Episode 145 - Yeah, We LOVED Solo!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are BACK!!! With the Livestream for the Cure 2.0 a resounding success, we've got a lot of HUGE thanks to spread around to everyone, and we are incredibly grateful for everyone who helped us with the event and donated to help us reach the goal.

This week, we're back with a FULL discussion of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opens with a Nick's Rant... but maybe not for a reason you'd expect. How did you feel about the film? Let us know over in the Hobster's Dumpster!

SPOILERS BEGIN: 01:09:02
SPOILERS END: 01:19:45

Also this week, Nick gives his brief thoughts on Deadpool 2 and we talk about the 20th anniversary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an absolutely amazing film that just celebrated that huge milestone last week. Next week on the show, we're beginning our Jurassic Park franchise retrospective with a look back at the iconic original film ahead of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom at the end of the month. Thank you for listening everyone! We'll see you at the movies!!!

Please make a donation to Perry & Lindsay's GoFundMe to help them raise money for medical costs associated with Perry's cancer diagnosis: https://www.gofundme.com/hello-cancer-wtf?member=137506.

A very good friend of the show, Rob of the Something Something Cast, lost his grandfather after a 14 year battle with cancer. Please make a donation if you can to this GoFundMe to help them pay for funeral costs: https://www.gofundme.com/help-getting-through-the-moment.

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Meet the Epic Film Guys

Epic Film Guy Nick lives in upstate NY and graduated from Clarion University of PA in 2010 with a degree in English (writing). While in college he studied film as part of a film studies minor and made a couple short films. He handles the sound production and editing of the show as well as its release and manages the twitter account @EpicFilmGuys.

Epic Film Guy Justin lives in a suburb of Washington D.C. after moving from the Binghamton, NY area with his wife and daughter. He is our resident "encyclopedia of film" and chances are, if you've heard some film news, Justin already heard it before you. A massive fan of the 80s and horror flicks of all shapes and sizes! Catch him on Facebook or our Instagram account @EpicFilmGuys.

Learn the full history of the Epic Film Guys by visiting http://epicfilmguys.wordpress.com/about-us/.

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Friends of the Show

We'd like to give a huge shout-out for a lot of the shows we're proud to call friends, and that we're proud to call ourselves fans of. We especially have to thank our brothers in Perth, Paul & Wayne of The Countdown Movie & TV reviews, who have opened us up to a huge audience halfway across the world. Particular thanks to Paul who has been an amazing friend and has been infinitely helpful in terms of getting honest feedback on the evolution of the show. A huge thank you to Emily from The Story Behind podcast, whose support and friendship have kept this show alive through some of its darkest days. A huge thank you to some of our biggest podcasting friends, from Mr. X at the Angry Old Man, Shane from Now That I'm Older, David from The Unwritable Rant, Adam from Everyone Has a Podcast, Ro from the World of Ro, the entire crew at Afterburn 739, Mat at the One Word, Go! show, Justin from So I Married a Movie Geek, and Deana from the Twisted Philly podcast. We're probably forgetting someone, so thank you to ALL of you! We truly do love and appreciate your support.

We also have to give a huge shout out to #PodernFamily for helping to increase our exposure, and safe to say without it we wouldn't have met a lot of the podcasters and fans we're proud to call friends. We also want to give a huge shout out to the #MoviePodSquad, a group of movie podcasters in the #PodernFamily who have come together for our mutual love of film.

Recent Appearances & Crossovers

 

 

I appeared on the Sunshine Summit 2018 hosted by Heather of the Sunshine & Powercuts Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLG3pLmNB48 Give it a watch as I cook an Irish-themed burger live on the air!

I took a trip back to the Nickscast on Fanthropological and talked to Z, G, and T about Fad Foods! Give a listen to our great discussion at http://podcast.fanthropological.com/e/fad-foods-reconstituted-from-meat-flakes-and-delivered-in-a-cheeto-dusted-dorito-burrito/.

Our friend Dan of Netflix 'n Swill has started a new project called Trade/Off, where he and a guest co-host recommend a film for one another that the other hasn't seen. Check it out at https://www.patreon.com/posts/trade-off-full-17870006, where I recommended Full Metal Jacket and he recommended War Machine!

I was thrilled to join the fine gentlemen Jake and Tom over on Jake and Tom Conquer the World, where we discussed how to save the DCEU. http://drunkendorkpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-93-can-the-dceu-be-saved Give it a listen!!

The FIGHT is on!!! I was invited back to The Countdown with my good friend and brother in Perth Paul to count down the top ten movie fights/conflicts, but I was not alone! War was waged against my arch-nemesis Justin Winters of So I Married a Movie Geek! It was such a blast to listen to, please check it out at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thecountdownmoviesandtv/episodes/2018-04-10T02_00_00-07_00!

I was thrilled not only to write another short play to be performed on the Angry Old Man Podcast, but I was also Mr. X's very first guest! Please check out this amazing episode at http://angryoldmanpodcast.com/angry-old-man-podcast-episode-195!

I had the pleasure of joining Chris on Faces & Aces Las Vegas to talk about our favorite Vegas scenes in film! Check it out at http://www.facesandaceslv.com/episode-48-loosey-goosey/!

Our wonderful friend Emily dedicated an entire episode to the Livestream for the Cure on The Story Behind! Check it out at http://thestorybehindpodcast.com/livestream-for-the-cure-fundraising-for-cancer-research-with-the-epic-film-guys-tsb111!!

A huge thank you to Chris, Donnie, and Cory at the More Gooder Than podcast for having me on to talk about the Livestream for the Cure! Check out this Goodie Bag episode of MGT at https://moregooderthan.podbean.com/e/goodie-bag-episode-46-appetizer/!

Credits

Epic Film Guys Intro written by Jordan Greene. Check him out on Instagram @jordangreenemusic and Facebook Jordan Greene Music, and look for Aviera coming soon!

"Black Hole" by Axhom. Find the entire royalty-free album on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSDFCuLwis.

Outro music "Redemption" by Mattia Cuppeli. Find this and subscribe to him on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVBpKlBveiI.