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PODCAST

Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly weapons

Jason Santo and Michael Merrigan

Two friends and unabashed movie geeks, whose relationship is based almost entirely on antagonism, assign each other horrible films to watch and review. This bad-movie podcast hits you when you"re not looking right where the sun don"t shine! Learn more at the website!

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59:52

Episode 20: Bratz and Bottom 5 Teachers

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2024/02/04

Mike brings out the cinematic equivalent of a katana to this week's episode with "Bratz," the 2007 young-adult(?) comedy/drama/toy tie-in that cuts deep with a sugary but very conservative mix of idealized teenage life and "acceptable" "cultural" and "feminine" "individualism." Can Jay survive this wholesome, hyper-cut mess? The blood-loss is real, but the guys manage to struggle through their list of bottom five teachers before tackling a round of Kick-Two, Pick Two that's aptly connected to the

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60:00

Episode 19: Glen or Glenda and Bottom 5 Misleading...

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2024/01/21

Mike and Jay return to the usual Filmjitsu format with Jay hurling the grenade that is 1953's "Glen or Glena," the notorious Edward D, Wood, Jr. picture that revels in the pleasures of angora and monotonous narration. Is this a prescient look into gender identity, a lurid sensationalist cash-grab or simply inept filmmaking at its worst? The guys try to answer all this while also dealing with the presence of a seemingly stoned Bela Lugosi, whose top-billing in the film sets up the guys' bottom five

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59:47

2023 "'Jitsu Awards" Year-in-Review Special and...

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2024/01/07

Looking back at their first year of watching horrible movies in this special year-end episode, Mike and Jay speak kindly(ish) about some of the 21 featured flicks wielded as deadly weapons in 2023, rewarding actors, filmmakers and artists with the inaugural "'Jitsu Awards." Who will get a case of "The 'Jits?" Well, not Mike or Jay themselves as they spend the Bottom Five segment tearing themselves to pieces while recounting their Bottom Five Filmjitsu Moments, which may or may not include a deeply

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59:58

2023 Holiday Special: The Mean One and Bottom Five Gifts

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2023/12/24

Mike and Jay get into the spirit of the holiday season with Filmjitsu first: a movie both had to watch and review. That movie? "The Mean One," a 2022 horror parody of The Grin-... um... you know, who absconded with that one holiday there with the trees, gifts and, yeah, you know. After retelling their tale of yuletide suffering, the guys then list their bottom five gifts (or presents, because gifts was too hard to say) and square off an epic game of holiday Kick Two Pick Two. Will "Mupper Christmas

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59:55

Episode 18: Kids (1995) and Bottom 5 Kids in Movies

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2023/12/10

What happens when Mike reaches deep down into the bag of the most controversial films in cinema history and withdraws a weapon so oddly jagged and dangerous that it might kill both Jay AND Mike himself? You get a full review of Larry Clark's 1995 slice of New York City life, cinema verite, "Kids" with some very surprising conclusions drawn. And because the guys are nothing if not predictable, they follow-up with a discussion of their bottom five kids in movies before playing a lethal game of

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59:03

Episode 17: Home Team and Bottom Five Teams

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2023/11/26

Mike, after performing horribly in the annual bracket competition he helped create over at the Filmspotting podcast, is forced to watch "Home Team," a Happy Madison production that even Adam Sandler himself had the good sense to avoid. Jay's around to laugh at Mike's suffering, and then both share their bottom five movie teams which may or may not include flicks actually involving sports. Finally, the guys introduce a new segment to the show - "Kick Two, Pick Two," a debate where the merits of four

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59:56

Episode 16: Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol and...

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2023/11/12

The guys get back to business-as-usual following their three-episode trek into Halloween-season-horror, this time with Mike tasking Jay with viewing the fourth movie in the "Police Academy" saga: "Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol." Plot-twist, Jay was a huge fan as a kid! Did his love of juvenile law-enforcement shenanigans carry on into adulthood? Listen for the answer, and for the guys' lists of bottom five movie cops which may or may not include a damning review of... "The Crying Game?"

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59:48

2023 Halloween Special Part 3: Jason Goes to Hell:...

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2023/10/29

The guys wrap-up the 2023 Halloween season with a third and final horror special! This time, Mike forces Jay to watch the ninth installment of the Jason Vorhees saga (which we're legally not supposed to call "Friday the 13th..." oops) and after weighing whether or not this is the worst of the Crystal Lake teen-slash-a-thons, our hapless heroes list off their bottom five horror franchises!

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59:57

2023 Halloween Special Part 2: The Beyond and Bottom...

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2023/10/15

The guys continue celebrating the 2023 Halloween season with the second of three special horror episodes! This week, Mike attempts to review Lucio Fulci's 1981 gore-fest, "The Beyond," which - more than any other film wielded as a deadly weapon by Jay - left a mark due to some scenes of eight-legged violence. Will Mike be able to speak intelligibly about this cinematic trauma and then go on to list of his bottom five gore effects? Or will this episode just be Jay on his own, discussing Italian film

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59:55

2023 Halloween Special Part 1: Thirteen Ghosts and...

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2023/10/01

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming - sorry "Police Academy" fandom! - to bring you part 1 of 3 horror-themed episodes centered around the reason for the season, Halloween! In this episode, Mike blasts Jay with 2001's "Thirteen Ghosts," the Tony Shalhoub and Matthew Lillard-starring dumpster fire that provides more headaches than scares. The guys then follow up with their bottom five ghosts list which oddly include movies by such heavy hitters as Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Mike

