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Episode 310 - Gattaca

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2024/09/09

Gattaca (1997) is one of those BIG IDEA sci-fi movies that is more interested in making you go hmmmm than it is in much else. So if you are into glacially-paced cautionary tales about the societal dangers of genetically engineering humans as the only way to achieve success in life, then this is the movie for you! Plus, it has identity theft! And a murder mystery! And a vaguely familiar retro-futuro design that has been used in countless other, better cautionary sci-fi movies about BIG IDEAS!

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Episode 309 - Star Trek for Noobs, Pt. 2: Enterprise...

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2024/09/02

It’s genre fiction at its most capitalistic! Join us as we discuss the history of Star Trek, Part 2 - the latter half where, like Marvel and Star Wars and Indiana Jones and anything else that was ever geek culture blockbuster fodder, the suits ruined everything. Will we finally get Chris to become a fan of Star Trek? Will Alex Kurtzman learn to create a coherent story? Will we ever learn how to not talk all over each other? And why is the answer to all of these questions, “no?” Find out this

01:26:39

Episode 308 - Star Trek For Noobs, Pt. 1

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2024/08/26

Curious about Star Trek, but don’t know where to start? Have we got a show for you! Because while all of us here at MagHuge know the Original Series stuff, some of us (cough… Chris… cough) never really got into anything else Trek in the last 37 years. So there are many questions for noobs who are maybe Trek-curious, but need some wizened guidance on where to begin in this vast, complicated universe of TV shows and movies…. which hardcore Star Trek fans are apparently only too happy to talk about

01:02:09

Episode 307 - The French Connection Is Kind Of Overrated

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2024/08/19

This week we discuss one of the greatest films ever made - apparently. It’s not entirely clear why The French Connection is considered one of the greatest movies ever made, but then all we did was watch it. Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider star in the filthiest depiction of filthy early-1970s New York City, with the famous car chase that will make you say, “meh.” But it’s us talking about it, so we make it all much more entertaining! Here’s a link to the Patrick (H) Willems video about car chases

00:52:33

Episode 306 - The Crank Duology

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2024/08/12

Hey edgelordz! If U think Crank isn’t the shiznit then ur dum. Quit dl that boy band trash from Napster and get with the kewl kidz. It’s like GTA but it’s a movie, yo! It’s L337! 0:00 - Intros 4:15 - Mythic Quest 5:00 - From 5:22 - Lolita (book) 7:25 - Deadpool & Wolverine 9:15 - Beverly Hills Cop and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 24:00 - Crank and Crank: High Voltage

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Episode 305 - SNL Movies

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2024/08/05

SNL movies were the entertainment vehicle we didn’t know we wanted, and then we found out why. The 90s were the heyday for movies based on popular characters from the sketch comedy juggernaut Saturday Night Live, so let’s talk about that. It’s the podcast episode you didn’t know you wanted, and then… are we repeating the joke here? Sorry, getting into the SNL mood. It’s a theme. The theme you didn’t know you wanted…0:00 - Intros 3:10 - The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live 7:50 - Totally Tubular

01:07:33

Episode 304 - Doomsday

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2024/07/29

Ever see a movie for the first time and feel like you’ve seen it all before? Well that is Doomsday, kids, the 2008 magnum opus of future-dystopia action-adventure from writer/director Neill Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Hellboy 2019). It is allegedly an homage to much better classic genre fare, but really what you get is a lazy story that lifts whole tropes & scenes & characters from those better classic genre flicks in a very obvious and tedious manner. From 28 Days Later to Escape From New York to

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Episode 303 - Shock Treatment

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2024/07/08

In 1981, the creators of the uber midnight-movie classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show decided to press their luck and attempted to bottle lightning one more time…in a musical non-sequel sequel called Shock Treatment. Brad & Janet return in this messy media satire about reality television and our corporate overlords that was about 20 years ahead of its time…but arriving about 5 years too late. With no really memorable numbers ala Time Warp to speak of, what’s left is a shallow spiritual sequel to

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Episode 302 - The Last Starfighter

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2024/06/29

The Last Starfighter is one of the most fun, mostly forgotten unsung heroes from the stacked roster of summer movies in 1984. A kid who dreams of escaping his dead-end life in a trailer park gets the high score on a video game, which ends up being a recruitment test for a fight against tyranny in a galaxy far, far away. Derivative? Yes. Dated effects? Sure. But fun? Most definitely! With (at the time) burgeoning state-of-the-art CGI, plus a breezy runtime and relatable characters, The Last

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Episode 301 - Stop Making NonSense

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2024/06/23

This round we take aim at movie genres that have run their course. They make for cliche, uninteresting slop, where the preview tells you everything you need to know about what’s going to happen: This person will get laid, that person will get killed, that other person will overcome their whatever. Why? Because that’s how things work in this collection of tired movie genres that must end… or at least take a nice long break.2:45 - 34 Felony Convictions 8:15 - Matt Rife vs Nikki Glaser 14:45 - Doctor

