High Five: The Podcast is a movie podcast for people who like other stuff too. Seems pretty simple, and it is.
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We all lose things (keys, marbles, lunches, bowels), and with all the memories we have of amazing Bill Murray movies, it’s easy to forget that there was a period of time when he wasn’t the cultural landmark that he is now, a lost period, if you will. The time period we are talking about is 1993 through roughly 1999. You’re probably thinking to yourself “Q and J,…
Long days and pleasant nights, constant streamers. It’s finally here, our seemingly unending path of the Beam to the release of The Dark Tower starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. On this very special episode of High Five: The Podcast, we’ve gathered our Ka-Tet for a viewing party of this anticipated epic and will let you listen in on our unfiltered thoughts of Nikolaj Arcel’s…
For as long as your High Five hosts have been alive, network and cable television have dominated the airwaves. Then Netflix came onto the scene, and while movie distributors were shakin’ in their booties, TV execs were laughing and thinking they were untouchable. But NO MORE! In this episode, J & Q dive into the streaming service’s back-catalog to dig out the Top 5 Netflix…
When you run a successful movie podcast, such as this one, you frequently get asked to go see early screeners of upcoming releases and provide reviews. Such was the case for Atomic Blonde, the Charlize Theron kick ass vehicle, which we were recently asked to screen and review. Unfortunately, both hosts missed the screener. But not seeing a movie has never stopped Q & J from…
“Nature is a cruel beast,” some smart person once said. Or was it “Nature is as Nature does?” Who knows. All we know is Seth MacFarlane summed it nicely when he said, “Damn Nature, you scary!” This week on the show, Q & J take a look at movies where the only villain is simply being outdoors, in their Top 5 Man vs Nature movies of…
Many people don’t know this, but High Five: The Podcast is really a spin-off of a short-run cable access puppet show called Mr. Fivel’s Fingerbang Parade. Given our history, it’s surprising that it has taken J & Q so long to unveil their Top 5 TV Spin-Offs episode, but let us assure you, it was worth the wait. Did you realize that all your favorite shows…
Let’s be honest, 1989 was a pretty great year. The Nintendo Gameboy was introduced to the world, the Berlin Wall was destroyed, people used the word “bombdiggity” a lot more than they do now, and…oh yeah, it was pretty much the best Summer movie season in cinema history. On this very special Other Stuff Too, J & Q dive into the Summer movies of 1989,…
What do Mambo No. 5, Flappy Bird and Tom Hanks have in common? That’s right, they were all one hit wonders that we love to hate. You may think we’re wrong about Tom Hanks being in that list, but on this episode, Q & J are discussing and dissecting the Top 5 One Hit Wonder Directors of all time. These are the guys that came out…
We’ve seen it all before, and again……and again again. In this episode that demands repeat listens, J & Q are counting down their Top 5 Rewatchable TV Shows. You know the ones. These are the shows you always come back to, like chocolate cake or your very embarrassing past, you freak! Like sand through an hourglass, so are the TV shows on our lists (and,…
Batman, Wonder Woman, The Joker, Green Lantern……..what could go wrong? When you have some of the most adored comic book properties in history, it’s a given that movies based on those properties are guaranteed to be fantastic, right? Well, so far, the DCEU (DC’s cinematic universe), consisting of Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad, has taken that challenge and proven…