Secret Handshake
90 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThe podcast that covers the movies that help you identify your friends...and maybe make a few more along the way. Every week, Jacob, Cody, and Marten introduce a new title into their ever-growing collection of shared favorites, break them down to the basics, and decide whether or not they deserve to be bestowed with the oh-so-holy award of being a Certified Facemelter. What spine number will they cover this week? Tune in and find out.
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Episodes
Spine #64 - Beverly Hills Cop
July 12, 2024 18:56 - 1 hour - 66 MBThe boys hitch a ride with Axel Foley to help investigate multiple crimes committed against his best friends, all in celebration of Netflix's legacy sequel, AXEL F. Does one of the great buddy cop comedies still stand the test of time? Let's hit it, partner.
Spine #63 - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
July 10, 2024 04:42 - 2 hours - 123 MBStaaaaar Waaaaars! Nothin' but Staaaaaar Waaaaars! The boys celebrate the 25th birthday of one of the most divisive movies of all time, then use it as an excuse to get some feelings about the biggest franchise of all time off their chests. Bonus Content: Jacob grills Marten about his weird politics!
Spine #62 - Class of 1999
June 14, 2024 18:01 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBTake a look at our face, we are the future! The boys toss out a quick collection of killer robot cinema, including the greatest entry into the "our substitute teacher is really a killer robot installed by a mercenary contractor to keep gang violence to a minimum" sci-fi/horror subgenre: Mark L. Lester's CLASS OF 1999. Keep your gears greased, this episode gets VERY violent.
Spine #61 - Mad Max
May 31, 2024 17:30 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBWITNESS US! In celebration of George Miller's epic FURIOSA, the boys travel to the Wasteland and become History Men, chronicling the rise and fall of Max Rockatansky, as well as other legends of a post apocalyptic, guzzoline fueled suicide landscape.
Spine #60 - Planet of the Apes
May 24, 2024 04:50 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBApes! Together! Strong! The boys go ape for the entire PLANET OF THE APES saga, covering every entry from the '68 OG to the newest YA installment, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. You'll never make a monkey out of us!
Spine #59 - House of Wax (2005)
May 16, 2024 16:41 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBHeads up! The boys are back, talking about the haunted multiplex attractions offered by Dark Castle Entertainment during the late '90s/early aughts, slathering some gory love on Jaume Collet-Serra's HOUSE OF WAX redux. Who wants to see Paris Hilton take a pole to the head? We do!
Spine #58 - Judgment Night
April 02, 2024 18:15 - 1 hour - 104 MBThe second film from sturdy genre workman Stephen Hopkins to enter the SH collection (following the gory glory of PREDATOR 2), Marten gets to wax lyrical about everything from Dennis Leary to bloodthirsty lions to Gene Hackman's addiction to Puerto Rican prostitutes. Don't play yourself and tune in now.
Bonus Episode - The Best Films of '23
February 09, 2024 20:21 - 1 hour - 106 MBBecause "belated" is our middle name, the boys sit down and discuss the best movies they saw in 2023, which cover everything from Copenhagen Cowboys, Italian race-car magnates, and Leo's teeth. Tune in and zone out.
Spine #57 - Redemption (a/k/a Hummingbird)
January 22, 2024 19:15 - 1 hour - 103 MBIt's a new year and the boys are here to protect the hive. In celebration of THE BEEKEEPER, Jason Statham's latest bit of bald badassery, Jacob and Marten dive down a rabbit hole filed with headbutts, foul language, and kung fu to try and figure out what makes Statham one of our essential action stars. It's possible no one survives.
Spine #56 - Silent Night, Deadly Night
December 24, 2023 22:56 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBFeliz Navidad fuckfaces! For the last episode of '23, Jacob and Marten throw one of the sleaziest slashers of all time into the canon: the nasty killer Santa body count opus, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT. Just so you know, you're all NAUGHTY on our list.
Spine #55 - Black Rain
November 29, 2023 18:28 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBWe're back baby! After a (too long) hiatus, the boys sit down with Ridley Scott's long, winding filmography, ultimately ending on BLACK RAIN being their favorite. Oh, and they also check out a little (pun intended) French Emperor named Napoleon while they're at it. Secret Handshake returns!
Spine #54 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
September 13, 2023 03:14 - 1 hour - 93.5 MB2023 has Dracula Fever!* To celebrate, the boys revisit Francis Ford Coppola's phantasmagoric experimental interpretation of Bram Stoker's infamous novel, before traversing down the cinematic history of the world's most iconic vampire. We vant to suck yo blood!*Well, not really, according to box office reports.
