Latest Wicker Podcast Episodes
38 - Nigel Kneale's - The Quatermass Xperiment / AKA The Creeping Unknown
General Witchfinders - September 21, 2023 06:39 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 7 ratingsTonight, we complete the Hammer Quatermass trilogy (albeit out of order) with The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the US) is a 1955 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial written by Nigel Kneale. Produced by ...
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - August 20, 2023 18:02 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsToday’s gospel reading is a tough one. We heard that Jesus was in a foreign land with his disciples when a foreign woman interrupted. Now, the rest of the interaction baffles most scholars. Ok, maybe it doesn’t baffle as much as the interpretations diverge... The post Twelfth Sunday after Pente...
The Feast of Mary, Mother of Our Lord
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - August 13, 2023 18:16 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSometimes I think we, as modern day Lutherans, are scared of Mary. Maybe not scared in the “creature lurking in the shadows to ambush us” type of scared. But more…I think we often don’t know what to do with her, we’re not really sure what the “correct” way to feel about her is and that uncertain...
37 - Murder By Decree
General Witchfinders - August 06, 2023 09:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsMurder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller directed by Bob Clark (Director of ‘Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things’ and ’Dead of Night’ (not the brilliant black and white British film from 1945 - featured in episode 13, but the 1974 American film ), he also directed ‘Black Christmas’, ‘Por...
36 - Nigel Kneale's / Susan Hill's - The Woman in Black (1989)
General Witchfinders - July 07, 2023 07:47 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsTonight we are discussing the 1989 British horror drama television film directed by Herbert Wise (most famous for I, Cladius, who worked solidly from 1957 to 2001 on everything from The Bill to 9 episodes of Tales of the Unexpected - including ‘The Landlady’ which may well be the episode that J...
114 - Amsterdamned
Cinema Limbo - June 28, 2023 22:59 - 1 hourJeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a discussion of 1988's Dutch action thriller Amsterdamned, written and directed by Dick Maas. Their conversation covers a range of topics including ITV's overnight schedule, a real-life kidnapping, The Quizmaster Murders, the Godzilla threshold and Keeping Up...
FIH005 - In The Earth (United Kingdom 2021)
General Witchfinders - May 28, 2023 08:29 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsAfter his involvement in the reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise was scuppered by the Pandemic, Ben Wheatley, director of Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England and High-Rise, announced in September 2020,that he had written and directed a horror film over the course of 15 days in August...
113 - Supergirl
Cinema Limbo - May 24, 2023 22:59 - 1 hourJoined once again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris, he and Jeremy discuss the 1984 comic book adventure and superhero spinoff Supergirl, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter Cook and Peter O'Toole. Their discussion covers broad range of topics including il...
Clip show - episodes 4-6
General Witchfinders - May 05, 2023 09:41 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 7 ratingsClips from the best bits from episodes four to six 4 - James Herbert - The Rats https://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/fcc6efe904b6f9160ab7a0656bc46dd0f5901e93/view 5 - Nigel Kneale’s - The Stone Tape https://podfollow.com/general-witchfinders/episode/ff8003920d88e2462eaa2353dc2a...
112 - Orca
Cinema Limbo - April 26, 2023 22:59 - 1 hourJeremy is once again joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for a study of 1977 nature-based dramatic thriller Orca, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson and Bo Derek. Their investigation covers such topics as the elasticity of time, unlikely ...
35 - The Shout
General Witchfinders - April 08, 2023 23:03 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (who is also an Actor was in Mars Attacks and played a General in Marvels The Avengers). It was based on a short story by Robert Graves (author of I, Claudius and great friend of Spike Milligan, with whom, from the 1960s unt...
Maundy Thursday
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - April 07, 2023 22:45 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki 4/6/2023 Tonight’s readings are iconic. First, we heard of Passover as a meal of liberation and salvation. Next, we heard of a similar meal that Jesus had with his disciples – a meal that we partake in at this table. And finally, the gospel re...
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - March 29, 2023 20:49 ★★★★★ - 5 ratings“Lazarus, come out!” – it’s a memorable line in today’s gospel reading. Not only was it an emotional and relational climax to the story, it’s also an important turning point in the gospel. Up to this point in the gospel, Rev. Dr. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, describes Jesus as aloof and minimally imp...
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - March 20, 2023 21:30 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Vicky Carthanassis March 19, 2023 I am not a violent person. Whoever worked on translating this chapter of John for the NRSV (the translation of the bible we generally use here) I’d kind of like to brawl them over it. The translations decisions they made in jus...
111 - Review of the Year 2022
Cinema Limbo - March 15, 2023 23:59 - 2 hoursJeremy and Chris Arnsby look back on the last year in movies, exploring the ten best and five worst pictures of 2022, with such topics being covered as toilet strategies, in-cinema naps, yacht rock, the end of Inspector Morse and why Avatar is successful. Trailers for the top 10 of the year: ht...
