Season 3: Ep 5 – No Strings Attached vs. Friends with Benefits
From the time of “When Harry Met Sally” many rom-coms have tried to figure out whether men and women can be “just friends.” But something was in the air in 2011 that had people wondering if they could be *only* be more than friends? Instead of wondering if a...
Season 1: Episode 6 – Cyberpunk Detectives
It's Cyberpunk Detective Week (aka Cyberpunk DICKtective Week)! Two movies this week involving detectives in the future! Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, based on the short story “The Minority Report by Phillip K. Dick, goes up against Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner,...
Season 1: Episode 5 – Frankenstein Week
It's Frankenstein Week! Neither director has helmed a movie version of that famous novel but they have both tackled the premise at the core of Mary Shelley's masterpiece: playing god. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve take a look at a tandem of films for both directors...
Season 1: Episode 4 – Worst of the Best
Last week it was hard to believe that only one movie from each director won best picture. This week it's hard to believe that these directors could make a movie so…bad? It's Worst of the Best week! Jeff, Nate, and Steve take a look at the worst rated film from each...
Season 1: Episode 3 – Best of the Best
It’s hard to believe but both Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott have only directed one movie each that has won best picture. Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List in 1994 and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator in 2000. Does this make these two movies truly the best of the best...
Season 1: Episode 2 – Monsters
Two of the scariest entities man can encounter are the vastness of space and the depths of the ocean. Your hosts Jeff, Nate, and Steve tackle both in this episode for Monster Week! Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" and Ridley Scott's "Alien" are two of the most iconic films...
Season 1: Episode 1 – Firsts
Welcome to the very first episode! Jeff, Nate, and Steve proudly bring you the Duel of the Greats. A podcast that will take a season-long approach comparing and contrasting two of the greatest directors of all time and how their film histories compare. Each week they...