sam rockwell
when caleb and rafe were rooming together, they got the bright idea to watch every movie sam rockwell has ever been in. the list below catalogs each movie in the order they watched them for the podcast. it also includes their very important ratings of said movies.
| date | movie | summary | caleb | rafe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/05/2014 | glory daze (1995) | ben affleck plays an art student rooming with a bunch of guys (including sam rockwell’s character) who are all coming to terms with growing up. | 7/10 | 7.5/10 |
| 09/12/2014 | jerry and tom (1998) | jerry, a novice hitman works with tom (played by joe mantegna), a veteran. jerry falls deeper into enjoying being a hitman, while watching tom slowly tire of the lifestyle. | 7/10 | 7.5/10 |
| 09/19/2014 | galaxy quest (1999) | the retired actors of a sci-fi TV show sign up to help some real-life aliens. tim allen plays the jerk commander and sam rockwell plays the “red shirt” comic relief. | 10/10 | 10/10 |
| 09/26/2014 | iron man 2 (2010) | justin hammer (sam rockwell) makes a shady deal with ivan vanko (mickey rourke) to get a leg up on stark industries but the plan goes to shit when ivan tries to avenge his father by battling iron man. | 3.5/5 | 6.5/10 |
| 10/03/2014 | teenage mutant ninja turtles (1990) | riveting acting by sam rockwell as head thug in a fantastic adventure with mutants leo, mikey, raf, and donnie. COWABUNGA. | 10/10 | 9/10 |
| 10/10/2014 | choke (2008) | based on the book by chuck palahnuik, sam rockwell plays victor, a man addicted to sex who’s trying to take care of his ill mother in a hospital. bonus: seeing gillian jacob’s boobs. | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| 10/17/2014 | everybody’s fine (2009) | a composer is emotionally torn between telling his father the truth or keeping a secret. his father shows up out of the blue after none of the kids come visit for dinner. | 8.5/10 | 3/5 |
| 10/24/2014 | confessions of a dangerous mind (2002) | chuck barris is a gameshow superstar who is also a CIA hitman – at least that’s what he says. | 3/5 | 2.5/5 |
| 10/31/2014 | clownhouse (1989) | three young boys (the eldest being sam rockwell) are in a house alone close to halloween. three mental patients escape and don clown costumes and terrorize the boys. | 6.3/10 | 3.5/10 |
| 11/07/2014 | cowboys and aliens (2011) | spaceships and the wild west! aliens show up in this spaghetti western where sam rockwell plays doc, the local bar owner. people are kidnapped and the cowboys fight back. | 6/10 | 7.5/10 |
| 11/14/2014 | g-force (2009) | guinea pigs are secret agents. they follow their leader – played by sam rockwell – to uncover some diabolical plans and end up saving the world. | 4.83/10 | 5/10 |
| 11/21/2014 | hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy (2005) | the earth gets destroyed and a spaceship captain loved by all brings a couple of humans on an adventure around the universe. based on the fantastic book by douglas adams. | 7.9/10 | 7.2/10 |
| 11/28/2014 | seven psychopaths (2012) | a crazy dude and friend to an alcoholic screenwriter gets involved with seven psychopaths to inspire the author’s next screenplay. | 5/5 | 4.5/5 |
| 12/05/2014 | the green mile (1999) | “wild bill” wharton terrorizes death row inmates and caretakers, namely john coffey who has been accused of child rape and murder but has a miracle gift. | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 12/12/2014 | the sitter (2011) | this uninspired piece dredged up from the bowels of hollywood rips off the classic movie, “adventures in babysitting.” sam rockwell’s character, karl, and his merry men provide some entertainment. | 1/10 | 1.5/10 |
| 12/19/2014 | joshua (2007) | his son begins to show signs of abuse and it turns out to be true… because joshua drives people to do it. | ||
| 12/26/2014 | midsummer night’s dream (1999) | a lighthearted performance forces francis flute to play a woman. will he be the laughingstock or steal the show? | 4.2/5 | 8.3/10 |
| 01/02/2015 | the way way back (2013) | a goofy kid gets taken under the wing of owen, the lovable owner of a water park. owen teaches the kid some good lessons in this coming-of-age story. | 8.73/10 billy rated it 5.55/10 |
8.5/10 |
| 01/09/2015 | box of moonlight (1996) | the kid runs into al fountain, a man trying to recover some of his youth. al hangs around and becomes a great friend to the kid. | ||
| 01/16/2015 | moon (2001) | sam bell and sam bell walk into a moon bar. the robot bartender asks “what’ll it be?” and the sam’s say “FREEDOMMMMM” | ||
| 01/23/2015 | the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford (2007) | charley’s been watching out for his brother, robert, his entire life. joining jesse james’ gang just made that a little harder. | 8.1/10 | |
| 01/30/2015 | the winning season (2009) | a man struggles to recover from defeat by coaching a girl’s basketball team and is determined to not let them down. | 4.36/5 | |
| 02/06/2015 | better living through chemistry (2014) | an uptight, pushover pharmacist gets into his own supply, which we all know you should never do. | ||
