Doug Loves Movies - David Joseph Craig, Brian Crano and Amy Miller guest

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

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There's still not one that he won't see Hey, hey, hey everybody, my name is doug and I love uh phlegm apparently but also movies This is doug loves movies recording on sunday june 8 happy tony awards everybody uh 2025 my guests today are writer-directors. The old slash, the writer slash directors, David Joseph Craig and Brian Crayno and comedian Amy Miller. Hello! Hello! Hi Hi guys Let's meet everybody individually and alphabetically By first name is the tight one she

It was a guest on the lost show from Sunnyvale We recorded a week ago, and it was so fun so funny So I had to get her back ASAP. It's Amy Miller. Hey, Amy. Hey Doug We had a great time everybody. I was Great. There's a handful of people, you know people who live in the Region the Bay Area of California, they got to witness it, all the laughs. And I do want to do a shout out to, you know, that was an episode

where we pulled an audience member to be one of the guests on stage. And she did a great job. So shout out to Edith Salvatore her Douglas movies dreams were squashed because you know no one will ever hear the episode she was on it seemed kind of rigged so I think I think maybe you know there was some Tom Fulery in the sound booth. Oh I hadn't even thought about that. I had I had it buried because It was unfair it was tampered with All right, cuz didn't Johnny win Yeah That's where you think

That's why you think some so some Sneakery was going on. Yeah, you were there. I was, but I don't remember. I don't remember it being such a I thought it was a clear win on his part. OK, Doug. Oh, well, that's fired. Yeah. Nobody will ever know. Oh, my God. I'm like, I'm like trying to find the old the old script and see what the hell

What happened Yeah, he would Yeah, cuz he came up with oh anyway, I'm gonna I'm gonna repurpose that game though since nobody heard it but anyway, thank you, Amy for for coming back and We've got two newbies on the show today they co-wrote and Co-directed I don Don't Understand You in Theaters Now. It's Brian Crain, hello, and David Joseph, hello as well.

Hello, I will let Brian go first since we're going alphabetical. Yeah, that's only fair, but you flip the other way on the motion picture screen with your credits? David is a little more into the going first thing. So, as a real life couple and a creative partnership, sometimes you gotta give up.

I mean, if we're following Alphabetical by last name, it's only fair. Yeah, I see. I see the rules. If you rig the game, it's only fair. I just am enjoying that you're a married filmmaking couple, whose last names already just happened to be like alphabetically, you'd be so close to each other. Like, did you meet in a classroom? You would think, but no, we met later in life, never in a classroom. Later in life. We were set up on a blind date by an agent. Oh, okay.

And when we got married, Brian's first instinct was to mash our names together and call us Cragano, which is the most Italian you could possibly go and I vetoed that Yeah, you know a lot guys. Yeah That's a sound kind of fun to me though, but it is But it is also fun that Crayno CRano is spelled, you know, I mean it's pronounced Cray Much like Craig so like your last names are already so damn similar That must have been destiny for you to find each other. We were meant to be But let's talk about the movie which one of you I'm sure you've done a slew of press for it because it just came out on

Friday, but are either of you more adept at describing the film than the other at this point? I think we've sort of mind melded in such a way that either of us could take the reins and do a pretty good job of it. All right, go ahead. Go for it, Brian. The movie's about a couple on the eve of their 10th anniversary trip to Italy. They find out they're adopting, they find out they've matched with a birth mother in the process of adopting a baby. And then when they get to Italy, they drive off the side of the road. And what has been like a sweet romantic comedy about adoption

turns into sort of a horror movie where they accidentally annihilate a family. Oopsies. Yeah, but but but definitely going blind. Going blind. Yeah. Forget what I just said. And sort of be gay and do crime and stuff like that. I love it already. It's super fun.

I think you will like it very much, Amy. I saw it at South by Southwest. And Andrew Reynolds and Nick Kroll, one of whom I've admired from afar, but the other one I've been somewhat afar, but the other way, and I've you know been somewhat friends with in participating things with over the years They're both their chemistry is really good. They're both. They're both so funny in it Yeah, and I dreamed to work with they were lovely so it was a real real fun process couple of lovelies those guys and real fun process. Couple of lovelies, those guys.

And, you know, I guess, is Nick gonna, Nick's not gonna take any heat from anybody for taking a role from a gay person? He hasn't yet. You know, my thing with this is- We gave him some, we gave him some. Yeah, we did like, you know how you do an army movie and you do like boot camp?

Yeah. And the actors, it was similar. We just made him do a bunch of gay stuff before he showed up to set. Nice. But no, I mean, I think this is always funny when it gets brought up to me because it's like, James Bond is casting now, right?

