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Movie Gumshoes

Welcome to The Movie Gumshoes—Step into The Junk! A dusty little town where reality and myth overlap, and two detectives chase down the biggest cases in cinema. In Movie Gumshoes, Jared and Jonathan (with the occasional visit from Dirty Deborah and Jason Stackman) investigate movies, digging through evidence of how they got made, who’s responsible, and whether the film deserves to be released to the public eye or redacted forever. Every episode is an adventure, packed with real research, wild

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63:50

Case File: "“Dust Bunny” - Tron: Ares (2025)

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2025/11/08

In this episode of Movie Gumshoes, the detectives dive into the neon world of Tron: Ares, which is the third film where Jared Leto stars as Ares, a program sent from the digital realm into the human world, directed by Joachim Rønning and filmed under the codename “Dust Bunny” in Vancouver. But while they investigate, Jonathan quietly battles his own crisis: his AI girlfriend, Synthia.exe, has left him, and he must accept that—like Ares, some things have to step into reality. As they discuss

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63:24

Case File: "Lost Lovecraft" - Cast A Deadly Spell (1991)

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2025/11/03

The precinct is in chaos. Detective Santiago the precinct's top detective, legendary for solving three cold cases before his morning coffee, has vanished without a trace. The Captain calls in the only dimwitted duo reckless enough for the job: Detectives Jared “Ballistic” and Jonathan “Sourdough” Manno.The Captain delivers the bad news: Santiago has been spotted in the Junk wearing a velvet robe and chanting under the stars with the secretive Cthulhu sex cult known only as The Knight Stars in area

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66:53

Case File: "Atari Conspiracy" - Cloak & Dagger (1985)

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2025/10/23

When a battered Atari cartridge turns up at the precinct labeled “Top Secret — Project Cloak & Dagger,” veteran detective Jared “Ballistic” Jackson and partner Jonathan “Sourdough” Manno are called in to decode it. What starts as a simple nostalgia trip soon spirals into a full-blown Cold-War mystery — complete with imaginary operatives, vanishing fathers, and a kid convinced he’s living inside a spy movie.As they dissect Cloak & Dagger’s strange blend of childhood fantasy and government

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47:52

Case File "Super-Sized" - Roofman (2025)

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2025/10/09

hen a string of bizarre restaurant robberies leaves staff tied up like Sunday roast, Detectives Jared “Ballistic” Jackson and Jonathan “Sourdough” Manno stake out the Feedbag Restaurant to catch the elusive Tangler — a criminal with a flair for knots and bad timing.But when Dirty Deborah joins the operation with her case files (and questionable expertise in ropework), tensions rise faster than fryer grease. After Jared realizes the case mirrors Roofman (2025), the trio decide to “take a quick break”

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55:20

Case File: "I Smell Dead People" - Good Boy (2025)

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2025/10/04

When the Movie Gumshoes set out to investigate Ben Leonberg’s haunted-house dog flick Good Boy (2025), things go sideways before the opening credits roll. Rookie Jonathan shows up with what he proudly claims is a new K-9 recruit named Ballistic—Jared’s old nickname from his wilder days. Trouble is, the “dog” turns out to be a rabid coyote swiped from behind the Feed Bag dumpster. Within minutes, Ballistic bolts, tears through downtown Junk, and bites a stripper outside the Skin Job.With chaos

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53:32

Case File: "King's Alias" - The Long Walk (2025)

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2025/09/18

In this hard-hitting case of Movie Gumshoes, Jared and rookie detective Jonathan lace up their boots to investigate The Long Walk (2025), Stephen King’s chilling dystopian tale brought to the screen by Francis Lawrence. The precinct archivist Dirty Deborah joins the case file, adding her broken moral compass to the mix. Together, the trio dissect the film’s oppressive atmosphere, Cooper Hoffman’s standout performance, and the devastating psychological toll of a contest where stopping means death

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43:44

Case File: "Rap Sheet" - Hollywood Homicide (2003)

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2025/09/12

Back at the precinct, Jonathan can’t help but strike up a conversation with the Captain. He explains that he sees himself and Jared like Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett in Hollywood Homicide—two detectives with double lives. “They’ve got homicide,” Jonathan says, “we’ve got movies. We clock out of real cases and moonlight as movie investigators. Same thing, just cooler jackets.”The Captain humors him, but Jared isn’t buying the comparison. To prove a point, Jared dives into the history of Hollywood

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65:50

Case File: "Corporatized" - The Toxic Avenger (2025)

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2025/08/30

Jonathan and Jared hit the Dinoplex theater to catch the pint-sized Toxic Avenger reboot. But before the mop-wielding mutant can even clean house on-screen, a disgruntled patron stands up mid-show. He tells the whole crowd they’re “better than this movie” and urges everyone to walk out, claiming it’s nothing but a waste of time. Now back in their office, the Movie Gumshoes sift through the fallout. Between the walkout drama, the questionable legacy of the Toxic Avenger, and the tangled history of

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78:19

Case File: "Triggered" - Weapons (2025)

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2025/08/23

The precinct is in chaos after a bizarre night at the movies. Detectives Jared Jackson and rookie Jonathan “Sourdough” Manno were assigned to investigate the latest cinematic crime scene: Zach Cregger’s Weapons. But their field operation was sabotaged by none other than precinct archivist Dirty Deborah, who, instead of quietly enjoying the screening, orchestrated an impromptu orgy in Row G.Amid spilled popcorn, shrieks, and audience members fleeing like extras in a B-horror flick, Jared and Jonathan

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58:05

Case File: "Forgotten Greatness" - Memory (2022)

