At this difficult time, our nation needs to come together. We do our part by finally tackling one of the most requested movies we’ve ever had for our podcast. The co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, Rosie Knight returns to cover the beginning of Bella’s journey, in 2008’s Twilight.

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Time to get to da choppa!! Ryan Condal, takes a break from prepping Season 3 of his mega-hit TV show House of the Dragon, to join us in covering his FOURTH Arnold Schwarzeneggar movie on Escape Hatch! We fill the final remaining slot of Arnold’s Mt. Rushmore, Predator!

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We enjoy the tastiest Halloween treat, the return of our very own scream queen, editor of Fangoria magazine, Meredith Borders! As usual she has done all of the deep, DEEP research into one of the greatest horror films of all time, her first horror true love, John Carpenter’s Halloween!

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It’s all been leading to this. Hear Jonesy Loves Beer go off on the 1968 390 cu. in. V8 Ford Mustang GT Fastbacks (325 hp) with four-speed manual transmissions vs. the 1968 375-horsepower 440 Magnum V8-powered Dodge Chargers. That’s right, the co-host of the Twin Vipers, PaperKeg, and Interview with a Podcast Vampire podcasts returns, for the most Jonesy Loves Beer movie we’ve ever done. It’s the 1968 thriller that changed the car chase game forever, Steve McQueen’s Bullitt.

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We cover one of the greatest films of all time (animated or not!), Lord and Miller’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Joining us in his first appearance on the pod is a true artist and technical expert, an editor who has worked on Lucasfilm Animation’s Clone Wars, The Bad Batch, and Tales of the Jedi: Nicolas Anastassiou. Nica tells us about what he learned working directly with George Lucas on The Clone Wars about telling stories and pushing boundaries. Amazing discussion!

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It’s the dramatic return of the show runner of Veep, and co-host of the movie props podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Dave Mandel! We cover Michael Mann’s 1986 thriller classic featuring the first onscreen appearance of Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter.

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Despite my best efforts, Jason gets his way. We finally cover what he called, ‘an under-rated science fiction masterpiece’, Vin Diesel’s The Chronicles of Riddick. Joining us, our queen, the co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, Rosie Knight!

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After 212 episodes, we try something different. REALLY different. Meanwhile, we’re rejoined by the host of the brand new (relaunched) media tech podcast, Channels with Peter Kafka, Peter Kafka. We cover Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, and Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1976 paranoia thriller classic, Marathon Man.

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Season 8: The Great Big Ones™ continues as we finally cover Steven Spielberg’s movie that re-defined blockbusters for all time, Jaws. Joining us are not one, but TWO expert shark enthusiasts: the director of the documentary Sharksploitation, Stephen Scarlata, and the co-host of Bat & Spider, dale_a

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Look, I screwed up as my end of summer imploded, OK? So this is a rare episode with no guest host, just Jason and me (the only other movies when that has happened were Die Hard, Heat, The Dead Zone, To Live and Die in L.A., and both parts of Denis’ Dune.) Perfect timing for two old Gen X broskis to cut it up about Kevin Smith’s 1994 masterpiece, Clerks. Can you feel the nostalgia?

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