Historically, maybe there's never been a character who's like fucked more ladies. And if like some gay actor was not put on that list for that reason, people would absolutely freak out. So it's like when you do the thing in the inverse, it feels weird. So I don't see why we should, I'm just like cast whoever you want.

Like that's like, make it, doesn't make any sense to me. I feel like Nick's been grandfathered in a little bit like a kids in the hall type. Yeah, that's fair. He's just been like kind of gay or a woman so many times. We asked him to do it as Liz from publicity, but he refused. No, but also, like, it was, we had heard him on a podcast prior to casting him where he was talking about his fears of being a father, and it actually aligned exactly with what we were experiencing and being, you know, new dads. And so it just, it made sense in that way to to really he got it instantly

yeah and he's a great actor too because he hides when an incredibly macho individually is in real life yeah i couldn't i couldn't believe it i could not believe how macho he is he's always like you know he's like burt Reynolds. He's always seems like he's chewing on something. So I was going to say modern day dandy. Are we saying the same thing? Oh, yeah, I think so. Yeah. Burt Reynolds is definitely a dandy. So. Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned, though, after describing the movie,

because people want a description of a movie, they don't wanna just hear it's about two people who are trying to adopt or having a baby. Like people wanna know, oh, but then, does that mean somebody is gonna have another baby? What else? What more is there to it? So you have to give away more than I think this movie should be given away.

But the trailer made my jaw drop on the ground how much it gives away. It's a little book reporting, that's for sure. It's a lot of the beats. Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe Doug, I could say all of them. Yeah, I think so. I think they're destroying everything. I'm not sure if, I'm not sure if your,

your listeners probably know, because they're probably all hip to this stuff, but like when you do these, these contracts, when you sell your movies, you get what's called like meaningful consultation on all marketing materials, which means, you know, like whoever is making them sits the resume where you tell them your thoughts and then they do exactly what they were going to do.

But, you know, we got to at least go through that process of telling them our thoughts. It's just funny that they just, from a marketing point of view, it's just, their hands up and say, we have to just show them exactly what, you know, we have to show them everything we can't, you know, there's no, the public can't be like wondering what's, what's going to happen. Yeah. Where they buy a ticket because it's, you know, because nobody wants to buy a ticket. And it's just a whole, it's a whole thing. But you know, trailers have given away too much for it's you know It's been a tradition for a long time. Yeah, and so I avoid them, but in this particular case When the trailer came on I was like, okay, I can watch this because I saw the movie But then I was just like turning around looking at everybody else but going, you know, just with with pity for them. Yeah

It really is wild how much it gives away. But that's why I say go in blind. If you haven't watched the trailer yet, go in blind. Yeah. Forget everything we've said so far. It's not even about two gay men. It's not. We actually are subverting everything we just said to make you understand that we made the most heterosexual movie known to man.

It's not even that gay. I mean, like, that's the thing that's so alarming about it. I think we should have made a gay or perhaps. Have you seen the the body horror movie come that was at South by also together with Dave Franco? Oh, no, we haven't seen it yet. Dave's a friend of ours. And I'm so excited. I read I read it But I have yeah, well, oh my goodness

Because I have seen the trailer now too and we haven't seen the movie yet. It does it give too much away. Oh I have not seen the trailer, but I'll get back to you on that. But I got you know with that movie sure Yeah, it definitely gives too much away. It's just like there was a trailer for the substance I never saw it before seeing the movie, but you know how they just won't make it nobody's gonna make it like Blood coming out of the elevator and then show nothing else kind of trailer anymore yeah, you know that'll be a teaser trailer maybe or or a bonus scene at the end of a previous film, you know, like. Yeah.

My whole pitch, my whole pitch was because they were like, we need to show violence. I was like, make it look like all the violence is being perpetrated, but don't actually show any of the finality of it. And then that will be the subversive thing when people come in. But, you know, meaning meaningful Consultation is what that was called Yeah, and that's that's the other funny thing about it is it's a I think it's it feels a little like it gets away with more Violence than they should in a general audience's trailer. Yeah. Yeah

Right, it's easily more violent than we're used to Yeah, all sure. Right. It seems a little bit more violent than we're used to. Yeah. All right. Well, congratulations on on the movie and, you know, everybody go in blind. That's that's all we're saying. In fact, see every movie that's out right now, you don't even that way. You get so mixed up, you won't even you won't even remember what we just said or what the what the trailer said anymore. Yeah, I'm gonna start a podcast where I watch all the trailers and then I describe the trailers. Oh, that's pretty good.

