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276 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFilm. Comics. Television. Sci-fi. Superheroes. Noir. History. And more.
Join us as we examine cultural artifacts of the 20th century… boldly explore the 21st... and try to put it all in perspective
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258: "Batman" (1989) - a Kryptonian Thought Beast PodCast w/ Jamie and Ryan
October 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBJamie and Ryan go back to a simpler era of superhero movies where a hero didn't have to turn their neck to stop crime! It's the world's greatest detective in a rubber suit, and busily recreating film language for the next few decades. We talk the 1989 smash that changed how the world saw superheroes and made everyone take a guy in a pointy hat very seriously, indeed!
257: "The Invisible Man" (1933) - A Halloween 2023 PodCast w/ Jamie and Ryan
October 25, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBJamie and Ryan are transparent in their madness about this 1930's cinema classic! It's a ghostly good time as they get wrapped up in a conversation that makes it clear, you can see right through them when it comes to their enjoyment of this film.
256: "The Blob" (1988) - Halloween 2023 w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 18, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBSimonUK and Ryan stop thinking in rigid terms and consume a movie, absorbing it before oozing their way to the next. It's a conversation on a remake of a classic - that may be a classic in its own right! Join us for an all-consuming chat on this 80's film that's out of this world.
255: "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) - Halloween 2023 w/ JAL and Ryan
October 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBJAL and Ryan get a little off the beaten path in their homestate of Texas, The Friendship State. It's rural roads, roadtrips and tasty BarBQ all the way down as they make new pals and learn the importance of family.
254: "Day Of The Dead" (1985) - Halloween 2023 w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 01, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBSimonUK and Ryan are back from the grave and have holed up to bring you their take on the third of the Romero zombie trilogy. We ponder cave-dwelling, budget alterations, and who you want to throw in with when things go south.
253: "Justice League: The New Frontier" (2008) - SimonCanada and Ryan talk Comic Book Movies
September 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBAn all-new Simon from an all-new nation joints us on an all new frontier! We talk a 2000's-era comic and animated superhero classic. Join us as we jump back to a different era to look toward a better superhero tomorrow!
252B: "The Flash" (2023) - Earth2 Edition - Stuart and Ryan talk comic movies
September 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBStuart and Ryan race back in time to correct the mistakes of the past! Believing all is lost, they must save the day/ podcast and make sure the world knows all about their Flash opinions! Because these two, unlike Barry Allen, do not see giving up as the best solution.
252A: "The Flash" (2023) - Earth1 Edition - Stuart and Ryan talk comic movies
September 10, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBStuart and Ryan race toward the end of the DCEU as we know it, with this long-in-development, long-delayed, long-discussed movie about a guy who runs pretty quickly, if you look closely. Join Stuart and Ryan as they ponder what wound up as another string of disappointments in DC's long string of disappointing people. And you'll believe a man can quit.
251: "Drop Dead Fred" (1991) - a SimonUK and Ryan Episode
September 01, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBRyan and his imaginary British friend delve into their respective inner children and try to figure out who is responsible for all the mess. We take a look at an early 90's cable staple!
250: "Crocodile Dundee" (1986) - a 1980's Watch w/ SimonUK, Jamie & Ryan
August 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBG'day! We watch this very long Australia tourism promo, ponder the 1980's, New York City, thongs, bidets, sophisticates crushing on hicks, and what it took to be huge 40 years ago. It's a revisit of a massively popular movie and cultural moment! Jump in the boat, make an ox lie down, and ruin someone's party favors. It's a whole scene!
249: "Repo Man" (1984) - a punk rock podcast w/ Matty & Ryan
July 18, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBOld pal but new co-contributor Matty brings us one of the staples of 1980's punk rock culture and cinema. It's one of the most quotable, most memorable films of an era! We get some drinks and go do some crimes.
