Most Impactful Films

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Most Impactful Films

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Do you have those films that stuck with you throughout your life that no matter what you always remember them? Today on our 200th episode we talk about the movies that whether they were amazing, horrible, or just plain nostalgic, we can't help but love them. As always we wanna know what films stuck with you through thick and thin as we discuss our most impactful films.

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Sep 13, 2021

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Hosted by Frank and Zach, this is a podcast all about film discussion. We talk movies, directors, actors, cinematographers, and everything in-between.

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Die Hard: In the first edition of Fa-Lala-la-films, We discuss the best holiday movie ever made, Die Hard. The film that really broke Bruce Willis into the action world of cinema follows him as a young New York cop traveling to visit his wife for a Christmas party... by Roll The Credits
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Upgrade: Do you know that little voice in your head that you hear every once in awhile in deep thought? Well, image if the voice in your head was not yours and that little voice also had full control of your entire body. Set in a somewhat near future, technology ... by Roll The Credits
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Fight Club: For the first time in our podcast, we are unable to talk about this film. The first rule of Fight Club is, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB. A very iconic line to an even more iconic film as a man who has lost everything finds himself living with a man w... by Roll The Credits
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: In a groundbreaking film for its time, Jack Nicholson stars as Randle McMurphy, a man brought to a mental institute for evaluation on whether or not he will be sent to prison or remain there. A film with heartwarming comedy still somehow manages to pull ... by Roll The Credits
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Ex Machina: Turing Test-the testing of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligence equivalent to, or indistinguishable from that of a human being. A test that is the basis and a very real possibility in Alex Garland's feature film. A story that takes a young man spe... by Roll The Credits
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Directors Cut, Take 5: The movies that we love and cherish would be nothing without the men and women behind the camera itself. In a new mini-series, every Friday for the next month we will be counting down our top 5 favorite directors and why. An insightful new series that wi... by Roll The Credits
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American Psycho: Imagine knowing someone for years, spending almost every day with them, thinking you know exactly who they are, but do you? Based on the book from the same name Patrick Bateman is a New York yuppie who just so happens to also kill people. A deep psycholo... by Roll The Credits
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Never Let Me Go: What if all of your life you were brought up to believe that you were a normal human, only to then realize that you are actually a clone. On top of this, designed only to donate vital organs to people who need them. In this sci-fi style romance film, we ... by Roll The Credits
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Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back: A long time ago, in a podcast far far away we discuss, in our opinion, one of the best Star War Films ever made in Episode 5, Empire Strikes Back. A continuation from A New Hope we follow as the rebel alliance has won the battle, but not the war. Luke Sk... by Roll The Credits
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Django Unchained: A slave turned bounty hunter, A bounty hunter turned mentor and friend, A plantation owner holding all the cards against them. Today we discuss another fantastic Tarintino film as Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a man on a mission to save his wife from the o... by Roll The Credits
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Wakefield: Have you ever had the feeling that you can't deal with your life anymore? Wanting to be completely free with no strings attached? What some would say a mid-life crisis, others would say borders on insanity as a man decides to watch his family from up in ... by Roll The Credits
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The Man Who Fell to Earth: When a far off planet loses its water supply a traveler from another world comes to visit in plain sight. In the 1976 film, David Bowie stars as an alien coming to earth in hopes of transferring water back to his dying planet and family. While here, he s... by Roll The Credits
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Color out of Space: "It was just a color out of space, a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all nature as we know it" A film that does a lot of things right for an adaptation that also falls back heavily at times with cliches. A gorgeous film to wat... by Roll The Credits
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No Country for Old Men: A film that takes you on a journey as a man finds a large amount of money after a drug bust gone wrong, now on the run as a bounty hunter chases him down all across Texas and Mexico. A perfect example of tension building at its finest as every corner is ... by Roll The Credits
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Wild 2014: In today's episode, we discuss a powerful film in Wild. A young woman who is beaten down by life struggling to cope with her mother's death turns to a life of sex and drug abuse leading to her divorce. In doing so she decides to walk the trail known as t... by Roll The Credits
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Acting Chops #2: As we draw closer to our number one picks we first have to talk about the runner ups. First, we discuss Robert De Niro, a household name who has been one of the most recognizable and talented actors in history for his performances in Taxi Driver, Raging ... by Roll The Credits
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Dredd: In the future, Mega City 1 is inhabited by over 8 million people, a city forged by crime and drugs. In this world, the police must be judge, jury, and executioner and the best they have is Judge Dredd. Followed by his psychic mutant partner, Judge Anders... by Roll The Credits
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John Q: How far would you be willing to save your child? Would you be willing to do whatever it takes? Denzel Washington plays John Quincy Archibald, a man struggling to raise the money to save his son after finding out he has weeks to live if unable to receive ... by Roll The Credits
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American Beauty: What happens when a man who works at a job he doesn't care about, has a wife who doesn't love him and has a daughter that hates him? He goes through a mid-life crisis and starts working out, smoking weed and fantasizing about his daughter's friend. This ... by Roll The Credits
44 min listen
Logan: An unstoppable weapon cut down by the inevitable fate of time itself. Logan is an R rated comic book film done correctly. Following Logan, otherwise known as Wolverine, in the future when the fight for mutant rights is as extinct as they themselves and a... by Roll The Credits
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The Lobster: In his first American film by Yorgos Lanthimos, he explores some themes that make this one of our favorite films to date as the final one we have to discuss. In a nutshell, this film focuses on the theme of co-dependency with a dystopian world, and one v... by Roll The Credits
32 min listen
Nocturnal Animals: A woman receives a manuscript from her first husband and while reading, brings back memories of how their marriage fell apart. Simultaneously, the film also tells the manuscript, a man out for revenge against the people who captured and killed his family... by Roll The Credits
44 min listen
Pacific Rim: In the year 2020, we thought monsters would eventually come from the sky, we were wrong, unaware that they would come from the water below. Creatures known as Kaiju came to destroy the world, the only answer? The Jaeger program, giant robots built to sa... by Roll The Credits
31 min listen
Almost Famous: "Music is the purest and most genuine form of expression". A phrase that is very true to this film as we follow a young journalist for the Rolling Stones magazine on a journey with the band Still Water to write a story while on tour. A film with a sincer... by Roll The Credits
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Yesterday: "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away" a line from The Beatles song that works well with this film. A struggling musician, Jack Malik appears to be the only person in the world who remembers The Beatles music then using their songs as a way to b... by Roll The Credits
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Bronson: Welcome to his "hotel" as we discuss Britains most dangerous prisoner. Bronson follows the true story of Charlie Bronson played by Tom Hardy as we follow his journey in isolation of 34 years in prison. A film with great camera work and one of Tom Hardy's... by Roll The Credits
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Directors Cut, Take 1: In our final installment of Directors Cut, we agree there is only one person in our opinions to hold the title and that would be none other than Quentin Tarantino. A man who has such a love for film and storytelling, piecing together some of our favorite... by Roll The Credits
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Inside Man: In the inaugural 50th episode, Zach and Frank decide to take part in a bank heist as we discuss Spike Lee's Inside Man. A clever take on a bank heist film filled with twists and turns, Denzel Washington plays a detective tasked with trying to negotiate w... by Roll The Credits
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Character Studies-Arthur Fleck: We're back with another character study with one of the most well-known characters in comic books and recent film. Today we discuss the mentally troubled Arthur Fleck and how society abandoned him and drove him to what he would be renowned for. A great s... by Roll The Credits
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