What do you get when you mix movies, fights, friends and local beer? You get the FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST! For decades, these battles of film knowledge have taken place on couches, in theaters, on bar stools and in the gym between (sometimes during) sparring sessions. Paul and Steve are career martial artists, stuntmen and filmmakers who have never kept their opinions to themselves…EVER. With so many great fight films analyzed and dissected, and even more left untouched, Steve and Paul ta ...
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A podcast where four indie-filmmakers get together once a week to argue about movies. Each episode we pick a theme and choose our top three films in that theme. Rioting ensues.
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003: Calvin Ahn is The Chozen One
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Calvin Ahn is a New York-based actor and stunt performer who has appeared in Fallout, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Lovecraft Country, The Defenders, John Wick Chapter 2, and in one of the most noted shows in the martial arts space, Cobra Kai – as Chozen’s stunt double for the epic re-match with Daniel LaRusso! We begin this episode of Fights With Fri…
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002 - Joshua Todd James’ Conversations with Van Damme
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In this episode of Fights with Friends, Paul and Steve take a deep dive into writing action with Joshua Todd James. Joshua is a screenwriter, playwright, novelist, lifelong martial artist, and BJJ Black Belt behind JCVD’s Pound of Flesh (2015) and the upcoming Hulu feature Take Cover (2024), starring Scott Atkins. Our discussion begins with a break…
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001 - Punch in the Poker Face with Becca GT
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Steve and Paul are joined by Becca GT, a professional stunt performer who has doubled Natasha Lyonne on Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll, and most recently, Poker Face. This episode centers on the epic retirement home fight from Season 1, Episode 5 Poker Face, and takes a deep dive into Becca’s career beginning 20 years ago driving at the lege…
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Lifelong martial artists, stunt performers, and filmmakers Paul Varacchi and Stephen Koepfer introduce themselves and give a taste of what’s in store on their new podcast, ‘Fights With Friends’ – premiering soon with a 26 bi-weekly episode season! Choke Artist: https://vimeo.com/94755803 Choke Artist Behind the Fight: https://youtu.be/UoszFNvwxJI?s…
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EPISODE 31 : ACTRESSES (aka Mumble-Bored)
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Way back in the blissful world of January 2020, when nothing could possibly go wrong, we recorded an episode all about our favorite actresses. It sat on a hard drive for years only to be dusted off for the recent celebration of one of the four friend’s nuptials! We each chose one actress and three movies that best represented their body of work. Yo…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 6 with STEVEN GRUBBS!
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Sixth episode in a series of mini-quickies in which the friends and a special guest each recommend a movie for your whenever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong depending on whose recommendation to take! This week's special guest recommender is our life-long friend Steven Grubbs. He's a guy that's smart and l…
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EPISODE 30 : BEST OF 2017 (aka Ducournau Her Name)
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The list you’ve all been waiting for, our favorite movies of... 2017. Okay so when we started recording this season it WAS 2017 so this episode made a lot more sense then. However, we still stand by our picks which include movies about a figure skater, a veterinary student, a newspaper publisher, a group therapy session, a movie set 29 years in the…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 5 with JENNY GUNN!
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Fifth episode in a new series of mini-quickies in which the friends and a special guest each recommend a movie for your whenever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong depending on whose recommendation to take! This week's special guest recommender is our very good friend Jenny Gunn. She is a lecturer in film an…
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EPISODE 29 : MOVIES OUR MOMS PICKED (aka It's a Dad Dad Dad Dad Joke)
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This week the guys talk about their moms' favorite movies... these MOVIES OUR MOMS PICKED include two movies with shirtless swashbuckling Spaniards, two about raising children you don't necessarily want, one about a woman killing her husband not once but twice, one with flocks of murderous birds terrorizing schoolchildren, one about dating and fall…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 4 with RACHEL SWEENEY!
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Fourth episode in a new series of mini-quickies where each of us and a special guest recommend a movie for your whenever wherever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, depending on whose recommendation you take! This week's special guest is filmmaker and long-time fan of the show, Rachel Sweeney! You can watch…
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EPISODE 28 : FORCE-WATCH MOVIES (aka KEITHER SUMBERLAND)
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The four friends are doing something a little different this week, and each guy picks one movie for each of the other guys to watch. We talk about 2 of the top 10 IMDb rated movies of all time, four movies in a foreign language plus one British movie that is super British, two of the guys finally have to watch a Gibby pick, and they spend 20 minute…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 3 with LISA M WARING!
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Third episode in a new series of mini-quickies where each of us and a special guest recommend a movie for your whenever wherever! Five-ish movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, depending on whose recommendation you take! This week's special guest is filmmaker and long-time fan of the show, Lisa M Waring! +++ This weeks …
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EPISODE 27 : GUILTY PLEASURES (aka RED BAND GIBBY)
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This week the guys come clean and confess their guilty pleasures... including Russian steroid use, 90s computer hacking, professional bouncer leagues, surfing on teen mission trips, alien-possessed bicycles, calling people 'banana head', cheerleading competition race relations, and the complete destruction of planet Earth. 0:00 - Opening 8:38 - Lan…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 2 with SUSAN COOPER!
