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Dissect the Direct

We seek out the gory, the violent and the ridiculous films that we remember from our childhood in the 80s and 90s and pick them apart with fondness and catharsis. buymeacoffee.com/dissectthedirect

tv & film film reviews

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00:45:27

Joe Dante's 1984 Gremlins

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2024/12/10

Anarchic Christmas chaos is under the scalpel in this episode. It's always after midnight somewhere.

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01:14:07

Joe Dante's 1989 The Burbs

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2024/12/04

We take a scalpel to one of Tom Hank's earlier films when he was still best known as a comedy actor. The film deals with issues of paranoia, xenophobia and mundanity in suburbia. Something... Daily Mail... something... Reform UK. Write your own fucking satire.

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01:04:48

David Cronenburg's 1986 The Fly

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2024/11/13

Join us for our 17th pod where we take a scalpel to the story of a nerd's Pyrrhic attempt to get laid. This episode marks the one year anniversary of our project.

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01:08:19

Ivan Reitman's 1984 Ghostbusters

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2024/10/15

Our 16th episode picks through the film that launched a beloved franchise that thrives 40 years later. A paean to the paranormal and New York city, Ghostbusters was a childhood favourite for the both of us. Get involved for a reminisce and a giggle.

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01:01:56

Paul Verhoeven's 1997 Starship Troopers

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2024/10/01

Fascists, bugs and wobbly bits. We dissected Verhoeven's satirical scifi blockbuster in the 15th edition of our podcast. We did our part now you do yours...

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00:33:14

Marco Bramilla's 1993 Demolition Man

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2024/09/21

Our 14th podcast takes you to a re-imagining of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World which takes place in a futuristic Los Angeles. It's also an action flick with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. We've covered our bases.

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00:49:09

Steve Barron's 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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2024/09/05

Festival season is now over so we jump back into the pod for our 13th episode with the nostalgia inducing original TMNT film. It's weird and hasn't aged well but it's still a lot of fun. Sometimes the jokes write themselves...

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01:10:19

Sam Raimi's 1992 Army of Darkness

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2024/07/03

The final film of the original Evil Dead trilogy goes under the scalpel and we take a few swings at Braveheart too in the intro. Same timeline, innit.

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01:17:43

Tim Burton's 1989 Batman

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2024/06/25

We cut open a Pre-Nolan Batman film for your geeky pleasure. Not suitable for little ears though. Soz.

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00:25:54

Wes Craven's 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street. Part 2.

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2024/06/15

We reconvene after a hurried plot reassessment to complete our dissection of one of the most iconic horror movies ever made.

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00:21:27

Wes Craven's 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street. Part One.

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2024/06/15

We put Fred Kruger and Johnny Depp's debut film on the slab for our 10th episode.

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00:24:27

Michael Bay's 1996 The Rock. Part 2.

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2024/06/04

We conclude the dissection of the film that made Nick Cage an action star. Hard to believe he won an Oscar just one year before.

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00:25:11

Michael Bay's 1996 The Rock

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2024/06/04

Often described as Sean Connery's last role as James Bond we pick apart another 90s action film starring Nick Cage.

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00:20:29

Sam Raimi's 1987 Evil Dead 2. Part two.

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2024/05/22

Fear, flesh wounds and Fanta!

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00:25:44

Sam Raimi's 1987 Evil Dead 2. Part one

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2024/05/21

We chat about Deadites, Doom and death in this first part of this comedy horror classic.

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00:26:13

John Woo's 1997 Face/off Part 3

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2024/05/08

We wrap up the final part of the best face swapping based film ever made with a bit of Q&A from some of our listeners and a couple of little digs at the LAPD.

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00:19:52

John Woo's 1997 Face/off Part 2

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2024/04/17

More Olympic level over-acting by Cage and Travolta in the second act of this daft pot boiler.

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00:22:57

John Woo's 1997 Face/off Part 1

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2024/04/14

We dissect one of the silliest Hollywood action films ever made. Nick Cage and John Travolta's characters navigate excessive explosions, high speed chases and implausible medical procedures.

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00:23:10

Peter Jackson's 1992 Braindead Part 3

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2024/01/22

We conclude the the podcast with its final part. Thanks for listening and apologies in advance if you went into this without knowing the film's subject matter.

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00:23:46

Peter Jackson's 1992 Braindead Part 2

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2024/01/21

The second part of our podcast cocoversering the zombie splaterfest comedy horror film Braindead.

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