May 30, 2019
Jack Finney's 1955 science-fiction novel 'The Body Snatchers' is maybe the only underlying intellectual property (aside from, like, the Bible or Shakespeare) to inspire FOUR feature film versions across 6 decades. So we start at the beginning with the fantastic Don Siegel (Escape From Alcatraz, Dirty Harry,...
May 23, 2019
It's been called "a perfect movie. I can't think of literally one thing that could be changed or improved". OK, our guest Frank DeRuggiero said that, but he has only one tattoo and its a Jaws tattoo so he knows from whence he speaks. Not only do we get into all the great moments from THE iconic scare-movie of...
May 16, 2019
Well now we got bad blood, cause CHRIS, see...he's one of those people who LOVES 'Ishtar' and thinks it's a misunderstood classic of epic comedic proportions, and Jason is one of those rational, thinking humans who understands intuitively (ok after watching only 45 minutes of it) that it's a colossal failure. Also,...
May 9, 2019
When a movie pitch contains the words "Based on the popular board game" you KNOW you're either in for a debacle of 'Battleship' (sorry, Peter Berg) proportions OR for the brilliantly subversive 1985 film that has become a cult classic and features the brilliant comedy performances of Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Martin...
May 2, 2019
'Grease' is the word, it's got groove it's got feeling, and so does this in-depth podcast about the 40-years-and-counting worldwide phenomenon. Why does this weird movie (and it's deeply weird) stand the test of time? Easy: TRAVOLTA, SONGS, and KITSCH. And so many other reasons. So yes; we'll get into Sandy and Danny...