "Birth of a Nation 33:35 - We need your feedback on how to evolve the show into a more powerful juggernaut. Also, Eric might become an angry alcoholic husband to Dogcat. 38:15 - A few more tidbits from Fantastic Fest, including the Satanic Panic room 45:35 - Movies out on DVD/Blu-ray/iTunes/Redbox this week 49:20 - Recap, more blathering, good day    REVIEWS: The Girl on the Train: C+ 5/10 The Birth of a Nation: B 7/10  

0:00 - Hello, we're at Fantastic Fest! 2:05 - "Deepwater Horizon" review 10:20 - "Queen of Katwe" review 14:05 - "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" review  21:05 - "American Honey" review 28:45 - "Arrival" review (not out till November; we'll talk about it some more then) 36:10 - Rapid-fire Fantastic Fest reviews, as follows: - "The Girl with All the Gifts" - "Raw" - "Buster's Mal Heart" - "Safe Neighborhood" - "Red Turtle" - "Split" - "The Dwarves Must Be Crazy" - "Toni Erdmann" - "Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child" - "A Dark Song" - "Don't Kill It" - "They Call Me Jeeg Robot" - "The Lure" - "Playground" - "Rats" - "Elle" - "Age of Shadows" - "Down Under" 1:09:45 - Recap, farewell to Fantastic Fest, and good day   REVIEWS: Deepwater Horizon: C+ 6/10 Queen of Katwe: C+ 6/10 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: B 7/10 American Honey: B+ 8/10 Arrival: A- 10/10 The Girl with All the Gifts: B+ 7/10 Raw: B+ 9/10 Buster's Mal Heart: B- 5/10 Safe Neighborhood: B- 7/10 Red Turtle: n/a 5/

  0:00 - Hello, drinking, an iTunes review, a cute story about Dylan 4:10 - "The Magnificent Seven" review 14:30 - "Other People" review 26:30 - "The Good Neighbor" review 32:30 - "Mr. Church" review 39:35 - "Operation Avalanche" review 45:40 - "Max Rose" review (Bayer only) 48:40 - What we're looking forward to seeing at Fantastic Fest 56:50 - What's new on DVD this week 1:01:50 - Recap and good day   REVIEWS: The Magnificent Seven: B+ 8/10 (B.S.-approved!) Other People: B- 7/10 The Good Neighbor: B- 7/10 Mr. Church: C 5/10 Operation Avalanche: C+ 5/10 Max Rose: n/a 5/10  

  0:00 - Hello, cat barf, iTunes review 3:00 - Housekeeping items: renewed call for new theme songs; our Patreon campaign 6:10 - "Blair Witch" review 15:00 - "Bridget Jones's Baby" review (Snider only) 25:25 - "The Hollars" review (Snider only) 30:35 - "Snowden" review (Snider only) 37:20 - QOTW (movies from 2001 that deserve sequels) 45:00 - We're putting QOTW on hiatus, doing some other retooling 46:25 - Bayer's report on being a Mormon for a week 55:05 - Recap, good day, and a delightful outtake   REVIEWS: Blair Witch: B- 5/10 The Hollars: D+ n/a Bridget Jones's Baby: B- n/a Snowden: C n/a

  0:00 - Hello, Jeff's on vacation, maybe you can drink out of a pelican? 3:15 - "Sully" review 15:45 - Some other movies that are opening that they didn't show anyone 18:40 - QOTW (great scenes that are BOATS [based on a true story]), discussion of microwave vs. blender in terms of preferred method of death 26:20 - A round of Character Casserole 34:30 - Recap, maybe go watch a Gene Wilder movie, and good day   QOTW: In honor of "Bridget Jones's Baby," what other movie from 2001 deserves a sequel? (Here's a list: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2001&p=.htm   REVIEWS: Sully: C+ 7/10

  0:00 - Greetings, an iTunes review, Jeff's ears 4:15 - "Morgan" review 11:50 - "The Light Between Oceans" review 20:20 - "Complete Unknown" review 29:00 - Everyone's favorite and least favorite movies of the summer 37:00 - Next week's QOTW, and boats and BOATS, and a fave/least fave we forgot 41:10 - Recap and good day   QOTW: What are some great scenes that are BOATS (based on a true story)? (Bonus points if the scenes are BOATS and also take place on boats.)     REVIEWS: Morgan: C+ 6/10 The Light Between Oceans: B 8/10 Complete Unknown: B 7/10