The Young Master vs Nothing But Trouble

Jackie Chan stars and directs a film where a martial arts student is trying to save his brother, and keep himself out of jail, in the 1980 kung-fu flick Young Master. Dan Akroyd and John Candy play a combined six parts in the unsettling comedy, Nothing But Trouble.

The Hidden Fortress vs John Carter (2012)

One of the most beautiful movies ever shot, The Hidden Fortress lost money and forced Akira Kurosawa to find funding outside the studio. John Carter is a 2012 film who's source material helped shape science fiction. It's a showdown of influences to Star Wars.

Mask vs The Elephant Man

Rocky Dennis deals with a bone disorder, an addict mom, pressures from school, and a terminal diagnosis in Peter Bogdanovich's Mask. John Merrick goes from exploitation at a freak show to exploitation by high society in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.

Addams Family Values vs Joe vs the Volcano

Fester is swept away by a widow maker, and children try to murder a baby in the upbeat Addams Family Values. Joe is throwing away his life, figuratively and literally in Joe vs the Volcano. It's a double feature of movies with Carol Kane and Nathan Lane.

CBGB vs Vampire's Kiss

CBGB is a movie about the dumpy owner of the famous club that broke many huge bands like The Talking Heads and The Ramones. Vampire's Kiss is about 90 minutes of Nicholas Cage losing his mind. Cage Rage was never louder.

Audition vs Mother (2009)

Audition is about a widower holding an audition to find a new wife. It slowly dawns on him that she's a killer. Oh, and someone eats vomit. Mother is a Bong Joon-ho movie about a mom proclaiming her son's innocence, and she'll go to any lengths to prove it.

Ranking director roomates

This week we're quarantined, so we're breaking from the usual formula. Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, and George Lucas were all roommates. We rank them based off of their top five, along with other nonsense.