248: "Orca: The Killer Whale" (1977) - an Angry Animals Podcast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
July 04, 2023 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBSimon and Ryan join up for a whale of a movie! We set sail for a curiously novelistic take on man vs beast and man vs himself and man vs ice berg as Richard Harris spears the wrong sea-mammal and has to deal with a whale with a death wish! We're talking post-Jaws sea-ploitation!
247: "Ted Lasso: Season 3" Therapy Session w/ Mrshl, Maxwell and Ryan
June 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 97 MBMRSHL, Maxwell and Ryan have heard the final whistle on Season 3 of everyone's favorite show about a very well adjusted soccer team. After two wildly popular seasons, this season drew a wide range of opinions. Join us as we line up for a set-piece and see if we can't get it in the goal.
246: "Out Of Sight" (1998) - A Social Bobcat / Neo-Noir Episode w/ Ryan
June 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThe Social Bobcat is back to dig deep into this 1990's classic of cool. Join us as we take a look at what forces were at play in the 1990's, what works in this movie that makes it okay to be cool, and that putting Clooney and JLo in your movie is not a bad idea.
245: "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" (2023) a KTB episode w/ Dug, Jamie & Ryan
June 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBIt's a leap across the Spider-Verse, and that means bringing the gang together from across space and time. Join Jamie, The Dug and Ryan as we ponder the latest installment in the adventures of Gwen and Miles. Join us as we spin a web of conversation, and try to decide if this movie is Signal Watch Canon.
244: "The Big Lebowski" (1998) - A Coen Bros Rewatch w/ Stuart and Ryan
June 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBStuart and Ryan try to keep their minds limber to keep up with all the moving pieces and new things that have come to light. We're rewatching a cult favorite and maybe the Coen Bros. best remembered film? Anyway, we don't roll on shabbos, but we do podcast. So, join us for a convo on a fan favorite!
243: "Gremlins 2" (1990) - a Ryan Canon Film PodCast w/ SimonUK
May 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBSimon and Ryan once again break the three rules and now it's chaos in the big city! Join us as we discuss a sequel that maybe outshines the original and is always a joy to watch. It's a movie that was ahead of its time no matter what year it came out, and a throwback to an era that probably never existed. A satire, a spoof, a comedy and a monster movie. And, of course, it gave us Marla Bloodstone.
242: "Deep Rising" (1998) - An Angry (Sea) Animals PodCast! Jamie, SimonUK and Ryan
May 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBSimonUK, Jamie and Ryan head for the high seas, and think deep thoughts on things from the deep! We take a look at a forgotten late-90's gem that floats on an ocean of charm and will surprise you from all new angles. Join us as we get aboard this suspence, sci-fi horror voyage!
241: "Jade" (1995) a Neo-Noir-Thriller-of-Doom w/ Jamie and Ryan
May 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBJamie and Ryan sleuth their way through a mid-90's erotic thriller and are trying to solve the mystery of what happened to both the thrills or eroticism promised. We piece together the clues and, much like the detective of this movie, just sort of aimlessly wander around trying to figure out why we're supposed to care.
240: "Deep Blue Sea" (1999) - an Angry Animals podcast with Jamie, SimonUK y Ryan
April 24, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBSimonUK takes Jamie and Ryan to the darkest depths of late 90's sci-fi horror action so they can all take a bite out of a film that's a little fishy. Join us as we flap our jaws discussing sharks with engineering degrees, sea bases of dubious design, that old chestnut of imitating better films, and neat-o puppets.
239: "The Raid 2" - A MikeS/ Social Bobcat PodCast Episode w/ Ryan
April 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBThe Social Bobcat is back, and this time he brought a whole case of whoop-ass. Join Ryan and MikeS as we talk about the surprisingly well-developed sequel to the 2011 film that came flying out of Indonesia like a boot to the head. In this installment, we ponder sequels that increase the scope and breadth of the original and stand-alone just fine. And somehow still manage to kick a metric ton of ass.