Bonus Episode - Oppenheimer
August 01, 2023 22:46 - 2 hours - 119 MBKa-BOOM! The boys return following a brief hiatus to discuss the biggest movie of the summer (not based on a children's toy). The stoic, violent blockbusters of Christopher Nolan are broken down in order to properly celebrate Nolan's latest epic, the A-Bomb biopic OPPENHEIMER.
Spine #53 - Light Sleeper
June 15, 2023 15:56 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBThe boys stay up journaling well into night as they spend time with Paul Schrader's lonely men. It's the Season Four finale and of course we went back to the filmograpghy of Secret Handshake's Patron Saint of Existential Despair.
Spine #52 - Dead Ringers
May 24, 2023 18:41 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBSeparation can be so terrifying. To celebrate the new Amazon limited series remake, the boys revisit David Cronenberg's 1988 art house classic about twin gynecologists. Who's ready for hours of graphic childbirth?
Spine #51 - The Evil Dead
May 04, 2023 05:48 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBDEAD BY DAWN! DEAD BY DAWN! To celebrate the release of EVIL DEAD RISE, the boys set their sights on yet another heralded cult horror franchise: Sam Raimi's deadite dismembering EVIL DEAD series.
Spine #50 - Moneyball
April 14, 2023 18:39 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBWe did it y'all! Spine #50! Spring Fever has hit America as we dive into MONEYBALL and a slew of cinematic baseball staples. Because, after all, how can you not be romantic about baseball?
Spine #49 - Rocky IV
March 17, 2023 02:30 - 1 hour - 106 MBTHERE'S NO EASY WAY OUT! THERE'S NO SHORT CUT HOME! The boys talk Rocky Balboa and his legacy of being the ultimate underdog sports champion, breaking down Stallone's greatest series before diving into the CREED saga. Lace up the gloves, it's time to build some hurtin' bombs!
Spine #48 - Unbreakable
March 03, 2023 16:29 - 1 hour - 98 MBThey called me...Mr. Glass! In celebration of Night's newest spookfest (KNOCK AT THE CABIN), the boys break down Shyamalan's ahead of the curve secret superhero opus, UNBREAKABLE, and how it fits into the rest of the auteur's odd, idiosyncratic body of work.
Spine #47 - My Bloody Valentine ('81)
February 15, 2023 20:18 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBGather 'round, lovers, as the boys regale you with the ballad of Harry Warden, celebrating Cupid's favorite holiday with what might be the greatest slasher film of all time?
Spine #46 - Silver Bullet
January 23, 2023 20:33 - 1 hour - 107 MBWhen the moon is full, the boys become Constant Readers, hanging out with their drunk uncle Gary Busey and reminiscing about all the Stephen King flicks they've loved (and hated) over the years, starting with the famed horror author's small town werewolf epic, SILVER BULLET.
Bonus Episode - The Best Films of '22 [Feat. Brandon Streussnig]
January 06, 2023 20:25 - 1 hour - 108 MBThat's a wrap! The boys get together with Brandon to talk about their fave flicks of '22.
Spine #45 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
December 22, 2022 06:28 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBJacob and Marten discover that they really groove on THE WAY OF WATER and discuss the movie that started James Cameron's incessant need to improve the blockbuster for generations of movie fans. Is TERMINATOR 2 the greatest sequel of all time? Possibly.
Spine #44 - Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
December 07, 2022 20:15 - 2 hours - 231 MBAutobiography is the running theme of '22, so the boys read Quentin Tarantino's new book ("Cinema Speculation") and then revisited his Proustian masterpiece, ONCE UPON A TIME IN...HOLLYWOOD to try and zero in why all these old masters are looking to put themselves on screen.
Spine #43 - Streets of Fire
November 23, 2022 15:19 - 1 hour - 197 MBTonight is what it means to be young. The boys looks back on the filmography of Walter Hill and wonder aloud if he's one of the finest action cinema storytellers who ever lived.
Spine #42 - In the Bedroom
November 09, 2022 18:29 - 2 hours - 238 MBTodd Field is back, baby. To celebrate the writer/director's first movie in 16 years - the Cate Blanchett classical music cancel culture drama TÁR - the boys look back on his entire filmography through the lens of where it all began: with the Bergmanesque New England domestic tragedy, IN THE BEDROOM.
Spine #41 - Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight
October 31, 2022 15:22 - 1 hour - 174 MBHeeeeeeyyyyy Kiddies, it's the sinister start to Season Four! This week, the boils dig up the Cryptkeeper's first frightmare feature: Demon Knight! Will they survive this twisted treat? Or will this be their last Halloween? Find out in this ghoulish gab session. Cue Cryptkeeper Cackle!
Bonus Episode - David Gordon Green's HALLOWEEN Trilogy
October 20, 2022 17:50 - 2 hours - 241 MBEvil dies tonight! David Gordon Green brings home his HALLOWEEN trilogy with HALLOWEEN ENDS, and the boys decide to go long on how all three of these films fit together to create a somewhat coherent whole (and if HALLOWEEN KILLS gets any better on repeat viewing). Plus, we debate the merits of newly minted Tiger Beat sensation Corey Cunningham.
Bonus Episode - The Hellraiser Franchise
October 14, 2022 18:36 - 1 hour - 180 MBSpooky Season is upon us, and so is a new Hellraiser movie. To celebrate both, Jacob and Marten dive into the problematic franchise and the work of it's notorious creator, Clive Barker. Stay tuned, we have such sights to show you.
Spine #40 - Heat
September 30, 2022 17:06 - 1 hour - 218 MBThe Season Three finale sees the boys discussing possibly the most formative movie of their lives, Michael Mann's HEAT, and how the writer/director's new sequel novel, HEAT 2, plays like a Greatest Hits record for his entire career.
Spine #39 - Fletch
September 20, 2022 23:11 - 1 hour - 168 MBIn celebration of Greg Mottola's CONFESS, FLETCH, the boys revisit Chevy Chase's '80s noir comedy classics so that they can compare notes and see how Jon Hamm's latest iteration of the character stacks up to both the SNL vet, and author Gregory Mcdonald's original dime store vision.
Bonus Episode - Kevin Smith's Clerks Trilogy
September 14, 2022 19:41 - 1 hour - 161 MBCody's back with the boys just in time to talk about the formative '90s nerd slacker comedy of Kevin Smith. Take a ride with them back to the Quick Stop and hang with Dante and Randall to cover the CLERKS trilogy and how those movies (along with Smith's other cinema) have aged over the years.
Spine #38 - Out For Justice
September 07, 2022 17:56 - 1 hour - 196 MBThe boys take you to the bank (the BLOOD BANK!) with Steven Seagal's run all night Brooklyn scumbag showcase as they explore the early awesome years of the aikido master's cinematic career. And really, they just wanna know: anybody seen Ritchie? Eyyyyyy!
Mini-Series - Summer Camp Sundown (Part IV: Meatballs 4, Bloody Murder, Indian Summer)
August 31, 2022 19:16 - 1 hour - 132 MBSorry kids, Summer's over! In this final installment of SH's summer camp cinema mini-series, the boys jump on jet skis with Corey Feldman, dodge a faux Jason's chainsaw, and finally reflect on their childhood's with a forgotten '90s adult melodrama. The sun has set and it's time for Fall, so let's bring this kooky movie vacation to a close.
Mini-Series - Summer Camp Sundown (Part III: Meatballs 3, Cheerleader Camp, Summer Camp Girls)
August 26, 2022 01:57 - 1 hour - 146 MBPart three of the boys' summer camp cinema series sees them taking a summer job at Mean Gene's rowdy lakeside bar in MEATBALLS III, stalking bloody pom poms in CHEERLEADER CAMP, and finally diving headfirst into hardcore porn with Gary Graver's SUMMER CAMP GIRLS. Make sure to bring your jimmy hats, because this episode is very, very horny.
Mini-Series - Summer Camp Sundown (Part II: Meatballs 2, Madman, Oddballs)
August 17, 2022 13:40 - 1 hour - 119 MBWas that a *LISP*? The boys pile back into the school bus and head back to camp for part two of their farewell to summer hijinks, covering three more entries into the horniest teen canon: MEATBALLS 2, MADMAN, and ODDBALLS!
Mini-Series - Summer Camp Sundown (Part I: Meatballs, The Burning, Little Darlings)
August 09, 2022 16:42 - 1 hour - 144 MBIn another SH mini-series, the boys say farewell to summer with a four part tribute to the MEATBALLS movies, starting the Bill Murray starring comedy classic. In true Handshake fashion, one film was not enough, so they paired it with the '81 bloodbath THE BURNING, and the undervalued coming of age cabin classic, LITTLE DARLINGS.
