I Finally Watched...
So many movies, so little time! Two cinephile friends, David and Alain, watch movies that at least one of them has never seen before and discuss whether it was worth the wait, if the movie holds up, and would they watch it again.
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Episodes
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
We are joined in this week's episode by Doom Generation Podcast hosts, Tessa and Nicole, as we talk about the 2009 film, Moon!
This movie is Sam Rockwell acting with Sam Rockwell and We've never seen a movie hold so well with one actor playing multiple roles! We hope you enjoy the guys and the girls deep dive into this trippy film of What does it mean? And Where does it go from here?
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Alain finally watched The Guest (2014) We decided to do this film in honor of Lance Reddick, who passed recently. We remember him for The Wire, Fringe, Lost, and most recently John Wick! Thanks Lance for giving us entertainment with your talent and skill, you will be missed! The Guest is an odd film that the critics love! But maybe we have some critiques OR maybe we are being too harsh!
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
In celebrations of The Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) winning The Academy Award for Best Directors and Best Film for their second film, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. We sat down and watched their first film, Swiss Army Man (2016) Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano in this super weird movie! But it works!
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
Hellboy (2004), you know, the good one! And in honor of Guillermo del Toro winning an Oscar for Pinocchio, we are joined by Matthew Dawson from Dial-Up Movie Club as we discuss this masterpiece of a comic book film and promote a project based off another comic book franchise and produced by Matthew Dawson himself... Justice League: Mortal an audio drama (Link below) If you like DC and audio dramas, you'll love this!
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Justice League: Mortal https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BUHiMudZywGxfD9G1rs7F
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Now this is cinema... A MASTERWORK if you will! Road to Perdition (2002) was meant to be seen by Alain years back but it did not happen... why? You have to listen to find out! This star studded cast will have you hooked from beginning to end! Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Craig, Jude Law, and Stanley Tucci!
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
The Favourite (2018) is a long time coming, that's because its one of Alain's favourite films ;) and he really thought it was gonna sweep that years Oscars. But David has never seen it! Enjoy our review of... The Favourite!
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
By a special request, we reviewed Starship Troopers (1997) A parody, satire, completely serious??? We don't know! But what we do know is that we have Cult Connections podcast host, Ian Graham here to help us figure it all out!
Hold on to your helmets listener's and prepare to KILL THE BUGS!!!!
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
David and Alain both love The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and although they had a guest line up who hasn't seen it, due to unforeseen circumstances, they had to drop out... however, still wanting to do the film they brought in another person who has never seen the film, Alain's wife and friend of the show, Taylor Evans Grangé! Now the boys get to talk about this awesome thriller/mystery film directed by David Fincher!
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Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
An American film directed by a Korean director with an English speaking cast?! Sign me up to 2013's Stoker, starring; Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, and Nicole Kidman. If you are into creepy, non-horror thrillers, this movie is made for you! Directed by Park Chan-wook!
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
If you saw Grind (2003) when it first came out you probably bullied Alain in middle school... congrats! Seriously this film holds so much nostalgia for Millennials it's bursting! I hope you enjoy our review and look back at the movie... Grind.
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Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
From Thor: Ragnarok to Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz and many many more, Point Break (1991) has been a pop culture icon and someone's favorite film since conception and though there are many flaws to this movie, it's a fun ride when watching and the late Patrick Swayze is incredible alongside Keanu Reeves style of acting! We are joined in this episode by Jackie and Danielle from the No More Late Fees Podcast! Incredible conversation in this one folks! Won't want to miss listening to this!
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Who knew Taika Waititi could make World War 2 so light-hearted with Jojo Rabbit (2019) but more importantly making a fun film feel so grounded in emotion and seriousness! Moonrise Kingdom meets Schindler's List and we talk about it all with our special guest... Nikko Caruso!
Host of The Vigilante 1939 Podcast, Right Between The Eyes Podcast, and The Italian Spider-Man Coalition, Nikko comes to us with words of wisdom and major film knowledge in an episode for the ages!
Link to Find Nikko Caruso: @NikkoCaruso
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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Joseph Gordon-Levitt thrived in the mid-2000s and he was great at being the leading man! We miss him, where did he go?!
The Lookout (2007) is a great example of his strength of being a lead and this movie is quite something! (In a good way) Can you believe this film was almost directed by David Fincher?! One of many things we talk about on todays episode!
There's a surprise at the very end for those who listen through! ;)
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Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
I Finally Watched... welcomes you to the year 2023!! To kick off this year with a strong episode focusing on Casablanca (1942). This film is a classic and most elements still hold up today! Made during WWII about WWII, this film broke ground where others couldn't and we couldn't be happier talking about it!
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Drive (2011)
Our final film in our re-watch month and our final episode for the year! We love this film and have many many things to say about this Ryan Gosling classic! What a way to end 2022 and we can't wait to share with you guys what we have in store for 2023! Happy New Years!!! See You Next Year!
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Our annual Christmas-But-Not-A-Christmas-Movie presents the best Christmas movie, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Fun for the whole family, this movie brings the true meaning of holiday spirit, sex cults, prostitutes and more! On a more serious note however, this movie is a Kubrick classic and it's weird as hell! Starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
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Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) is a tragedy disguised as a comedy and we think that's what saves it the most from being too cuts at times! Our third installment of our Re-Watch Month, Perks might not be as good as we remember, but it might be better! Enjoy!
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Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Inside Man (2006) is the second installment of our I Finally Re-Watched Month... and it's just a really good bank robbery film! We almost enjoyed this film more after all these years later and can't wait to share with you our review! Spike Lee has done it again! There’s also a Segway to a special episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia!
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Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
This December we are doing something a little different! Instead of our usual process of watching and reviewing films at least one of us has never seen, as a holiday treat to ourselves, we are reviewing movies close to our hearts! Starting with 500 Days of Summer (2009), a twist on the rom com of today!
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Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Wrapping up our South Korean Movie Month with this epic western film, The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)! Now, what do you call a South Korean Spaghetti Western (Find out at the end of the podcast)?? The Good the Bad the Weird (2008) is a high impact action adventure movie that will entertain you from start to finish and we dissect and review it from top to bottom!
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Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Mother (2009), a film by Bong Joon-ho, has so many twists and turns it'll make your head spin! It's from the director of the Academy Award for Best Picture, Parasite, and if you know the twist in that film... well, that's all I'll say about that! Don't get this confused with the film Mother starring Jennifer Lawrence, NOT THAT FILM!
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Originally titled, Ajeossi, The Man from Nowhere(2010) is a fantastic film that is high energy and fast paced! We tried to compare this Korean action thriller to some American films like Taken or Man on Fire, but nothing quite fit, this is in a league of its own!
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Episode 150 is here and we watched Oldboy (2003)
Piece of advice, this movie is extremely hard to find, but don't settle for the 2013 Spike Lee version (it sucks) go out and buy Oldboy (2003) its not for the faint of heart but it's well worth it!
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Happy Halloween from I Finally Watched... Here is our review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
No Michael Myers this Halloween, but we have something better! Low production budget and bad effects with cheesy acting and lame story plot... sorry, did we say better?
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
It's that time of year again! That time where we review the next Scream movie! Scream 2 (1997) is an awesome follow up to the original Scream movie where we get another twist on the serial killer genre! Joining us for this one is Dino and Jenny Favara, Alain's good friends from high school! Dino has his own podcast and you can check it out here --> https://bio.link/dino
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Poltergeist (1982) is a classic horror film, but what we didn't realize is that its nothing like The Exorcist or more like The Exorcist lite... Steven Spielberg can put whimsy on anything even if he doesn't direct it first hand! Nonetheless we enjoyed this very much... How much?? Listen and find out!
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Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
You're Next (2011) has been one of the funnest times I've had in awhile watching a horror film! It really turns the horror genre on it's head and is all around a fun watch! We hope you have fun listening to our enjoyment of the film as we talk all about the plot, characters, moral decisions and behind the scenes stuff about this movie!
Directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton and Rob Moran. The plot concerns an estranged family under attack by a group of masked assailants during a family reunion.
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Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
This is possibly one of our most recently released films we've ever done, but our rule is at least 3 years from release date, so we reviewed The Lighthouse (2019) Batman and the Green Goblin go through mental turmoil with each other... or are they the same person?? Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe bring you a horror/drama like no other! Directed by the guy who brought you The Witch, Robert Eggers
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
The Evil Dead (1981) is a stand alone film that spawned a whole lotta movies. Not to be confused with its slightly more popular film Evil Dead 2 and its sequel Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell at his most serious and Sam Raimi brings it with their feature debut! Without this we would never get Spider-Man or Multiverse of Madness!