The Third Sunday of Lent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - March 13, 2023 16:40 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsRev. Chrisida Anandan Wicker Park Lutheran Church March 12, 2023 In our Old Testament text today, we read about the Israelites who are facing lack of water when they camped at a place called Rephidim. In the Gospel text, We meet Jesus who was thirsty while sitting near a well and encounters with...
Second Sunday of Lent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - March 06, 2023 21:46 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki March 5, 2023 Today’s gospel can be a little confusing. Part of what makes it confusing is that the original Greek has a handful of puns and double entendres. John uses these literary devices throughout the Gospel, and unfortunately, they don’t...
110 - One Hour Photo
Cinema Limbo - March 01, 2023 23:59 - 1 hourJeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine One Hour Photo, the 2002 psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek, and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan and Gary Cole, with their seminar covering such broad topics as the wonders of Ikea, plagiarism...
34 - Nigel Kneale's - Quatermass and the Pit / AKA Five Million Years to Earth
General Witchfinders - February 28, 2023 01:28 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsQuatermass and the Pit (or as it’s known in the US ‘Five Million Years to Earth’) is a 1967 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, a sequel to the earlier Hammer films The Quatermass Xperiment and Quatermass 2 (see General Witchfinders episode 17 for more details). Lik...
First Sunday of Lent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - February 26, 2023 20:33 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki February 26, 2023 The first Sunday of Lent always tells the story of Jesus’s temptation. In Mark’s gospel, we read that Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days and was tempted, but we don’t get any details. In today’s reading from Matthew along...
Transfiguration of our lord
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - February 19, 2023 20:49 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Vicky Carathanassis February 19, 2023 I feel like this is quite often a week where we take a look at the gospel reading and then start bashing Peter a bit. And maybe there’s some expectation in the room that I’m going to start in on him too. “Shame on Peter! He ...
Sixth Sunday AFter Epiphany
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - February 16, 2023 15:56 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki February 12, 2023 It’s Super Bowl Sunday and the weekend before Valentine’s Day, but today’s gospel reading doesn’t pair well with chips, wings, and chocolates. Instead, we heard Jesus talk about murder, adultery, divorce, and empty promises. T...
33 - Ghost Adventures - Ancient Ram Inn
General Witchfinders - February 05, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratingsGhost Adventures is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel before moving to Discovery+ in 2021. An independent film of the same name originally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 25, 2007. The program follows ghost hunters ...
109 - The Comic
Cinema Limbo - February 01, 2023 23:59 - 1 hourJeremy is joined by podcaster and Goon Pod host Tyler Adams to discuss The Comic, the 1969 drama written, directed and featuring Carl Reiner and starring Dick van Dyke. Their conversation covers such topics as Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, Olivia Wilde, Kevin Feige, Jim Henson and Supertrain. T...
108 - Cloud Atlas
Cinema Limbo - December 28, 2022 23:59 - 2 hoursJeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to discuss Cloud Atlas, the 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer and starring an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Wishaw, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Their all-enc...
32 - BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas - Whistle and I'll Come to You & Stigma
General Witchfinders - December 24, 2022 01:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 7 ratings"Whistle and I'll Come to You" is a 1968 BBC television drama adaptation of the 1904 ghost story "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" by M. R. James. It tells of an eccentric and distracted professor who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a Knights Templar cemetery on the Ea...
Sixth Sunday of Advent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - December 11, 2022 20:54 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsNow I could understand a knee jerk reaction to this reading being something like “really, more John the Baptist? We did that last week!” And we did, but last week we talked about him baptizing people in the Jordan River, declaring the kingdom of God to be at hand, that the one more powerful th...
Fifth Sunday of Advent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - December 04, 2022 20:48 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe live in a world of endless voices. We are directed by the voice of our supervisor. We hear politicians speak very different things. The media, researchers, doctors, therapists, and advertisers urge us to listen to their voice. Some of the voices we hear grate. Others are shrill. Yet, today, t...
107 - Give My Regards to Broad Street
Cinema Limbo - November 30, 2022 23:59 - 1 hourJeremy is joined again by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to investigate Paul McCartney's 1984 musical drama Give My Regards to Broad Street, also starring Bryan Brown, Tracey Ullman and Ralph Richardson. Their conversation covers such vital subjects as the Beatles filmography, Thomas the...
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons - November 28, 2022 16:04 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Chrisida Anandan November 27, 2022 Grace and Peace to you all in the name of our Christ Jesus! Keep awake, and be ready are the watchwords that we hear from our gospel reading today. This week, especially the week right after thanksgiving with so much cooking, ea...