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Four Play

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About the show

Four Play selects four iconic films from a theme or genre to meticulously analyze and place in their proper historical context. Hosted by veteran esports commentators Richard Lewis, Duncan "Thorin" Shields, and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, Four Play showcases both legendary Hollywood movies as well as hidden gems outside the mainstream. Be sure to watch along with our hosts each week to get the most of each conversation!

Latest episodes

  • The Best Lovecraft Movie Isn't Based on Lovecraft (In The Mouth of Madness)

    October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

    John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness" is not based on a single H.P. Lovecraft story, and it may still be the best Lovecraft film ever made. Richard Lewis, MonteCristo and Thorin argue that a 1994 horror movie nobody funded for years…

  • Nobody Understands Primer the First Time. That's the Point.

    September 20, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    Primer cost $7,000. Shane Carruth wrote it, directed it, produced it, starred in it, edited it and scored it, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and then more or less disappeared. Twenty years later it is still the most realistic time…

  • Tom Cruise's Best Performance... But No One Talks About It! (Edge of Tomorrow)

    September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    Edge of Tomorrow cost $178 million, made $381 million, and stars two of the most famous actors alive. It arrived in 2014 alongside Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar and Gone Girl, and vanished. Everybody who has seen it loves it…

  • Everyone FORGOT About This Time Travel Movie With Bruce Willis & Brad Pitt (12 Monkeys)

    September 6, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

    12 Monkeys made $170 million in 1995. It stars Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt got an Oscar nomination for it. Almost nobody talks about it anymore, and there is no good reason why. Hims: Access to FDA approved GLP-1 weight loss…

  • Back to the Future Is More Weird Than You Think...

    August 30, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

    A beloved family film opens with a main character machine-gunned by Libyan terrorists in a mall car park, and spends its second act on a teenager talking his own mother out of being attracted to him. Back to the Future is much stranger…

  • 20 Years Later, The Prestige Is Nolan's Best Film

    August 9, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

    Thorin has been teasing The Prestige on Four Play for over a hundred episodes. It is his favorite film of all time. MonteCristo and Richard Lewis think it is Nolan's best. Twenty years after it came out and quietly underperformed, the…

  • Tenet Is the Only Film You Can't Watch Once

    August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min

    Richard Lewis turned Tenet off three times. On the fourth attempt he finally made it to the end, and he came out calling it an unfairly maligned film.   That is the story of this episode. Thorin picked Tenet expecting a bloodbath, hoping…

  • Nobody Attacking The Odyssey Has Actually Read The Odyssey

    July 26, 2026 · 2 hr 19 min

    Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey spent a year being called woke by people who never opened the poem. Then it opened to $264 million worldwide and a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.   Richard Lewis, MonteCristo, and Thorin recorded this one last…