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
No one asked for us to do Super Dark Times (2017) But sometimes you just do something you want to do for yourself... or in this case David's. And well, this is not a horror movie, it is a suspenseful one and a very good film at that I might add!
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Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
We are just really milking our sci-fi/horror genre with our newest episode, Event Horizon (1997) It was going to be Friday the 13th, but we'll save that one for next year! Its Event Horizon's 25th anniversary this year and some of the film has held up however, others haven't and we explore mainly the ones that haven't! Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, and Kathleen Quinlan. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Which was was better? Which was scarier? Do you even consider this film horror? We liked Aliens (1986) but was it better than the first? An why was Bishop the best character?! We dive deep, like space deep , like cry-freeze 57 years later deep and review this mother of an Alien film! Oh and James Cameron directed this one, not Ridley Scott!
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
A couple of these going on here! 1st of all happy almost spooky month, and here at IFW we like to celebrate early! Consider Alien (1979)a smooth transition to our unofficial Sci-fi run into our horror run starting in September and going all the way into the end of October! We have some very exciting episodes coming up and starting off strong with this one! Enjoy!
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
So many space movies, so little time! 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in man opinion is height Kubrick and one of my all time favorites! Amazing to come out with something so ambitious a year before humans go to the moon! The movie is a epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Interstellar (2014) is stellar! It has everything going for it, a great cast, great acting, an impactful and ambitious story, and beautiful cinematography... yeah that pretty much it... I don't have anything to say negatively about the movie at all! Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, and Jessica Chastain... maybe Matt Damon is there too.
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
I HAVE A NEED... A NEED FOR SPEED!!! Maverick, Iceman , and Goose and David and Alain love this film!!! It maybe a little cheesy 80s flick now but slap on those aviators and that super cool jacket Tom Cruise wears in that one scene on the motorcycle and listen to our episode on Top Gun (1986)
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Pirate Radio or The Boat That Rocked, call whatever you like, but it doesn't stop it from being an awesome film with a great cast! Like a lot of things from Britain moved to the US of A, it becomes a little less awesome and this is what happened to The Boat That Rocked (2009) It got a title change and about 30 minutes of footage cut from it, also there's a nude scene that got cut too, so point proven!
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
HEY YOU GUYSSS!!!! We have a very special episode for you today where we talk about everyone's favorite child adventure film, The Goonies (1985) And on todays episode we have a very special guest from Netflix's Fuller House, Michael Campion!!!! We talk to Michael about one of his favorite films and his experience as a child actor and comparing it to these child actors of the 80s!!
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
This is a cartoon of a movie where there are no rules and lives don't matter, welcome Wet Hot American Summer (2001). Starring Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and Elizabeth Banks. Two reasons we did this film, 1. It has the word Summer in it and 2. Because its funny!
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
For me, THIS FILM is the juice! AND I've got my head ALL THE WAY UP IT! Jokes aside, this film is awesome and if there was a 6 hour version of Heat (1995) I would watch that and it's pacing would only feel 3 hours long anyways! Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and a young Val Kilmer!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Finally did it! And honestly I should be put in cinema jail for waiting this long, but I finally watched Jaws (1975) I had good reason for waiting this long! But welcome to July, our summer movie month! Now its and interesting theme this month because while all the films have something to do with summer, it doesn't have to do with summer in the usual way! Here's all of our movies coming up;
Heat (1995)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The Goonies (1985)
HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!!
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
The completion of Tarantino films is now! This was very meaningful to us because Tarantino is one of our favorite directors and now we can say we watched all of his films! This episode is jam packed with fun facts, top 10 list and a lot of opinions! Please enjoy our episode on Tarantino's 8th film, The Hateful Eight (2015)
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Our third Tarantino installment is a weird one. So back in 2007 he and Robert Rodriguez got together to direct and write a double feature and although we did watch both Grindhouse films and we did talk about Planet Terror, our main focus was on QT's Death Proof (2007)!
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Second installation to our Tarantino Month comes a bit of a lesser known project of his, Four Rooms (1995) A collaboration of four different directors stitching together the adventure of Ted The Bellboy as he visits four very different rooms on New Years Eve.
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Starting off our Tarantino Month strong with his underrated Neo noir film, Jackie Brown (1997). Love it or hate it, this underrated stoner film is a brutal addition to his repertoire! Starring Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson, Robert De Niro and Michael Keaton!
