Doug Loves Movies - Macon Blair, Anna Roisman and Greg Vrotsos guest

Episode Date: August 27, 2026

Doug welcomes Macon Blair, Anna Roisman and Greg Vrotsos to the show.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug hates candy rappers screaming baby sticky seeds with 50 acid pop or kernels in his teeth. There's still not one that he won't see. Because Doug. Hey, hey, hey, everybody. My name is Doug and I love movies. This is Doug loves movies. Returning to the loft at New York City Winery on Monday, September 7th. Get your tickets now, New York.

But today, we are recording this. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. And my guests are Macon Blair, Anna Royceman, and Greg Vrotsos. Hello, everybody. Hey. What's going on? I'll tell you what's going on. We're going to meet all you all individually, alphabetically, by first name.

She is a repeat guest on the show and a comedian slash host slash actors. slash there's more slashes than the horror movie impressionist and get this everybody she has a new substack it's anna roysman yo get the new substack guys you know what are this out on this substack i'm really trying you know i'm trying i'm trying i feel like i i love there's people that have substacks because i don't i you know i don't do them myself or or i'm basically only aware of them because I know people who do them. You know, there are only two entries, Doug. I'm real new.

Okay. Okay. So that's what I'm saying is you've got a new substack. So people should jump in now. They'll have a lot to catch up on if they wait. Yeah, exactly. I saw your tribute post to Dolly Parton. That was very nice to see today.

Oh, I'm so sad. I'm sad. Yeah, it's just, I went to a movie screening last night of a movie just, absolutely unrelated to Dolly Parton or her life, but before the movie started, they were like, hey, let's just, everybody, let's just have a cheer for Dolly Parton. And I was just like,

wow, this would be a wild way to find out that that happened. Anybody that didn't catch the news that day, they're off to a screening, and then you have to sit with that during a, you know, during a mumble film. Someone's like, I thought this was the Odyssey. What's happening?

That I'd be more in the mood for the Odyssey after just hearing about one of the greatest people ever. She's just one of the greatest people ever. So I wanted to bring it up just to get everybody on a sad note going into this. I was in an elevator once with her when I was a kid. No.

Yeah. That's my connect. That's it. Get out. Of the elevator? Is that what she said to you? No, I didn't know. I was like nine or ten.

And my dad and I were in this elevator in a hotel in Philly. and like she was in the elevator and my dad was staring at her and I was like what's going on and then I realized after and he's like that's dolly parton and then we walked out of the elevator and Will Smith was laying on a couch and I was like the fresh prince is here wow what a night yeah how things have changed over time your feelings about certain celebrities too okay well gentlemen make sure you have your dolly parton anecdotes ready Yeah, let's go. He is joining us for the first time.

He's the star, co-writer, Ed, director of situations, which maybe we're going to find out more about this because it's on, I understand it's on like a, what's the word for it, road? Yeah, a theatrical road show. Road show, that's it. It's a road show, but we'll hear more about it from Greg Vranzos. Hey, Greg. Yeah, what's going on, brother? Thank you for having me. So, okay, so what do you want to talk?

talk about first what the movie is or how people can see it? Let's talk about what it is. It's a very independent film about an L.A. based photographer who's three months out of a relationship and trying to get closure on that and also navigating his life and career and seeing what he kind of truly wants to get out of it. You know, it's about dating in L.A. as you get older. So it's a horror movie, naturally. It's a dromedy.

And yeah, we've completely independently made outside of the studio system. We just got together and we did this thing. And then we got some distribution by Utopia. And in May, we started doing this theatrical roadshow just all over LA, playing up with the Cinematheque, with Brain Dead, Gardena. And then it just kind of caught wind. And we went out to San Francisco. We're about to play in San Diego.

We got our first week-long run starting on, Friday and then we just announced today via the Instagrams that we're going to head back east. I'm going to do Toronto, New York for a couple nights, a couple spots in Boston, Rhode Island, and more to come as well too. And you go with the film. You're always there? Yeah, yeah.

I've been just touring with it and just doing these kind of, you know, one night kind of shows. And now that it's kind of caught up, we're doing these week long, this couple nights in New York as well. And, you know, after every screening, stick around and do a Q&A and get to talk to everyone and sometimes bring some special guests up there with us as well, too. And kind of have that experience with the crowd, too, and as opposed to just, like, throwing it out there and seeing what happens. And so we're going to continue this road show as long as we can and working on a DVD release, which will come out in Valentine's Day with Vinegar Syndrome. And then we'll discuss streaming when that time comes. But right now, we're just kind of doing it live.

Well, what's the best place to follow the updates on when you're going to be, like, maybe on your Instagram account? Yeah, on the Instagram. It's just at Situations Film. Oh, okay, cool. Yeah. So we post all the time there, and, yeah, that's it. Well, thank you for, you know, joining us today. I know it's your first time, but you like movie trivia?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay, good. Okay, good. that's what I wanted to hear. I wanted him to say, no, I'm good. No, not at all, actually. Not at all.

Yeah, no. Be great. He is the director, co-writer, and co-star of idiots. I always like to say it with extra emphasis for some reason. And it's in theaters now. He's no idiot.

