Major Motion Problems

Major Motion Problems

Film and TV writers (and best buds) James and Kris watch every Best and Worst Picture winner to determine if they deserve their Oscar glory or Razzie infamy.

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October 23, 2025 75 mins

An in-depth look back at the Oscar-winning wartime drama The English Patient and the Kris-enraging Striptease.

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Time for a historical double feature! James and Kris spare no expense in their discussion of Richard Attenborough's Gandhi and Terence Young's Inchon.

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August 28, 2025 90 mins

James and Kris lament two tragedies: the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the existence of Kevin Costner's The Postman (nothing personal Kev, we love you!) 

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Just take a look at that episode title. Platoon and Howard the Duck. Two very different movies that both leave you with a terrible sense of doom.

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TW: This episode contains discussion of historical film story elements that include graphic violence.

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It's 2007. Criminal cowboys and possible secret twins are dominating cinemas. Jeeves has been removed from the search engine Ask Jeeves. What the heck is going on? Come take a trip back in time with James and Kris and find out.

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June 24, 2025 66 mins

Kris and James reflect on their cinematic journey and rank the 18 films they've watched so far from favorite to most hated. Spoiler: it's a weird list!

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TW: This episode contains discussion of film story elements that include SA.

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James breaks down one of the most problematic Oscar-winning films ever made and Kris explodes with glee over his all-time favorite summer blockbuster.

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Kris’ praise of The Departed leads him to suspect his co-host is a rat, while James is the latest alpha male to fall under the spell of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2.  

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James celebrates Robert Zemeckis' American epic Forrest Gump while Kris struggles to comprehend the Bruce Willis erotic thriller Color of Night. Oh boy.

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James and Kris go back to their 2008 college days to discuss the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire and the cinematic catastrophe known as The Love Guru.

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James and Kris discuss two of the highest grossing (but radically different) films of 1985: Out of Africa starring the great Meryl Streep and Rambo: First Blood Part II starring the pretty good Sylvester Stallone.

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A tale of two show business-themed movies from 1998 -- one worth watching, one not so much.

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March 5, 2025 95 mins

From Scottish legends to Vegas sleaze, James and Kris explore two of the most memorable films of 1995: Braveheart and Showgirls.

TW: This episode contains discussion of film story elements including SA and substance abuse.

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James and Kris go back to 2022 to dissect the films Everything Everywhere All at Once and Blonde.

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James and Kris discuss the 2004 Oscar-winning film Million Dollar Baby and its Golden Raspberry "loser" counterpart, Catwoman.

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