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) isn't a direct adaptation to the books... or the radio play... or the tv show, however its a ton of fun with a great cast! And what can go wrong by starting the movie with a musical sung by dolphins! WE HAD A FAB TIME REVIEWING THIS FILM!
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
"A car thief is forced to steal 50 luxury vehicles in one night" sounds like the plot to Fast X, but its actually a Nicholas Cage film from 2000. Gone in 60 Seconds also stars Angelina Jolie and Robert Duvall, Timothy Olyphant is also in this. This is not a film we wanted as 30 year olds in 2022, but it is when we were 14 in 2000.
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Which Cameron Diaz movie was your sexual awakening?? For David it was The Mask, but for 6 year old Alain, it was There's Something About Mary (1998) Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, and Matt Dillon. There are obvious jokes that didn't hold up in this film, but we still found ourselves laughing our franks and beans off during some parts of it!
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) or a better question is who made this movie?? Starring John Candy, Annie Potts, and Jeffrey Jones, this film is about a detective who is very much a buffoon. This movie did not age well, I say that but looking at the ratings it got when it came out, it might have aged the same way!
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
God I love this film! L.A. Confidential (1997) fits right into everything I love about movies; it's dark, gritty, mysterious and most importantly its crime/crime (which apparently is a genre of film) We break down the movie and talk about each of its wonderful characters! Starring
Russell Crowe; Guy Pearce; James Cromwell; David Strathairn; Kim Basinger; Danny DeVito
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
We are so sad to hear Bruce Willis retiring from acting, he has had such a great career and now we feel a little bad about making fun of some of his role choices over the past few years, HOWEVER in honor of him we are looking back at one of the best of his career and M. Night Shyamalan's, Unbreakable (2000). We appreciate a good hero origin story and Shyamalan created such an original concept with the roots being a father/son relationship, how can you not love it!
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Al Pacino's film Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is such a strange film mad stranger on the fact it is based on a true story! And while Pacino brings charisma to the role, the real life dude is not so charming! Directed by Sidney Lumet, same director as 12 Angrey Men and Serpico
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Extract (2009) is one of those smaller films, that might not get many accolades, however it is underrated and deserves a little more attention than it gets.
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman) seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig). Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy (Mila Kunis), an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Will Ferrell coaches his son's soccer team... and this is NOT the movie we watched and reviewed! APRIL FOOLS! We, in fact, reviewed the 1995 Noah Baumbach film, Kicking & Screaming starring Josh Hamilton and we hope you enjoy a little pretense in your movie critics! Thank you!
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Thursday Mar 24, 2022
Our final film for kingdom month, Kingdom of Heaven (2005) might be Ridley Scott's best movie to date, however many people might never know that since that statement is only true for The Director's Cut and its so hard to find! Orlando Bloom stars as a blacksmith rescuing a woman above his status once again in Pirates of- I mean, Kingdom of Heaven.
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Another kingdom film incoming with, Moonrise Kingdom (2012), our third Wes Anderson for the podcast and most definitely not our last! We found this movie absolutely charming and surprising. An interestingly paced movie that was a good break between our more violent films we reviewed this month. Starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Frances McDormand
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Continuing our kingdom craze, we watched Animal Kingdom (2010) a Neo-noir Australian crime drama that is about a family as brutal as a pride of lions. Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, and James Frecheville
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
It's March and we decided, for no particular reason at all, to review four films all with the word KINGDOM in the title! And what better way of starting off is with The Kingdom (2007) starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Ashraf Barhom. Directed by Peter Berg!
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Football Football Football! Watching the entire television showing and this movie, I can safely say the show is better, however Friday Night Lights (2004) does have it's merits and like the show, it has clear eyes, full hearts and it can not lose! Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke, and Tim McGraw. Directed by Peter Berg
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Alain did not enjoy this movie when he first saw it along time ago, however that is because he was too young to appreciate the intricacy of Philip Seymour Hoffman's comedic acting. Along Came Polly (2004) stars Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, and Alec Baldwin. Definitely on the lower end of all these actor's careers
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Disclaimer: This episode of IFW contains discussions of sexual assault and socio-racial politics*
Right or wrong? Justice or vengeance? Thematically A Time To Kill (1996) is a great movie that gives you a lot to think about, but let's get real... those dudes deserved what they got. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt. Directed by Joel Schumacher
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Back when Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez and Rob Lowe were a bunch of nobodies, they all starred in the film, The Outsiders (1983) Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, and Matt Dillon was there too! The Outsiders is basically what you get when you take the story of Grease and mix it with the tine of Stand By Me. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola because a bunch of grade schoolers told him too!
