Podcasts by Aya Vs. The Big Boys
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BLADE RUNNER + BLADE RUNNER 2049 (feat. Jesse Herb) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.437414
This week we're beyond excited to welcome the one and only Jesse Herb into the ring!! Aya and Jesse tag-team to completely demolish Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER, boys on Tinder are going to be fr...
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MULHOLLAND DRIVE (feat. Rachel Wood) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.416447
Let's get ready to rumble in the jungle of FEELINGS. The dynamic duo is joined this week by Aya's very good pal and Lynch aficionado Rachel Wood to dissect the revered and criminally misinterpre...
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JOKER + TAXI DRIVER (feat. Albert Corado) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.413082
(Joker voice) I’ve got nothing left to lose!
Oh baby, here it is! The much-hyped TAXI DRIVER/JOKER PRIZE FIGHT! Aya and Kevin dive straight into the hyper-masc worlds of Travis Bickle and...
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.399310
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it."
The grossest, bleakest slasher movie ever made had a revival at the Miss...
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AMERICAN PSYCHO (feat. CJ Simonson) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.391953
Aya and Kevin debut "Spooky Month" by starting with a film set in one of the spookiest places on Earth...the world of New York finance!! That's right, the hottest film of 2000 that doesn't invol...
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BORAT + BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.381575
Say it together now: MY WIFE!! Tackling one of the most influential comedies of the 21st century (and its Amazon Prime sequel), Aya and Kevin decided to format this episode to be as personally e...
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BOOGIE NIGHTS (feat. Hilary Jane Smith) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.367430
Happy New Year! 2020 was a shotgun to the senses, and we're not anywhere near out of the woods yet, but Aya and Kevin take a note from The Frida Cinema's playbook and take a look at a definitive...
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THE COMEDY (feat. Jackie Quinn) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.362408
Sundance 2021 is dominating their lives, so, yes, Aya and Kevin are fashionably late with a look back on one of the most fabled Sundance premieres in recent memory, Rick Alverson's THE COMEDY, ...
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TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (feat. Albert Corado) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.359287
On this mega-cursed Super B*wl weekend, we don't care about no stinkin' big game, we want the biggest freakin' boy you got, and folks... We got him: James Cameron's 1991 epic, perhaps the greate...
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WANDAVISION from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.351730
Kevin and Aya watched a 6-hour long Marvel movie, and, yknow what: Scorsese's being too nice lmao.
American authoritarianism in the MCU ("You see, the difference between you and me...
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FIRST REFORMED from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.342531
Pop back a blackpill with a short glass of Pepto, it's FIRST REFORMED time.
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NOMADLAND from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.331869
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PINK FLAMINGOS from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.317138
Camp. CRUELLA. Crap.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.305878
25 years of INDEPENDENCE DAY, 25 years of movies being ruined <3 <3
Or not! We love being American! Hey, Mr. FBI Agent who listens to the show! We love you!
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THE SUICIDE SQUAD + LISTENER MAILBAG from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.292644
You know what it is, only the hippest Latinx film podcast on the Internet – Órale guey !!! Hot cheetos!!
Ok, onto the show.
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON (feat. Robert Franco) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.280728
Sidney Lumet, prolific American cinema master whose catalogue spans the Golden Era to the 2000's auteur revitalization... And Aya has only ever seen THE WIZ.
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THE FLY (1986) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.268812
Welcome to Spooky Month!!!!
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CARRIE (1976) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.262997
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THE FRENCH DISPATCH + TOP 5 WES ANDERSON MOVIES from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.247089
The episode all about Wes Anderson.... deep breath in
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.234139
IIIIII SHOULDA KNOWN BETTA WIT A GURL LIKE UUUUUUU
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BRAVEHEART from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.206590
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EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (feat. Alexandra Wallachy) from 2023-12-14T08:41:52.190075
A24-PRIL is back, this time with their latest venture into the multiverse: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022).
