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Blockbuster Buffs

Two movie obsessed best friends dive into the best and worst movies ever made. From the art house to the blockbuster, we watch them all. Each season we will bring you a new theme and several new films to dunk or defend with us. This is BLOCKBUSTER BUFFS!

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

54:15

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - Re-Release: Nosferatu (2024)

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2025/10/31

HALLOWEEN RE-RELEASE! NOSFERATU!BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 3: The Boys Go Monster MashingEpisode 41 – NIGHTLY NIBBLESHosts: Matt and JoeMovie: Nosferatu 2024This week, Matt and Joe sink their teeth into the eerie and irreverent world of Nosferatu 2024. In this tongue-in-cheek update of the vampire classic, our hosts serve up a hearty helping of biting humor, modern twists, and a generous dose of retro horror vibes. Will this reimagined undead tale leave you craving more, or is it just a nibble too

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01:14:55

62 - ROMANTIC ABOUT BASEBALL - Moneyball (2011)

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2025/10/24

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 5: MVPs – Clear Eyes, Buff Guys, Can’t LoseEpisode 4: ROMANTIC ABOUT BASEBALL – Moneyball (2011)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: Moneyball (2011)Matt and Joe crunch the numbers and question the system in this week’s episode on Moneyball—the film that made spreadsheets emotional and turned on-base percentage into a cinematic tearjerker.We talk Brad Pitt’s perfectly tousled GM energy, Jonah Hill’s quiet genius, and why the 2002 Oakland A’s might be the greatest almost-team of all

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01:04:03

61 - FULL TILT FRIENDSHIP – Rounders (1998)

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2025/10/17

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 5: MVPs – Clear Eyes, Buff Guys, Can’t LoseEpisode 3: FULL TILT FRIENDSHIP – Rounders (1998)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: Rounders (1998)It’s all-in or nothing this week as the Buffs gamble on friendship with Rounders — the slick, smoky, cult poker drama that taught a generation how to pronounce “Malkovich.”Matt and Joe bluff their way through this bro-fueled tale of loyalty, risk, and underground poker dens that look suspiciously like stage sets. From wormy friends to Russian

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01:04:44

60 - VON ERICHS VS. EVERYBODY – The Iron Claw (2023)

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2025/10/10

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 5: MVPs – Clear Eyes, Buff Guys, Can’t LoseEpisode 2: VON ERICHS VS. EVERYBODY – The Iron Claw (2023)Hosts: Matt and JoeGuest: Jacob HallMovie: The Iron Claw (2023)This week, we step into the squared circle with The Iron Claw, the heartbreaking A24 biopic about the rise and fall of the legendary Von Erich wrestling family.We’re joined in person by special guest Jacob Hall, who shocked us all by being a legit pro wrestling historian (seriously, the man knew what a heel turn

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47:37

58 - READ IT, ROLL IT, HOLE IT - The Greatest Game...

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2025/10/03

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 5: MVPs – Clear Eyes, Buff Guys, Can’t LoseEpisode 1: READ IT, ROLL IT, HOLE IT – The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)Season 5 kicks off with khakis, caddies, and some surprisingly cinematic golf. Shia LaBeouf trades transformers for tee times in this underdog sports story that had us whispering “nice shot” like we knew what we were talking about.We dive into the 2005 Disney drama that puts sportsmanship, class

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58:08

58 - Happily Ever After: Season Finale

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2025/09/12

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerFinale: HAPPILY EVER AFTER – Season Wrap-Up & Rom Com RankingsHosts: Matt and JoeIt’s the final countdown.After a summer of love, confusion, and emotionally questionable decisions, the Buffs are closing the book on Season 4 with one last, chaotic romantic gesture: editing the leaderboard.Armed with 10 points each, Matt and Joe re-litigate the entire season by adding or subtracting points from any stat, for any movie, at any

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57 - LOVE CONQUERS NIHILISM – Palm Springs (2020)

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2025/09/05

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 13: LOVE CONQUERS NIHILISM – Palm Springs (2020)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: Palm Springs (2020)For the final rom-com of the season, the Buffs dive headfirst into an existential sandstorm of love, loops, and lava pits with Palm Springs — the 2020 time-loop romance starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.Nyles and Sarah are stuck in a desert wedding AND a literal time trap, doomed to relive the same tequila-soaked day over

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56 - GINGER TIME LORD – About Time (2013)

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2025/08/29

Season 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 14: GINGER TIME LORD – About Time (2013)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: About Time (2013)This week, Matt and Joe step into a time-traveling closet with About Time — the 2013 British rom-com where love, loss, and ginger genetics combine to make you cry at least twice.With Domhnall Gleeson playing the most emotionally responsible Time Lord in cinema and Rachel McAdams continuing her reign as the Multiverse’s Favorite Girlfriend™, this movie dares

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01:01:25

55 - MANIC PIXIE TWEE GIRL – 500 Days of Summer (2009)

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2025/08/22

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 13: MANIC PIXIE TWEE GIRL – 500 Days of Summer (2009)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: 500 Days of Summer (2009)This week, Matt and Joe stare directly into the sun (Zooey Deschanel) and come away with an existential crisis and a Smiths song stuck in their heads. It’s 500 Days of Summer, the anti-rom-com that fooled a whole generation into thinking it was deep.We discuss the indie darling’s weird tonal shifts, the dissection of love

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54 - TOUCHDOWN & TANGO - Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

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2025/08/14

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 12: A ROM-COM FOR SAD GUYS – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)This week, Matt and Joe lace up their sneakers, grab their trash bags, and sprint full-speed into Silver Linings Playbook — the 2012 Oscar-nominated romantic dramedy where mental health, ballroom dancing, and Eagles football all collide in chaotic harmony.Bradley Cooper’s got rage issues, Jennifer Lawrence is

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53 - INNER BEAUTY PAGEANT – I Feel Pretty (2018)

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2025/08/08

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 11: INNER BEAUTY PAGEANT – I Feel Pretty (2018)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: I Feel Pretty (2018)This week, the Buffs take on I Feel Pretty — the Amy Schumer-led rom-com that asks: what if confidence really was all in your head? A bump on the noggin gives our lead a new lease on life… but does the movie’s message land with grace, or trip over its own heels?Matt and Joe untangle this beauty-brand satire as they wrestle with body

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47:32

52 - BETTING ON RIZZ - How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days...

