The Memory Distillery

We're taking a moment to highlight all the great media that's been coming out lately. Jump on in as we discuss the movies and TV shows we've been watching lately and the stuff we're looking forward to!

The Summer of Fun continues with The Sandlot. We discuss coming of age films, a great elder cast, the chemistry of the boys, and lots more!

We're back from a restful hiatus with a BRAND NEW EPISODE! We're kicking off our Summer of Fun series with Dirty Dancing! Listen in as we talk music, messaging, and get an unscheduled interruption from Anthony's dog, Thor.

Slap on a jet pack or climb down a pipe into our last (at least for a while) Single Barrel episode, in which we're talking video games! John and Anthony list out their top 5. Listen in!

We're continuing our Single Barrel series by highlighting some of the more beloved music albums in our lexicons. Will some of them be predictable? Maybe. Will this be an informative look into John and Anthony's collective mental health? Almost assuredly.

This week, we're doing things a little differently! Back when we first started The Memory Distillery, we played around with the idea of doing both movies AND TV shows. We ultimately dropped the TV show premise, but wanted to take a small trip down the road of what that might sound like. With that in mind, we decided to spend this week talking about our Top(ish) 5 Favorite TV Series in a special episode we're calling Single Barrel. Listen in and let us know if you want to hear us do more episodes like this!

We're closing out Spooky-tober with our first ever stop-motion animation film, The Nightmare Before Christmas! We're chatting about the painstaking artistry, the score, the story - we're talking about it all! You won't want to miss it!

Since the 5th in the series was announced last week, Spooky-tober continues with Wes Craven's Scream! Join us as we dive into meta-films, fashion, the cast, and whether this movie is even any good!

We're continuing down the spooky road of Spooky-tober (not Spooktober, John, that's a dumb name) with Danny Boyle's zombie hit 28 Days Later! Anthony mentioned in last week's show how he felt about running zombies and 28 Days Later. Will he change his tune? And can he pronounce Cillian Murphy correctly? Plus, we're get sidetracked and start talking about Doctor Who.

We're FINALLY doing George A. Romero's classic zombie favorite, 1978's Dawn of the Dead! Listen as we talk masterpieces, the zombie sub-genre, world building, character building, and much more!

We fly off into Catch Me If You Can this week! Listen as we deliver our best (read: worst) Christopher Walken impressions, we get slightly off track, and have discussion about whether or not the events in this "Based On A True" story even actually happened. 

These are the things that Bilbo hates! Venture out of The Shire with us as we watch 1977's The Hobbit! We make comparisons to Peter Jackson's bloated Hobbit trilogy (and flawless Lord of the Rings trilogy), talk about some of the actors and artists, and likely get some facts wrong. Which ones? Fact check us to find out.

Say's it all in the title! We're talking both cuts of Superman II this week, and it's a fun one! Listen in as we compare the two versions, talk our favorite Supermen, and just what is Irking John's Grits!

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, it's The Memory Distillery covering Superman! Listen as we talk villains, bumbling henchmen, impossible flights, and much much more! 

We're talking religion this week as we dive into Kevin Smith's hard-to-find film, Dogma! Listen as we talk our own religious pasts, how we feel about Ben Affleck's performance (you might be surprised), and more!

Lace up your cleats and grab your helmets, because we're watching The Replacements! John takes issue with something, Anthony disagrees, we make reference to other football movies, and we have a quick round of Dream Casting.

Is that a banana in your tailpipe, or are you just excited for this week's episode? Join us as we dig into the escapades of Axel, Billy, Taggart, and all the rest! Was this a good movie? It depends on who you ask. What we know for sure is that we've got a whole grip of movies to add to the list, so you listen in while we go do that.

Heeeere's Johnny! Johnny Five, that is! Join us as we talk about everyone's favorite 80's robot in Short Circuit! We discuss lots in this one, so you won't want to miss one minute of it (It's super late as I write this and I just want to sleep. The episode is solid. Check it out.)!

Mellow Greetings, Distillers? What's your boggle? We watched Demolition Man this week! Lots to talk about, including what's outside San Angeles, our favorite one liners (boy, does this movie have one liners...), and do a round of Dream Casting!

