Episodes
Friday Oct 04, 2024
58 - Alien: Romulus
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Dave and Tony Try to Record a Podcast in the Morning. Chaos* Ensues:
The Last Gasp of Bachelor Art
Dandelion = The Perfect Organism?
ALIEN: ROMULUS Review
Perfect Organisms Are Bland Actors
Black Goo As Space Steroids
To Tube Or Not To Tube
HARBINGER DOWN Tubes Review
How Many Times Can Dave Say "Tubes"
The Jurassic Park Problem
Tony Unironically Describes The Lost World Plot
Two Mystery Mags
Ode To Editing
ALIENS Holds Up
Solving That Weird "Arcturian" Line
Bug Chasers In Space Amsterdam
RESURRECTION Looks Like Shit
Ranking All The Robots
David Touching Everything
Justice For Andy
Robots Looking California But Feeling Minnesota
The "Used Future" Revolution
H.R. Giger + Ridley Scott + Walter Hill = Perfect Organism
Weaponize The Dad Jokes!
Tony's Bootleg Comic Idea
"Don't Make My Ghost Work"
Conspiracy Against The Human Egg
Fairyland
"Dead Inside"
One-Armed Monkey
*sleepy voices
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
57 - Every Phantasm Movie (+ Dune 2) w/Nathan Lamoreau
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
Saturday Jun 22, 2024
Run Without Rhythm Cuz Shit's About To Get Spicy:
Harkonnen DJ
DUNE 2 Review
Black Hole Son
Paul Was The Villain! (just kidding)
Killing Your Toadies
Is Spice Gas or Gold?
THE KILLING STAR Review
Warp Speed = End of Everything
The Furby Paradox
Hello, Dream Police?
Lasers (or the "Start With That!" Problem)
They Didn't Fight Twice
Stalling So We Don't Have To Do The...
ENTIRE PHANTASM PENTALOGY REVIEW
Better Dream Logic
Sure Plays A Mean Pinball
Why Is PHANTASM a Dune Movie?
Kill Me But Don't Make Me *Work*
Tall Guy in a Little Coat
A Theory of Accidental Greatness
Collateral (Ball) Damage
Why Is PHANTASM 2 an Evil Dead Movie?
Dollar Store Bruce Campbell
No Afterlife! Sweet.
Why Is PHANTASM 3 a Home Alone Movie?
Lord of the Softball Reboot
Be the Ball
If the Balls Ain't Broke Don't Fix 'Em
Build-A-Ball
How Many Times Can We Say "Ball"
Why Is PHANTASM 4 a B-Roll Movie?
Cliffhanger Blue Balls
Tall Man = Grief Allegory
Why Is PHANTASM 5 Tax Fraud?
Ravager End Credits Were the Best Part
Worst Catchphrase Ever
Imagery vs. Coherence
Final Thoughts (Ball Half Empty or Ball Half Full?)
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
56 - Pom Poko (+ Oscar Picks!)
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
The Oscars are Tomorrow and They're Watching Cartoons:
The Land of Milk and Honey
"Mid" Journeys
KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD Review
In Praise of Gibberish Lyrics
Tony Released Three Novels At Once Once
Cosplayin' vs. Genre-Hoppin'
The Reinvention Trap
Riders On The Norm
POM POKO Review
That's Nuts
U.S. = Butts/Japan = Balls
They Live! from the Alien POV
Abandoning Expectations Loophole
Culture Clash = The Clash?
East Meets West = Feast Meets Guest
New Old Music Recs
OSCAR PICKS!
DiCaprio Acts Super Dumb
Wonderballs Lite
Jodie Foster Talks Like Joe Pesci Now
Dark Triad Test Results
Anatomy of a Best Picture
Dave Meant To Say Hollywood Shuffle
Past Livezzzzz
Bradley Cooper Should Only Play Pricks
Ode To Movie Cheeseburgers
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
55 - Leave the World Behind (+ True Detective: Night Country) w/Matthew M. Bartlett
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Topical Solutions:
Gateways to Abomination (and Self-Sufficiency)
The Pros And Cons (and Cons) Of Positivity
Review Down and Punch Up?
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND Review
More Netflix Totally Not Made Up Stats
Lack of Info = Suspense?
Monsters Are Due On Maple Street > Trigger Effect > This Shit
A.I. Screenplay?
The New Symmetry Red Flag
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY (Episode 1) Review
Who Framed Roger Reindeer?
INSOMNIA Original/Remake Comparison
30 Days Of Day, I Mean
Side-Stepping Plagiarism
The True Detective Season Two That Wasn't
Dark Star's Ending Swiped Bradbury's "Kaleidoscope"
Fake Yellow King Quote = Literal Repairer Of Reputations?
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID Review
THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR = It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Definitive True Detective Seasons Ranking
Revisiting The Matrix Effect
Dave's Theory Of Glorifying Incompetent TV Detectives
Night Country = THE LAST WINTER
In Praise of Kari Reis
Preemptive Hauntedness
Dubious Depictions of DVD Collections
WHITE NOISE (Book & Movie) Review
THE HOLDOVERS Review
Cherries Jubilee = Five Easy Pieces of Chicken
Bartlett Hates College
The Holdovers Trailer > The Holdovers
LET'S GO PLAY AT THE ADAMS' versus THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
Dueling Author Motivations
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction But Not As Scary?
Speaking of Scary! Check out Matt's Weird World HERE
Monday Jan 01, 2024
54 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (+ Pentalogy) w/ Nathan Lamoreau
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
We Belong In A Museum! Our Exhibits:
Nathan Lamoreau: Doomsday DJ
Expired Red Bull Memories
Roulette Reverse Nightingale
OWNING MAHONEY Review
Joyless Gambling
OLD DADS vs. NO HARD FEELINGS
Godzilla Moving Too Much
WHEN EVIL LURKS (What Are the Rules?)
Copycat Attack
James "Mid" Mangold Deep Dive:
HEAVY Review
IDENTITY Review
LOGAN vs. THE WOLVERINE Review
Tony's 5-Star Autopsy Pod Shout-Out
Nathan's Auteur Troupe Theory
The Guy With The Eye
COP LAND (COPE LAND?) Review
3:10 TO YUMA Review
Mistreating Horses = My Full Attention!
Plugging Dave's Western PIG IRON
The Definitive Indiana Jones Movies Ranking
In Defense of KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL?
Hey, Movies, Go Outside!
In Defense of Willie Scott??
Harrison Ford Problematic On-Screen Relationships Ranked
Rogue Academic Battle
Lindsay Ellis and Her Case for Nazi Buffoonery
In Defense of Fleabag/Wombat
Dr. Jones ≠ Mulder
He learns to Believe... Again
In Defense of Nuking the Fridge???
The Dial of Destiny = Last Crusade Redux
De-aging Shrunk His Head
Superpowers Include: Luck, Punching, Whip
Indiana Jones & Fincher's KILLER: Bad At What They Do?
Greed Is Good?
The Bodies Exhibit
Dial of Destiny = Time Bandits Map
How Many Racoon Penis Bones Is Too Many?
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
53 - Beau Is Afraid (+ The Fall of the House of Usher) w/ Erin Keaton
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
It's A Family Affaaaaaair:
Library Tables Inside Baseball
BUCKCHERRY Reviews
A Child Called "Shit"
THE MIDNIGHT CLUB Episode 1 Review
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Review
WEEDS Analogy
The Elephantiasis In The Room
"What's A Zoomer?"
(Doors, Floors, And Walls) It's All Knocking
The Devil Went Down To Blackmail
Poe Is In The MCU
BEAU IS AFRAID Review
The Lighthouse Meets The Waterboy
The Strange Thing About The Johnsons Meets Little Murders
P.T. Anderson Meets David O. Russell Meets Darren Aronofsky Meets...
On Trial For His GUILT Get It?
No Control (aka Who's Driving That Boat)
The Dangers Of Getting Everything You Want (Versus Everything You Need)
The Importance Of Being Real (Not Meaning Something)
The Tenderloin = Montreal?
Joaquin Classic vs. Joaquin Mumblefuck
De-Aged Actors Aren't Real
Ari Aster Gets A Little Treat
He Was CHASTE* Get It? (*chased)
Director Recs
Defending Defending Your Life
The Telephone Is Ringing
Check out Erin's art here.
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
52 - Halloween Extravaganza (+ The Killer)
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Halloween means candy, projectile vomiting, and watching 31 movies you've never seen before. It also means reviewing every single one of them. Also, David Fincher has a new movie! And it's the sort of thing he can do in his sleep. Is this good or bad? Find out.
Highlights Include:
Bonehead Lyrics
Trick or Treat Shenanigans
Gold-Plated McDonald's Coffee Stir
Cliff Confessional Booth
"The Monsters of Heaven" Review
Tony's Big New Book Deal!
Dave's Big New Book Deal!
EXCLUSIVE: Tony Renamed Dave's Book (for real)
Baby Juggling Interlude
The Literary Echosystem ®
Dead Media Careers
Hot New Releases Demystified
Prince's White Album
THE KILLER Review
Efficiency Porn
Payback Callback
The Assassin Grind
Tilda Tipping Point
Hooptober Failures
31 MOVIE REVIEWS!?! (at least)
Anybody Can Break Anybody's Neck
Decompression Shower: The Movie
Bad Faith Genies
The Ultimate Hallmark Film?
Usher Too
All Green Cops Are Bastards
"Friction Ridge"
Getting Smooth-Brained
Mario Bava Recs
Aliens = Possession
The Golden Age of Shit
Movie as Movie Nut
"Barbaridook"
Where Are These Movie Masks Coming From?
Talking Boxes
Heir Not a Parent
Why Tony Got Kicked Out of Karate
Theme song: Dr. Octogon's "Wild and Crazy"
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
51 - Christine
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
Saturday Sep 30, 2023
A King-sized episode where, simply by never letting him get off the phone, Dave tries to convince Tony that Christine is the best Stephen King adaptation ever made. Just look at all this free stuff we have for you.
The Winter of Our Dis-Contents:
Attempts at Structure
Hashtag Girl Dads
E-Bike Perpetrator Round II
Horror Hypetober
WOUNDS Review
The Alien Unease Hat Trick (Fire in the Sky/Communion/The Fourth Kind)
Cronenburgers
POSSESSOR Review
Book Wrecks
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (book) Review
Termites and Whales Need Baths
VERSION CONTROL Review
GRAFFITI IN THE RUBBER ROOM Preview
SWAMPLANDIA Sorta Review
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE Review
TWISTED METAL (half of episode 1) Review
Proto-Jackass Crank Calling
Massive CHRISTINE Review!!!
"You Have A Baby... In A Bar"
Five Star Autopsy
Is Christine Top Tier King?
Dave's High School "Presentation"
Best Worst Bullies Ever
Stephen King Hates Greasers
Script Doctors
Trucks vs. Maximum Overdrive
Book vs. Movie
Stinky Pinky vs. Killdozer
Deleted Scenes (There's Gold In Them There Hills)
Can You Shit Angry?
Alternate Universe Arnies
King's Top Five Books & Stories
In Defense Of Dreamcatcher?
Dad To The Bone
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
50 - The Flash (+ Evil Dead Rise & Asteroid City) w/ Tony McMillen
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
You Can Expect:
T-Mac: Glass Half Italian
Shark Tooth Necklaces
F/X Review
Russell Mulcahy Lovefest
Breaking Down "Can't Talk About It Yet"
Tony McMillen Oeuvre
New Music Corner (Still Listening To Asia In 2023)
Berries & Brambles
THE FLASH Review
Do Kids Really Say "Beave"?
EVIL DEAD RISE Review
Curse Of The Double Reboot
Are We Not Men, Trees?
AlleHORRORical Horror © Me 2017
The Script Doctor Rises (Dead By... Dawn?)
ASTEROID CITY Review
Artifice Vs. ArtiFISH (What?)
Wes Hates Wes
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Saturday Aug 05, 2023
49 - Oppenheimer (+ Barbie) w/ Scott Adlerberg
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Back after, what, two years?! Dave will continue to talk about movies with people in lieu of an actual social life.
Tableau Of Contents:
BARBIE Review
Biting The Hand That Needs You
First Zodiac Reference
The Dirtiest Harry
TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE Review
Norman Mailer Hat Trick
Jack Henry Abbott's In the Belly of the Beast/My Return Reviews
OPPENHEIMER Review
John Landis Casting
Oppenheimer = Amadeus
Creativity = Destruction
Oppenheimer = Marquis de Sade?
QUILLS Review
Characterization Climax
The Script Doctor Tackles Nolan's Triple Endings
FAT MAN & LITTLE BOY Review
The Demon Core
Sexualizing Quantum Physics
A BEAUTIFUL MIND Rebuke
The Most Terrifying Line(s) In The Movie
Nolan Wants You To Pee Right After The Bomb Scene
In Soviet Russia The Room Imagines *You* Naked
Adventures In College And Karate
Mushroom Cloud Muffins