Ex Rated Movies

This week we discussed Sarah Polley’s color-saturated exploration of romance and its pitfalls, Take This Waltz (2011). Why won’t Tom Hiddleston return our emails? Why would Ryan voluntarily watch a fat harvesting documentary? Why does Matt have a squid beak “down there”? Answers to these questions and a sensational plate-spinning act on this episode of Ex Rated

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is a magnificent spectacle of a farce that delights as it dazzles. It’s our sincere pleasure to talk about it. You’re invited to be an earwitness to us imagining Tilda Swinton helming her own Disneyland-ride-based movie franchise and the lengths Matt will go in order to get a bootleg copy of Feist covering Leonard Cohen. Ex Rated: Blowing the lid off Big Eye since 2017.

Buckle up kids, we’re watching The American Astronaut (2001). It’s a criminally underrated cowboy space musical with daddy issues and an oddball sense of humor. Also discussed: the winning formula of sitcoms, Terry Gilliam’s rudeness, and Ryan’s latest phrenological diagnosis. It’s the first NAMBLA approved episode of Ex Rated!

Get out your hankies, it’s time to watch Starting Again aka Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story starring Joan and Melissa Rivers (1994). It’s a made-for-TV docudrama with a bad case of Julie and Julia syndrome. Also included: Ryan’s attempt to describe a langolier, Matt’s discovery that Animal Room is no Persona, and a guest appearance by Magnum Broadwater P.I. Ex Rated: We miss you, Joan!

For a healthy dose of giant robots fighting giant monsters, look no further than Guillermo Del Toro’s better-than-most blockbuster attempt, Pacific Rim (2013). Matt fawns over Charlie Hunnam, Ryan experiences a double event, and the English language fails weed eaters. Ex Rated: Our Nihilism’s Up!

We’re back! Join us as we take a look at the Patton Oswald-starring existential dark comedy, Big Fan (2009). Is Jennifer Coolidge a suitable replacement for Ryan? How about McGruff the crime dog? Jerry Seinfeld, ’N Sync, and the ghost of Jumpin’ Joe DiMaggio are all invoked on this high stakes, season premiere episode of Ex Rated!

Two exes, two X’s. We’ve reached episode 20 and that means it’s time for another double feature! Extra special guest Bettina McKelvey joins us as we delve into two harrowing high school hellscape comedies: Heathers (1988) and Jawbreaker (1999). It’s going to be so very.

When it comes to Match Point (2005), Woody Allen’s luxurious yet cynical take on luck and lust, Matt and Ryan can agree on a score of love-love. We also imagine some extra crummy superpowers, think of ways to get Helen Mirren a Grammy, and hit up Jeff Bezos to fund Matt’s newest erotic thriller. All this and a tape reference on this episode of Ex Rated! Music bed by Peder B. Helland audiojungle.net/user/pederbhelland/portfolio

This week we take a deep dive into the bizarre yet intoxicating world of Guy Maddin with Cowards Bend the Knee (2003), a film about hockey, hand transplants, and so much more. We also discuss the number of Funcookers in the Oval Office, and Matt’s newest product, Jolt-In-Your-Junk. All this and a dance portion on this episode of Ex Rated! Now with 75% more horse anus!