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Beyond The Mat Feb 11, 2024

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We end our look at the world of wrestling with an actual documentary, made by an actual documentary filmmaker.

"Beyond The Mat," well produced, well financed documentary that not only had unprecedented access to the WWF (still a Federation at the time), but had an actual theatrical release (yes, Jim actually saw this in the theater).

So, lets close out this chapter in style.

Wrestling With Shadows Jan 21, 2024

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As a filmmaker, what do you do when you are making a rather run of the mill, straight forward vanity profile of a well known figure and, in the middle of making this profile, one of the most epic, insane, and legendary events in the history of that person's field occurs?

Do you:

A- Switch the focus of your documentary to this insane event and become the first person to fully report on it, thus giving you orignial control of the broader narrative and create a document that would be referenced in everything ever made about this defining moment.

B- Use it as a build up to a second documentary that then becomes the original version of the story.

C- Just kinda treat it like a thing that happened, kinda tack it on at the end, and then just roll credits.

If you answered "A" or "B," you are not the makers of this movie.

Join us as we discuss the most absurd waste of material ever published.

The Iron Claw Jan 13, 2024

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This week, a bizarre tag team combo...

In this corner we have a lifelong wrestling fanatic. A Texas born and raised, bonafide expert in the subject with years of watching, rewatching, reading, rereading, discussing, debating, arguing, fighting, and getting locked in the very same finishing move this movie takes its name from but his big(?) brother.

And his partner in crime...

A guy who spent from the age of 8 to the age of 12 on a military base in latin America with little access to popular culture, and what access he did have was months later and... shall we say "sporadic," and has almost no knowledge of the sport.

And in this corner...

A goddamned near impossible to adapt, and absolutely impossible to comprehend tragedy of the most successful Texas wrestling family. A story so dark and tragic, Richard III is telling it to take a knee.

That's right... The Iron Claw.

Let's has out the good, the bad, and the "WHERE THE FUCK IS CHRIS?" of the whole affair.

Fast X Dec 25, 2023

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That's right folks... it's time to fasTEN your seatbelts and drive, full throttle into the mouth of familia as we take another spin with Dom and the family.

I could try to explain what happens, but...

Journey Into Hell Dec 12, 2023

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Imagine, "The Pilgrim's Progress," but with a rich, surfing douchebag in the lead?

Ok. Now, if you thought, "That is a fucking terrible idea. Please, leave me alone." You would be correct. You, however, would absolutely not be the producers, writers, director, or stars of "Journey Into Hell."

There isn't really much more to say.

The Reconciler Nov 30, 2023

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I honestly cannot think of a sentence that inspires less confidence than, "A Christian horror movie, inspired by 'Saw.'" I can't. Maybe you can. That's cool.

Thing is, no matter what you come up with... it cannot make this movie any better. Welcome to the baffling horror (?) movie about a serial... forceful helper. It's hard to explain.

All we can say is, we are sorry.

Soul Man Nov 19, 2023

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I would say that it is impossible to think of a movie being more wrong headed and awful than 1986's, "Soul Man," but... remember you are talking to the guys who recorded and published a full reading of, "The Day The Clown Cried." Just listen to ALL THREE PARTS

But the simple fact that we have to reference that... nightmare just for context should tell you everything you need to know.

So, let's take a look at what happens when you try to help a little too hard.

My Demon Lover Nov 16, 2023

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We have seen some unlikeable protagonists in our time. We suffered Gary, endured LaRusso, and put up with Ferris (sorry, but he is a fucking sociopath)... we thought we'd seen the worst of it.

But we forgot about Kaz.

Let me try to Joe Bob Briggs this, single sentence style.

My Demon Lover is the best romantic comedy about a homeless subway saxophone performer who, due to him being cursed as a teenager, cannot get sexually aroused without turning into a demon, except for all the times he sexually harasses women on the street while somehow falling in love with a tiny pixie lady who falls in love with him immediately after meeting him when he wakes up in a literal pile of trash on the street, starring an actor best known as a terceiary character in a successful TV show made in the late 80s.

We watched it... see what we think.

Trick or Treat Oct 30, 2023

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This is one of the most deceiving movies ever marketed.

There ins't much else to say except... if this is a Halloween movie, then Die Hard is 100% a Christmas movie.

Jason Takes Manhattan Oct 30, 2023

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In honor of Halloween, Jim and Clarkson watch the only Friday the 13th movie Jim has seen before.

So... let's burn some trash on this All Hallow's Eve!