The Hold Up
Each month two old nerds both named John watch a movie they remember being good but haven't seen in years to determine whether or not it... holds up.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Special 01 - Grab Bag
To celebrate one year of The Hold Up we have a bonus Grab Bag episode! John and John discuss films that will never be a Hold Up episode, and field tons of listener questions, all for funzies! Enjoy…
12 - Beverly Hills Cop
This month film historian and author, Ray Morton, joins the Johns in a viewing of Beverly Hills Cop. Get the f**k outta here!!! Listen as Ray drops some sick wisdom on these podcastin' fools. Wil…
11 - A Night At The Roxbury
The Johns venture into their first SNL Hold Up and dust off A Night At The Roxbury. Longino shares his doubts about his adolescent love of the film while Nelson prepares for a fresh take with his fi…
10 - Transformers The Movie
Autobots roll out! This month the John's take on Transformers: The Movie. Nelson takes a trip down memory lane and talks about the toys, TV series and star studded movie... as well as the insane de…
09 Pt2 - Young Guns II
For April, The Hold Up is trying something new and doing two movies in two parts. Mount up, Regulators. We're watching Young Guns 1 and 2!
In Part 2 Longino delves deeper into his family legacy sur…
09 Pt1 - Young Guns
For April, The Hold Up is trying something new and doing two movies in two parts. Mount up, Regulators. We're watching Young Guns 1 and 2!
In Part 1 Nelson discusses Young Guns as his gateway drug …
08 - Garden State
Listening to this podcast episode will change your life. John and John tackle another listener request and take on Garden State. Will years of backlash and hate from friends sway The Johns' fond me…
07 - Shakespeare In Love
Two households, both alike in nerdity,
In fair Los Angeles, where we lay our scene,
From ancient mics break new technology,
Where civil discussion makes civil ears unclean.
From forth the fatal loins…
06 - Houseguest
Grab your Mickey Dee's and hunker down with John and John as they take on the 1995 Sinbad master-work, Houseguest. From zany mafia avoiding antics to pretending to be a dentist while your arms are n…
05 - Lethal Weapon
Happy Holidays! Get that gun out of your mouth, and join John and John as they take on Lethal Weapon. Are they getting too old for this sh*t? Is Lethal Weapon actually a Christmas movie? Does Joh…
04 - Legend
In their innocence, John and John believe only goodness exists in the world. Together they will learn there can be no good without evil... No love without hate... No heaven without hell... No light …
03 - The Blair Witch Project
Happy Halloween! This month The Johns take on The Blair Witch Project. Is the movie as incredible as John L. insists? Will John N. sooner die of boredom than fear? And what the hell was really in…
02 - Big
This month the Johns tackle the Tom Hanks classic, Big. Time to make a wish on Zoltar... or was it Zoltan?
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01 - The Last Starfighter
The Hold Up is starting with The Last Starfighter? You bet your asteroids! Join John and John as they revisit the 80s classic and discover just how inaccurate human memory can be.
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00 - Introduction
John and John introduce themselves and explain the concept behind The Hold Up. Each month we pick a movie one of remembers fondly but hasn't seen in years. We talk about it. Then we go watch it an…