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  • 65 - The Odyssey (+ Backrooms & Obsession) w/Erin Keaton
    They were supposed to talk about The Odyssey, but Dave snuck in discussions of Backrooms and Obsession, and his sister Erin snuck in like twelve more movies. Classic Trojan Horse situation. Don't open these gates:
     
    Erin Keaton Is Back And Later She'll Defend Mike Tyson
    Brits Love Freedom ('90)
    Criterion Bashing
    BAND OF BROTHERS Review
    Kurt Vonnegut War Recs
    THE HERROD EXPERIMENT Review
    A Top Tier Good Will Hunting Joke
    THE ODYSSEY Review
    More Tiny Babies In Spacesuits
    Stunt Casting Paid Off?
    The Odyssey Vs. Troy
    Flip Athena And Calypso
    Anti-Influencer Influence 
    Suffering for Art
    Thrills Not Shills
    More Neck Wringing Less Hand Wringing 
    Don't Trust Reddit's Pee Breaks
    Another Top Tier Good Will Hunting Joke
    The Parallax Ruse
    OBSESSION Review
    Key Quote From Sarah Harris Wallman's Senseless Women
    Just Make House of Leaves Already (The Good Half)
    BACKROOMS (a.k.a. Jordan Peele's Channel Zero) Review
    The O.G. Photo
    Needed One More Layer
    MINOTAUR (Fanfic) Review
    Erin's Backrooms Pizza Delivery Story
    Good Luck Have Fun Fuck Off
    Movies For Goldfish
    EVERYTHING MUST GO EDITION Review
    More Like The WHACKrooms Amirite
    THE PAPERBOY Review
    NIGHT OF THE HUNTER Review?
    CAPE FEAR(S) Review
    Don't Hide Under a Truck (Or Do)
    STRANGER THAN PARADISE Vs. DOWN BY LAW
    Cheaper Feels Bigger
    Best Movie Jailbreak Is In...
    ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA Review
    THE LONG WALK Review
    WISE BLOOD Review
    HOLE IN THE HEAD Review
    Trepanning Movies Montage
    COLUMBO Review
    THE COLOR OF MONEY Review
    Billiards And Barn Burners
    Tom Cruise = Yoko Ono's Cut Piece
    It's In The Way That You Use It, Bro
     
    P.S. Buy my sister's cool Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman t-shirts. I did.
    1 hr 27 min
  • 64 - Disclosure Day (+ The Furious) w/Jedidiah Ayres
    Noir at the Bar Oddfather Jedidiah Ayres joins Dave for Spielberg's intergalactic comeback, Disclosure Day. They also watched The Furious, where they were, indeed, fast (as lightning). This phone call saved lives:
     
    Weatherman Forecasts a Cold Open
    PATRIOT Versus DTF ST. LOUIS
    The Straight Male Loneliness Epidemic?
    Jed Ayres Intro
    Noir at the Bar Memories
    One Heat Minute
    Val Kilmer Fest
    AMERICAN BUFFALO Review
    Frogs For What?
    Amos Poe Recs
    DISCLOSURE DAY Review
    Aliens = Everything
    War of the Worlds = 9/11
    Close Encounters = Divorce?
    Spielberg's Hardware Wars
    Whole Thing Is A Third Act
    The Rehearsal Redux
    ADR ASMR
    Jed's Theory of All Movies
    Dud Leads
    Nobody Would Believe It!
    Bible Loophole
    Tube Ex Machina
    Buy A Fox, Bro
    Maximalist Spielbergius Meridius  
    They Should Have Seen Her As A Tiny Baby
    Alien Abduction Reversals
    THE FURIOUS Review
    False Starts
    Everybody And We Mean Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
    John Wick Shit Part 1
    Keeping It At A Distance
    Movies Beget Games Beget Movies
    John Wick Shit Part 2: Jed Objects
    U.R.M.s
    Script Doctor
    John Wick Shit Part 3: "Clarification"
    ROCKY II Novelization Review
    Dave Holds Up A Priceless Object
    Good Advice
    1 hr 5 min
  • 63 - Project Hail Mary (+ The Last Oscars) w/Benoît Lelièvre

    Dave continues on his lonely interstellar mission to prove movies aren't good. But this time he brings in a ringer, Renaissance man Benoît Lelièvre, and the two of them learn to communicate over the vast emptiness of space. It's a dirty job but no one has to do it:


    Dave Forgets to Introduce Ben
    "Nobody Remembers the Oscars" Revisited
    Another BRUTALIST Review
    Adrian Brody Suffers for our Collective Memory
    Get Yourself a Marble Guy Like Today's Guest Host Benoît Lelièvre
    An Enigma Wrapped in Some Knuckles Inside Some Klosterman
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Review
    Right Wing Fantasy Or Left Wing Fantasy (Why Not Both? GIF)
    Sean Penn's Oscar Winning Rage Boner
    Insider Dirt From An Academy Member
    EDDINGTON Review
    Ari Aster and PT Anderson Shared Universe?
    The SCRIPT DOCTOR Tackles P.T.A.
    Bring Back Ugly Actors
    THE SMASHING MACHINE Review
    MARTY SUPREME Review
    The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 1
    Ben Puts the Safdie Brothers Up Against the Ropes!
    Timothée Chalamet As Shia LaBeouf As Marty Supreme
    Another SINNERS Review
    Michael B. Jordan Vs. Michael A. Jordan
    Talking About *That* Scene Again (Dave Hates Fun)
    TRAIN DREAMS Review
    Ben's Dog Flips Out When We Mention the Wolf Girl
    The Oscars' Most Grievous Robberies 
    Bonus Wolves (Dancing With Saint Costner)
    David Simmons' Eradicator Recommendation
    Mel and Kevin Go Full Dadcore
    HAMNET Review
    Remember Hamlet? That Play About Loving Your Mother?
    The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 2
    BUGONIA Review
    Having Your Bees and Eating Them Too
    An Underpopulated Pandemic Movie That's Good?
    F1 Review
    Get It? Formula Won?
    Brad Pitt = Gary Sue
    We Learned a Lot About Tires
    Experience ASMR in IMAX
    Insider Dirt From an Academy Member Part 2
    THE SECRET AGENT Review
    Hairy Leg Highlights
    SENTIMENTAL VALUE Review
    The Year of Letting Artists Off the Hook Part 3
    Would It Make a Better Novel?
    The Skarsgårds Are Terrifying
    Pillion and Hold the Dark Recommendations
    IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU Review
    A24 Is Now B24
    Frunkensteens Are Blowing Up
    THE BRIDE! (Film Score) Review
    Guillermo del Toro = Too Many Notes
    SONG SUNG BLUE Review
    Yeah, That Didn't Happen
    Why Do Coke Head Directors Have Pacing Issues?
    PROJECT HAIL MARY Review
    The Dumbass Martian Meets The Dipshit Arrival
    Ryan Gosling Solves the Male Loneliness Epidemic
    Dave's Finds a Way to Plug Another One of His Books
    Hail, Grace, Full of Slapstick
    Close Encounters of the Doggo Kind
    Happy Classroom Ending Redux
    Too Much Optimism for Deep Space!
    Project Hail Mary Contains An Actual Hail Mary
    Theater Gremlins
    Did They Just Massacre the Apostrophes?

    2 hr 1 min
  • 62 - Frankensteins (+ Everything Else) w/Robb Olson

    Tonight Robb of The Arc Party fame stops by to talk all things Frankenstein. Then Dave tricks him into staying a lot longer. But who's the real monster here:

    ROCKY Review and Another Literal Cold Open
    Meet Robb Olson, Last of the Readers
    FRANKENSTEIN (2025) Review
    Was Frankenstein a Pandemic Book?
    Definitive Guillermo Del Toro Movie Ranking
    Boss Baby (Blade II) Vibes
    Del Toro = Bodies Exhibit
    Victor? More like Pricktor, Amirite?
    Resurrection Versus Assembly
    ALIEN: ROMULUS Is a Better Frankenstein Movie
    Mad Science Is Inherently Funny
    Has Del Toro Stopped Trusting Us?
    Poisoned by the Visual Vocabulary of Superheroes
    HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN Review
    Large Dudes Lost In Digital Translation
    Robb's Favorite Penny Dreadful Episode Is Also His Favorite Frankenstein
    Google "Meat Loaf Skins" for the Latest Recipes 
    Mourning the Electronic Cricket
    31 "SPONTANEOUS" MOVIE REVIEWS
    If the Elevated Horror Tries to Break You Down... Go Crazy!
    Therapy Fade-Out
     
    Books Mentioned:
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Lord Byron (just kidding)
    The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein by Dark Horse Comics
    Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
    Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead (a.k.a. Zee Bee & Bee) by David James Keaton (a.k.a. Me)

    Movies Mentioned:
    All of them.

     

    1 hr 37 min
  • 61 - Happy Bavaween! (+ Weapons) w/Nathan Lamoreau

    Dave knows that Nathan enjoyed binge-watching these movies because he called it "torture." This is defined as "to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure," so he's fine! Let's run and pretend we're little airplanes:

    Cold Open: Colder Royalties

    MARIO BAVA MOVIE MARATHON!
    A BAY OF BLOOD Review
    Hack? Auteur? Both? Neither?
    BLACK SUNDAY Review
    LET THE CORPSES TAN Review
    DANGER: DIABOLIK Review
    Can Guns Fire Emeralds? (No)
    Influence on Batman
    Influence on Austin Powers
    Influence on The Beastie Boys
    "Deep Deep Down" X 100
    BLACK SABBATH Review
    Bava Ranking
    Influence on Tim Burton
    Influence on ASMR
    Influence on Scream?
    BLOOD AND BLACK LACE Review
    Cameron Mitchell's Kitten Mitten
    Konfusion About Kriminalfilms
    Stealing the Right Stuff
    Dave's First DVD
    The Big Squeeze
    Bava's Real Legacy 
    Introducing BAVAWEEN!
    PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES = ALIEN and/or Everything
    ALIEN: EARTH Review
    Beating a Dead Morph
    The Marvelification of Alien
    Giggling Billionaire Trope
    WEAPONS Review
    The Title Doctor
    BARBARIAN Review
    HERETIC Review
    DEATH OF A UNICORN Review
    Chug Is the New Screech
    Have Your Witch and Eat It Too
    Cregger's Tragic Comedy Background
    The Weird Gun Thing Explained
    Happy Ending?
    Aunt Gladys = Uncle Sam Theory
    Chicken Soup for the Trolls
    Every Witch Way but Loose
    Free-Range Gelflings
    Summer Penile Syndrome

    Have you pre-ordered Head Cleaner yet?

    2 hr 1 min
  • 60 - Superman (+ Post Oscars Speed Run)

    We waited half a year to review the 2025 Academy Award nominees and winners just to prove that no one remembers them. But will anyone remember this conversation:


    Weapon X Fade In
    Reviewing Oscar Movies After The Oscars
    ANORA Review
    Inevitable A.I. Digression
    "Organic" Movies
    Writers and Professors Expediting Their Own Demise
    A.I. Traffics Only In The Past
    Cat Clocks Are Shrinking
    Ode To Big Bites In Movies
    BRUTALIST Review
    Forgot To Complain About Brody's Oscar Speech
    CONCLAVE Review
    Al Pacino Has Some Weird Lettuce
    Did the Coens Peak With Raising Arizona?
    Slow Roasting The Rick Rubin Effect
    HERETIC Review
    Rejecting The "You Get To Know"
    DUNE 2 Redux
    A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Review
    Chalamania
    WICKED Review
    Everything Is WALK HARD
    GODZILLA MINUS ONE Versus SHIN GODZILLA
    SINNERS Review
    Binary Brains
    No Battle Of The Bands?
    Arbitrary Twinning
    SUPERMAN Review
    Bad Projection = Kryptonite
    Would Clark Kent Get The Senior Discount?
    Ration Your Nuts, Kids
    The Fortress of Solitude Isn't Very Solitary
    A Weary Tony Educates Dave
    Is Superman Even A Person?
    The Best Superman Flicked Peanuts
    Days of the Week Underpants = Profit
    Minecraft Shit!
    Lois Smoking Versus Smoking Lois
    Spit Roasting The Tim Burton Effect
    Tony Flies Back To His Home Planet

    Dave's exciting Head Cleaner reissue pre-order is up. Random Penguins???
    Get a subscription to Tony's new comic Destroying Lumen right here.

    1 hr 28 min
  • 59 - The Monkey (+ Nosferatu)

    We Actually Reviewed a Movie that's Still in Theaters! Be a Part of History. Digressions and Dead-Ends Include:

    Dave Randomly Stalks a Dude
    Buffalo Springfield = Snoopy & the Red Baron
    The Exorcist Broke Up Genesis?
    Wild Claims About Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel Record Sales
    It's "The Living Years" Not "The Living Thing"
    Surprising Band Dynamics
    NOSFERATU Review
    Jim Jarmusch = Master of Black and White
    POSSESSION Review
    Why Is There So Much Real Estate In Dracula?
    It's "Epistolary" Not "A Suppository"
    Renfield = Hype Man
    Sleepy Hollow Reversal
    A Lotta Tom "Renfield" Waits in Down By Law
    THE MONKEY Review
    Amy's Sister Hates Movies  
    Why Is Everyone Exploding?
    More Rube Than Goldberg
    The Monkey Pulls a Martha
    O Brother, Where Art Thou Motivation?
    Tony Script Doctors The Monkey
    Osgood Perkins Is Working Through Some Shit
    Alison Bechdel Shout-Outs
    THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER Review
    LONGLEGS Review
    Dino DNA
    THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT Review
    A Dingo Ate My Baby, Baby, Yeah!
    But Jeff Bridges Can't Eat Ice Cream
    The Omen = Final Destination Zero
    Harlan Ellison Woulda Hated The Monkey
    Monkey Bangs "Symbols," Not Drums
    Scratching the Stephen King Itch
    A Lost Cusack
    THE GORGE Review
    RED ROOMS Review
    Why Is Dave Whispering?
    1 hr 22 min
  • 58 - Alien: Romulus

    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

    1 hr 7 min
  • 57 - Every Phantasm Movie (+ Dune 2) w/Nathan Lamoreau

    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?)

    1 hr 33 min
  • 56 - Pom Poko (+ Oscar Picks!)

    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

    1 hr 15 min

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