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Second episode in a new series of mini-quickies where we each recommend a movie along with a guest recommender! Five movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, we suppose, depending on what you decide to watch. This week's special guest is a podcasting colleague and long-time fan of the show, Susan Cooper! +++ This weeks rec…
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EPISODE 26 : WESTERNS (aka Rango Unchained)
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This week the friends discuss their favorite Westerns... a genre Gibby thinks contains more movies than all other genres combined even though he has nary a stat nor a bit of research to back that up. These Western picks include a movie that makes no sense whatsoever, one with a truly iconic score, a movies about a talking gecko not selling insuranc…
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Four Friends Friday Film Recommendations No. 1 with SONYA MAY!
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First episode in a new series of mini-quickies where we each recommend a movie along with a guest recommender! Five movie recommendations to start your weekend off right... or wrong, we suppose, depending on what you decide to watch. This week's special guest is our very dear friend / filmmaking collaborator / and super awesome person: Sonya May! +…
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EPISODE 25 : PART THREES (aka Zatoichi & Scratchy)
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SEASON THREE IS HERE! The friends are back and ready to fight about their favorite films that are the 3rd part in a trilogy, mostly. Episode 25 has got all your favorite franchises covered including those with aliens, apes, superheroes, toys, wizards, samurai, priests, cops, archeologists, and... beavers. 0:00 - start 7:22 - Jordan’s Number 3 - Ali…
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BREAKING NEWS! SEASON 3 IMMINENT! DETAILS INSIDE!
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EPISODE 24 : LISTENER SUGGESTIONS (aka The Grateful Dudes)
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This week the guys talk about movies suggested by listeners of the podcast, y'know, LISTENER SUGGESTIONS, including one about werewolves in love with girls in love with vampires, one about girls in love with guys in love with dancing, one with a woman in love with a 13 year old boy in love with toys, and one about guys formerly in love with racism.…
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EPISODE 23 : LIFE STORIES (aka Gibbles'n'Bits)
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This week the guys get a little personal and pick movies that tell their life stories, including a movie that may or may not be a love story, a movie that got panned and petered out, two movies that only Jordan watched, and a movie that none of them watched.
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EPISODE 22 : ZOMBIE MOVIES (aka Zombedies)
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This week the guys pick some of their favorite ZOMBIE MOVIES, including two movies that Lance thinks ruined the books they were based on, a movie that started the entire genre, a rom zom com bomb, and a movie that feels like Tim Burton remade The Evil Dead. EEEAAAT!
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EPISODE 21 : MOVIE CHARACTERS (aka Annie Wilkes Booth)
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This week the guys talk about some of their favorite movie characters, including a cross-dressing babysitter, a capitalistic high schooler, a milk-drinking assassin, and Winnie the Pooh on opium.
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EPISODE 20 : FUNNIEST MOVIES (aka Gib & Gibbier)
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This week the guys discuss movies that make them giggle and guffaw... FUNNIEST MOVIES, including a non-singing Madonna, a too-paid actor/director, Walt Disney getting shot in the leg, and a south of the border ET.
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EPISODE 19 : MOVIE ACTORS (aka Kingo Gibbo)
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This week the fellers tackle some of their favorite MOVIE ACTORS, including a 50 year old playing a 70 year old, one of the most famous and celebrated actors in the world who Gibby thinks is underrated, a guy who had 800 auditions before landing his breakout role, and a Samurai.
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EPISODE 18 : SPORTS MOVIES (aka Kumite My Lord)
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This week the guys talk about their favorite sports movies including the Bears of bad news, the kids of karate, the lights of Friday, and balls of money, and the sports of blood.
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EPISODE 17 : UNDERRATED MOVIES (aka The True)
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This week the guys pick their favorite underrated movies, including one about the invention of the hula hoop, one about throwing chairs from a high rise, one that's six movies in one, one with a lot of screaming, and one that's a procedural on digging holes. Oh and Lance gets upset about something or other.…
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EPISODE 16 : OSCAR LOSERS (aka Bubble Grump)
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Now that the Academy Awards are over, the guys pick their favorite Oscar Losers, including movies that were unfairly snubbed by Forrest Gump, Gladiator, Annie Hall, The French Connection, No Country For Old Men, and two that lost to something called Hamlet.
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EPISODE 15 : BEST MOVIES OF 2016 (aka THAT'S SO REFN)
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The guys reflect on their favorite movies from 2016, including one that had Gibby heaving in his seat, one that hypnotized Lance, one that gave Jordan lockjaw, and we learn that Hudson has finally come-of-age. What a time to be alive!
