Shadow Wolves March 2026

What is the last good movie Tom Hanks has been in, discounting voice-over work? I haven't seen any of his stuff with Wes Anderson but the last good thing I saw him in was Catch Me If You Can, which is 24 years ago.......

Can someone remind me how they chose this movie for shadow wolves?

Anyone else remember a book from the 90's called the Bible Code? The gimmick was that if you arranged all the letters from the original Hebrew of the Bible into some type of grid, you would see the letters phonetically spell out words that were predictions of much later events. For instance, letters (in Hebrew) spelling out "KENNEDY ASSASINATION". I have to admit, I was at that age where shit like that held a certain fascination because all that stuff seems possible when you're young. But eventually the guy who wrote that book claimed the Bible predicted the death of Princess Di (which had recently happened) and that was the point when I realized what bullshit this book was.

I still haven't seen the Da Vinci Code but whenever I think of that weird conspiracy theory idea of the Holy Grail being the preserved bloodline of Christ or whatever I always remember that Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon Preacher comic from the '90s, where that becomes an extended subplot.

More like Opus Gay

DaVinci's Demons was bad ass

Imagining Stangerbot singing Sexy Boy by Air

Since there was some Alex Ross Perry talk on the pod, his Pavements documentary/mockumentary/legacy satire movie is quite good. Nice physical edition from Vineger Syndrome if you are that type of nerd https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/pavements?_pos=1&_sid=46e15e82f&_ss=r

As a loyal Pacers fan, I very much appreciate Gabrus giving my guy Rik Smits his proper due

Dan Brown writing The Da Vinci Code in New Hampshire feels right—nothing says “ancient global conspiracy” like a place where the biggest local mystery is still what caused this families chimney fire?

That was truly one of the best shadow wolves episodes from the boyz. I can't get enough of Robert Landon patter. This is an instant classic and I'm a movie buff.

Huge ep for all us active Opus Dei monks.

Re: video store nostalgia…. My first job when I was 15 in 1989 was at The Reel Shop the town over in Orinda, CA which was first opened by Michael Miner (co-Creator of RoboCop). After Miner struck it rich he sold the place to the guy who was my dad’s accountant, which is how I got the job. My mom used to drop me off and pick me up. We’d have at most a few copies of huge releases and people would call to reserve them, so we’d set them aside for regulars behind the counter. If they didn’t pick them up by 3 PM we’d charge them and put the tape back out for the lucky walk-in customer who COULDN’T BELIEVE that we had a copy of Look Who’s Talking out on the shelf. Later rented out video games and (very briefly) Laser Discs when that was a thing. The owner’s son was hugely into comics (and weed, which I bought from him) so we had a wall of them, but they rarely sold. Speaking of weird customer interactions, nothing could possibly top our regular customer who would come out from behind the small curtained off section by the counter to rent a stack of pornos several times a week. Again, to a 15/16 year old kid. To complete the late 80s picture: Miner apparently had a big crush on my sister, who was 9 year older than me. She was able to work that into getting us backstage passes to Van Halen at Shoreline Amphitheater where me and my buddy stood in awe of Michael Anthony after the show with two hot babes on his arm, and got completely blown off by Giants first baseman Will Clark. We went up and sheepishly asked him for an autograph. He just said, “Fuck off kids.”

Greyhound is good late stage hanks. Dadcore. Still a big hit on Apple TV

56:17 - From “Breaking the Code” by The Dan Brown Band. Love that album.

I finally watched “Red Rock West”—awesome movie! Here’s a scene: https://youtu.be/OPmJef8fZH0?si=fjMXTwpsUPuTNLmV

I so badly want Stanger or Gabrus to listen to the Cockfighter audiobook so it can be discussed on the show

Candid Candid Camera was the horny version of Candid Camera that I only remember because my local video store had those tapes in the same section as the Too Hot for TV talk show tapes.

When Norris died I look up his parents and saw his mom lived to 103 and just passed at the end of 2024.

cool to hear an air mention on boyz. i was (and am) for better or worse a crust punk. but in 1999 MDMA hit my world like a truck and air's moon safari album was the soundtrack. caught them on that tour at town hall in nyc. it was sold out but i got tickets from a scalper not knowing if they were fake or not. turns out they were the best seats in the place and the documentary crew that was there filming asked if they could have my seats. i said no. it was an incredible analog electro experience. i almost flew to LA for the one performance of virgin suicides in the US but couldn't swing the air fair. when 9/11 happened the spell was broken and i had to get back in the streets and back at fighting the system lol. it was a brief and magical time

I love Stanger getting Rodgers with 'pretty bunny'

unironically- gabrus should read the locked tomb series

Favorite thing I read when the book was big was that no scholars would refer to the man as “da Vinci” since that’s basically saying “From Venice left us a message!” I also read it in almost one sitting and was a sucker for every cliffhanger.

Getting my hair cut like T Hanks in this movie

Ps. The ending of Inferno (book) has big, hairy, sweaty balls. So, of course the movie didn't go with that.

Lol... Chet Hanks

A nooner. Interesting.

Undisputed II is 20 years old now. So that qualifies it for the pod, right? I know Gabrus is on board for some Boyka action 💪

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