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The Office Grunts

Brian S. Stewart

As young men they patrolled Baghdad together in the infantry. As middle-aged office professionals...they don"t do that anymore. Listen as longtime Army buddies John Arlan Peterson, John Wayne Reynolds, Jr., and Brian Stewart (aka Petey, John Wayne, and Stew) break down movies, life, and whatever the heck they want, on The Office Grunts Podcast.

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

85:31

Ep 94 - X-Men Series (ranked)

The Office Grunts ·

2022/02/07

John Wayne and Stew look back on 20 years of X-Men movies and rank the series, 10 to 1.

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83:46

Ep 93 - Titanic, Wolf of Wall Street

The Office Grunts ·

2022/02/02

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew watch "Titanic" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for a listener request Leonardo DiCaprio episode. Plus, Stew's Bengals are in the Super Bowl, John Wayne is watching 1883 to remember his good old days, and Petey is plotting how to beat 150 coworkers in a weight loss challenge.

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74:37

Ep 92 - The Lord of the Rings

The Office Grunts ·

2022/01/25

John Wayne and Stew get geeky over all things Middle Earth as they talk the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Plus, John Wayne's 2nd battle with the 'rona, Stew riding high on Bengals fandom, plus invites to the Ohio Sasquatch Festival.

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88:16

Ep 91 - Top 5 Movies of 2021; Tragedy of Macbeth;...

The Office Grunts ·

2022/01/21

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew strap on their berets and enjoy some Shakespeare, including the new Tragedy of Macbeth and the Kenneth Branagh Henry V. Plus, their own tribute to a fallen brother in arms, and a rundown of their Top 5 Movies of 2021.

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102:37

Ep 90 - The James Bond Series (Ranked)

The Office Grunts ·

2022/01/03

Stew and John Wayne finally go toe-to-doe with their dueling rankings of all 25 James Bond films, from worst to best.

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52:25

Ep 89 - The Matrix Resurrections

The Office Grunts ·

2021/12/24

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew plug into The Matrix Resurrections for a spoiler-filled reaction to the latest entry in the series. Plus, Stew twists the knife of the Urban Meyer postmortem, John Wayne rails against fantasy football, and parenting advice (for raising a soldier of fortune) from Petey.

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55:09

Ep 88 - Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Office Grunts ·

2021/12/21

John Wayne and Stew's spoiler-filled rundown of the blockbuster new "Spider-Man: No Way Home."

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68:05

Ep 87 - Christmas Vacation; A Christmas Story; Worst...

The Office Grunts ·

2021/12/20

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew get in the Christmas spirit by revisiting National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. Plus, they each nominate their 2 least favorite Christmas movies. Plus, Petey turns in his Jordan-esque "flu game" (i.e. COVID game), and Stew obsesses over a new infectious Christmas song.

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78:54

Ep 86 - The Matrix Sequels

The Office Grunts ·

2021/12/11

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit the infamous Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Reloaded. Also, Stew talks Christmas inflatables and his new OLED TV, John Wayne details a wild Texas Christmas theme park, and Petey begins fighting the Minnesota blizzards,

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79:44

Ep 85 - Top 5 Ridley Scott; House of Gucci, All the...

The Office Grunts ·

2021/11/29

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew count down their Top 5 Ridley Scott movies, check out the new "House of Gucci," and revisit the quickly-forgotten "All the Money in the World." Plus, Thanksgiving posmortems, mourning a lame Black Friday, Christmas tree adventures, and more.

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58:41

Ep 84 - The Matrix

The Office Grunts ·

2021/11/24

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisit a classic - The Matrix - in preparation for the upcoming sequel.

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79:07

Ep 83 - Sling Blade; 12 O'Clock High

The Office Grunts ·

2021/11/17

It's a "Listener Request" episode from friend of the show Don Brown, who suggested "Sling Blade" (Stew's first viewing!) and the WWII classic "12 O'Clock High."

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77:12

Ep 82 - The Sopranos; The Many Saints of Newark

The Office Grunts ·

2021/11/08

Petey and Stew do a retrospective on The Sopranos after Stew's first watch of the series. The highs, lows, Top 5 moments, and, of course, that controversial series finale. Plus, a review of The any Saints of Newark.

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69:34

Ep 81 - Dune (2021); Dune (1984)

The Office Grunts ·

2021/10/29

It's Dune(s) week as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out "Dune" from director Denis Villeneuve and "Dune" from director David Lynch. Plus, Pumpkin Show Americana from Stew, John Wayne rants about rackets in the funeral industry, and Petey teaches office professionals how to rig a fix to broken zippers while on the job.

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70:07

Ep 80 - Ridley Scott's The Last Duel

The Office Grunts ·

2021/10/18

John Wayne, Petey, and Stew are among the dozen people in America to watch Ridley Scott's latest historical epic, The Last Duel, in theaters. Plus, Stew finishes his first Sopranos watch 14 years after the series finale, and Petey prepares for a brutal Minnesota winter...in October.

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90:14

Ep 79 - No Time to Die

The Office Grunts ·

2021/10/11

It's finally here - "No Time to Die" - the final Daniel Craig-era Bond movies. John Wayne, Petey, and Stew walk through the whole movie, and get deep into spoilers. So, check out the movie, then come break down the plot points with the team. Also, they make some bold predictions for where the 007 series goes from here.

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79:35

Ep 78 - Skyfall, Spectre

The Office Grunts ·

2021/10/08

In prep for "No Time To Die," John Wayne, Petey, and Stew revisited the prior two Daniel Craig Bond movies, "Skyfall" and "Spectre."

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81:09

Ep 77 - Top 5 Clint Eastwood; Cry Macho; Richard Jewell

The Office Grunts ·

2021/09/20

It's "Clint Eastwood" week on the show as John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out "Cry Macho", revisit "Richard Jewell," and each rank their Top 5 Clint-Eastwood-directed movies.

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74:33

Ep 76 - The Edge, The Grey

The Office Grunts ·

2021/09/18

It's a double-feature about plane crashes stranding men in the Alaskan wilderness to be hunted by animals this week as the fellas revisit "The Edge", with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, and "They Grey" starring Liam Neeson. Plus, "Covid Chat" with a quarantined John Wayne, following the aborted Office Grunts reunion trip thanks to the pandemic.

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55:11

Ep 75 - Shang-Chi, Doctor Strange

The Office Grunts ·

2021/09/08

It's another Marvel week as the fellas watch the new "Shang-Chi" and revisit "Doctor Strange."

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