Season 3: Special Feature – Olympus Has Fallen Vs. White House Down
You asked, we answered! After multiple requests and mentions about it we have decided to include the “dual” of White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen. We have stepped outside our “normally scheduled programming” to bring you this episode. Which movie handled the...
Season 1: Episode 12 – Stranded
It's “Stranded” week on Duel of the Greats! Steven Spielberg's The Terminal matches up against Ridley Scott’s The Martian. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are simultaneously left behind and stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Spielberg and Scott both took a gamble by telling...
Season 1: Episode 11 – Follow the Leader
It's "Follow the Leader" Week! Steven Spielberg's “Lincoln” goes toe to toe with Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster.” This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve tackle the components of leadership as they are depicted on film. What does it mean to be a leader, and should we...
Season 1: Episode 10 – Con Men
It's "Con Man" Week! Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can goes toe to toe with Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are the marks in a long con. Two cons, actually. Spielberg and Scott both used the early aughts to explore fraud and how a...
Season 1: Episode 9 – War is Hell
It's "War Movies" Week! Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan goes up against Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about soldiers engaged in military combat, though at very different times in our country’s history. To...
Season 1: Episode 8 – On the Run
It's "On the Run" Week! Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express goes up against Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two movies about people on the run. From law enforcement, from last mistakes, from their own lives. Doing...
Season 1: Episode 7 – Spy Vs Spy
It's Spy sv Spy week! Steven Spielbergs Bridge of Spies goes up against Ridley Scotts Body of Lies. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve discuss two spy thrillers with vastly different approaches. One more of a cold war, slow-burn thriller. The other, a post-9/11 diatribe...