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2025/08/01

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 10: BETTING ON RIZZ – How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)Hosts: Matt, Joe, and special guest LizzieMovie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)We’re back in person, baby! After two years of remote recordings, the Buffs are finally together in the same room — and we brought a guest: Joe’s fiancée Lizzie. What better way to celebrate than with a rom-com overflowing with charm and chaos?How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days has it all:

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01:00:39

51 - WHEN GIGI MET ALEX – He’s Just Not That Into You...

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2025/07/25

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 9: WHEN GIGI MET ALEX – He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)Hosts: Matt and JoeGuest Host: Kyle AndersonMovie: He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)This week, Matt and Joe are joined by Kyle Anderson to dissect one of the most early-2000s ensemble rom-coms ever made. He’s Just Not That Into You gives us a web of love stories tangled in bad advice, missed signals, and the eternal optimism of Gigi.From Justin Long’s cynical bar

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50 - [Fixed] CHRISTMAS IN JULY SWAP – The Holiday (2006)

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2025/07/18

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 8: CHRISTMAS IN JULY SWAP – The Holiday (2006)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: The Holiday (2006)This week, Matt and Joe pack up their emotional baggage and hop across the Atlantic for The Holiday — the 2006 festive rom-com where Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet quite literally switch lives (and houses).From adorable cottages to weird LA mansions, surprise Jack Black sincerity to a wildly charming Jude Law, this movie somehow

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50 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY SWAP – The Holiday (2006)

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2025/07/17

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 8: CHRISTMAS IN JULY SWAP – The Holiday (2006)Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: The Holiday (2006)This week, Matt and Joe pack up their emotional baggage and hop across the Atlantic for The Holiday — the 2006 festive rom-com where Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet quite literally switch lives (and houses).From adorable cottages to weird LA mansions, surprise Jack Black sincerity to a wildly charming Jude Law, this movie somehow

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49 - TOO OLD FOR THIS BIT - 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

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2025/07/11

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn To Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 7: TOO OLD FOR THIS BITHosts: Matt and JoeMovie: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)Matt and Joe take a very uncomfortable trip back to 2005 with The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the Judd Apatow comedy that helped launch a wave of raunchy rom-coms. But how well does it hold up nearly two decades later?Spoiler: not great.This episode tackles the cringe, the charm, and the weird cultural moment that made chest waxing a punchline and

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01:04:02

48 - TAMING OF THE TEENAGERS – 10 Things I Hate About...

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2025/07/03

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn To Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 4 – TAMING OF THE TEENAGERS – 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)Hosts: Matt and JoeGuest: DeidreMovie: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)This week, Matt and Joe are joined by guest host Deidre to break down the high school Shakespeare adaptation that made us all swoon: 10 Things I Hate About You. With a killer ’90s soundtrack, teen angst, and Heath Ledger crooning from the bleachers, it’s no wonder this movie still hits like

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01:01:27

47 - BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY - 13 Going on 30 (2004)

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2025/06/27

BIG GIRLS DON’T CRYSeason 4: The Buffs Learn to Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 5Hosts: Matt and JoeMovie: 13 Going on 30 (2004)This week, the Buffs get flirty, thirty, and a little bit dirty with 13 Going on 30—the body-swap rom-com that dares to ask: what if your dream life isn’t what you thought it’d be? Matt and Joe dig into the nostalgia-fueled fantasy, the killer soundtrack, and whether “Thriller” flash mobs should ever be allowed at office parties.It’s a sweet, silly movie about missed

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43:30

JAWS TURNS 50! **Jaws Episode (re-release)**

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2025/06/20

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSS3 E2 - Blockbuster Buffs Origins (RE-RELEASE)Movie: Jaws (1975)HOSTS: Matt and Joe🦈 We’re gonna need a bigger anniversary.To celebrate 50 years of Spielberg’s shark-sized masterpiece, we’re re-releasing our Jaws episode! Matt and Joe revisit the movie that birthed the summer blockbuster—and a generation of beachgoers too scared to swim.We dig into everything from that spine-tingling John Williams score to the behind-the-scenes shark chaos to the way Jaws shaped modern cinema. Is

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54:18

46 - LOVE ACTUALLY TAKES AWHILE - When Harry Met...

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2025/06/20

BLOCKBUSTER BUFFSSeason 4: The Buffs Learn To Love – A Rom Com SummerEpisode 3 – LOVE ACTUALLY TAKES AWHILEHosts: Matt and JoeMovie: When Harry Met Sally (1989)Can men and women ever just be friends? Or are they just killing time until one of them catches feelings in a New York diner?This week, Matt and Joe unpack When Harry Met Sally (1989)—the Nora Ephron–penned rom-com that defined an entire generation of will-they-won’t-they storytelling. With iconic performances from Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan

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