239: "The Raid 2" (2014) - A MikeS/ Social Bobcat PodCast Episode w/ Ryan
April 14, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBThe Social Bobcat is back, and this time he brought a whole case of whoop-ass. Join Ryan and MikeS as we talk about the surprisingly well-developed sequel to the 2011 film that came flying out of Indonesia like a boot to the head. In this installment, we ponder sequels that increase the scope and breadth of the original and stand-alone just fine. And somehow still manage to kick a metric ton of ass.
238: "Vertical Limit" (2000) - a SimonUK Cinema Series Episode w/ Ryan
March 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBWhy would we watch this movie? Because it's there! SimonUK and Ryan scale a mighty wall that is this 2000-era bonafide hit that has disappeared into thin air. Join us as we cling to the rock face of pre-Google movies, leap to conclusions, and feel our lungs filling with 90's-style action! It's not the Stallone movie from like 8 years earlier! It's the other mountain movie!
237: "Drive" (2011) - A Neo-Noir PodCast w/ SGHarms and Ryan
March 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBSteven and Ryan will give you an hour and twenty-two minutes. For that time, you're theirs as they talk a fairly divisive bit of neo-noir from a curious inflection point in cinema. Join us as we put the pedal to the metal and get under the hood of a cult favorite that dares to ask if you can really hammer home an idea, and is Albert Brooks just a cut up?
236: "Elvis" (2022) - a rock n' roll episode w/ SimonUK and Ryan
March 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBYour two hunks o' burnin' love take on the Luhrmann-ized retelling of the life of The King. We ponder the nature of biopics, fame, Dutch accents, appropriate management fees, pink suits and the power of shaking one's hips. It's another Oscar-contender episode!
235: "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022) - a high-flying SimonUK and Ryan PodCast
March 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBSimon and Ryan feel the need for speed! These two misfits should be thrown out of podcasting, but they're just too damn good. Instead, they're being sent to watch another sequel 30 years in the making. Join us as as we talk this Oscar contender, why it hit, what it does right and how it gets a pass for what it does wrong. And, against all odds, they don't dwell on Connelly for too long.
234: "The Raid: Redemption" (2011) - Action Watch w/ MikeS and Ryan
February 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBAll new co-contributor MikeS joins the PodCast bringing some of the hardest-hitting action you're going to find in recent cinema. This movie hasn't been seen by that many folks, but it's been ripped off like crazy in some of the stuff you've seen, across all kinds of action. Join us to meet Mike and hear about this astounding film!
233: "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987) - A KTB PodCast w/ Danny, Stuart and Ryan
February 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBWell. It's time to talk about the final, and possibly flawed installment of the Christopher Reeve movies about the Big Blue Boy Scout. Join three fellows who have spent way too much time pondering Superman, Superman movies, and the cinema of the 1980's as they consider topics such as "should this story have been told?", "what could have been?" and "who cooks a duck in someone else's hotel suite?" It's a Kryptonian Thought Beast episode for the ages!
232: "Cutthroat Island" (1995) - A Movie of Doom w/ SimonUK and Ryan
February 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBYarrr! Shiver me timbers! 'Tis the 1995 movie that made us voluntarily seek Davey Jones' locker. We walk the plank of 90's spectacle filmmaking to reconsider a movie that no one boarded, and it still sank to the ocean floor despite extravagant sets, seemingly real boats, giant cannons, a monkey and the always watchable Geena Davis. ...and yet...
231: "Black Adam" (2022) - a Kryptonian Thought Beast Episode w/ Stuart and Ryan
February 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBStuart and Ryan see a red door and they want it painted Black Adam! It's a DC movie, so you know that means there's a few dozen missteps to discuss, starting with picking a villain as our hero and carrying through to WB letting Dwayne Johnson think he now runs DC. It's one of those films where the most interesting thing about it is everything around the movie.
