The Fogies followed a well-planned yet circuitous path and found themselves suddenly at the slaughterhouse. Our final regular film is about that wonder, that legend, Temple Grandin! Film fans see in pictures too, Temple. Thanks for taking us out of the world on a wave of serenity. Temple Grandin - dir. Mick Jackson - 2010…

She’s ‘bout that diamond —that baseball diamond. But also buyin’ —the cow, by lyin’. She’s feelin’ matrimonial. Her friends all bitch and moan, y’all. But one’s been bidin’ —his time, not tryin’. Players - dir. Trish Sie - 2024Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Stop making sense! Who hasn’t been simultaneously charmed and terrified of Nicolas Cage at some point? The Fogies weren’t sleepin’ on this movie. But in this difficult modern world, perhaps we have all forgotten how to dream. Dream Scenario - dir. Kristoffer Borgli - 2023Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Kylie Minogue plays a One Boy Girl in a one horse town, and this Impossible Princess meets a greaser twink with big city lights in his eyes. Of all the bad influences, is Love the worst one? The Delinquents - dir. Chris Thomson - 1989Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

From being tagged in a photo, to a toe tag. You never know who may be literally Following you—you’ll be saying OOMF as they bash in your head. Influencer - dir. Kurtis David Harder - 2022Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

We need a sequel—call it “Blood Run Cold”—that follows Gavey, now obviously a serial killer known as The Subtractor, making calculated kills that slowly corner Oliver until the only person who can keep him out of prison is Gavey himself. And they live together in stalemate at Saltburn, forever. Saltburn - dir. Emerald Fennell - 2023…

Are you an Italian who Italians everything Italian, and Italian Italian until it Italians? Then Italian Italian Italian! But some Lesbians Italian too. Alto - dir. Mikki del Monico - 2015Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

NEW EPISODE: “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. The perfect gift for everyone on your Christmas list! The Holdovers - dir. Alexander Payne - 2023Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Just because you’re buried, doesn’t mean you’re dead. As the Wyrm turns, he shifts the ground slightly under his friends and family. The Fogies were charmed by this oddball survivor! Wyrm - dir. Christopher Winterbauer - 2019Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Otto, like Auto, as in all by yourself, under your own power, no help! The Fogies watched a movie about a very lonely and self-sufficient man with strong views on AUTOmobiles, whose community said ‘Won’t you be our neighbor?’ A Man Called Otto - dir. Marc Forster - 2022Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Happy holiday! Not the one you’re thinking of. The San Gennaro Festival that happened on those Mean Streets in 1973! The movie completes a theme with Shelly’s first movies of S1 & S2, Captain Fantastic and For Your Consideration. A 50th Anniversary for our 50th episode! Mean Streets - dir. Martin Scorsese - 1973…

The Fogies watched Million Dollar Baby! This is what Aric thought Boxing Helena was about. Boy, was he wrong. Not exactly a “title” “match.” Except for that one scene. The movie completes a theme with Ruth’s first movies of S1 & S2, The Intouchables and Me Before You. Million Dollar Baby - dir. Clint Eastwood - 2004…

He just wants to camp with young boys in peace! The Fogies get civic-minded in terrified anticipation of the coming presidential election, with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The movie completes Fahad’s itinerant theme with his first movies of S1 & S2, Ingrid Goes West and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - dir. Frank Capra - …

Sin-Dee Rella has a Prince, but he’s not what you might picture. And technically her romantic rival is the one that loses a shoe. The Fogies got into the holiday spirit, or at least learned to better appreciate what we have, with Tangerine! The movie completes a tasty theme with Aric’s first movies of S1 and S2, A Clockwork Orange and The Fruit Mac…

School may be out for the holiday, but the Fogies are back in session with our first episode of Season 3: Teacher! Connecting back to her first movies of S1 and S2, The Kindergarten Teacher and We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tikia completes a theme about disturbed students and teachers, inappropriate relationships between the two, and school violence…

Bonus episode! See the world—or at least airport-gift-shop-postcard versions of it—with the Fogies and our special guests, Max and Violet! The mischievous Chipmunks and Chipettes get carried away, literally, into a global diamond-smuggling ring. But we wouldn’t trade these cuddly critters for all the cash-stuffed dolls in the world. The Chipmunk Ad…

