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Chad & Hoch

Two middle-aged cinephiles discuss one film a week.

tv & film film history

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01:07:53

BONUS #239 Send Help (2026)

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2026/02/06

Sam Raimi's 2026 psychological survival horror, SEND HELP, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We talk Rachel McAdams carrying the film, if Dylan O'Brien deserves the "Vanderbeek Award", Raimi's return to original screenplays, Danny Elfman, and much more! We also talk Christopher Nolan's comments on President Trump's Hollywood tariffs and more in Movie News! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on

01:31:59

#238 The Money Pit (1986)

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2026/02/03

Richard Benjamin's 1986 homeowner's nightmare comedy, THE MONEY PIT, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the stunts and pratfalls, Alexander Godunov, if the film has the Steven Spielberg magic dust, that Tom Hanks charm, Yakov Smirnoff, ageism with actresses, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Movies Seen on Cable TV in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:06:15

BONUS #237 The Rip (2026)

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2026/01/30

Joe Carnahan's 2026 narco mystery thriller, THE RIP, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We talk the overqualified cast, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reuniting, if streamers could be the new drive-in, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026 in a special bonus Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a

01:46:13

#236 No Country For Old Men (2007)

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2026/01/27

The Coen Brothers' 2007 violent neo-western thriller, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the inspiration behind Anton Chigurh's hairstyle, the film's connection to Woody Harrelson's contract killer father, Tommy Lee Jones' 15 million dollar bonus, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Movies of 2007 in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

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BONUS #235 Primate (2026)

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2026/01/23

Johannes Roberts' 2026 man vs wild horror film, PRIMATE, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We discuss the throwback slasher vibe, the practical chimp effects, the Cujo inspiration, and much more! We also talk some current Hollywood scuttlebutt in Movie News! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a regular here at THE BROKEN VCR!

01:47:32

#234 Michael Clayton (2007)

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2026/01/20

Tony Gilroy's 2007 corporate wet works thriller, MICHAEL CLAYTON, is our feature presentation this week! We discuss Sydney Pollack as an actor, the Ford Pinto case that inspired the screenplay, corporate assassinations, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton's look, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 George Clooney Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and

01:06:57

BONUS #233 Is Thing Thing On? (2026)

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2026/01/16

Bradley Cooper's 2026 stand-up comedy divorce flick, IS THIS THING ON?, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We discuss Will Arnett and Laura Dern, what works and what doesn't, that "Amazing Grace" scene, and much more! We also discuss some current stories buzzing around Hollywood in Movie News! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a regular

01:29:52

#232 Atonement (2007)

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2026/01/13

Joe Wright's 2007 romantic period costume tragedy, ATONEMENT, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the Saoirse Ronan's performance, stockings over lenses, the epic Dunkirk oner, the touchy dark subjects viewers must grapple with, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Keira Knightley Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on

01:06:06

BONUS #231 Marty Supreme (2025)

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2026/01/09

Josh Safdie's 2025 epic to hell and back pursuit of greatness drama, MARTY SUPREME, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We argue about the synth-inspired score, Timothee Chalamet, the greatness of the Casting Director, intimacy coordinators, Gwyneth Paltrow, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Movies of 2025 in a special bonus Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:52:37

#230 There Will Be Blood (2007)

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2026/01/06

Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 oil boom greed ballad, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Quentin Tarantino's criticism of Paul Dano's performance, the historical inspirations, the subtext of religion & capitalism, Daniel Day Lewis, and much more! We also eulogize and pick our Top 7 Rob Reiner films in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:29:18

#229 The NeverEnding Story (1984)

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2025/12/30

Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 mythical fantasy adventure, THE NEVERENDING STORY, is our feature presentation this week! We discuss author Michael Ende's lawsuit against the adaptation, nostalgia being a bitch, the heavies on the Sphynx gatekeepers, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Movies Viewed in a Classroom in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow

01:08:53

BONUS #228 Jay Kelly (2025)

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2025/12/26

Noah Baumbach's 2025 showbiz dramedy, JAY KELLY, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We talk George Clooney's performance, Peter Bogdanovich's influence, the style of Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer's first feature-film screenwriting credit, and much more! We also discuss some current Hollywood happenings in Movie News! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on

01:30:02

#227 Gremlins (1984)

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2025/12/23

Joe Dante's 1984 Christmas horror-comedy, GREMLINS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the 80s Spielberg magic dust, that Universal backlot sweetness, Chris Columbus screenwriting hot streak, that weird monologue, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Steven Spielberg Produced Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on

01:45:18

#226 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

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2025/12/16

Renny Harlin's 1996 amnesiac assassin Christmas action ride, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, is our feature presentation this week! We discuss Shane Black's four million dollar screenplay, New Line Cinema, the hotel fire, Gena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 90s Action Thrillers in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us

01:20:31

GUEST FLICK PICK #225 True Grit (2010) with Filmmaker...

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2025/12/12

We welcome Filmmaker JOHN SUITS to discuss the Coen Brothers' 2010 western adaptation, TRUE GRIT, in our bonus feature presentation this week! We chat about Matt Damon, the unconventional approach from the Coens, Jeff Bridges bringing it, and much more! We also discuss our guest John's own personal journey into independent film, his relationship with Montel Helman, his upcoming film "The Isolate Thief", and more! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in

01:36:36

#224 From Russia with Love (1963)

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2025/12/09

Terence Young's 1963 sophomore installment in the James Bond franchise, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, is our feature presentation this week! We discuss key lore beginnings with S.P.E.C.T.R.E, the director's dislike of Daniela Bianchi's legs, Sean Connery, the helicopter crash that nearly brought David Lean onto the film, and more! We also pick our Top 7 Russian-Related Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form

01:47:34

#223 Barry Lyndon (1975)

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2025/12/02

Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period costume epic, BARRY LYNDON, is our feature presentation this week! We make a meal out of the "total cinema" of the film, the locations, Robert Redford's near involvement, Ryan O'Neal, the candlelight, Kubrick's lore, and much more! We also pick our Top 7 Three Hour Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on

01:34:14

#222 Dutch (1991)

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2025/11/25

Peter Faiman's 1991 Thanksgiving odd-couple road comedy, DUTCH, is our feature presentation this week! Did John Hughes phone it in with this script? Why didn't Ed O'Neill have a bigger film career? Was Ethan Embry a road block to enjoying the movie? We ask all these questions and more! We also pick our Top 7 John Hughes Screenplays Not Directed By John Hughes in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks

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BONUS #221 The Running Man (2025)

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2025/11/21

Edgar Wright's 2025 Richard Bachman sci-fi action adaptation, THE RUNNING MAN, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We discuss Edgar Wright's body of work, if Glen Powell has the "it factor", Michael Cera, the film's third act collapse, and much more! We also discuss some of the big current movie news happening around the movie world. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and

01:32:11

#220 Nobody's Fool (1994)

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2025/11/18

Robert Benton's 1994 cantankerous character holiday dramedy, NOBODY'S FOOL, is our feature presentation this week! We wonder if this is one of the great "holiday season kickoff" films? We also discuss the production's coordinated effort to hide Bruce Willis from the advertising, Jessica Tandy, nudity in a heartwarming story, and the role that Paul Newman described as "the closest to himself he ever played." We also pick our Top 7 Melanie Griffith Movies in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our

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