This week we celebrate our independence with LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD with writer JOE RECHTMAN! We spitball new Die Hard movies and titles, find out that you can't beat a Gruber as a villain, and Roland Emmerich comes around on today's show!
128: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
This week our invitations to Hogwarts arrive as we watch HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE with musician and actress KATE PARKIN! We sort into houses, talk Chris Columbus movies, and try to keep High On Film from becoming a book podcast on this week's show!
Check out Kate's Harry Potter videos and more under weasleysweaters on YouTube, visit her site www.kate-parkin.com, and give her a follow @KatherineParkin on twitter and instagram!
127: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Our good friend and bad movie connoisseur DAVE BEIRNE returns to the show to watch the Michael Bay masterpiece TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION! Brad loves Bad Boys, we discuss the rising death count of blockbusters, and Transformium is the new Unobtainium on this week's show!
126: O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
We head south this week to watch O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? with writer BRENDEN GALLAGHER! Of course we go back through our favorite Coen Brothers films, throw around some adages new and old, and Brenden attempts one of the most challenging 'First Impressions' lines we've had!
Follow Brenden on twitter @muddycreekU!
125: 8 Mile (2002)
Because it's Episode 125 and we have a thing where Brad picks every 25th and 75th episode, Brad picked the movie! We watched 8 MILE with actor BRANDON BLACK! We discuss Oscar controversies through the years, turn 'First Impressions' into a rap battle, and have an unanimous Best Scene all on this week's show!
Look for Brandon on your televisions repping Applebee's Endless Fries and check him out on twitter @brandon_f_black and look for 'Coyote' soon (trailer here)!
124: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
We're still in the dystopian future this week with guests REGINA CONNOLLY, BOB SHIELDS, and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY! We talk sequels that have surpassed their originals, love on those Cameron special effects, and get to the real heart of the film on this week's show!
123: Demolition Man (1993)
From Sin City to San Angeles, producer DOMINIC AMENEYRO returns with DEMOLITION MAN to raze this show to the ground! We warm up our voices for bass heavy Stallone impressions, debate the best movie about a frozen guy who thaws out in the future, and discover a new euphemism for intercourse on this week's show!
Check out Dominic's electro-pop hiphop collaboration with (Z) over on www.thedreamsofz.squarespace.com and keep an eye out for their LA shows!
122: Big (1988)
We're sticking to the 1980s this week with comedian JEN MURRAY and BIG! We give Tom Hanks' career a once-over, Chris accidentally evokes the wrong celebrity in 'First Impressions', and we discuss just what makes that piano scene so great! FAO Schwarz may be shutting their doors, but it'll be forever stuck on celluloid here!
Los Angelenos can see Jen at iOWest on May 30th with her new show 'Source Material' and can buy tickets here! Everyone else can follow her on twitter @jenniferwithaph and over on www.jenmurraycomedy.com!
121: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Today we're jamming out to BEVERLY HILLS COP with return guest GENE MILLER! We get into the Eddie Murphy comedies of the 80s, talk Los Angeles and Beverly Hills flicks, and Brad spoils the gag at the end of BHC2!
120: Heavenly Creatures (1994)
We're dipping back into Peter Jackson's career to watch HEAVENLY CREATURES with actor NICK CRANDALL! We define the pillars of Kate Winslet's filmography, discuss some true crime drama, and build some beautiful tension on this week's show!
Find Nick at www.nickcrandall.com and watch him on 'THE LAB' from Edraid Productions on You-Tube and facebook!
119: The Cable Guy (1996)
This week we're watching the under-appreciated dark comedy THE CABLE GUY with guest JOSH GREEN! We 'Trash/Star/Destroy' movies with Jim Carrey fight scenes, imagine how this movie would play out with Chris Farley or Ben Stiller in the title role, and find the perfect run-time for a comedy!
Follow Josh on twitter @aimfortheflatop!
118: Pineapple Express (2008)
It's April 20th and we're celebrating the high holiday with PINEAPPLE EXPRESS and guest BRET BOZEMAN! We play 'Trash/Star/Destroy' with stoner films, Bret and Brad try to keep their ink and pens straight, and we learn that villains like to have fun too all on today's show!
117: Titanic (1997)
This week we remember the Unsinkable Ship by watching James Cameron's sweeping epic TITANIC with actress KATIE PAGE and artist SARAH NEWBY! We discuss the romance that only a wardrobe door could come between, lament the present day scenes, and skyrocket Leo to the cover of Teen Beat on today's show!
If you're in the LA area, go check out Sarah's work at the One Night Stand Art Show on May 16th and find more information at onenightstand-la.com and www.countingonnostalgia.com! Find more about Katie at www.katiepageface.com and look for her short 'Spin Cycle' coming soon!
116: The Sandlot (1993)
It's Opening Day for baseball season and we're watching THE SANDLOT with comedian TIM WOLCOTT! We play 'International Pandering' with this American sport, find out 'Field of Dreams' is based on a book, and give Squints the MVP all on this week's show!
Look for Tim on facebook and at timwolcottcomedy.com and follow him on twitter @timwolcott! And remember to check out Brad's baseball blog 'I Love You, Pittsburgh Pirates' here!
115: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
This week we've got actress CARLY WALSH on the show to watch ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION! We play 'Trash/Star/Destroy' with Reunion Movies, discuss the under-used supporting cast of the film, and Carly writes the perfect tagline all on today's show!
114: Wayne's World (1992)
Party Time! We're watching WAYNE'S WORLD with guest LIZ KELSO! We get into Mike Myers' movie franchises, discuss the boner confidence that a catchphrase like 'Schwing!' can produce, and Liz wrecks her car recreating the Best Scene on today's show!
Follow Liz on instagram @elizadomuch!
113: Gangs of New York (2002)
For St. Patrick's Day, we watched Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK with guest RYAN O'DONNELL! We go through some of the other DiCaprio/Scorsese films, agonize over the multi-plot problems with the movie, and mock the end credits song on this week's show!
112: Top Five (2014)
This week we welcome ROBERT MARCUS to the show to watch Chris Rock's TOP FIVE! We discuss all the great comic cameos in the film, play 'Trash/Star/Destroy' with movies featuring fictional comedians, and try to list off our own Top Five rappers and comedians (separate lists)!
111: Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
It's Part Two of our Oscar Spectacular! We watched this year's Best Picture Winner Alejandro G. Inarritu's BIRDMAN: OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) with return guest MATT SEMLER! We give our thoughts on this year's Academy Awards, put out our best Michael Keaton impressions, and discuss exactly what happens at the end of the film!
Be sure to follow Matt on instagram @mattxsemler and go back and hear our initial review of Birdman here!
110: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Oscar Night is here so it's time for Part One of our two part Oscar Spectacular: Oscar Throwback Edition! We watched 1964's Best Picture nominee DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB with actor CLARKE KOHLER! We discuss some of Stanley Kubrick's Oscar bids, make our own Oscar predictions, ...and the world ends on this week's show!
Follow Clarke on twitter @ClarkeKohler and tune in next week when we cover tonight's Best Picture Winner!