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Clearing The Queue

Join Hosts Mike and Zak on a journey through the fabulous, whimsical, and sometimes demented world of Film making. Explore movies that you may or may not have heard of with two opinionated indie filmmakers who have no shortage of opinions about the craft. Clearing the Queue is a conversation about movies, with people who live and breath them. A proud new addition to the Nerd Camp Network, brought to you by the DIY gumption of the Clearing the Queue Youtube Channel and our friends from the Camp

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Episode 156: Tank Girl

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2026/04/08

Send us Fan Mail In the not so distant future, a meteor strikes earth and eliminates all the water causing the collapse of civilization and the loss of countless lives. Those that survive are either part of the fascist capitalist regime know as water and power, or an enemy of the state, pirating what is needed to survive in. Rebecca Buck AKA Tank Girl is the hero the wasteland never knew they needed. Join us as we discuss this underappreciated in it's day cult classic from the 90s!

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Episode 155: What are we Watching? (Maximum Max)

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2026/03/11

Send a text Today we welcome back Esteemed Letterbox Film Critic Max Minkowitz to talk about what we've been watching! Mike starts things off with His thoughts on How to Make a Killing, and then Zak and Max Dive deeply into Nirvana, The Band, The Show, The Movie. Then Mike Gushes over his love of Cool Runnings before Max Brings it home with a Review of some of his favorite films from the V Cinema Collection Boxset.

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Episode 154: Leda

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2026/02/25

Send a text Today Mike and Zak welcome a filmmaker from their home state of Maryland, Samuel Tressler IV, to discuss his first feature film Leda. The story is an interpretation of a Greek myth where Zeus appears to a mortal woman in the form of a swan, a tableau that has been captured in numerous paintings throughout history. You can find out where to watch and purchase the movie at ledathemovie.com

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Patreon Preview: What are We Watching With Kaleb Smith

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2026/02/17

Send a text In light of the tragic news about our friend Kaleb, we have decided to share the episode we recorded with him last year after his interview about Murder Magician. Join us as we do what Kaleb loved to do: talk about movies.

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Episode 153: What are we Watching (The Master of the...

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2026/02/17

Send a text In this Episode Mike and Zak discuss Marty Supreme, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Hamnet, and The Thing.

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Episode 152: 2025 a Year in Review

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2026/01/28

Send us a text Mike and Zak do their usual end of the year round up, and talk about their top 5 movies of the year!

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Episode 151: Jakob the Liar

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2026/01/11

Send us a text In the spirit of giving, Mike has gifted Zak the gift of Holocaust movie. Towards the end of WWII, Jakob, a Jew living in one of the Ghettos of Poland, overhears a radio broadcast that hints at Russian troops making considerable progress in reclaiming parts of Nazi occupied Europe. He shares this information with a couple of close friends with the intention of instilling a little hope. The seed takes root, but it spirals out of control, and before long Jakob has to answer for t...

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Episode 150: Beginners

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2025/12/26

Send us a text In the Spirit of giving, Zak has gifted Mike with a viewing of Beginners, a modern love story that is, in part, biographical to Director Mike Mills. Following the passing of his mother Oliver's Father comes out to him as a gay man, and announces that he would like to pursue love in his old age. Things are going well until he is diagnosed with cancer and Oliver has a great deal of things to unpack as he says his farewell and things become even more complicated when he finds what...

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Episode 149: Murder Magician

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2025/12/03

Send us a text We are joined by Kaleb Smith to talk about his new short film Murder Magician. We talk about the conceptualization of the script, the production process, and the complications of post production in this very fun interview!

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Episode 148: What are we Watching? (Monsters are Sexy)

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2025/11/19

Send us a text This week on what are we watching, you get to hear about Zak's thoughts on the new Frankenstein movie, then Mike launches into a review of the new Predator Badlands flick. Afterwards Zak explains the finer details of the Chainsaw Man movie and then Mike brings us home with a gush about The Fist of the North Star. Tune in next time for a much better episode!

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Episode 147: Possession

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2025/10/31

Send us a text Join us for a romp into one of the most unsettling breakup movies of all time! Mark, an Englishman living in West Berlin before the felling of the infamous Berlin Wall, finishes a contract with some nebulously nefarious organization in the world of espionage and returns home to his wife and son. Things are NOT great at home however, and Anna, Mark's Wife, begins to exhibit a disturbing pattern of behavior. Behavior that is only exacerbated by Mark's oppressive need for control....

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Episode 146: What are we Watching? (a Different kind...

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2025/10/15

Send us a text Today we are overjoyed to welcome back, recurring guest on the podcast, Max Minkowitz! Who joins us this week to talk spoopy and to get a little silly. First, we talk about The Python Hunt, a documentary Max saw as part of an LA Beyond Fest. Next Mike shares his feelings about the adaptation of The Long Walk, how it holds up against the book, and how it was successfully adapted to fit more modern themes. then Zak talks about The Toxic Avenger and how it pays homage to the origi...

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Episode 145: Is Film in LA Dead?

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2025/09/29

Send us a text This week, Mike and Zak welcome their friend Corey Chaney to join in on a conversation that covers a lot of ground. The film industry has changed so much since these three got their start in Maryland, and after moving to Los Angeles with aspirations of furthering their careers, it seems that production has slowed to a crawl in the city that has long been touted as the cradle of the industry. From the Covid pandemic, the strikes, the implementation of AI, and now pressure from t...

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Ep 144 What are we Watching? (Weapons of Mass...

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2025/09/03

Send us a text This week we have a lot of thoughts on Weapons, but we also talk about Hurry up Tomorrow and the new Naked Gun movie. Come have a listen!

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Episode 143 Under The Skin

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2025/08/20

Send us a text It's August and, as is tradition, Mike and Zak have set their sights on an A24 flick for this dedicated episode. Under The Skin is an uncomfortable science fiction horror film where an alien entity hunts for men on the streets of Scotland luring them back to a black void where they are trapped and fed upon. It's an outlandish tale with a slow burn that pay off big, and in true A24 fashion it is full of twists and turns that leave you with more questions than answers.

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Episode 142 What are we Watching? (it's the Whiskey...

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2025/08/06

Send us a text This Week our friend Rob Wolk sat down with us to talk about the stuff he's been putting his peepers on, and indeed fun times were had by all. If you like what you heard and wanna hear more from us this week, check out our patreon for a whole other hour of conversation!

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Episode 141: Born in East LA

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2025/07/23

Send us a text Today we're joined by Elena Muruato for a a classic comedy, written and directed by Cheech Marin. When Rudy, a mechanic from east LA, gets caught up in a Warehouse raid by the LAPD, things take a turn for the worst when he is deported to Mexico without his ID. After failing to cross back into the United States, Rudy's life gets a lot more complicated as he finds a way to get back home, by any means necessary.

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Episode 140 What are we Watching? (We're Baaaaaack)

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2025/07/09

Send us a text Mike and Zak welcome Back long time friend of the podcast Max Minkowitz for our triumphant return to sharing our thoughts about what we've been putting our peepers on! This Episode we have a lot of stuff to cover after the break so buckle up buttercup, let's talk movies!

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Episode 139: Red State

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2025/04/30

Send us a text Three teenage boys are lured into the evil clutches of a christian extremist cult, and things take a turn for the cataclysmic.

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Episode 138: Dogma

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2025/04/16

Send us a text Bethany Sloan is your average Turn of the Century Catholic woman, struggling to rely on her faith in an ever changing world. Until one night, when the forces of heaven charge her with a holy quest to stop a couple of renege angels from defying God's holy decree and thus unmake the universe. With the aid of two unlikely profits from Redbank New Jersey, the 13th Black Apostle, and a Muse called Serendipity, they travel across the county to stop what may well be the end of existen...

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