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12 YEARS A SLAVE from 2022-03-19T19:01:20
ok wait wait, before you scroll past: this is somehow still a fun episode.
i know, that sounds bad, and it might actually be bad, but it's true lmao
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN from 2022-03-12T05:47:50
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JOKER + TAXI DRIVER (feat. Albert Corado) from 2022-03-07T11:18:18.356857
(Joker voice) I’ve got nothing left to lose!
Oh baby, here it is! The much-hyped TAXI DRIVER/JOKER PRIZE FIGHT! Aya and Kevin dive straight into the hyper-masc worlds of Travis Bickle and...
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) from 2022-02-22T03:37:55.149845
Aya and Kevin take on THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974).
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ALL ABOUT EVE + MIDNIGHT COWBOY from 2022-02-12T20:00:04
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BEST FILMS OF 2021 (THE 2021 GOLDEN BOYS) from 2022-01-29T07:21:10
The best films of 2021, the hottest hotties of the year, and a personal grading of how we did last year.
Wow! Self-reflection!
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EYES WIDE SHUT from 2021-12-25T09:36:33
We'll be taking a holiday break until January 22nd!
Catch up with our backlog til then, ya filthy animals!
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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME + NIGHTMARE ALLEY + DUNE + BENEDETTA + WEST SIDE STORY + THE POWER OF THE DOG + HOUSE OF GUCCI + ETERNALS + VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE from 2021-12-19T06:43:11
Aya & Kevin tackle all the new big boys that could've had their own episodes! It's the 2021 Big Boy Round-Up!
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LICORICE PIZZA (feat. Andrew Warren) from 2021-12-11T06:58:19
PIZZZAAAAA
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GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE from 2021-11-25T08:42:25
munch? her?
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LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (feat. Trevor Dillon) from 2021-10-30T07:40:32
Goodbye Spooky Month!!!!
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) from 2021-10-23T05:19:47
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (feat. Noah Marger&Mason Maguire) from 2021-10-16T05:46:16
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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER from 2021-09-18T15:50:44
ay ay ayy !!!
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JFK – A 9/11 SPECIAL from 2021-09-11T07:00
America is broken !!
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CANDYMAN (1992) from 2021-08-28T08:27:58
Join us as we solve gentrification!!!
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STAND BY ME from 2021-08-21T18:00:25
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ALL THAT JAZZ from 2021-08-14T17:42:53
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A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (feat. Hayley Bensmiller) from 2021-07-31T08:23:34
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BURNING (feat. Jacqueline Codiga) from 2021-07-24T23:22:31
david ehrlich made all of us watch this! most of us loved it, some of us didn't get it! ooOoooo tension!!
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LOKI: Season 1 from 2021-07-17T07:00
Aya and her friend Maddie hash out the latest in the MCU with LOKI (2021). Kevin is also occasionally present.
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SHAFT (1971) from 2021-07-11T21:03:40
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F9: THE FAST SAGA (feat. Dorie Bailey) from 2021-06-26T17:03:23
Every single FAST AND FURIOUS movie. Every single one. Enjoy.
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UNFORGIVEN (feat. Mitch Lehman) from 2021-06-19T14:46:50
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Kevin's Mom Vs. The Big Boys from 2021-05-29T07:51:05
Kevin asks his mom about raising a boy in a world designed to break their brains, and instead she reviews DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, Guy Ritchie's WRATH OF MAN, MEET JOE BLACK, John Wate...
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ARMY OF THE DEAD from 2021-05-22T07:31:38
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WILD AT HEART from 2021-05-15T07:00
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UNDER THE SILVER LAKE (feat. Maddie Connors) from 2021-04-24T07:02:38
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AMERICAN HONEY (feat. Rachel Wood) from 2021-04-17T07:00
Pack your travel bag and join the crew as they trudge through America's flyover states to sell you a 12-month magazin esubscription to Power and Motoryacht: A(24)PRIL continues with Andrea Arnol...
