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Do movies have to be good to be good? Hell no. Our trip to Ohio proves that point over and over again as we ride the Devil's Backbone with rollerblading movie 'Airborne' and then we find all the joy in the ridiculousness of a techno-thriller that walked so 'Final Destination' could run - 'Ghost In The Machine' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's better than one Robin Williams movie? Two, right? WRONG. Our return to New Hampshire was a two-for-none deal where 'The World According To Garp' frustrated us and then 'The Rules of Attraction' left a bad taste in our mouths... you could say it left us In The Mouth of Madness - which is what we should have just watched twice, instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the boys all picked LA based heist movies for their first California episode, San Francisco native Kari Byron decided to bust the myth that Los Angeles is the only city in California. Her (ice) pick of 'Basic Instinct' takes a stab at the title of ultimate California movie while we also head back to the year 2019 with one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made with 'Blade Runner'. Can they topple 'Point Break' or will they be forgotten like tears in the rain? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Macaulay Culkin as a psycho killer? No we don't mean 'Home Alone' - in this case he's definitely the bad son in 'The Good Son' where he tries to kill Frodo Baggins by chucking him off a cliff. Basically it's Lord Of The Rings in Maine. But can he also take down Vin Diesel as a robot or a seal that blows raspberries? Time to find out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's almost like New York City is a character in these movies - if that character was a plutonium powered sex pest, a terrible ninja who only hunts during the day or a ridiculous rom-com satire... You can say that again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to DC to try and topple a USofAMovie favourite - 'Dave' On one hand we've a very young 62 year old Clint Eastwood trying to save a President from assassination with 'In The Line Of Fire' while Daniel Day Lewis and EVERY ACTOR ON EARTH give us the movie America needs right now with the criminally overlooked 'Lincoln' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A movie who's only redeeming factor is that it doesn't have any redeeming factors, Betty White cultural inappropriations and Al Pacino looking the most tired anyone has ever looked? We must be heading to Alaska by way of Massachusetts and British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nothing like the threat of Global Thermonuclear War to bring your spirits up. Instead of Oli listing '10 Things I Hate About You' to last week's Oklahoma movies, things hit a '(Dante's) Peak' with a 42 year old movie that couldn't feel more prescient - 'War Games'. How about a nice game of chess? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to Oklahoma and bring out the big guns of an American Classic that defines a generation and puts Tulsa, Oklahoma on the map with 'UHF'. We also have a somewhat lazy, haphazard at times confusing movie with 'UHF'... Oh yeah, and we had to watch 'The Outsiders' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A musical adventure featuring The Klan, a musical, vampire adventure featuring The Klan and an Oscar winning whodunit featuring racists - we have to be honest, on paper, Mississippi sounds like it's got it's problems but BOY are these movies absolute bangers. 3 movies that go down better than Hailee Steinfeld's saliva after she aggressively spits in your mouth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head back to The Big Easy once again because how can you make a Louisiana movie without using New Orleans? A city that's great for racial profiling, muggings from a ripped Stanley Tucci and hunting humans for sport. Never fear there's slow mo galore, Wilford Brimley being an absolute badass and JCVD punching a snake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head back to Iowa to see if we can find a home run to challenge the legendary Field of Dreams. This week the USofAMovie guys went slow and introspective with some powerhouse performances in What's Eating Gilbert Grape but there's a dark horse coming in slow - really, really slow with 'The Straight Story'. A real movie about a real guy that's really a Disney David Lynch movie... for real Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How'd you like THESE apples? After pahking the cah at Hahvahd yahd the fellas went full Boston by bringing 'The Depahhhted' to the party along with the FLAWLESS Irish accents of 'Blown Away', while Will decided to be a 'basic bitch' and slapped down the movie that created blockbusters - 'Jaws'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When you think Pennsylvania you think Philadelphia, and when you think Philadelphia any normal person thinks 'Rocky' - unfortunately for you nobody on this podcast is a normal person which is why we have Harrison Ford going full Amish, Tom Cruise playing a 6ft 4 monster and a movie that manages to end up being the greatest spoof of itself ever made - 'Sudden Death'. Join the USofAMovie team as they delve deep into 'Big Amish', being Werner Herzog's grandson and Jean Claude Van Damme's flawless Pennsylvania accent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The USofAMovie boys Slither into the Swamp (Thing) of online criticism from female movie fans as they sit down and read The Notebook as they try to crown a new champion for South Carolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a close encounter with legendary westerns. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' delivers the kind of quips and adventures you'd expect from a Shane Black movie with a side order of Burt Bacharach while 'Unforgiven' couldn't be more different with a who's who of Oscar legends delivering a tour de force of realism and violence... it's almost like we're a real podcast or something Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Things. Get. Weird. Last time around 'Insomnia' took the crown but this week left us with a fever dream. We had one movie with all the pieces that don't add up to a whole with the perfectly fine 'Mystery, Alaska' but then boy, oh boy did things go off the rails by careening down the rails in the truly bonkers 'Runaway Train' - the best train based, Soviet style, Japanese, art-house, Shakespearean, Oscar nominated action movie ever made Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pahk your cah in Hahvahd yahd, my friends as we pit three Boston movies against each other. This week's newcomers are BOTH first time screenplays, that feature world class stand up comedians, who's scripts were the hottest things in Hollywood - but only one would go on to acclaim while the other obtained dubious 'cult' status Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's schlocky 90's action up against edgy 80's comedy and old school 50's horror. We head back to Pennsylvania to be confused by how Sudden Death won, amazed with what you can get away with in the 80s and bemused by 'The Blob' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to our State World Champion's home state of New Mexico this week - but can our champ 'City Slickers' (and Will's favourite movie) hold on to it's crown? The USofAMovie crew feel like they may have an ace in the hole as some young ruffians come a-gunning for them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since finding out Shane Black's 2018 film 'The Predator' was not filmed or even SET in New Mexico, Will and Ryan decided that before selecting a replacement for the next episode it was time to suck it up, watch it anyway and compare it to the sequel/prequel that was the exception that disproves the rule - 'Prey' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For New Mexico 3 friends go on a nostalgic adventure of self discovery... by hosting this podcast and watching 'City Slickers'. They also go deep on an iconic movie that dwells on the question of what horrors the first atomic bomb unleashed upon the world in 'Them!'. They also mention it's prequel 'Oppenheimer' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to pick a movie for Michigan or there will be... trouble. Can any movie top Robocop? We try and find out lickity split by unleashing Eminem and his lyrical flow, well at least for the last 20 minutes of '8 Mile', and we bring another slow walking malevolent force into the fray with surprising horror flick 'It Follows'. A movie that teaches us that we should never have sex, but if we do make sure you doom someone else to murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What can claim the Georgia crown from 'Troop Zero'? Will it be the Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham movie with an intro song from Jerry Reed or the Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham movie with an intro song from Jerry Reed? Let's hope nobody barbecues are asses in molasses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head back to Oregon which continues to flex it's incredible selection of movies to choose from. This week we pit Nicholas Cage against America's most adorable sentient nuclear deterrent and a darling of a movie that strangely hasn't captured nearly enough attention from movie fans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's choices come out swinging, with 3 movies that are absolutely dripping in Oregon. 'The Goonies', which some of the fellas consider a 'perfect movie' goes up against the bizarro Goonies - 'Stand By Me' (a fondly remembered movie that shows everyone in Oregon is apparently a terrible person) and the truly original Nicholas Cage movie 'Pig', which is like John Wick if you replace the nunchucks and headshots with immaculately prepared food and a nice full bodied red. HEEEYYYY YOOOUUUUU GUUUUYYYYSSS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind - unless, of course, you've been smoking crystal meth and you've got a pocket full of human teeth. It's time to head back to Hawaii to find out whether murderous aliens, murderous murderers or Jason Segal's penis are what define Hawaii the most Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So is Ben Affleck really "the bomb in Phantoms"? Time to find out! We head back to Colorado to attempt to sunset the domination of 'Red Dawn'. Will it be time for boat drinks courtesy of Jimmy the Saint in 'Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead' or will it finally be the time for 'Phantoms' to suck some faces off? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head back to Florida where we bring back podcast fave 'Miami Connection' to pit a rock band with a penchant for Taekwondo and murdering motorcycle ninjas up against a bunch of kids who are stickier than we felt after watching Bad Boys 2, and two lovable and horny middle aged women from Nebraska... that sounds like a documentary about Florida now we think about it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leave it to The USofAMovie gang to make Christmas a bit hornier and scarier than usual. Can 'Batman Returns', the horniest Batman movie of them all (even without Bat-nips), take down the best (and only?) Christmas, horror, comedy, kids movie 'Gremlins' OR will the Christmas classic 'It's A Wonderful Life' beat them both to a pulp? Grab your slippers and a hot chocolate and come find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to Illinois to attempt to dethrone a USofAMovie all time classic - 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' - if it's going to happen it'll be either be the result of the sick burns of 'Backdraft' or the sick tunes of 'The Blues Brothers' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to head back to North Carolina to see if we can top the home run that is 'Bull Durham'. Will 'The Campaign' get enough votes to take the top spot or will 'Maximum Overdrive' hold the line (of cocaine) and give us the rush (of cocaine) to make us feel like we're on some sort of drug (like cocaine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to head back to Nevada to see if we can topple 'Casino'. They say in Vegas the house always wins, the exception to that rule being if you're watching 'Showgirls' because in that case EVERYONE loses. But it's okay, if you're feeling a little sticky and gross after some of the worst sex scenes in history take a dirt bath with the residents of Perfection, Nevada with a B-movie that gets an A grade by ripping off 'Jaws' in the best way - it's time for 'Tremors' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week it's a 'State of Thanks' as we try and find the ultimate Thanksgiving movie. First up it's a cast that's as stuffed as a Thanksgiving turkey in 'Home For The Holidays' but this bird might be a bit under done, next is the most accurate representation of the true story of Thanksgiving in history in 'Addams Family Values' up against Ryan's nightmare holiday scenario with the stone cold classic 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'. Time to put on those eating pants and gorge yourselves on two great movies and also 'Home For The Holidays' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to head back to Texas y'all for the story of 2 guys who aren't brothers playing brothers while performing heists around Texas, as well as the story of 2 guys who ARE brothers playing not brothers while performing heists around Texas... and you know... football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's once again time for 'The Wraith' to come in hot like a vengeful alien undead spirit that manifests itself as both a car AND high school kid as it goes head to head... to head with 'Raising Arizona'; the only movie this week to have both the state in the title AND a character's name - as well as 'Just One Of The Guys'; a movie about a terrible journalist who will be just fine as she falls back on a (no doubt topless) modeling career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the start of Season 2 we head back to where it all began - California. With 'Blade Runner' as reigning champion the fellas bring out the big guns with a return to The Bay(hem) with legendary action flick 'The Rock' along with a pastiche of all the epic action cop movies of the 80s and 90s with 'National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After 75 episodes of USofAMovie, we end Season 1 with what may be one of our best movie selections of the show. Will and Ryan did the heavy lifting for 'gargantuan pussy' Oli by selecting 3 perfect movies for Spooky Season. For starter it's the tasty morsel of 'Exorcist 3', for a main course it's an interesting combination of flavours in the truly original 'Possession' BUT THEN FOR DESSERT Ryan brings the movie that has been consuming his life since he saw it 'The Substance'. Come for the horror, stay for the extra monster boobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to return to what was once the centre of civilised society - The Mall. Before Amazon.com took all the fun away from us the mall