The Academy Academy

Al-dentity Crisis: Bobby Deerfield, ...and Justice for All, and Author! Author!

Peculiarly punctuated titles! Father-son jeans jogging! Babies crying! Film reviews by.... Zagat??!?! This is the nutritional content slurry we all crave, folks! We have riffs flowing like white wine off this bad boy! Give this ep a listen as Don and Pat discuss Bobby Deerfield, ...And Justice for All, and Author! Author! on this week's The Academy Academy! #DadsRock #AdRockComeBack

The Insider vs. Serpico with Returning Champ Becky Feldman

Becky Feldman (The Too Stupid To Live Podcast!) returns to discuss Michael Mann's The Insider and Sidney Lumet's Serpico on this week's The Academy Academy! Belly laughs are had, the entertainment value of competency is measured, and a rousing game of Scent of Some Cumin is played. This is a ballpark ep, folks- don't miss out!

That's Al-More! Sea of Love, Frankie and Johnny, and Danny Collins! Also- Breaking Al News: The House of Gucci! The Offer!

Is The Offer an offer we can't refuse? Will The House of Gucci get Ridley Scott that Oscar gold? Will there be a trademark The Academy Academy swerve? Is Nedda one of cinema's underappreciated characters? Y tu mamá... Dupree? All this and MORE will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy!

Dog Day Afternoon vs. Donnie Brasco with Returning Champ Nick Eliafan

Will two dudes with a podcast inevitably reference The Sopranos? Is Tony Stark a Baird man? Is beer the Christian weed? Is Steve-O our generation's trickster deity? And if you show a pregnant dog, do you have to show the dang puppies afterwards? All of these burning questions and more will be answered by your beloved Shame Boyz and our delightful returning champ Nick Eliafan on this week's The Academy Academy!

HBO Al: You Don't Know Jack, Phil Spector, and Paterno

Don and Patrick discuss Al Pacino's trio of HBO films. These films tackle difficult subject matter, ranging from euthanasia to murder, so it's totally understandable if you want to sit this one out! We talk about fallen idols, wild wigs, and the cons of watching these movies in succession on this week's The Academy Academy.

Weird Al Pacino! Dick Tracy, Gigli, and Jack and Jill

This one nearly broke us. Bad for our souls... great for podcasting!

WARNING: There is some baby crying during this recording, but I think it complements the chaos of the ep? It's almost as if she is trying to warn us that releasing content about Gigli and Jack & Jill is an affront to nature itself...

The Insider vs. Scarface with Returning Champ Kristina Woo

Returning Champ/Television Writer/ABBA Laserdisc Owner Kristina Woo (Halston! Players on Paramount Plus!) joins the Shame Boys to talk Mann and De Palma on this week's The Academy Academy! Should art make you cry? Would Scarface be a better film if Robert Loggia and Al Pacino danced on a giant toy piano-pad together? Do you yearn to know what life would be like in an Al-ternate universe? Tune in to find out!

Scarecrow vs. Serpico with Randy Thompson

Actor/Improviser/Acting Coach Randy Thompson (The Ruby!) joins The Two Fredos to discuss Al's performances in Scarecrow and Serpico! Does Serpico have to go, or will Scarecrow have to eat cantaloupe like a belly-achin' rhinoceros? Tune in to find out!

Scent of a Woman vs. Donnie Brasco with Maria Walsh-Cole

The Two Fredos are back and fuggedaboutit folks, this ep is one for the dang books! Don, Pat, and Maria "The Academaria" Walsh-Cole talk children running the Oscars, monkey movies, defending bullies, Heartbreakers, merkin mustaches, and much, much more on this week's The Academy Academy! #JusticeForEd #PencilThin #DudeStuff

The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone with Matt McCarthy

Matt McCarthy (We Watch Wrestling! Sober Dad!) joins the Not Baird Men to discuss another non-bracket Pacino film... The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone! Is this Al Pacino's first Hoo-ah performance? Does the animated series based on the Dick Tracy movie get brought up? Could Al Pacino play the lead role in a Vince McMahon biopic? Download this dang pod and find out!!