Rabbit Fighters

60 - Point Break - Young, Dumb, and Full of Meatball Sandwiches

The Rabbit Fighters are back to hang ten with Bodhi, Johnny Utah, and The Ex-Presidents. We're powering up with double meatball sandwiches so we can do it all: surfing, skydiving, shirtless football, bank robbing, and some light homicide here and there. Join us as we decide whether Point Break is the best surfing/stealing/sex with the gods movie ever. Spoiler alert: it is. [Published 01/12/26] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters] and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2].

59 - Steely Dan: Aja - Peeeeeeeeg!

This week finds the Rabbit Fighters debating Steely Dan's 1977 record, Aja - one of the most celebrated and respected albums ever recorded. Steely D put the "studio" in Studio Album on this one, famously employing over 40 musicians across 7 of the "cleanest" and most sampled tracks in rock/jazz/R&B history. Shockingly, it's also one of the most divisive records ever made, and the Fighters take the time to pick it apart in search of common musical ground. Can Brian convince us that this isn't simply a jazz-fusion mayo sandwich? Can Greg and Joshua move past their prejudice against wankery? Can the Fighters sing as high as Michael McDonald? How about now? How about....now? Join us and find out, won't you? Next Episode - Greg's Pick: Point Break (1991) [Published 12/30/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters] and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2].

58 - Friendship - We Had A Couple Of Really Nice Hangs

Men shouldn’t have friends.  So says the tagline of Friendship, the A24 2025 Feature Length Directorial and Screenwriting Debut of Andrew DeYoung, starring Tim Robinson as Craig Waterman (basically a connection-starved I Think You Should Leave character dropped into the real world, possessing no sense of social norms, occasionally breaking the law in the name of friendship, and just generally failing at life), Kate Mara as Tami Waterman (Craig’s way out of his league wife who is simultaneously recovering from cancer, struggling to run a floral shop out of their home, possibly having an affair with her hot firefighter ex-boyfriend, and somehow not running for the hills with every interaction with Craig) and Paul Rudd as Austin Carmichael (Craig’s impossibly hip and friendly neighbor, a night weatherman to whom Craig becomes hopelessly and dangerously Platonically infatuated).  Is it a comedy? Is it a drama? Is it too uncomfortable for it’s own good?  Is it actually good?  Join your bestest friends, The Rabbit Fighters and find out, won’t you? Next Episode - Rando: Steely Dan: Aja (1977) [Published 7/29/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters] and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2].

57 - Whiplash - Full Metal Drumkit

If you want to make an omelette, you've got to break a few eggs. And if by "omelette" you mean "once-in-a-generation-genius-jazz-drummer" and by "a few eggs" you mean "aspiring music conservatory bros" (aka Miles Teller as Andrew Niemann) then 2014's Whiplash "breaks" them by having Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons as a sadistic and inexplicably respected conductor) force his students to practice the worst form of music known to man:Jazz. Wait...no, it's because he's an abusive a-hole... NOT because of the Jazz (but surely the Jazz doesn't help his case...). Sorry, Joshua wrote this intro and Jazz is NOT HIS TEMPO. Also, Paul Reiser is in this as a father who likes Raisenettes(TM) in his popcorn, so that's cool. Anyway, The Rabbit Fighters invite you to be neither an EFFING RUSHER nor a GD DRAGGER, and listen to this episode ON. OUR. EFFING. TIME. Next Episode - Joshua's Pick: Friendship (2025) [Published 7/25/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters] and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2].

56 - In the Line of Fire - Fleeing John Malkovich

The Rabbit Fighters put their tinfoil hats on and travel to 1993, when phones had cords, assassins had newspaper clippings all over their walls, and Presidents were bland and actually interested in governing. Enter Mitch Leary, played by America's Sweetheart, John Malkovich. Mitch was a government assassin until they turned on him, and now he wants to assassinate the head of our government, the extremely bland President Traveler or something. BUT WAIT! Old-ass Clint Eastwood wants a word or 50,000 about this. He plays Frank Horrigan, the guy who was supposed to protect Kennedy but stood there while Kennedy's head exploded. Frank wants a second chance to save a President, so he starts a series of lovely corded phone chats where he tries to get Mitch to tell him how and where Mitch will kill the President. Frank also finds time to get to know his partner Al for a minute before getting Al killed, pissing off everyone in the entire Presidential staff, and wedging himself into the arms of Renee Russo's agent Lily Raines with a Hoodsie stick. Next Episode - Joshua's Pick: Friendship (2025) [Published 6/24/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters] and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2].