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59:59

Episode 15: Larger Than Life and Bottom 5 Sidekicks

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2023/09/18

Jay forces Mike to address the elephant in the room, or more precisely the elephant in Bill Murray's career, by assigning 1996's "Larger Than Life" as this week's main review. Does Mike send this pachyderm packing, or does he have a pocketful of peanuts? (Maybe he's just happy to see us?) Regardless, the guys then argue through their list of bottom five sidekicks before offering up some questionable staff picks and revealing Mike's cinematic punishment that Jay will have to suffer through for our

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59:55

Episode 14: Knight Rider 2000 and Bottom 5 Cars

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2023/09/04

Unimaginably, Mike assigned a movie so terrible that it made Jay believe he'd rather be stuck in traffic. The movie? The failed pilot for the 1991 "Knight Rider" reboot: "Knight Rider 2000." With a convoluted plotline that mixes politics and mediocre muscle car stunts, "KR2K" - which is what all the cool kids call this one - is a special version of insipid blandness chock-full of bad science and worse acting. Luckily, the guys pump the breaks to allow some good movies to cross their path and their

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59:53

Episode 13: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and...

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2023/08/21

Mike boldly goes where he has never gone before in the fascinatingly awful fifth installment of the original Star Trek franchise, which leads to entirely too much giggling on Trekkie/Trekker Jay's part. The guys then count off their bottom five Gods, a listing of weak-sauce, evil and egocentric deities that's sure to cause a rumble or two of thunder. Will their houses still be standing by this episode's end? The only way to find out is to listen!

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59:51

Episode 12: Brainscan and Bottom 5 Games

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2023/08/16

While Mike takes a blissful walk down memory lane recalling his early adolescent adoration of the 1994 cinematic abomination "Brainscan," Jay blubbers his way through a review of the movie, never quite leaving the fetal position caused by Eddie Furlong's acting. Can listing off their bottom-five games played in movies rebuild the guys' friendship, or was this act of Filmjitsu simply too deadly?!

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59:51

Episode 11: I am a Ghost (w/A Ghost Story) and Bottom...

Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly... ·

2023/07/23

In this episode, Mike goes into the deep waters of no/low-budget cinema where Jay holds all the life-preservers. Will he sink or swim while tackling writer/director H.P. Mendoza's "I am a Ghost?" Also in the mix is David Lowry's "A Ghost Story" which was assigned by Jay as a bit of contextual extra-credit due to similarities between it and Mendoza's work. Have the guys discovered a weird case of homage or possible plagiarism? Find out the answer, as well as the guys' bottom five no/low-budget movies

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59:55

Episode 10: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...

Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly... ·

2023/07/10

Awards-bait isn't the usual kind of cinema Filmjitsu is known for, and films directed by David Fincher typically wouldn't be found around these parts either. Yet Mike shoves Jay in the curious path of "Benjamin Button" and as it turns out, yep, an Oscar-winner helmned by an A-list director can punish as well as grade-z trash. To double-down on the madness, the guys offer up their bottom five movie diseases, a list that includes films you'll expect and... a few you won't.

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59:49

Episode 9: The Happytime Murders and Bottom 5 Puppets

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2023/06/26

After being tormented mercilessly by Mike with several crushing cinematic blows, Jay retaliates with a haymaker: Brian Henson's 2018 dirty-puppet movie, "The Happytime Murders." An uber-dud the likes of which few have ever seen, the guys try to rationalize why a movie like this even exists and then tally their bottom five puppets, which includes nods to the work of David Lynch, Peter Jackson, and... John Hughes?

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59:55

Episode 8: Amityville 3-D and Bottom 5 Houses

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2023/06/11

Jay demonstrates the rule of diminishing returns when Mike challenges him to watch "Amityville 3-D," the tertiary installment of the enduring franchise that should have been put out of its misery after part two. The guys then go on to list their bottom five houses, a list that details cinematic homes they'd listen to when told to "GET OUT."

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59:56

Episode 7: The Book of Henry and Bottom 5 Follow-ups

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2023/05/29

The guys go where no podcast should ever go, into the gaping maw of a tonally uneven whimsical-dramatic-comedy-thriller from Colin Trevorrow that may or may not have sunk the director's job as Star Wars Episode IX's director. As such, Mike and Jay produce a list of bottom five follow-ups featuring filmmakers who chased some of their greatest successes with some truly garbage next films. Coppola, Jackson, Reiner and Gilliam, we're looking at you!

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46:59

Interview 1: Dane Elcar - Writer-director, Brightwood

Filmjitsu! The Podcast that wields films as deadly... ·

2023/05/24

In this special episode, Mike and Jay interview guest Dane Elcar, the writer-director of the sci-fi-horror-drama "Brightwood" which has been making the rounds on the festival circuit. A mind-bending time-trip of a movie, "Brightwood" isn't the usual deadly-weapon fare featured on Filmjitsu and is instead a recommended indie that's sure to have viewers talking as the end credits roll. Its creator discusses the making of the film, his influences and what it was like growing up as the child of one of

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