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We close out Dante's In Fer November with a movie that could not be better suited to Black Friday, an anti-capital, anti-consumerist screed with a sharp sense of humour that lands perfectly in that liminal space between Halloween and Christmas. It's 1984's Gremlins, directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Dick Miller, Judge Reinhold, Jonathan Banks, and featuring the voices of Howie Mandel and Frank Welker. Like Die Hard, it is perfect Christmas Eve alternative programming, but the movie is such a blast that you can watch it any time of year. It released in fact on June 8th, 1984 -- the very same day as Ghostbusters, as horror comedy was having a moment on that particular Friday. It's a J Mo favourite that Hayley had never seen, and was an easy nomination to be this month's entry into the podcast canon of classic films.

Other works discussed in this episode include Fantastic Voyage, Small Soldiers, the concept of comfort movies, Hot Rod, Black Dynamite, Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, Dark Blue, Run This Town, Nightbreed, Hellraiser, Band of Brothers, Homeland, Dreamcatcher, Plants & Animals, Super Mario RPG, road rage, It's A Wonderful Life, Furby, Back to the Future, Goonies, Super 8, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, secret nanomachines, and the rom-zom-com trifecta of Life After Beth, Warm Bodies, and Burying The Ex.

If you'd like to watch Gremlins along with us before listening to the episode, it's currently streaming in Canada on Crave, Starz and Hollywood Suite at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week to kick off A DePalmber to ReMalmber, a three-week series on the films of Brian DePalma, with 1983's Scarface, a film that can currently be found streaming on Netflix, Starz and Amazon Prime in Canada. Find us on Twitter @ADHDDVDpod for the full December release schedule!

This week, we take a fantastic voyage inside Martin Short, as Dante's In Fer November continues with 1987's Innerspace, directed by Joe Dante and starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, Robert Picardo, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson and Dick Miller. It's a delightfully silly adventure movie that neither host had seen, as J Mo nabbed it on Blu-ray earlier this year based largely on the novelty of Short having a leading role in a big, broad action movie. And to be clear, he is outrageously good in this -- an odd glimpse into the leading man career he could have had that never really materialized for him. Plus: Hayley's mom is hooked on Tubi, and Justin takes a field trip to The Marvels as we try to assess the MCU's future, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, and how Disney has flattened their own theatrical revenues across the board.

Other works discussed on this episode include Loki, Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain Marvel, Oppenheimer, Bottoms, The Worst Person In The World, Past Lives, After Sun, Meet Dave, Mission: Impossible, and Clifford among others.

Joe Dante Month wraps up next week with the Christmas horror comedy classic Gremlins, with Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates. If you'd like to watch the movie before next week's show, Gremlins is currently streaming in Canada on Crave, Starz and Hollywood Suite. See you then!

This week we're gawking at the weird freaks across the street, as we go from the urban hellscape of After Hours to Joe Dante's horror comedy about the monotonous terror of suburban living with 1989's The 'Burbs, directed by Dante, written by Dana Olsen, and starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Henry Gibson and Dick Miller. It's the start of another director series as we'll be celebrating the works of Joe Dante over the next three weeks, in a theme month we're calling Dante's In Fer November! Kicking it off with us is a man with a great mind for cinema, our most dedicated listener and a one-time radio jockey in his own right, Matt Pollock! Yes power listener Matty P is here to discuss a film very near and dear to him -- in fact his passion for it is what got J Mo to go scoop it up as a blind buy in the first place. Find him on Instagram, where he's making glorious movie content @MattysMovieBurner.

Other works discussed in this episode include Cop Car, Bottoms, Neighbors, Lake Placid, The Money Pit, Space Jam, Moonfall, and the broader works of Joe Dante such as Gremlins, Gremlins II: The New Batch, Small Soldiers, Matinee, The Howling and Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Meanwhile we're hyper-fixated on Justin's listening habits, the Skrulls doing 9/11 on the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon, and Matt is suitably trying to fix his dryer.

We'll be back next week as Joe Dante Month continues with InnerSpace, a movie about flying around in a space ship inside Martin Short. Can't wait!