Spine #37 - Predator 2
August 05, 2022 05:25 - 2 hours - 229 MBGet to tha Choppah! To celebrate the release of PREY, the boys run through the entire PREDATOR series, including the sweaty, nasty LA psycho cop future noir that is PREDATOR 2. Your move, Pussyfaces.
Spine #36 - 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
July 29, 2022 17:18 - 1 hour - 168 MBLive every week like it's Shark Week. The boys throw another marathon and blast through a bevy of great white attacks in order to celebrate the glory that is shark movies. At the top of their list: Johannes Roberts' underwater descent into albino shark madness 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED.
Spine #35 - Night of the Juggler
July 19, 2022 21:48 - 1 hour - 183 MBThe boys head back to the Big Apple to explore four more entries into the NYC Grime canon, including the unwoke, perverse, smash 'em up opus that is NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980).
Mini-Series: Too Old to Die Young (Volume Four)
July 15, 2022 19:25 - 2 hours - 233 MBThe boys bring it home with the fourth and final installment of their mini-series tribute to Nic Refn's magnum streaming opus, TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG, but not before tossing in some analysis of it's spiritual prequel, THE NEON DEMON, for good measure.
Mini-Series: Too Old to Die Young (Volume Three)
July 06, 2022 18:20 - 1 hour - 139 MBVolumes 6 + 7 of TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG try Marten's patience, while Jacob argues it's where Nic Refn's epic act of prog rock cinema really starts to congeal into something all its own. As an added bonus: Refn's doom metal Viking opus, VALHALLA RISING.
Mini-Series: Too Old to Die Young (Volume Two)
June 29, 2022 01:15 - 1 hour - 206 MBJacob and Marten continue down the lost highway of TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG with Volumes 4 + 5, hunting pedophiles and, eventually, rape porn peddlers as Viggo enlists Marten in his quest to cleanse the planet of sex pests. Also up for discussion: Nicolas Winding Refn's stone masterwork of chase film fetishism, DRIVE (2011).
Mini-Series: Too Old to Die Young (Volume One)
June 21, 2022 19:13 - 2 hours - 234 MBThe boys take a break from their usual Season Three shenanigans to deliver a four part, in-depth dissection of Nicolas Winding Refn's thirteen-hour dronecore L.A. crime opus, TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG. Also up under the SH microscope: Refn's breakout work: the Tom Hardy prion brawl picture, BRONSON (2008).
Spine #34 - Videodrome
June 10, 2022 12:37 - 1 hour - 192 MBDeath to Videodrome. Long live the New Flesh. This week, the boys dig into one of their all time favorite filmmakers: David Cronenberg. Does his latest sci-fi transmission, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, fit in with the rest of his body of work? Find out.
Bonus Episode - Top Gun: Maverick (Feat. Tom Cruise)
May 31, 2022 18:57 - 1 hour - 210 MBWe're feeling the need...the need for speed! Jacob and Marten hop into the cockpit of Tom Cruise's highly anticipated legacy sequel, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, and dissect the career of one of our all time finest movie stars.
Spine #33 - The Boogens
May 25, 2022 17:12 - 1 hour - 125 MBMarten really gets one for him, as he and Jacob discuss the charms of low budget monster movie-making, starting with everybody's favorite indescribable turtle beastie in THE BOOGENS.
Spine #32 - Nemesis
May 18, 2022 18:14 - 1 hour - 171 MBJacob and Marten tool up and get their body parts replaced with cybernetic organisms before getting down and dirty with NEMESIS and the filmography of trash action maven Albert Pyun. Is it better to be more human than human when watching these movies? You bet your ass it does.
Spine #31 - Friday the 13th (Feat. Brandon Streussnig)
May 11, 2022 18:47 - 1 hour - 216 MBYou're doomed...you're all doomed! Brandon's back on the pod with the fellas, talking everybody's favorite murderous mama's boy: Jason Voorhees. In celebration of the special stalker's birthday, Secret Handshake presents the drunkest conversation ever had about Friday the 13th flicks.
Spine #30 - Face/Off
May 05, 2022 05:59 - 1 hour - 138 MBMarten and Jacob celebrate the mind melting Summer of '97, particularly the fact that CON AIR and FACE/OFF - two of the most insane studio action films of all time - were released within weeks of one another. Plus, the boys dive into the meta Nic Cage nonsense that is THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT.