TOMMY 'N' JACOB'S MIX TAPE

TOMMY 'N' JACOB'S MIX TAPE

We are decade long friends that love film and all they entail. In this podcast we review movies and also discuss other forms of media entertainment. Please enjoy! https://linktr.ee/TJsMixTape

Episodes

July 25, 2025 59 mins
Today we’re starting a bloodsucker summer block with a review of 2025’s Sinners! 

Twins with a sordid past return home to open a bar but come face to face with a supernatural evil. 


Written and Directed by: Ryan Coogler

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Canton, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jack O’Connell

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Hello friends! Today we will be taking a break from our usual movie reviews and will be talking a bit about a few video games we have been enjoying, Death Stranding 2 and Expedition and Expedition 33. 

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We finish off our “must-see” pairing this week with 1964’s dark comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

A disturbed American military officer takes it upon himself to attempt a bombing of Russia to protect the American people from Soviet control.


Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George
Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern
Starring: Peter Sell...
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July 4, 2025 63 mins
Today we are reviewing a “must-see” on a list of all cinephiles, 1985’s dystopian dark comedy Brazil.

An employee of a dysfunctional dystopian bureaucracy becomes disillusioned after a clerical error brings to light the faulty system. 


Directed by: Terry Gilliam

Written by: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeow
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, and Michael Palin

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June 27, 2025 59 mins
Today we review one of Jacob’s favorite films that Tommy has never seen, 2004’s dark dramaedy Garden State.

After a death in his family, a twenty something year old man must return home to attend the funeral and partake on a journey of self discovery.


Written and Directed by: Zach Braff

Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ian Holm


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June 20, 2025 56 mins
Today we review one of Tommy’s favorites that Jacob has never seen, 2002’s apocalyptic horror film 28 Days Later. Considered the revival for ‘zombie’ movies in the 2000s, we follow a group of survivors twenty eight days after an aggressive rage virus has ravaged the United Kingdom. 

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Written by: Alex Garland
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naome Harris, Brendan Gleeson, and Christopher Eccleston

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June 13, 2025 56 mins
Today we finish off our kick ass female heroines block with a review of 2019’s Alita: Battle Angel. 

A cyborg with amnesia learns to navigate the world and learn who she is and where she came from. 


Directed by: Robert Rodriguez

Written by: Lames Cameron and Leata Kalogridis
Based on the Manga by: Yukito Kishiro
Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christopher Waltz, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, and Mahershala Ali

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June 6, 2025 66 mins
This week we start off our badass female led action movies with 2024’s Mad Max prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. 

We follow Furiosa’s journey through a strange apocalyptic world while searching for the man that murdered her mother. 


Directed by: George Miller

Written by: George Miller and Nick Lathouris
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth

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May 30, 2025 65 mins
Today we finish off our ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ block with a review of 2010’s Coen Brothers Western Remake of ‘True Grit’.

A tenacious and stubborn young woman enlists the help of a prickly U.S. Marshall to track down and bring to justice her fathers murderer. 


Written and Directed by: Ethan and Joel Coen

Based on the Novel by: Charles Portis
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, and Matt Damon

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May 23, 2025 62 mins
Today we begin our ‘Lone Wolf and Cub’ block with a review of 2018’s Prospect.

A young woman stranded on a hostile alien world makes an unlikely alliance to find her way home.


Written and Directed by: Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl

Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, and Jay Duplass

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Today we are taking a break from our usual film reviews and just be having a little chit chat about our IMDb Watchlists, Comic Book/Superhero Movies, and the times we enjoyed New Game + content. 

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May 9, 2025 63 mins
This week we finish our ‘overcoming grief’ block with 2006’s The Fountain.

We follow three different men, in three different timelines, as they cope with life, love and death whilst looking for the key to immortality.

Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Written by: Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel
Starring: Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz

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May 2, 2025 64 mins
Today we review 2016’s The Sea of Trees. 

We follow a man's struggle with the stages of grief as he navigates Aokigahara in Japan.


Directed by: Gus Van Sant

Written by: Chris Sparling
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts

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April 25, 2025 78 mins
Today we finish our “are they redeemable” movies with a review 2005’s The Ringer.

In a state of financial desperation a man is convinced to attempt to rig the Special Olympics, masquerading as someone with an intellectual developmental disability.  


Directed by: Barry W. Blaustein

Written by: Ricky Blit
tStarring: Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, and Brian Cox

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April 18, 2025 75 mins
Along with our review of 2005’s raunchy comedy Waiting… we also discuss the difference between comedy from twenty years ago to today and how comedy itself can differ throughout time.

The day in the life of a group of young adults as they navigate their lives while working at a chain restaurant.

 
Written and Directed by: Rob McKittrick

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long, Anna Faris, and many more

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April 11, 2025 75 mins
Today we continue our supernatural detective movies with a review of Odd Thomas!

A young man with strange supernatural abilities must stop an evil plot that would cause countless deaths in his small town. 


Based on the book by Dean Koontz

Written and Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin, and Willem Dafoe

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April 4, 2025 71 mins
Come investigate the supernatural with us as we review 2011’s Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. 

A disgraced paranormal investigator is thrust back into the world of the supernatural to stop a world ending event. 


Based on the comic book by Tiziano Sclavi

Directed by: Kevin Munroe
Written by: Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer
Starring: Brandon Routh, Anita Briem, Sam Huntington, and Taye Diggs

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March 28, 2025 76 mins
Join us in a historic box office flop with our review of 2021’s The Last Duel.

We follow a feuding pair of men in Medieval France, spilling out into their personal lives and escalating towards a violent final encounter. 


Directed by: Ridley Scott

Written by: Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck
Starring: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, and Ben Affleck


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March 21, 2025 71 mins
Today we take a look into the indie film world with our review of 2024’s My Old Ass.

On her 18th birthday, Elliott takes mushrooms that causes her to meet her older self. The older Elliott then proceeds to help her navigate life, love and family. 


Written and Directed by: Megan Park

Starring: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, and Percy Hynes White

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March 14, 2025 79 mins
We’re back in the same spot this week with a review of 2024’s Here.

We watch from a fixed point in space a variety of families and generations navigate their lives through the decades, at moments, simultaneously. 


Based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire

Directed by: Richard Zemeckis
Written by: Richard Zemeckis and Eric Roth
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly

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