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GREEN ROOM (feat. A.E. Hodge) from 2021-04-10T08:23:29
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CHASING AMY from 2021-03-27T07:00
Aya follows her lust for Ben Affleck and dips her toes into her very first Kevin Smith film with CHASING AMY, a truly demented combo of warped queer theory, Miramax leveraging, and a director te...
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JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SNYDER CUT from 2021-03-20T09:38:06
Look, just.... It's the Snyder Cut episode. Aya didn't even finish ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE! Flame her!!
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LET'S CANCEL CLASSIC MOVIES - Spring Vibe Check from 2021-03-13T08:00
Movie theaters re-opening, DRAGON SEED, Tucker Carlson, "cancel culture," and buying JUJUTSU KAISEN merch at anime conventions while on the frontlines of America's new culture wars.
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LET'S CANCEL CLASSIC MOVIES - Spring Vibe Check from 2021-03-13T08:00
In emotional & psychological preparation for THE SNYDER CUT, Aya and Kevin check the vibes: they are not good.
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TRAINING DAY from 2021-02-27T15:37:11
Finally, FINALLY: it's Denzel time. Denzel Washington, your parents' favorite actor and one of the top 3 superstars pumping out hit after hit still to this day, wins his lone Best Actor Oscar in...
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LETHAL WEAPON (1987) from 2021-02-20T08:00
To wash down the icky sticky sentimentality of Valentine's Day, the dynamic duo dances the tango with an all-timer 80s action duo: Murtaugh and Riggs. It's your estranged uncle's all-time favori...
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LETHAL WEAPON (1987) from 2021-02-20T08:00
Aya & Kevin face off against the seminal buddy-cop template, Richard Donner's LETHAL WEAPON (1987).
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BEFORE SUNRISE + BEFORE SUNSET + BEFORE MIDNIGHT (feat. Amanda Ball) from 2021-02-13T08:00
Happy Valentine's Day to all the lovers out there! On this special, extra isolated fake holiday, Aya and Kevin are joined by Merry-Go-Round Magazine contributor Amanda Ball to discuss one of the...
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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL from 2021-01-23T19:30:19
We'll be honest: we 100% expected the United States to be in complete flames post-Inauguration (reality: it was super boring), so in anticipation of massive bloodshed, Aya and Kevin decided to s...
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THE 2020 GOLDEN BOYS (BEST FILMS OF 2020) from 2021-01-16T18:09:30
Kevin and Aya kill 2020 dead, once and for all, with the first annual Golden Boys awards ceremony!
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BEST FILMS OF 2020 (THE 2020 GOLDEN BOYS) from 2021-01-16T17:09:30
As far as years go, we can collectively agree that 2020 was the ugliest piece of shit of them all. Not only did everything go poorly, but the movies? Not even good! Kevin & Aya waded through the...
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BEST FILMS OF 2020 (THE 2020 GOLDEN BOYS) from 2021-01-16T17:09:30
As far as years go, we can collectively agree that 2020 was the ugliest piece of shit of them all. Not only did everything go poorly, but the movies? Not even good! Kevin & Aya waded through the...
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Aya's Friends Vs. The Big Boys from 2020-12-26T08:00
Merry Christmas Weekend! Previously only available on Patreon, enjoy a main feed premiere of one of our best episodes. Aya interviews her closest friends, the ones who've shaped & influenced her...
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TOP GUN (feat. Dorie Bailey) from 2020-12-12T08:00
Talk to me, Goose!
At last, the Cruise Missile crashes into Aya Vs. The Big Boys. This week, Aya, Kevin, and special guest Dorie Bailey take on TOP GUN (1986), Tony Scott's (totally not ga...
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YI YI (feat. Jennifer Anderson&Alexandra Wallachy) from 2020-11-28T08:00
You've had your turkey, you've napped it off, you've even escaped your family. Now buckle up for a whole other kind of family drama with Edward Yang's YI YI (2000), the first official "Soft Boy"...