The calendar may have already flipped to November but Marty Month continues as we fittingly go into overtime with 1985's After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, and starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Verna Bloom, John Heard, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. It's a rare straight-up comedy from Marty, an anxious nightmare of a movie that takes place on one wild night in the streets of New York City, and it's Justin's nomination to the ADHD-DVD canon to close out a month long celebration of Scorsese cinema.

Other works discussed in this episode include Cape Fear, The Last Waltz, Talk To Me, Trick 'r Treat, and the Final Destination franchise, while we're hyper-fixating on cursed micro-playlists and even more cursed interactions at the gas station.

If you'd like to watch the movie ahead of our discussion, it is sadly not available for streaming in Canada at the time of publication, but is rentable for $5 through YouTube, Amazon and Cineplex.

We'll be back next week to kick off our latest theme month, Dante's In Fer November: a three-week sprint through the works of Joe Dante that begins next Friday when Matt Pollock joins us to talk Tom Hanks in The 'Burbs!

Marty Month rolls on, as we move backwards in Scorsese's filmography to his first film with Leo, a revenge picture set in the mean streets of New York circa 1862. It's 2002's Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Jay Cocks, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Henry Thomas, Stephen Graham and Eddie Marsan. It finds the director very much in an era where he seems to be gunning for the awards that have previously eluded him throughout his career, and to that end the movie is nominated for ten Oscars in 2003. Shockingly, it wins zero -- a shame, as the co-host writing this copy liked it quite a bit. This one comes from Hayley's collection, a Giant Tiger pick-up she's been sitting on for more than a decade.

Other works discussed in this episode include The Lost Boys, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part II, Paddington, Wonka, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Harry Potter movies, Jim Broadbent's 2001-02 run, drive-in theaters, Fleabag, Super Mario Wonder, Luigi's Mansion, and the Harbour Centre Food Court.

If you'd like to watch the movie, Gangs of New York is readily available on streaming in Canada, on Netflix, Starz and Amazon Prime at the time of publication.

We'll be back next Friday as Marty Month goes into overtime -- suitably -- as we consider a rare Scorsese comedy for entry into the pod canon: 1985's After Hours, starring Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette. It is sadly not streaming anywhere in Canada currently, but can be rented on YouTube. Good luck finding it, and we'll see you at the movies!

As Killers of the Flower Moon hits theatres today, we're begging to see the blueprints this week, going back to another major Scorsese/DiCaprio collab as Marty Month continues with 2004's The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by John Logan, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm and Adam Scott. It's an extremely polished prestige picture clearly aimed at cleaning up during awards season, though despite its obvious quality it still feels like the least essential of Scorsese and DiCaprio's collaborations -- perhaps a contributing factor to the fact that Hayley has owned this movie for more than a decade without having watched it, despite The Departed and Shutter Island being long-time faves of hers. But that's what the pod is here for.

We're hyper-fixating this week on fantasy drafts and Disney+'s Goosebumps series. Other films discussed on this episode include Val, Top Secret, many more Marty flicks, Jude Law's insane output from the year 2004, and Kate Beckinsale's missed opportunity to be Queen of Earth.

If you'd like to watch the movie before listening along, it is available to stream in Canada on Starz at the time of publication.

We'll be back next week with more Leo and Marty, as Scorsese Month continues with Gangs of New York -- a movie that is widely available for streaming at the moment in Canada: on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Crave. Talk to you then!

We may be a bit late in getting Marty Month started, but we're diving in head long with Scorsese's breakthrough picture, and the first of many collaborations with his two leads as we finally sit down to watch 1973's Mean Streets, written and directed by Martin Scorsese, and starring Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Amy Robinson, Martin Proval, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova and Victor Argo. It's Scorsese's second full length feature, but the first that comes from a personal space, and features so many elements of the director's signature voice and style that would only become more refined in the decades since. It is indeed hard to imagine what it would have felt like to see this movie for the fi rst time upon its release, as its influence is hugely felt across film and television.

