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Ep863: Beyond Hammerland: THE INNOCENTS (1961)
March 30, 2023 02:07 - 35.9 MBOur winding adventures Beyond Hammerland bring us to a lavish English estate, where nothing is what it seems--even The Innocents! Jack Clayton's eerie 1961 thriller stars Deborah Kerr as a governess who takes a job looking after two siblings in the countryside. She quickly notices something odd about young Miles (Martin Stephens) and Flora (Pamela Franklin); they're mischievous, conspiratorial, and possibly in league with ghosts! Ian and AC dig into this atmospheric mind-bender, exploring ...
Ep862: Spotlight India: PADMAAVAT (2018)
March 24, 2023 13:00 - 48.5 MBOur "Spotlight India" series continues with a LIVE look at Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2018 historical epic, Padmaavat! Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar. In this round-table-of-one, Ian talks about what he loves about Padmaavat, and Indian cinema in general, and responds to live viewer comments. ...
Ep861: Featured Extras: THE LEGACY OF THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (2023)
March 23, 2023 02:13 - 41.8 MBDark Sky Films recently released a new 4K disc of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Instead of doing the Internet's 5 millionth review of Tobe Hooper's landmark horror movie, Ian and Mark look at one of the disc's many supplements! The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a new feature-length documentary in which filmmakers and critics discuss...well, it's in the title. But is it worthwhile for diehard fans, or a talking-head retread of Wikipedia anecdotes? Watch as the guys talk BTS dram...
Ep860: Accademia Giallo: THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES (1972)
March 20, 2023 09:56 - 54.2 MBThe Accademia Giallo staff puts all its cards on the table with a look at The Red Queen Kills Seven Times! In Emilio Miraglia's 1972 thriller, two sisters inherit their family castle, which is said to be haunted by their ancestor--a dark-haired, red-robed woman who takes seven lives every hundred years. Join us as we talk spoilers and take your questions and comments in the chat! "Accademia Giallo" is Kicking the Seat's monthly deep dive into Italian Horror's "giallo" sub-genre. Show Lin...
Ep859: Indies from Outer Space! THE VAST OF NIGHT and ABIQUIU with Emily Lape
March 18, 2023 19:22 - 47.5 MBIan and David welcome back filmmaker Emily Lape to talk about her upcoming sci-fi drama, Abiquiu, and one of the movies that inspired it, Andrew Patterson's The Vast of Night! This episode is part movie review, and part promotion of the Abiquiu crowdfunding campaign, which is currently underway at Seed&Spark. But it's also a look at one writer/director's grind in getting a microbudget indie off the ground--from scripting and meeting with potential investors, to casting and location scouting...
Ep858: SCREAM 6 (2023) - Round Table Review
March 17, 2023 18:48 - 54.7 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics take Manhattan in this ripping round table review of Scream VI! The surviving Woodsboro teens travel to The Big Apple, but there's a (you're not gonna believe this) new Ghostface Killer on the loose! This fifth sequel promises to reunite cast members from across the series in one last--or at least one more--stab at self-aware slasher greatness! Watch as our franchise-fatigued panel slashes through the latest installment to discover many more surprises than one mig...
Ep857: COCAINE BEAR (2023) - Round Table Review
March 03, 2023 11:31 - 47 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics get high on Elizabeth Banks' supply with a live round table review of Cocaine Bear! This "Based on a True Story" horror-comedy centers on several groups of people trapped in the woods with a drugged-up monster on the prowl! It's a really fun, over-the-top absurdist comedy that will have you...um...snorting with laughter! At least, that's what some of the panelists say! This episode was recorded immediately after our round table review of The Mandalorian Season 3 ...
What If He Doesn't Survive? Season 3 / Episode 1
March 03, 2023 04:42 - 41.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics return to a galaxy far, far away! More than two years and several Star Wars shows later, Disney+ is set to debut the third season of its flagship series, The Mandalorian! Join us as we planet-hop with Mando and Grogu, and generally try to remember just where the hell everything left off! Catch new episodes of The Mandalorian every Wednesday, exclusively on Disney+. Plus! Be sure to stick around for our Cocaine Bear livestream, recorded immediately after this epi...
What If He Doesn't Survive? THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 / Episode 1 - Round Table Review
March 03, 2023 04:42 - 41.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics return to a galaxy far, far away! More than two years and several Star Wars shows later, Disney+ is set to debut the third season of its flagship series, The Mandalorian! Join us as we planet-hop with Mando and Grogu, and generally try to remember just where the hell everything left off! Catch new episodes of The Mandalorian every Wednesday, exclusively on Disney+. Plus! Be sure to stick around for our Cocaine Bear livestream, recorded immediately after this epi...
