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Episode 330 - The Pink Panther Vs. Inspector Clouseau

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2025/04/14

The Pink Panther movies are part of an enduring cinema comedy franchise, an ever-sillier slapstick human cartoon brought to you by the genius of Blake Edwards and Peters Sellers. 11 films total. 6 starring Sellers. 7 directed by Edwards. Only 5 are any good. They can re-cast James Bond every few years and no one really cares, but try to recast Inspector Clouseau and it spells disaster. Oh, they’ve tried to put the series on life support a few times before, but without Sellers there simply is no

00:50:46

Episode 329 - Quatermass and the Pit

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2025/03/29

In this episode, we bravely tackle the 1967 British sci-fi horror film Quatermass and the Pit—a movie Boomers swear is a classic, and who are we to argue with the generation that gave us powdered soup and lawn darts? We explore the film’s ambitious plot involving Martians, mind control, and human evolution—all rendered with the finest special effects 1967 had to offer (which is to say, not very fine). Join us as we try to figure out what’s genuinely eerie and what’s just aged weirdly, all while

01:06:30

Episode 328 - Breaker Morant

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2025/03/23

A classic of Australian cinema, 1980’s “Breaker Morant” is the best Australian war film that isn’t “Gallipoli” ever. Part biograph, part history, part courtroom drama, pitch black in its view of humanity and some of the greatest film performances ever. Edward Woodward, (the original “Equalizer,”) Brian Brown, (who may be contractually obligated to be in any film shot in Australia,) and the legendary Jack Thompson star, and we’ll be talking about it.0:00 - Intros 6:40 - Viva Knievel! 17:05 - The

01:06:42

Episode 327 - Cast A Deadly Spell

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2025/03/20

It’s the greatest 40’s-noir-mystery-fantasy-magic mashup ever released in 1991! That’s right, Cast a Deadly Spell is the made-for-tv movie you didn’t know you needed about gumshoe H.P. Lovecraft on a case through 1948 L.A. to find a stolen Necronomicon and avoid the second coming of Cthulu. With a cast that includes Fred Ward, Clancy Brown, David Warner and Julianne Moore… from the director of Goldeneye and the producer of Aliens! If this thing had a bigger budget and few more rewrites, it

00:58:22

Episode 326 - Everybody wants to like The Cable Guy...

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2025/02/27

Remember cable TV? If you do, then you might also remember The Cable Guy, the 1996 Jim Carrey cult movie directed by Ben Stiller. Where to start with this uneven mix of screwball-meets-satire-meets-dark-comedy? It has some good bits peppered throughout, but keeps stalling before other moments arrive… sort of like Jim Carrey’s whole filmography, really. Mostly it is of interest to us as a fulcrum point in the 90’s careers of both Stiller and Carrey, who by this time were starting to branch out from

01:08:55

Episode 325 - And the Oscar Didn’t Go To…

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2025/02/27

The Academy Awards are coming up this week, so we decided to look back at the twisted logic that decided “Shakespeare in Love” was a better movie than “Saving Private Ryan.” There’s some other stuff in this episode as well, but that’s just the shining example of WTF in Oscar history, isn’t it?0:00 - Intros 5:30 - The 90’s Cruise 21:00 - Better Man (2025) 24:30 - Some Like It Hot! (touring) 28:30 - Only Murders in the Building (season 4) 32:55 - Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 36:20 - Best

01:15:54

Episode 324 - 2025 Movie Previews Show

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2025/02/03

If you’ve ever wondered what movies were coming out in 2025, you probably had that thought in like just the last week or two, right? Who thinks of the movies coming soon any further back than that? If this was January 1997, the movies coming out in 1997 should be what you’re worried about, not the movies dropping in 2025… Wait, what were we talking about again? Oh yeah, movies coming soon or something… That Superman thing is gonna be huge!0:00 - Intros 7:00 - Wolf Man 7:50 - Star Trek: Section

01:19:00

Episode 323 - David Lynch's Blue Velvet

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2025/01/27

Episode 323 - David Lynch’s Blue VelvetDavid Lynch - the great visionary of modern cinema - has died and we are all the poorer for it. RIP Mr. Lynch. And while film fans slather your entire career with praise and hosannas, we instead salute the single film that is most important to our show, Blue Velvet. It is where all the Lynchian tropes got defined, a mash-up of 50’s melodrama and noir, blended into a milkshake of psychosexual violence as only the 80’s could allow. By most conventional

01:08:14

Episode 322 - Yet Another Freshitstravaganza

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2025/01/13

New year, same old podcast… We’re back from our December holiday hiatus and doing a full show of the usual segment we like to call The Fresh Sh*t. Because we’re lazy and didn’t get around to picking a real topic. So enjoy our normal crazy talk about all the movies, TV, music and books we have been enjoying before we ultimately get cranky and start yelling at clouds or whatever. Happy 2025, gang!0:00 - Intros 5:10 - Josh Johnson on Luigi Mangione 12:00 - James Acaster 15:35 - Maria Bamford 19:55

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Episode 321 - The Magnificently Huge Podcast 2024...

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2024/12/23

Episode 321 - The Magnificently Huge Podcast 2024 Xmas Music MixWe can’t keep recycling the years-old Christmas music episode forever. Time for some new Holly Jolly! Here’s a link to this year’s playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rPQMNPtxhxRLG0U3TLzcu?si=dlWJENXlQayXOZ079HOwiw Intro - 0:00 Power Music Workout - Do You Hear What I Hear? Classic Block - 3:23 Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters - Mele Kalikimaka The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick Rap Block - 8:20 Christmas In

01:17:53

Episode 320 - Holly Jolly WTF?

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2024/12/16

Just because a movie is set at Christmas doesn’t mean it is a “Christmas Movie.” So sayeth us. We drop some hot takes on all the holiday entertainment marketed to us every year as being very Christmas-y… and we say NOPE. Or at least we are confused as to why they are considered part of this Season of Joy. The rules are pretty arbitrary here, but the bottom line is - if it has Santa Claus in it that doesn’t give it a free pass. You gotta earn that Xmas Cheer, yo. Also, Die Hard is still not a

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Episode 319 - The Polar Express To HELL!

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2024/12/09

Imagine a heartfelt, warm, comforting movie about Christmas. Get that idea locked in your head. Now, imagine that same movie, but all of the parts are played by cadavers - and half of those corpses are that of Tom Hanks. If that’s difficult for you to bend your mind around, have no fear, Robert Zemeckis has done all the work for you in Polar Express, our feature of the week!0:00 - Intros 6:15 - Planes Trains and Automobiles (1987) 13:35 - Anthony Vincent 18:00 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Episode 318 - Hundreds Of Beavers

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2024/11/26

This week, we’re diving headfirst into the icy wilderness with Hundreds of Beavers, the latest indie film that’s equal parts surreal slapstick, silent-era homage, and weird woodland fever dream. This black-and-white oddity defies explanation—so naturally, we spend a half-hour or so trying to explain it anyway.0:00 - Intros 5:25 - The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) 13:10 - Eric’s Dune Rabbit Hole: Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024), Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse: Dune (Frank Herbert), Hunters

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Episode 317 - Luc Besson’s Subway

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2024/11/18

It’s all neon gloss and kinetic pacing in this peak 80s early outing from writer/direct Luc Besson (Fifth Element)! And it is French! We get a pre-Highlander Christopher Lambert as a lost soul on the run from both the cops and the mob, hiding out in the Paris subway tunnels among a community of social outcasts and petty thieves. There is not much more to it than that. But again, it looks terrific, which is all we really expected anyway from Monsieur Besson. 0:00 - Intros 5:50 - Rivals

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Episode 316 - Coraline

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2024/11/03

The first in what might be an occasional series on films that deliberately scarred children - and we love them for it! Join us as we explore the dark fantasy classic Coraline (2009). We discuss how its unsettling visuals, eerie storytelling, and masterful animation left an indelible mark on young audiences, and why none of that worked on Chris or Eric who are old and dead inside and hadn't seen it before. 0:00 - Intros 7:25 - What We Do In The Shadows 9:30 - Addams Family Channel and Munsters

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Episode 315 - The Shining vs Doctor Sleep

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2024/10/28

Doctor Sleep is the sequel to the Stephen King horror classic, The Shining, and is one of the better King movie adaptations that you probably heard was crap and so you didn’t see it. The truth is, it’s pretty darned good - if you watch the right version (ie, the theatrical cut or Mike Flanagan’s director’s cut). This is a rare occasion where the director’s cut is actually worth it, and not just a chance to see boobs. But it also exists within the very long shadow cast by Stanley Kubrick’s original

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Episode 314 - The Hitcher

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2024/10/14

Likely your parents told you to never pick up hitchhikers. But did C. Thomas Howell follow that advice back in 1986? Of course not! He stopped for Rutger Hauer on an empty desert highway in West Texas, and let’s just say he learned his lesson but good. It’s a B-movie grindhouse game of cat-and-mouse that has managed to gain a cult following over the years, but one that probably wouldn’t work as well in 2024, what with all our newfangled phone technology and freeways and such. Bottom line, they

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Episode 313 - Salem’s Lot

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2024/10/07

Another Stephen King adaptation? In a word - yes. Full of vampire lore and 70s fashion, “‘Salem’s Lot” is actually a slightly better than average Stephen King adaptation. Want proof? Listen to the episode!0:00 - Intros 7:30 - Megalopolis (2024) 18:50 - Surely You Can’t Be Serious (Book) 22:15 - Civil War (2024) 29:38 - Minnie Riperton - Come Into My Garden 31:15 - Salem’s Lot (2024) - SPOILER DISCUSSION

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Episode 312 - The Silence Of The Lambs

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2024/09/30

This week, we take a look at the 1991 thriller “Silence of the Lambs.” Aside from having some of the best performances, writing, directing and catering, this Jonathan Demme classic is one of the most eminently quotable films of all time. Look at that - for once we discuss a film that’s good? Are we evolving? We also talk about other pop culture stuff, because that’s how we roll. 0:00 - Intros and the 2024 Election 13:00 - The Decameron (Netflix) 17:45 - The Renaissance Unchained (Amazon) 20:25 -

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Episode 311 - Bob Roberts

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2024/09/23

There is no better way to enjoy all the fun of an election year than by watching a political satire mockumentary film from 1992 called Bob Roberts. Written by, directed by, and starring a young Tim Robbins, this one swings for the fences to skewer American political dysfunction. The film follows a rich, white businessman with no moral compass who is running for the Senate, a man who uses the extreme right wing demagogue playbook to steamroll his way into the hearts and minds of a feeble-minded

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