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
When you think of Owen Wilson, you might not immediately think "action hero" but he plays the hell out of one in Behind Enemy Lines (2001) A man with the odds stacked against him is helped by Gene Hackman! Great war film and overall intense movie!
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
In my case The Bodyguard (1992) is one of those films you sit down and watch with your mom and know very little as to what is going on, and the older I got the more I could appreciate this Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner classic! AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE this movie!
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
We don't cover many super hero movies here at I Finally Watched... However, we feel like Blade (1998) is an exception. A revolutionary film for its time, fans of the hero will be glad to know we gave it a good rating with minor issues in plot, CGI effects, and villain, but other than those things it was a butt-load of fun! Starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Donal Logue, and the lead singer of your favorite emo band, Stephen Dorff
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Moonstruck (1987) stars Cher and Nicolas Cage and for the most part it's a normal rom com, except Nic Cage is doing a little something different than everyone else... and its wonderful and weird! HE HAS HIS HAND! HE HAS HIS BRIDE!
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Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
The Rundown (2003) is the type of movie why we started I Finally Watched... A childhood film that only one of us had seen, that might or might not have stood up to the test of time. Well this film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, and Christopher Walken sure does, kinda, in a way!
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
We always do a holiday movie around this time of year and what better holiday movie than Lethal Weapon (1987) Directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black, who has a knack for writing action packed films around the holiday season. Lethal Weapon is as Christmas as Christmas movies come and we love it! Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Gary Busey! Don't be too old for this shit and listen to our 105th episode!
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
This ain't your mother's Steel Magnolias, but this is Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999) Starring a rock hard Tom Cruise, a sympathetic Philip Seymour Hoffman, a frightened William H. Macy and many many more! For a 3 hour film it goes by pretty fast!
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other. With a star studded cast (Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, and Adrien Brody, and Bill Murray who is possibly the father??) How did this become Wes Anderson's least successful film?! We loved it! Will you?? This is also our first sponsored episode, THANK YOU PODBEAN!
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
This is a weird one and by Paul Thomas Anderson standards, that's saying something! You really like Adam Sandler in this and everyone in the cast does an amazing job. This is one to watch for sure (It'll make you feel uncomfortable) Starring; Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Kicking off our Anderson run with Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998) A very dense film for an hour and a half long film. You get the quirkiness of Wes Anderson but not at his highest level... Oh and this was also written by Owen Wilson... oh wow!
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Episode 100!!! We have a perfect way to celebrate! We Finally Watched... The Shawshank Redemption (1994) David's favorite movie of all time and soon to be one of Alain's favorites too! This Stephen King adaptation is action-packed, heartfelt, and might make you cry. Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman!
Thank you for supporting us through episode 100, we are not planning on stopping any time soon!
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Our 99th episode consists of us going back and forth arguing about the logical or illogical way how someone would handle a psychopath dressing up as his deceased mom and murder you... how would you handle it? Psycho (1960) is an oldie but a goodie! We love Alfred Hitchcock! Starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh!
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Just about a year ago, I Finally Watched... watched and reviewed the original 1978 Halloween, featuring the notorious Michael Myers. Now we are back to talk about Halloween II (1981) Taking off right where the first movie left off, we follow Michael Myers as he tries to hunt down Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in a hospital... and we spend a lot of time in that hospital!
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Ari Aster has a very unusual way of creating a horror story... that being said, Hereditary (2018) freaked us both out in ways we'd rather not discuss... but we do and you can listen now! Starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff.
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) is about as classic horror movie you can get and what really makes this film stand out is that it's so incredibly hard to follow (purposely so) Such a cool concept for a movie and we had a blast analyzing the hell out of it! Starring a very young Kurt Russell and Keith David
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
28 Days Later (2002) is an interesting take on zombie films, but we love every twist and turn this film takes! Starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, and Naomie Harris
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Continuing our spooky reviews, we hit up a classic within the horror genre with, A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) Directed and written by THE Wes Craven! We follow a group of kids through dream land as they get massacred and turned into human smoothies by the child serial/slasher killer Fred Krueger!