SEASON FINALE: Like syphilis, Florence’s joie de vivre is contagious. The Fogies were dazzled, charmed, and swept away in a crescendo of cringe. Florence Foster Jenkins - dir. Stephen Frears - 2016Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Tar is a quagmire. And the titular TÁR’s life has become one. The truth will out: “Time is the thing” as Lydia Tár herself says. Ironically, *runtime* is what most Fogies took issue with. TÁR - dir. Todd Field - 2022Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

They gave each other just enough to hang themselves with. The Fogies watched Rope! Inviting a third into the relationship is often more than a couple can survive, especially if they murder him together. Rope - dir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1948Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

People usually put on a pervy mustache to go incognito, but this guy shaved his off! That’s right, it’s Donnie Brasco, the cutest member of the boy band known as The Mob. He sang like a canary though, or rather a stool pigeon, and that’s all he wrote. (Based on a book.) Donnie Brasco - dir. Mike Newell - 1997…

Bad taste can be hard to swallow, if you still have a gag reflex like most of the Fogies. We were hoisted with our own petard watching Tromeo & Juliet! The Fogies subjected themselves to many beasts with two backs, and a couple children with three faces. To thou and thine who perpend this ravin endeavor, we wish you luck. Tromeo & Juliet - dir. Llo…

The Fogies watched Mike Flanagan’s Hush! Let’s be fair, if you move to an isolated house in the woods alone, you’re asking for it, right?? Sorry, we don’t mean to blame the victim. NB: The irony is not lost on us that this is a podcast episode for a movie with a deaf main character. Hush - dir. Mike Flanagan - 2016…

Billy, don’t be a hero. Nah, forget it, Billy is the GOAT. Disaster may have been averted in the movie, but the Fogies had a BLAST with this one! If you’re a terrorist, these students are gonna school ya. Toy Soldiers - dir. Daniel Petrie Jr. - 1991Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

We do a deep dive into our ratings history courtesy of Tableau data vizzes! The Hateful Rate, Rate Crazy Nights, Rate Legged Freaks, Butterfield Rate, Rate-a-touille, Rate and Leopold, Rate Night, The Wedding Rate, Enemy of the Rate, The Rate-est Showman, Rate Balls of Fire, The Rate Stuff… that’s right, we didn’t cover ANY of these terrible puns! …

When GoodFellas was first released on DVD in March 1997, it was a single disc that you had to flip over for viewing the second half. Please feel free to flip yourselves in the middle of this extra long episode, to avoid bed sores. A saga for a saga. GoodFellas - dir. Martin Scorsese - 1990Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

The Fogies are abuzz with the feels over Tell It to the Bees, though the Vada Sultenfusses deep inside us all watched in fear. We tried telling it to the bees, but they weren’t listening, so the Fogies told it to each other. Tell It to the Bees - dir. Annabel Jankel - 2018Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

One might say we can’t see past the ends of our noses, but we’d really be fibbing if we said we didn’t like this movie! The Fogies each found a home inside the hollow chest of one wooden boy. Join us before the bombs drop! Pinocchio - dir. Guillermo del Toro - 2022Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

‘Appy ‘Olidays from Mrs. ‘Arris! Tailor-made for some Fogies, a bit ill-fitting for others, however we all welcomed the joy this movie sparked in our winter collection. Mrs. ‘Arris is a-Dior-able!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

The Old Fogies aren’t sure who to blame, but it’s definitely not OUR fault! Someone definitely should’ve had a conversation about Kevin before 2011, and the Fogies hope we’re still talking about him today. Not to get too chicken-or-the-egg, but was Ezra Miller cast as Kevin, or was Kevin cast as Ezra Miller? We Need to Talk About Kevin - dir. Lynne…

The Old Fogies squirm in their theater seats watching a group of desperate actors get twisted up in knots at the mere thought of recognition for a movie called "Home for Thanksgiving." Collagen, compromise, and cringe, oh my. For Your Consideration - dir. Christopher Guest - 2006Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

The Old Fogies watched Emilia Clarke get swept off her feet by a man whose feet never touch the ground. But then the other kitschy shoe drops, and she receives a devastating performance review. Me Before You - dir. Thea Sharrock - 2016Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

