Episodes
Michael (1996)
August 31, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBJulia (Clint's co-host for our new releases spinoff On Tap) joins us this week to check another movie off Jared's wishlist - the quirky John Travolta vehicle Michael! Fresh off his Pulp Fiction success, Travolta leapt straight into this schmaltzy Nora Ephron rom-com, which gave him license to go full Adele Dazeem on a group of tabloid reporters (including William Hurt and Andie Macdowell) hoping to get a picture of a real-life angel - with wings and everything! It's kitschy and more than a...
Rounders (1998)
August 24, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBThis week, Clint antes up with guests Zach Powers (of The Revisionists) and Aaron J. Amendola (of VStheUniverse) to talk about the 1998 card-shark drama Rounders! Matt Damon plays a down-on-his-luck poker virtuoso/law student who gets dragged back into the world of underground high-stakes Texas hold 'em by his old friend Worm (Edward Norton), fresh out of prison with a huge gambling debt to repay. Will Damon choose the thrill of the cards over his law career and his bland, responsible girl...
Blazing Saddles (1974)
August 17, 2017 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week, we saddle up with The Next Picture Show's Keith Phipps to look back at the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic Blazing Saddles! Equal parts raunchy and deliciously subversive even today, Blazing Saddles is a beautifully acerbic parody of the classic Western, following a black sherriff (Cleavon Little) tasked with defending/offending the puritanical town of Rock Ridge, while scheming huckster Hedy ("Hedley!") Lamarr (Harvey Korman) plots the down's demise. It's a drop dead hilarious m...
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
August 10, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBCW: Discussion of scenes of sexual assault from the film itself. For our 300th episode, the lovely Lauren Faits of the upcoming podcast She-Ra: Progressive of Power and Our Fair City joins us to talk about the cult 1987 anime film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise! From the makers of Evangelion, Honneamise is an early example of the fluid animation and mature themes that would fuel the anime craze of the 90s in the US. Set in an alternate Earth in which two steampunk societies g...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1997)
August 03, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBLoad up your red Caddy with booze, guns and a suitcase full of drugs, because we're headed to The City of Lights with Blastropodcast's Mark Soloff to talk about Terry Gilliam's bizarro Hunter S. Thompson adaptation Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Based on Thompson's free-wheeling quest for the American Dream in the early 70s, the film follows Thompson surrogate Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp, chewing as much scenery as he does cigarette filters) and his "attorney" Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) thr...
SHARK WEEK SPECIAL: The Shallows (2016)
July 20, 2017 13:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIt's Shark Week once again this year, and we're celebrating with The Film Stage Show's Michael Snydel as we break down Blake Lively's cult summer hit from last year, The Shallows! Check our our custom cocktail and drinking rules as we talk about Blumhouse's micro-budget genius, CG sharks, and helpful seagulls named after 90s action stars. (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
Rawhead Rex (1986)
July 13, 2017 18:04 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBThis week's episode sees the return of lovely recurring guest Ele Matelan (from Our Fair City, Starlight Radio Dreams and Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment), to help us unpack 1986's Rawhead Rex! Written by horror icon Clive Barker (a.k.a. Pervy Lovecraft) and based on his short story, Rawhead Rex sees the return of a goofy-looking hell demon to terrorize a small Irish village, with only an obnoxious American photographer and his sexy grey cardigan to stop it. Check out our episode, along ...
Donnie Darko (2001)
July 06, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThis week, we test our commitment to Sparkle Motion with Jon Espino of The Young Folks and HollywoodChicago.com as we revisit Richard Kelly's 2001 cult time travel teen drama Donnie Darko! The hit of the Hot Topic crowd in the early 2000s, for better or worse, we go back to this twisty, navel-gazing mixture of American Beauty and The Butterfly Effect to see if its profundities still hold up. Take a listen, and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards A...