We strut our stuff in this week's episode about Christopher Guest's mockumentary, Best in Show! Listen is as we discuss our favorite dogs from the movie, great lines from great comedians, and we wrap it up early because it's hard to shit on a movie that's this good!

We got some hot tips and cool secrets to share about what's unfolding in the world of movies the rest of this year.  Join us as proclaim some eerily specific predictions about movies, actors, and future box offices. If you're eager and excited to return to a world that has major movie releases, this episode just might fuel that hunger.

Woman? Whoa, man! Whoa-a-a-a-a MAN, have we got an episode for you this week! We give our best Scotsman impression (which, obviously, John has a lot more practice at), we discuss our favorite Mike Myers roles, everything this movie is, everything it isn't, and how many degrees John is from Mike Myers (spoiler: it's fewer than you'd think! We also chat about the late Phil Hartman, and Anthony Lapaglia is also mentioned!

We're digging into E.T. this week! Listen in as we discuss the John Williams score, make comparisons to other Spielberg films, chat about the mechanics of emotional connections, and even make valid points about M. Night Shyamalan's films. You won't want to miss a minute!

We're watching Falling Down this week, and boy, do we have some opinions about it! We're talking about villains, victims, entitlement, and we even bring The Good Place into the discussion! You won't want to miss this week's episode!

What the frick?? We're munchin' on tots and dancing our hearts out to Napoleon Dynamite! Listen in as we discuss a more specified nostalgia, how this differs from other movies, and whether this is still a good film.

Jackie. Chan.  The man, the myth, the legend. Sure, this IS about Rumble in the Bronx - but really, it's more of a celebration of Jackie, in general. Join us as we discuss the power of hovercrafts and broken bones, in this very special episode. If you listen very carefully, you just might hear Anthony's greatest TMD impression-to-date.

Alex Hoffman stands in for John this week as he and Anthony watch 1995's Hackers! Listen in as we deep dive hacker culture, talk about some of the cringe-y dialogue, give you a few security tips, and go through a spirited round of Dream Casting!

Happy Birthday to our listener, Nicole, who requested that we review Romeo + Juliet! We're talking in Early Modern English about all manner of thine... stuff. We discuss the soundtrack, casting choices, and more. Listen in!

We're talking Blade Runner this week and we get pretty philosophical! Listen as we discuss who may or may not be a Replicant in the real world, our theories on Deckard, Anthony's difficulty with dimensions, and a whole lot more. You won't want to miss a minute of it! 

This week get growl-y as we deep dive The Dark Knight! We talk dogs, Anthony does his best Joker impressions, and we both do our best Batman! Plus, we tell you who the best and worst Batman and Joker are, and John passionately runs down his TV series adaptation of a Batman comic. This is one you definitely don't want to miss!

We jump into 2009's Sherlock Holmes! Listen in as we talk our favorite (and not so favorite) parts, John tells us what irks his grits, and we have a rousing round of Dream Casting! Plus, we have a special announcement that you won't want to miss. 

Thanks again to all of you for making the last 100 episodes possible! Here's to another 100, starting with 101, Mystery Men! We break down the broken down plot issues, talk favorite characters, surprising cameos, and are joined by our friend, the ice cream truck driver!

We're an episode away from our 100th, and we've got a fun one in store for you! While you wait, listen as we talk about Ferris Bueller's Day Off! We talk about how it's more Cameron's day than it is Ferris', get into some light time travel theory, a bit of Chicago do's and don't's , AND we tell you what we're doing to celebrate 100 episodes of The Memory Distillery!

Malkovich Malkovich. Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich? Take a journey into the mind of John Malkovich (through the birth canal, which John manages to say no less than 5 times this episode). Lots to cover this week, so listen in now!

Holy Schnikes, we watched Tommy Boy this week! Well, Anthony screwed up and watched Black Sheep, but they're basically the same movie anyway, aren't they? Answer: they're really not, and we go over that, along with music, Chris Farley, and John's history of amateur competitive eating!

We try something a little different this week and just jump into the movie (no pre-watch) and we'd love your feedback! Listen in and then tell us how you feel it went. Should we do it again? Should we NEVER do it again? We're all ears!

This week, we Enter the Dragon! We're talking martial arts films, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and loads of other stuff! Plus, John introduces a new segment that's sure to be a huge hit!