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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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A Pair of Genes

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2025/03/09

This week- two films starring the brilliant Gene Hackman. Harry Moseby, a former football player turned private investigator, is hired to find a runaway sixteen-year-old. A search that will drag him into a conspiracy and coverup. The fourth genre redefining feature in a row from director Arthur Penn,Night Moves. A seasoned nuclear submarine commander and his new executive office clash over how to interpret their orders and at what point does on make a decision that could have grave consequences

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Brazilian or Heirless

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2025/03/02

This week- a pair of films about women defying social expectations. Leaving her upper-middle class adoptive parents and normative school life behind, Raquel runs away to become a sex worker inSão Paulo. Soon she works her way up the ranks, begins writing a blog (with client ratings), and becomes so popular that she begins making guest appearances on mainstream talk shows. Inspired by The Scorpion's Sweet Venom, the first autobiographical book by Bruna Surfistinha,Confessions of a Brazilian Call

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Threat Level: Breen

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2025/02/23

This week- Craig and Dave chose violence. Identical twin brothers, Cale and Cade, are abducted and turned into something more than human by an entity. They are sent out to fight what the entity claims is "evil" and for some reason that means working very closely with a US black ops organization. Unfortunately, Cale is seen as defective and eventually released from his captivity... only to find his own ways of combating "evil". Has Cale gone too far? Will Cade ever question any of what he has been

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400 (Unsimulated) Blows

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2025/02/16

This week- we celebrate our 400th episode with a four pack of films, each tailored to our individual tastes. Apparently, we all like crime. A lot. When Drew returns home after a long time away, this adoptive sister lover concocts a plan to escape with the addict of his eye. Even if it means murdering their adoptive father. Unfortunately, Papa isn't as slow as everyone else and makes plans of his own. An early film from John Swab, a favorite filmmaker of Tyler's, about existential criminal crisis

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All for Pole and Pole for All

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2025/02/09

This week- two films about women just trying to survive in harsh conditions. An observational documentary that intercuts conversations with Las Vegas based exotic dancers. They discuss their lives, their approach to the job, and how they were able to make a living after COVID closed stopped the action and dimmed the City of Neon Lights. The second in an ongoing documentary series, Stripped: Las Vegas. When D'Artagnan goes to Paris to join the Musketeers of King Louis XIII, he is immediately

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Intestinal Fortitude

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2025/02/02

This week- a pair of comedic classics about absurdist dystopian patriarchies. When he goes to prison for killing the gang responsible for the death of his love, Saiga Riki-Oh (here called Ricky Ho Lik Wong), finds himself at odds with the corrupt system and its enforcers. A cult classic of ultra brutal slapstick martial art splatter violence that. Fun fact- after filming the finale, it took lead actor Fan Sui-wong three days to wash off the blood.Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky. When the paranoid

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Visions of a Meditative Man

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2025/01/26

This week- we change our earlier plans and try to catch some big fish in honor of David Lynch. In a nameless city, caught in an endless rain storm, a trio live with a mystery and possessive forces- Rabbits. A surgeon finds a man covered in deformities in a sideshow. Together they study human dignity and our social denial of it- The Elephant Man. A body dumped, a family given horrific news, a deeper horror lurking. Lumiere camera and Twin Peaks vibes- Premonitions Following an Evil Deed. An

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Dino Dixie String Bikini

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2025/01/19

This week two movies about young women and the lengths they will go to for love and connections. Tammy is a cheerleader with a crush on football player Michael. When Michael is abducted by Tammy's violent and jealous ex-boyfriend he is left in a coma hovering between life and death. Meanwhile, Dr. Wachinstein is preparing his new creation to show for his investors. All the potentially mad doctor needs is a fresh brain. What twist of fate will bring these three together? Can love blossom between a

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Childhood Hangover

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2025/01/12

This week- two films about Japanese youth discovering themselves and the world around them told through vibes. Three boys decide to keep an eye on the local recluse who lives in a crumbling house with an overgrown garden, figuring he isn't long for this mortal coil. After a little stalking, the boys and old man begin to bond, through repairing the garden, and learn what drove him to be a self-imposed outcast from the world. A snapshot of the moment when childhood ends and repercussions of an act

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Tossed Caesar Salad

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2025/01/05

This week... a heaping helping of dramas about how the working class really should finally rise up. When Ani, a savvy young Brighton Beach stripper, meets Vanya, the son of disturbingly wealthy Russian oligarchs, they form a nontraditional* relationship. Before long, Vanya is faced with having to go back home to Russia and confesses his love to Ani and desire to marry her for a green card. When Vanya's parents learn of his nuptials, the honeymoon phase comes to a crashing end. The latest feature

