Top Movies From July 2019-July 2020

July 26, 2020·22 min·2 clips

His dog causes a game-losing error during a $25,000 esports qualifier.

John opens with pure momentum. He thanks listeners for rating, reviewing, and subscribing, then nudges them to spread the show across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram like promo is part of the game. DJ Frank Dizzle gets a shoutout. From there, the housekeeping rolls through music, playlists, socials, and another teased podcast before the movie talk takes over. Then Dolittle barges in. John puts the Robert Downey Jr. version up against the Eddie Murphy Doctor Dolittle he grew up with, so the remake already feels suspect before he gives it a chance. The trailer did not help. Sitting in the theater, he says the action-adventure setup with comedy mixed in made him want to walk out before his actual movie even started. Then the turn hits. After watching it, he is surprised by how much the new Dolittle works for him, especially because he loves animals. That reversal carries the bit. He even says he might prefer Robert Downey Jr.'s Dolittle to the Eddie Murphy one, then pauses long enough to let that comparison land. There is also a remake rabbit hole. Someone told him there was an older Doctor Dolittle before the Eddie Murphy movies, and he tosses that back to listeners with a please-check-me tone. He wants replies. The segment keeps opening the door to the audience, asking people to correct him, hit his socials, and send back their own quick reactions. By the end, he is all in. He calls one movie the best he has seen in the past year, tells listeners to watch it, and says the reaction will not be mild. It turns a little nightmare-adjacent. The episode runs from promo hustle to childhood movie memory to a full-force watch-this recommendation, then circles back to ratings, reviews, subscriptions, and goodbye.

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Loose, fast movie talk that jumps from childhood memories to darker fare with real energy.

John Salas keeps the conversation moving, jumping from Doctor Dolittle to Midsommar without much pause. The personal movie memories, especially around the Dolittle remake, give the episode its main thread.

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Press play if you want a loud, unruly movie take that never sits still.

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