Unlawful Entry (1992)
June 30, 2017 18:11 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBThis week, regular guest Derek Jarvis joins us to talk about the little-seen (but surprisingly effective) home invasion thriller Unlawful Entry! When a couple (Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe) narrowly survive a home invasion, they run into a shady cop (Ray Liotta) who seems all too willing to abuse his power to take over as man of the house. A creepy post-Rodney King erotic thriller about police brutality and white flight, we actually dug Unlawful Entry quite a bit. Check out our review, alon...
How High (2001)
June 23, 2017 17:42 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBThis week, we toke up with Shannon Campe (of the podcast Stage of Fools) and Zach Powers (also of Stage of Fools and The Revisionists) as we dig into 2001's stoner comedy How High! When Method Man and Redman get into Harvard by smoking the ashes of their dead friend, you know you're in for a baffling experience. Come check out our thoughts along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related links: ...
The Baby (1973)
June 15, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBTheo of our spinoff show Twin Cinema joins us once again this week, as we grab our binkies and talk about the cult 1973 horror film The Baby! Following the efforts of a lonely social worker to wrest control of an infantilized adult from his mother (looking every bit like late-period Joan Crawford) and his two groovy femme fatale sisters, The Baby is one of the craziest films we've seen in awhile. Check out our episode, along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponso...
Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
June 08, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBJared's kidnopped again this week, so Clint enlists the help of regular guest Grant (of Chip & Ironicus and Six Feats Under fame), as well as his lovely wife Alaina (the co-host of podcasts History Honeys and Sex Archie) to dig deep into the 2006 anime masterpiece Tekkonkinkreet! The fable of two contrasting orphans, Black and White, struggling to survive amid poverty and crime in the chugging, churning city of Treasure Town, Tekkonkinkreet is a wonder to behold, both visually and thematical...
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)
June 01, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThis week, we get comfortably numb with Masterpiece Reviews' Nick Freed as we dig into the meat, the pudding, and everything else related to 1982's psychedelic concept album adaptation Pink Floyd: The Wall! Telling the story of Pink (The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof) from childhood to adulthood, Roger Waters' adaptation of his own concept album - with the help of director Alan Parker and stunning animation by Gerald Scarfe - leaves us as entertained as we are baffled. Join us as we talk abou...
The Magnificent Seven (1961)
May 25, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBSaddle up, pardners; Marshall of our sister show Twin Cinema joins us this week to talk about the classic 1961 Western The Magnificent Seven! A remake of Akira Kurosawa's seminal Seven Samurai, the John Sturges-helmed remake follows a ragtag group of outlaws (Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, and more) hired to defend a meek village from some evil Mexican banditos. Along the way, we share our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor...
Videodrome (1984)
May 19, 2017 17:06 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBLONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH! This week, Jared and Clint dive deep into the realms of the cathode ray tube as they discuss 1984's Videodrome, directed by David Cronenberg. This mid-80s sci-fi mindscrew about a mysterious TV signal that causes hallucinations in its victims is one of the Canadian auteur's weirdest and best. Check out out custom cocktail and drinking rules below! (Thanks to our sponsor Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
May 11, 2017 15:24 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBJared and Clint go it solo this time around, as we take on the surprisingly dark and horrifying kid's film The Brave Little Toaster! Here, we muse on the existential underpinnings of life as a sentient appliance, and gasp in horror at all the rampant car murder. Enjoy along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) ANNOUNCEMENT: From now until September, we're emptying out the mailbag of all our remaining favorite...
Hardcore Henry (2016) w/Leo Brady
May 05, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBHot off the heels of Video Game Movie Month, we stumble upon another video game-y film for May - Hardcore Henry! Leo Brady of AMovieGuy.com joins us to talk about this bold, but flawed experiment in making a film mimic the frenetic perspective (and questionable moral center) of FPS games. Check it out along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH LVL. 2: Street Fighter the Movie (1994)
April 27, 2017 12:11 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBThis week, we finish off Video Game Movie Month Level 2 with the infamous 1994 fighting-game disaster Street Fighter The Movie, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia! Jon Espino of HollywoodChicago.com joins us to talk about the film's troubled history, Bison's muddy plan for world domination, and where all the street fights went. Take a listen and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Know Your Company as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Rela...
VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH LVL. 2: Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
April 20, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBVideo Game Movie Month continues apace, as Wagnificent Mile blogger (and advocate for Illinois gubernatorial candidate Ameya Pawar) Lauren Faits joins us to talk about 2001's Lara Croft Tomb Raider! Angelina Jolie straps on a tank top, tight shorts and two giant video game-y pistols to track down the Triangle of Light to stop the Illuminati or whatever, with sexy pre-Bond Daniel Craig in tow. Enjoy with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Know Your Company as par...
VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH LEVEL 2: Hitman (2007)
April 13, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBWe're continuing VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH LVL. 2 with the 2007 film Hitman, starring Timothy Olyphant, Olga Kurylenko, and scores of anonymous Eastern European cannon fodder! Based on the classic stealth action game, Hitman shows us what happens when a production company shits out a lame cash-in on both a video game franchise, Jason Bourne films, and The Transporter. Even worse is poor Olyphant, a normally amazing actor forced to grit his teeth through mealy-mouthed expository dialogue. Find o...
VIDEO GAME MOVIE MONTH LVL. 2: Warcraft (2016) w/Grant of Chip & Ironicus
April 06, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 63 MBThis week, we take another month-long stab at video game movie adaptations with 2016's Warcraft! Grant of Chip & Ironicus, Sex Archie, Six Feats Under and History Honeys comes back on the show to explore Duncan Jones' ambitious, convoluted adaptation of the popular strategy game/MMO universe. Check it out with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Know Your Company as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
Convoy (1978) w/Keith Phipps of The Next Picture Show
March 31, 2017 13:30 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBThis week, Jared couldn't make it, but regular guest Julia steps in as co-host! We bring back The Next Picture Show's Keith Phipps to talk about the cult 1973 trucker romp Convoy - starring Kris Kristofferson and directed by Sam Peckinpah (and based on the hit... novelty song?). Fire up your CB radio and check out our great big convoy, along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
Nothing (2003) w/WildClaw Theatre's Ele Matelan
March 23, 2017 16:52 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBThis week, the always lovely Ele Matelan of Our Fair City and WildClaw Theatre joins us once again - this time, we're talking about the cult Canadian sci-fi-dark-comedy Nothing, about a pair of losers (David Hewlett, Andrew Miller) who find themselves lost in a white void after hating the rest of the world away. Take a listen, along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
ST. PATRICK'S DAY SPECIAL: Song of the Sea (2014) w/Pat 'Uber-Critic' McDonald
March 16, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBErin go bragh, listeners! For Saint Patrick's Day this year, we found our own Saint Patrick - acclaimed Chicago film critic Patrick McDonald - and brought him on to help us talk about 2014's animated Song of the Sea! Tomm Moore's followup to his 2009 masterpiece The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea draws upon the Celtic myth of the 'selkie,' a mischievous seal-like nymph, to tell the story of a lost boy looking for his mute selkie sister. From its incredible animation style to its mythic sto...
Guest House Paradiso (1999) w/James Thompson of Pop Culture Role Call
March 09, 2017 14:30 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBThis week, James Thompson (now of the Pop Culture Role Call podcast) joins us once again to talk about a doozy of a movie - the British sitcom adaptation Guest House Paradiso (aka The Bottom Movie)! Skeevy hotel owners Richie (Rik Mayall) and Eddie (Adrian Edmondson) scheme, perv, and thieve their way through a series of tenants they don't like, eat poisoned fish, and even lift Simon Pegg off the ground with nothing more than a fishing pole and nipple ring! Yup, it's everything you'd expect...
