128 episodes
Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films Jason Rohrer and Todd Anderson
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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Los Angeles critic Jason Rohrer and actor Todd Robert Anderson talk incessantly through cult films. It would be annoying if you were trying to watch the movie, but this is a podcast...so it's just delightful!
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 125)
No Safe Haven is a revenge thriller with one Wings Hauser, easily the most favored actor of this podcast. Jason's backside is bothering him and Todd is facing a professional existential crisis, so they mostly ignore Wings in order to talk about what is wrong with society and how much they would like to fix it except they have no money. Oh, and Doctor Zhivago.
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 124)
Possession is a horror movie with Sam Neil that feels like you are watching scene work from an acting class. Jason and Todd sometimes get mesmerized by the acting in this movie enough to actually talk about the movie itself, but they also talk about children's television, anal surgery, and what kinds of guns they like to shoot. Also, they breakdown the Oscar movies they've seen. Which isn't all of them. Or even that many. Jason likes Dream Scenario more than The Zone of Interest, even though the former was nominated for nothing.
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 123)
Dogs is a Jaws rip-off with delightful domesticated dogs instead of a shark. It's got that guy who played Fletch's ex-wife's lawyer in those Chevy Chase movies. Anyway, Jason and Todd mostly talk about two William Friedkin films of varying quality, that guy who directed that Oscar thing that directed other movies they might have liked, and also fantasize out loud about cosmetic surgeries they wish they could afford. They do acknowledge the movie they are watching, mostly because even the attack dogs are adorably friendly and just want hugs - which they get a lot of, properly.
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 122)
Dangerous Men is a DIY passion project by a guy named John Rad about a woman getting revenge on men for being total douche canoes. Its running time is an hour and twenty minutes, but this podcast lasts for more than two hours because Jason and Todd have to talk about the horrors of aging, the ups and downs of mushroom trips, and the third season of True Detective.
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 121)
The Postman is a three hour Waterworld without water. Jason and Todd talk through the whole thing, mostly about our weight insecurities, the gift of Tom Petty, and the power of The Church over filmmaking. After this, they'll see you in the New Year, which is an election year. Oh yeah, they also talk about suicide.
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Jason and Todd Talk Through Lousy Films (Episode 120)
Silverado is an 80s western that Jason hates so much he wanted to do a two and a half hour podcast about it. Of course, Jason and Todd barely talk about the movie at all, instead talking about Theresa Russell, the importance of the audition process, and then get in a debate about Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Julianna Margulies. Also they talk about crying.
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Lousy doesn’t mean without merit…completely
However Jason and Todd agonize a given Lousy Film the complaints never feel cheap and at the same time they eagerly appreciate what’s there to be appreciated. I went into The Last Boy Scout episode with hackles pre-raised, recalling the movie fondly and being kind of a Shane Black fan boy besides, but I needn’t have fretted. In between the funny personal asides and professional banter Todd and Jason MORE than gave The Last Boy Scout its due. The lengthy appreciation of Taylor Negron I found particularly winning.
Good dudes, good fun. I look forward to digging into the rest.
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This is my favorite podcast! It's just two interesting guys watching bad movies and chatting about all kinds of stuff. Always stimulating and often very funny. Check it out!
If you love Joe Bob Briggs, check this out.
Let's get this out of the way: Jason and Todd are not MiSTing these movies. Like it says on the box, they are chatting as a terrible movie plays, but you don't really need to watch the movie to be entertained. Sometimes it helps, but it's not required. The movie is a jumping-off point as they tell stories about their experiences in Hollywood, argue about what exactly makes a Bad Movie enjoyable, and occasionally get into some Real Talk about Art. You're probably thinking, "Anyone could do that," but I've listened to a LOT of movie podcasts and a trust me: it's not easy to be this entertaining for 2 hours. I laugh a lot listening to this one.
I spent many years adoring Joe Bob's shows and reviews, and I think this has the same fix of high- and low-brow criticism. It's not pretentious like Certain Other Inexplicably Successful movie podcasts, but the guys definitely aren't dumb, even if the movies they watch are. So within 5 minutes the conversation can shift from riffing on improv classes to an analysis of the Die Hard sequels, and then shift again to the how art should be evaluated.
And in episode 4, Jason threatened to set the country on fire if more people listen, so we need to call his bluff.