Ep856: HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987) - Movie Review
March 01, 2023 22:29 - 50.1 MBIan and Jeff look back on Robert Townsend's game-changing Tinseltown satire, Hollywood Shuffle! The 1987 comedy stars co-writer/director Townsend as Bobby Taylor, a young Black actor struggling to make it in an industry that only sees him playing slaves, pimps, and drug dealers. As he navigates the hustle of running from auditions to his day job at a hot dog stand, Bobby's imagination lights up with his own take on blockbuster movies, infomercials, and movie review shows. In this wide-rang...
Ep855: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)
February 28, 2023 02:36 - 35.9 MBIan and Pat kick off a year of anniversary movies with a look at 1943's Cabin in the Sky! Vincente Minnelli's big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway play was also the first all-Black feature from a major movie studio. In this musical dramedy, hardcore gambler "Little Joe" Jackson (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) is mortally wounded during a dice game; his wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters), prays for his soul--resulting in a wager between Heaven and Hell as to whether or not Little Joe would turn ...
Ep854: The JESUS REVOLUTION Will Not Be Politicized (Filmmaker Interview)
February 24, 2023 19:36 - 9.04 MBIan talks with the filmmakers behind the new movie, Jesus Revolution! In the late 1960s, a hippie preacher named Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie) teamed up with struggling Conservative pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer) to form a new spiritual movement that captured the hearts of a wayward generation. Caught up in the excitement was Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney), a teen looking for answers that neither the buttoned-up class nor the hair-hang-down crowd could provide. In this (very) brief in...
Ep853: Beyond Hammerland: VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960)
February 22, 2023 22:08 - 34 MBCreepy kid alert! Yes, this month Ian and AC stop by the Village of the Damned on their journey Beyond Hammerland! Wolf Rilla's 1960 sci-fi thriller centers on the small English town of Midwich, whose residents mysteriously fall asleep one morning--and awaken to find that all of their women are pregnant with rapidly developing, blonde-haired psychic monsters. How will the Midwich grown-ups grapple with these hive-mind horrors--and just what is responsible for their sudden appearance? In th...
Ep852: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (2023) - Round Table Review
February 21, 2023 21:45 - 82.4 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics return to talk about a superhero movie! Ian's year-long moratorium on caped content isn't up until May, but he's made an exception for Disney/Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (thanks to the enthusiastic urgings of his 5-year-old son). So, yes, the gang is back together to review the further adventures of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), as he and his team of quantum adventurers get trapped in the realm of Phase 5 mega-threat Kang (Jonathan Majors)! (Wouldn't a ...
Ep851: Accademia Giallo: THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971)
February 20, 2023 23:31 - 59.4 MBTwo Argento movies in a row? Yes, the "Accademia Giallo" gang refuses to stray, as evidenced by their look at The Cat O’ Nine Tails! In the maestro's 1971 thriller, a newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's top-secret experimental research projects. In doing so, they become targets of the killer! In this spoilerific round table review, Ian gets schooled on why the second film in Argento's so-called "Animal...
Ep850: Page2Screen: CHRISTINE
February 14, 2023 12:06 - 44.5 MBWhat better day than Valentine's Day to celebrate our love/hate relationship with Stephen King adaptations? Yes, the latest "Page2Screen" kicks into high gear with a look at Christine, King's 1983 novel about a teenager who becomes obsessed with fixing up a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury--only to discover that it's haunted by a previous owner! The dark, merciless book was actually still being written when John Carpenter's film adaptation went into production (a fact Ian learned after recording t...
Ep849: IndieSeen: NO BEARS (2022)
February 09, 2023 11:28 - 38.3 MBIn one of this series' timeliest episodes ever, Ian and Sujewa discuss Jafar Panahi's wildly dangerous film, No Bears! Panahi plays a version of himself, an exiled filmmaker who secretly shoots a movie by directing his actors and crew from a remote village in which he's hiding out. Things get complicated when, during his off-hours wanderings, he photographs a young couple who are having an affair. The villagers demand that Panahi hand over the evidence, which ignites a cultural and religiou...
Ep848: Spotlight India: OZHIVUDIVASATHE KALI (AN OFF-DAY GAME) (2015)
February 01, 2023 10:49 - 64 MBOur spotlight on Indian cinema roars into 2023 with a look at Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's Ozhivudivasathe Kali (An Off-Day Game)! Inner demons begins to unravel when 5 friends get together for a booze party in a remote location. Ian, Mike, Mark, and Jeff dig into this slow burning drama that raises a mirror to issues of masculinity, class, and politics in a way that few films do. It's got the attitude of The Hangover, the creepy, deep-woods danger of I Spit on Your Grave, and the unsettling m...
Ep847: Beyond Hammerland: THEATER OF BLOOD (1973)
January 28, 2023 02:16 - 42.6 MBIt is said that with every end, there is a beginning--and though we're leaving Hammerland in the rearview mirror (for now), Kicking the Seat will spend the next year venturing...BEYOND HAMMERLAND! That's right, Ian and AC kick off the next year of their bloody British best-of's with a look at other studios who made their own mark during Hammer's reign of celluloid terror. Today the guys enter the Theater of Blood, starring Vincent Price as a humiliated Shakespearean actor who takes imaginat...
Ep846: Late Screening: THE REHEARSAL (2022)
January 25, 2023 19:15 - 41.7 MBIan and Cole brush up on their life skills with a review of Nathan Fielder's reality-shattering HBO Max series, The Rehearsal! Yes, we're kicking of 2023 with a different kind of "Late Screening", as the guys dig into 6 episodes of a show in which Fielder helps everyday people prepare for difficult encounters by staging elaborate encounters involving actors, a multiverse of possible outcomes, and sets that are indistinguishable from their real-life counterparts. What begins as a unique reh...
Ep845: Accademia Giallo: FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971)
January 23, 2023 15:44 - 69.1 MB"Accademia Giallo" kicks off 2023 with a look at Four Flies on Grey Velvet! In Dario Argento's 1971 thriller, a musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker. Ian, AC, Bryan, and Blake break down the characters and low-key carnage of this unique thriller whose final moments almost lead to an episode of their own! "Accademia Giallo" is Kicking the Seat's monthly deep dive into Italian Horror's "giallo" sub-genre. Show ...
Ep844: GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) - Movie Review
January 21, 2023 00:02 - 48.8 MBIan welcomes back author Benjamin Beard to look at one of cinema's most misunderstood films, Gone with the Wind! Last week, Ian and his wife ventured out to the historic Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Illinois, to see Victor Fleming's landmark motion picture on a gigantic silver screen. When the theatre (also the site of the couple's wedding nearly 20 years ago) recently announced that it was set to close, the management decided to bookend the venue's history with a showing of the first fi...
Ep843: IndieSeen: CONTEMPT (1963) and A Discussion on Race in Film Criticism
January 16, 2023 21:35 - 52.1 MBIndieSeen 2023 gets off to a contentious start as Ian and Sujewa engage in an unexpected debate about race in film criticism! Also, they squeeze in a review of Jean-Luc Godard's absurd, challenging, and low-key-brilliant drama, Contempt! Timestamps: Intro: 0:00 - 0:48 What's New with Sujewa? 0:49 - 2:05 "Sidebar" (Race in Film Criticism): 2:06 - 47:56 Contempt Review: 47:57 - 1:11:39 Outro (What's Next?): 1:11:40 - 1:15:47 Show Links: Watch the Contempt trailer. Listen to an early ...
Ep842: M3GAN (2023) - Round Table Review
January 14, 2023 12:07 - 59.6 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics get dolled-up for their first livestream of 2023! Now that Awards Season is over (viewing-wise, at least), it's time to enjoy the comfort food of January Horror--and M3GAN is the perfect place to start! Gerard Johnstone's thriller centers on a toy company robotics engineer who builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Mayhem, of course, ensues. In this spoilerific round table, Ian, Mark, and Jeff talk about the hit movie's staying power; it...
Ep841: THE BAD GUYS (2022) - Mini-review and Blu-ray GIVEAWAY!
January 09, 2023 20:31 - 9.74 MBIan finally caught up with one of 2022's best animated films, The Bad Guys! But he's the first to admit that he's not the target audience for Pierre Perifel's adaptation of the long-running kids' books series by Aaron Blabey. So he's enlisted an expert to help him describe the mind-bending zaniness of this heist movie/redemption tale, which centers on a gang of villains' quest to turn good (then bad, then...maybe good again?). Plus! Stay tuned to the very end (a whopping seven minutes int...
