Best Beef(mattJ)(&Dominic Podcasts (2025)

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Legends Podcast #746; The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 50:37

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It’s a movie that reimagines one of the most iconic superheroes in history — not with grit and gloom, but with plastic bricks, rapid-fire jokes, and a whole lot of heart. Directed by Chris McKay and released in 2017, this animated spin-off features a voice cast that’s nothing short of legendary: Will Arnett as the brooding and self-absorbed Batman …

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Legends Podcast #745; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 1:14:06

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In 1982, director Steven Spielberg followed up Raiders of the Lost Ark with a family-centered feature about a young boy who meets an alien, based on his own childhood experience of creating an imaginary friend after his parents’ divorce. With a budget of just over $10 million, Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison brought the alien to life wi…

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Legends Podcast #744; The Martian (2015) 1:12:43

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Director Ridley Scott returned to outer space with the 2013 Alien prequel Prometheus, set on a distant world, and two years later, when he adapted Andy Weir’s best-selling 2011 novel, Scott visited another extraterrestrial destination, albeit one relatively closer to home: Mars. On the Red Planet, Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded by fate who …

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Legends Podcast #743; You’ve Got Mail (1998) 1:03:26

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It’s autumn in New York, and we’re feeling the love with another Nora Ephron rom-com. This week, we’re dialing up the classic Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan tale of “boy meets girl in internet chat room, boy discovers girl's true identity, and then boy kills girl’s business and destroys her livelihood.” Audiences loved the third team-up of Hanks & Ryan (follow…

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Legends Podcast #742; Aug-Heist: The Getaway - The Next Three Days (2010) 1:19:55

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We’ve almost run out of time for Aug-Heist: The Getaway, but not before we go on the run with one final film. This week, we’re finally doing a proper prison break movie with a little-seen 2010 slow-burn thriller from director Paul Haggis, who won back-to-back Best Picture Oscars with Million Dollar Baby and Crash. Russell Crowe stars as a husband w…

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Legends Podcast #741; Aug-Heist: The Getaway - Reservoir Dogs (1992) 1:15:07

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This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, director Quentin Tarantino brings us his debut outing, Reservoir Dogs! As a video-store clerk turned first-time filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and appeared in this indie hit, which took Sundance by storm as part of the “Class of ‘92.” The film follows six suited, code-named strangers - including Harvey Keitel, M…

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Legends Podcast #740; Aug-Heist: The Getaway - Argo (2012) 1:01:34

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This week on Aug-Heist: The Getaway, fact meets fiction with the “based on a true story about a fake movie” Argo! Set during the Iranian hostage crisis, this ensemble escape thriller stormed the box office and awards season, raking in over $230 million and winning Oscars for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Director Ben …

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Legends Podcast #739; Aug-Heist: The Getaway - Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 1:12:36

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This is Aug-Heist: The Getaway! This week, we’re running away with Fantastic Mr. Fox, a 2009 animated film directed by Wes Anderson. The quote-unquote “Fantastic Mr. Fox” - voiced by George Clooney - and his colorful cast of animal accomplices - including the voices of Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, and Bill Murray - must escape from one perilous…

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Legends Podcast #738; Listener Pick: Heretic (2024) 1:10:03

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We’ve reached the end of July, and believe it or not, it’s the first month this year with five Tuesdays. Don’t believe me? Well, look at a calendar. No, no, the Julian Calendar. It’s July, for christsakes! Sorry, sorry. Right, where was I? Oh, so it’s a listener pick this week, and we’ve got a good one. Listener Matthew brings an offering of a horr…

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Legends Podcast #737; Summer of 69 (2025) take2 1:10:42

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It’s the summer of ‘25 and we’re heading to Syracuse, New York, in search of an act of reciprocal pleasure. In the Salt City, we discover the latest film from American High, a sultry and silly affair directed by Jillian Bell in her directorial debut, and written by Bell, Liz Nico, and Jules Byrne. When naive high school senior Abby vows to wow her …

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Legends Podcast #736; Toy Soldiers (1991) 1:00:25

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In 1991, Daniel Petrie, the director of Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch, brought a script he'd co-written with David Koepp, based on the novel by William P. Kennedy, to the big screen. Starring Sean Astin a year before he had everyone chanting his name in Rudy and Wil Wheaton a year after he’d beamed off the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next G…

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Legends Podcast #735; Sinners (2025) 1:16:56

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Director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan have cashed in on teaming up over the past decade, from Coogler’s debut Fruitvale Station, to Black Panther, to Creed. This 2025 film, their fifth collaboration, sees Coogler double down on Michael B. Jordan - quite literally. Set in the 1932 Mississippi Delta, this genre-defying film sees Jordan pl…

