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You know him. You love him. He's danced, sang, and clawed his way into our collective hearts, and on this episode, Mia, Q, and J want to do nothing but subsist on the movie candy that is Hugh Jackman! From his breakthrough performance as Wolverine to help establish superhero movies as a viable franchise type, to his live-action recording of Les Misérables, up to his career-defining turn wearing prosthetic testicles on his face! Is there nothing he can't do? We're going to find out when we rank the Top 5 Hugh Jackman Movies of All Time! It's not all talk about Hugh Jackman, though. We also talk about actors that aren't as good as Hugh Jackman and movies that are similar to The Prestige but didn't star Hugh Jackman. But ultimately, if you don't like Hugh Jackman or Hugh Jackman movies, this episode about Hugh Jackman may not be for Hugh.

Get ready because J, Mia, and Q get together to talk about the Top 5 Government Overthrow Movies in honor of all the morons who tried that in early 2021. Do people not watch movies? Coups are hard to pull off, which is made evident by how many movies there are about failed ones! In this episode, the gang dives into the headlines, but only momentarily, because it's way more fun to talk about Hunger Games, graphic novels, and cinema classics that show stories of governments toppling and fascist regimes getting their comeuppances. We also start a rally to #TakeBacktheLetterQ and all contemplate shaving our heads for the cause.

It's a debate as old as time, well, rather a debate as old as the early 90s when dueling video game systems competed in the market. Mia, our resident gamer, and her humble cohorts, J and Q, dive into a discussion that goes through every platform, every console, and damn near every SEGA iteration, to finally land our Top 5 Video Game Consoles of All Time list! Whether we're talking about Q's weird, irrational hatred of Mario, or J's obsession with little-known adventure games, you can bet that Mia is there to keep everyone in line. Find out which consoles blew our minds and which ones changed our lives on this episode of High Five: The Podcast!

Certain movies remind us what it's like to be a child. You have your Toy Stories and your American Tailses that always hold special places in our hearts, but then you have those other movies. The ones you only realize over time that, although you may have watched this as a child, it was only waiting like a sleeper cell for you to be an adult to reveal it's TRUE meanings. Q, Mia, and J look deep inside and confront their inner children and find the Top 5 Kids Movies That Are Secretly For Adults. This is deeper than cartoons that make poop jokes, we're looking for adult themes in movies with animated rabbits, robotic goliaths with human hearts, pretty much anything made by Pixar. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll call your parents and ask them for a movie night with your friends. Join us for this long-awaited sleepover!

No matter if you're starting a company with your college yuppie friends, or trying to stop mankind from slaughtering your people for their mutant powers, friendships are hard. In the happiest of movies, friendships endure, but some of the most compelling stories are actually about friendships falling apart. J, Mia, and Q climb aboard their friend-ship and hit the acquaintan-Seas to identify the Top 5 Friends Turned Enemies in movies. Along the way, our relationships are tested, assumptions are scrutinized, and we talk a lot about Jesus for some reason. There's magic, computers, pistols, backstabs, and mechanic bodysuits all in this one episode. What are you waiting for, grab your friends (soon to be enemies) and listen!

Welcome to both the beginning of a new year and the end of our 2020 HighFiveMas Spectacular! We're ending with a bang and sparkle as we look into the future to dream about the movies we can't wait to see in the new year. From 2020 delays to Marvel mysteries, Mia, J, and Q travel from the times of Arthur to the streets of New Jersey, all the way to the spice mines of deep space. All culminating in our Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 lists! It's not all fun and games...well, yes it is, but we also delve into our thoughts on the upcoming Streaming/Theater Wars of 2021 and try to figure out what all the fuss was about when it came to Wonder Woman 1984. Start your new year off right - with your three best friends talking about a hopeful future!

No new episode this week, instead you get warm seasons greetings from Q and a little preview of what to expect from next week's brand new episode! See you on January 1st, 2021!

Wait it's not the ghost of Christmas "presents"!? It's Christmas "present"? Ohhhhhhhhhh... Well, let's be honest, 2020 was a bit of a weird year. Okay, okay, it was crap! Everyone was fighting with each other, no one could leave the house, everyone felt sick, and all we wanted to do was take a 12-month nap. So, pretty much, 2020 was exactly like our family holiday gatherings! The whole gang is gathering this week to talk about the year 2020, our Christmas stories of old, and finally ranking the Top 5 Christmas Gone Wrong Movies of all time! From zombies and monsters invading towns to sociopaths and Griswolds, we're counting down all the movies that show just how wrong a Christmas can go. Where is Santa? Why is Krampus here? Who is singing?!?! Get yourself tied to a chair and don't eat after midnight, these are all the ways Christmas can go up in flames. So, come on out to the coast, we'll have a few laughs....and a Christmas podcast!

Ho, Ho, Ho! It's that time of year again, HighFiveMas, and that means the joy of holiday movies and awkward pop culture references! Our three Hos, J, Q, and Mia, are taking the hand of that creepy ghost kid and heading into the past to relive and rank our Top 5 Christmas Movies from Childhood! You don't want to miss which movies made the biggest impacts on us as youngsters, and you definitely don't want to miss when we all travel back in time live on-air and mess with our pasts and futures!!! That doesn't happen, but we have edited that sad song from Muppets Christmas Carol back into the episode. Get those tissues (and wrapping paper) ready!

December is upon us and the happiest time of the year has officially begun: The transition of Donald Trump out of the White House! But seriously, the Yule Time and holiday season has dropped in full force, so whether you're celebrating Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chaunauka, Festivus, or anything else Mia, J and Q want to join you in feeling good by listing the Top 5 Feel-Good Movies of All Time! These are the movies that you watch whenever you see them on TV. The movies you watch when you're upset and want to feel better. The movies you reference and everyone groans every time! Let's get this holiday season off on the right foot by making each other feel good all month long!

As Thanksgiving comes to a close and we peacefully transition into the happiest time of the year, Q, Mia, and J thought it would be appropriate to talk about a movie studio that always makes us feel joyous: Pixar. This year, Pixar is giving us a Christmas present in the form of Soul on Dec. 25, so we thought, what better time to survey the CGI landscape and see what kind of competition Soul has to live up to (pun intended)? That's right! There's no better way than making a list of the Top 5 Pixar Movies so far! We dive deep into Riley's head and travel up, up, and away with an old man and a wilderness explorer. We head to space and to the land of the dead, all while being pretty super about it and getting in bed by bedtime. Can Soul live up to the Pixar movies of old? There's only one way to find out!

From the web-slinging streets of Marvel New York City, through dimensional portals to the streets of DC's Gotham, Central City, and Metropolis, the gang is breaking bad and spending time with the worst of the DC rogues galleries. Once we're through, we'll know which Top 5 DC Villains Need Their Own Movie! Along the way, Mia will make some enemies, J will experience a horrendous origin event, and Q will seek vengeance on those that wronged him (or something). Did you ever think a movie about a living lump of clay could be interesting? What about an eco-drama about dangerous plants that isn't The Happening? Maybe you're more on the road for an alien hitman splatter adventure. Whatever your DC poison, we'll have sampled it by the end of this episode. Come! Drink!

Spider-Men, Spider-Women, doing whatever Spider-People can! The multiverses are colliding and Mia, J, and Q are donning their spandex and joining the spider-ranks, so team up with Spider-Gwen (Mia), Miles Morales (Q), and Spider-Ham (J) as they merge animation styles and movie tastes to talk about the Top 5 Spider-Man Movies of all time! The entire rogues' gallery is coming out to stop us, but listen, Bud, we've got radioactive blood and we're here to list! Outside of spider-talk, the gang dives into comics in general and why Mia can't choose only one option for a list placement. There are totally not fake commercials, weird games, terrible impressions, and even more goodies on Patreon, so if you think you can escape our spidey-senses, you've got another thing coming!

Do you want to go on an adventure? Now that our High Five Fellowship has grown by one, it was time to embark on a quest into Middle Earth while Q, Mia and J explore The Shire to find their Top 5 Lord of the Rings Characters! It doesn't matter if you're a dwarf, an elf, a maiden, a warrior, or a Hobbit, there's something for every type in this week's episode. Also, don't miss our exclusive offers in our Patreon group and see our wonderful faces on YouTube as these episodes are released in fine video quality! The High Five world is growing and we want you involved. It wouldn't be an adventure without a Fellowship, but you'll have to listen to find out how long it takes us to kill off Sean Bean. Poor, poor Sean Bean.

This is it, the episode you've all been waiting for. It's the 2020 Spooktoberweentacular Finale where we finally unveil the BRAND NEW third host joining Q and J in the Writer's Room! But that's not all, we also talk Top 5 Ghost Movies of all Time with John Gray, creator of the hit television series, Ghost Whisperer! We'd love to tell you who is getting unveiled as the third host, but you'll have to listen to find who it is. You're gonna love her.  Don't worry, it's the same old High Five: The Podcast, only bigger, better, scarier, sexier, and funnier than ever! Halloween may be the scariest night of the year, but this year, you're all getting treats instead of tricks from the High Five Crew. Tune in to find out not only if your favorite Ghost Movie made the list, but if the host you've been rooting for online gets crowned! Mwahahahaha!

