This week we celebrate the late Gene Hackman, discussing 2003 courtroom garbage Runaway Jury starring Hackman, John Cusack and Dustin Hoffman!

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This week, Shane and Lucien discuss mid-2010s old man bachelor party comedy Last Vegas, from the director of the National Treasure movies and starring 5 (five!) Oscar winning actors. We dig into the careers of Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline, and touch upon their co-stars Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Mary Steenburgen.

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Shane and Lucien celebrate the best films, performances and craft of the past year at the 2nd Annual Golden Boy Awards.

0:00 Introduction

03:58 Best Supporting Actor

10:51 Best Needle Drop

14:24 Best Original Song

16:03 Best Supporting Actress

22:26 Miscellaneous Awards

33:03 Best Scene

39:05 Best Actress

44:33 Best Actor

49:16 Best Director

51:35 Best Picture

Michael McAndrew, host of the Norming podcast, joins the boys to discuss classic David Mamet adaptation, the boy-heavy Glengarry Glen Ross, and its stars Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey.

In Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley were the ultimate political boy party. We're discussing 2016's The Journey, in which legendary character actors Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall star as the Chuckle Brothers of post-Troubles Northern Ireland.

In 2010, Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis were the most famous men in movies. Todd Phillips put them together in road trip comedy Due Date!

In celebration of the late David Lynch, who died this month, we're discussing one of his finest films: 1990's Wild At Heart, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.

Christina returns to the show to discuss Cameron Crowe's 2000 rock n roll coming-of-age classic Almost Famous and its trio of stars: Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.