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Secret Satan II: Satan Harder

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2024/12/29

This week- we bring 2024 to a cheerful holiday end through torturing each other. When a serial killer has a cheap camcorder, nothing will stop him from recording his night drives around California or his crimes. A gift that will long give the joy of needing extra mental health care to one of us, Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter. After barely surviving her encounter with Samuel, a young witch is now having her powers and body controlled by someone else. A gift that likely awakened

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Figurines of Regret

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2024/12/22

This week two movies about repercussions and the remorse of those who have to deal with them. Frances Glessner Lee was born into a wealthy family and had a lifelong interest in medicine and the burgeoning science of forensics. Dedicating her life and fortune to progressing the field. Her masterwork being the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of intricate dioramas with a wide variety of victims from all social classes and manners of death, which inspired many institutions and even

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Flanger Abuse

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2024/12/15

This week- two movies about living your life authentically to yourself in the face of societal pressure. When a performance art trio take up residency at an enigmatic and remote artistic institute, a journalist with gastric issues, Stones, is hired to document their day-today creative process. The trio, led by narcissist Elle di Elle, perform "sonic catering", making ASMR with culinary sounds. Stones finds his issues worsen as he is drawn ever deeper into their petty disagreements, power

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Recipe for Disaster

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2024/12/08

This week- a pair of working vacations do not go as planned with massive consequences. 17 year-old skinhead Trevor is charged with throwing a brick the the window of a Pakistani man. Instead of being sentenced immediately, the judge sends him to a residential assessment center. There he is met with a staff who have patience that would make a saint furious. Can this last chance finally get through to Trevor and make him change his life's path or is he trapped unable to fit in the system's one size

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No Pucks Given

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2024/12/01

This week we ring in the last month of 2024 with a pair of films about people spiraling through very different existential crises. Lucia lives with depressed writer Lorenzo. When she returns home to an empty apartment, Lucia becomes frantic, finding a suicide note as she answers a call from the police that mentions an accident. Unable to hear more, Lucia hangs up and leaves to a small island Lorenzo always talked about. Elena lost her daughter to a tragedy and also seeks solace on the same

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Remakes American Style

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2024/11/24

This week a four pack of films that were originally made by other people in other countries and then swallowed by the Hollywood machine for you viewing pleasure. Seth is an angel. One of thousands just hanging out in the Los Angeles Public Library and occasionally going for walks around to witness people at their most stressed. Dr. Maggie Rice is a surgeon. She just lost a patient through no fault of her own. This causes Maggie to collapse because she is played by Meg Ryan. Will Seth be able to

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All the World's a Stage

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2024/11/17

This week an unusual adaption of a classic novel and a TV special through the mind. Sissy St. Claire is hosting her first ever TV special! It promises to be an evening of entertainment for all to enjoy! Sissy is ready to deliver whatever it is you want right to you directly through the screen. Assuming what you want is a nightmarish tour through her personal insecurities and nightmares. A unique work of period dressed existential terror from writer-director Amanda Kramer,Give Me Pity! Prison

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Shallow Noise

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2024/11/10

This week a pair of films with recording methods used for devious purposes. Harry Caul is the best wiretapper on the West Coast. His skill is almost as widely known as his intense privacy, complete professional detachment, and closed off nature, born from the guilt after a previous job that resulted in the multiple murders. When Harry pulls of the impossible and captures a complete conversation in an open and crowded square, he finds his professional standard wavering as his fear of repeating the

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Fragaria Townhouse

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2024/11/03

This week a pair of films about women with big dreams and vastly different methodologies. In the town of Small Hope, New Hampshire Suzanne Stone, an ambitious and beautiful young woman, dreams of being a world-famous broadcast journalist. She starts a passionate affair with the son of a local restauranter who swears to support her career ambitions. With a foundation secured, Suzanne starts working as an assistant at a local cable station, with hopes of climbing the network ladder, and

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Ordeal

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2024/10/27

This week, John from And Now For Something a Little Bit Differentjoins us for a pair of movies about brutal random violence, monsters of societal creation, and retribution. Magda, Camila, Julia, and Andrea go to a remote house owned by a relative for a weekend of decompression and drinking. Their revelry is soon disturbed by a local and his son who have spent their lives perpetuating the cycles of violence created in the Pinochet regime. Will the girls survive the night? Does the current

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