Clearing The Queue

Send us Fan Mail

This week on the bimonthly edition of the Clearing the Q podcast affectionately referred to as "What are we Watching?" Mike insists that he doesn't want to review My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and then proceeds to, for about 10 minutes. After that, Zak praises the wacky antics of the new coming of age film Bottoms, from the same people who brought you Cocaine Bear. Then Mike and Zak gush over their favorite Miyazaki film Princess Mononoke, and then the boys wrap things up with their thoughts on 
Pixar's  The Incredibles. Tune in next week for a  much better episode!

Send us Fan Mail

Join hosts Mike and Zak for the first installment of Serial Killer September, coming out of the gate with some hot takes on a beloved classic from the turning of the century. A Bitingly sarcastic indictment of the philosophical shift in American that grew out of the “greed is good'' propaganda shoved down our throats by Wallstreet in the 1980s, American Psycho will make you laugh about as often as you cringe away from the violence and sexual perversions perpetrated by the main character Patrick Bateman.  

Send us Fan Mail

Mike and Zak have returned from the cinema to discuss some recent releases that impressed, surprised, and even delighted. First up, the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie gets a lot of praise but still a wag or two of the proverbial finger. Second, Landscape with Invisible Hand, which sounds like a pretentious art house movie, but it's actually an offbeat comedy about classism and Aliens. Lastly hear how the Equalizer 3 is paced and shot like a horror film and Denzel is Michael Fucking Meyers. now get out there and see some movies you crazy kids!  

Send us Fan Mail

Billi, A struggling young woman learns that her Grandmother has stage four cancer and that her family is gathering in China to be with her one last time. However, in Chinese culture it is common for people who receive terminal diagnosis to be kept in the dark about the severity of their condition, at least until things become impossible to ignore. So the family is using the wedding of Billi's cousin Hoa Hoa as an excuse to gather everyone together. The film explores a good deal of the cultural differences between the east and west, the nature of loneliness, and the inexorable march of time that ushers in changes no one can stop no matter how hard we might wish it. 

Send us Fan Mail

This week we’re showing some love to one of Zak’s favorite childhood influences, and one of the all-time greats of comedy, RIP Paul Rubens. Join us as we explore some fond memories of Peewee’s Big Adventure, one of Tim Burton’s First Feature length films. Then get into some Netflix and Thrills as we break down some of our favorite things about They Cloned Tyrone. Followed by Zak’s Tepid review of Moon Garden, and Mike’s Joyous gush over the Haunted mansion. Listen to us talk about movies, and feel free to shout your opinions into the ether, we can hear them we swear.  

Send us Fan Mail

It's August, and you know what that means, it's A24 month! We had so much fun with it last year that we wanna do it again this year. in Honor of the Little studio that could, we're talking about one of Mike's Favorite films of 2021, that's right, we're talking the Green Knight. This genre bending thought piece is as immersive as it is beautiful. Based on one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of Arthurian Legend, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this is a strangely contemporary tale of a young man trying to find his place in the world as he struggles to live up to the expectations of his parents and peers. Not your typical hero's journey, but Gawain is no less troubled by his quest and the many obstacles that lay before him, so come get all kinds of nerdy with us! 

Send us Fan Mail

Lots of Stuff in the cinema to see lately, Barbie and Oppenheimer being two of the biggest opening weekends this summer, so join hosts Mike and Zak as they amble through their thoughts on both of these seemingly decisive films. Then wrap things up with their feelings on an A24 Australia flick that is way better than it has any business being: Talk to Me. If you have not seen these movies, it may behoove you to skip this episode until you have, because, while we don't get too spoilery, we do encourage you to yell your opinions at us while you listen.  

Send us Fan Mail

Join hosts Mike and Zak as they explore David Cronenberg's 1999 existential thought piece, eXistenZ. When an assassination attempt fails to kill the world renowned game designer Allegra Geller, she must escape the machinations of her business rivals, as well as the persistent attempts on her life by a group of militant extremists. To make matters worse, the only extant copy of her new game is trapped on a game pod that is slowly dying. With the help of her somewhat neurotic security guard, Ted Pikul, Allegra must assess the damage and repair her compromised game pod, but to do that, they must dive into eXistenZ. If you like Johnny Mnemonic, but you felt like it could have used more body horror, or if the Matrix was just too fast paced for you, this is not one to be missed

Send us Fan Mail

Come join hosts Mike and Zak as they recount a couple of recount their thoughts and feelings on their recent Cinematic excursions and finish things up with a bit of a stroll down memory lane. Both Mike and Zak have a LOT to say about the new Indiana Jones movie, and Zak gushes briefly about the joyride that is the new Mission Impossible movie, then Mike and Zak both share their opinions on The Last Unicorn, a lesser known animated feature from the early 80s with music by America and an impressively star studded voice cast. It's a veritable roundup this week!  

Send us Fan Mail

Join Hosts Mike and Zak as they explore one of the greatest star trek movies ever made. That's not a typo, Galaxy Quest is so good the Trek community adopted it as cannon. Listen to the exciting tale of this film's conception, production, and reception and all the glorious hiccups along the way. When the cast of a Popular Sci-fi show are invited to take on their roles in real life by a group of Aliens that have modeled their entire civilization after what they believe are "Historical Documents" these washed up has-beens dig deep to find that magical stuff inside them all that urges them to never give up and never surrender.