That's a good idea. Plus so short. The podcast is literally three minutes long. Just a little a little a little bite podcast. I think you're going to attract the wrong audience with something called Amy loves trailers. That might be the case. Yeah, it's my regular audience for my stand up. Well, before we play some games today, I'd like the three of you to recommend a movie and now trying to remember oh in the last episode Amy recommended the Paul Rubin's documentary

that's on Max. Okay. In two parts called Paul Rubin His Paul Rubin's himself Yes Have you guys seen it? I haven't yet, but I'm excited to I started it I was I'm very captivated by by it and I can't wait to finish it. It's it I've gotten only the greatest finish it. I've gotten only the greatest reviews from people who have seen it all. Does it cover that he was Adam Levine's neighbor for years?

No, they actually don't mention that, which is hilarious. It is how much there is to talk about that you can leave something that important. I just love that. I love that idea of like, you know, Peewee Herman knocking on your door and being like, yeah, they left a package here. And it's you know what I mean? Just like some weird specifically, I was wondering who his neighbors were, because it seemed pretty remote. But because of all the wild animals he was inviting to come over, I was like, I hope no one lives too close to him, because he's just like feeding bobcats and stuff.

Not gold weight, but real ones. Both at the same time, probably. He's very real. He's real. He's a realist. Yeah, it's very good, but they shot like 40 hours of just interview with him. So I personally want to see so much more. But you know, I've been like obsessed with Paul Rubin's for so long. So I want to see all of it. But it's very, very good. And he was he was sick. He was sick. right? Well, he was sick while they were filming

and he didn't tell anybody. Exactly, yeah. Yeah, he was very, he knew what he was doing too. Cause I've even seen in the promos him saying out loud that, you know, it's just nice to just say everything he wants to say, you know, before he's gone. Wow. And, you know, the director gone Wow and you know

The director of course got to pick what ended up in the you know between the two docs I guess it's probably about three hours Yeah, so out of 40 hours of Recording so yeah, there may if there's a appetite for it. Maybe we'll get more All right, well I I have not dove into it If there's an appetite for it, maybe we'll get more. I hope so. All right. Well, I have not dove into it for a few reasons, but the biggest one is just that I've never emotionally ready for it. You know, because he, you know, was somebody that I really always, always looked up to and enjoyed.

Like, you know, he was really hitting his popularity as like going around being Pee Wee in places like on Late Show with David, or Late Night with David Letterman. Pee Wee would be a guest and that was like my favorite thing ever. And was really right when it, that was somebody who was around right

when I needed to think that I could do standup comedy. Cause like you watch Pee Wee and go, well, if he can go out there and get big laughs I'll be just holding something silly up and laughing at it. You know what I mean? It was so genius how little he had to do but how much thought had to go into it Okay, so

You want to stick with that recommendation? Do you have something else you want to say Amy? Well, I think I've been censored because You know that I was recommending karate kid legends. Oh Wait a minute Oh, wait a minute who recommend Well you cuz you kind of forced me into a real Like kept saying karate kid legends, but it's a legitimate recommendation Okay, so let's put down one down for this this

Does that mean this episode won't be heard either yeah I mean the conspiracy could continue to go deeper karate kid legends no that's the thing is last time on that episode I brought it up the karate kid legends and we talked about it a lot and so then when it came to recommendations, I just wanted you to recommend something other than what is clearly not that good of a movie that you just enjoyed. You just enjoyed because you were just out looking for a good time on a Friday night in Sunnyvale. That's exactly right.

I didn't have as much luck because the next night in Sunnyvale Exactly, right? I Didn't have as much luck because I went the next night in Sunnyvale. I went to see The what you call it the new mission impossible and the final reckoning wink they should be add wink wink and Because if Tom Cruise wants to make another one, why wouldn't they? You know what? What reason was not to? I mean, he said he's he's said he's making movies until into his hundreds. So I'm assuming we're getting about 12 more Mission Impossible. Yeah, because I mean, I guess he could figure out some other reason for some

other character to be hanging on to the side of some moving vehicle. But it's such a scary creepy thing to say, though, just to be the side of some moving vehicle, but. It's such a scary, creepy thing to say, though, just to be the head of Scientology and be like, I'll be alive until I'm 200. Like, stop dropping hints. Yeah, he's a. It's also interesting that he's got to continue doing stunts for at least two more years, because that's when the stunt category kicks in at the Oscars. He's got to win the first one, right?

He's got to lock it down. Which he would have if it was implemented today, but they announced it was two Academy Awards away. So that category won't exist for this movie where in this movie, he does the hanging off of an airplane thing. You don't have to go to the movie theater to see it. It's in every ad and every time they bring it up, they show it. But it's very long sequence of him hanging onto an airplane.

And, you know, it's just... It's got to be the greatest stunt ever done by an actual known actor, because for starters, actual actors are, because of the insurance, they're never allowed to do their own stunts, especially something as life-threatening as what Tom Cruise does. Yeah. And the best category happened because of the Fall Guy, pretty much. It feels like it. But it also has just been brewing for a while, you know. There's just like... Yeah, they should have one for sure. Wouldn't it be insulting to go to an actor first?

Uh, what? You mean instead of an actual stunt person? Yeah, do you think the stunt community will be upset if the first one goes to Tom Cruise? Well, that's another question that, you know, after years of not being recognized, how do they feel? I mean, I think most of them, I think it's, I sense, but I haven't heard from any stuntmen about this, so I'm just guessing. I sense that they just like that he's elevated stunt work to the point of, first of all, that it'll continue to happen in movies

because people are still excited about it, even though special effects, you don't need to put anybody in danger now that special effects have reached where they are. Yeah. Do we know how they're doing the category? Is it the stunt performer or is it the stunt coordinator? Another great question. I bet you it's the stunt coordinator and their team.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's got to be like sound editing, right? Yeah, but some movies have 50 stunt guys. They're not going to be like sound editing, right? Yeah. But some movies have 50 stunt guys. They're not going to give every single one of them an Oscar. Yeah. Can I throw out a random kiss?

Yeah, could you just imagine if it's, oh, go ahead. Sorry, Amy. Oh, no, please. Go ahead. I was just thinking how funny it would be if it goes to the stunt coordinator and like, he's just asked up to stage and Tom doesn't even get to go up there for the award. I just wanted this random movie related tip. If you guys ever really need a really good cry and you're done with the news,

watch this video of Jackie Chan. Not to take it back to Karate Kid Legends, but I love Jackie Chan. This video of Jackie Chan where they surprise them with all of his stunt people from all of the decades he's been working. Like he's on stage and then they're slowly filling in behind him but he doesn't know. And then he turns around and then he like just starts weeping and hugging everybody. Oh It's an incredible cry. It's on YouTube. You gotta look it up. All right, that sounds fun I'll put that on a double feature with P as himself And then you can follow that up by watching all of next week's trailers Doug. Oh my god I'm like now AMC has decided to And their excuse is that the other chains have been doing it. So like why shouldn't we do it, too?

Well, how come why can't one chain like be better than all the others? But anyway, AMC is going to charge extra money as-cola or a car company or something to have a spot that runs Right before the movie begins. So like you can't It's unmissable if the audience wants to see the very beginning of the movie like now I always kind of skate in during Nicole Kidman's business, you know, yeah, but I still end up seeing Nicole every single time. So I'm really, really sick of it. I'm really sick of how she's sitting in a movie theater alone talking about how great it is. It's like, yeah, that'd be amazing if we all had our own movie theater.

I love it every time. Instead, we have to go sit with a bunch of you know people who don't know Don't know what the plan is you know they they show up and like I've got to be on my phone for the entire movie I Always get sad when I am at AMC's that are not at the Grove Which is where I usually go because people always applaud for her at the Grove And I love it never gets old and then when I travel, I'm like, hey, why aren't we clapping? Right? Yeah. Did you know that at the AMCs when Baby Girl was playing, they took it out? They wouldn't play it in front of Baby Girl? Oh, because they didn't want to be associate. They didn't want you to think that was the same character. The woman that loves AMC also loves

Drinking a milk a big glass of milk She's too much of a boss at the AMC to also be baby girl. Yeah, it's true. It's true That's the other thing like who's going to who's going to the movies in such a slick shiny suit Who's going to the movies in such a slick, shiny suit? Ha ha ha ha. He's got a real nice, also the kind of chairs they have in those theaters and those kind of slacks I could see are just sliding out.

Yeah. Also, nobody wears stilettos to the theater. Ha ha ha ha. It's a liquid butter magnet too. She's gonna brush her hand against that nice wool blend and that suit is ruined. I've also been enjoying that they like, they're like, the movies are magic, movies are amazing.

Look at them on the big silver screen. And for example, Jurassic Park. And then no other examples. Yeah. Just Jurassic Park. then no other examples Okay, yes, that's what they mean by movie magic that one that pulled it off I could really go for all day about movie theaters and and chains and But we kind of recommend some movies

right Sorry, I just don't know if you'll be my first guess on Amy loves trailers I would I think that was a no Amy. I think that was a no Dumping ground for all of your trailer anger. I just think, well, the premise of the show should be, though, that you your guest has seen the movie and has seen the trailer. And then the two of you dissect where why the trailer is an asshole and is ruining what could be a great experience.

I love it. You know, but it's all like this. You know, it's a little a little it, you know, but it's all like this act, you know, it's little a little later You know like a week or two after the movie's been out Although the Statue of Limitations is never never goes out on on things these days like you could you could like spoil a Hitchcock movie and somebody will come out of the woodwork to be like Hey, I haven't seen that yet Gen Z man. Yeah, getcha fucking Gen Z. All right, Brian, what would you like to recommend? All right. David's gonna laugh.

This movie kind of inspired my love of international comedy or Americans abroad comedies and is very, there are some things in, in I Don't Understand You, our movie that are reminiscent of this movie. It's a Eugene Levy comedy called Once Upon a Crime and it stars John Candy, Jim Volushi, Sybil Shepherd, Richard Lewis, the great Sean Young,

pre-Catwoman incident and Giancarlo Giannini. And it's a movie that begins with a very small, simple premise that it's very silly and fun. And it's about returning a dog, a lost dog who ends up on a train. And all of these Americans are behaving badly in Europe. And I just think it's so silly and wonderful. And it's a good companion piece to our movie or any other, frankly. Where does it, how can people see it? Do you think it's available anywhere?

Let me tell you, it is available. Let me just look it up. But yeah, it's available on Once Upon a Crime. Let's see, where can you watch it? I'm like a fan of all of those people and I don't, this doesn't sound I don't think I've seen it.

It is awesome and it is available on Netflix. And on Amazon. Okay. And on Amazon and Roku seems like you can rent it. How old is this movie? This movie is from, uh, it is from 1992.

Wow. That's what I thought. I have seen this movie. And in fact, on a recent episode of this podcast Doug. Yeah, this is a movie title I was trying to pull and never did and never looked it up later It is so good it is so shockingly good and funny in a way that comedies aren't often funny anymore It's these these these guys are all at the peak of their powers. I am in. I am completely in. This is exciting. David, how are you going to not only top that, but tie it into the film you're promoting? Well, I will go on the flip side and do the bombastic crazy elements of our film. And I would love to suggest an Argentinian anthology film. I believe it's like a decade old called Wild Tales.

Yes. like a decade old called Wild Tales. Yes. It is, it is, anytime I watch it, I'm just so excited by it. It's, it basically is about to tie it into the promotional material of our movie. It's a bunch, it's a bunch of mishaps that just go completely bonkers in very traditional everyday settings. And I think it's, I believe it's six different stories and none of them really tie into each other but they're all sort of orchestrated in a way in which it just goes completely

and utterly berserk by the end of each story and it gets a giggle out of me every single time I watch it. I saw that movie, you know, I guess 10 years ago, that sounds about right. And like, it was, I saw it at a film festival and you know, got to go in cold and it was just blown away by it. Like it's just so, it's so engaging. This is how good it is, Amy.

I told- I've seen it. I loved it. I saw it in the theater. I told Jeff Tate about it and he saw it out and loved it. Yeah, it's wonderful. You know? Yeah, every single time I watch it, one of each story, it changes which one I love.

So like I, which one's my favorite each time I watch it, which is just like the sign of such a great film. And if you're unfamiliar with it, it has kind of like the aesthetic quality of a Ruben Oslin film. It has like that level of like manic, you know, sort of disaster, emotional disaster. Yeah, and but just also just a really just a sharp eye.

And like some laughs come from just from a cut or a camera angle. Like it's really, really it's, you know, it's sad to say this because it's, you know, reading subtitles shouldn't be that difficult, but it really is like a foreign film that people who don't like foreign films should check out, because not only does it just fly by and doesn't seem like you're reading, but also might encourage you to check out more because of how entertaining it is in spite of having subtitles.

I should send it to my mom because she's one of those people oh there's there's writing on it no way yeah well also it's hard to you know TV I have the issue we're like you know I'll be sitting too far away from the TV somebody will get it you know they'll use a subtitle or somebody be handed a note and I'll just go well I hope I don't need to know that I'm not'm not going to rewind and go get closer to the TV. Or in a movie theater sometimes, too. I'm like, damn, I really got to do something about my eyes.

Well, these are all two out of three terrific recommendations. Yay. I've only seen one of the three, so I've got some work to do. Thank you for these spicy wrecks. And we're going to play some games running a little behind schedule, so I'll have to crack the whip during these games, but we'll be right back. Today's episode is brought to you in part by Shopify. The origins of Doug Lowe's movies were once just a dream.

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Again, that's trymiracle.com slash comfort to treat yourself. We are back, and the first game we're gonna play today is Something that I call whose tagline is it anyway? It's one of the tougher games we play on the show I have confidence in both of you Brian and David and of course, we know Amy is A is a great player who thinks of looking up the answer later and then doesn't even do that. So I'm gonna say the tagline,

the real tagline from a motion picture. Like I said, these could be pretty tough. Sometimes they'll just pop right into your head. Oh, I know what that is. But I'll start with Amy and if she doesn't get it then then Brian I'll get a shot at it and if Brian misses and Dave will get a Shot if nobody misses we just move on to them I mean if everybody misses we just move on to the next one and I

Don't know. I've always look at this and wonder about my particular guests whether or not they will Get these or if they'll be really difficult and I can never be sure so let's just get started you ready Amy I'm ready Doug What movie? had the tagline Still has it as far as I know has the tagline Act like you own the place Hmm

Okay, I feel like this is so random but it's movie I think about so much I'm gonna say career opportunities Is the movie where they're inside the target all night. That movie, I was and still am probably pretty into it for considering that it was like a teen comedy when the genre was petering out, and with two actors who were like in their mid to late 20s. Yeah, Jennifer Connelly ride that pony thing. Oh boy. Yeah. And Frank Whaley's like the nerdy guy who's it's really funny. Yeah. Yeah. Very early target. Yeah. I love the I love the sequence. I love the

sequence where she's skating around the store because that's just like that's like it's just a personal fantasy of mine to just be roller skate around in a in a Target or whatever. I mean, now we do it somewhere else because we're boycotting Target. But the scene where she's skating around

and then and then gets interrupted by, you know, there's an interloper. I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but somebody just suddenly appears and she smashes into them. And the way that it's shot and edited is very memorable to me. I don't think it's on streaming. I've never been able to find it easily because I've been wanting to show people this movie for years against their will. I think it's a pretty common fantasy when you're a little kid to be like, Oh, it'd be fun to sleep in the store overnight. Right? Yeah. I don't mean yeah. Okay. It's not just there's there's a new doc that's out about that Situation right? I forget the name of it when those are those apartment in the mall that was like guys, Jesse Eisenberg's They're like a producer on it. I think it's a I think it's called apartment in the mall

Yeah, and they really have they really do have like a place where they live and hang out like I loved it in the walls Yeah, oh well you want to pop that in instead of a kid nope Legend But I didn't get it right no that was incorrect Brian what's your guess my guess is gonna be the money pit Oh, that is a. Brian, what's your guess? My guess is gonna be the money pit. Oh, that is a good one, but no. David? Only because I think,

I thought it was a weird one, and I don't know if it's right, but I thought it was weird when it came out, was Parasite had a ton of weird things about house, and I don't know if that's right, but that would have been my guess parasite is the correct answer and that's one of those taglines it does not sell you on seeing the movie it's something that's after the movie it makes sense that's what that's what I

when I watched it afterwards, I was like, all of the, I was like, they're really weird American taglines for this movie. And that's why I thought that that could be it. Yeah. No, that was even a specifically, it says in parentheses after it USA, like because it had different taglines

in different countries. Good job. Thank you. Wow. I'm I can I'm putting my hands together in a victory sort of thing above my head. Yeah, we'll see where it goes from here because it's all downhill from here. You never know what you're going to know or not. No, I just like that everybody had a guess and then one of them was right. This is all working out Quite nicely for me, Amy. We're back to you. Okay There is a new climate entering the world of fashion Okay, yeah terrific tagline really makes you want to see it a New climate

Okay, weird. Yeah, this one's this one's weird to me. Um Okay, I I know we're pressed for time so I'm throw a guess out there cuz all I'm thinking about is Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead. Uh, I know. Okay. Brian. I wish it was that. Oh my god. I was going to say 27 dresses, but that makes no sense.

But that's all I can think of. It feels like an Isaac Mizrahi documentary that somehow is about climate change. I'm going to go with 27 dresses. No, David. Devil Wears Prada? No, this was a funny coincidence because, you know, the movie came up earlier. And this is a terrible tagline. I don't know if this was like a typo on IMDB or something,

or just like bad translation, but it's for Triangle of Sadness. What? What? There is a new climate entering the world of fashion. So like, nice. I guess he's a, I guess he is a model in the beginning, and then that's weird. So weird

But what a tremendous movie though, that's the thing though is it's kind of Ruben Auslan to be so weird Definitely came up with that tagline this tagline already makes you uneasy before seeing one of the queasiest movies ever Okay, Amy you're up again, okay, Doug The tagline is did she do it? Question mark, oh Okay Did she do it? Did she do it? I

Kind of know what you're up to now. I mean I kind of know what you're up to now. I mean, I definitely know what you're up to now. But I think. Yeah, I think so, Doug. Okay, just guessing from my gut of what you're up to, I'm gonna say, but it doesn't make any sense. Okay, I'm just gonna say Jennifer's body. No, I know.