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Legends Podcast #734; Jaws (1975) 1:12:44

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***UPDATED AUDIO TRACKING*** in beef's hurry to leave town and add a cold open he messed up tracking.... it is fixed now! enjoy this cast on your way to the beach maybe??? Fifty years ago, the summer blockbuster was born. Director Steven Spielberg, in his second official turn at the helm, adapted Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a New Engl…

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Legends Podcast #733; Bone Tomahawk (2015) 1:02:42

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Ten years ago, 2015 was the year of the epic Western. Two films, Alejandro Iñárritu’s The Revenant and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, clocked in at an average length of 170 minutes and scored a combined 15 Academy Award nominations, winning 4 between them. As a pair, the two films brought in nearly $700 million at the box office. Along with…

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Legends Podcast #732; October Sky (1999) 1:06:10

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Director Joe Johnston, who worked in design and VFX for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, is best known for effects-heavy family pics like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Rocketeer, and Jumanji. But in 1999, he tried his hand at the “based on a true story” inspirational biopic genre, based on the early life of NASA engineer Homer Hickam, as told in …

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Legends Podcast #731; Omniloop (2024) 50:36

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Wait, do that again. No that wasn’t quite right… In 2024, writer-director-editor Bernardo Britto — best known for his sharp, thought-provoking animated shorts like Yearbook, Hudson Geese, and Glove — takes a bold leap into live action with his very first feature film.Set in Miami and Starring Mary-Louise Parker as a woman facing a haunting deadline…

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Legends Podcast #730; Better Man (2024) 1:14:13

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One of last year’s most puzzling releases came in the form of a musical biopic chronicling the rise to fame of British pop star Robbie Williams. While following all the usual biopic tropes, this film made one rather noticeable swerve by portraying its star and subject as an anthropomorphic CGI chimpanzee. With Williams providing the narration and s…

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Legends Podcast #729; Twisters (2024) 1:07:58

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We’re returning to The Suck Zone to kick off the summer movie season with a legacy sequel to the 1996 film Twister! Director Lee Isaac Chung updates the storm chasing disaster flick for 2024, with a new cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos. When a tornado outbreak threatens Oklahoma, a traumatized scientist and a social …

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Legends Podcast #728; Wicked (2024) 1:04:00

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We’re off to see the 2024 movie adaptation of Act One of the 2003 hit Broadway musical based on the 1995 bestselling book by Gregory Maguire, based on the 1939 film, based on the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum. Telling the origin story of the witches of Oz, this Jon M. Chu-directed film saw Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande step into the roles made famo…

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Legends Podcast #727; Jawbreaker (1999) 1:01:04

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We’re heading back to high school for a Legend of ‘99 - that’s 25 years ago! When a prank goes wrong leaving the most popular girl in school dead in the trunk of a car, her clique will stop at nothing to cover up their crime. Starring Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer, this film written and directed by Darren Stein didn’t t…

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Legends Podcast #726; Megalopolis (2024) 1:06:08

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Director Francis Ford Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of the twentieth century, the visionary force behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and dozens of other films. For decades, Coppola had sought to make a film drawing parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and the future of the United States by retelling the …

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Legends Podcast #725; A Goofy Movie (1995) 57:28

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We’re continuing our journey on the open road this month with a classic Disney movie released three decades ago. In this film, a father and son come to terms with the circle of life while realizing the importance of being prepared to face the challenges of a road trip. Far from meaning “no worries” for the son (who wants to feel the love tonight wi…

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Legends Podcast #724; Thelma & Louise (1991) 1:03:10

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We’re heading out for a road trip with two ladies who are doing it for themselves! Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon star as the titular leads in this 1991 road trip crime drama from director Ridley Scott. When a girls’ weekend getaway goes awry, a waitress and housewife must dodge the law and would-be lovers to make a true getaway. But when their luc…

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Legends Podcast #723; The Accountant (2016) 1:07:23

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It’s Tax Day, and we’re celebrating the fiscal cycle with a movie that gets physical. A film that puts the “internal” from “internal injuries” in the Internal Revenue Service. The flick that proves pocket protectors can be cool and no one will make fun of you for wearing them if you also carry a really big gun. Ben Affleck stars, the same year he d…

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Legends Podcast #722; Empire Records (1995) 53:00

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We’re back from ITHACON, but we mustn’t dwell, no, not today! We can’t! Not on Rex Manning Day! We’re rewinding to 1995 at the height of the record store boom. Directed by Allan Moyle and written by Carol Heikkinen, with an ensemble cast including Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée …