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Welcome to Smokey and the Snobby, the movie podcast where one of us loves high-octane car chases and the other prefers Cannes Film Festival winners... guess who's who? Each week, this father-son duo fires up the engines and reviews films from both ends of the cinematic highway.
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EPISODE 46 : MONEYBALL(2011) (opens the original)
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“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” This week on Smokey and the Snobby , we’re stepping up to the plate to review Moneyball (2011) , the critically acclaimed baseball drama starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, and Robin Wright . Based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game , the film follows Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane as he attempts to compete against Major League Baseball’s richest teams with o
EPISODE 45: SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION(1994) (opens the original)
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Movie Review | Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman & One of the Greatest Movies Ever Made “Get busy living, or get busy dying.” This week on Smokey and the Snobby , we’re heading behind the walls of Shawshank State Penitentiary to review The Shawshank Redemption (1994) , the beloved prison drama directed by Frank Darabont and based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption . Starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis “Red” R
EPISODE 44: EVIL DEAD(1981) (opens the original)
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Five friends. One creepy cabin. One very bad idea involving an ancient book. This week on Smokey and the Snobby , we’re heading deep into the woods to review The Evil Dead (1981) , Sam Raimi’s low-budget horror classic starring Bruce Campbell as the soon-to-be legendary Ash Williams . Made on a tiny budget with wild practical effects, inventive camerawork, buckets of blood, and seemingly no concern for good taste, The Evil Dead became one of the most influential cult horror movies of the 1980s .
EPISODE 43: HARD TARGET(1993) (opens the original)
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JCVD. John Woo. Mullet. Explosions. Slow motion. Flying motorcycles. What more do you need? This week on Smokey and the Snobby , we’re heading to New Orleans to revisit Hard Target (1993) , the gloriously over-the-top action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo in his Hollywood directorial debut. Van Damme stars as Chance Boudreaux , a down-on-his-luck merchant sailor who agrees to help Natasha Binder ( Yancy Butler ) search for her missing
EPISODE 42: STAND BY ME(1986) (opens the original)
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What started as a journey to find a dead body became one of the most unforgettable stories about friendship, childhood, growing up, and the people we never forget. This week on Smokey and the Snobby , we’re heading back to the summer of 1959 to review Stand by Me (1986) , Rob Reiner’s beloved coming-of-age classic based on Stephen King’s novella The Body . Starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland , Stand by Me follows four friends—Gordie, Chris,
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