The Hold Up

There's so much beauty in the world we don't know where to put it.... not to mention there's so much horrific harassment and sexual assault. Not really sure where to put that either. Welcome to the…

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than the giving of FACES?!? That's right, at long last The Johns are taking on the John Woo action/psychological horror epic: Face/Off. Will Longino's sour…

Hey Vern! It's Halloween, knowwhatImean? This month the Johns brave the most horrifying film in all of creation: Ernest Scared Stupid. Longino attempts to convince Nelson of Ernest's many merits a…

Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power...... to see if 90s high school witch dramas hold up! That's right, this month the Johns are taking on The Craft. We delve in…

Do you read Sutter Cane? This month the John's are joined by Vik Weet, screenwriter and co-host of the Darkest Hour Podcast to watch John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness. In this whopper of an e…

This month the Little Johns hideout in a mullet filled Sherwood Forest while taking on a bizarre white robed Satanic cult and making out with the sand to Bryan Adams. You know... typical Robin Hood …

This month the Johns are joined by special guests Jeremy and Daniel of The Freshman 15 Podcast. The two podcasts take on the two Coreys in License To Drive. From drunk drivers to pregnant moms to s…

Childhood Trauma May continues with part 2: Old Yeller. The Johns continue their journey into the depression wilderness with the tale of the best dog gone dog in the west. Will our hearts melt for …

For May The Hold Up has a special two part episode! The theme: childhood trauma. We've picked two movies that wrecked both our young psyches and created the bitter, sad men you hear today. Our dou…

This month the John's take another listener request and tackle Real Genius. If you love sledding in dorm halls, toxic waste, weirdos that live in closets, vaguely sexist swim parties, CIA assassinat…

Yeah baby, yeah! This month these two groovy cats, John and John, watch the shagadelic romp, Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. Will this overexposed relic from the 90s still be hilarious…

It's time to get hard with your favorite.... wait. That didn't come out right at all. ...wait. Neither did that. Yeesh. So this month The Johns watched Pump Up The Volume, starring Christian Sla…

Welcome... to the suck zone! Having had a long string of films that do hold up, Longino brings a ringer to the table. For their first movie of 2017, the Johns take on the natural disaster CG specta…

Looky looky we watched Hooky! Bangarang! This month the John's decide to escape soul crushing reality and return to Neverland with a viewing of Hook. Will the movie get Peter Panned by Nelson and …

For November the Johns try to lighten the mood of the election season by taking on the Tim Robbins satire, Bob Roberts. Longino, having never seen the film, represents the ill informed voter, while …

Welcome back for our second Spooktacular October 2016 episode: The Sixth Sense! We might see dead people, but will we still see a good movie? Did M Night Shyamalan really make a great movie before …

Happy October and early Halloween! The Johns kick off a month of horror with the cult classic, The Hitcher. Listen as Longino tries to guess the entire plot of a film he knows next to nothing about…

The Hold Up is going back to school as we watch Napoleon Dynamite. Is the movie still as fresh and fly as killer Jamiroquai dance moves? Or is it as stale as day old pocket tots? Listen and find o…