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PODCAST

Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons

Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan

Two friends and unabashed movie geeks, whose relationship is based almost entirely on antagonism, assign each other horrible films to watch and review. This bad-movie podcast hits you when you"re not looking right where the sun don"t shine! Learn more at the website!

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Episode 42: Beverly Hills Cop 3 and Bottom 5 Eddie...

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2025/02/02

In this episode, the guys perform a Filmjitsu first, dedicating most of a show to a single Hollywood star when Jay slaps Mike with a sequel so bad it derailed a franchise for thirty years! But despite the movie being too little of a comedy to be funny and too little of an action flick to provide any thrills, "Beverly Hills Cop 3" is the perfect launchpad to discuss the career of Eddie Murphy (while also touching on the tailspin of director John Landis's career). In counting off their "Bottom 5 Eddie

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59:58

Episode 41: Thumb Wars & Bat Thumb and Bottom 5 Movie...

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2025/01/19

There are two guys that host Filmjitsu, and despite the fact they regularly bludgeon one another with cinematic munitions, one nearly took on so much damage with this episode that the war of the worst nearly ended. Find out how two of Steve Odekirk's "Thumbation" movies—"Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle" and "Bat Thumb"—somehow managed to, despite very short runtimes, drive one host to audibly drink away his pain whilst recording (stick around for the outtake). And if that's not enough, the guys go

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63:20

2024 "'Jitsu Awards" Year-in-Review Special and...

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2025/01/05

Happy New Year, all you bad-movie enthusiasts! In celebration of the past 12-months during which the guys watched 25 mostly wretched flicks for the show, Mike and Jay are taking their second annual look back at last year's movie viewing highpoints - no matter how few and far between they may have been - and handing out the 2024 'Jitsu Awards for those moments and talents that made their main reviews bearable. Who will win the nine awards on deck, which include the usual acting and filmmaking

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60:00

2024 Holiday Special: Red One and Bottom Five Secret...

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2024/12/22

Happy Holidays, ya bleedin' E-jits! Filmjitsu, your favorite bad movie podcast, is celebrating a few days off from work with... The Rock, Captain America, Joan Watson and J. Jonah Jameson? Yeah, while it was only in theaters for as long as if takes Santa to down a plate of cookies, Mike and Jay somehow managed to catch the Amazon Studios mega-budget action-comedy-Christmas flick, "Red One," a critically-lambasted mishmash of a "...Has Fallen" movie with, well, "Elf?" Did the guys get the coal they

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Episode 40: Pretty Woman and Bottom 5 Beloved Films

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2024/12/08

When Jay unleased 1990's much-loved "Pretty Woman" on Mike, he knew they'd be in for a discussion that might get them in hot water with the millions upon millions of viewers that label the romantic comedy a "classic." There aren't many movies that have appeared on the show that were, at the time of their release, NUMBER FIVE in the list of all-time box office earners. And yet here the guys are, checking to see if one of the most iconic love stories cinema has ever served up is actually... any good

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59:59

Episode 39: ThanksKilling and Bottom 5 High Concept...

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2024/11/24

In light of this week bringing us a holiday centered around feeling grateful and counting the many blessings in life, Mike sets the Thanksgiving table for Jay with a real cinematic turkey: ThanksKilling, a festive holiday offering filled with raunchy comedy and dime-store gore! More nap-inducing than tryptophan, but infinitely worse for one's health, Jay scarfs down helping after helping of the misadventures of a reanimated killer turkey before the guys move onto an inspired second course—their

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59:57

Episode 38: 9 Lives (2016) and Bottom 5 Kids Films

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2024/11/10

As Filmjitsu exits the 2024 Halloween season and returns to its normal programming, Jay lands a cinematic haymaker by forcing Mike to watch 2016's "9 Lives," a dreadful children's film in which Christopher Walken turns Kevin Spacey into a cat who has to learn how to poop in a litter box or... become a better dad. Amazingly, this was made BEFORE Spacey became a Hollywood pariah, the circumstances of which the guys tackle head-on while wrestling with the age-old question "Can we separate the artist

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95:52

2024 Halloween Super Special Part 2: David Gordon...

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2024/10/27

Filmjitsu wraps up its Halloween Season with the most Halloween of Halloween Episodes! If the past two special episodes spent interviewing Filmspotting's Josh Larsen about his new horror genre book and dissecting "Skinamarink" with filmmaker Dane Elcar weren't enough for you, the guys overdose on October vibes by tackling ALL THREE of David Gordon Green's "Halloween" movies in another super-sized episode! How does Michael Myers fare in these canon-busting sequels to John Carpenter's 1977 slasher

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86:51

2024 Halloween Super Special: Skinamarink and Bottom...

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2024/10/13

Happy Spooky Season, Filmjitsu listeners! Following on the heels of the guys interviewing Filmspotting's Josh Larsen about his in-depth look at the horror genre, Mike and Jay again invited filmmaker Dane Elcar ("Brightwood") to join in on the holiday fun! The result? A super-sized discussion about the polarizing art-horror film, "Skinamarink." What will the three scary-movie enthusiasts think of this grainy, non-narrative mood-piece? Perhaps the episode's bottom five will lend a hint, as after the

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Interview 4: Josh Larsen, Author, “Fear Not,” Film...

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2024/10/06

As it's Spooky Season, Mike and Jay recorded this bonus episode: a horror-themed interview with film critic Josh Larsen, best known as the co-host of the stellar film podcast "Filmspotting." Josh and the guys discuss his latest book, Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies, touching upon matters of faith while also considering the redemptive - and not-so-redemptive - aspects of the genre. Why would a devout Christian watch (and love) movies like "The Shining," "Us," and "The Blair Witch

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59:53

Episode 37: Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever and Bottom 5...

