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The Hip Pocket is a relaxed and inviting conversation about movies that we carry with us for whatever reasons, hosted by Drew McWeeny & Aundria Parker. Our bandleader, Craig Ceravolo, joins us each week as we have guests on who each bring a triple-feature of titles they love for us to discuss.
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- 5 days ago1h 25m
The Hip Pocket #410 - The Dumbest Movies We Love
Boy, this one's tricky. How do you define a "dumb" movie? We dig into our un-ironic love for MIDNIGHT MADNESS, JACKASS NUMBER TWO, and NOTHING BUT TROUBLE as we attempt to answer the question for ourselves.
- 1 weeks ago1h 24m
The Hip Pocket #409 - Frank Conniff
One of our favorite people from one of our favorite shows stops by to pick a few favorites with us. Frank Conniff picked SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, the W.C. Fields comedy THE BANK DICK, and Elliott Gould in the oddball LITTLE MURDERS. We chose WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? as our response, and THE HEARTBREAK KID joins the Hip Pocket Hall of Fame.
- 2 weeks ago58 min
The Hip Pocket #408 - The NYC Episode
Aundria, Drew, and Craig talk about the way movies portray New York City and each pick a title that speaks to them about the city, using TIMES SQUARE, THE APARTMENT, and CROCODILE DUNDEE to make their points.
- 3 weeks ago1h 26m
The Hip Pocket #407 - Alan Sepinwall
We're joined by my old friend from HitFix, Alan Sepinwall, to talk about some deep-dish comfort food choices. He brings us MIDNIGHT RUN, NOBODY'S FOOL, and USED CARS, and our response film is SNEAKERS. In addition, we induct THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE into the Hip Pocket Hall of Fame.
- Oct 9, 20261h 8m
The Hip Pocket #406 - The Hard Episode
Drew, Aundria and Craig discuss three movies that were designed to hurt you, including POSSESSION, THREADS, and PRIME CUT.
- Oct 2, 20261h 34m
The Hip Pocket #405 - David Lawson Jr.
Indie producer David Lawson Jr. joins us with an '90s kid's dream line-up: RAD, GLEAMING THE CUBE, and AIRBORNE, and we pick BMX BANDITS as our response title. Plus BAD NEWS BEARS enters the HPHoF!
- Sep 25, 20261h 5m
The Hip Pocket #404 - The LA Episode
Drew, Aundria and Craig each pick a film that represents Los Angeles to them. Aundria's choice is the Denzel Washington showcase TRAINING DAY. Craig's choice is Jon Favreau's influential '90s indie SWINGERS. Finally, Drew's choice is the Hal Ashby/Warren Beatty classic SHAMPOO.
- Sep 19, 20261h 22m
The Hip Pocket #403 - Corey Sherman
Filmmaker COREY SHERMAN joins us to discuss a fistful of independent visions. We kick it off with RUBY IN PARADISE, discuss the anime OCEAN WAVES, and wrap it up with Mike Leigh's caustic CAREER GIRLS. Our response film is Jennifer Jason Leigh in GEORGIA, and we continue that theme with RUSH, which is added to the Hip Pocket Hall of Fame.
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The Hip Pocket is a relaxed and inviting conversation about movies that we carry with us for whatever reasons, hosted by Drew McWeeny & Aundria Parker. Our bandleader, Craig Ceravolo, joins us each week as we have guests on who each bring a triple-feature of titles they love for us to discuss.
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