Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons
Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan
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...
Episode 42: Beverly Hills Cop 3 and Bottom 5 Eddie Murphy Performances
In this episode, the guys perform a Filmjitsu first, dedicating most of a show to a single Hollywood star when Jay slaps Mike with a sequel so bad it derailed a franchise for thirty years! But despite the movie being too little of a comedy to be funny and too little of an action flick to provide any thrills, "Beverly Hills Cop 3" is the perfect launchpad to discuss the career of Eddie Murphy (while also touching on the tailspin of director John Landis's career). In counting off their "Bottom 5 Eddie Murphy Performances," the guys observe the highs and unfathomable lows of the formerly edgy, foul-mouthed comedian who somehow ended up in a never-ending career detour of donning fat suits and making fart jokes. Mike and Jay next take their own detour away from Murphy by playing a quick game of "Dueling Double Bills" before Mike announces his revenge by revealing what Jay will have to watch next time. Because while "Beverly Hills Cop 3" took Axel Foley off the streets for 30 years, your intrepid bad-movie enthusiasts here at Filmjitsu know there’s no statute of limitations on cinematic punishment!
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Episode 41: Thumb Wars & Bat Thumb and Bottom 5 Movie Gimmicks
There are two guys that host Filmjitsu, and despite the fact they regularly bludgeon one another with cinematic munitions, one nearly took on so much damage with this episode that the war of the worst nearly ended. Find out how two of Steve Odekirk's "Thumbation" movies—"Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle" and "Bat Thumb"—somehow managed to, despite very short runtimes, drive one host to audibly drink away his pain whilst recording (stick around for the outtake). And if that's not enough, the guys go on to list their Bottom Five Movie Gimmicks which are cinematic tricks and ideas that try to get butts in seats but instead lead to eyes rolling to the back of the head. Finally, the guys pluck two VERY random movies from the internether which they must immediately build two competing double features from in their own latest gimmick, a game called "Dueling Double Bills." All this plus one really killer intro kicks off the first regular episode of the New Year in enjoyably agonizing style!
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2024 "'Jitsu Awards" Year-in-Review Special and Bottom Five Movies Watched in 2024
Happy New Year, all you bad-movie enthusiasts! In celebration of the past 12-months during which the guys watched 25 mostly wretched flicks for the show, Mike and Jay are taking their second annual look back at last year's movie viewing highpoints - no matter how few and far between they may have been - and handing out the 2024 'Jitsu Awards for those moments and talents that made their main reviews bearable. Who will win the nine awards on deck, which include the usual acting and filmmaking categories as well as Best Stunt, Best Love Scene and Best Death Scene? Don't expect it to be anyone other film podcasts talk about! But before the guys debate their consensus pick for Best Picture, they provide their bottom five movies viewed over the last year, a list of ten movies that were truly deadly weapons that they ran into largely on their own! How two dudes running a podcast about terrible movies somehow manage to sit through garbage even when not watching stuff for the show remains a mystery for the ages, but hey... it makes for a heck of a fun listen!
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2024 Holiday Special: Red One and Bottom Five Secret Organizations
Happy Holidays, ya bleedin' E-jits! Filmjitsu, your favorite bad movie podcast, is celebrating a few days off from work with... The Rock, Captain America, Joan Watson and J. Jonah Jameson? Yeah, while it was only in theaters for as long as if takes Santa to down a plate of cookies, Mike and Jay somehow managed to catch the Amazon Studios mega-budget action-comedy-Christmas flick, "Red One," a critically-lambasted mishmash of a "...Has Fallen" movie with, well, "Elf?" Did the guys get the coal they expected in their stockings, or was there a Christmas miracle that led to them liking the movie? Find out during their main review and then stick around while they list off their "Bottom Five Secret Organizations," a list of covert, usually massive, groups working under the radar of normal society to perform typically nefarious (and frequently absurd) agendas. After that, the guys try out a new game called "Dueling Double-Bills" which has them building competing double features out of two randomly-generated Holiday Films! Like every December, this episode is stuffed with revelations, disappointment, laughter and announced grievances, so have a listen while cozying up by the yule log this week!
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Episode 40: Pretty Woman and Bottom 5 Beloved Films
When Jay unleashed 1990's much-loved "Pretty Woman" on Mike, he knew they'd be in for a discussion that might get them in hot water with the millions upon millions of viewers that label the romantic comedy a "classic." There aren't many movies that have appeared on the show that were, at the time of their release, NUMBER FIVE in the list of all-time box office earners. And yet here the guys are, checking to see if one of the most iconic love stories cinema has ever served up is actually... any good? If that's not a bold enough move, your intrepid bad movie enthusiasts next count down their Bottom Five Beloved Films, a list of popular, much-adored favorites that they personally cannot stand! As contentious and contrarian a list as could be imagined, Mike and Jay may well be daring the audience to use deadly weapons against them, but things become more threatening as each reveal a pick that's beloved by the other, resulting in some pretty hostile exchanges! Finally, the guys end the show on a happy note with some friendly messages from a few "Eejits," or fans of the show who sent in voice messages and emails, before revealing the film they're watching for this year's shared Christmas episode!
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