FJ Podcast

We get fingered by Alien: Covenant and discuss the first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery plus we also talk LA 92, Moontrap, Alias, Our Man in Havana and Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake.

0:00 - Intro / Reed's Primal Scream / Jay's Unboxing

35:00 - Review: Alien: Covenant

1:22:33 - Headlines: Star Trek: Discovery Trailer

1:35:25 - Other Stuff We Watched: Alias, LA 92, Moontrap, The Strain, Our Man in Havana, Master of None: Season 2, Psycho (1960), Psycho (1998)

2:12:24 - Junk Mail: Man Sues Date for Texting During Movie, Sean's Current Stance on Prometheus, Favourite Dream Sequences, Directors Who Go from Auteur to Jobber, Bootleg DVDs and Blu-rays, Removing Security Strips from Blu-rays

2:52:10 - Reed's New Segment

2:57:56 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:59:45 - Outro

3:05:00 - Spoiler Discussion: Alien: Covenant

We cross blades with King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and get taken by Snatched plus we also discuss The Lost City of Z, Mindhorn, Get Me Roger Stone, Win It All and the post-post-mumblecore movement.

0:00 - Intro

15:00 - Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

49:40 - Review: Snatched

1:14:10 - Other Stuff We Watched: Win It All, Hannah Takes the Stairs, The Lost City of Z, Snatch, Mindhorn, Get Me Roger Stone, American Honey

2:22:20 - Junk Mail: Favourite King Arthur Movies, Behind the Scenes of Film Junk, Day Jobs, Clickbait We Always Fall For, Letterboxd Commandments + Logging Shorts Revisited

2:49:25 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:55:00 - Outro

Greg and Dax join us to review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and discuss the Hellboy reboot plus we also talk Beauty and the Beast, The Handmaid's Tale, American Gods and Riverdale.

0:00 – Intro

18:25 – Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

1:00:06 – Headlines: Hellboy Reboot Announced, Blade Runner 2049 Trailer, Dunkirk Trailer #2

1:15:45 – Other Stuff We Watched: Beauty and the Beast, The Fate of the Furious, The Handmaid's Tale, American Gods, The Circle, Riverdale

1:37:25 – Junk Mail: Movies We Have Seen the Most Times, One Note Actors, Movie Foods That Make Your Mouth Water, Watch to Rewatch Ratio, Does Frank Speak French?, Rapid Fire Versus

2:10:00 – This Week on DVD and Blu-ray / Outro

2:15:30 – Spoiler Discussion: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

We pull the trigger on Free Fire and prevent completion of The Circle plus we also discuss the Roseanne revival news, Casting JonBenet, Big Little Lies, Get Out and De Palma.

0:00 - Intro / Sean's Judgment Night

22:15 - Review: Free Fire

46:50 - Review: The Circle

1:40:00 - Headlines: Roseanne Revival is Happening

1:48:05- Other Stuff We Watched: Get Out, Casting JonBenet, Big Little Lies, De Palma, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2:02:20 - Junk Mail: Talking to Non-Film People About Films, Politics in Film, YouTube Film Critics, Books We Were Excited to See Adapted Into Movies, Best-Looking 4K Releases So Far, Favourite Time of Day for Watching Movies, Where to File Movies That Start with "The"

2:38:10 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:40:57 - Outro

In lieu of a new episode this week we crack open the Film Junk Vault for another classic featuring a couple of riveting stories from Greg and Jay's personal lives. We also review Green Lantern and discuss Fast Five, Kung Fu Panda 2, Teen Wolf, The Knack and How to Get It, Juggernaut and World on a Wire.

0:00 – Intro

2:35 – Greg's Story

16:05 – Jay's Story

26:40 – Headlines: Oscars to Have 5 to 10 Best Picture Nominees, Christian Bale to Star in Darren Aronofsky's Noah, James Mangold to Direct The Wolverine, Russell Crowe is Jor-El

37:55 – Review: Green Lantern

1:19:12 – Trailer Trash: Moneyball

1:23:35 – Other Stuff We Watched: Hall Pass, The Hangover Part II, Party Down, Teen Wolf, Billy the Exterminator, X-Men: First Class, Fast Five, Master Chef, Super 8, Kung Fu Panda 2, Get Shorty, The Knack… And How to Get It, Petulia, Juggernaut, World on a Wire, Charlie Wilson's War, Kingpin, Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, Who Took the Bomp: Le Tigre on Tour

2:25:30 – Junk Mail: Super 8 End Credits, Defending Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Alamo Drafthouse, Fantasy vs. Sci-fi Categorization, CG Animated Movies for Adults, We Didn't Start the Film Junk

2:38:50 – This Week on DVD

2:52:00 – Outro

We burn out on The Fate of the Furious and discuss the Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser plus we also talk Sandy Wexler, The Italian Job, xXx: Return of Xander Cage and MST3K: The Return.

