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A movie so funny it's scary! But, you might ask, how is it funny? What makes these characters and jokes work so well and stand the test of time? Walk this way and let's see if we can figure it out, shall we? It's Young Frankenstein! Spotlights: Frank / Shock Corridor References to Past Shows : The Hateful Eight / The Hunchback of Notre Dame / The Phantom of the Opera / Metroplis / Atomic Rulers of the World Next Week: Frankenstein!

With Special Guest Evan Jones! Murderer! Monster! Man! M! Contoversial and still relevant to this day.  References to Past Shows: Metropolis / The Hunchback of Notre Dame Next Week: Young Frankenstein!

Proof that all plots can only be enhanced by the introduction of Hobo! Don't walk, don't drive, don't ride a bike, don't take the bus, don't call a cab, don't fly, don't take a train, and definitely don't take the subway, that's where hobos steal your shit, so fuck that, you must RUN! Run like an olympian is mocking you! Run like like you hear the electro beat pounding in your head! Run Lola Run!  Spotlights: The Returned / The In-Laws References to Past Shows: The Matrix / The Lives of Others / Das Boot Next Week: M!

Welcome to life in East Germany circa 1984. Two very different lives to be exact. One a lonely life in strict service to the police state, the other of two artists struggling for freedom and for each other. These lives will cross, brought closer than they'll know, and forever change. This is the story of someone who did more than listen to The Lives of Others! Spotlights: 10 Cloverfield Lane / The Lobster / The Hitch-Hiker / D.O.A. / Alimony / Shinjuku Incident Refernces to Past Shows: Rubber / Nomads / Rumble in the Bronx / Robot Monster / Das Boot / Wheels on Meals Next Week: Run Lola Run!

Do you hear that? It's the greatest submarine war film of all time we're talking about. It's so real you'll think your right there in the room with us. I mean, on the boat... in the movie. As Lucas preps for his trip to Germany we're covering some classic German movies. To start things off we dive into Das Boot! Better hold your breath.  References to Past Shows: The Matrix 'Like a Beautiful Painting' Image of New Years Mayhem in Manchester Goes Viral Next Week: The Lives of Others!

With Special Guest: Michael Chernoff! Prepare to challenge everything you thought you knew about movie review podcasting. Dive in deep to a discussion of worlds within worlds. Read these words in your mind in a deep, ominous voice. You are about to enter a past vision of the future recreating the past today. Yeah, it's The Matrix! This Week's Topic: 1999 Forever! References To Past Shows: Dark City / Ghost in the Shell / Equilibrium / Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie / Metropolis Next Week: Das Boot!

Yah! What if you found out you weren't you, but another you, an asshole you. What would you do? Yah! Get your ass some cornflakes and listen. These guys talk about the movie and it's themes and stuff! It's not a tumor, it's a podcast! Yah! Where's my maid, she needs to hear this. Yah! Maybe you haven't seen this movie, that's okay, it's still a great show. And hey, maybe you have seen it and you don't remember, we're here to give you Total Recall!  This Week's Topic: Serious vs. Satire References To Past Shows: Alien / Ghost in the Shell / Equilibrium / Dark Star / Dark City Next Week: The Matrix!

Prepare yourselves for existential animation! Is this how the future is going to be? Are we defining the space around us, or are we defined by the space around us? As augmented reality and artificial intelligence grows what becomes of our physical bodies and minds? Do I need to catch another Rattata? All these questions and more will be asked as we plug of minds into Ghost in the Shell! This Week's Topic: Feeling the Future Spotlights: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice / Zootopia / Stranger Things / Repo Man One Perfect Shot - 'Gost in the Shell': Finding Identity in Space References To Past Shows: The Land Before Time / Equilibrium / Johnny Mnemonic Next Week: Total Recall! 

With Special Guest Evan Jones! We proudly present our new spotlight series where we focus on the work of an artist in film media. We start with the most significant founder of film music as we know it today, Bernard Herrmann. You may not recognise the name, but if you've watched movies then you've heard him all your life. He had a profoundly brilliant talent, which influenced all that came after him. Here, we honor that lifetime of work. References To Past Shows: The Lost World / Sisters Next Week: Ghost in the Shell!

Before The Matrix, before VR and AR became a reality, before Edward Snowden revealed the government spies on our emails, but sometime after Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, there was Johnny Mnemonic!  This Week's Topic: William Gibson's Cyberpunk! Spotlights: Game of Thrones / Warcraft References To Past Shows: Dungeons and Dragons / Once Upon a Time in the West Article: We are witnessing the return of Industrial Metal Next Week: The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann!

In the later half of the 1980s comedy-horror became cinemas Reese's Peanutbutter Cup. The once sly wink at the camera turned into a tourettes level overplayed compulsion that studios kept churning out, much to the dismay of filmgoers. In the midst of the chaos one film sought to rise above them all as the worst case senario. That film... was TerrorVision! This Week's Topic: Why Did We Go To Camp In The '80s? Spotlights: Best of the Worst / Junkfood Cinema / Red Dawn References to Past Shows: The Babadook / Equilibrium / Troll 2 / Robot Monster / House on Haunted Hill / Alien Next Week: Johnny Mnemonic!

With all the pretenses of profundity a future borrowed liberally from better material is brought down by it's own terrible inconsistancies. Is it's gun-fu swift enough to capture any hidden jems, or is it shot full of plot holes to the breaking point? Prehaps it is not completely broken, and, with some vision, we could repair it's flawed structure to realize a better Equilibrium!  This Week's Topic: When A Film Doesn't Follow It's Own Internal Logic Spotlights of the Week: Game of Thrones / The Nice Guys / Rush Hour 2 References To Past Shows: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein / Village of the Damned Next Week: Terrorvision!

With Special Guests: Michael Chernoff and Lucas Cotterell!! This Week's Topic: Dreams of Souless Social Manipulators May Not Be As Deep As It Initially Appears! Welcome to the fast paced, highly stylized world of Dark City! If they can change your memories, make rich men poor, and lovers unrecognizable, does the person underneath remain? So many questions, and so few answers. What will you make of it? References To Past Shows: The Room / Alien Next Week: Equalibrium!

We covered its precursors, now we finally tackle the star beast itself! Where all the elements cosmically crashed together to form the perfect sci-fi thriller. No creature feature could ever be the same after Alien! This Week's Topic: Alien Thoughts for a Visual Mind! NEW SEGMENT! What We're Watching: Akira / Aguirre, The Wrath of God / The Vampire Lovers / Rio Bravo References To Past Shows: The Great Silence / Dark Star / Planet of the Vampires / Once Upon a Time in the West / It! The Terror from Beyond Space Next Week: Dark City!

With Special Guest: Matt Buckley! East meets West! Foot meets Face! The 90s meets Our Memories! It's a rambunctious ride for Jackie Chan's first American feature. Kids born the year this came out are driving now, and we're here to prepare them for Rush Hour! This Week's Topic: Does It Hold Up? References To Past Shows: Wheels on Meals / Rumble in the Bronx / Ip Man Next Week: ALIEN!

College can be a wonderful experience. You can meet new people, explore interesting subjects, expand your perspective of the world, grow as an individual, and pretend you're in space having silly adventures. As it turns out our hosts might just have a bit more in common with John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon than you might think, and they didn't even realize it themselves until after the fact. But that's besides the point, here's Dark Star! This Week's Topic: Things That Only Matter To Us! References To Past Shows: Galaxy Quest / Snowpiercer Next Week: Rush Hour!

Why go to the movies when you can sit home and watch TV, right? For the first time on the show we're cover an episode of ongoing series! And we mean ONGOING! Yes, it everyone's favorite British import, Doctor Who! But not just any Who, we're talking about Classic Tom Baker Who! Why, you ask? Because it just how happens an early Baker episode provided much inspiration for the movie ALIEN! The connections are numerous, and you can't help seeing them. Prepare for the claustrophobic terror of The Ark In Space! This Week's Topic: Classic Who vs. New Who References To Past Shows: Good Against Evil / It! The Terror From Beyond Space Ultra Q Theme Next Week: Dark Star!

With Special Guests: Evan Jones and Matt Allegretti!!! They may not be joined at the hip, but when their powers combine there's no stopping the cinematic discussion of De Palma's work! We proudly present what we hope is the first of many Matt and Evan team ups. Here they join us to discuss the very Hitchcockian underground thriller, Sisters! This Week's Topic: Brian De Palma! Next Week: Doctor Who, The Ark In Space!

A rescue mission to Mars turns a spaceship into a deathtrap when IT! The Terror From Beyond Space gets aboard! But don't worry, the crew has enough explosives, guns, and ammo to take over a small country. Why are they packing all this heat? Because they're freakin' Americans you dirty commie! This Week's Topic: It! Could Have Been Done Better... And It Was! References To Past Shows: Warriors of the Wasteland / The Last Shark / Dungeons & Dragons / Evil Dead 2 / Planet of the Vampires Check out this article Alien and it's Antecedents! Next Week: Sisters!

A planet of death where spectral entities possess the bodies of the living and the dead. A crew of astronauts compelled against their will to kill each other. Death has reigned a long time on this world, claiming all that came near, but now it's looking to escape! What is this Astrological-Horror brought into vivid, nightmarish existence by Italian master of the macbre, Mario Bava? Can anything survive but evil incarnate? Listen now to find out! You've just bought a one way ticket to Planet of the Vampires! This Week's Topic: One of These Things is a Lot like the Other! References To Past Shows: The Day the Sky Exploded / Black Sunday / Hercules in the Haunted World / The Manster / The Nightmare Never Ends / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Nosferatu / Metropolis / The Doomsday Machine / They / Warriors of the Wasteland / White Pongo Next Week: It! The Terror From Beyond Space!