230: "Jaws 3-D" (1983) - An Angry Animal Movie w/ Jamie, SimonUK and Ryan
January 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBJamie, SimonUK and Ryan go back in the water - at Sea World! It's been 40 years since this 3D film hit theaters, so what better way to watch it than in 2D with 1/10th the excitement of the original, and 2x the co-contributors?!! It's a sequel that doesn't care what made the first one work, but it raises the stakes, finds a sunnier locale, adds sharks, half-heartedly continues the saga of the Brody family, and defies biology and physics to bring you excitement and terror!
229: "The Addams Family" Comics, TV, Movies and More - Jamie and Ryan
January 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBJoin us as we get creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and all together ooky, as Jamie and Ryan talk Addams Family comic strips, television, movies and more! We ponder questions of family values, romance, and what makes an ever-evolving franchise work when it passes through so many hands, and new generations get involved. And what IS movie perfection, and why is it only seen in the two Addams Family films?
228: "Terminator 3" (2003) - A Movies of Doom/ ArnieFest/ SimonUK Cinema Selection w/ Ryan
January 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBSi and Ryan are doomed to a fate they can't escape, It's time for more robots from the future. Kind of dumb robots, but robots nonetheless. It's the first post-Cameron sequel and maybe it cooked too long or something. But it has its good spots! But. Anyway.
227: "The Sea Wolves" (1980) - A SimonUK Cinema Selection - w/ Ryan
December 31, 2022 00:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBSimon and Ryan return for one last mission.... AGAIN! It's a based-on-a-true-story adventure of old dudes leaping into action for King and Country and to protect the sea-ways of the Indian Ocean from duplicitous Germans in WWII! Join our band of adventurers and let's blow some @#$% up!
226: "The Thin Man" (1934) - A Holiday Day Drinking the Movies w/ JAL and Ryan
December 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBJoin JAL and Ryan as we get into the gin, watch a bona fide cinema classic, ponder what makes it great, and toast the hell out of each other. It's a festive good time as we talk classic mystery, the fading of memory around even the best of stars, and Ryan probably overplays his hand discussing Myrna Loy. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/1UiaV3OqAys
225: "Gremlins" (1984)- a Holiday 2022 PodCast w/ Stuart and Ryan
December 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBWhat's more festive than a pack of insane asexually reproducing hyper-intelligent chaos monsters on Christmas Eve? Nothing. We get stuck in the chimney of good cheer as we talk this 1980's favorite which has become an unlikely holiday staple. So, dunk yourself in water, grab a bite after 12, and turn off the lights. It's time to talk The Best Movie Audience Ever.
224: "Lois And Clark- S4E11" - a Superheroes Every Day Holiday Episode
December 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBDanny returns! To talk the 1996 Holiday installment of a Super-favorite. Join us as we get merry in both the 5th and 3rd dimension, talk all-things Superman, where this show fits in to the expansive history of The Man of Steel and how this episode works as a Superman story. So what happens when Howie Mandel arrives and wants to conquer the world? Our man picked the wrong holiday to try that one.
223: "The Nine Kittens Of Christmas" (2021) - a Hallmark Holiday PodCast w/ Maxwell and Ryan
December 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBMaxwell and Ryan explore the concept of Hallmark Christmas movies via a single entry. How does it reflect the formula? How does it differ? What is the formula and why? And why so many cats? So think hard about your unshakeable Christmas traditions, grab a cup of cocoa and warm up in the cheery glow of a podcast that is alight with Christmas cheer.
222: "Home Alone 1 & 2" (1990, 1992) - Holidays 2022 w/ SimonUK and Ryan
November 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBSimon and Ryan ponder two of the biggest money makers of the 1990's, a pair of movies that caught the world by surprise and took cartoon violence, family strife, abandonment, and hanging with old people and found their Christmas box office miracle. As the movies are now staples of the Holiday, we take a look to see what's under the tree. Will we get a sweet present or hit in the face with a @#$%ing bowling ball?
221: "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (1993) - in memoriam, Kevin Conroy - w/ Stuart and Ryan
November 19, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBStuart and Ryan get together to discuss the 1993 animated film that featured the voice talent of Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman to multiple generations. We talk about the performances, art, and craft of the 1990's animated Batman material, and the tremendous impact of the cartoon and Conroy.