In this one, gay men try to steal dolphin symbolism right out from under lesbians’ (bottle?) noses. How very dare they. It’s soapy, but there’s plenty of water imagery to wash it down with. The Fruit Machine - dir. Phillip Saville - 1988Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

SEASON FINALE! What’s The Truth About You? And are you brave enough to confront it? With the sudden and terrifying rise in anti-LGBTQA+ hate crimes around the world, the Fogies close out Pride month with The Truth About Jane—a rather tame, but certainly personal and emotional story about a gay youth experiencing hate and rejection but learning to l…

Ruth invites you to our final movie of the season! Coming Wednesday, June 29!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Michelle Pfeiffer, white oleanders, milk. Pretty and poisonous. Hey, if you’re lactose intolerant, milk is a real bitch. But Ms. Pfeiffer only plays poisonous in 2002’s White Oleander, and, just like her young on-screen daughter, the Fogies are in her thrall. We all endeavor to differentiate ourselves from our parents in our teen years, though usua…

Tikia invites you to our latest movie, coming Wednesday, June 15!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

You can never go home again, as they say, especially once you’ve been put IN a home. To launch Pride 2022, the Fogies watched Todd Stephens’s Swan Song, and though our hero still has a TWINK-le in his eye, the world he knew has faded from memory. As we celebrate our freedom and how far we’ve come, let’s BEAR in mind the insidious elements in our so…

Here comes Pride! Aric invites you to our latest movie, coming Wednesday, June 1!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

The Fogies were so hypnotized by Harvey Keitel’s hair in Taxi Driver, that we were compelled to assassinate… filmic good taste! Just kidding - we managed not to embarrass ourselves too badly as reviewers, nor be radicalized into hate-filled, incel vigilantes. But damn, he do have that Pantene shine.Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Robert NeDiro* invites you to our latest movie, assigned by his mother, coming Wednesday, May 18! *Not his real name.Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

They say this cat Diane Wiest is a bad mother– (Shut your mouth!) But we’re talkin' 'bout Diane Wiest! (Then we can dig it.) The Fogies watched a reprehensible Rosamund Pike fight a comically ineffective Peter Dinklage over the liberty of one elderly mother, a badass that the script wastes with no agency for recourse on her own. Prepare yourself fo…

Fahad invites you to our latest movie, assigned by his little ole self, coming Wednesday, May 4!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Welcome to Spice World! No, not Dune, but Earth during the late 90s. The Fogies were inspired to reminisce even longer than the film’s 93 minutes, delighted by the girls taking the piss and hamming it up; it’s quite the wild ride, innit? Mad rhymes. We are the greatest generation, because at 16 the Spice Girls taught us all of life’s great lessons:…

Listen to us charmingly invite you to our special 25th movie celebration! Episode arrives Wednesday, April 20!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Laddies and Gentlewomen, brace yourself for the origin story of Rain Man, a superhero with incredible powers of memory and calculation who saves Tom Cruise from himself. Or at least that’s what one of our lil’ Fogies thought the film was about as a child. We’ve revisited this as adults after decades of cultural evolution regarding the subject matte…

Surprise! Bonus Episode! Special Guest Fogey Stewart assigns us Chinatown, but Jake Gittes isn’t the only one who doesn't know what’s going on…one of our Fogies is a Fool and has secretly not watched the film. They must convince us that they have while we tell tall tales to trip them up. Happy April Fool’s Day!…

Tikia invites you to our next episode featuring her latest movie on the marquee, coming April 6!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

The Fogies survived Vox Lux! They really missed an opportunity here to cover the Bee Gees’ “Tragedy” in the style of STEPS. Pop music can be an escape from the horrors of life – unless, of course, you’re the one making it, and then it’s a prison of your own design. At least that seems to be the message from Natalie Portman’s incredible performance …

Aric invites you, in his own “special" way, to our next episode featuring his latest movie on the marquee, coming March 23!Por Fahad & Aric & Ruth & Tikia & Shelly

Order up an oats soda and paint your toenails green, Seamus, the Fogies are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with…The Big Lebowski! Like a Coen Brothers’ movie: don’t question it. It works. Just go with it. Look, the Fogies aren’t responsible for the 90s, we just came of age during them. Get off our backs, man. Take a cue from The Dude in this modern …