Second Breakfast Podcast

The end of another Second Breakfast week brings another Viewer Mailbag! Today, Phil and Andy talk about the movies that best balance “high-art” and accessibility, and discuss the possibility for the continuation of one of the greatest film series of … Continue reading →

On today’s Second Breakfast, Phil and Andy talk about the fabulous new Matthew McConaughey movie, “Mud.” It’s a great movie, directed and acted superbly. And we talk about it for a really long time. BUT, after the first few minutes … Continue reading →

Today’s installment of Project Melway is extremely special. For one, we’ve got a guest! Only the second Melway guest ever, we welcome Ken back to talk about the crime movie Payback…but that’s not all. There was also a Director’s Cut … Continue reading →

On today’s Second Breakfast, Andy and Phil talk about a classic horror-comedy…maybe THE classic horror-comedy. It’s John Landis’s gem An American Werewolf in London, at turns genuinely scary and hilarious, and always fun and inventive. And just like the movie, … Continue reading →

It’s a new week at Second Breakfast Podcast, and Phil and Andy are debuting a new feature! It’s called “One Big Thing,” and it’s…one big thing that happened over the past week. Plus, there’s talk about the movies the hosts … Continue reading →

In today’s Second Breakfast Viewer Mailbag, Andy and Phil discuss the differences between “horror” movies, “scary” movies, and “thrillers.” Also, we count down our top ten baseball movies of all time. Do not miss this one, folks. It’s pretty fantastic. … Continue reading →

As we do about once a month, today Second Breakfast takes on THE GAUNTLET… a series of questions designed to test our movie fandom right down to its very bones. This Gauntlet comes to us from the original Gauntlet maker, … Continue reading →

On today’s episode of Project Melway, Phil and Andy take on the final movie in the Lethal Weapon saga…Lethal Weapon 4. This movie is absolutely terrible. Phil certainly hates this movie…but, frankly, Andy can’t really handle it. So in this … Continue reading →

On today’s Second Breakfast, Andy and Phil discuss the latest horror movie Andy forced Phil to see, the Spanish zombie/infected/something terrible movie, [REC]. Folks, this is a scary, scary movie. It’s amazing. (Pending your feelings on scary movies, of course.) … Continue reading →

In this installment of Second Breakfast, Phil and Andy tell you about all the movies they saw last week as well as the fun movies coming out this Friday. But ALSO, this week, bot of your intrepid hosts had…interesting experiences. … Continue reading →

Ending the week in style as always, Andy and Phil answer two questions in this week’s Viewer Mailbag! First, the discussion centers on whether a bad acting performance can singlehandedly ruin a movie. Then the guys talk about the extent … Continue reading →

Do we need a sympathetic character to enjoy a movie? Is there such a thing as a movie without sympathetic characters? Find out what Second Breakfast thinks in this spine-tingling episode! What are some of your favorite (?) unlikable characters? … Continue reading →

In the latest installment of Project Melway, Phil and Andy take on a somewhat forgotten movie, Conspiracy Theory. It’s weird that it’s forgotten because it’s a 90s movie with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts. This can be explained by the … Continue reading →

Second Breakfast has seen Iron Man 3, and we want to tell you all about it (without spoilers, naturally). Phil and Andy discuss the cast, Shane Black’s direction and screenplay, the action sequences, and where this movie fits in to … Continue reading →

This week starts off a little different than most here at Second Breakfast…Phil and Andy talk about books. And reading. …don’t worry. That passes, and we get back to talking about the movies we watched over the past week, as … Continue reading →