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Episode 300 - Roger Corman: A Thank You Tribute

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2024/06/15

Roger Corman is dead. Long live Roger Corman!3:50 - Punk Rock Bowling (Madness, The English Beat, DEVO) 18:25 - The Fall Guy (2024) 24:55 - Furiosa (2024) 32:10 - Roger Corman

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Episode 299 - Akira

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2024/06/01

Akira (1988) is an undisputed anime classic, that much is true. But it also pretty much ruined all other anime for us by setting the bar so ridiculously high. Akira is a pure adrenaline rush, an epic visual feast about armageddon and rebirth that set the bar way too high. And nothing since (not even Miyazaki) has come close in terms of pure scale, tone and world-building. It is the perfect blend of sound and image that defies any simple description, and once you see it you cannot unsee it.

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Episode 298 - Matthew Vaughn

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2024/05/06

You may not know his name immediately, but you probably know his work. He does movies for teenagers, but he’s only directed one Marvel movie. We’ve been discussing Matty Vaughn for a while now, always impressed with how far he’s gotten on so little. So we decided today we would bless him with our thoughts and rapier wits. ‘Cause that’s how we roll.0:00 - Intros 11:14 - Totally Killer (2023) 14:40 - Unfrosted (2024) 25:10 - Robodoc (2023) 32:35 - Villains Inc. (2024) 39:10 - Boy Kills World

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Episode 297 - In Medias Res Movie Bracket Challenge

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2024/04/22

In Medias Res means stories that start in the middle of things, or even at the end. It is a very old narrative device created by the Ancient Greeks that many filmmakers have used to varying degrees of success. So naturally we thought that deserved a no-holds-barred, incredibly arbitrary Bracket Challenge Battle to the Death! Behold, our Top 8 movie picks fight it out until they are whittled down to the last film standing. Maybe there is a prize given? But really, aren’t we all winners

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Episode 296 - Dr. Strangelove Turns 60

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2024/04/07

Hard to believe that a Cold War satire about Mutually Assured Destruction through a nuclear holocaust could still pack a punch 60 years after its release. But that’s exactly what happened with Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant dark comedy, Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Starring Peter Sellers in a virtuoso 3-role performance as the titular insane scientist, a by-the-book RAF officer, and a milquetoast President, this one is arguably Kubrick’s best effort. Which

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Episode 295 - Train To Busan

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2024/04/01

Episode 295 - Train to Busan2016 was the middle of the zombie pandemic. “What?” I hear you say, despite that being impossible. “There was a zombie apocalypse?” There sure was - in theaters! And 2016 was right smack dab in the middle of a bunch of great zombie films. That year saw “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and “The Girl with All the Gifts,” which were great in their own ways. However they pale in comparison to this genre-homage from South Korea, a sort of “Die Hard” on a train with zombies

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Episode 294 - Dreamscape

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2024/03/17

Before there was Nightmare on Elm Street, before there was Inception, there was Dreamscape! This under-the-radar sci-fi/action/thriller/romance from 1984 was a heady mix of genres, and while it was the first notable film to feature a storyline about people entering the dreams of others to help or harm, it has gone largely unnoticed in the last 40 years. But it beat Freddy and Christopher Nolan to the punch, which makes it a noteworthy thing to discuss. Starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von

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Episode 293 - 1987, A Stealth Year For Classic Movies

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2024/03/11

Time again for yet another 80’s film retrospective! The year 1987 does not automatically spring to mind when one thinks of classic cinema. At first glance it is kind of meh, which is not surprising given that Three Men and a Baby was the top earner that year. But upon closer inspection, 1987 has a crap-ton of stealthily influential flicks buried within. Yup, 1987 is the year that gave us Evil Dead 2, RoboCop, Princess Bride, Lethal Weapon, The Untouchables, Withnail & I, Raising Arizona, River’s

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Episode 292 - I Can't Believe This Hasn't Been Remade...

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2024/03/04

Ever seen a movie or show and thought, “Wow - they sure got that wrong!” It could have been good, but they missed the point. Or maybe you had a better point in mind. That’s the theme of this week’s show - why not remake these things that were almost good? As long as everything else gets remade every five years, here are some projects that decidedly deserve to be correctly done.0:00 - Intros 4:30 - Dicks The Musical 12:12 - Northern Exposure 17:45 - Wild Isles 20:20 - Fargo (season 5) 28:40 - I

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Episode 291 - Dick Tracy

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2024/02/26

This week Brian made the MagHuge crew revisit the 1990 Warren Beatty magnum opus “Dick Tracy.” Will it stand the test of time? Will hijinks ensue? Will Chris and Eric drink hemlock? There’s only one way to find out!0:00 - Intros 5:51 - Mr. Robot 13:30 - Japanese Precision Walking 16:15 - Kabaddi 20:39 - AR / VR 26:50 - Freaks VS The Reich 32:10 - Dick Tracy (1990)

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