This week we're hyper-fixated on Sufjan Stevens' Javelin and the fact it's cold enough to go for pho. Tough to say whose fixation is whose. And we've got Theatre Field Reports on Stop Making Sense, The Creator, The Royal Hotel, Gran Turismo, and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie. Other films discussed in this episode include: Charade, His Girl Friday, Ford v Ferrari, Need For Speed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and countless other Scorsese movies.

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We'll be back later this week on Friday as normal, as Scorsese Month continues with The Aviator. That movie is available on Crave in Canada currently, while Mean Streets can be seen on Starz. Sorry we missed some weeks there! We're glad to be back!

This week we're having what she's having, as we wrap up the month with another entry into the ADHD-DVD canon. Hayley's got the keys to the vault this month and is using the first Fun Friday of the fall to induct an autumnal classic, the rom-com that paved the path for all others after it, 1989's When Harry Met Sally..., directed by Rob Reiner, written by Nora Ephron, and starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. In addition to dissecting the film, we also talk about its slew of imitators and pick out a few more modern examples that we feel are worthy heirs to the throne.

Other movies discussed in this episode include No One Will Save You, Sanctuary, First Blood, How To Deal, Batman Returns, Set It Up, Sleeping With Other People, Drinking Buddies, Pride & Prejudice, What If / The F Word, and a late last-minute shoutout for Night of the Hunter. We're hyperfixated this week on F-Zero 99, LOST, cross-stitching, and thrifting white whales. Plus J Mo cuts a deal with The Entity from Dead Reckoning.

We'll be back next week to kick off Martin Scorsese Month with Mean Streets, which is currently available on Starz if you'd like to watch it ahead of the episode.

This week, as GameStop enthusiasts go head-to-head with Wall Street interests in theatres with Craig Gillespie's Dumb Money, we're talking stock market manipulation of a different sort as we head underground with the 2009 remake of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, directed by Tony Scott, written by Brian Helgeland, and starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzman and returning ADHD-DVD favourite Aunjanue Ellis. This remake does not quite capture the magic of the 1974 original, which is an unquestionably great film, but it's not without its own strengths as well, hidden though they may be behind the late Scott's tortured visual style. If you'd like to watch the movie along with us, it is currently available on Netflix and streaming free on the CTV app in Canada at the time of publication.

Beyond the movie of the week, we're also tangled up in the TikTok algorithm, continue to recount major celebrity deaths that stuck with us, and J Mo's deep in the weeds of the mumblecore genre with a strong recommend for Joe Swanberg's Drinking Buddies.

We're back next week for the last Friday of the month to induct When Harry Met Sally into the podcast canon. It's a Hayley favourite that Justin has never seen, and a real fall favourite so look forward to it.

This week we're using a part to represent the whole and the whole to represent a part as Wrestling Brain's Josh Custodio joins us to go deep on the human condition with 2008's Synecdoche, New York, written and directed Charlie Kaufman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Tom Noonan, Hope Davis and Dianne Wiest. Kaufman's directorial debut, coming hot on the heels of Eternal Sunshine, is at once an absurdist comedy and a devastating tragedy, with Hoffman giving what might be a career-best performance in a life that was full of great ones. Plus: losing faith in streamers, playing the same song on repeat, Jesus on the radio, movie-going as therapy, and how to get hooked on pro wrestling.

Beyond the wider screenwriting resume of Charlie Kaufman, other works discussed in this episode include Annihilation, You Springin' Springsteen On My Bean?, Pokemon GO, Fishing with John, The Leftovers, Beau Is Afraid, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Bottoms, Aquaman, Joker, The Prestige, Arrival, Children of Men, Upgrade, There Will Be Blood, Beau Travail, Napoleon Dynamite, Mad God, and Walk The Line 2: Joaq The Line.

If you want to watch the movie before listening to our discussion, you will have a hard time streaming it legally. So go buy it on physical media. It's a great movie, we promise you won't regret it. And be sure to catch Josh and Zubes every Wednesday night for A-E-Double-Dudes on the Wrestling Brain channel on Twitch, those guys are the best.

We'll be back next week doing lord knows what! Follow us on Twitter @ADHDDVDpod to find out.