He's Macon Blair. Hey, Macon. I don't know about the last part, but hey, Doug, it's good to see you. I can't see you. It's good to listen to you. Oh, okay. That's fair. You joined us. We did see each other in the flesh. You did the show previously at Comic-Con in San Diego. Yeah. I have an apology to make to you about that show, Doug. It's been bugging me.

No. Yeah, yeah. I failed. But we've seen you since then and you didn't apologize then. You were really waiting to do it here. I guess I wasn't sure if I was actually going to apologize or not, but I think I need to. Okay. I failed in my duties as a sign judge. And what happened was there was two signs that had been picked from the right side of the room. And so I panicked. I didn't want the left side to feel left out. So I picked a sign off the left side.

But I really did love a sign from the right side. So I kind of was dishonest in that way. And I felt bad about it ever since. Wow. Well, first of all, I hope that there are a million of those things that you've gone through. And that is the most stressful thing you've had to worry. The biggest one. It's the biggest one. Leading up to a release of your motion picture.

Can you describe the name tag that you did like? It had to do with Renfield. And I really love Dracula. And I like Dwight Fry. And I should have gone with that one. And if I had stuck with what was in my heart, I would have done that. But I didn't. But I feel better now, having gotten it off my chest, honestly.

There we go. That's good. And let's get off your chest. your description of your film idiots so that we can get people to go see it because it's in theaters like this episode comes out tomorrow and movies open on Thursdays now

even though they still say starts Friday so you could see this right away so tell them why they should go it's a rock and roll road movie it's a couple of bozos Dave Franco and O'Shea Jackson Jr have to transport a troubled rich kid to a treatment facility

and the wheels come off along the way, as you would expect them too. It's a lot of mayhem and laughs and hijinks. I dare say, I think it's the funniest performance from each of those two guys. And they've been funny in other movies, but they're the funniest in this movie, and then also how they interact with each other is so funny. Yeah, they're very sure. It's got like a sort of a lowbrow midnight run sort of vibe.

Yeah, I don't even know. Well, okay, mid-night run, they just eat the church. And they're like two guys bickering the whole time. That's, that's kind of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was just going to say, though, you know, you shouldn't. Your film is just as, you know, clever as that one as far as, you know, the banter.

also though speaking of things that are clever I love that the initially and until sounds like near the very end this movie was going to be called shitheads yeah yeah it was called the shit hits and it still is in my heart but right

posters and whatnot we yeah the secret title or maybe whenever I reference it I'll say also known as shitheads formerly shitheads but I love the shithead because at the end of the show today and every show

the winning guest gets to name somebody for me to call a shithead and then I am committed, you know, verbally to you to follow through on that. Wait a minute, anybody in the whole world? Like, yeah, people

tend to pick one guy, but yeah, anybody. I can think of one. Sure. Well, he said, lately, trying to pick one guy or somebody in that orbit, you know, but yeah, it's anybody you want.

Last week, somebody just went after just a friend, just to Oh, that's nice. Yeah. And it was a first name only situation. But before we play some games today and decide who gets

the name the shithead, I'd like each of you to answer two questions, and the answer can be the same for each if you want, because you'll see why in a second. But the first question is, what's your favorite movie that you've seen this year?

Anna, do you have a favorite this year so far? No. Because you haven't liked much or because there's too much good stuff out there? You know, I just haven't seen all that much. What's a favorite? What did I see this? I've been having, I think, a great year. I haven't seen anything really to say, but everything I've been seeing,

I've either liked or respected. Are you talking about new releases or just a movie we have seen in this calendar year? Yeah. That's a sneaky answer, but I, you know what? I'm not against it, but I just meant more like, you know, because we're past the halfway point. And I feel like it's important. to talk about movies from the first half of the year that are exceptional because

they're probably going to get ignored for awards consideration. Okay, I have one. I really talking about them. Okay, what do you got? Obsession. I really liked obsession. Oh, yeah. Does that count?

That was this year. It does count. And it is a lot of people's favorite. It's been coming up a lot lately with regard to my second question that I'll come back to you on Anna, which is just recommended. any movie and people have been bringing up obsession. People are really into it. I saw it in the theater and I liked it and then I watched it again at home and liked it better.

Really? When I watched it at home, I didn't take a nap during it. Yeah. Got it. I saw it in the theater and I didn't fall asleep, which is like a win for me. So that means, you know, I can, I sleep so much on planes and stuff that I just like, you know, even a movie I'm enjoying. I could fall asleep in those big, uh, comfy chairs.

Me too. But obsession, I knew I was liking it. You know what I mean? I was mad at myself or falling asleep. And so then I, you know, as soon as I could, I watched the whole thing again. Because I also didn't miss much of it. Like that much happens in the middle hour, right? All right.

Yeah. What's your favorite movie so far this year? You know, if you don't mind, if you want to just plug your own movie again, I'm not against that idea. I'm just going to keep saying situations. That's all I'm going to say the whole time. No, it was, you know, it caught some flak, but, man, I enjoyed the drama. I saw it a couple times. I thought the tone was interesting, and I kind of liked it.

I liked that movie. Yeah, why do you think, what's wrong with people? Why the flack? Because it just, well, the reveal or the twist or whatever, just they thought they didn't like it? Yeah, that was the main kind of thing with it. But I, you know, I thought it was funny. I thought that I loved that end scene. It's really cool.

