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NEW EPISODE – The Speed Racer Episode

It's been out for three weeks on Nebula, but for all of you who watch on YouTube, here it is!!!!!!!!

This one has truly been years in the making. This movie comes up so often that a lot of people just Mandela Effected the idea that we've already made a Speed Racer episode. But no! Not until now!

There's so much to get into with this movie I could teach a college course on it, but I tried to cram as much as possible into an hour.

Also: if you haven't seen Speed Racer, I recom...

NEBULA RELEASE – How Flying In Movies Evolved Over 100 years

For all you Nebula subscribers, here's the new one.

This started with me seeing the insane response to that one shot from a TV spot for the new Superman, where people lost their minds over a 3-second shot of Superman flying, and thinking this might be worth talking about and dunking on some nerds. And then the more I thought about it the more the idea expanded untl it covered 100 years of cinema and some way bigger ideas. This was a fun one.

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – The Grand Prix Episode

And here it is in audio form. Don't worry, the mail at the end is just one letter that is read aloud so you're not missing much visual there.

Patrick Replies – The Grand Prix Episode

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Eventually we're going to be all caught up on these!

NEBULA RELEASE – The Speed Racer Episode

For all you Nebula subscribers, here it is.

It will be on YouTube in a few weeks!

NEW EPISODE – Post-Credits Scenes Need to Die

You may have seen this last month on Nebula, but if not, here's the public release! We're back to regular video releases now, the wait is over!

I feel like this one is pretty self-explanatory. Post-credits scenes were fun. Now they're not. And here's 40 minutes of talk about it. There's a lot to say!

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – The Cannes Film Festival Episode

More audio Q&A for you to listen to on your commute! Less physical mail this time!

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – What's Next After Superhero Movies?

Long overdue but here it is! Apologies for the 20+ minutes that's opening physical mail where you won't be able to see anything!

Patrick Replies – The Cannes Film Festival Episode

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WHOOPS I REALIZE I NEVER POSTED THE PREVIOUS ONE HERE I'M SO SORRY

We're finally catching up on these! If you haven't heard, we brought on a new comments-picker, Eliot Gammons, and a new editor, @Batteries4Holden, so we're steadily working through the back...

Early Nebula Release of the New Episode

Hey folks, I'm here with an announcement about a small change in the way we're releasing videos.

Starting today, we're staggering our releases, so on Nebula we will always be one episode ahead. This new episode, all about post-credits scenes, is out there right now. It will be out on YouTube in 3-4 weeks, and on the day it drops on YouTube, the following episode will drop on Nebula.

Basically, if you watch on Nebula you'll be able to see every episode about 3-4 weeks early. Which ...

NEW EPISODE - The Best Movies of 2024 (The Vito Awards)

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It's back! The only awards show that matters (to me), the only time every year I wear a tuxedo, and absolutely the only time in 2025 you're going to see a puppet sing a song dedicated to the Kraven the Hunter trailer!

It's the 3rd annual Vito awards, our increasingly unhinged celebration of my favorite movies of the past year. I ke...

NEW EPISODE – Sweater Cinema / Kozy Kino

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Well, here we are. We made it through another year, and right here at the very, with mere hours to go until we call it a wrap on 2024...we're squeezing in our dumbest, least consequential video of the year.

(unless you live in the eastern hemisphere in which case happy new year! hope 2025 is off to a fantastic start)

The 2024 Christmas Q&A

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It's over two hours long! Merry Christmas!

Submit questions for the Christmas Q&A

Just like every year, my sister and I are doing the Christmas Q&A video.

Submit questions via the form! Do not submit them in comments on this post!

NEW EPISODE – The Insane Exaggerated Cities of 90s Cinema

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We're back! After some time away because, as you may have heard, we were busy making a movie, I...

Viewing Guide for the Next Episode

We've been away for a little bit (you may have seen what I've been busy with) but we're back at work on new videos and the next one is coming very soon so here's the viewing guide if you want to prep!

There aren't really major spoilers for any of these movies, but watching some might enhance your appreciation of the episode.<...