That's not right. Brian. Oh shit, I'm gonna go with. I'm gonna go with a Nora no but I was excited cuz you know you figured out parasites I thought you might figure this one out Amy what is it what is Jennifer's body have to do with I? Thought you were doing horror comedy. Oh horror comedy. Well, yeah, I mean that's that is true What in honor of our guests? Oh, I see that's fun It was not that though That's not the theme did she do it as the tagline for Anatomy of a fall

Which is on my it's still on my to see list I've just never gotten around to it, but those who saw it at the time It came out a couple years ago like just raves about it. Oh, yeah, I think you're gonna like it I mean, I found it very riveting, but I also just like movies where people sit down and talk and the best The best dog performance ever right? Oh Yeah, incredible. Yeah, and I know in between was The theme was Academy Award nominee For and films horror

Well you're gonna find out what the theme is When we're done because it's still Still anybody's game Amy Love is a hustle Pretty woman no Brian Love in basketball no David Nora

This is really gonna cause some marital problems. We shouldn't have played this game together. Oh no. He's gonna be incorrigible. That one came to me right away. Just because, I think because somebody mentioned it already. Your husband. Yeah, but also-

Somebody, that's how I'm known. Yeah. After losing this game. You know, you were all you know Amy everybody was circling like what the what the theme of all of this was and it is the remarkable streak of the a24 company these all those movies have won the Palme d'Or and then they just won again this year for a movie that none of us have seen yet called. What's it called? Oh, it was just an accident. Neon, neon, neon, not a 24. Oh,

neon. I'm sorry. Yeah, neon. And they're all neon. But yeah, unfortunately I get those two companies mixed up from from time to time and Yeah, I'm excited that all of you are competitive in this because a lot of my guests if you say okay now we're gonna talk about Movies that won the palm to or you'd they'd be that'd be it. They'd be out. It would be over. But we got one more game to determine our winner today. And we'll do that right after this break. We'll be right back. We are back and it's time to play.

This is a new one, Amy. I think you're going to like it. It's called Doug Loves Joints. Yes. Mm. Yeah. So true. Yeah. Especially when we're talking Spike Lee joints.

I wrote down the top 10 movies by the great Spike Lee, according to their box office, according to IMDB. The three of you in this game are going to take turns guessing the names of Spike Lee films that you think would land in his top 10 at the box office. The higher up on the list, your answer is the more points you get with the number one movie being worth 10 points and the number 10 movie being worth one point.

We'll start with David, then go to Brian, then to Amy, and you'll each get three guesses total, but we will take turns. Family Feud style. David, you're a big Spike Lee fan, I assume. Love. What do you think is his biggest box office success? I mean, the first thing that comes to my head is do the right thing. But is that your answer? Yes. But is that your answer? Yes. It is. Yes, it is. It is on the list. Oh, great. At number six. Okay. Number six. So that's worth five points. Nice start, David.

Thank you. Thank you. Now we go to Brian. What else do you think is on that list besides do the right thing? I'm going to say one of my favorites of his films, Inside Man. Inside Man. That was the Clive Owen bank robbery business. Yep Jodie Foster Jodie Foster, of course Denzel. Oh right him

Him right he squeaked in there that is of course the number one spiky movie at the box office. Way to go, Brian. Ten points to Brian. There's an even bigger fracture in this relationship now. Yep. Yep. We're in the same house.

We're in the same house, different rooms, and we'll stay that way the rest of the day. We're going to book some therapy for sure. David could still make a comeback. And of course, Amy gets to have her first guest. Now, what do you think is top 10? Um. OK, I'm like I'm in prospect types right now, so I'm on the verge of being in the

perfect mindset um My a mile away, um I'm gonna say He got game I know it's not right But it could be in there somewhere it sure could it's another Denzel Spike Lee Co lab and it is number seven on the list Amy you're on the board you got four points congratulations thank you but now we go back to David and his five points is Malcolm X on there I would assume is that your answer yes and then

my answer is yes it is on there at number three yeah number three David is really running away with this. Brian. What's in that spot between Inside Man and Malcolm X do you think? I'm guessing it's Black Klansman. Is that your final answer? It is, yeah. It is Black Klansman. Nine more points to Brian.