was THE place to buy automatic weapons, have sex, be killed by zombies or have one's head exploded by murder bots - fortunately for you it's time for the USofAMovie team to take you back to the good old days with 3 movies which are basically documentaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Considering it's spooky season it's time to go to the State Of Fear. Will and Ryan take sick pleasure in torturing Oli like a bunch of hippies in Texas with 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', force feeding him creepiness like the breastfeeding scene of 'Barbarian' while Oli tries to find rhyme to the reason with the inventive and original 'Cabin In The Woods'. It's time to get freaky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Will and Oli go over Ryan's helmet by finally figuring out a way to get Star Trek on the show. It's second star to the left and straight on 'till morning as we hit warp factor 9 and send the podcast on a space adventure that'll bring us Ricardo Montalban's impressive man-boobs, some schwartz with a side order of Mog and Murphy's Law Christopher Nolan style. KKKKHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to head to a fictional America with the help of Alexa Heard (@alexarecommends). We start with a kids movie about conspiracy, sex and attempted genocide with the magic trick that is 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?', once we're done being scarred by the murder of a sentient shoe we explore a black and white movie that forget the black (until the last act) with 'Pleasantville' and finally we get into 'Idlewild', a movie from the minds of Outkast that swings for the fences from the get go. P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p--pllleeeeeaaaaaase enjoy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Make sure you don't listen to this episode for at least 30 minutes after eating because it's time for movies that'll make you say "H2-WOAH" - in our United States of Water special we dive right in and take the plunge with the Daddest Dad movie of them all with 'The Hunt For Red October' before hunting down a shark Wes Anderson style in 'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou' and finally we were all thouroughly entertained by sci-fi schlocker 'Sphere' - just not necessarily in the way the director intended Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to travel to alternate timelines with Author, producer and celebrity interviewer Adam L Garcia. We discuss the former movie, now documentary 'Idiocracy', Twitter's favourite movie 'Fatherland' and then we send Adam on a spiral when we introduce him to the 'cursed version' of 'Demolition Man'... Be Well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sh*t. Just. Got. Real - This week the guys take a trip to the infamous state of Florida where it's the ultimate grudge match as they pit the motorcycle ninjas of 'Miami Connection' (who are in Orlando?) against some very Bad Boys in Bad Boys 2 (whatcha gonna do?) and the drag queens of 'The Birdcage' (Dianne Wiest infection anyone?). Strap in - it gets weird Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 @EntertainTheElk  aka Adam Tinius joins us for a road trip special as he embarks on a new podcast adventure of his own with "50 States of Cinema". Come join the ride as Beavis and Butthead unlocks Oli's inner 14 year old, Thelma & Louise shows us that all you need is a good lay from Brad Pitt and you're happy to die and finally Midnight Run establishes itself as the newest member of the 'Perfect Movie Club' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After crowning our International State World Champion - let's throw back to the episode that introduced one of our Final 4. Oli reveals his penchant for Elliot Ness cosplay as a childhood fan of famous kid's movie 'The Untouchables', Ryan certainly didn't skip out on HIS assignment with 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and then producer Will decided to send the podcast on a cocaine fueled, fever dream from another dimension with the truly original and confounding 'Streets of Fire' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are foreigners better at 'Murica than 'Murica? Let's find out by Frenchifying New York, Kung Fu-ing the dickens out of The Bronx *cou-VANCOUVER-gh* and going full Florida in *checks notes* Serbia!?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much like Highlander - there can be only one. 64 weeks and over 170 movies has led us HERE to the Final 4 of the International State Championship of the World. Join the fellas as they look back over season 1, crown some personal favourite champions and finally duke it out to find which movie defines America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They say picking just one movie to be crowned World Champion State of 'Murica is impossible - so we decided to bust that myth by calling Mythbuster and friend of the pod Kari Byron so help us take it from 16 movies to the Final 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices