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Best Double Feature

Best companion film pairing.

Best Double Feature has run in 154 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Bill Simmons

Deliverance (road trip gone wrong) paired with Halloween, to compare/contrast directors Tobe Hooper vs. John Carpenter's career trajectories

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’Chris Ryan

Last House on the Left, though he admits it may not be a 'good' pairing since it's equally disturbing

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Bill Simmons

Den of Thieves, paired with its sequel, to see 'both ends of Butler' (Gerard Butler when he has it and when he doesn't)

‘Law Abiding Citizen’Van Lathan

Rocknrolla (personal favorite), also mentioned Dinner Days and John Wick as options

‘Talladega Nights’Craig Horlbeck

Blades of Glory paired with Anchorman (Will Ferrell playing sports theme)

‘Talladega Nights’Danny Kelly

Considered Ferrell/John C. Reilly pairing (Anchorman or Talladega Nights), leaned toward Anchorman; also joked about Cars or Days of Thunder as alternates

‘Aliens’Bill Simmons

Alien and Platoon as a double feature

‘Aliens’Chris Ryan

Alien/Aliens double feature; argues Ripley becomes a more iconic character after Aliens, making Sigourney Weaver the one who 'won' the movie

‘Aliens’Sean Fennessey

Alien/Aliens double feature; argues James Cameron 'won' because it elevated him, citing The Abyss as evidence of the blank-check status he earned

‘Speed’Sean Fennessey

Transformers (mentioned by Bill as Sean's pick, not confirmed in his own words)

Episode	Host	Answer
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Bill Simmons	Deliverance (road trip gone wrong) paired with Halloween, to compare/contrast directors Tobe Hooper vs. John Carpenter's career trajectories
‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’	Chris Ryan	Last House on the Left, though he admits it may not be a 'good' pairing since it's equally disturbing
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Bill Simmons	Den of Thieves, paired with its sequel, to see 'both ends of Butler' (Gerard Butler when he has it and when he doesn't)
‘Law Abiding Citizen’	Van Lathan	Rocknrolla (personal favorite), also mentioned Dinner Days and John Wick as options
‘Talladega Nights’	Craig Horlbeck	Blades of Glory paired with Anchorman (Will Ferrell playing sports theme)
‘Talladega Nights’	Danny Kelly	Considered Ferrell/John C. Reilly pairing (Anchorman or Talladega Nights), leaned toward Anchorman; also joked about Cars or Days of Thunder as alternates
‘Aliens’	Bill Simmons	Alien and Platoon as a double feature
‘Aliens’	Chris Ryan	Alien/Aliens double feature; argues Ripley becomes a more iconic character after Aliens, making Sigourney Weaver the one who 'won' the movie
‘Aliens’	Sean Fennessey	Alien/Aliens double feature; argues James Cameron 'won' because it elevated him, citing The Abyss as evidence of the blank-check status he earned
‘Speed’	Bill Simmons	Die Hard
‘Speed’	Chris Ryan	Die Hard
‘Speed’	Sean Fennessey	Transformers (mentioned by Bill as Sean's pick, not confirmed in his own words)