Episodes
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Don Saunderson and Patrick "Mid-Afternoon Beauregard" Gremillion are back for another deep dive into the oeuvre of Fuqua on this week's The Academy Academy. Would Robert McCall teach you how to balance your checkbook or stab you in the eye with a credit card? Would you put your hand in a mysterious dirt jar? Did 6 Underground do Manuel Garcia-Rulfo dirty? Tune in to find out!
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Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Top 10 Films of 2023!
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Don & Pat list their Top 10 Films on this week's The Academy Academy! How does one compare Past Lives to The Killer? Are you up to date on the latest Madame Web hot goss? Did Patrick accidentally call Ethan Hunt's best friend Luther Lucius and the Canadian filmmaker Matt Johnson Matt Johnston? Tune in and find out!
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Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
You Want It Darker: A David Fincher Miniseries - The Social Network
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Would you earnestly rent Aaron Sorkin's Masterclass video? Would you freak out if Kirk Baxter walked onstage to Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme music? Did you hoot and holler when you heard Creep sung by a choir before watching Salt opening night?
If you answered yes to any of those questions... this pod is for you! Don & Pat cover The Social Network on this week's The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
The Equalizer: The Antoine Fuqua Story Part 9 - Southpaw
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
We're back on track, folks! Are you ready to disrupt the podcasting paradigm? Are your memories going commando? Should Christian Bale in character as his character in American Hustle have portrayed Russell Crowe's character in American Gangster? This is a fun ep and a return to form... enjoy!
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Don, Pat, and Returning Champ Jesse Gantt’s 2023 Cinematic Discoveries
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Apologies for the delay. This took forever to edit and the audio quality is Bad. Very Bad. You know what's not bad, though? The discoveries! They're great! This pod is like five one-armed punches to the goddamn dome! Enjoy!
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Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
This is the final Academy Academy Classic! It's been a busy holiday, folks. This ep is a banger though. A very fun flash from the past.
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
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Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
We're going to release another Academy Academy Classic and start fresh in 2024, folks. Happy Holidays and see you in the New Year!
You can take the Michael Douglas out of California... but can you take the California out of Michael Douglas? Can a perfectly thrown football save a life from sniper fire? Will we ever get those salt-of-the-earth Lava Factory jobs back in the good ol' US of A? Will Pat & Don make it to the Hat Convention this year? A certain character in Black Rain probably won't! Join the Semi-Sunday Morning Boyz as they discuss the ins and outs of Black Rain and The Last Boy Scout on this week's The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Due to busy holiday schedules, we will be releasing a classic ep of the pod instead of the previously scheduled Napoleon ep. We'll be back with a fresh episode next week, folks.
Happy Holidays!
Hark! A festive surprise for our fellow millennials! It's our inaugural Pat & Don Pick 'Em Up, where your intrepid hosts each get to choose a film to discuss for the pod- this time with a festive twist! Is stew the coffee of Minneapolis? Is banking the only important thing? Watch the capitalist chicanery unfold before your very eyes in a haze of wine as we discuss The Silent Partner and Jingle All the Way on this week's The Academy Academy!
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
The Equalizer: The Antoine Fuqua Story Part 8 - The Equalizer
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
What if that fatherly figure in your office turned out to be the ultimate killing machine? What if that guy helping you train to be a volunteer fireman was secretly a whiz at setting booby traps? Don & Pat are discussing Antoine Fuqua's The Equalizer on this week's The Academy Academy, an eminently entertaining film that dares to ask the question: "What if the guy from Man on Fire was just a cool dude and everything he did was cool?"
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Which cavalcade of cinematic luminaries was originally attached to direct The Curious Case of Benjamin Button before Fincher? What is the dastardly Jigsaw's favorite television commercial? Which middlebrow feature inspired a restaurant chain (hint: it wasn't Meet Joe Black)? All these questions and more are answered on this week's The Academy Academy!
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