The “Spooktoberweentacular: Re-Animated” series brings you the absolutely horrifying bests of High Five past. Re-live our favorite Halloween-themed episodes and prepare as we build to an earth-shattering reveal on October 30th, 2020. High Five: The Podcast will NEVER be the same…again. Also, we have a pretty awesome special guest so don’t miss out! Don't tell us Halloween is over! It's true that Halloween Day was two days ago, but we're still living that spooky life and decided to go deep and give you all the definitive ranking of the Top 5 Halloween TV Specials of all time! Are you on team "Garfield's Halloween Adventure" or do you prefer "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"? Did you know that "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" started as a Canadian Halloween special? We've got a lot of horrifying tidbits to regale you with this time around, all you have to do is agree with us. Halloween is such a special time of year that many of the TV specials we all grew up with have become standard viewing for this time of year, it's just a shame we can't watch them year-round. This has been a controversial topic in the past, so don't wait to have your opinion heard. Let us know which Halloween specials scared you the most so we can all be scaredy-cats together!

The “Spooktoberweentacular: RE-ANIMATED” series brings you the absolutely horrifying bests of High Five past. Re-live our favorite Halloween-themed episodes and prepare as we build to an earth-shattering reveal on October 30th, 2020. High Five: The Podcast will NEVER be the same…again. Also, we have a pretty awesome special guest so don’t miss out! It's that scary time of year when ghosts, ghouls, and TV show Halloween episodes start to rise from their graves. And no, we're not referencing High Five's annual SpooktoberweenTacular, we're talking about when your favorite TV shows give us that amazing gift of a Halloween-themed episode to fill that insatiable sweet-tooth we all get in October. In this frightful new episode, J & Q delve into our favorite TV shows and rank which ones gave us the best treats and which ones gave us horrifying tricks. You might be surprised by which shows "make the cut" or maybe you guessed the killer in the first scene (hint: it's Shawn, it's always Shawn). When we aren't seeking out mysterious murderers or slutty pumpkins, Q & J play probably the spookiest game in the history of the show and come up with alternate versions of your favorite jingles to make them more about Q. Things are about to get dark and scary, so you'd better listen to this before the monsters come knocking. Trust us, they're fans too.

The "Spooktoberweentacular: RE-ANIMATED" series brings you the absolutely horrifying bests of High Five past. Re-live our favorite Halloween-themed episodes and prepare as we build to an earth-shattering reveal on October 30th, 2020. High Five: The Podcast will NEVER be the same...again. Also, we have a pretty awesome special guest so don't miss out! Welcome High Fivers, to the macabre, to the spooky, to the candy-filled Spooktoberweentacular Halloween Special Special on High Five: The Podcast. No, we didn't repeat ourselves, we created a Halloween Special episode where we dive into one of our favorite Halloween specials. Known to some as Garfield in Disguise, and to many as Garfield's Halloween Adventure, but mainly known to us as "that Garfield cartoon with the really freaky pirate ghosts." Q, A, & J sit down after watching Garfield and Odie run afoul of those nautical nightmares to discuss the nostalgia factor in cartoons like this and which parts actually scared us as kids and adults. You've already had your Halloween Treat, so it's time for a little Trick. Pillage Jon's attic and find a great costume, because it's time for some candy-candy-candy-candy-candy. Happy Spooktoberweentacular!

Exclusively on our PATREON: "OTHER STUFF TOO" is a monthly series where you can join Q and J discuss current movie news, upcoming trailers, and chat about what we’ve watched this month and what we demand that you watch. This is the hangout session you always wanted to be a part of…and now you can! This week, Q and J find time to talk about the important things in life. We're diving into the DCEU deep end and discussing its chances of survival, we also share our thoughts on the multiverse theory while revealing what we're watching on Pluto TV, and end with some recommendations of what to watch to improve your life. Don't miss it! Checkout all future "Other Stuff Too" episodes exclusively on our Patreon at: www.patreon.com/join/highfivethepodcast

It was only a matter of time before this podcast's fame caught up to the hosts. Q and J and both found themselves in scandalous affairs in 2020, having babies with people that weren't each other!! To celebrate our fame-based depravity, J and Q dive into the Top 5 Hollywood Behind-the-Scenes Scandals that defined not only the movies they surrounded but also the careers of the stars involved. Do you think Bette and Joan are the creams of the crop? You might be surprised at what we're able to dredge up. Tabloid fever dreams. Technical malfunctions. Losses of life. This episode will draw all the headlines, we're going to make sure of it! Hey, Ryan Murphy, here's your next season of Feud all ready for you.