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The Greatest Movie Ever Made
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With countless films produced during the course of over a century of film history, determining the greatest movie ever made seems like an impossible exercise. Thankfully, Justus Burkitt and David Scandura — God's favorite idiots — have taken on this Sisyphean task. Join these two film fanatics each week as they meticulously and rigorously review a wide range of movies, painstakingly searching all corners and niches of film history to once and for all find the Greatest Movie Ever Made.
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Epside 123: Jean de Florette
Mar 1401:49:27Tap to summarizeMarch Sadness continues with a classic of French cinema, the story of a Frenchman who loses his farm because he spends too much money on wine. Okay, it’s a little deeper than that. Tune in to hear David and Justus’s bad French accents and discover more about this provincial (and Provençal) bummer of a film!Jean de Florette (1986) is directed by Claude Berri and stars Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, and Margarita LozanoMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 122: Manchester by the Sea
Mar 601:54:58Tap to summarizeJustus kicks off his theme month, March Sadness, with a real bad time! Join the boys as they talk about this ugly depiction of grief and make a few too many jokes about it in the process.Manchester by the Sea (2016) is directed by Kenneth Lonergan and stars Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and CJ WilsonMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 121: Thank You For Smoking
Feb 2801:38:23Tap to summarizeThe podcast “fires up” as the boys “butt” heads over Jason Reitman’s satire about the horrors of the tobacco lobby. They also ramble about Steven Seagal, Watto visits his friend Jeffery, and Jigsaw takes Luigi Mangione under his wing. Thank You For Smoking (2005) is directed by Jason Reitman, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, and Sam ElliotMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 120: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Feb 2101:45:18Tap to summarizeThis week, Jada Pinkett Smith is hot, Billy Zane serves, CCH Pounder loses an arm, and the Crypt Keeper rises from the dead for a spooktacular episode of the Gravest BOOvie Ever Made!Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) is directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and stars Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, CCH Pounder, and Brenda BakkeMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 119: Deep Cover (1992)
Feb 1402:25:55Tap to summarizeSo, apparently, the guy who played Mac in Predator also directed movies, and Justus and David are here to talk about one of them. Hear the boys discuss Larry goddamn Fishburne, coked out Jeff Goldblum, and the slick film noir stylings of Bill Duke’s Deep Cover.Deep Cover (1992) is directed by Bill Duke and stars Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Gregory Sierra, and Clarence Williams IIIMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 118: The Raid
Jan 3101:49:59Tap to summarizeThe boys quite literally kick off a new season of episodes with The Raid! Tune in to hear all the gory details about the martial arts and extreme violence of the Indonesian action classic. The Raid (2011) is directed by Gareth Evans and stars Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, and Pierre GrunoMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
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Episode 117: Best of 2025
Jan 2302:03:03Tap to summarizeAnother year of cinema has come and gone, and your drunken, illiterate hosts are here to break it all down. The movies were full of Irish vampires, zombies with big cocks, and Christmas Adventurers, and the boys are sharing their thoughts on the best, worst, disappointing, and surprising films of 2025. Enjoy a few small beers and kick off the new year with the Greatest Movie Ever Made!Music: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 116: Avatar
Dec 2002:25:44Tap to summarizeIt’s not every day that James Cameron has a new flick out in theaters, so the boys are seizing the opportunity to talk about Jim’s first journey to Pandora. It might be the most successful film of all time, but TGMEM really thought they needed to add their opinions on the kinky hair tentacle sex, unobtanium, and white savior narratives (and by white, we mean blue). James Cameron has done it before, but can he deliver the Greatest Movie Ever Made once again?Music: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat AudioAvatar (2009) is directed by James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Michelle Rodriguez
Transcribe →Episode 115: Ravenous
Dec 1202:11:19Tap to summarizeIt’s getting colder and winter is settling in, so David and Justus cozy up around this wintry western with a delightful cannibal twist. If Robert Carlyle’s menacing man eating doesn’t scare you, the appearance of a convicted sex offender will! Gather round and chow down on this new episode of the Greatest Movie Ever Made!Ravenous (1999) is directed by Antonia Bird and stars Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, and Jeffrey JonesMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
Transcribe →Episode 114: Anna and the Apocalypse
Dec 601:47:11Tap to summarizeThe Christmas season kicks off with the only movie bold enough to combine the horrors of the zombie apocalypse, the melodrama of a musical, and the joy of Christmas into one cinematic experience. There’s singing, dancing, Christmas cheer, and zombie killing in store, but is this genre-bending romp The Greatest Movie Ever Made?Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) is directed by John McPhail and stars Ella Hunt, Sarah Swire, Malcolm Cumming, Christopher Leveaux, and Paul KayeMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio
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