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2024/09/29

On this week's episode of the podcast that wields films like deadly weapons, Mike and Jay bring a nuclear arsenal of big budget failures, first by tackling "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever" during the main review and then tallying their bottom five Box-Office Bombs. How big of a quality-crater does the infamous Lucy Liu-Antonio Banderas actioner leave when compared to the other megaton failures the guys have suffered through? Find out by giving the show a listen, then stick around as our intrepid hosts

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59:56

Episode 36: Runaway and Bottom 5 Mustaches

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2024/09/15

For this episode, things get hairy... (literally?) with Jay hurling Mike into the far-flung future of... 1991? By reviewing the Tom Selleck/Michael Crichton sci-fi team-up that is 1982's "Runaway," the guys embark on a thoughtful look back (and forward), at one point discussing how technology was predicted to have evolved and how it actually evolved. But before things get too heady, they quickly return to their usual foolishness, comparing their choices for bottom five mustaches in honor of the

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59:59

Episode 35: From Justin to Kelly and Bottom 5 Parties

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2024/09/01

As Filmjitsu Summer comes to an end, Mike delivers to Jay the cinematic C-4 explosive that is 2003's "From Justin to Kelly" starring Kelly Clarkson, thankfully in her first - and only - lead acting role. Stepping from the ashes of his lost summer watching horrendous dreck, Jay dutifully reviews this "musical romantic comedy" and manages to say some nice things, which is a bit like living through a blitzkrieg and complimenting the enemy for pretty-colored fireballs. Following the review, Mike and

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Interview 3: Virgil Cardamone - Mahoning Drive-in...

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2024/08/25

In this special interview episode, Mike took a journey to one of his favorite places on Earth: Lehighton, Pennsylvania, home to the much-loved Mahoning Drive-in Theatre. This last-of-its-kind, old-school site is one of the only places in the United States where you can sit under the stars, munch on a bucket of popcorn and watch 35mm prints of classic films from decade's past on a huge screen. Virgil Cardamone, the drive-in's film booker, curator and publicity director, is among a handful of

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59:59

Episode 34: Twisters and Bottom 5 Guilty Pleasures

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2024/08/18

In this special episode of Filmjitsu, Jay and Mike record from the parking lot of the cinema after watching Lee Isaac Chung's "Twisters," a sequel of sorts to the much-loved popcorn flick, 1996's "Twister." Is pluralizing the original, charming, stand-alone disaster film and turning it into a franchise anything but a cash grab? The guys answer this from the confines of a 100° car and are joined by a special guest during their review! After that. grab onto something and get ready for a bumpy ride

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Episode 33: Gunpowder Milkshake and Bottom 5 Gun Scenes

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2024/08/04

Jay tosses Mike an unloaded pistol in a cinematic firefight with 2021's "Gunpowder Milkshake," a CGI-stuffed, Netflix-distributed, fox-force-five-riff that gathers an astonishingly great cast and wastes them on bad fight choreography and a foolish plot. As part of their discussion, they tackle the pros and cons of both the film and the genre it represents; ultra-stylized, violent, neo-noir flicks like "John Wick," "Bad Times at the El Royale" and "Atomic Blonde," which Jay calls "Neon Gun Fables."

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59:57

Episode 32: Jaws The Revenge and Bottom 5 Fourth...

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2024/07/21

If Filmjitsu is the podcast that wields movies like deadly weapons, Mike pulls out a cinematic neutron bomb when he forces Jay to watch and review, "Jaws The Revenge," the final sequel of the "Jaws" franchise that somehow manages to be simultaneously forgotten and a notorious flop. "Jaws 4" lives as a perfect example of this episode's Bottom 5 Fourth Installments list where the guys tally their least-favorite fourth movies in a variety of series. After debating the merits (and mere existence?) of

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59:58

Episode 31: Speed 2 - Cruise Control and Bottom 5...

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2024/07/07

Put on your life jacket because Mike and Jay continue with their summer-themed cinematic torture showcase with the 1997 debacle that is "Speed 2 - Cruise Control!" Mike weaves and bobs through his review of this sequel no one asked for with all the dexterity of an ocean liner controlled by Willem Dafoe while Jay laughs madly like the studio executive who greenlit this mess, his dreams of mad bank replaced by the reality that Jason Patric is no Keaunu Reeves. After the second-speed main review, the

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59:57

Episode 30: Blood Beach and Bottom 5 Beach Scenes

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2024/06/23

It's hot FIlmjitsu summer, and the guys are kicking it off with Mike making Jay watch 1980's "Blood Beach," a horror film that goes the bold route of blending the genre with... a dry police procedural? If a beach that eats people isn't your idea of a day in the sun, don't worry, the guys brought sunscreen and an umbrella as they count off their bottom five beach scenes! Finally, they chase that bit of summertime fun with a game of Kick Two, Pick Two where four classic, summer-set films go into the

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59:49

Episode 29: The Fanatic and Bottom 5 Obsessions

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2024/06/09

Jay pummels Mike with the most painful cinematic weapon he's deployed yet: the 2019, Fred Durst written-and-directed disaster, "The Fanatic." A slog of a thriller that finds John Travolta playing an autistic man named Moose who is obsessed with a mid-tier celebrity, the guys try to understand why this thing even got made and discover... a Red Box connection? After reacting to Durst's direction and Travolta's haircut, they next count down their bottom five obsessions from movies and then play one of

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