The 'Cast and the Curious

We successfully avoided trailers, twitter, Vin's instagram, scuttlebutt and hearsay for a whole year so our viewing of F9 would be as spoiler free as possible. It didn't work, we knew about Han the w…

A lil something for the fantasy nerds! This movie has everything - witchcraft, medieval times, Catholicism, Elijah Wood in a turtleneck. And a special guest appearance by Michael Caine’s rotting corp…

Melinda forgot we even had an episode this week! A lot of old themes come out to play in A Man Apart. Vin has a goatee, there’s a chihuahua, and we’re visited by our old friend F. Gary Gary. 

On this episode we use Steve Volan’s Internet™️ to watch and discuss the unexpected cult hit The Iron Giant. We are joined by man-about-town Steve Volan to discuss life when you’re 6’8” and whether o…

For this installment, Melinda and Andrew review and recap Knockaround Guys, a mafia movie that takes place in Montana and stars noted Italian American actor Seth Green. It’s alright. 

Melinda and Andrew went into Pitch Black not knowing a dang thing about it! Turns out this is Vin’s first portrayal as Riddick (as in The Chronicles of). It takes place in space which was another sur…

This field was intentionally left blank by Melinda who realized Boiler Room was... a necessary step in Vin Diesel’s career I guess? It was a bit of a sleeper hit and certainly reinforced the idea tha…

We discuss all kinds of things in this one: the horrors of war, the audition process, Scientology, what race Vin Diesel is, how problematic it is for two white people to discuss what race Vin Diesel …

Melinda and Andrew are reunited once more to discuss Vin’s newest single Days Are Gone. They also make a very important announcement about the future of the pod!!!

Well well well, here we are. The good news is Hobbs and Shaw holds up pretty well for being a bastardization of the Fast and Furious franchise. The bad news is - there is no bad news! Enjoy yet anoth…

Anyone who knows Vin Diesel knows that he is a creator at heart. Recently he graduated from recording himself singing Rihanna covers in his basement (https://youtu.be/w5t-CmCwhZo) to releasing profes…

The eighth movie marks the end of the franchise until the 9th movie comes out next year (thanks Obama). I mean, we’ll be doing Hobbs and Shaw but it won’t be the same!!! But while we are sad to say g…

The Pacifier is famously the second film in the Fast and Furious canon, taking place shortly after the first movie while Brian and Roman are reuniting for 2 Fast 2 Furious. Melinda and Andrew were ve…

Fast Five is when the series finally pushes the Nos button and now we’re flying in high gear!!! The Rock shows up. Tyrese is back!!!!! So much happens. Our friends Jill and Dan Swank Warner stop by t…