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Does anyone remember the 2007 horror vampire movie, 30 Days of Night?? We do and we loved all the gore that comes along with it! Sure this movie has its flaws, but for a slasher vamp film, this is above par! Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, and Ben Foster
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Starting off our horror/Halloween movie watching and review early with The Exorcist (1973), a classic film that has escaped David's and Alain's eyes till now! Not so much a scary movie as it is disturbing and definitely more than either were expecting.
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
It's sad how The Losers never got a sequel. This high action, comic book adaptation film has an all star cast; including, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, and Chris Evans. However, since this film was made in 2010, it's before any of them really reached super stardom. While this movie flopped at the box office, we really did enjoy The Losers!
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
We did The Godfather not too long ago and we wanted our 90th episode to be somewhat monumentous, so we present to you our review and discussion on The Godfather: Part II (1974) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, reprising his role as Michael and Robert De Niro as a young Vito Corleone. This both sequel and prequel to The Godfather is a masterpiece demanding to be seen! Enjoy!
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
David and Alain are joined again by Gharrett for another Denis Villenueve film, Sicario! In this over two hour special, the team goes into depth about the movie and direct ever detail of it. They even talk about the sequel and the possibility of a third film to wrap the franchise together!
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Starring Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody, The Brothers Bloom is a very stylized Crime Romance Mystery film, by none other than Rian Johnson! We pretty much fell in love with this movie right away, it is an I Finally Watched... favorite!
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Originally created by Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a movie by Wes Anderson and stars George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Jason Schwartzman... it was also partly written by an I Finally Watched... favorite director, Noah Baumbach. We had fun reviewing this short "kids" film.
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Have you heard of a small time director, J.J. Abrams?? Of course you have! This film is a perfect blend of nostalgia and sci-fi and it'll have you on the edge of your seat... when its not talking about socio-political views of the 80's. Starring Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, and Joel Courtney
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Did you like Birdman? Did you think it deserved to win Best Picture? What do you think the ending meant? We cover all of this and more in our newest episode! David even gets on board with one of Alain's crazy theories! Birdman stars Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, and Edward Norton.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
At first Dead Man Down didn't have much hope for being a good flick on the surface, especially once you learn it was produced by WWE Studios (yes, wrestling) however, it need up being a good action flick with a decent story! Starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, and Terrence Howard
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
IFW's second review of an animated movie, an anime if you will. We talk about Spirited Away and what a complicated plot it has and it's beautiful, creative, and imaginative characters.
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Calvary is a 2014 Irish drama film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. It stars Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, and Kelly Reilly. By one of David's favorite director's brother, we review a dark comedy about priesthood! A very good film, but you definitely have to be in the right mind frame for this one!
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
This film is a high paced crime movie, that's just slightly into the noir genre, but do the accents make it boring? And should it even be called Fargo? These are the tough questions we try to answer here on IFW! Starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, and Steve Buscemi.
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
This is gonna be our last Scorsese film for awhile, but what a movie! Casino really hit all the marks of a classic gangster film, but the ultimate question is ... Is it better than Goodfellas? Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone!
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
In a world where Ryan Reynolds is a loser, Chris Klein is the cool guy, and Anna Faris is the annoying one ( wait... maybe that's normal) Welcome to Just Friends, a comedy where a loser comes back to his hometown to win over his highschool crush, but can he get out of the shadow of just being friends?
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Usually one would have a US film trying to cater to International audiences, but not with The Great Wall! It's an international film trying to cater to a US audience by starring Matt Damon... AND Willem Dafoe. Maybe something went amiss? Directed by Yo-Mou Zhang, who also directed House of Flying Daggers and Hero.
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
Watching one of Bong Joon-ho's first films ( His second one) And it's an absolute masterpiece! If you like crime, mystery thrillers and any of Joon-ho's films, like Parasite, then buckle up folks! You're in for a treat!
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
This is definitely one of those movies that you've heard of, but never thought to watch, because lets be honest... Michael Clayton doesn't sound like an exciting film! But it is... its great! And it has George Clooney in it!
Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
Another Alexander Payne comedy, starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Election takes you down the seedy political road of high school and the affairs that take place along with it! But all around its a pretty funny film!
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Alexander Payne has an interesting filmography, but Sideways is probably one of his funniest and most down to earth films. Check it out, cause we did and weren't disappointed! Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, and Sandra Oh
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Is he a fish or man or fish man? Listen to this episode to fully understand the true meaning behind Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water! Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, and Doug Jones