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Dog Day Afternoon vs. The Godfather Part II with Kevin Hamedani

Tales from the Mooseport! Fredo's Jurassic Park!! Brutal Grandpa Energy!!! At least one of those things has to prick up your ears. Filmmaker/Writer Kevin Hamedani (aka the Michael to Don and Pat's Fredos) joins us to discuss Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather Part II on this week's The Academy Academy!

The Pacino Effect: The Local Stigmatic, Looking for Richard, Chinese Coffee, and Babbleonia

We're not talkin' Sal Pacino. Hell, we're not even talkin' David Pacino. We're talkin' Al Pacino, and this ep has a lot to cover. We discuss the current state of the bracket, Cruella, a possible reason for Jean Reno's prevalence in mid-to-late 90s American Cinema, and some of the more niche and unique works in the Pacino catalogue. Lights out, Richard!

Serpico vs. Cruising with Jenny Zigrino

Greetings, Al-coholics! The hilarious and talented Jenny Zigrino (Comedy Central Presents! The upcoming Too Late!) joins your favorite Scientists to discuss Serpico, Cruising, sanpaku eyes, Tom Hulce trivia, and what a Sicario sequel directed by Nancy Meyers would entail. At one point, everyone does an impression of Wallace Shawn doing an impression of Theodore the Chipmunk. This episode is a wild ride, folks!

BONUS EPISODE: Don & Pat's Top 25 Films!

In honor of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They's first film poll, Donald and Patrick have decided to release a whopping 4+ hour-long BONUS EPISODE going through our personal top 25 flicks! Will Shrek appear on Patrick's list? Does Donald have an expertly crafted Jeff Goldblum impression placed up his sleeve? Find out! 

Scarface vs. Carlito's Way with Andrew Saunderson

It's a double-dose of De Palma on this week's The Academy Academy! We have special guest Andrew Saunderson (The Me You Can't See! Donald Saunderson's Brother!) on the pod to discuss everything from elaborate crane-shots to poor, poor Lalin. Plus- another round of What's in the Boxd!

Donnie Brasco vs. The Devil's Advocate with Evan Cox

Aaron Sorkán. Kevin Lomax: Swamp Attorney. Gilbert Gottfried as Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna. Mr. Bean. The Stalker/Gigli Double Feature. Rock & Roll Poets. What Is Art? Why Make Things? All this is covered, perhaps even answered, on this week's delightful episode of The Academy Academy with special guest Evan Cox (I'm Enjoying My Time Here! The How Do We Human Podcast!). Make sure to listen to the very end, so you can hear Evan Cox's "Marigold" and maybe a lil' somethin else... 

NOTE: Towards the end of the pod, there's a little crying (from a very cool baby) here and there. I edited out as much as I could. Apologies, even though personally I do think it adds a bit of much-needed gritty 70s New York realism that's missing from current-day podcasts ❤.

The Godfather vs. The Godfather: Part II with Courtney Haney

The Broken Men of Podcasting are back, and boy howdy do we have an ep. We're tackling The Godfathers with Courtney Haney (@comradepepper on Instagram)! Courtney expounds on her California beach city influenced Al-tobiography, Donald wonders how far he'd be willing to go to make great French toast, and Patrick introduces a new game involving everybody's favorite website- ooh baby, it's Letterboxd! Sweet Pacheens!

Scarecrow vs. Insomnia with Returning Champ Kyle Clark

Do you want to see Al Pacino as Phil Spector as the Tim Robinson Hot Dog? Do you want to hear tales of necessary cheese danishes? Do you want to see an image of the thiccest goddamn cartoon owl alive?! If you answered yes to any of these, then bad news- you probably have cinematic toxoplasmosis. Sorry bud :/

Heat vs. The Insider with Jessica Svendsgaard

Which Al Pacino character did a young Don dress up as for Halloween? Would Rocket Raccoon side with Neil McCauley or Lt. Vincent Hanna? Is Justin Theroux too hot to portray someone with a job that doesn't involve just being a dang hunk? Quit feeling stinky, folks- these questions and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy, featuring Wild's ferociously funny Jessica Svendsgaard (@svendsgaard)! WARNING: Jessica has a cool pet bird whose chirping can occasionally be heard on the recording. It adds ambiance, imo.

Scent of a Woman vs. Any Given Sunday with Paul Heredia

Was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade the second gunman? Was Tango the Salsa of the 1990s?? Did Weird Al miss a *great* opportunity when he didn't write a parody song of Nookie titled Wookie??? The wildly humorous Paul Heredia (@paulheredia on Instagram, @paulontheinternet on TikTok!) drops in to help pontificate and examine these burning questions and MORE on this week's The Academy Academy!