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Fumbling Through Film

The Film Fumblers

The only show that dares to bring together three dudes to talk about movies. These aren’t just any movies—these are the ones we’ve missed, overlooked, or feel are simply worth revisiting. Every week we get together in our massive screening room, the Fumble Dome, and make our way through the classics.

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01:05:57

Genre Defining: Blood and Black Lace (1964)

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2025/06/12

Episode Theme: Genre DefiningThe Fumblers are back on the case after they find a body in their boot and drag it into their basement to hide it. While waiting for the police we watch Blood and Black Lace. One of us falls off the roof onto an awning and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised who. Blood and Black Lace 1964 - NR - 1h28m A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. Director: Mario Bava Writer: Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mario

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01:15:17

Genre Defining: Excalibur (1981)

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2025/06/05

Episode Theme: Genre DefiningThe Fumblers stumble upon a shiny sword sticking out from what appears to be a Styrofoam boulder. We fail to retrieve the sword, so we do the next best thing: watch Excalibur. One of us is tricked into sleeping with our sister to produce an evil offspring and which one of us it is will surprise you. Excalibur 2008 - PG - 2h20m Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it

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01:10:05

Genre Defining: Akira (1988)

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2025/05/29

Episode Theme: Genre DefiningThe Fumblers find themselves the subject of bizarre experiments being conducted by an oppressive government and they are left with no choice but to turn to evil to save ourselves and our friends. One of us does mutate into a hideous body horror blob and I think you'll be surprised to find out who. Akira 1988 - R - 2h4m A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by

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00:57:40

Dual Role Actors Wild Card: The Faculty (1998)

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2025/05/22

Episode Theme: Dual Role ActorsThe Fumblers get wild and wacky with a new wild card episode. Our adventures lead us down the path to the scary and hip The Faculty. One of us snorts some caffeine and are exposed as a water loving alien freak. I think you'll be surprised to find out who. The Faculty 1998 - R - 1h44m When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings. Director:

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01:15:34

Dual Role Actors: Sinners (2025)

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2025/05/15

Episode Theme: Dual Role ActorsWARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS HEAVY SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE SINNERS The Fumblers venture out to the theaters to check the new Ryan Coogler vampire flick. One of us refused to eat the garlic butter popcorn or drink the holy Aquafina and who it is may surprise you. Sinners 2025 - R - 2h17m Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them

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01:13:36

Dual Role Actors: Adaptation (2002)

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2025/05/08

Episode Theme: Dual Role ActorsThe Fumblers continue on their adventure with actors that are double dipping in the same movie with Adaptation. By the end we find out one of us is simply a character we created to get us here so we can kill them off. It may surprise you to find out which of us it is. Adaptation 2002 - R - 1h55m A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen. Director: Spike Jonze Writer: Susan Orlean, Charlie

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01:18:31

Dual Role Actors: Gemini Man (2019)

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2025/05/01

Episode Theme: Dual Role ActorsThe Fumblers face off against their younger, more deadly selves and take on Ang Lee's Gemini Man. Which of us is real and which of us is CGI, the answer might surprise you. Gemini Man 2019 - PG-13 - 1h57m An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself. Director: Ang Lee Writer: David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke Stars: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New episodes drop every

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01:15:34

Baseball Wildcard: The Quick and the Dead (1995)

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2025/04/24

Episode Theme: BaseballThe Fumblers get together at the first chime to square off over the underrated Sam Raimi Western, The Quick and the Dead. Which one of us will be left with a grapefruit sized hole in us? The answer may surprise you. The Quick and the Dead 1995 - R - 1h48m A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death. Director: Sam Raimi Writer: Simon Moore Stars: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman,

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00:53:56

Baseball: The Naked Gun (1988)

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2025/04/17

Episode Theme: BaseballThe Fumblers must kill the Queen. The Naked Gun 1988 - PG-13 - 1h25m Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. Director: David Zucker Writer: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, OJ Simpson Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New episodes drop every Thursday. Got feedback or questions? Email us at FumblingThroughFilm@gmail.com. Follow us on

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01:11:27

Baseball: For Love of the Game (1999)

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2025/04/10

Episode Theme: BaseballThe Fumblers take a swing at another Kevin Costner baseball movie. Was it an error? Risk Nothing, Gain Everything For Love of the Game 1999 - PG-13 - 2h17m After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there. Director: Sam Raimi Writer: Michael Shaara, Dana Stevens Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through

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01:15:30

Baseball: Bull Durham (1988)

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2025/04/03

Episode Theme: BaseballThe Fumblers venture to tobacco country to check out one of Kevin Costner's many baseball movies. They find out about the Clown Prince of Baseball and their lives may be changed forever. Bull Durham 1988 - R - 1h48m A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him. Director: Ron Shelton Writer: Ron Shelton Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins Thanks for listening

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01:16:36

Best Picture Losers Wildcard: Midnight Run (1988)

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2025/03/27

Episode Theme: Best Picture LosersThe Fumblers check out De Niro's first attempt at a more light hearted action movie, they talk about lock picking, weird types of cameras, and read a review that will change the way you think about reviews. Midnight Run 1988 - R - 2h6m A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail. Director: Martin Brest Writer: George Gallo Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles

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01:20:40

Best Picture Losers: The Snake Pit (1948)

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2025/03/20

Episode Theme: Best Picture LosersThe Fumblers endure the best from 80 years ago as Terry is duped by the title and they discuss Vikings, murder hornets, and the Osmonds along the way. The Snake Pit 1948 - Approved - 1h48m Virginia Cunningham can't recall how she landed in an asylum. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. She remains in misery as Dr. Mark Kik tries to solve her problem. Director: Anatole Litvak Writer: Frank Partos, Millen

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01:15:40

Best Picture Losers: The Full Monty (1997)

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2025/03/13

Episode Theme: Best Picture LosersThe Fumblers debate the merits of bearing it all to make a few grand and check out the Oscar nominated comedy about hard steel and weird butts. The Full Monty 1997 - R - 1h31m Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Director: Peter Cattaneo Writer: Simon Beaufoy Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New episodes drop

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01:27:06

Best Picture Losers: Five Easy Pieces (1970)

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2025/03/06

Episode Theme: Best Picture LosersThe Fumblers tackle an Oscar nominated move starring Jack Nicholson. Is Five Easy Pieces easy watching? Five Easy Pieces 1970 - R - 1h38m A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest. Director: Bab Rafelson Writer: Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film

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02:03:57

Reptiles: XXX: Return of Xander Cage

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2025/02/27

Episode Theme: ReptilesThe Fumblers do some extreme fumbling with this week's Wild Card Movie. XXX has it all: skiing in the jungle, murder with satellite, and everything else that Vin Diesel thinks is awesome. XXX: Return of Xander Cage 2017 - PG-13 - 1h47m Xander Cage, left for dead after an incident, is recruited back into action for a new assignment, leading a team of death-defying adrenaline junkies. Director: D.J. Caruso Writer: Rich Wilkes, F. Scott Frazier Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen,

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01:55:23

Reptiles: Crocodile Dundee (1986)

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2025/02/20

Episode Theme: ReptilesDerek, Terry, and Keith go on a walk about and revisit the nearly 40 year old Oscar nominated Rom-Com, Crocodile Dundee. Will it hold up or should it be left for the crocs? Crocodile Dundee 1986 - PG-13 - 1h37m American reporter Sue Charlton travels to the Australian outback to meet eccentric poacher Mick "Crocodile" Dundee and invites him to New York City, where he comes face-to-face with the complexities of modern life. Can this bushman adapt? Director: Peter

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01:34:57

Reptiles: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

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2025/02/13

Episode Theme: ReptilesKeith, Terry, and Derek hunker down for some surreal comedy horror with the ultra horny White Worm. The Lair of the White Worm 1988 - R - 1h33m When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences. Director: Ken Russell Writer: Ken Russell, Bram Stoker Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New

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01:36:14

Reptiles: Alligator (1980)

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2025/02/06

Episode Theme: ReptilesTerry kicks off our Reptile month with Alligator and the Fumblers take a big bite out of this 80s comedy, horror monster movie. Alligator 1980- R - 1h31m A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu. Director: Lewis Teague Writer: John Sayles, Frank Ray Perilli Stars: Robert Forster,

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01:33:29

January Releases: Noah (2014)

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2025/01/30

Episode Theme: January ReleasesThe Fumblers watch their first Wild Card movie, Noah, and the world may never be the same. Noah 2014 - PG-13 - 2h18m Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world. Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel Stars: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New episodes drop every Thursday. Got feedback or questions? Email us at

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