The Hold Up

This month Nelson brings to the table a film Longino has nether seen nor heard of: the 70s conspiracy theory thriller, Capricorn One.  Inspired by the theory that the moon landing was staged, this fi…

Happy February and early happy Valentine's Day.  What better way to say love than a viewing of... Tron: Legacy?  When Longino found out that Nelson had never seen this cyberpunk sequel to the 80s cul…

Happy 2024!  This month The Johns grab a plate and chow down on the Eddie Murphy multi performed fat joke buffet, The Nutty Professor.  Will it fart its way into our hearts, or fart its way into a...…

Happy holidays!  What better way to celebrate than a low budget high concept indie movie about time travel?  This month The Johns take on Primer.  Will this movie finally make complete and total sens…

Is this a glitch?  An error?  No!  The Johns realized that it's been 8 years since the first episode of The Hold Up, which means enough time has passed to revisit the first film we ever watched for t…

At long last: the dramatic conclusion to the epic episode 100.  For Part 5 we are once again joined by Ali to watch All The Real Girls.  Will the return of a non action film finally win the day?  Or …

Episode 100 continues with Part 4.  This time we are joined by guests Alison Star Locke and Lizze Gordon to watch Michael Bay's The Rock.  Will Ali survive the third action film to be pulled in a row…

The glorious episode 100 continues with Part 3.  This time we're joined by Alison Star Locke and returning guest, Rachel Levine, who you may remember from our Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode.  Anoth…

Episode 100 continues!  We're joined by guests Alison Star Locke and Julie Cohen to once again draw from the random bucket of movies, action films vs chick flicks.  And this time we drew... Timecop! …

At long last we have arrived.  Welcome to the landmark 100th episode of The Hold Up Podcast.  For this glorious occasion, we've decided to do something outside our norm: a special 5 part weekly odyss…

One episode shy of the landmark 100th episode, The Johns are not taking things easy.  This month Longino decides to unearth the strange sophomore satire from Richard Kelly: Southland Tales.  Is this …

Nolan is in the air, so it's time for Nelson and Longino to revisit the catalog and dust off 2002's Insomnia.  Will this Christopher Nolan remake with Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hillary Swank shin…

This month The Johns get wacky as they uncover the bizarre antics of Return of the Killer Tomatoes.  Astonishingly featuring George Clooney, John Astin and rounded out with a bunch of people you've n…

Beware.  Here be DRAGONS!  This month The Johns dust themselves off of soot and ash to take on the 2002 Matthew McConaughey/Christian Bale dragon apocalypse: Reign Of Fire.  Will this movie be fit fo…

This month The Johns are joined by friend and longtime listener, Tyler Wong, to watch 1992's Spanish language action classic from Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi.  Is this 90s indie film classic shot f…

The year was 1973 and John Nelson was born into this world.  That's right!  Nelson is turning 50!  To celebrate, he's selected a film from the same year as his birth: Soylent Green.  Will this infamo…

The Hold Up is pleased to welcome Bob Longino, many years film critic and father of John Longino, to the podcast as our special guest.  This month we're watching 1958's The Vikings, starring Kirk Dou…

Our special guest has unfortunately been delayed to next month, so to ring in 2023 we had to pivot quick.  This month we will be watching Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's The Wedding Singer.  Will t…

When you think A Simple Plan, the last thing on your mind is a happy ending.  But Nelson has a different experience.  Having seen a test screening with a completely different ending than what was the…