Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 040: Jason’s Big Birthday Bash and White House Down (2013)

This EPIC 4-hour, 46-minute podcast episode is Jason’s actual online, virtual birthday party, where he has invited four friends and all you listeners to a MEGA-CAST extravaganza of solid gold movie recommendations! In this show, we talk about 126 movies (with surprisingly few repeats), as we give our picks for:

OUR TOP 5 MOST LIFE-CHANGING MOVIES

OUR TOP 10 MOVIES YOU SHOULD SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

OUR TOP 10 ALL-TIME FAVORITE (DESERT ISLAND) MOVIES

And, of course, we also review this week’s theater release, WHITE HOUSE DOWN. Your hosts are the usual suspects, and we’re joined by special guest DAVE BECKER Continue reading

125 Movie Picks From Jason’s Big Birthday Bash 2013


Dave Becker’s Top 5 Most Life-Changing Movies:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
2. Blazing Saddles (1974)
3. Sabotage (1936)
4. Fame (1980)
5. Alien (1979)

Josh’s Top 5 Most Life-Changing Movies:
1. The Lives of Others (2005)
2. Thumbsucker (2005)
3. The Tree of Life (2011)
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
5. Halloween (1978)

Karl’s Top 5 Most Life-Changing Movies:
1. Amadeus (1984)
2. The Ten Commandments (1956)
3. Gattaca (1997)
4. Jaws (1977)
5. …And Justice for All (1979)

Andy’s Top 5 Most Life-Changing Movies:
1. A Few Good Men (1992)
2. Very Bad Things (1998)
3. Se7en (1995)
4. The Invisible Kid (1988)
5. Rad (1986)

Jason’s Top 5 Most Life-Changing Movies:
1. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
2. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
3. My Life (1993)
4. Breakdown (1997)
5. Cinderella Man (2005)


Dave Becker’s Top 10 Movies You Should See (Before You Die):
1. Local Hero (1983)
2. The Lion in Winter (1968)
3. Vanishing Point (1971)
4. The Changeling (1980)
5. Cromwell (1970)
6. The Odd Couple (1968)
7. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
8. Ragtime (1981)
9. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
10. Advise & Consent (1962)

Josh’s Top 10 Movies You Should See (Before You Die):
1. All the President’s Men (1976)
2. The Act of Killing (2013)
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
4. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
5. Dogville (2003)
6. The Puffy Chair (2005)
7. Intolerance (1916)
8. The Celebration (1998)
9. Lost in La Mancha (2002)
10. Koyaanisqatsi (1982) and the Qatsi Trilogy

Karl’s Top 10 Movies You Should See (Before You Die):
1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
2. The King’s Speech (2010)
3. High Noon (1952)
4. The Kid (1921) | Modern Times (1936)
5. North by Northwest (1959)
6. Lincoln (2012)
7. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
8. Alien (1979)
9. Titanic (1997)
10. Manhunter (1986)

Andy’s Top 10 Movies You Should See (Before You Die):
1. Brick (2005)
2. Let the Right One In (2008)
3. Overnight (2003) and for additional context, The Boondock Saints (1999)
4. Jean de Florette (1986) and Manon of the Spring (1986)
5. The Son (2002)
6. Charade (1963)
7. The General (1926)
8. Misery (1990)
9. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
10. Chasing Ice (2012)

Jason’s Top 10 Movies You Should See (Before You Die):
1. The “Up” Documentary Series (1964 – 2012)
2. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
3. Running Scared (2006)
4. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
5. Frozen River (2008)
6. The Good Girl (2002)
7. Duane Hopwood (2005)
8. Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
9. John Q (2002)
10. Touching the Void (2003)


Dave Becker’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite (Desert Island) Movies:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
4. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
5. The Big Lebowski (1998)
6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8. Fargo (1996)
9. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
10. Spirited Away (2001)

Josh’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite (Desert Island) Movies:
1. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
2. Forget Paris (1995)
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
4. Rear Window (1954)
5. The Thing (1982)
6. The Lost Boys (1987)
7. Clue (1985)
8. The Beach (2000)
9. Bottle Rocket (1996)
10. Three Kings (1999) and Zodiac (2007)

Karl’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite (Desert Island) Movies:
1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Amadeus (1984)
4. Casablanca (1942)
5. The Great Escape (1963)
6. The Harry Potter franchise (2001 – 2011)
7. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Love Actually (2003)
10. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Andy’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite (Desert Island) Movies:
1. The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. 127 Hours (2010)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
7. Zombieland (2009)
8. The Bourne Trilogy (2002, 2004, 2007)
9. The Daniel Craig Bond Trilogy (2006, 2008, 2012)
10. My Blue Heaven (1990)

Jason’s Top 10 All-Time Favorite (Desert Island) Movies:
1. The Village (2004)
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. The Apostle (1997)
6. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
7. Adaptation. (2002)
8. 8 Mile (2002)
9. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
10. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)