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Chad & Hoch

Two middle-aged cinephiles discuss one film a week.

tv & film film history

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01:31:58

#205 Psycho II (1983)

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2025/09/16

Richard Franklin's 1983 return to the Bates Motel, PSYCHO II, is our feature presentation this week. We talk matte paintings, soundstages, and the Universal Backlot shoot. We also dig into Brian De Palma and Jamie Lee Curtis turning the film down, Anthony Perkins' suitably flaky performance, Meg Tilly calling the filming "her worst experience ever", and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 PART 2 HORROR SEQUELS in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to

01:03:34

GUEST FLICK PICK #204 Housekeeping (1987) with...

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2025/09/12

We welcome Filmmaker MARTHA STEPHENS to discuss Bill Forsyth's 1987 haunting comedy-drama, HOUSEKEEPING, in our bonus feature presentation this week. We chat about Diane Keaton dropping out of the film, the Pacific Northwest 1950s setting, if we're a "Ruth" or "Lucille", and much more! We also discuss our guest Martha's own personal journey into independent film and her films: Passenger Pigeons, Pilgrim Song, Land Ho!, and To The Stars. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to

01:30:24

#203 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of...

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2025/09/09

Michael Pressman's 1991 heroes in a half-shell sequel, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the clash between the original creators and the producers, the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, recasting "April O'Neil", and where in the hell are Bebop and Rocksteady? We also pick our TOP 7 COMIC BOOK MOVIE SEQUELS in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video

01:03:35

BONUS #202 Caught Stealing (2025)

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2025/09/05

Darren Aronofsky's 2025 NYC punk-rock crime ride, CAUGHT STEALING, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss if this is Aronofsky's most accessible film, if Zoe Kravitz is overrated, the acting of Tonic the Cat, Austin Butler's package, and much more! We also discuss all the happenings at Paramount Pictures and more in some current movie news. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:45:16

#201 Wayne's World 2 (1993)

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2025/09/02

Stephen Surjik's 1993 schwing-tastic comedy sequel, WAYNE'S WORLD 2, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how the film stacks up to the original, Mike Myers nightmare encounter with a Paramount Exec, Dana Carvey being dissatisfied with the initial script, all of the dream castings that didn't come to fruition, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 COMEDY SEQUELS in this week's Silver Screen 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee.com/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video

01:44:07

#200 Heat (1995)

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2025/08/26

Michael Mann's 1995 Los Angeles cops & robbers crime epic, HEAT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the iconic pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the soundstage-less shoot, that god-tier bank robbery shoot-out scene, Keanu Reeves nearly being involved, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 ICONIC ACTOR COMBO MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linker.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:39:51

#199 Sicario (2015)

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2025/08/19

Denis Villeneuve's 2015 mean "War on Drugs" action thriller, SICARIO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the elevating moral symbolism, if Emily Blunt's character "Kate" is a buzzkill, Benicio Del Toro's choice for silence, Taylor Sheridan's screenwriting, Roger Deakins in god mode, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 JOSH BROLIN MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linker.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find

01:05:37

BONUS #198 Weapons (2025)

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2025/08/15

Zach Cregger's 2025 suburban horror mystery epic, WEAPONS, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the nightmarish tension, the humor, suburbia at night, Cregger's unprecedented studio deal, and just what in the hell is up with that gigantic floating AR-15 assault rifle? We also discuss Fantastic Four flopping and more in some current movie news. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linker.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

01:32:45

#197 The Stunt Man (1980)

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2025/08/12

Richard Rush's 1980 satirical psychological Hollywood black comedy, THE STUNT MAN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how outside forces influences a first-time watch, the purposeful mind-fuck of the plot execution, where the hell did Steve Railsback go, Sir Peter O'Toole, the 10-year saga to bring the script to screen, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 BARBARA HERSHEY MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linker.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes

01:55:28

#196 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

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2025/08/05

Quentin Tarantino's 2019 hangout revisionist "Manson Movie", ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, is our feature presentation this week. We talk QT clearing the film with Sharon Tate's sister and not clearing it with Roman Polanski, the studio bidding war, Robert Richardson's glorious backlight skills, Leonardo DiCaprio & Brad Pitt's bromance, the wild MK-Ultra Satanic Conspiracy lurking beneath 1960s Hollywood, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 DEEP CUT TARANTINO CHARACTERS in this week's SILVER