219: "Ghostbusters Afterlife" (2021) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 26, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBSimonUK and Ryan call upon the 2021 sequel to some favorites of the 1980's. It's a return to all the things you knew about Ghostbusters, but - like Star Wars, Mary Poppins, the Halloween franchise - it's a new generation and a welcome paycheck for familiar favorites! Let's spring the trap and try not to cross the beams.
220: "Halloween Trilogy" (2018, 2021, 2022) - a Halloween PodCast w/ MRSHL and Ryan
October 25, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBTo wrap up Halloween 2022, Marshall and Ryan take on the more recent trilogy of sequels based upon John Carpenter's 1970's ground-breaking classic, that spanned 2018-2022. We drive relentlessly through three movies, slashing our way through narrative complexity, taking down the multitude of ideas presented, slaying any questions about what the movie is trying to do, and staring into the abyss as we try to figure out what, exactly, is staring back.
218: "Near Dark" (1987) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 23, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBSimonUK and Ryan head west to dig up a cult classic! It's a 1980's take on vampires that doesn't suck! This film helped pivot vampires into something other than romantic, well-dressed folk and gave us hard-travelling vagabonds who might just treat you like a Capri Sun pouch.
217: "Twilight" (2008) - a Halloween PodCast w/ JAL and Ryan
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBWell, even sparkle vampires are still still technically draculas, and that means they fit in however loosely with Halloween. JAL and I take a bite out of the crazy hit sensation that spawned a whole industry and changed bookstores and movies. I genuinely think this one is gonna surprise you.
216: "Cat People" (1942) and (1982) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 13, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBSimonUK and Ryan cover both the 1942 and 1982 versions of a story sure to instill cat scratch fever. Our curiosity doesn't kill us as we check out two films, each a classic in its own way, as relevant meow as they were then! Join us as we compare and contrast, and ponder workplace safety around werebeasts!
215: "Lair of the White Worm" (1988) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 08, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIt seems somehow inevitable that SimonUK and Ryan would cover this 80's horror cult favorite. And what's not to like? We slither our way into more Halloween spookiness with a discussion of caves, England, worms, wyrms, a young Hugh Grant and the relative value of a Dynasty star on your cast.
214: "DC League Of Super Pets" (2022) - A Kryptonian Thought Beast Episode w/ Jamie & Ryan
October 03, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBThe podcast goes to the dogs as Jamie and Ryan talk 2022's furriest super-offering. Join us as we sniff around for a take on family fun in Metropolis as Superman's lesser-known pal gets his own feature and DC/ WB tries to kick-start a lucrative super franchise for the kiddos.
213: "Jekyll And Hyde" (1990) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
October 02, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBSimonUK and Ryan make a change for the spooky and ponder a transformation to covering classic story adaptations with top tier talent. We dive into Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, told as a period piece and changed about a bit to include Michael Caine and Cheryl Ladd. Join us as we talk a 1990 adaptation!
208 D: "Inhumans" (2017) - Episodes 7 & 8 - A Superheroes Every Day PodCast w/ Danny and Ryan
September 27, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 122 MBWell. Against all sense or reason, we did it. Our final episode of intense coverage of Marvel's "Inhumans" comes to lengthy conclusion as we try to figure out what is happening and why and to whom and if anyone might care. We'll ponder Rubbermaid storage on the Moon, moonquakes, and trying to use the same hallway set over and over. Let's ponder a royal family you might just want to rise up against yourself.
212: "The Hunger" (1983) - a Halloween PodCast w/ SimonUK and Ryan
September 25, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBSimon and Ryan bite into a legit 1980's cult classic that's big on mood, tone and lighting and shows rather than tells at every opportunity. If sexy vampires are your thing, we've got a cast that fits the bill, while also selling lifestyle porn and a great score. Join us for a movie that really makes it clear why you need a basement incinerator and an attic with plenty of storage space.