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2025/08/07

This week on Movie Gumshoes, Jackson drags a skeptical Jonathan out of the precinct and into the theater to investigate Memory (2022), where Liam Neeson plays an aging assassin losing his grip — and not just on his targets. But the real mystery? Why would Martin Campbell, once the master behind GoldenEye, Casino Royale, and The Mask of Zorro, take the shot on what looks like a dollar-bin action flick?As the detectives unravel the film’s tangled plot and Campbell’s curious career choices, they

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Case File: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell” - The Thing (1982)

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2025/06/29

This week, the Movie Gumshoes go airborne—and off the rails—as they investigate John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982). It all begins with a seductive helicopter drop-off by Dirty Deborah, whose flight credentials are as questionable as her metaphors.After landing on the fog-choked summit of Superstition Mountain, Jonathan and Jared stumble upon a long-lost contact: Jason Stackman of Interpol, who may or may not be who he says he is. Together, they probe the film’s chilling themes—paranoia, isolation,

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62:09

Case File: “The Cheeky Mystery” - Butt Boy (2019)

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2025/06/11

When the DA’s office hauls Jared and Jonathan into the hot seat for "misconduct involving poor taste and highly questionable movie selections," the Gumshoes are given one last shot to redeem themselves. Their assignment? Investigate the bizarre 2019 thriller-comedy Butt Boy a film where a mild-mannered IT man develops a highly unusual addiction: making objects (and eventually people) disappear… where the sun don’t shine.As the Gumshoes sift through this absurdly deadpan noir, they’ll follow the

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51:21

Case File: “Hollywood’s Greatest Trick” - The Usual...

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2025/05/26

The spotlight’s hot and the cuffs are cold. This week, Jonathan "Sourdough" Manno finds himself in the interrogation room—not for a movie review, but as the lead suspect in a scandal the District Attorney calls “gross misconduct of the cinematic variety.” While the DA grills Sourdough under flickering lights, Jared “Ballistic” Jackson pulls a fast one: launching into a full review of Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects in an effort to stall, distract, and disarm.As Ballistic spins theories about myth,

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Case File: “Field of Screams” - Clown in a Cornfield...

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2025/05/18

The Movie Gumshoes are back on the beat! Jared and Jonathan dive face-first into the cornstalks to uncover the twisted secrets of Clown in a Cornfield (2025), the teen slasher that’s equal parts satire, scream-fest, and social commentary.Was this a case of killer clowns or just a town desperate to stay relevant? Why do the adults hate their kids so much? And did Eli Craig just pull off one of the wildest YA horror adaptations of the decade?With exploding floats, suspicious popcorn, and one deeply

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67:52

Case File: "Tan Lines & Testosterone" - The Surfer...

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2025/05/05

The Movie Gumshoes and Dirty Deborah dive into The Surfer, where masculine waves and Cage-fueled chaos await. Jonathan goes deep undercover with the surfer gang—but somewhere between method acting and heatstroke, he can’t shake his Australian accent... or his new macho swagger. We investigate director Lorcan Finnegan’s sun-scorched vision and Nicolas Cage’s latest existential meltdown. Plus: Jonathan gets a branding-iron tattoo (because of course he does), and spoiler—it’s more infected than his

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71:20

Case File: "Scare, Die, Repeat" - Until Dawn (2025)

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2025/04/28

The Movie Gumshoes and their permanently perverted archivist, Dirty Deborah are racing against the clock (and basic HR policies) to crack their next case: Until Dawn. The catch? If they don’t solve it before sunrise, Captain’s gonna finally fire them for shady expense reports, improper evidence handling, and “multiple violations of cinematic integrity.”Now trapped in a relentless time loop (probably Dirty Deb’s fault), the team must relive the same busted investigation over and over — interrogating

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38:11

Case File “Pablo Escobear" - Cocaine Bear (2023)

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2025/04/18

This week, the Movie Gumshoes take on a barely believable case: a 500-pound apex predator who snorts an ungodly amount of cocaine and goes full Scarface in the woods. The bear’s high, the stakes are higher, and our judgment? Completely obliterated.Early in the investigation, we "accidentally" had the key to the evidence locker... and one thing led to another. and, well, let’s just say we got real method with our investigation. Did we watch the movie? No. Did we become the movie? Emotionally,

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42:27

Case File: “Swipe Right for Murder” - Drop (2025)

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2025/04/10

In this week’s episode, the Gumshoes crack open the digital dossier on Drop (2025), Christopher Landon’s latest thriller that proves romance is dead—and possibly holding your family hostage.Our investigation begins with Violet, a grieving widow looking for love, who ends up on a date from hell when she starts receiving anonymous threats through an app called “DigiDrop.” Someone's got her kid, her sister, and apparently a master’s degree in psychological warfare. As the tension mounts and entrées go

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52:09

Case File: “Pre-Existing Magical Condition” - Death...

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2025/04/01

The Movie Gumshoes had their expectations thoroughly ambushed when they discovered that Death of a Unicorn wasn’t just a bizarre title—it was a full-blown fever dream seemingly inspired by Rian Johnson’s creative hubris. This week on The Movie Gumshoes, we’re investigating the most bizarre cinematic crime yet—Death of a Unicorn. Paul Rudd. Jenna Ortega. One magical creature. One very unfortunate collision. Was it an accident... or a mythical murder? We’re diving deep into the glittery wreckage to

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41:57

The Movie Gumshoes incinerate MICKEY 17

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2025/03/17

The Movie Gumshoes investigate Warner Brothers and Bong Joon Ho's disposable employee, who is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. Find why Mickey 17 should have been tossed down the incinerator with the rest of the disposable movies this year.

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