Doomsday at the Movies

Amber & Ryan talk Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi action film The Fifth Element. They discuss the film's impeccable production design, stellar cast, and its place in the canon of great 90s films.

Amber & Ryan dig into 1997's Gattaca and discuss the film's retro-futuristic aesthetic, its great cast of character actors, and the movie's clumsy commentary on eugenics and ableism.

Amber & Ryan deck the halls with 2012's surprisingly enjoyable micro-budget zombie movie Christmas With the Dead, based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale.

Amber & Ryan watch the 2011 prequel/sequel/remake/reboot The Thing. Ryan extols the movie's virtues and makes a spirited defense for why the movie is good, actually.

Amber & Ryan assimilate John Carpenter's The Thing. Amber discusses why she's not as into the movie as some and Ryan provides some insight on the movie from the short story it was based on.

Amber & Ryan talk The Golden Compass, how it adapts the book it was based on, why the movie was so controversial, and why New Line Cinema's hopes of making it the next Lord of the Rings were in vain.

Amber & Ryan close out the series with David Hartman's Phantasm V: Ravager. They discuss the film's commentary on aging and love, its strange biblical parallels, and how exactly you go about sticking a silver ball onto a horse's head.

Amber & Ryan talk Phantasm IV: Oblivion, how it does a lot with a very tiny budget, why Ryan thinks it serves as a perfect ending point for the franchise, and the unproduced Phantasm finale that never was.

Amber & Ryan embark on the strange journey that is Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, then wax rhapsodic about Joe R. Lansdale, Kinky Friedman, and those old Sci-Fi Channel movie marathon commercials.

Amber & Ryan head down the lonesome highway with Mike and Reggie in Phantasm II.