Wednesday, June 4, 2025
232. 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' & 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre II'
I'd never seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre before this episode. I had also never seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre II. Regrets, I have a few. And this apparen...
Friday, May 30, 2025
231. Cannon Fodder: '52 Pickup' (1986)
Cannon Fodder continues! John Frankenheimer finds himself directing for Cannon Films with Roy Scheider starring in Elmore Leonard's own adaptation of ...
Friday, May 23, 2025
230. Cannon Fodder: Charles Bronson in '10 to Midnight' (1983)
In this week's episode it's the debut of 'Cannon Fodder', a recurring series of episodes where I watch a curated selection of films made by schlockmei...
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Episode 1 Commentary
For the hardest of the hardcore Full Cast and Crew Smiley Heads out there...as promised, here are the Tinker Tailor commentary tracks. Wasn't sure how...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
229. 'The Big Picture' (1989)
Long before 'Waiting For Guffman', Christopher Guest directed 'The Big Picture', a heartfelt, hilariously incisive movie about making movies. The film...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
228. 'Sinners'
Ryan Coogler's original film 'Sinners' defied the so-called conventional wisdom of Hollywood and dropped only 6% week-to-week in its box office perfor...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
227. 'Caddyshack' (1980)
'Caddyshack', it turns out, is kind of a miracle of last-minute producer-led stitching together and salvaging, resulting in one of the more quotable f...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
226. 'A Minecraft Movie'
Why doesn't anyone believe me when I say I loved going to see this movie??
Friday, April 4, 2025
225. Val Kilmer: I'm Your Huckleberry
An episode in memoriam of Val Kilmer, who died this week. Mentioned in this episode: 'Val', the excellent, moving, insightful, thoughtful documentary ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
224. Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess
Don Simpson was one-half of one of the most successful production partnerships in Hollywood history. His reality-distortion-field helped bring about f...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
223. 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979 BBC Series)
What does it say about your favorite podcast host that he considers the 1979 BBC adaptation of John le Carre's seminal espionage novel 'Tinker, Tailor...
Thursday, March 6, 2025
222. Gene Hackman Appreciation Episode
Considering the versatile, endlessly watchable and iconic American actor Gene Hackman.
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