Ep840: BROKER (2022) - Movie Review
January 06, 2023 22:31 - 31.4 MBIan and David ring in 2023 with a review of one of 2022's best films! Broker is Hirokazu Koreeda's gripping dramedy, which begins with a young mother's decision to leave her newborn outside of an infant drop-box--and expands to encompass black market adoptions, gangsters, murder, and the oddest case of "found family" you're likely to see! In this spoiler-ish discussion (don't worry, the heavy portions are called out beforehand), David gives Ian a crash course in Koreeda's filmography; the ...
Ep839: Page2Screen: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
December 31, 2022 12:25 - 43.6 MBIan and Cole send off 2022 with a spellbinding "Page2Screen"! Continuing their annual tradition of reading a Lord of the Rings novel and discussing its film counterpart, the guys fight their way through The Two Towers. This surprising and wide-ranging review dips into the story's themes and how its telling evolved during adaptation; how the experience of watching the movie shifted between decades and cuts; and how modern fantasy authors have built on the legacy of the genre's foundational t...
Ep838: Son of Hammerland: CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER / VAMPIRE CIRCUS
December 28, 2022 22:38 - 46.6 MBIan and AC close out 2022 with a devilishly diabolical double feature! Vampire Circus and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter conclude the guys' year-long exploration of "off-brand" Hammer films. One centers on a remote, plague-afflicted village whose residents must fend off disease, armed border sentries, and a mysterious troupe of bloodsucking circus freaks who show up to enact a years-old revenge oath! The other is a wildly inventive horror-adventure featuring a sword-wielding slayer and his ...
Ep837: THE CLASS (2022) - Movie Review
December 27, 2022 03:02 - 39.5 MBIan and David spend winter break in The Class! They've followed writer/director Nicholas Celozzi's high school angst-fest from principal photography to a red carpet charity event and interviews with many of its cast and crew. Starring a compelling group of up-and-comers (some catching big breaks as you read this), The Class centers on a six teens forced to spend a Saturday completing a Drama assignment and unpacking a steamliner's worth of personal baggage. Now that the film is available O...
Ep836: ANDHADHUN (2018) - Round Table Review
December 22, 2022 05:00 - 69.9 MBOur spotlight on Indian cinema continues with something completely different! We're closing out 2022 on a lighter note than horror and historical dramas, with 2018's Andhadhun! A series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist, who must now report a crime that he should technically know nothing of. In this year-end spotlight on Indian cinema, Ian, David, and Mark review Sriram Raghavan's bonkers crime dramedy, which had all three critics on the edge of their seats. From trul...
Ep835: AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022) - Round Table Review
December 20, 2022 22:45 - 75.4 MBThirteen years later... Earth's Mightiest Critics load up the Scuba gear and plunge into James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water! Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the planet of Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their planet. Is The Way of Water worth the wait? And will audience interest be great enough to warrant the handful of sequels already in the pipel...
Ep834: Accademia Giallo: A BLADE IN THE DARK (1983)
December 19, 2022 23:00 - 55.8 MB"Accademia Giallo" gives 2022 a proper bloody send-off with a round table review of A Blade in the Dark! Well, almost... While writing the score to a horror film at a posh Tuscany villa, a composer is stalked by a sadistic killer. Could the music at hand contain an incriminating clue as to the killer's identity? Due to technical difficulties beyond our control, Ian winds up being a guest star on his own show! Watch as AC, Kitley, and Bryan take charge in reviewing Lamberto Bava's bonkers 1...
Ep833: IndieSeen: JEANNE DIELMAN (1975) / BFI? BFD! Part 1
December 14, 2022 12:09 - 42.5 MB"IndieSeen" closes out 2022 by planting seeds for Kicking the Seat's next decade! "Sight and Sound" (the magazine of the British Film Institute) recently released its ranking of "The Greatest Films of All Time", and the controversial boosting of Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23. quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles from #36 to #1 set FIlm Twitter ablaze. The 1975 drama centers on three days in the life of a single mother (Delphine Seyrig). She cleans her apartment, makes coffee, takes care...
Ep832: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: THE JUDY GARLAND CHRISTMAS SHOW (1963)
December 12, 2022 11:21 - 28.2 MB'Tis the Season for Ian and Pat to try something a little different! Every year the guys discuss a Christmas movie, but they're closing out 2022 with the oddly dark CBS production of The Judy Garland Christmas Show from 1963. Filmed mere days after the assassination of Garland's dear friend, John F. Kennedy, this ostensibly heartwarming holiday musical feels like the production itself has been traumatized. Garland and her real-life family invite an unseen live studio audience into their fak...
