October 28th, 2017
*Some broad comparisons to the 2017 movie as well, but not full-on or any spoilers.
It's amazing how much we can appreciate (& forgive) something we watched growing up until it is done better. Ooops - episode spoilers! It's not quite hatorade, but there may be some critiques of this 90's television mini-series when scary on tv was pretty safe. We hope you'll find the deeper look at it almost as entertaining as the series itself was. Perhaps more entertaining? Who knows? You will; after you listen...
Links: Carrie (writer). Sling Blade (Ritter). Legend, Clue, Rocky Horror (Curry). Airborne (Seth Green).
July 29th, 2017
GUEST HOST: GODFREY!!
This week we finish our Dragon Tattoo Trilogy of the extended Swedish films.
Not much to say here -
Some episodes mentioned: Kill Bill, Let the Right One In (Swedish version)
Here's the Blind Melon video that shows why we used it for the intro.
July 3rd, 2017
GUEST HOST: GODFREY!!
The modern era has made it far easier for movies to be seen worldwide. Through that, audiences in the U.S. have better access than ever to see movies that have been remade from overseas. This series of films is pretty darn sweet (so far - as Matt hasn't seen them all yet!). Join us as we pay tribute to another god of the silver screen stripped away from us too soon...
Links: Michael Nyqvist: John Wick, Girl in the Book. Others mentioned - Flatliners, Mads Mikkelsen, Robin Hood, Prometheus, Grosse Pointe Blank.
Notes: Okay, Matt was wrong about Colin & Mads pronunciation; he was right about William Baldwin (only so much to be proud of there). We try to get it right, but can't always nail it in the moment. Also - Ace of Base are Swedes, too!!
June 19th, 2017
1962 vs. 2004/
So many times a generation hates a remake because they are attached to the original. Many times we have challenged that attachment. This movie is a titan of its time; on IMDB it is ranked 80% compared to 66% for the remake - since we didn't mention it. Rotten Tomatoes: 87 critic/78 audience; remake - 71 critic/64 audience, the original with a larger consensus of critic & audience agreement. How does Matt's opinion align with the errday public? Tune in to see!!
Links: Angela Lansbury: Last Unicorn. Johnathan Demme: Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia (also Denzel). Denzel Washington: Bone Collector, Much Ado About Nothing, Book of Eli, Malcolm X. Liev Schreiber: Spotlight. Meryl Streep: Fantastic Mr Fox. Jeffrey Wright: Casino Royale.
also mentioned: True Grit & The Quiet American.
May 21st, 2017
GUEST HOST: GODFREY!!!
It's not always the answer to discuss the recently deceased, but sometimes you just dive in headlong to confront the loss. Immediately after hearing about Powers Booth, Godfrey & Matt rewatched Tombstone. It then became clear what we needed to do.
These 2 films are connected beyond (now) dead actors by sharing a religious driving force behind terrible actions. The 3rd movie that will in turn be its own episode next week is more about questioning reality. You could also say it comes from Satan - so there's your religious tie-in.
Links are forthcoming, as the need to get this episode out is the most important part. Exhaustion wants your host to get away from the computer chair after massive bouts of editing & re-recording additional material.
NOTES: Here's the kangaroo puncher link. Sweet ass!!
Just to be crystal clear: we love Christian Bale & have said so in multiple episodes. Here we speak of him in Reign of Fire as the only source of talent at that moment for Matt. If you doubt our love, here are links: Batman Begins, Dark Knight, American Psycho, The Prestige, Equilibrium.
LINKS: Powers Boothe: Rapid Fire, Sin City, Tombstone (also Paxton). Bill Paxton: Weird Science, Twister, True Lies, Near Dark, Aliens, Predator 2. Matthew McConaughey: Mud, Dazed & Confused. Kevin Smith: Clerks II, Dogma.
Here is the link to the full song for Seasons (a great recent live version) that ended the episode: a beautifully crafted song. RIP
May 5th, 2017
Death Game (1977) versus Knock Knock (2015)
It should be noted up front that the Sluts LOVE John Wick (& #2!). Here is that episode as evidence. Not sure how it wasn't mentioned, to be honest.
Right, right - onto the actual episode description. Matt compares a remake with a different name. Were they distancing themselves from the original (like Disney from the original Tron?) despite having many from the old film as producers? The old title does kinda sound like a slasher title...
If nothing else, these might sell themselves with women invading homes as the plot. Some who have seen the older film may want to defend it, but we'd be curious if it feels the same to watch it today after 40 years. Does the new version offer a different feel, or enough of a similar feel? Tune in & find out!
Notes: When he said Medea, he meant the Greek tragedy, not the modern comedy movie tragedies.
Links: coming soon. (grin)
January 1st, 2017
GUEST HOST: CHRIS FRED!!!
The whipped cream on top of our last episode, we delve way past Balrog territory on the Stranger Things tip. If the title is not enough - WARNING!! Do NOT listen to this episode unless you have finished the 1st Season of the show currently available.
What else to say? We get to be clear on why we dig this action... Happy 2017, people!
October 24th, 2016
GUEST HOST: BOB FOSTER
We made an episode about movies for kids that can give you nightmares - here is the LINK for that... What about kids seeing movies they are not old enough to handle? These movies actually caused nightmares for Matt & his co-host. Carrying over from our last episode, the creepiness of these works of terror persist in making you squirm in your seat a bit (if not a lot). Cut off your hand and throw on a coat as we take you on another scary ride to round out October!!
Music note: the Big Trouble in Little China track is from an artist called 331 Erock. You can buy that album at CDBaby or on I-tunes. Here one of many Halloween tributes he has done:
Halloween 2015. All his songs kick ass!!
Note: Matt realized after that he mixed Conan the Destroyer with Red Sonja as he watched all 3 of those movies so much growing up: Sandahl Bergman is the villain, not Sarah Douglass, and Mako is in the 2 Conan films. We left that bit in there to show our mortality, that we are not the perfect beings that editing can have you believe.
Kurt Russell: Stargate (that page links to all other Russell episodes)
Here's Baby Time. You can find Auralnauts Star Wars from there! 
July 23rd, 2016
What's this you ask?? It's a bit o' TV Time!!
While setting up for a delayed episode, we opted to give you a slice of what we watch when we aren't doin' flicks for you lovely folks. The majority of these shows are in fact Netflix original content, as they have been leading the pack in creating original ideas and remaking a thing or two that failed. There are some cable shows mentioned also that Matt recently finished (Echo Base didn't quite get to finishing SOA together). This decade is fast becoming a new Golden Age of television-style serial shows.
INTRO/OUTRO: Death Bed Confession - get their stuff on iTunes, Spirit, Google Play, Pandora. Awesome band from Denver!!
BTW, Chris & Matt are working through the 3rd Season of Arrow. Chris couldn't get through the Flash, but Matt really dug it (it's worth getting through the 1st half for the 2nd half of the 1st season). Like Netflix, the 2 shows have different tones, so it doesn't feel like the same show with different costumes (except the certain writing moments when it does
).
EDIT 8/21: Matt finished Arrow S3 - a nice ramp-up over the season; he almost gave up, glad he didn't. He also finished Stranger Things & it is greeeaaaatt!!! Stick it through for the 2nd half.
Here is the filthy Deadwood vid:
CS
Thankfully, someone also put the Robot Chicken clips together: White Wine
February 29th, 2016
Flatliners vs. The Lazarus Effect
Some tales are told constantly in film: the star-crossed lovers, the underdog sports team, the guy who invented Islam (Zuckerberg or Al Gore, can't remember). Why beat a dead horse when you can just
Bring it Back to Life?! 1990 dukes it out with 2015 to see who is better at
loving the dead.
February 14th, 2016
Our last chapter in the bulk Coens podcast saga (links for 1 & 2 below). The 1st decade of the Coens already showed tremendous talent and a diverse storyteller's collection of style. With this trio, they poke fun at Hollywood, industry, and begin with a serious take on film noir. Before Fargo & Lebowski, these directors/writers and their actors were at the top of their game. Behold, as David & Matt carry you over this puddle of joy - we aren't ruining our coats, after all. Our lucky quarters are in there.
There was actually a remake of Blood Simple done by Yimou
Zhang (director of Hero, which we discussed in the Hero title link) we did not mention. That's how good that story is - it has been remade, but not by elves.
Key & Peele: here is
Text Confusion. Could not find the magic negro janitors.
For inquiring minds: Olive Kittredge with Frances McDormand is on HBO GO, not Amazon.
December 20th, 2015
BEHOLD! The triumphant return of CHRIS!!
Here is another episode with 3 degrees of that guy/gal. Mads Mikkelsen has built quite an audience - known as Madsturbators - despite a limited number of films in the U.S. since the 1st one we are talking about. Though he is a hero of Danish cinema, it was television that brought him back to many of us in recent years.
Join us as we push our envelope further by devoting some time to talking about TV (as always, no spoilers). Time schedules made it so we were only able to cover 2 films, but we will give you some lowdown on A Royal Affair after we get a chance to glance at it.
For the Fannibals -
Here is the Scott Thompson skit that Matt almost quoted correctly: Dinosaurs
For those Bound to Bond -
Here are links for 2 of the 3 documentaries on the 2-dvd set for Casino
Royale: Becoming Bond. Bond for Real. The 3rd is blocked by MGM, so go rent it from your local video store.. the strongest of the docs is about Bond Girls. A fascinating look at the changing nature of the characters by the actors themselves. Worth the time and more directly insightful than we are here in our podcast tower on gender norms.
If you're still reading this: good work, you're a trooper. The music overwhelming the (obviously) American trailer for the Hunt linked up top is a perfect example of what we're talking about compared to the movie itself.
September 25th, 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron/
Mad Max: Fury Road/
Jurassic World/
Terminator Genysis/
Ant-Man/
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation/
Straight Outta Compton (now fully discussed in #180!!)/
*also a bit of TV hero talk - not something we do a lot..*
We mention Pitch Perfect 2 & Tomorrowland, though we had not seen them.
Another blockbuster parade has come & gone. Now we deliver to you our list of what made this summer worth watching. While having its fair share of strikes & gutters, this year nevertheless delivered.
Marvel is now in full swing and the other studios are frantically striving to touch that high water mark. One could argue that there’s never been a better time to be a movie goer. Action, sci-fi, adventure, drama, intrigue, heist & heart alike; Heck, even a Jedi will crave these things come the end of the year! We sluts be fans. What are we fans of all we discuss, you ask?
Well, tune in & find out. Come on, dooo ittt!! Listen, we're heeere!!
July 25th, 2015
Do you think you're going to die? Sure, we all do.. but how?
HOW?!?!
May 17th, 2015
With
Crypticon just around the corner for us, we couldn't resist hopping back on the Remakes train. We have compared
samurai to cowboys,
vampires to...well...vampires; we've steered this labor-of-love locomotive across many parts of the globe. Now it's time to steer it back in time for Senior Prom.
Carrie has become virtually synonymous with the experience that is high school and the horrible times that many suffer during it. From getting covered in pig's blood to "They're all gonna laugh at you," most are familiar with Carrie's tale of woe. As a character more than a few of us relate to, it was inevitable it would be made again.
Nowadays, many discredit remakes without seeing them, but this time the new blood has some cool surprises under its
puffy satin shoulders. Try to calm your murderous rage long enough to see which version comes out on top.
