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Below you can check out the library of all episodes in alphabetical order below, including the films discussed.

50th Episode

Ben Affleck

  • Bounce
  • Changing Lanes
  • Forces of Nature
  • Hollywoodland

The Avengers Edition (Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johannsson, and Jeremy Renner) – Part 1 & Part 2

  • The Brothers Bloom
  • In the Heart of the Sea
  • Kill the Messenger
  • The Nanny Diaries
  • The Perfect Score
  • The Singing Detective

Angela Bassett

  • Strange Days
  • Sunshine State
  • Supernova
  • Vampire in Brooklyn

Warren Beatty

  • Dick Tracy
  • The Fortune
  • McCabe and Mrs. Miller
  • Rules Don’t Apply

Kate Beckinsale

  • Everybody’s Fine
  • Nothing but the Truth
  • Laurel Canyon
  • Tiptoes
  • Whiteout

Cate Blanchett

  • Bandits
  • The Missing
  • Pushing Tin
  • Robin Hood

Humphrey Bogart

  • Beat The Devil
  • Dark Passage
  • Deadline – U.S.A.
  • Dead Reckoning

Pierce Brosnan

  • Evelyn
  • Married Life
  • The Matador
  • Seraphim Falls

Gerard Butler

  • Chasing Mavericks
  • Coriolanus
  • Playing For Keeps
  • Machine Gun Preacher

John Carpenter

  • Ghosts of Mars
  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man
  • Vampires
  • The Ward

Jim Carrey

  • Dark Crimes
  • Fun With Dick And Jane
  • The Majestic
  • The Number 23

George Clooney

  • The American
  • The Good German
  • Leatherheads
  • Solaris

Kevin Costner

  • 3,000 Miles to Graceland
  • Dragonfly
  • A Perfect World
  • The Postman
  • Thirteen Days
  • The War

Tom Cruise

  • Knight and Day
  • Lions for Lambs
  • Valkyrie

Peter Cushing

  • Cash on Demand
  • The Masks of Death
  • Sword of Sherwood Forest
  • Violent Playground

Matt Damon

  • The Brothers Grimm
  • Gerry
  • The Great Wall
  • Hereafter

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino (The Irishman edition)

  • A Bronx Tale
  • Chinese Coffee
  • The Good Shepherd
  • Looking For Richard
  • Wilde Salome/Salome

Leonardo DiCaprio

  • The Beach
  • Body of Lies
  • J. Edgar
  • The Man in the Iron Mask

Colin Farrell

  • Entire filmography

Carrie Fisher

  • Appointment With Death
  • Garbo Talks
  • Hollywood Vice Squad
  • She’s Back
  • The Time Guardian
  • Under The Rainbow

Harrison Ford

  • The Age of Adaline
  • Frantic
  • Morning Glory
  • The Mosquito Coast
  • Six Days Seven Nights

Richard Gere

  • Entire filmography

Ryan Gosling

  • Fracture
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Murder by Numbers
  • The Slaughter Rule
  • Song to Song
  • The United States of Leland

Hugh Grant

  • An Awfully Big Adventure
  • The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain
  • Extreme Measures
  • Mickey Blue Eyes

Jake Gyllenhaal

  • Brothers
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Proof
  • Stronger

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen (Toy Story 4 edition)

  • Big Trouble
  • The Man with One Red Shoe
  • Redbelt

Anne Hathaway

  • Becoming Jane
  • Havoc
  • Passengers

Josh Hartnett

  • Entire filmography

Katharine Hepburn

  • Keeper of the Flame
  • Mary Of Scotland
  • Sylvia Scarlett
  • Undercurrent

Holiday Episode

  • Christmas With The Kranks
  • Deck The Halls
  • The Ice Harvest
  • Noelle
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
  • Surviving Christmas

Hugh Jackman

  • Deception
  • Kate & Leopold
  • Someone Like You…
  • Swordfish

Samuel L. Jackson

  • Formula 51 (The 51st State)
  • The Red Violin
  • Rules of Engagement
  • Sphere

Keira Knightley

  • The Aftermath
  • Domino
  • The Duchess
  • Never Let Me Go

In Conversation: Brian Koppelman

  • Knockaround Guys
  • Solitary Man

Jamie Lee Curtis

  • Blue Steel
  • Perfect

Jet Li

  • Cradle 2 The Grave
  • The Forbidden Kingdom
  • Kiss of The Dragon
  • War

Kasi Lemmons

  • Black Nativity
  • The Caveman’s Valentine
  • Harriet
  • Talk to Me

Jennifer Lopez

  • Angel Eyes
  • The Boy Next Door
  • Parker
  • U-Turn

Matthew McConaughey

  • Failure to Launch
  • Fool’s Gold
  • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
  • Sahara
  • Surfer, Dude
  • Two for the Money
  • We Are Marshall

Toshirô Mifune

  • The Challenge
  • Hell in the Pacific
  • Red Sun
  • Shadow of the Wolf
  • Wedding Ring

Bill Murray

  • Mad Dog and Glory
  • Quick Change
  • The Razor’s Edge
  • Where the Buffalo Roam

Jack Nicholson

  • The Evening Star
  • How Do You Know
  • Man Trouble
  • The Pledge
  • The Two Jakes

In Conversation: Alessandro Nivola

  • Disobedience
  • Ginger
  • Love’s Labour’s Lost

Robert Pattinson

  • Damsel
  • Queen of the Desert
  • Remember Me
  • Water for Elephants

Brad Pitt

  • Meet Joe Black
  • Spy Game

Keanu Reeves

  • The Gift
  • Hardball
  • The Replacements
  • Sweet November
  • The Watcher

Saoirse Ronan

  • Byzantium
  • The Host
  • On Chesil Beach
  • The Way Back

Meg Ryan

  • Against the Ropes
  • Hanging Up
  • Proof of Life

Winona Ryder

  • The Informers
  • The Last Word
  • Lost Souls
  • Mr. Deeds
  • S1m0ne
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Sex and Death 101
  • The Ten

Adam Sandler

  • Bedtime Stories
  • Bulletproof
  • Men, Women & Children
  • Reign Over Me

Joel Schumacher

  • Cousins
  • Dying Young
  • Flawless
  • Veronica Guerin

Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • The 6th Day
  • Collateral Damage
  • End of Days

John Singleton

  • Baby Boy
  • Higher Learning
  • Poetic Justice
  • Rosewood

Will Smith

  • After Earth
  • Focus
  • Collateral Beauty
  • Seven Pounds

Sylvester Stallone

  • Bullet to the Head
  • Cop Land
  • Get Carter
  • Lock Up
  • Paradise Alley

Jason Statham

  • Entire filmography

Julia Stiles

  • Entire filmography

Meryl Streep

  • Before and After
  • Falling in Love
  • Prime
  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Charlize Theron

  • Dark Places
  • Head in the Clouds
  • Trapped
  • The Yards

Mark Wahlberg

  • All the Money in the World
  • Broken City
  • Contraband
  • The Gambler

Denzel Washington

  • Heart Condition
  • Mississippi Masala
  • Mo’ Better Blues
  • Ricochet

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