Episode 52: Left Behind and Bottom 5 Nicolas Cage Performances
Jay tests Mike's faith in, well... anything, by forcing him to watch the 2014 bargain basement Bible blip, "Left Behind" in which Nicolas Cage navigates both a plane and the apocalypse while trying desperately to keep a straight face. Piles of clothes and dime-store special effects abound, but was Mike embraced in a freeing, heavenly light or just left with an eternal laundry list? Find out during the main review and then stick around while the guys list off their Bottom Five Nicolas Cage performance, an array of eccentric on-screen (and perhaps imagined?) roles that the award-winning, much-adored actor simply couldn't pull off. After unlocking Cage's various national non-treasures, Mike and Jay play an end-of-the-world inspired game of Dueling Double Bills before Mike reveals what's in store for Jay on the next episode. So put on a pair of clean underwear and get rapture-ready because this episode of the podcast that wields films like deadly weapons is purely divine!
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Episode 51: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Bottom Five Bullies
After the latest "Sophie's Choice" listener poll crowned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie as the next cinematic abomination Jay must endure, Mike's laughter is only slightly less annoying than the fart-propelled, snot-faced, uncanny valley horrors on display in the film. Did Jay find the movie as upsetting as its reputation suggests? Find out by having a listen to the main review and stick around as the guys count down their Bottom Five Bullies, honoring the worst tormentors ever to terrorize movie screens. They also crack open the mailbag to catch up on listener feedback before Jay reveals what fresh cinematic hell might be in store for Mike next time. So plug your nose, grab some disinfectant, and join the dumpster fire that is Filmjitsu!
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Episode 50: Y2k and Bottom Five Period Pieces
In this week's episode, Jay sends Mike back to 1999 with A24’s Y2K, a horror-comedy hybrid stuffed with glow sticks, AOL CDs, and the crushing weight of secondhand embarrassment. After Mike tries to make sense of weaponized nostalgia, teenage idiocy, and killer iMacs the guys count down their Bottom Five Period Pieces—a list of historical misfires and anachronistic abominations. Then, they battle in a game of Dueling Double Bills, where two surprise titles must be paired with perfect (or perfectly bad) companion films. Finally, Mike gets his revenge by announcing the next movie Jay will have to endure, ensuring that the war of bad cinema continues into the new millennium... or at least the next episode.
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Episode 49: Sushi Girl and Bottom Five Meals
Jay takes a seat at the world’s most uncomfortable dinner party courtesy of Mike’s latest cinematic punishment: Sushi Girl (2012), a post-Tarantino crime flick where the tension is raw, the violence is extra crispy, and the titular sushi girl lies perfectly still while a bunch of washed-up crooks yell at each other in between flashbacks. Mark Hamill wonderfully hams it up, Tony Todd tries to class up the joint, and somewhere in the middle a rogue's gallery of B-movie/slumming A-list stars arrive; including Michael Biehn, Danny Trejo, Sonny Chiba, Jeff Fahey and Noah Hathaway, the now all-grown-up guy who played Atreyu from The Neverending Story! Jay tries to figure out if this is a crime thriller, a food safety violation, or both, and then the guys count down their Bottom Five Meals—cinematic servings of food so unappetizing they’ll have you reaching for antacid. And if all that weren’t enough to settle your stomach, the guys close out the show by paying tribute to the recently-passed Tony Todd with a memorial tribute round of Kick Two, Pick Two. So grab your chopsticks, question your life choices, and join the podcast that wields films like deadly weapons where, like sushi, revenge is served cold.
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Episode 48: Coyote Ugly and Bottom Five Needledrops
Jay sends Mike boot-scootin’ straight into the tequila-soaked hellscape of Coyote Ugly (2000)—a movie where dreams are big, tank tops are small, and apparently all of life’s problems can be solved with a gratuitous bar-top dance number. Was egregious cinematic leering over Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks, Maria Bello and Bridget Moynahan enough to help Mike endure the twangy torment of this feature-length soundtrack commercial? The guys will answer that and ponder many other existential questions, such as "who cleans up this alcohol-drenched and glass-littered horror show of a bar each night?" After the main review, the guys pull out their Bottom Five Needledrops—those cringeworthy moments when Hollywood smashed the “play” button on the most ill-fitting, and often most-overused, songs imaginable. Finally, they wrap things up with a rowdy round of Dueling Double Bills, slinging movie pairings with all the reckless abandon of a bartender spraying down a row of shot glasses. So dust off your cowboy boots, leave your inhibitions at the door, and remember: this podcast doesn’t do water, and it sure as hell doesn’t do requests!
Om Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons
Two friends and unabashed movie geeks, whose relationship is based almost entirely on antagonism, assign each other horrible films to watch and review. This bad-movie podcast hits you when you're not looking right where the sun don't shine! Learn more at the website!
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