0:00 - Intro

14:05 - Review: The Fate of the Furious

44:00 - Headlines: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Teaser Trailer

52:35 - Other Stuff We Watched: Sandy Wexler, The Italian Job (1969), The Italian Job (2003), Louis C.K.: 2017, Girls, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return

1:16:05 - Junk Mail: Lazy Sunday Movie Recommendations, Zootopia + Deepwater Horizon + American Pastoral, Why Jay Loves Fairy Tales, Lacklustre Letterboxd Usage, IMDb Star Rating System, Letterboxd Lists, Keeping Track of Movies You Never Finished

1:59:45 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:01:10 - Outro

2:06:00 - Spoiler Discussion: The Fate of the Furious

We get a nostalgia fix from T2 Trainspotting and join the cult of The Void plus we also discuss the Thor: Ragnarok trailer, the original Trainspotting, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Prevenge and Five Came Back.

0:00 - Intro

14:50 - Review: T2 Trainspotting

45:45 - Review: The Void

1:19:15 - Headlines: Thor: Ragnarok Trailer

1:29:10 - Other Stuff We Watched: Trainspotting, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Prevenge, Netflix Live, Girls, Five Came Back

1:56:20 - Junk Mail: Day Old Corn, Buying Clear Blu-ray Cases, Top 5 John Carpenter Films + Boutique Blu-ray Showdown, Favourite Late '80s / Early '90s Meathead Action Movies, Favourite Fast Food Movie Tie-Ins

2:28:05 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:30:05 - Outro

Singe and Scott help us hack Ghost in the Shell and bust CHiPs plus we also discuss the new It trailer along with The Discovery, Lone Wolf and Cub, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and Never Let Me Go.

0:00 - Intro

16:24 - Review: Ghost in the Shell

43:55 - Review: CHiPs

1:28:30 - Headlines: It Trailer

1:36:25 - Other Stuff We Watched: Lone Wolf and Cub Collection, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection, Hidden Figures, The Discovery, Forged in Fire, Ghost in the Shell (1995), Never Let Me Go

2:00:45 - Junk Mail: Japanese Music Recommendations, Dumbed Down Remakes of Foreign Films, Curing a Case of Classitosis, Should You Warn Your Wife When A Movie Has Graphic Sex In It?: Part 2

2:25:00 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:27:25 - Outro

2:32:15 - Spoiler Discussion: Ghost in the Shell

Back when they were kids, Jay, Frank and Sean used to record an early version of the Film Junk Podcast on cassette tapes and pass them around to friends. The good news is that we found another tape this week, but the bad news is that it's only a partial show that was cut short because... well, you'll just have to listen to find out. As always, we apologize in advance for the poor sound quality but we hope you enjoy yet another small piece of Film Junk history!

0:00 – Intro

10:30 – Review: Wayne's World

32:20 – Headlines: People Now Prefer Home Video Over Seeing Movies in Theatres

36:40 – Other Stuff We Watched: Turner & Hooch, Hook, The People Under the Stairs

42:30 – Junk Mail: Oscar Nominations, Nintendo vs. Sega

48:20 – Outro

We cram some Power Rangers and discuss the new Justice League trailer plus we also talk Edge of Seventeen, Jewel of the Nile, Murder Party, Moana, Morgan and Love: Season 2.

0:00 - Intro

10:30 - Review: Power Rangers

1:00:20 - Headlines: Justice League Trailer, Robert Rodriguez to Direct Escape from New York Remake

1:26:10 - Other Stuff We Watched: Moana, Jewel of the Nile, Live PD, Get Out, Edge of Seventeen, Murder Party, Love: Season 2, Baskets: Season 2, Morgan, Rats

1:51:00 - Junk Mail: Dwane Responds to Reed, Calculating Box Office Profits, Son of Kong NRA Logo, Unmemorable Movie Titles, Are Concert Films Documentaries?, Watching Movies with Graphic Sex with Other People, Best John Carpenter Remake

2:23:40 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray / Outro