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Episode 116: Bringing Out the Dead vs. Ambulance
01:39:05|This week on the Weekly Movie Throwdown, it's a battle between two films set primarily inside emergency vehicles. Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead from 1999 is a haunting character study of a man (played by Nicolas Cage) who can only find peace at his job as an EMT when he's saving lives. 2022's Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay, is a balls-to-the-wall adventure about two brothers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who hijack an ambulance after a botched bank robbery and lead LAPD on a high-speed chase through the City of Angels. Which one is better? That's what Mike and Steven aim to find out. Tune in and see where they land.
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115. Episode 115: Bringing Up Baby (1938) vs. The Philadelphia Story (1940) with Laura Carney
02:16:34||Ep. 115In this week's episode, Mike and Steven go way back to the Golden Age of Hollywood to discuss a throwdown between two very different Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant films. It's 1938's Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks, going up against George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story from 1940. Helping them figure out which film is better is return guest author Laura Carney. It's a battle of excellent classic films where picking the better one is a real chore. Tune in to see where the gang lands!Check out guest Laura Carney at her website bylauracarney.com, and be sure to pick up a copy of her most recent book, My Father's List.
114. Episode 114: Atomic Blonde vs. Gunpowder Milkshake
01:20:42||Ep. 114In this week's episode it's a throwdown between woman-led action tales, as 2017's Atomic Blonde takes on 2021's Gunpowder Milkshake. Two ass-kicking films with a lot of style and substance levels that are all over the map. Which one is better? Tune in and find out!
113. Episode 113: Black Swan vs. Whiplash
01:34:19||Ep. 113On this week's episode, it's a throwdown between two stories of toxic achievement, as Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010) takes on Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (2015). Which film is better? Tune in to see which way Mike and Steven go, and find out where the social media voting landed.
112. Episode 112: Airplane! vs. Caddyshack
01:33:48||Ep. 112On the show this week, Mike and Steven host a throwdown between two legendary comedy classics, both from 1980. It's the Zucker/Abrahams production Airplane! going up against Harold Ramis' Caddyshack. Which one is better? It's a very tough call. Listen to find out where the guys land!
111. Episode 111: Matinee vs. Ed Wood
01:23:07||Ep. 111This week on the show, it's a battle of the B-movie directors as Joe Dante's homage to Hollywood showman William Castle, Matinee!, throws down against Tim Burton's biopic of the "worst director of all time," Ed Wood. Which one represents its schlock-master better? Tune in to find out!
110. Episode 110: Enemy of the State vs. Kimi
01:29:51||Ep. 110This week on the podcast, it's a throwdown between two films that feature murder caught on tape, as Tony Scott's Enemy of the State takes on Steven Soderbergh's Kimi. Each is a treatise on technological and government overreach, told in its own distinct way. Which one does it better? Check out the episode to find out where Mike and Steven land.