Dirty Sons of Pitches

Ben's newest solo podcast "The Anthologist" has been running for months, but now Ben has hit a new stage where he's trying out a special edition, a full "This Meets That" podcast where he watches "One Eyed Monster" and "The Shining" and come up with an unholy horror union. The result is something Ben has excitedly been pitching for years, a porn parody of Stanley Kubrick's classic that needs to be heard to be believed.

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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" have decided to look into the filmography of a favorite director of the 2010s, Bong Joon-ho, fresh off of his Oscar victories with "Parasite." The guys will be watching his second ever film, 2003's police thriller "Memories of Murder," for this week's classic movie. For the cult movie of this week, a friend suggested that Ben and Nate watch the horror musical 2008's "Repo: The Genetic Opera," and now Ben doesn't know if he should consider this person a friend any longer.

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Episode 269 includes:

-R.I.P. Ian Holm and Joel Schumacher.

-New names for the Gropers of the Week: Chris D'Elia, Jeffrey Ross, and the Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort.

-Ben heartily recommends "VFW" as good 80s heyday schlocky fun. 

-Classic Movie -- "Memories of Murder" (2003)

-BongJoon-ho's second film and big international breakthrough is a methodical police procedural about a real-life serial killer in 1980s South Korea.

-Cult Movie -- "Repo: The Genetic Opera" (2008)

-It's a weird musical with vivisection, Paris Hilton, and the director of Saw 2. How could Ben not love it?

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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are back and riding the rails of Hollywood for this week's double feature. The guys watch the 1985 Cannon classic "Runaway Train" and then follow that with 2016's popular zombie action movie from South Korea, "Train to Busan."

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Episode 268 includes:

-J.K. Rowling just can't seem to stop saying hurtful comments about trans people and doubling down.

-Reappraisals of racist media depictions like "Gone with the Wind" are heating up the culture wars.

-Nate thinks "The King of Staten Island" is an enjoyable showcase to the strengths of star, Pete Davidson.

-The ignoble "Artemis Fowl" feels like nobody simply gave a shit. Also, Josh Gad is terrifying.

-Classic Movie -- "Runaway Train" (1985)

-Jon Voight and Eric Roberts are escaped convicts who pick the wrong train to make a break for it in a Cannon film that was nominated for three Oscars including two acting Oscars!

-Cult Movie -- "Train to Busan" (2016)

-A South Korean speeding train filled with zombies is an exceedingly exciting action-horror movie that exemplifies great storytelling. Even non-horror fans will love it.

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While the "Dirty Sons of Pitches" ready another recording soon, fan of the show and occasional guest Alex Knerem has seen the "Artemis Fowl" movie on Disney+ and has several thoughts on what has transpired to a favorite book of his middle school years. Alex has submitted his own fan recording to get a few things off his manly chest about the disappointment he experienced.He even goes so far as to say, "This is my 'Cats'." Yikes.

If you'd like to submit a fan recording of your own "What the Hell Did We Just Watch?" edition for a bad or mystifying movie, we'll strongly consider sharing it on the DSOP channel for everyone to listen to your pain.

Send your submissions to boyfriendproject1@gmail.com

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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are welcoming special guest George to the podcast to discuss the classic movie, and only classic movie, this week, 1939's inspirational "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Listen to what George loves about the film, how it still makes him cry to this day, and about Ben's wild theory about the real sin of Mr. Smith hiding in plain sight.

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Episode 267 includes:

-The guy's welcome George and discuss, among other things, about.... sigh... taint moles.

-Netflix's "The Last Days of American Crime" is 150 minutes better spent doing just about anything else.

-Ben actually has good things to say about Kevin James as a villainous neo-Nazi in the horror movie "Becky."

-Classic Movie -- "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)

-The gents debate the Frank Capra civics lesson classic starring Jimmy Stewart as a regular guy who wants to shake up Washington. It's a George all-time favorite!

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The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" had some minor technical difficulties midway through so this week's discussion of both "Psycho" films, the 1960 original by Alfred Hitchcock and the 1998 remake from Gus van Sant, had to be recorded separately and spliced together. Hear Ben and Nate's thoughts on the two "Psychos", the idea of remaking art so precisely, and whether Hitchcock still works in a modern day media setting.

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Episode 266 includes:

-The world erupts in protests over police brutality, but will it stick this time and really change things? What does it mean when the "bad apples" are all there is?

-Ben goes all in on "Butt Boy," a cop thriller about a man who hides people up the portal inside his butt.

-Nate says "The Vast of Night" feels like a narrative-based podcast, though this isn't a bad thing for the right viewer.

-Classic Movie -- "Psycho" (1960)

-The genre-smashing original from Alfred Hitchcock that made people look at their showers differently.

-Cult Movie -- "Psycho" (1998)

-Gus van Sant's near shot-for-shot remake was released in 1998 to people asking, "Why bother?" Does it hold up better over time or is it a strange folly?

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