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Julie & Julia with Romilly Newman

Alas, our Nora Ephron series has come to an end! For our last ep, we’re happy we get to end on a high note and a touch of the Tucc… with 2009’s Julie & Julia. Returning to not only offer ...

Mission: Impossible 3

It’s hard enough constantly saving the world at the last possible minute. But is the ultimate impossible mission actually marriage?! It’s 2006 and the third entry in the franchise finds Ethan H...

Bewitched with Dana Schwartz

Years were spent trying to figure out the perfect way to bring back the 60s sitcom, Bewitched. The result was a confusing, critical bomb. How do you go wrong with a hot Oscar winner, SNL star, a ha...

Mission: Impossible 2

Tommy’s back for M:i-2! John Woo's bird and mask reveal-filled sequel is notoriously always ranked at the bottom of the Mission franchise. But can it be redeemed by Limp Bizkit, motorcycle jousti...

Lucky Numbers with Alex Ross Perry

It’s an extra-sized episode featuring director Alex Ross Perry for this strange film about lotteries or something. Which Seinfeld characters are the Two Friends, Ben, and Ang? What awesome tidbit...

You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber

AOL may have aged out but has this classic rom-com? We invited Who? Weekly's very own Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger to discuss another Nora Ephron box office hit–You've Got Mail (1998). We get i...

Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia

Written by Nora and Delia Ephron. Directed by Diane Keaton. Starring Keaton, Meg Ryan, and Lisa Kudrow as sisters. It's the Avengers for 30+ year old white women! Before we get to M:I 2, we're taki...

Michael with Kevin Porter

This week, Blank Check tackles one of film’s greatest mysteries, John Travolta’s career in the 90s. In Michael (1996), he plays an angel who visits earth to bring people together, but get thisâ...

Mission: Impossible

Your mission should you choose to accept it… is an extremely silly hang with the Blank Check crew. From movie 1, it’s clear you guys made the right call with our first Patreon March Madness cha...

Mixed Nuts with Charles Rogers

The friends are joined by Search Party director Charles Rogers to discuss this mixed bag of mixed messages of a Christmas movie that shows maybe Norah Ephron can't do black comedies. Don't worry if...

Toy Story 4

Before we dive into those impossible missions, we gotta go on one last adventure with Griffin's favorite pals! It's time for Toy Story 4 (2019), released after a decade of development (and weirdly ...

Sleepless in Seattle with Katey Rich

Only Nora Ephron could make a rom-com where the leads interact for 2 minutes an instant classic. The BC crew makes a Tom and Meg inspired long distance call to Katey Rich (Vanity Fair) for Ephron's...

This Is My Life with Michelle Collins

"Everything is copy." is the code Ephron lived by and no film fit that better than her directorial debut, This is My Life (1992). After the success of When Harry Met Sally, Nora and Delia Ephron te...

Toy Story Toons

This bonus BC:SF takes a deep dive into the extended Toy Story franchise. Griffin, David and Ben discuss the 2 television specials (the Halloween-themed Toy Story of Terror! and the Christ...

When Harry Met Sally... with Dana Stevens

It laid the groundwork for her entire film career. It set the mold for every rom-com that followed. Though it wasn’t her directorial debut, you just don’t do Nora Ephron without covering When H...

Toy Story 3

There was a decade between this and 2, but was it worth the wait? Toy Story 3 (2010) gives you a serious animation upgrade, an unfortunate Lasseter parallel, and one hell of a prison break sequence...

Stargate

It's a Ben's Choice bay-bee! Dry, dusty tombs ✓ Crazy convoluted tech ✓ Vast intergalactic conspiracies? ✓✓✓ 1994's Stargate really does have it all. This week Ben gets to makes his case ...

Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

You're entering a world of a b-b-b-bonus ep! We couldn't wrap up George Miller series without covering the totally bizarre Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). We specifically dive into Miller's remake...

Mad Max: Fury Road with Emily Yoshida

Emily Yoshida (Night Call podcast) joins #thetwofriends to discuss George Miller's magnum opus Mad Ma...

Toy Story 2

Well, Checkmates that day has finally come. Griffin’s top favorite film of all time: Toy Story 2. David, Ben and Ang did their best to rein him in remotely, but there is only so much they could r...

Happy Feet Two with Sara Rubin

Visual artist Sara Rubin joins BC this week to discuss Miller’s second dancing penguin movie! Together with #thetwofriends t...

Toy Story

To Infinity and Beyond! BC:SF begins a new commentary series on the Toy Story franchise. Griffin, David, Ben and Ang recently connected over Virtual Nice to discuss the landmark first ...

Happy Feet with Caitlin Durante

Caitlin Durante (The Bechdel Cast) joins #thetwofriends to discuss Miller's first foray into animation with 2006's Happy Feet.

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Babe: Pig in the City with Travis McElroy

Who is 1998's Babe: Pig in the City for? Is it for kids? Stoners? Four grown adults attempting to navigate a national pandemic? This is the question Travis McElroy (My Brother, My Brother and Me, A...

Babe with Emily Yoshida

BAA RAM EWE!!! George Miller didn't direct Babe (an infamous point of contention we dive into) but we couldn't not cover this 1995 classic. Griffin, David, Ang, and Emily Yoshida called each other ...

Lorenzo's Oil with Bilge Ebiri

Hard to believe we're already halfway through our George Miller series! This week Bilge Ebiri (Vulture) returns to talk about one of his favorite films, 1992's Lorenzo's Oil. Starring Susan Sarando...

The Rise of Skywalker

And so BC:SF wraps up it’s series on the Star Wars franchise with our first remote commentary episode! Griffin, David, Ben and Ang separately together watched Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise o...

The Witches of Eastwick with K. Austin Collins

Film critic K. Austin Collins (Vanity Fair) returns to Blank Check for an episode covering 1987’s fantasy comedy, The Witches of Eastwick. Together with #thetwofriends they discuss author John Up...

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with David Ehrlich

Together, #thetwofriends and returning guest David Ehrlich (IndieWire) talk about not just the Thunderdome, but go beyond to examine Tina Turner’s filmography, why the children of the wasteland a...

Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson

In honor of reaching our 5K goal #thetwofriends, joined by Trolls mastermind and provocateur Richard Lawson, attended Trolls: The Experience in midtown Manhattan back in late December of 2...