FJ Podcast

We ruminate on Knight of Cups and discuss Alien Day and Suicide Squad reshoots plus we also talk The Hateful Eight, Starman, His Girl Friday, The Heartbreak Kid and When Eight Bells Toll.

0:00 - Intro

8:05 - Review: Knight of Cups

40:40 - Headlines: Hans Zimmer to Retire from Superhero Movies, 20th Century Fox Announces Alien Day, Suicide Squad Reshoots

44:15 - Other Stuff We Watched: The Hateful Eight, His Girl Friday, The Heartbreak Kid (2007), The Heartbreak Kid (1972), When Eight Bells Toll, Starman, The Knack and How to Get It

1:31:10 - Junk Mail: John Carpenter's Lost Themes + Seeing Film Composers Live, Favourite Musicals, Sexism in Superhero Movies, Jason Statham, Loose Discs Adage

2:00:40 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:03:00 - Outro

We've got a special treat for long-time listeners this week as Reed managed to unearth another episode of The Movie Review Show for us, the pre-internet version of the Film Junk Podcast featuring our younger selves. As with the other episodes, the sound quality isn't the best but we are happy to be able to share with you another essential piece of Film Junk history. Enjoy!

0:00 – Intro

26:45 – Headlines: Batman Returns Too Scary for Kids, Basic Instinct Sequel in the Works, Arnold Schwarzeneggers Next Movie

40:00 – Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1:05:05 – Other Stuff We Watched: A League of Their Own, The Story of Ricky, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Mystery Date, Pure Luck, F/X 2

1:25:40 – Junk Mail: Best Movies for Sleepovers, SNL Characters and TV Shows That Should Be Movies, Do Movies Taped Off TV Count in a VHS Collection?

1:41:40 – Upcoming VHS Releases / Outro

Greg and Reed join us for a super-sized review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice plus we also talk Daredevil: Season 2, He Got Game, House of Bamboo, My Darling Clementine, Ben Hur, Colossus: The Forbin Project and Man of Steel.

0:00 – Intro

18:15 – Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

1:55:55 – Headlines: Paul McCartney Joins Pirates of the Caribbean 5

2:03:00 – Other Stuff We Watched: Maggie, The Forgotten, Edge of Darkness, Daredevil: Season 2, Occupied, Finders Keepers, He Got Gammoe, My Darling Clementine, Cloak and Dagger (1946), House of Bamboo, American Crime Story, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Ben Hur, Man of Steel

2:48:05 – This Week on DVD and Blu-ray / Outro

2:54:35 – Spoiler Discussion: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

We get our cheap nostalgia fix with Pee-wee's Big Holiday and discuss the Indiana Jones 5 news plus we also talk Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-wee, The Survivalist, Pineapple Express, Finders Keepers, Universal Soldier and Zootopia.

0:00 - Intro / Frank's 4K Problems

32:30 - Review: Pee-wee's Big Holiday

59:55 - Headlines: Indiana Jones 5 is Happening, Sausage Party Trailer, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Trailer

1:22:10 - Other Stuff We Watched: Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-wee, Finders Keepers, Man of Steel, The Survivalist, Pineapple Express, Zootopia, Universal Soldier, Love, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Dragon's Den

2:03:45 - Junk Mail: Letterboxd App, Chumlee's Arrest, Best Steve Martin Films, Comedies That Get Lost in Translation, Cult Movies, Is UHD the Future?

2:35:10 - This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

2:40:10 - Outro

We fight with monsters as we gaze into 10 Cloverfield Lane and discuss the new Captain America: Civil War trailer plus we also talk The Brothers Grimsby, Midnight Special, Demonoid: Messenger of Death, Angie Tribeca and Love.

0:00 – Intro

8:00 – Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane

19:20 – Spoiler Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane

1:04:15 – Headlines: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Trailer, Captain America: Civil War Trailer #2, Screening Room Home Video Service

1:27:40 – Other Stuff We Watched: The Brothers Grimsby, Murder She Said, Midnight Special, Angie Tribeca, Demonoid: Messenger of Death, Love

1:48:25 – Junk Mail: What Makes a Perfect Movie, Multiple Star Wars: Force Awakens Blu-ray Releases, Maintaining Complete Uniformity in a Blu-ray Collection, Is 4K The Time to Start a Movie Collection?, The Proper Way To Pronounce Poutine

1:59:05 – Outro/This Week on DVD and Blu-ray

We trade one-liners over London Has Fallen and take off to the Great White North with Strange Brew, plus we also discuss the new Ghostbusters trailer, Zootopia, Red River, I Confess, My Blue Heaven, Luther the Geek, Emperor of the North and Skidoo.

We crash and bash over Triple 9 and discuss the 2016 Academy Awards plus we also talk The Connection, The French Connection, Faust, Phantom of the Paradise, Company Business, Lonesome and The Big Sleep. (Spoiler discussion for Triple 9 starts at 2:20:25.)

We get hexed by The Witch and discuss the Pete's Dragon remake trailer plus we also talk The Witches, Chi-raq, Cries and Whispers, Rock the Kasbah, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, David and Lisa, and 11-22-63. (Spoiler discussion for The Witch starts at 2:24:00.)

We place bets on Deadpool and discuss the forthcoming R-rated comic book movie explosion, plus we also talk Zoolander 2, When the Wind Blows, Dracula Untold, Condorman, The Detective, Turbo Kid, Sullivan's Travels, Hiroshima Mon Amour and American Crime Story.

We do damage control on Hail, Caesar! and discuss the Super Bowl trailers plus we also talk Goosebumps, Trumbo, Philadelphia, Leatherheads, Kung Fu Panda, The Lego Movie and Ash vs. Evil Dead.