01:18:04

BONUS #195 Eddington (2025)

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2025/08/01

Ari Aster's 2025 Covid-era neo-western, EDDINGTON, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss if the topical film is partisan, Pedro Pascal as Gavin Newsom, if Emma Stone and Austin Butler were needed, Joaquin's hang down, and much more! We also discuss some current movie news as well. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a regular here at

01:41:53

#194 Body Heat (1981)

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2025/07/29

Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 hot & sweaty Floridian erotic thriller, BODY HEAT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk George Lucas secretly protecting Kasdan on his directorial debut, those electric sex scenes between William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, the sunshine state, and much more! We also eulogize the icons Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan as well as pick our TOP 7 LAWRENCE KASDAN PROJECTS in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the

01:26:05

#193 Tremors (1990)

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2025/07/22

Ron Underwood's 1990 small desert town monster movie, TREMORS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Kevin Bacon's evolving feelings on the film, "Spielberg Lite" directors, how a fun whimsical movie has such a high body count, Billy Crystal's connection, and much more! We also eulogize Michael Madsen and pick our TOP 7 MICHAEL MADSEN MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find

01:32:54

#192 Cockfighter (1974)

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2025/07/15

Monte Hellman's 1974 southern gothic cockfighting drama, COCKFIGHTER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Roger Corman's struggles to market the film, Joe Dante's involvement with the film, Warren Oates playing a character with virtually zero dialogue, the visceral and violent cockfighting sequences, and Hoch suggests installing a "Cock Counter" on the episode! We also pick our TOP 7 MOVIES FEATURING AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month)

01:38:55

#191 The Apostle (1997)

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2025/07/08

Robert Duvall's 1997 southern gothic gospel drama, THE APOSTLE, is our feature presentation this week. We dive deep into the genuine authenticity of the world Duvall creates, the small yet powerful performances of Walton Goggins and Billy Bob Thornton, that awkward private screening at The White House with The Clintons, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 MOVIES of 1997 in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form

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BONUS #190 F1: THE MOVIE (2025)

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2025/07/04

Joseph Kosinski's 2025 sports racing drama, F1: THE MOVIE, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's connection to Days of Thunder, Brad Pitt in full Robert Redford mode, simplicity in summer blockbusters, and much more! We also discuss some James Bond movie news as well. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a regular here at THE

01:42:10

#189 Junior Bonner (1972)

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2025/07/01

Sam Peckinpah's 1972 neo-western rodeo drama, JUNIOR BONNER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about Steve McQueen preventing Joe Don Baker from whooping Sam Peckinpah's ass, how this recent viewing really has Hoch relating to the film, Sam using the movie as a palette cleanser follow up to Straw Dogs in 1971, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 BEN JOHNSON MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in

01:05:00

BONUS #188 28 Years Later (2025)

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2025/06/27

Danny Boyle's 2025 zombie horror film, 28 YEARS LATER, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the lead kid kissing the skull of his dead mother, that infected pregnancy scene, those well-hung Alphas, the tone-deaf ending, Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alex Garland's script, and much more! We also discuss some quick hitter movie news from around Hollywood. Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linker.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us

01:50:38

#187 Barton Fink (1991)

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2025/06/24

The Coen Brothers' 1991 bizarre dark comedy, BARTON FINK, is our feature presentation this week. Special Guest and owner of Vulture Video, Dave Walter, joins us to discuss the film. We talk about how a bout with writer's block during the scripting of Miller's Crossing spurned the film and the creeping dread lurking beneath the film's surface. We also ask the question if The Hotel Earle is Hell itself, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 JOHN GOODMAN MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our

01:40:14

#186 Shampoo (1975)

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2025/06/17

Hal Ashby's 1975 sexy satirical Nixon-era comedy, SHAMPOO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how the Manson Murders relates to the film, if its a quintessential Hollywood Hills movie, the real-life love triangle between Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, and Julie Christie, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 GOLDIE HAWN MOVIES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram

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