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Raiders of the Podcast

We are a weekly podcast about movies. Sometimes new ones, often older ones, frequently bad ones. We like cowboy hats, face hugs, strangely sexual automaton interactions, and listeners like you.

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STOP! Motion Time

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2026/04/26

This week we close out the month with a gang of puppets moving one frame at a time. In 1957, a rare Sumatran rat monkey was smuggled into New Zealand and put on display. When meek Lionel's domineering mother is bit by the rat monkey, he soon finds himself desperately trying to contain a zombie outbreak. The last of Peter Jackson's early splatter comedies,Braindead(akaDead Alive). Norman Babcock can speak to the dead. As the anniversary of the town's witch trial approaches, Norman beings having

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Euphorically Sexy Minisode #1

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2026/04/22

This week- we interrupt the usual Wednesday post excitement to deliver our first Euphoria minisode! Craig and Tyler will be double-teaming the new season of Euphoria with episodes dropping every Wednesday for the next 8 weeks! First up, as is customary, episode one of the third season of HBO's hit. Listen up or Rue the day! Euphorically Sexy Minisode #1

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Chalk It Up to Misogyny

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2026/04/19

This week a pair of films about men being awful and getting rewarded for it. After having lead French forces against the English in several campaigns during the Lancastrian War, Jeanne d'Arc is brought before a clerical court for heresy. The judges and majority of the audience are loyal to England and plotting for an unavoidable conviction. Based on the transcripts of the actual trial and widely considered one of the greatest films ever made- The Passion of Joan of Arc. Three loser friends are

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Through the Valley of Sumo

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2026/04/12

This week- two movies about people following their calling outside of social norms and expectations. In order to graduate Shuhei Yamamoto cuts a deal with his thesis supervisor. He must join the university sumo club and participate in an upcoming tournament. With only one other club member, Shuhei finds himself rebuilding the club from scratch. One of the very few movies about sumo and, arguably, one of the best sports films ever made- Sumo Do, Sumo Don't. A street preacher spends his days

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Sex Wax, Reins & Bits

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2026/04/05

This week- a pair of psychodramas about mentally unwell women and how they navigate societies determined to restrict and limit them. It's summer and Florence is determined to make the best one ever and begins experiencing inexplicable blackouts. As the endless summer drags on, she begins to suspect that she might just be the serial killer that has been targeting the people around her. Meanwhile Captain Monica Stark, a tough career centered policewoman, is on the case. A cult film based on a cult

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Unswung Hammer

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2026/03/29

This week we pack a toolbox with overlooked titles from The Studio That Dripped Blood. Simon, an aged American tourist, picks up Joan, a young local, after Joan had previously lured him into a mugging. This rages her biker gang leading brother, King, who chases them around the coast. Eventually the pair take refuge in a very curious cave full of well mannered school children. An anti-nuclear sci-fi drama directed by a backlisted American director-The Damned. A novelist arrives in an unassuming

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Real Boy

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2026/03/22

This week- two films about people pushed to desperate measures for love and socioeconomic security. After an emergency landing, a young boy must spend a week with his estranged uncle. Fortunately, the uncle is desperate to manipulate his girlfriend into believing he wants children and jumps at the opportunity. When a promise is broken, dire consequences for all ensue. A cult classic dark comedy- Clifford. After a chance meeting, a young couple are drawn together. Substance abuse, emotional

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Without A Haunt of My Own

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2026/03/15

This week- two films about people confronting their worlds changing. Lorenz Hart slips away from his creative partner's first work without him to hold court before the opening night celebration begins. As the night goes on, Hart's insecurities, jealousy, and self-destructive tendencies simmer. Richard Linklater's 23rd film boasts incredible central performance, strong support and beautiful production design-Blue Moon. After her sister disappears, Joo-young rushes back to their shared apartment

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Loadsa Shooting

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2026/03/08

This week- two films featuring explosions of wildly different natures. When Jean, a middle age writer living in Paris, reconnects with Claire, an old friend, at a party. Claire introduces him to her beautiful new toy and draws him into a sadomasochistic triangle. Based on Catherine Robbe-Grillet's Lacanian exploration of abjection and desire, directed by porno chic auteur Radley Metzger, and part of MOMA's permanent collection-The Image. A drifter with perfect aim and a lactating sex worker find

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Back with Another of Those Rothrocking Bleeps

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2026/03/01

This week a pair of films about people reluctantly stepping into roles they never wanted but have to for the greater social good. After her sister and nephew are murdered, a psychologist with multiple black belts gets psychic powers. Using her new found powers for justice, she begins to investigate the crime ring that is responsible for her sister's murder. A cult classic of the straight to video action era, that takes the star out of her comfort zone and drops her and the audience right into the