Ep831: THE FABELMANS (2022) - Movie Review
December 02, 2022 23:31'Tis the season for Ian and Armond White to discuss another Steven Spielberg holiday film! The director of E.T., Jaws, and too many other iconic movies to list returns with what has been advertised as his most personal film yet. So why does The Fabelmans feel more like a melange of tall tales than anything resembling a coherent autobiography? In this spoilerific discussion, the guys look at the highs and lows of this peculiar family drama, which tackles amateur filmmaking, racism, infidelit...
Ep830: Son of Hammerland: DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)
November 30, 2022 22:54 - 66.6 MBWe're switching things up on "Son of Hammerland" with a look at Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde! Roy Ward Baker's thoroughly engrossing yet unfortunately titled thriller mashes up Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel with the Jack the Ripper murders, a slash of Burke and Hare, and a gender-bent look at the classic "tragic villain"! Ian and AC dig into what makes this film such a sinister joy, and how it fits in with some of the other Hammer horror they've reviewed over the years.! And be sur...
Ep829: Late Screening: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (1987)
November 28, 2022 23:42 - 67.6 MBIan and Cole take a break from murder, porn, and monsters (it's been a very heavy year for "Late Screening" and "Page2Screen") to focus on some wholesome family fun...1987-style! Chris Columbus' Adventures in Babysitting turned 35 this year, and the guys look back on one of the weirdest romps of the 1980s--complete with late-night fine dining, altruistic gearheads, and an alternate-reality Chicago where the two biggest brands in the city are Playboy Magazine and The Mighty Thor! Watch as ...
Ep828: Accademia Giallo: SPASMO (1974)
November 27, 2022 21:15 - 89.5 MBThe latest "Accademia Giallo" is absolutely stuffed with holiday goodness as our fearsome faculty takes on Umberto Lenzi's Spasmo! While walking along the beach, Christian and his girlfriend discover a mysterious woman washed ashore. The following day, Christian meets the woman again at a yacht party and soon finds himself entangled in a web of lust, intrigue, and murder! Watch as the guys breakdown all the breakdowns in this maniacal mashup of mannequins and mental illness. From a killer ...
Ep827: SARDAR UDHAM (2021) - Movie Review
November 25, 2022 12:11 - 87.9 MBOur adventures in Indian cinema continue with a look at Soojit Sircar's 2021 biopic, Sardar Udham! The film details the two decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary Udham Singh (Vicky Kaushal) spent planning the assassination of Michael O'Dwyer (Shaun Scott) the man responsible for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Sardar Udham was overwhelmingly demanded as the next choice for a live round table review, and it's no wonder why. Ian and Mark examine the complex angles from which Sircar tes...
Ep826: WALL-E (2008) - Movie Review
November 22, 2022 12:43 - 82.7 MBIan welcomes back Jeffrey York of The Establishing Shot for his first solo appearance on the podcast! And what better topic than Jeff's favorite film of 2008, WALL-E! Andrew Stanton's comedic twist on the dystopian sci-fi epic feels more prescient today than it did on release, and the guys look this bold new direction for Pixar Animation Studios. From the opening 30 minutes (which play like a silent film); to eerily accurate takes on technological addiction at the expense of everything else...
Don't Read the Comments! RRR Special Part 2 (11/18/22)
November 18, 2022 20:56 - 56.4 MBThe RRR virtual mailbag is so full, we had to do a second special episode to address all the feedback! Yes, Ian returns with replies to your questions, comments, and analyses of S.S. Rajamouli's blockbuster historical epic--which includes cultural context lessons, emoji interpretations, and, unbelievably, a hostile take on the movie! (Don't worry, Ian sets that commenter straight!) Also, Ian talks about last week's phenomenal event-of-a-lifetime event at Chicago's famed Music Box Theatre,...
Ep825: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: BATTLE OF THE WORLDS (1961)
November 17, 2022 00:01 - 57.3 MBThis month, Ian and Pat talk about a space movie that's far from far-out! Antonio Margheriti's Battle of the Worlds stars Claude Rains and a bunch of other people playing scientists who must grapple with an alien intelligence that's on a collision course with Earth. (We're not saying it was the inspiration for MOONFALL, but we're not not saying it, either!) Join the guys as they ponder the mysteries of the cosmos and Ian works as much post-production magic as possible to compensate for hi...
Ep824: IndieSeen: BREATHLESS (1960)
November 14, 2022 12:48 - 84.8 MBPrompted by the recent death of Jean-Luc Godard, Ian and Sujewa review the filmmaking pioneer's first feature-length work, 1960's Breathless! Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a hustler living in late-1950s Paris. He schemes, steals, and beds his way through life until a truly desperate situation places him at the center of a city-wide manhunt. Despite all this, he finds time to court Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American journalism student who's attracted to Michel's freewheeling nihilism. In ...
Ep823: 3 Questions with RRR Director S.S. RAJAMOULI!
November 11, 2022 14:49 - 14 MBIan's Tollywood dreams come true as he talks with RRR writer/director S.S. Rajamouli! During a recent virtual press round table, Ian asked the visionary creator of 2022's best film three questions. Doesn't sound like a lot--but Rajamouli's answers offer insight into the process, spirit, and heart of a moviemaking powerhouse. Special thanks to all the fans of the worldwide fans of Indian cinema who have not only broadened our horizons as appreciators of film, but also inspired Kicking the S...
Ep822: WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY (2022) - Round Table Review LIVE!
November 10, 2022 21:33 - 73.8 MBEarth's Mightiest Critics return with a super-serious look at an utterly farcical film! Weird: The Al Yankovic Story stars Daniel Radcliffe as the songster satirist supreme in Eric Appel's unconventional biopic. Will this be the next Walk Hard, or simply a case of trying too hard? The panel is sharply divided on this movie, with one member taking their disdain to unheard-of extremes (you'll never guess who)! So strap in, tune your accordion, and watch as the saga begins! Weird: The Al Ya...
Ep821: CASABLANCA (1942) - Movie Review
November 07, 2022 11:56 - 69.7 MBIan and Don celebrate 80 years of Casablanca! Michael Curtiz's iconic romance drops audiences right into the middle of World War II, where a brooding loner named Rick (Humphrey Bogart) runs a cafe in the middle of the titular Moroccan city. Policed by the French, and on the verge of domination by German forces, Rick's Cafe Americain becomes a port for European refugees trying to make their way to America. When an old flame named Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) re-enters his life, looking for safe pa...
Ep820: ON THE LINE (2022) - Movie Review
November 05, 2022 00:49 - 70.4 MBIan and David hop in the booth, pump up the volume, and turn into a coupla real cranks with their review of Romuauld Boulanger's new radio-themed thriller, On the Line! Mel Gibson stars as Elvis Cooney, a late-night L.A. shock jock who receives a threatening call on the air. Over the next several hours, he embarks on a cat-and-mouse game as a crazed listener kidnaps his family, murders his co-workers, and forces the boisterous host to reveal his darkest secrets to the world. In this spoile...
Ep819: Accademia Giallo: WATCH ME WHEN I KILL (1977)
November 02, 2022 10:53 - 79.9 MBGet some "Scare-a-Thon" extra credit by enrolling in Accademia Giallo's Sunday School lesson on Watch Me When I Kill! In Antonio Bido's 1977 thriller, a pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer. When her boyfriend tries to discover who the murderer is and stop him, he begins to find out that there is much more to the murder than the ordinary killing it first appeared to be! In this ripping round table...
Ep818: THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (1997) 25th-Anniversary Review
October 31, 2022 20:21 - 85.3 MBIan welcomes back Mike Crowley of You'll Probably Agree for a revelatory review of The Devil’s Advocate! Taylor Hackford's supernatural legal thriller turns 25 this year, and the guys look at how it holds up as an example of the kind of star-fueled, big-budget studio product that made the late-90s special--as opposed to the IP-driven franchise freakshow that has all but killed this kind of picture in the modern era. Keanu Reeves stars as Kevin Lomax, a hotshot Florida attorney with a flawl...
Scare-a-Thon 2022: POLTERGEIST 40th Anniversary Round Table Review LIVE!
October 29, 2022 21:26 - 89.5 MBThe last Friday night livestream of Scare-a-Thon 2022 is heeeeeere! The rock-ribbed round table review Tobe Hooper's landmark ghost story, which centers on a suburban family's struggle against angry spirits. Poltergeist made TV static terrifying and created an entire generation of vegetarians. It also stirred up a decades-long controversy in genre fandom and sparked a legend about cursed productions (for both the original and its sequels). Join us as we get into all that, plus some hearty ...