I thought the performances were all over the place. I think visually that director, Christop Burgey's just got kind of a good eye and he does have a particular voice. But I liked it. I thought it was cool. I like the marketing. I like the movie,

but I like the marketing even more because I wish there were just more movies where they go like, hey, we got these two movie stars and something's going to happen. You know, and then you go. You see what happens. And it was, but the buildup was great.

like I thought it was like it was just enough like what the what the hell's going on like it I felt like you were experiencing it through Pattinson's like his character and then it kind of does this flip thing you know and yeah I enjoyed that a lot I want to see it all right okay we've got we just sold one ticket for the drama and nut zero for situations you got a good part situation yeah if you hate the drama now I'm fucked they're gonna come out to me No, shit, shit. What's your pick for this year, Macon? I really like the new... I like the new 28 days later, the bone temple. I thought... Ding, ding, ding, that's mine. That way it was just like so...

I love that they didn't... It just went off and it's totally own direction. Like, you weren't... I was not expecting for her to go where it went, And I thought Ray Fines was just amazing. It was just, I had a lot of fun watching it is what it boils down to. Yeah, it's really, it is really good. Like, it's really sat with me, you know, probably, you know, just two words, zombie dong.

And, you know, that's hard to forget. That's all I needed. But yeah, Ray Fides is great. And who is it? Jack O'Connor? Yeah, yeah. As, you know, he's supposed to be that guy, Seville, right? Yeah.

Yeah. Okay, so great picks. All of those are great picks. But now, please recommend any movie that you'd like to recommend, starting with Anna. Can I go with Steel Magnolius? Oh. Yes, there's no wrong answers. I mean, I guess if you said, can I go with the TV show Happy Day?

I'd be like, no, no. But Steel Magnolia's, I think, is qualifies as a motion picture one might recommend. Why do you recommend it? One of the best. Is it because you enjoy the kind of campiness of it, or do you find it truly, you get truly emotional about it? Both, I think both. I think it's some of the best performances by some iconic women, including Dolly Parton. And, you know, yesterday my entire feed was just clip after clip.

And I was like, oh, every scene in that movie gets you. And she has so many good one-liners. I'm such an idiot. Like, I didn't even dawn on me that that's why you would recommend that now. I was just like, you know, it's a classic. I mean, why not? And immediately my head went to Sally Field being in that movie. Yeah.

Because now she's in this thing on Netflix. I haven't watched it yet where she, like, falls in love with an octopus. And we've got another one. Right, but everybody says that it's really good and that she's tremendous in it. And I guess it's based on a novel people love. Anyway. But Gilbegdoli is, yes, of course, Dolly Parton and, you know, a dying Julia Roberts, which is, you know, that's always money in the bank. You know what I mean?

People never want to see her get to the end. it was even in the spoiler in the title one time she was in a movie called dying young or did the guy die i think the guy died maybe it was it scott campbell scott yeah i think i was yelling at erin brocovich i was furious it was one and it's it's one and then she doesn't remember when she doesn't die when susan sarandon dies and stepmom but julia roberts has to then be the mom it's oh Oh. That's a, that's a sad one. Rural.

Yeah. But yeah, Dolly Parton's great in it. Yes. Yes. You know, I, you know, she's somebody that I'm glad she, you know, stayed in the music area. Did as much as she did there and philanthropy and all that. But like, you know, she's in a few really good movies and then some unfortunate ones. And it doesn't, you know, I mean, doesn't even have enough to like, oh, let's rank the movie.

the movies that she was in, you know? It's too bad she didn't do more, but also I've been to Dollywood and it's pretty wild. Greg? Yeah. That's why we might not see any more movies from Nate Bargazzi for a while because creating an entire amusement park is a lot. You know what I mean?

Greg, could you please recommend a movie from any time? Yeah. I watched it twice this year, And then a few days ago, I rewatched it. It was, it's that documentary on the Boondack Saints director, Overnight, it's called Overnight, Troy Duffy. I don't if you ever seen that. It's like the making of Boondock Saints, which is supposed to be,

you know, he got this crazy deal with Harvey gave him $3 million, and he bought the Jay Sloan's bar on Melrose. And then the documentary starts off from, this is the greatest success story to the guy just completely screwing everything. up and it's a tragedy. It's like very funny and sad at the same time too. It's uh, but yeah, I rewatch that and it's a lesson in what not to do and just how crazy the kind of business is. But sometimes I watch it. I'm like, oh, wow, that's sad. And then the other night I was just laughing my ass off at it because the guys had nutbag. So yeah, overnight.

Right on. Bacon, what would you like to recommend? I happened to rewatch recently American movie, which was one that I loved years ago. But I hadn't seen in like probably 10 years, and I was just reminded how much I loved it or why I loved it in the first place. It's just, it's such a funny and warm and kind of heartbreaking, but not too heartbreaking documentary about these guy, this one guy really and his buddy Mike in Wisconsin. and sort of trying to scrape a couple hundred bucks together to make his dream horror movie that he's been trying to make for years. And it's kind of inspiring.

And I don't know, it's just a beautiful movie. And I was really taken with it all over again. Yeah, that movie is just super entertaining. And these are all, you know, these are all great choices. I'll even say Steel, steal magnolias. I would consider watching it again now because out of tribute to

Sally and during this, I mean, Dolly in this difficult time that Sally's going through with the octopus. I have some games for us to play and we will do that after this break.