NEW EPISODE – Why Do Trains Make The Best Action Scenes

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FINALLY TRAINS PART 2 IS HERE

This took way longer than I wanted it to since I had to watch a truly ungodly amount of movies for it. The train movies videos are the kind that need to be so comprehensive because of all the people who will inevitably say "you forgot about this movie" so I really tried my best to cove...

Viewing Guide for the Next Episode

Trains Part 2, the return of Blue Flame Special (or long-dormant series about action movies) is almost done, so to prep, here are the most significant of the many movies discussed in it.

(Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning and The General also come up a lot but they were on the previous viewing guide so also watch those if you haven't already)

The video is light on spoilers so you'll be fine if you don't watch any of these. It's really just to enhance the experience.

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – The Streets of Fire Episode

And the Replies videos are also back in podcast form!

Patrick Replies – The Streets of Fire Episode

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Some of you may have feared the Patrick Replies videos had stopped, but fear not! They just got very much delayed.

Short version: Emma stepped back from a few of her responsibilities on the channel (don't worry everything is good, she just got busy with other stuff), and I had a really busy summer (all that traveling), so we did...

Train Movies Are The Best Movies

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The long-awaited train episode! There's so much train footage in this! I watched so many train movies as research!

People will inevitably complain about all the ones I didn't mention and I'm sorry but there are truly so many train movies.

That's all for now. Enjoy. Talk soon. Good night.

Viewing Guide For The Next Episode

The next episode drops on Saturday August 31st, so if you want to prep for it, here's the viewing guide!

We've had a lot of requests to bring these back, and the truth is that I never decided to stop, it's just most of the videos in the past year didn't really warrant one (if you know the next episode is about Days of Thunder, there's really only one movie to watch). But the train episode has so much to cover, this seemed like the perfect time for it.

To be clear, there won't real...

The Insane Realism Of The Movie That Changed How Cars Are Filmed

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We're back with another Europe video!

Since I was in Cannes, I realized Monaco was just a 1-hour train ride away. I've always wanted to do an episode on John Frankenheimer's GRAND PRIX, a movie partly set at the Monaco Grand Prix, so I figured hey, why not just shoot it there?

(to keep expectations in che...

I Went to Cannes to See the Most Insane Movie of the Year

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We're back! I finally got home the other day after six weeks of traveling, and was able to finish up the first of our fancy EUROPE SERIES OF VIDEOS

First up: Cannes! I went, and I saw a ton of movies, and most importantly...I saw Megalopolis

So, here you go, here's a video with all my thoughts about everything (...

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – The Jaws Episode

Happy Monday! Here's 55 minutes of audio for your commute to work! And no mail this time so you won't miss anything visual

Patrick Replies – The Jaws Episode

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Hello! Sorry there's been a bit of a delay on Patrick Replies episodes. All the craziness of the Europe trip got these a bit delayed, but we're finally catching up!

This is the one about the Jaws episode! Pretty self-explanatory.

NEW EPISODE – What's Next After Superhero Movies?

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Two videos in one month? TEN DAYS APART??? What is going on?!

Yup, it's a 2-video month, and the crazier part is that we shot this and the Streets of Fire episode in the same week. Had to get it all in the can before I left for Europe! (currently in Switzerland btw)

This video is kind of a follow-up to "Who's Killing Cinema?" from last fa...

NEW EPISODE – The Best Movie Ever (For 20 Minutes)

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Aaaaaaaand we're back!

This episode is all about Walter Hill's 1984 movie Streets of Fire, specifically about the first and last ten minutes of it. It's kind of like a Patrick Explains video, but with a bit more of a specific focus and thesis.

I've wanted to talk about this movie in a video for years, and finally around the start o...

Video Schedule Switcheroo

Hello everyone!

As you know (or I hope you know), at the end of every episode we announce our next one with a dramatic "NEXT TIME" title card.

In our last episode we announced the next one would be "What's the Point of Long Takes?"

This is a video I've been planning for four years, that was originally scheduled to shoot in April 2020...and back then got postponed for obvious reasons.

The video was written and ready to go, but then the location we had designed the video...

Patrick Replies (PODCAST VERSION) – Mario & Adaptations

Here's 90 minutes of rambling in audio form in case you have a long drive coming up