13 Assassins (2010) w/Twin Cinema
March 02, 2017 15:25 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week, Marshall, co-host of our Youtube show Twin Cinema, joins us to talk about Takashi Miike's bloody Japanese samurai flick 13 Assassins! When an evil, sadistic lord threatens to usher shogunate-era Japan into a new time of war, an old samurai gathers a team of 13 ronin to stop him. Does the film's nonstop action at the end justify the long stretch of talking and walking in the beginning? Find out what we thought, and check out our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our s...
OSCAR SPECIAL: Hell or High Water (2016) w/Jacob Oller
February 23, 2017 14:45 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBIt's Oscar season once again, and Film Twitter impresario Jacob Oller (@JacobOller) joins us to talk about David McKenzie's hard-hitting crime thriller/neo-Western Hell or High Water! When two brothers (Chris Pine, Ben Foster) take to bank robbery to save their mother's farm in poverty-stricken west Texas, it's up to an old Texas marshal (Jeff Bridges) to bring them in. Hear our thoughts on this (and the rest of the Oscar field), along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks t...
The Fountain (2006)
February 19, 2017 15:35 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBThis week, Darren Aronofsky aficionado (and regular guest) Derek Jarvis returns to help us unpack the psychedelic, time-hopping spiritual masterpiece The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz as two lovers navigating the mysteries of the Tree of Life across three different time periods. The results are beautiful, deeply engrossing, and well worth a watch along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! Related Links The Loose Canon Podcast - Podcast home of listener Caroline F...
ALCOHOLLYWOOD PRESENTS: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King (Part 5)
February 14, 2017 15:28 - 15 minutes - 35.7 MBFull Cast and Credits at http://www.alcohollywood.com
VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
February 10, 2017 18:09 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB"Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee." - Juliet, Act 4, Scene 3 It's that lovin' time of year, listeners, and this time around we're celebrating Valentine's Day with Baz Luhrmann's flashy modern retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes! Shannon of the Stage of Fools podcast and Mercy Street Theatre's Julia Rohed accompany us as we talk about Shakespearean language, unconventional film adaptations of the Bard, and Romeo an...
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) w/Blake Goble of Consequence of Sound
February 04, 2017 15:25 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBAlcohollywood is back for 2017, and we've brought Consequence of Sound's Blake Goble out to sea to talk about Kathryn Bigelow's 2002 sub drama K-19: The Widowmaker, starring a wery Russian Harrison Ford and a not-so-wery Russian Liam Neeson as competing captains on a radioactive Russian sub at the height of the Cold War. Take a listen and enjoy our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
ALCOHOLLYWOOD PRESENTS: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King (Part 4)
February 01, 2017 15:29 - 7 minutes - 16.3 MBAt long last, Alcohollywood presents a project years in the making: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King! Chris Columbus’ unproduced 1985 screenplay comes to life in this full-cast radio drama with sound effects, original music, and voicework from your favorite Alcohollywood guests! In Part 4, Indy (Nick Freed) tries to mollify moon-eyed college student Betsy (Betsy Stone), who threatens to....kill herself if she can't be with Indy? Geez, this got dark fast. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: This episode ...
ALCOHOLLYWOOD PRESENTS: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King (Part 3)
January 18, 2017 14:48 - 9 minutes - 21.4 MBAt long last, Alcohollywood presents a project years in the making: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King! Chris Columbus’ unproduced 1985 screenplay comes to life in this full-cast radio drama with sound effects, original music, and voicework from your favorite Alcohollywood guests! In Part 3, Indy (Nick Freed) commiserates with Marcus Brody (Chris Bashen) about his potential next mission, and all the sidekicks he's lost along the way. Wait...lost? Like, Sallah and everybody? Geez, that's a g...
ALCOHOLLYWOOD PRESENTS: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King (Part 2)
January 14, 2017 04:53 - 9 minutes - 20.7 MBAt long last, Alcohollywood presents a project years in the making: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King! Chris Columbus’ unproduced 1985 screenplay comes to life in this full-cast radio drama with sound effects, original music, and voicework from your favorite Alcohollywood guests! Part 2 sees Indy (Nick Freed) returning to his day job as a mild-mannered professor, only to face his greatest nemesis yet... angry students! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chic...
