The Grand Gesture
A podcast where a professional therapist and and unprofessional movie watcher apply everything they've learned from BATMAN (1989) to 89 other lesser films.
6 years ago

Ep. 27 - The Red Shoes

For RED SPARROW we go with an obvious tie-in film in the first of our once a month romance with classic cinema: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1948 film THE RED SHOES. Ballet and the color red, but no spycraft to be found as your hosts Dave and...

6 years ago

Ep. 26 - That Awkward Moment

We bring on "The King of Cringe" for THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, something our guest JARED DOTSON of SOBER CINEMA takes issue with. However much to our surprise, he does not take issue with this not so well regarded romcom from 2014 starring Zac Efron, Michael...

6 years ago

Ep. 25 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit

On this episode we take a trip back to the late 80s when cartoon rabbits didn't make fun of those with allergies and instead would go on angry drunken heartbroken benders. To do this we need an expert, not in drunken benders, but in that time period. So...

6 years ago

Ep. 24 - 13 Going on 30

On this episode we sprinkle a little Mark Ruffalo fairy dust and jump ahead to our fun and flirty thirties with guest EMILY DURKIN of THE ALL NIGHTER MOVIE REVIEW PODCAST for a discussion on 13 GOING ON 30. One host hates Jennifer Garner and is terrible...

6 years ago

Ep. 23 - Excalibur

For Valentine's Day we offer up the legendary gift of EXCALIBUR... but mainly Helen Mirren in all her black magic glory. To do so we welcome an Arthurian legend expert, Josh Dotson of SOBER CINEMA. And when we say "expert" we mean someone who isn't shoc...

6 years ago

Ep. 22 - Phantom Thread

For our first new release, Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD, we bring on a new guest in BEN ZUK from 99 FROM 99 a new movie podcast co-hosted by your lovable country bumpkin Mike. That podcast is presenting 99 episodes on films from 1999, including...

6 years ago

Ep. 21 - You've Got Mail

The entire point of this podcast has been to force the cynical and generally miserable coastal elite host, Dave, to be brought to the light by the noble and kind host, Mike. And there is perhaps no other film that can accomplish this feat other than Nor...

6 years ago

Ep. 20 - The American President

Since the extent of our research on AARON SORKIN was one of us watching an episode of THE WEST WING and the other pulling up an IMDb tab on this accomplished writer, your hosts bring in a Sorkin expert in JESSE SCHOBER of the FIELD OF SCREAMS podcast. A...

6 years ago

Open with a Breakup Song in THE LAST FIVE YEARS

We kick off the new year as most people do... by reflecting on the film adaptation of musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Since your hosts Mike and Dave have not a musical bone in their body (just very bitter ones) we welcome singer/songwriter JACOB HALLER on ...

6 years ago

Crying Over Mr. Napkin Head in THE HOLIDAY

Take a podcast holiday with us as we provide you with the fantasies of Nancy Meyers as lived out by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet in THE HOLIDAY. Guest Natasha of The Rad Ass Bitches joins the show to debate if Meyers can pull off a more grounded love a...