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DAZED AND CONFUSED from 2020-11-14T08:00
Alright, alright.... Wait for it... Alright. In the wake of the 60-years-long 2020 election, Aya and Kevin retreat to an all-timer big boy comfort watch in Richard Linklater's seminal 1993 cult ...
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THE LOST BOYS (feat. Allison McIntyre) from 2020-10-31T07:00
Happy Halloween! Trick r' treating might be cancelled, but Aya and Kevin have still got a sweet-tooth for some hyper-stylized studio entertainment with Joel "The Sex God" Schumacher's THE LOST B...
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THE EXORCIST from 2020-10-24T07:00
Likely the movie your parents will describe as "the scariest movie ever made", this week Aya and Kevin do battle with the great, the terrible, THE EXORCIST (1973). Shocking, Catholic, and wildly...
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FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) from 2020-10-17T07:00
The first film of Spooky Month to be described as "young, dumb and full of c**," it's 1980's FRIDAY THE 13TH, maybe the most famous of the HALLOWEEN rip-offs. Where do Aya and Kevin stand on sum...
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD from 2020-09-30T07:00:03
"I do my own podcasting and the boys who podcast for me, podcast for me...I run a family podcast, this is my son and Big Boy, Kevin."
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ARE'BOY MOVIES'DESTROYING US? - Summer Vibe Check from 2020-09-29T23:09:08
Look, we're still knee-deep in the pandemic (even back when this was recorded in July), there's no end in sight, there are no rules anymore. We're wrapping up on roughly three months of Aya Vs....
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ARE'BOY MOVIES'DESTROYING US? - Summer Vibe Check from 2020-09-29T23:09:08
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APOCALYPSE NOW from 2020-09-26T07:00:25
"I love the smell of napalm and male friendship in the morning."
It's time to unpack one of the biggest boys in all of American cinema, the war film to end all war films, the controversia...
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SCARFACE (1983) from 2020-09-23T07:00:10
Aya says hello WITH her little friend Kevin to Brian De Palma's SCARFACE, arguably the "genome" of the bro-cannon from way back in 1983.
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THE MATRIX (feat. Kelsie Adams) from 2020-09-19T14:35:39
This week Aya takes on on one of the most misunderstood members of the bro cinema cannon. The ultimate Keanu vehicle, the Wachowskis's 1999 masterpiece, THE MATRIX. Wake up from your simulation ...
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ROBOCOP (1987) + SE7EN from 2020-09-16T18:11:02
This week: a double-dip of cop flicks to match our current times. Up first is a discussion of how Verhoven's infamous 1987 satire fails to rise to our very specific circumstances, after all, if ...
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ROBOCOP (1987) + SE7EN from 2020-09-16T18:11:02
This week: a double-dip of cop flicks to match our current times. Up first is a discussion of how Verhoven's infamous 1987 satire fails to rise to our very specific circumstances, after all, if ...
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STEP BROTHERS from 2020-09-12T07:00:11
This week, Aya squares off against Adam McKay and Will Ferrell's ode to man-children, STEP BROTHERS. Our dynamic duo deconstructs why a 40-year old man wearing a Yoda t-shirt isn't nearly as fun...
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THE THING (1982) from 2020-08-29T07:00:01
This week's second showdown has Aya squaring off against the holy grail of gross-out horror, John Carpenter's THE THING. This testosterone fueled story of isolation and paranoia proved to be alm...
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GOODFELLAS from 2020-08-22T07:00:04
We present to you our formally Patreon exclusive, now public first episode of Aya Vs. The Big Boys, our series deconstructing the canon of bro cinema through the fresh perspective of our reside...
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FIGHT CLUB from 2020-08-20T02:46:37
Resident Rom-Com queen Aya Lehman goes through the heavy-hitters of "bro cinema" with our very own Big Boy, Kevin Cookman. This week, we present the pilot episode, a discussion on 1999's FIGHT C...
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