ALCOHOLLYWOOD PRESENTS: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King (Part 1)
January 07, 2017 18:57 - 32 minutes - 70.9 MBAt long last, Alcohollywood presents a project years in the making: Indiana Jones and the Monkey King! Chris Columbus' unproduced 1985 screenplay comes to life in this full-cast radio drama with sound effects, original music, and voicework from your favorite Alcohollywood guests! In Part 1, our story begins with rugged adventurer (and mediocre fisherman) Indiana Jones (Nick Freed) visiting Scotland to enjoy some much-needed recreation, only to become ensnared in a murder investigation invo...
NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL: The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
December 30, 2016 18:10 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBTheme Song: "Live Oak" by A Giraffe
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Home Alone (1990) w/Shannon Campe of Stage of Fools
December 22, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBHappy holidays, listeners! For our Christmas episode this year, Shannon Campe of the Stage of Fools podcast joins us once again to dig into the 90s cult Christmas classic Home Alone, starring Macauley Culkin and directed by Chris Columbus! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related Links: Buy Alonso Duralde's book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas!
CONNICKUH SPECIAL: Bug (2006)
December 15, 2016 18:27 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBHarry Connickuh everyone! Every year, the week before Christmas, we celebrate the life and works of Sir Harry Connick, Jr. - this time around, returning guest Jane Dempsey joins us to talk about William Friedkin's Bug, adapted from the Tracy Letts play! Here, Connickuh plays third fiddle to Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon as a pair of co-dependent strangers who shack up in an Oklahoma motel room to hide from the world, only to find themselves dealing with a strange bug infestation - that ma...
Willard (2003) w/Julia Rohed of Mercy Street Theatre Company
December 08, 2016 17:53 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBThis week, Julia Rohed of Mercy Street Theatre Company joins us to squeak about the 2003 remake of Willard, starring the ever-creepy Crispin Glover as an eccentric mama's boy who starts doling out his own brand of justice against those who wrong him - with the help of a few friendly rats. It's a surprisingly eccentric, Raimi-esque dark comedy with a wicked sense of humor, and we take it all in with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! Related Links: Get tickets to Mercy Street Theatre C...
Sudden Death (1995) w/Pat Trek's Patrick O'Rourke
December 02, 2016 19:32 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBThis week, Patrick O'Rourke of Pat Trek joins us to kick off December with the Jean-Claude Van Damme action film Sudden Death! Basically "Die Hard in a hockey stadium," Sudden Death features a disgraced fire marshal (JCVD) who has to save the Vice President and his own daughter from the clutches of a madman (Powers Boothe) holding them hostage during a Hawks-Penguins game. Featuring kick-fights with henchmen in penguin suits and the most industrious MacGyvered weapons, Sudden Death is a tota...
The Manitou (1978) w/Jacob Oller
November 28, 2016 18:06 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBThis week, fellow Chicago film critic Jacob Oller joins us to unpack the pure-strain craziness of 1978's The Manitou! When a woman finds a rapidly growing fetus-tumor on her back, her tarot card-reading boyfriend (Tony Curtis) and the Native American guy who hates it when you litter (Michael Ansara) join forces to exorcise an evil 400-year-old demon. Space lasers, noble savage stereotypes and earnestly goofy special effects abound, and we talk about it all with our custom cocktail and drinki...
The Night of the Hunter (1955) w/Filmspotting's Adam Kempenaar
November 17, 2016 16:37 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MBThis week, we lean into the everlasting arms of special guest Adam Kempenaar of Filmspotting as we discuss the Expressionistic style and intriguing moral center of Charles Laughton's acclaimed 1955 noir thriller The Night of the Hunter! ANNOUNCEMENT: For the month of January 2017, we'll be pre-empting new episodes of the podcast in favor of bringing you our long-awaited full-cast radio drama Indiana Jones and the Monkey King! Don't worry, our spinoff shows Twin Cinema and Alcohollywood O...
Safe (1995) w/Twin Cinema
November 12, 2016 15:36 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBThis week, Theo Estes of our spinoff web series Twin Cinema (subscribe to our Youtube channel for new episodes every other week) joins us to get artsy with Todd Haynes' 1995 independent drama Safe, starring Julianne Moore! ANNOUNCEMENT: Look out later this week for the launch of our biweekly spinoff podcast, Alcohollywood: On Tap, which will cover new releases, independent films, and offer interviews and festival coverage! Subscribe on iTunes! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanit...
Daylight (1996) w/Allison Shoemaker of Podlander Drunkcast
November 04, 2016 16:52 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThis week, Allison Shoemaker of The AV Club, Consequence of Sound and Podlander Drunkcast joins us to talk the 1996 Sylvester-Stallone-in-a-tunnel thriller Daylight! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
MINISODE: CIFF Wrap-Up: The Handmaiden, Christine, and More / Interview with Kaleidoscope's Rupert Jones
October 30, 2016 15:22 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIn our second minisode covering the Chicago International Film Festival, Clint tells Jared about the latter batch of films he caught at CIFF 2016, including Park Chan-wook's latest The Handmaiden (with help from Consequence of Sound's Dominick Suzanne-Mayer), the Jim O'Heir-starring dark comedy Middle Man, and more! Also, Clint sits down for an interview with Kaleidoscope writer/director Rupert Jones about working with his brother Toby Jones, and the visual rhythms of psychological horror.
HORROR V. OCTORBOR: Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) w/Dom Suzanne-Mayer of Consequence of Sound
October 27, 2016 16:17 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBWe finish out our month-long breakdown of 'versus' horror movies this week with Consequence of Sound's Dominick Suzanne-Mayer, as we discuss the 1993 horror mish-mash Dollman vs. Demonic Toys! A sort of half-movie cobbled from stock footage from three different movies in the Full Moon Entertainment catalog - Dollman, Demonic Toys, and Bad Channels - along with a bit of new footage, this film sees Lilliputian space cop Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) and a human nurse shrunk down to 11 inches (Me...
HORROR V. OCTORBOR: Alien vs. Predator (2004) w/Grant of History Honeys and Chip & Ironicus
October 20, 2016 19:55 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBThis week, Grant of History Honeys and Chip & Ironicus joins us once more for Horror V. Octorbor, continuing our month-long breakdown of 'versus' movies with Alien vs. Predator! Paul W.S. Anderson's limp, ill-advised match-up movie combining Fox's biggest sci-fi monsters forgets what made the other two series good in the first place, basically remaking Resident Evil in an ancient Mayan-Aztec-Antarctican(?) temple, complete with paper-thin characters and dated effects. Still, we have a good t...
MINISODE: CIFF 2016 Preview - Reviews / Most Anticipated
October 14, 2016 14:27 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this special minisode, Clint breaks down his coverage of the 52nd Annual Chicago International Film Festival for its opening weekend, including capsule reviews of A Quiet Passion, I, Daniel Blake, Paterson, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and his most anticipated films of the fest!
HORROR V. OCTORBOR: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) w/Matt K of CinemaJaw
October 13, 2016 19:53 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThis week, we continue our month of 'versus' horror movies with the 2010 horror comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, along with special guest Matt Kubinski of CinemaJaw! Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine star as a couple of rednecks who are mistaken for hillbilly killers by a group of college kids when they accidentally kidnap college girl Allie (Katrina Bowden), resulting in a gut-busting sendup of horror tropes centered around an adorable pair of comedic buffoons. Check out our episode, along with o...
HORROR V. OCTORBOR: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
October 07, 2016 17:15 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBAll month, we're celebrating our fifth Horror Octorbor by taking on a slew of 'Vs.' horror movies! To start off, actor Andrew Saenz (of the upcoming indie film El Algun Lugar) joins us to talk about Ronny Yu's 2003 sloppy horror mash-up Freddy vs. Jason. (Thanks to our sponsor Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)