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fille de joie

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2026/02/22

This week- four films about full service sex workers and how dominant social groups view them, from the dawn of the 20th century to Nazi era Germany to modern day Atlanta and Mashhad. A new girl joins an upscale maison close, regulated and licensed legal brothels in France from 1804 to 1946, where a horrific event happened the year before. As she learns the workings of her new environment and gets used to the daily mundanities of their highly restricted and controlled lives. At the same time, the

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Poly Wants A Sacrifice

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2026/02/15

This week- two films about alternative family structures. One night Veronica meets Abel, a freelance music journalist, at a concert and sparks fly. That same night she meets Zed, a drummer, and sparks fly. She begins dating both men and eventually brings them together in a polyamorous cohabitation. Despite some simmering tension between Zed and Abel, Veronica is mostly content with her life... until she meets successful up and coming director Mike, a recently single serial monogamist, and learns

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Grime Guy

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2026/02/08

This week- two movies about new families and arguable amounts of crime. Just as Charlie Babbitt, a grey-market collectible car dealer, hits a snag in his biggest deal, he learns about his estranged father's death. After looking into the will, Charlie finds he has an extremely regimented, autistic savant, older brother, Raymond, living in an institution. Charlie takes Raymond out of his daily routine and demanding half the estate for his return. Will Charlie get what he feels is rightfully his

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Stay Gold

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2026/02/01

This week- two movies about relationships... with ourselves and with others. Nicky, a small time gangster, stole from his boss. With nowhere else to go, he calls his old friend Mikey, also employed by the same local crime boss. Together the two drift through the city at night with a hitman not far behind. An anxiety inducing melodrama about male friendship and cruelty driven masculinity, with a pair of staggeringly brilliant performances, a sharply witty script and equally edged direction from

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A Good Day to Nakadai Hard

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2026/01/25

This week a four film tribute to an actor whose career spanned seven decades, the legendary Tatsuya Nakadai. A penniless samurai leaves his wife for improved social status and the daughter of wealthy family. A young woodcutter, taking refuge from a blizzard, confronts a yuki-onna. A blind musician performs for a dead Emperor, who plans to keep him playing in his ghostly court forever. A lord sees a face he doesn't know reflected back in his cup of tea and soon is visited by their ghostly and

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SPOILER THINGS

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2026/01/18

This week we arrive late as a party and finally close the on Hawkins Lab Sourcebook Unusual Contrivances Adventure Inverted Corporeal Supplement 5e. Anna rolls a nat20 saving throw, Kevin rethinks his Orc Wizard, Tyler misuses his Seduce Everything strategy, Dave gets his hand stuck in the dice tower... again... and the dice finally put an end to the tyrannical plans of the Illithid. Join us, won't you? Episode 448- SPOILER THINGS

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Haunt Me Amadeus

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2026/01/11

This week- two films about men with great destines. After attempting suicide, former court composer of Joseph II, Antonio Salieri confesses to having murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 49 years earlier, learning that Mozart was a childishly obscene reprobate with divine musical inspiration lead Salieri to renounce God and swear to take his revenge by destroying Mozart. Another masterwork by one of cinema's patron saints of nonconformity, Miloš Forman, with a screenplay by Peter Shaffer, based on

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Beating A Dead Horse

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2026/01/04

This week- a pair of films about men driven to extremes. Two Vietnam Vets begin having similar ultrarealistic dreams about a member of their fireteam who died in a POW camp. Soon they start waking up with actual injuries they received in their dreams. In a desperate effort to save their buddy and stop a sadistic traitor they gear up for one final nocturnal confrontation. A high concept action thrillers from VHS pioneer David A. Prior,Night Wars. Recently released from prison career criminal,

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Secret Satan 3

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2025/12/28

This week- we spread peace on Earth and good will towards all humanity through painful cinematic suppositories specially chosen to mentally and emotionally break each other. Jack is an aging football hooligan. After a fight, Jack is arrested for possession of cocaine and gets sentenced to six weeks of couples' therapy. Jack's wife, Dani, is emotionally isolated, spending all her time just caring for Jack's son and home, long ago forced to give up on her artistic dreams so Jack wouldn't feel

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Corpus Delectus

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2025/12/21

This week we learn a lessons on loneliness and self-improvement. Sonya runs her family funeral parlor. She lives an isolated and routine life, above the parlor, with her distant father. The business is slowly going under and she is under a crushing amount of debt owed to a psychotic landlord. Sonya finds an unlikely companion in the unclaimed cadaver of an elderly woman. The third film by Dwein Baltazar and produced by Black Sheep Productions, the Philippine answer to A24, Oda sa Wala (English:

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