Cinema Chop Shop

S3E01: "Covering our Bases". Baseball season is in full swing and the Chop Shop team (along w/ guest form beyond Harry Caray) is sliding in to home on this week's episode. In honor and celebration of America's pastime, as well as the upcoming MLB All-Star game, we're talking Baseball and the films thereof. Bases are stolen, bats are broken, and cups are adjusted in this one folks. First up to the plate is "Bang the Drum Slowly" with Robert Di Niro from 1973. Then on-deck we've got the Robert Redford classic "The Natural" from 1984. Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks because you can also expect regular segments like The Midnight Double Feature, #2018MovieMarathon, Energy Drink and Beer check-ins etc. Enjoy!

Happy Indepenence Day! The Chop Shop crew is back with a nearly fatal dose of patriotism in the Season 2 finale. Travis, "Brew Boss" Shawn, and Hilary take a deep dive into the films of the 4th of July. First up is the unfortunate Al Pacino joint, 1985's "Revolution". After intermission, Oliver Stone's "Born on the 4th of July" from 1989 is the topic at hand. Of couse, you can expect regular segements like The Midnight Double Feature, Energy Drink and Beer check-ins, #2018MovieMarathon , and a Honey Roast of "Murica, Fuck Yeah!"

It's World Cup time and we're celebrating with our Futbol/Soccer episode!  This week, Travis and Shawn discuss the Scottish coming of age story, "Gregory's Girl", from 1980.  Then, the guys take to the pitch and recast the internationally-flavored "Escape to Victory" from 1981.  Plus, all of the regular segments like DOCD, Midnight Double Feature, Beer Check-Ins, the #2018MovieMarathon, and a very special Honey Roast make a return appearance.  Recorded at The Cinema Chop Shop Garage.

This week Travis, Shawn, and Hilary get grossed out with "The Pope of Trash, The Prince of Puke", John Waters. First up is the very hard to watch Multiple Maniacs from 1970.  Then a much easier pill to swallow, 1990's Cry Baby. Plus all of the regular segments including the DOCD, Midnight Double Feature, Beer check-ins, the #2018MovieMarathon, and the Honey Roast.

It's Father's Day with Travis and Shawn at Cinema Chop Shop! First up it's Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman in the tearjerker My Life (1993). Then it's a masterpiece of Italian neorealism Bicycle Thieves (1948), a story about a poor father.'s search for his stolen bicycle in post-war Rome. 

This week on Cinema Chop Shop, Travis, Shawn and Hilary break out the popcorn and soda for a look at some drive-in theatre classic grindhouse movies. First up they are seeing red with Dario Argento's Susperia 1977. After the break it's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite grinhouse films: The Girl from Starship Venus (1975), a Briish softcore sci-fi satire.

It's Customs week at Cinema Chop Shop as Travis, Brew Boss Shawn, Andrew Te and Joey Poole pitch some new ideas for films they'd like to see. Shawn starts us off with Steve Carell in a heartwarming film with a big imagination, then Travis goes time travelling with Riley Keough and Alan Ruck in a comtemporary political thriller. After the break, Andrew ushers in the era of the Dogvengers Cinematic universe, mashing up the Avengers franchise with Wes Andreson's Isle of Dogs, where TV and cinema's greatest canine heroes team up to fight one bad cat. Joey Poole rounds out the program with Melissa McCarthy as Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a conspiracy-minded political comedy. Check out our Twitter and Facebook to vote for your favorite pitch!

Travis, Brew Boss Shawn and Joey Poole get together on Nerd Pride Day and celebrate their geekiness by talking about a few movies for the intellectually inclined.  First up is Real Genius (1985), a comedy where engineering students are tasked with developing a sinister weapon, a story that Joey Poole retrofits for our modern times.  After the break, it's Lucas (1986), a movie about high school love which was the film debut of Winona Rider.  The guys get real relating the often mysogynistic nerd culture developed in films like this from the 80s with some of the social issues we face today. To cap it off, we honor the original, archtypical nerd in this week's Honey Roast.