| 02/13/2015 | lawn dogs (1997) | master lawncare specialist by day, baba yaga by night, trent begrudgingly befriends a young girl who’s a bit of a social outcast herself. | 8.3/10 | 8.73/10 |
| 02/20/2015 | a case of you (2013) | STRARD. a drunk guitar player teaches a snively little stalker how to play guitar to impress a girl. oh and rafe’s flame, adam johnson, shows up. | 3.75/5 | 3.85/5 |
| 02/27/2015 | laggies (2014) | an older woman starts hanging around craig’s daughter and he’s not sure how to deal with her. | 5.9/7 | 8.8/10 |
| 03/06/2015 | snow angels (2007) | glenn’s wife won’t let him see his daughter, even though he’s done everything he can for them. they belong together and god will see them through. | 3.1/5 | 2.1/5 |
| 03/13/2015 | a single shot (2013) | while out poaching, john moon accidentally shoots a girl. he finds a shit-ton of money in the act of hiding the body. he spends the rest of the movie deeply regretting his decision to take the money. | 2/5 | 1.5/5 |
| 03/20/2015 | gentlemen broncos (2009) | in a wondrous story, brutus is the man everyone wants to be and be around. fearless, powerful, and unstoppable. too bad his part keeps getting rewritten. | 8.15/10 | 8.4/10 |
| 03/27/2015 | charlie’s angels (2000) | eric knox, software mongrel, is secretly doing stuff that the angels haven’t noticed. he’s pretty devious and witty. | better than g-force | worse than g-force |
| 04/03/2015 | trust me (2013) | what do you do when you’re a big-time talent agent and you think you deserve to represent a child actor? you screw over anyone in your way. | 2/5 | 2.1/5 |
| 04/10/2015 | loitering with intent | his girlfriend’s annoying brother and shitty friend try to sabotage his relationship. | 8.5/10 | 8/10 |
| 04/17/2015 | safe men | sam and his buddy are lounge singers but decide to up their game by becoming safe men after accidentally being labeled as such by the local mafia | ||
| 04/24/2015 | frost/nixon | a man on a mission, wanting to give nixon the trial he never had, by toiling through tons of documents with the end game being a nationally renowned interview. | 4/5 | 3.75/5 |
| 05/01/2015 | welcome to collinwood | you guys know pero? the story of a heist to end all heists. pero tries to keep a group of misfit criminals organized while trying not to fall in love with a clueless woman. | 8.4/10 | 8.5/10 |
| 05/08/2015 | conviction | wrongfully imprisoned, kenny waits for the day when his sister finishes her law degree and reopens his case. | 9/10 | 8.5/10 |
| 05/15/2015 | made | a soft-spoken man with perfect hair helps some patrons at the hotel where he works. he’s treated very rudely and one of the patrons even yells at him. | 1.5/5 | |
| 05/22/2015 | last exit to brooklyn | a depressing tale of sexual abuse, gangs, and prostitution. | 2/5 | 1/4 |
| 05/29/2015 | the f word | a man interviewed for a slop of a mockumentary. you can’t even see his face because of the filter put on. waste of time. | .5/10 | |
| 06/05/2015 | light sleeper | what kind of name is jealous? well, a drug dealer and another drug dealer get into some shit. | 1/20 | |
| 06/12/2015 | in the soup | a mentally handicapped young adult has his family to take care of him. he loves the man next door. | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| 06/19/2015 | basquiat | thugs beat up a man on the street for an original basquiat piece. | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| 06/26/2015 | strictly business | sleazy businessman with a minion tries to overshadow the true hard worker in a company. who will win this business battle? | 3/10 | 6.7/10 brony rated it 7/10 |
| 07/03/2015 | heist | mr. jimmy silk has some tricks up his sleeve during this elaborate robbery of pure gold. | 5/10 | 6.72/10 |
| 07/10/2015 | mercy | it’s a kidnapping!! damn these inside jobs. rating method this time is hair length | bald | marge simpson. greg rated it .5″/5″ length hair |
| 07/17/2015 | happy hell night | a young henry collins makes a horrible mistake when it comes to deals with a demon. | ||
| 07/24/2015 | matchstick men | PISS. BLOOD. a conman and a conman work together to take advantage of other people. a wild daughter appears! she uses emotion! it’s super effective! | 3/5 | 3.5/5 |
| 07/31/2015 | jack and his friends | jack befriends two burglars after having a marriage crisis. they party hard at jack’s summer home. there’s a big, stone vagina in there somewhere. | 7/10 | 7.4/10 |
| 08/07/2015 | somebody to love | a day laborer’s friend, ernesto, falls in love with a taxi dancer. it doesn’t end well. | 5.8/10 | 5.1/10 |
| 08/14/2015 | the search for one-eye jimmy | jimmy’s missing, god dammit. half the town is out looking for this guy. lots of shenanigans. | ||
| 08/21/2015 | celebrity | it is an extreme honor to be a member of the darrow entourage. darrow’s a very influential actor that’s been working with some really good writers. | 4/10 | 4.3/10 |
| 08/28/2015 | 13 moons | a stripclub owner puts up with a bunch of bullshit from drug addicts, weirdo priests, and lady drama | 2.5/5 | 2.1/5 |
| 09/04/2015 | drunks | an AA meeting gets serious as someone falls off the wagon | 7.5/10 | 5.5/10 |