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EPISODE 14 : ROMANTIC MOVIES (aka Ed Heiress)
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It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air, so the guys pick their favorite romantic movies, including one about a mass murdering spree, one about a young man faking his death, one about teenage pregnancy, and one about dementia. Y'know, romantic stuff! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro and Intro question 3:00 - Facebook Feedback and voices 5:50 - How har…
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LISTENER SUGGESTIONS! SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Podcasts rely heavily on iTunes reviews, and we want to grow the show as much as possible, so here’s the deal: the next 12 people who leave us a review on iTunes (starting February 10) can send us an e-mail (at fightaboutfilm@gmail.com) with a movie they want us to cover! We’ll feature those 12 movies later this season on a show entirely made up of…
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EPISODE 13 : MOVIE SEQUELS (aka Number Twos)
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To start our second 'season' the guys fight over their favorite movie sequels, including one that gave Lance a headache, one that puts Jordan to sleep, two that don't include Batman's origin story, one that completely ignores the original, and we still have time to argue about the definition of 'sequel' when Lance makes his own rules! 0:00-2:24 - i…
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We'll be taking a short break, but we'll be back in February of 2017 with all new episodes! We'll still be active on facebook and twitter at @fightaboutfilm, so follow us to keep up with the latest news (and maybe a few surprises). Happy New Year!
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EPISODE 12 : CHRISTMAS MOVIES (aka Visionettes)
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Now that the holidays are here, the guys talk about some of their favorite Christmas movies, including one about horrifying creatures mauling innocent civilians, one about child abandonment, one with R-rated phone calls, and one with full grown men passing out drunk at the family dinner.
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EPISODE 11 : DOCUMENTARY MOVIES (aka Gibby Dreams of Pixar)
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The guys pick one of their favorite documentary films, including one that will make you hungry, one that calls pretty much everybody a Satanist, one that fills Lance with rage, and one that Gibby may have spelled wrong.
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EPISODE 10 : DIRECTORS (aka Roeg One)
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The guys pick one of their favorite directors and talk about three films by each including a quintessential 80s director, an unsung filmmaking duo, a director who fancies rock stars (and one folk monster), and Super Dave’s brother. 0:00-5:00 - Who would direct your life? Game-Time! 5:00 - Introduction to each of our director picks 10:30 - Gibby's #…
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EPISODE 9 : TEARJERKER MOVIES (aka It's a Holocaumedy)
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This week the guys get weepy while discussing MOVIES THEY CRIED AT including films about boy wizards, farting corpses, time traveling lawyers, washed-up tennis players, ghostly baseball players, and an entire roster of kids movies.
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EPISODE 8 : HOME STATE MOVIES (aka Talk Flacid)
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The guys crossover with the Talk Hard podcast to bring you their favorite movies from each other’s HOME STATES, including one with a mustacheless 70s heart throb, one with a foul-mouthed 8 year old, and one low-budget comedy filmed on weekends for over 8 years.
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Episode 7 : ROTTEN MOVIES (aka It's Re-MarcRocco-able)
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The guys talk about their favorite ROTTEN MOVIES (rated less than 50% on rottentomatoes.com), including the sequel to the movie version of a tv show, a movie whose director cast himself as the savior of the world, and a movie with a whopping 0% critic score.
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Episode 6 : CHILDHOOD MOVIES (aka Mr. Bawdy Humor)
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The guys talk about their favorite CHILDHOOD MOVIES, including one based on a board game, one based on an ad campaign, and one in which all the main characters die in the first five minutes.
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Episode 5 : POLITICAL MOVIES (aka Michael J. Fawkes)
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The guys discuss their favorite political films including a movie that fueled Gibby's hatred for Boy Scouts, a movie that uncovers the guys' ignorance of U.K. history, and our first puppet movie! Intro 3:18 - Jordan’s # 3 7:33 - Gibby’s # 3 11:35 - Lance’s # 3 17:08 - Hudson’s # 3 22:28 - Jordan’s # 2 28:00 - Gibby’s # 2 33:10 - Lance’s # 2 38:36 -…
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Episode 4 : TIME TRAVEL MOVIES (aka Optimus Primer)
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The guys tussle over 'time travel' movies, including a movie made for only $7000, a movie showing a cyborg cooking dinner, and a movie that turned Gibby into a puddle (what else is new).
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Episode 3 : DISTURBING MOVIES (aka Salò To My Little Friend)
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With Halloween right around the corner, the guys talk about the movies they find most disturbing, including one that swept the Oscars, one that made Hudson scream (literally), and another that almost made Lance give up movies altogether.
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Episode 2 : OVERRATED MOVIES (aka You Are My Friend-O)
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The guys argue about which movies they feel are the most overrated, including the two highest grossing movies of all time, the two most beloved film franchises, and Limp Bizkit fans favorite movie. Intro Lance # 3 (6:45) Jordan # 3 (11:40) Gibby # 3 (16:32) Hudson # 3 (18:46) Lance # 2 (23:45) Jordan # 2 (28:03) Gibby # 2 (32:22) Hudson # 2 (35:54)…
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Episode 1 : DEBUT MOVIES (aka the Friedkin Weekend)
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The guys make a list of their Top 3 Debut Films (or movies by first-time filmmakers) and discuss the movie that most influenced middle school girls' Trapper Keepers.
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