The great Albert Finney, who starred in such hits as Tom Jones, Scrooge, Annie, Miller’s Crossing, and Big Fish, passed away this week after his battle with cancer. Frank and I took a few minutes tonight to discuss and celebrate his career.

This week on the podcast, Frank and I discuss the best romantic comedies of all-time. The list includes the Preston Sturges film, The Lady Eve, the John Hughes-written Pretty in Pink, the Julia Roberts vehicle, My Best Friend’s Wedding, the Billy Wilder “comedy,” The Apartment, and the cult classic, Harold and Maude. At the end of the podcast, we end up turning the discussion to blacklisted directors.

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Ubiquitous character actor, Dick Miller, who starred in famous films such as Gremlins, The Terminator, The Little Shop of Horrors, The 'Burbs, Chopping Mall, and Bucket of Blood, passed away this week, so Frank and I took some time to talk about his life and career.

This week, Frank and I start our ten-month journey through the seedy, grotesque, and cheesy as we break down the best horror B-movies of the 1980s. This week we start with the year 1980, which includes Mother’s Day, the cult classic, Friday the 13th, Don’t Go in the House, the horror-comedy, Motel Hell, and Dario Argento’s follow-up to Suspiria, Inferno.

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This week, we host another installment of The Third Man series where a friend joins the show to discuss with Frank what they each think the best film of a particular director is. 

Friend of the show, Orion Wellmaker, joins us to discuss the best film of director Alfred Hitchcock. Beyond discussing Vertigo and Shadow of a Doubt, we discuss some other Hitchcock movies, his film-making style, and general greatness. Plus, Orion disses Kim Novak's breasts.

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This week, Frank and I talk about westerns ranging from 1990 to the present. We discuss the Clint Eastwood pic, Unforgiven, 1993’s Tombstone, the Coen Brothers adaptation, True Grit, the more-recent, Bone Tomahawk, and the Nick Cave-penned movie, The Proposition. There was a slight audio mishap this week, but we’ll be back on track next week with a Third Man series installment, The Best of Alfred Hitchcock.

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As we rapidly approach the end of the year, Frank and I discuss his top five counter-culture films of all time. The list includes Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the John Waters shock film, Desperate Living, the early 80s movie, Liquid Sky, the punk tragedy Sid and Nancy, and Bruce Robinson’s cult class, Withnail and I.

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Have a great New Year!

Just in time for the holidays, Frank is here to make recommendations for the Christmas-related horror movies that everyone should check out.  The recommendations are listed here as well as where you can find them.

Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)

Available on Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube (to rent)

Silent Night Bloody Night (1972)

Available on Amazon (to rent)

Rare Exports (2010)

Available on Hulu (free) and YouTube, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play (to rent)

Black Christmas (1974)

Available on Google Play, iTunes, YouTube, Vudu (to rent)

Sint/Saint (2010)

Available on Hulu (free) and Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, iTunes (to rent)

Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)

Available on iTunes (to rent) and a decent quality version is found on YouTube

Christmas Evil (1980)

Available on Shudder streaming and a decent quality version is found on YouTube

Gremlins (1984)

Available on Hulu (free) and Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube (to rent)

Dead of Night, “A Christmas Party” (1945)  

Available only on DVD

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Available on Hulu (free) and Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube (to rent)

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Comedian and director Penny Marshall, who starred in Laverne and Shirley, and directed such movies as Big, A League of Their Own, and Awakenings, passed away this week, so Frank and I took some time to talk about her career and our thoughts.

This week, Frank and I delve into the heist film genre. We discuss Tarantino's Jackie Brown, Michael Mann's Thief and Heat, the Jules Dassin film, Rififi, and Stanley Kubrick's noir piece, The Killing.

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