Episode 185 - Best Picture 1992 - Unforgiven

Director/star Clint Eastwood's early career was defined by Westerns.  With 1992's Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Unforgiven, Eastwood created the definitive Western.  Packed with rich characters played by world-class actors like Gene Hackman (The French Connection) - who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption, most films you've seen) - who should have, Richard Harris (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), and the incomparable Saul Rubinek (Nixon, The Contender).  Gorgeously shot, beautifully scored, and tragically sad, Unforgiven is a modern masterpiece.  This week's episode features our good friend Danny P. 

Episode 128 - Sully

Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks collaborate to bring the relatively-true-ish story of the absolutely-true "miracle on the Hudson" to the silver screen.  Backed with an impressive cast of character actors, and Michael Rappaport, Sully puts in the cockpit and the cabin (and four different flight simulators) for the fateful flight.

Episode 088 - Best Picture 2004 - Million Dollar Baby

2004's Million Dollar Baby is the only Academy Award winner for Best Picture to feature a Morgan Freeman voiceover, which is surprising given the sheer number of options available.  Clint Eastwood's tragically powerful boxing tale features great performances from its leads and one of the most insane, out-of-left-field plot turns in cinematic history  

Listen to this podcast to hear the guys discuss:

What they liked:

• Terrific, committed performances by Swank, Freeman, and Eastwood
• The powerful third act
• The insane plot twist

What they did not like:

• A weak subplot featuring Jay Baruchel and Anthony Mackie
• A more-languid-than-usual-even-for-Eastwood pace
• Asshole characters

Episode 054 - American Sniper

Bradley Cooper headlines Clint Eastwood's take on American Sniper, an adaptation of the autobiography of Chris Kyle whom some have called the deadliest sniper in American military history.  This movie, nominated for 6 Academy Awards, came on like a tank at the box office breaking records and becoming the highest grossing war film in decades.  Check out the episode below to hear what the guys thought of this polarizing film.

- Still in theaters