Synopsis
Smashing Up Cinema, One Movie At A Time
Episodes
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Episode 144: The Lemon Drop Kid
18/12/2018 Duration: 49minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1951 Bob Hope classic, The Lemon Drop Kid! It’s got capers and Christmas and the first film appearance of the song Silver Bells. If you like old dolls and comedy schtick, … Continue reading →
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Episode 143: Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story
12/12/2018 Duration: 47minIn this episode, we take a look at our December Bag of Destiny pick, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story! Megan thought Eric would hate it because of the style of comedy, but she sort of remembered the actual movie … Continue reading →
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Episode 142: Nutcracker in 3D
04/12/2018 Duration: 45minIn this episode, we take a look at a true holiday trainwreck, Nutcracker in 3D! Nothing says heartwarming tale like a confusing mess of CGI with overt holocaust themes and toys being burnt up in ovens. A SHARK IS ELECTROCUTED … Continue reading →
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Episode 141: Leatherheads
27/11/2018 Duration: 44minIn this episode, we take a look at our November Bag of Destiny pick, the 2008 old timey football movie, Leatherheads! It’s a perfectly adequate movie that has a certain charm to it, but it’s nothing special. Sort of like … Continue reading →
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Episode 140: Skidoo
14/11/2018 Duration: 01h04minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1968 Otto Preminger LSD fueled film, Skidoo! Eric loves this mess, Megan found it pretty bewildering. It’s full of a bunch of middle aged stars getting hip to the hippies of … Continue reading →
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Episode 139: The Spanish Prisoner
06/11/2018 Duration: 54minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1997 David Mamet con game film, The Spanish Prisoner! It’s a lesser known Mamet property that uses Steve Martin in a serious role as a bad guy and Campbell Scott as … Continue reading →
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Episode 138: The Blackcoat's Daughter
30/10/2018 Duration: 33minIn this episode, we take a look at the 2015 supernatural/psychological horror film, the Blackcoat’s Daughter! We’re kind of split in our opinion of this one – Eric liked it and thinks it’s a movie that more people need to … Continue reading →
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Episode 137: Mutant Chronicles
22/10/2018 Duration: 53minIn this episode, we take a look at our second Bag of Destiny selection, Mutant Chronicles! It was dreadful. It was full of horrible CGI. It was anger inducing. Damn you, Bag of Destiny.
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Episode 136: Jennifer's Body
16/10/2018 Duration: 33minIn this episode, we take a look at the 2009 dark comedy horror film, Jennifer’s Body! Both Eric and Megan really liked it, even though the box office reception when it first came out seems to show that audiences at … Continue reading →
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Episode 135: Swamp Women
09/10/2018 Duration: 51minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1956 Roger Corman jewel heist on the bayou, Swamp Women (aka Swamp Diamonds)! It’s full of feisty female escaped convicts, swamp water and bad decisions. Also, Touch Connors… and all the … Continue reading →
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Episode 134: Bio Dome
02/10/2018 Duration: 48minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1996 Pauly Shore-Stephen Baldwin vehicle, Bio Dome! What could be more charming than watching two annoying, obnoxious fuck ups destroy the hard work of environmental scientists? Why do they somehow have … Continue reading →
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Episode 133: The Longest Yards
18/09/2018 Duration: 01h04minIn honor of the start of football season and the passing of the late great Burt Reynolds, we take a look at the original and remake of the classic football film, The Longest Yard! The original is great for its … Continue reading →
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Episode 132: Curse of the Wolf
11/09/2018 Duration: 47minIn this episode, we take a look at the 2006 Len Kabasinski werewolf action movie, Curse of the Wolf! Eric has been mildly obsessed with this film since we first viewed it for a virtual screening over a year ago … Continue reading →
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Episode 131: The Love Guru
03/09/2018 Duration: 44minIn this episode, we take a look at the first of our Bag of Destiny picks, the 2008 Mike Myers comedy, The Love Guru! Pro: it was better than we thought it was going to be. Con: it was still … Continue reading →
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Episode 130: Bad Ben
28/08/2018 Duration: 58minIn this episode, we take a look at the 2016 indie horror film, Bad Ben! It’s the first of several movies in the Bad Ben series by the film’s director (and star) Nigel Bach and he does a bang up … Continue reading →
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Episode 129: Night of the Creeps
21/08/2018 Duration: 01h02minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1986 horror comedy film, Night of the Creeps! This alien invasion/monster movie/b-movie love letter by writer/directer Fred Dekker hands down provides us with the finest performance ever turned in by Tom … Continue reading →
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Episode 128: A Bucket of Blood
14/08/2018 Duration: 54minIn this episode, we take a look at the 1959 Roger Corman black comedy horror film, A Bucket of Blood! What happens when beatniks go bad? What happens when art crosses a line? What happens when you give a guy … Continue reading →
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Episode 127: The Blues Brothers (Part 2)
07/08/2018 Duration: 01h17minIn this episode, we conclude our discussion of the 1980 musical comedy, The Blues Brothers, and finish up our month (plus one week) of Dan Aykroyd movies! We pick up where we left off, discuss more of the music and … Continue reading →
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Episode 126: The Blues Brothers (Part 1)
31/07/2018 Duration: 56minIn this episode, we tackle our definitive Dan Aykroyd Month movie, The Blues Brothers! We actually talk so much we had to split this one in two… so you get an extra week of Aykroyd next time. It’s hard for … Continue reading →
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Episode 125: Nothing But Trouble
24/07/2018 Duration: 59minIn this episode, we take a look at our penultimate movie in Dan Aykroyd Month, one that Megan hates and Eric finds oddly compelling, the 1991 horror comedy Nothing But Trouble! It’s weird and gross and bizarre and somehow House … Continue reading →