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Is Kal Penn going for a stroll in a post-apocalyptic landscape? No, he's just trying to find the balance between his Indian and American upbringings.
Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists #10 is out, and it's all about Mira Nair's THE NAMESAKE!
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You never read "Randy Horton Hears a Who" growing up?
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Genuinely believe Julio's phone auto-corrected to "Horton" because he's never used the text "Randy Orton" before.
Anyway... VOTE!
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It's King of the Ring season and, with that in mind, we've got a lineup of KOTR bouts for the next Julio at the Matches! To choose from, we have a couple tournament matches and a couple others you may have heard of!
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Hulk Hogan V Yokozuna
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Mankind V Undertaker
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Brock Lesnar V Test
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GUNTHER V Randy Horton
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Sting (not the musician) Vs. Vader (not the Sith Lord) - it can get confusing but @ContrarianAlex walked me through it.
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Your Contrarians Homework for June:
- Kal Penn leaves White Castle (temporarily) behind
- Arnold shows Glen Powell how it's done
- The Frenchiest French movie about sad sex
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Chief Brody faces a threat deadlier than any shark: Daniel Clamp.
Our 52 PICK-UP episode is out! Part two of our Bedroom to Box Office event!
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Our Summer event begins! The first episode of Bedroom to Box Office tackles David Cronenberg's RABID - you know, the one with the armpit stinger.
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You can watch the Gina v Ronda fight 370 times or you can watch HAYWIRE once. You choose how to spend your hour and forty-five minutes.
May 15
Get set for what certainly should be something tomorrow night by listening to myself, Julio, Joel, and STEVE(!) talk about a lot of random things while watching Haywire!
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There's a big Gina Carano / Rhonda Rousey fight on Saturday, and we already talked about the Entourage movie years ago. Now we shine the spotlight on Gina via a commentary track for the Steven Soderbergh thriller HAYWIRE!
It's a TUF20 reunion with @JoeHulbert and @NotDrDeath !
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For the 2nd Julio at the Matches: May bouts that are very well known... for one reason or another. VOTE!
Sting / Big Van Vader (5/22/94)
Rob Van Dam Vs. Jerry Lynn (5/16/99)
Jeff Jarrett / Diamond Dallas Page / David Arquette (5/7/00)
Steve Corino / Yoshihiro Tajiri (5/14/00)
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Sting / Vader
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RVB / Jerry Lynn
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Jarrett / DDP / Arquette
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Corino / Tajiri
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These people are saving the U.S. presidency by creating a fake war. Can it get more American than that?
We talk about WAG THE DOG in the ninth installment of Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists!
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The math of terrible parenting checks out.
Our DENNIS THE MENACE (1993) episode is ready for you!
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Currently editing our WAG THE DOG episode. You know, the movie where Robert DeNiro, Anne Heche and Dustin Hoffman fake a war to distract from the president's sex scandal.
Great fucking film.
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Young filmmakers just won't let romcoms die - even if it means Frankensteining new ones from the bones of the old ones.
Our RYE LANE episode is out!
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Just in time for Wrestlemania! The first installment of Julio At The Matches is available on our Patreon. Sign up for free and hear us muse about dangerous braids, poisonous mists, and more!
patreon.com/posts/155811315?…
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The ever-articulate Jason from Binge Movies and The Slashers joins us for a recap of the first eight Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists movies.
Opinions, rankings, awards, this one has it all!!!
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Your Contrarians Homework for April:
- An eight-movie recap of our Fresh Immigrants, Rotten Fascists journey so far!
- Manic Pixie Dream Brits trying to keep romcoms alive!
- Walter Matthau goes full slapstick as he battles a child from Hell!
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The first official installment of Julio at the Matches! will drop on 4/14 to set the table for the Biggest Weekend of the Year. But, first, we need YOUR help in determining which of these WrestleMania Week offerings we'll be watching!
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Roderick Strong Vs Moose
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J. Gresham Vs M. Takeda
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WALTER Vs Tommaso Ciampa
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Asuka Vs Bianca Belair
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New Dual Video Review! Watch Alex keep his cool when he realizes I don't know the big reveal in SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN and he does.
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In all fairness, Matthau is a stud in it too.
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