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* The 2-part review of Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious and thorough dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They then go on to explain how Sandler is the biggest (alleged) scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Mr. Plinkett's twin sister (Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike and Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

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* The 2-part review of Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious and thorough dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They then go on to explain how Sandler is the biggest (alleged) scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Mr. Plinkett's twin sister (Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike and Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera. The review was an important milestone for [=RedLetterMedia=] in proving they weren't one-trick ponies when it came to ''Star Wars'' reviews or were only capable of withering analysis and criticism through the filter of the Mr. Plinkett character, which were both frequent accusations leveled at them back in 2011.
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* Mr. Plinkett storming in and [[spoiler: gruesomely murdering Jack and Rich]] at the end of their ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' review.

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* Mr. Plinkett storming in and [[spoiler: gruesomely murdering Jack and Rich]] Rich at the end of their ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' review.
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* The review of ''Film/ParanormalActivity4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movies to haunted house rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that ''Paranormal Ativity 4'' makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

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* The review of ''Film/ParanormalActivity4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movies to haunted house rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that ''Paranormal Ativity Activity 4'' makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.
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* The 2-part review of Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious and thorough dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They then go on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Mr. Plinkett's twin sister (Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike and Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

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* The 2-part review of Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious and thorough dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They then go on to explain how Sandler is the biggest (alleged) scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Mr. Plinkett's twin sister (Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike and Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.
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* Their TakeThat to ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'': they get two different actors (Colin and Jim of BotW fame) to sit in for them, take one look at the 15% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, say "Fuck that" and spend two minutes drinking beer while Transformers sound-effects play. Then they leave 18 minutes of a black screen for the rest of the video. If Creator/MichaelBay and company aren't going to put in a decent effort after all this time, why should they? Talk about guts.

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* Their TakeThat to ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'': they get two different actors (Colin and Jim of BotW [=BotW=] fame) to sit in for them, take one look at the 15% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, say "Fuck that" and spend two minutes drinking beer while Transformers sound-effects play. Then they leave 18 minutes of a black screen for the rest of the video. If Creator/MichaelBay and company aren't going to put in a decent effort after all this time, why should they? Talk about guts.
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* The video on Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.
** The Awesomeness was enough for Creator/RogerEbert's editor Jim Emerson to do a [[http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/adam-sandlers-house-of-cruelty follow-up article]] to the Half in the Bag review.
* The review of ''Film/ParanormalActivity4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that ''Paranormal Ativity 4'' makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

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* The video on 2-part review of Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious and thorough dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went then go on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Mr. Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett (Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & and Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.
** The Awesomeness awesomeness was enough for Creator/RogerEbert's editor Jim Emerson to do a [[http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/adam-sandlers-house-of-cruelty follow-up article]] to the Half in the Bag review.
* The review of ''Film/ParanormalActivity4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' movies to Haunted House haunted house rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that ''Paranormal Ativity 4'' makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.



* Watching the first three ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films '''''at the same time''''' shows how formulaic the films really have been. The same scenes happen all at the ''same exact time'' in each film.

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* Watching the first three ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films '''''at the same time''''' really shows how formulaic the films really have been.actually are. The same scenes happen all at the ''same exact time'' in each film.



* For their 100th episode they can only watch ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' on VHS with the VCR they destroyed in episode 99. They actually focus working on a VCR and repaired it at warp speed.
* Whenever Mike makes a running joke of a proposal for a good movie with a similar concept to the bad movie they're reviewing. The best are probably Silent Screams, a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage]] silent movie shot by one of UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison's directors in the early 1900s. Also "The Inside", which featured a creepy old neighbor called Red Herring.

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* For their 100th episode they can only watch ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' on VHS with the VCR they destroyed in episode 99. They actually focus on working on a the VCR and repaired repair it at warp speed.
* Whenever Mike makes a running joke of a proposal for a good movie with a similar concept to the bad movie they're reviewing. The best are probably Silent Screams, "Silent Screams", a [[FoundFootageFilms found-footage]] silent movie shot by one of UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison's directors in the early 1900s. Also "The Inside", which featured a creepy old neighbor called Red Herring.named RedHerring.



* Their TakeThat to ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'': they get two different actors to sit in for them, take one look at the 15% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, say "Fuck that" and spend two minutes drinking beer while Transformers sound-effects play. Then they leave 18 minutes of a black screen for the rest of the video. If Creator/MichaelBay and company aren't going to put in a decent effort after all this time, why should they? Talk about guts.

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* Their TakeThat to ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'': they get two different actors (Colin and Jim of BotW fame) to sit in for them, take one look at the 15% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes, say "Fuck that" and spend two minutes drinking beer while Transformers sound-effects play. Then they leave 18 minutes of a black screen for the rest of the video. If Creator/MichaelBay and company aren't going to put in a decent effort after all this time, why should they? Talk about guts.
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* The video on Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Serie/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

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* The video on Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Serie/SaturdayNightLive'', ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.
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* The video on Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Serie/SaturayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

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* The video on Creator/AdamSandler's ''Film/JackAndJill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from ''Serie/SaturayNightLive'', ''Serie/SaturdayNightLive'', and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "''Jack and Jill'' in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

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