We'll be right back. Today's show is brought to you in part by Hymns. You've got weight loss goals and this summer it's time to actually hit them. Weight loss by Hymns is designed to support you every step of the way. And now Hymns offers access to an affordable range of FDA-approved GLP-1 medications, including the Wigovi pill and the Wagovi pen, so you can lose the weight and keep it off. With Wagovi and Hems, lose up to 20% of your body weight when combined with diet and exercise.

It helps you regulate your appetite, eat less, and keep weight off. What's would go be is the first ever GLP1 pill for weight loss, so there are no needles needed. Through Hymns, everything happens online. You'll connect with a licensed provider who will determine if treatment is right for you. If prescribed, your medication is delivered right to your door. No insurance necessary. And it doesn't stop there. HIMS makes hitting your goals seamless by offering access to 24-7 messaging with your care team

and in-app lifestyle and nutrition support like recipes, meal plans, fitness videos, sleep content, and more. Even better with a range of affordable GLP-1 options, HIMS makes it simple to find a weight loss approach that fits into your world and your wallet, if eligible. You'll get a treatment plan personalized to you and unlimited dosage changes as needed. Ready to reach your goals, visit Hymns.com slash DLM to get a purpose. personalized affordable plan that gets you. That's himms.com slash d lm. Hems.com slash dLM. Weight loss by Hems is not available in all 50 states. Wiggovi is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk AS. To get started and learn more, including

important safety information, Wiggovi clinical study information and restrictions, visit Hymns.com. Hems! Back to the show. Hey, hey, hey, small business owners. There's so many moving parts swirling around when you're trying to create your own business, categorizing expenses, tracking receipts, sending out invoices, and then hoping they click into place when tax season comes around. With Found, moving parts finally work together. Found auto categorizes your expenses and captures receipts

so you're not stuck sorting through them at the end of the month. Instead, you see what you're earning, spending, and saving visibility into your P&L so you can make calls about your business with confidence instead of waiting on your bookkeeper. If we could go back to when we were starting the business side of Doug Love's movies, Found would have been our first stop. Take back control of your business today. Don't wait. Open a found account at found.com. That's F-O-U-N-D dot com. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Lead Bank. member FDIC.

Found does not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. Optional subscriptions to Found Plus for $35 a month or $3.15 a year or Found Pro for 80 months or $720 a year. There are no monthly account maintenance fees, but other fees such as transactional fees for wires, instant transfers, and ATM apply. Read Found Fe schedule. Back to the show. We're back. A dinosaur story. Our first game today is called, it's got two names.

Where is it? Or this must be the place. I couldn't pick a title. I liked them both. Here's how the game works. I'll give you the title of a movie with a city or a country in it. But I'll say blank instead of the city or country name. You fill in the blank correctly, verbally, you get a point.

We'll start with Anna with the first one. If she misses it, then Greg gets the chance. And if he misses it or doesn't know it, then Macon gets a try. If nobody gets it, nobody gets a point. But the first person at two points or most after five rounds wins the game. There is it or this must be the place. Anna, you ready? Yeah.

Okay. It's the last word. in this one so just fill in the blank if it's Tuesday this must be blank this is the title of a movie

yes if it's Tuesday this must be blank yeah main no that is the place it sounds

Nice, right? I don't think it's a city or a country, but yeah. I'll go there. I'd go there. Oh, it's a state. Yeah. This isn't a states game. This is cities and countries.

Cities or countries. Sorry, my bad. No, it's all good. Great. Portland. This is a tough one. This isn't, this isn't easy, but let's see if Greg knows it. If it's Tuesday, this must be Mexico.

No. Damn. Macon. Do you know this movie? I don't think I do. I have a guess, but I don't think it's right. Okay, go ahead, guess. If it's Tuesday, this must be...

Chicago? No. I'm laughing at you for not laughing at you for not knowing this. I'm laughing because it's just... It's no, it's just always been... You know how there's some titles that, like, you know, they get in your head, they earworm you. Like, this movie came out in 1969.

So, like, since I was a kid, this movie, been, you know, out there. And so if anybody says something about, is it Tuesday, then I reply with, this must be, and the answer is this must be Belgium. Belgium.

Belgium. And it was a comedy from 1969 about a group of tourists touring in Belgium. It sounded like a line. That's why I was like, this is the title? But here's the good news. These get easier as we go along.

Perfect. Perfect. That is good. I hope, or at least the movies that are more recent. All right. So, Anna, what movie do you think?

What city or country is in the beginning of the title? Blank, dangerous. Blank, dangerous. Orlando. That's a great. Orlando dangerous.

It would be an amazing. Yeah. for a male drive for four years. It would. Greg, do you know this one? So is wrong? He knows it, yeah. What is it again?

Bangkok. Yeah, it's called Bangkok Dangerous. Anna, it's from 2008 and stars. It sounds like a porn. I'm sorry. It's a McGrose production. Yeah, there's no banging on cocks at all. But yeah, just a,

Wild title, but from 2008, Greg is on the board with one point. Now we go to Macon gets to go first on this next one. All right. Fill in the blank, a movie title, Swimming to Blank. Is it Cambodia? It is Cambodia. Very nice. That's a...