It's 19 to 13. And Amy is still here I could do this Amy you can do this Just want to go on the record and just note for the whole time. I've been saying movies Yeah, it's true. Thank you very good at saying movies when I ask you to say a movie. What do you think? What do you think is like is you know what what felt to you like a popular spike Lee joint Jungle fever number four We're getting them seven points. Yeah, you really are getting all of them. And now it's really going to be coming down to the wire.

Who's going to win this thing? Because there's only six or seven points separating all of you. Eight points between Amy and Brian in the lead. So Amy can just take pride in knowing that she said movie titles. And that you stole jungle fever from the other two players. Because that's a crucial one. David, what's your next guess?

Your next and final guess. I'm going to go with she's got to have it. Well, to make you feel better, looking at the numbers, there's no way for you to catch up to Brian. So that should make you feel better that you got goose egg on that third one, okay, because that didn't make the list at all. Well, if that's the case, then I'm just going to say my favorite favorite Spike Lee movie. 25th hour. Whoa, that should be on there, right?

Yeah, it should. It isn't. Whoa. Isn't that crazy? Oh yeah. Fantastic movie. Yeah. All right, Amy, you wanna guess one more for fun?

I will guess, Tyraq. That wasn't fun No summer of Sam Summer Sam number nine on the list yeah, it did it did crack in there But congratulations Brian you're our winner That means you gotta do your You get to promote stuff first, get to do your plugs

first and you're also okay, come back sometime in the near future to defend your title if you'd like. I'd love to. This was super fun. Yeah, check out I Don't Understand You in Theaters you can. And if not, see it streaming whenever that happens. And it's a very funny movie with Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Spector, and a very lovely group of Italian people.

I love it. I always love when somebody says Amanda Seyfried because nobody knows how her last name is supposed to be said, but that I believe is the accurate way to say it. It is. Yeah. I'm fully confident. Yeah.

You actually worked with her. You like had to say it out loud in front of her. But she strikes me as someone who wouldn't correct somebody if they said it wrong. No, she doesn't. She doesn't at all. Yeah. She has a very good sense of humor. Yeah, we last seen. I remember that it was just like one time I was writing on a TV

awards show and the back and forth about how to say it was was crazy because everyone would find some other source that had it a different way. And they finally were just like, well, let's just ask her. And I I swear to God once it was all said and done they ended up saying it wrong Of course of course yeah, okay, so Congratulations on your win Brian. Let me recap for people that want to know You only missed between the three of you you only missed You only missed between the three of you you only missed Two of the top ten and there are lockers on there both towards the bottom no clockers

And no crooklyn either which is one of my favorites. Yes But number ten is school days Wow The first one he did after Do the right thing and then number eight is Moe Better Blues. Oh, yeah. Yeah. What a career, huh? Jesus Christ.

Yeah. These guys are good. He's done pretty well for himself. Amy Miller, what would you like to plug? Oh, just follow me on Instagram, please, at amymillercomedy, everybody. And then I have dates coming up that I put on amymillercomedy.com

Awesome and everybody just see Karate kids legends and just think about How much you how mad you are at Amy? No, you're gonna have a good time That's what I meant think about how much you appreciate appreciate Amy and that she led you to such an amazing experience of cinema. Oh, David, is there anything left to say? Go to amymillercomedy.com and watch the trailer on her website for I don't understand you I'm embedding it now on June 28th Douglas thank you for having

us Doug it yeah oh thank you June 28th Douglas movies is it Tacoma Comedy Club at 420 that of course is in Tacoma, Washington and Benson movie interruption is back at dynasty typewriter in Los Angeles on Tuesday July 1st all my dates and deeds and links Are at the Lm or rather Doug loves movies calm I abbreviated it for my own face, but I think if you write type dlm.com, I don't think that would work. I don't think I've never tried it. Just go with douglovesmovies.com. Probably porn.

Thank you once again to all of my guests, Amy Miller, David, Joseph Craig, and Brian Craynault. Good luck with everything, everybody. You pronounce Brian's last name correctly. Most people will say Cray now. Good luck with everything, everybody. And you pronounce Brian's last name correctly. Most people say Crano. So there you go. Well, he got here before you did.

And we had a discussion and it's actually pronounced Cypher. Guys, it's just a funny spelling. I always close. I always close every episode with the last line from a You know a movie and So today I picked one from one of those Spike Lee movies so as always The next record goes out to radio Raheem. We love you brother.