CRWN CINEMA Podcast

Ocean's Eleven is the coolest movie ever made… We break down why this movie only works because Soderbergh filled every single role with actors you already love, solving the impossible problem of making you care about 11 characters in two hours. We tell the story of how George Clooney convinced Julia Roberts to be in this movie. We get into how nobody on this entire cast would go back to their trailer between scenes because they were all having too much fun just hanging out on set. And we discuss the behind the scenes drama of Don Cheadle getting so upset about his billing that he had his name removed from the credits entirely.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
1:29 Just the coolest movie ever
4:35 How they afforded all that star power
13:37 Defending Oceans 12
17:05 Actually filming in the Bellagio
20:01 What makes these scenes so good
24:01 The other great characters
28:58 Don Cheadle drama behind the scenes
36:45 9/11 caused a reshoot
39:54 RIP Bernie Mac
42:35 The plot holes
48:27 Lennox Lewis lost because of this movie
52:11 What new stars could replace this cast?
1:04:25 Why Brad Pitt eats so much in this movie
1:06:18 Under appreciated lines
1:09:22 Benedict is WAY overhyped
1:13:44 Our ranking & final thoughts

Gangs of New York is one of Scorsese's most underrated films. We breakdown the Biblical allegory running through the entire story and how Daniel Day-Lewis is essentially the devil on earth. We tell the story of how this movie almost made Scorsese quit Hollywood as he went to war with Harvey Weinstein during production. And we reveal all the insane method acting tactics Daniel Day-Lewis did in preparation for this role that almost got him killed.
Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
3:06 An allegory of The Bible: A Man vs The Devil
15:58 The corrupt nature of nations & government
21:05 A subversion of Scorsese gangster movies
23:21 Stories about the cast
30:09 The "Forget About it Cuh" Line in This Movie
34:47 Who's the real GOAT of acting?
36:22 The insane method acting of Daniel Day Lewis
40:30 Rough movie to release right after 9/11
42:05 This movie almost made Scorsese quit Hollywood
51:37 Spiderman brought Daniel Day Lewis out of retirement
56:33 Is this Scorsese's most brutal opening?
1:03:06 Truly exceptionally written scenes
1:09:33 More CRWN Awards for this movie
1:18:24 Our official ranking & final thoughts

Kick-Ass might be the most fun superhero movie ever made… and it's not even close. We break down why the premise of this movie is so genius that it makes every Marvel and DC film look like they're missing the point. We get into how Chloe Moretz trained with Jackie Chan's stunt crew for three months at 11 years old and became the most terrifying character in comic book movie history. And we tell the story of how Hit-Girl's most iconic line almost didn't make it into the movie… until her mom stepped in.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Real superheroes
15:43 The stories of the cast
31:40 Roger Ebert loves movie violence
36:46 The studios hated this movie
44:49 The original comic book 
56:19 The super hero callbacks
58:33 McLovin coulda been Kick Ass
1:04:23 Gray discovered who Nick Cage really is
1:10:46 Our ranking & final thoughts

We thought Oldboy was a South Korean action film… and then the plot twist happened. We break down why this movie has the most evil villain either of us has ever seen in our entire lives and how he dedicated his entire existence to the darkest revenge possible over something any teenager could have done. We get into the hallway fight scene, one of the most iconic in cinema history, filmed in a single unbroken shot that took three full days and seventeen attempts to get right. And we give our honest reaction to a film so heavy that one of us had to go stand in the backyard in the sun just to feel something normal again afterwards.

Chapters:
00:00 Reaction & recap
20:35 The messages relevance today
27:15 Did he forget at the end?
38:13 The most iconic fight scene ever filmed
49:53 True dedication to the character
54:08 How Tarantino made this movie internationally famous
56:31 The kinds of movies Park Chan Wook wants to make
1:00:29 A perfectly made movie
1:04:44 Our official ranking & final thoughts

Hot Rod is a childhood staple that bombed so hard at the box office that nobody saw it coming… but it somehow became one of the most rewatchable comedies ever made. We break down how this movie was originally written for Will Ferrell and how the Lonely Island completely took it over and made it into something nobody had ever seen before. We discuss why the whole movie is basically just a series of sketches and why that's exactly what makes it impossible to stop watching. And we get into all the wild behind the scenes stories that prove this movie was just as chaotic to make as it looks on screen.

Chapters:
00:00 Flop city to beloved classic
15:57 The rise of internet humor
19:20 The beauty of Danny McBride
21:41 The stunts gone wrong
28:51 The most quotable movie of all time
35:41 "Cool beans" was almost cut
39:53 New comedies that flop
45:55 Bill Hader: The Man
51:35 Talkin' Tony Romo for some reason
54:55 Danny McBride: The Man
59:08 What Andy Samberg is up to now
1:02:35 Arrested Development, Sopranos, & Friends
1:08:03 Our ranking & final thoughts