Spalding Gray, right? Spalding Gray, like at a desk. And it became a thing for a little bit there. that movies would come out there was just one person giving a kind of a performance but yeah swimming to Cambodia

it was about like I guess he went when he was swimming in Cambodia like he almost drowns and so he tells that story and they have you know a real interesting sound mix and lighting but he just sits at a desk talking I think the whole movie

all right That's a bit of trailer. Yeah, that's it. Just me going off about it. All right, Greg and make it both have a point. So, Anna, you're first up, and this is your chance to tie it up. Three-way tie. A haunting in blank.

Oh, I. A haunting in... Just, you know, where have you heard about some sort of haunting going on? No, I know this one and I can't, I'm like, it's in New York somewhere. A haunting in the Bronx. No. Orlando. No.

Yeah, do Orlando again. I'm going to, it's going to be wrong. I'm going to say Salem. I swear to God, adding Orlando to most of these makes for very intriguing titles. I would watch any of these movies about things happening to. Orlando. Wait, so what was your guest? Salem.

You know, sounds good. That's no, that's probably what should have been, but no. Greg. Is it nodding Hill? No. No.

No, that's the one where Julia Roberts dies, though. That was terrifying. Terrifying. The ghost of Julia Roberts shows up, but only the ghost of Hugh Grant's flippy hair shows up. Hugh Grant was in a mood when they tried to

back up a truck full of money to his house. All right. Makin, do you know this one? I think it's Connecticut. Oh, no. That was a great... State. State. Oh, we're doing cities, right? Oh, my God. Came on me.

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a movie called that. But I think you're thinking of like Christmas in Connecticut, maybe or Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur's court. That's probably the one I was thinking. Yeah, Connecticut gets into titles more than it should. Yeah. But the answer here

is a haunting in Venice. Oh, of course. Right, right. And this of course was... Venice Beach or Venice, Italy? Venice, Italy. It was it was you know, Kenneth Brown on a third movie

as her Queal Prarot with his crazy ass gigantic mustache and apparently one that none of you are aware of. I remember it now but I haven't seen it but yeah

now it makes sense in hindsight when it doesn't matter yeah I was thinking of the haunting of Hillhouse wasn't that that's a show that's a thing too yeah yeah Yeah. That's a thing.

Yeah. I mean, it sounds exhausting. Like, why not just get a house that's on ground level? Why do you have to go up a hill just to hog somebody? A lot of work, a lot of work. We got a two-way tie here between Greg and Macon, and we have to settle it. Because whoever wins this game gets to go first in the last game. So that's, you know, it's important.

So, Greg, if you get this right, you win. if you don't, then Macon gets a chance at it. And if Macon doesn't get it, this will be fun. This will be a fun wrinkle. Then Anna will get a shot and then we'll have a three-way tie. We'll have to settle somehow. All right. All right.

So here we go. Greg, seven years in blank. Tibet. Yes. You do that one, Anna? I knew that one. Damn. I told you.

they were going to get easier. Yeah. Congratulations, Greg. You won that game. Thank you. All it means is you're going to go first in our next game. The tiebreaker, because that one had to be something that someone would definitely get, you know, if there was a three-way tie. The tiebreaker is going to be to live and die in.

L.A. L.A. Yeah, everybody knows that one. Yeah. It's playing tonight, tomorrow night at the New Beverly. I was thinking about going, but tonight's I already sold out. So good for them.

It's not a dumbbell bill, though, with the RIP, you know, that Ben for like Matt Damon movie that went straight to Netflix. That's interesting pairing. Yeah, I think I would just leave at intermission. Yeah, most likely that was... You know, I mean, I watched the RIP on TV. It didn't go, oh, I wish I had seen this on the big screen.

Yeah. I was fine with it on TV. be. But to live and die in LA, I haven't seen that on the big screen in a while. And I really liked that movie. At least I think I did, you know. You did. You definitely did.

Elon did. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Thanks, everybody. We're going to take another break. We'll be right back. Hi, I'm Beck Bennett.

I thought I was Beck Bennett. No, no, no. I'm Kyle Mooney. Sorry about that. Exactly. No, all good. All good. Thanks, buddy.

Yeah. And we host the show, what's our podcast here on HeadGum. This podcast is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace is the all-in-one website platform designed to help you stand out and make you look like a kick-ass person online. Like you're skateboarding through the internet or you're surfing through the web. Squarespace gives you everything you need to claim your domain, showcase your offerings with a professional website, grow your brand, and get paid all in one place. I like that it's all in one place.

I know. I like that I don't have to go around, you know, like different stores or something. It's just on my website. Well, it's like, oh, do I need to go to like a, do I need a, do I need a, another type of website to like find the right pictures or like another type of website to upload the you know it's all in one place the video or the audio or like no i want it makes it easy make it easy on me please yes and you can do all those things photos videos changing fonts you know i mean the designs are amazing they're catering to all your different needs there are

SEO tools which i know what those are and they're custom domains oh what's come up with a domain right now let's see i wonder for it exists www www Meetings. Friends. Friends meeting, friends.com. That's an original thing that we came up with. Friends meeting friends. Anyway, so check out Squarespace.com

slash Edgum for a free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use offer code. Headgum, save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Hell, sounds easy. Anybody could do it. We're back. ADS.

So Greg won that first game. Welcome to the show. great. All right. Welcome to the big show. That means you go first in the next game, and that game is called Keep It on the Q-T. And, of course, I'm not saying the initials Q-T, not C-U-T-I-E. Quentin Tarantino is the subject of this game.

All right. if you count his staff of Grindhouse deathproof if you count that as a full movie which I do Quentin Tarantino

has made 10 movies Rotten Tomatoes decided to rank them all in the order of their Rotten Tomatoes scores so in this game the three of you are going to

take turns, guessing movies you think might have landed on that list. I mean, we know that all 10 of his movies are on the list, but you have to try to guess the one that's the highest. If you get number one movie, you get 10 points, number 2 is at 9 points, and we'll all the way down to number 10s worth one point. And like I said, you'll take turns. So each one of you will get three guesses, but one guess. at a time and Greg will be first, then we'll go to Anna, and then we'll go to Macon,

and after three rounds, we'll add it up. I think this is going to be a close one, because it's, you know, it's usually a director that's made 30, 40 movies or an actor or something, you know, that's been in 50 or 60 movies, but this, we, you know, I'm sure everybody, it's like when you try to list off all the dwarves, the seven dwarves, sometimes you get stuck and you can't think of one of them. I feel like we should all be that way about Quentin Tarantino movies. Most of the titles should be

in your heads right now. But Greg, you're up first. What do you think would be the number one rated by the critics' Rob Tomato Meter of all the Quentin Tarantino films? I'm going to go pulp

Pulp Fiction. I mean, you know, I kind of worried that that was a little too obvious, But also, everybody else is going to give right answers all the time. So we don't know how this will shake out. So, of course, get it in to go first. Gave you a great opportunity there because it is the number one rated movie of Quentin's on Rotten Tomatoes.

And it's interesting. It's 92%. I would have guessed a little higher. But still, you know. won an Oscar and yeah it's his number one

according to Rod Tomatoes Anna what do you think would be the second most well-reviewed Clinton Tarantino movie I'm going to go with Kill Bill okay you have to be more specific

Volume one very good but not very good, strangely. I'd put it up higher on the list for me, but is number seven. Wow. On the rotten tomato list. So that's worth four points to Anna. I'm on the board.

Yeah. But because that, you know, I like the second part, but that first kill bill is like, it's kind of refreshing compared to his other films that it's short and mostly action. Yeah. You know, and just has some real cool touches like the anime sequence or whatever. Okay. Macon, what do you think is number two? We're talking like an accumulation of critics review or user like audience response.

No, not the popcorn. The critics one, yeah. I mean, I assume in each case, the audience one would be maybe. a couple ticks higher because you know 92% for Pulp Fiction says well there's just some critics that just he's not going to be their taste

I'm going to go I'm going to go with Inglorious Bastards Number three on the list Very very good start for making as eight points and that one of course

Glorious Bastards features our friend of this show and then it's also got some other people in it who are less fun to talk about. All right. Greg, what's your second guess? What do you think is number two? I'm going to go with once upon a time in Hollywood. You know what?

That one, I'm always kind of... I know to gamble. I'm fascinated by how that's one of those movies that movie dudes really glom onto and you can't even don't you dare say one bad word about it so it's interesting because I think it's good but I have mixed feelings about it

overall and you know at 86% that's still a very well-reviewed movie but that made it number six on the list. All right. Yeah.

So, but that was, you know, I would have thought it'd be up a little higher just, but I think, I think it's more like film Twitter and letterbox and stuff. Hold that movie in super high regard. Yeah. Anna. I'm going to go with Django Unchained. That somehow is not on, no, it is number five. Oh, no. It wouldn't be weird if one didn't make it.

Like, no, that's actually the one that's not on there. Yeah. No, Django Unchained is number five on the list. So that's six points for you. Anna, this is really... Hard. It's hard, but it's also exciting. Because everybody's getting points.

Like I said before, like, I think I did Hitchcock one time, and there was, like, you know, there's so many movies to guess, just to try to hit his top 10. So, like, there's a lot of, in fact, I think when we did that, Edgar Wright got like a perfect, like, got answers all the top three. And everybody else got goose egg just zeros the whole time.

But I don't know if I were remembering that correctly. Also, I think I wrote down the points wrong for, I tried to give, I tried to give Greg one more point. then he deserves you. He's got five for that once upon a time in Hollywood. Also,

once by a time in Hollywood, when you see it written out on the, like on the poster, you look at the poster, but then you look at an ad for the movie, like in different places, the ellipses is in a different spot. Sometimes it's once upon a time dot, dot, dot, dot, dot in Hollywood.

And other times, it's once about a time in dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. And I think that's Quentin, like, just fucking around with like, oh, you think you know what the title of this movie is? Well, guess what? You're going to be wrong in your pub quiz. Is it the same graphics on the post?

Or is it like a different movie poster all together that has the... Well, that's the thing. I'm thinking about it. Like, I just don't know what the... Where the consistency was, you know, if it was just in like maybe one or two of the ads or something

had it the other way. But it really made an impression to me at the time because how long has it been now since that movie came out? That's all I have to say about it. Yeah. All right. I just remember like I can see it like I remember lots about it.

But this one scene that sticks out of my mind right now is just Bruce Dern trying to take a nap while Brad. Yeah. Just like let the man go to sleep. Yeah. Okay. Makin, are you up? Yeah, how about Jackie Brown?

That's how I always say. The Jackie Brown is number four on the list with seven points. But that, I don't know about anybody else. I don't want to put anybody on the spot, but that's my favorite. That's my number one. That's amazing. That's amazing. And I think there's two reasons it's my favorite.

He didn't write it and he's not in it. Yeah. Yeah. He also portrays the South Bay. Like he goes all through Torrance or Hamosa. He just kind of conquers all the South Bay with the tooth. It's pretty sweet. It's amazing.

It's an amazing movie. But I joke about him because he's never, he doesn't know. Okay. Craig? Yeah. Reservoir dogs. Well, there you go. That's the whole shooting match right there.

That's the magical number two spot. You sussed it out. Your Greg's lead is now insurmountable. About done, Greg. I love to, you know, drag it out. So, Anna, are you out of Tarantino movies? No, I actually have seen maybe, maybe like, eight of them.

That's impressive. Thank you. For me, yeah, it is. I'm going to go with the hateful eight. Wow, that seems to be your attitude about the ones you saw. You were full of eight for the eight that you saw. I like them. Yeah, it's number nine on the list.

Damn. The hateful eight. But that's the thing about this. is the ones at the bottom are only there because, you know, his other movies were better, but they all ultimately were certified fresh.

So what's your one last guess making? Let's see if you get second place or third place. I think it would need to be Kill Bill, Volume 2. Yeah. It would need to be. That's the one I like, I forgot.

Oh, you like that one? Yeah, I did. I forgot that I liked that one the most of the killbills. Yeah. Oh, I see. I see. Because you like the, you like Uma Thurman being buried alive?

Mm-hmm. I do. Also, you know, if you're buried alive, if you punch hard enough, the ceiling of the coffin, you can get out. All that on top of you, that is,

that is just, that is just loose sand. It's just ready to go. You're going to be fine. As long as you can, punch as hard as you can I've never understood how that

could just be in that movie just like yeah she got out of there yeah he's she just punched what are you talking about is that what I didn't see the Ryan Reynolds one where he's trapped in a coffin does he do the same thing uh he knees out of there no I have no idea

I don't remember yeah okay so uh you get so Kilbiddle Volume 2 was number three, I mean number eight, so it's worth three points for Macon. And so that means 15, 18. So yeah, Macon comes in second place and Anna is in third. But I think we're all winners here because Anna has seen most of his movies.

Number 10, of course, was, you know, and I, I revealed that in the beginning and hoped nobody would repeat it back because it was death proof from the Grindhouse Presents. Which he does not consider somehow he doesn't think

that he's made 10 movies because he keeps saying his last movie is going to be his 10th movie. Why does he not claim to what's the reason behind that? Because it's part of another you know, it's half of another thing. Just like I guess he doesn't claim four rooms and he direct the last segment in that.

That's right. He did four rooms as well, too. Yeah. So I think he puts it in that category. But Death Bruce is longer than 90 minutes, so it's feature length. Yeah. So I think it should count, but also it's the lowest rated on Rotten Tomatoes of his films at, but it's still 66%. And isn't fresh like 65 or something? Yeah, he's even the cliff. So, yeah.

So everything, I mean, that alone, to be, there's no other filmmaker. I don't think that has that many has 10 movies and they're all certified fresh. He's not happy. Billy Wilder and Scorsese and Spielberg. Certainly they all have 10 movies that's certified fresh, but

not they got other ones too. It didn't fare so well. Yeah. All right. Well, congratulations again to Greg Vrottos for taking this down as first appearance on the show.

And that means you get to name somebody for me to call a shithead at the very end. Who would you like? Yeah, I don't know this person's name, but I know where they work. Okay.

If that counts, you can do that. Oh, just say. You can shout out the place. I'll just say you've got somebody. Oh, what's the place? Yeah. It's, uh, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's well, it's a smoothie place here in Silver Lake.

Okay. Yeah. I don't like to, I don't do too many smoothies, but I was, uh, went for a run and I said, I'm going to have a smoothie and I went to make a custom smoothie. And this person asked the three questions that should have read flagged. The whole thing was, uh, have you ever ordered this before? Have we made it here before? And then they made it and gave it to me.

I took a sip and they asked, is it even good? and it was terrible and it was like a $20 smoothie so that was about a week ago I'm still upset about it so that's the place get them but once they already admitted it might not be good couldn't you get your money back

I was so upset that I was just there was a line behind me at this point I didn't want to be that guy it was a whole curbinger enthusiasm moment you know but the color was just it's very easy it was strawberries it was strawberry blueberry banana, a little bit of peanut butter, little cacao butter, water and ice. And that was it. And

apparently, it's supposed to come out to ship brown. That's what that's supposed to turn out to be. Great. Naturewell actually has good smoothies. You should try one from the menu. Yeah. I know. I know they do. But I was feeling in a berry mood that I wanted to, you know, I went for it. Yeah. You should go back. You said a raise tell and like asked for the manager and got, you know got brad fired from all-American burger it's a it's a i'll go back i'll give him a second shot but for right now the disdain still stays and that's my final answer right there now i'm wondering what the name of the guy is that get that you know complains in

in fast times and gets brad fired like what if he has a character name or if he's just disgruntled customer i think he's just disgruntled customer because if that guy had a name he could be that could be the name for men men version of karen's Did you say Brad? Do you call them Brad? Did you say Brad? Brad was, that's who got fired. That's he got fired. Judge Ryan holds the character. We'll call this guy Tyler. Just feel like that's fitting. That's what I see.

When I see him, I see Tyler. Yeah. Okay, so Tyler from Nature Well. Hack you shit, brother. Get out. I thought, you know, at first you sound like you're going to be pretty anonymous on this, but now we're going hard on some poor Tyler. That's it. I don't even know.

Because there's got to be a Tyler that works at Naturewell. There's no way there isn't one. Silver Lake Naturewell, Tyler, yeah. Yeah, there's no Gregs or Dougs working there. Just Tyler's and some other names. That's it. I couldn't even come up with another good one. Chad.

All right. So, and then also you get to do your plugs first. Greg, and so again the movie is called situations and it's just going to be

playing in, I dare to say it, various situations. Yeah, that's it. City to city. All over the place. Yeah, so we're booking out as we go starting this Friday. We're in San Diego for a week at the digital gym cinema.

I'll be there on September 3rd doing a Q&A. And then after that, 919, review cinema in Toronto, 925, 926, Roxy Cinema in New York. And then outside of Boston, 10-1, the West Newton Cinema, 102, the Greenfield Garden Cinema, and then the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport and the community theater and the Catskills.

And you can find all this on our Instagram, it's at Situations film. Yeah, and if you didn't say a place where they're at, you know, keep an eye out because you're probably going to do more, right? Yeah, we're booking. We're going to come back to L.A. actually, because it's, you know, being an L.A. movie, but we're already talking to going back to the Gardena Cinema in November, November 6th, and, you know, we're talking about going back up.

We played at the Ohio Playhouse. They loved it. I was going to bring it back over there. And, you know, a few more in LA. We're trying. Hopefully Vidiots soon as well, too. And, yeah, we'll see. But we're just kind of booking as we go.

As we gain momentum, it's just, you know, kind of have it open. But Q&A is at all the screening, special guests all the time. And, yeah. Right on. Speaking of Vidians, I saw that's where I saw Idiots was in Vidiots. And it's playing in theaters now. No.

It's in theater. Look at Blair. You did it. Finally, in theaters now. Yeah, we changed it to. It was haunting in Connecticut, but now it's idiot. Orlando. Hunting in Orlando.

Yeah. We had two that we could choose from, and we went with idiot. Anyways. Yeah, idiots atroovie.com. You can get tickets now, and it's in theaters. I hope you enjoy it. I know I enjoyed it And

Have you How aware making are you of this movie Nimrods? Very aware They did like a little Co-interview thing With Mason Who is in that movie and this movie

And they're both kind of road movies And they both have the one word Dummy title And so they That was a little topic of conversation I haven't seen it yet But I'll watch anything with Mason in it because he's great in your movie and yeah it makes me more interested in nimrods but also

kiernan shipka's great in your movie and she's in nimrods yeah and um it's wild frico and so is hoshae and it's actually the same movie uh this is volcano and dante's peak all over again yeah we thought we'd get more reach with two titles so well i think you're you know being the second one to be released so you know you might be able to pick up on that, you know, there might be some momentum building for Nimrods and idiots in general, but I do want to see that movie because, you know, it's all about, they're going to a Green Day concert, so all the music is Green Day. Yes.

So that sounds super fun. But see idiots first, you morons. That's the way. Anna Royceman, what would you like to plug? Well, you know, I don't have a movie out this week, but you guys, so I don't want to take away from the thunder of everyone else. But yeah, just find me on Instagram and TikTok. I put out a ton of content and catch me doing stand-up somewhere in New York City. Yeah, that's, you know, that's what you're here for is to get everybody to go see these movies.

And I'm going to be at Comedy at the Carlson in Rochester, New York. September 4th and 5th, and the Douglas movies is coming back to City Winery in New York City on September 7th. And before all that, the next Benson movie interruption at Dynasty Typewriter in L.A. is on September 1st. That's a Tuesday. We do the first Tuesday of every month, and next month it is on the first. Congratulations again to Greg Verde. for winning its first time out on the show. Thank you. Can I just circle back to something you mentioned earlier?

Your film is going to be playing in a gym in San Diego? No, that's the name of the cinema. It's called Digital Gym Cinema. Why is that place called? I've never been to it. But I've heard of God, for years I thought that meant they had like treadmills while you watch the movie. That would be ideal. But no, I'm going to find out.

I'm going to find out a 9-3 after our Q&A over there at Digital Gymnasium Cinema, which is San Diego. I'm going to get to the bottom of that one for sure. I don't know what. Maybe it's in a space that was formerly a gym or something, but I just don't get the name digital gym. It used to be a crunch fitness, apparently. No, I have no idea.

I don't know. We're going to find out. All right. Yeah, please investigate. And you're welcome to come back soon. We'll talk about this more as a returning champion. Of course, everybody on the show today can come back whenever you feel like it. But the winner each episode gets to come back sooner.

And thanks again to Anna Royceman, Greg Vratzos, and Macon Blair. As always, Tyler from Nature Well is a shudder. now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie I'm so cold his view and proud of his pics if hockey there's no

it's hard for you because the movie