Forgotten Video Store: The Fake Movie Review Show

A drug-sniffing police dog gets addicted to cocaine! Also, he talks! Entertainment journalist Mike Celestino returns to the video store to rent the gritty 1970s crime movie "Crooked Canine." And this time, Mike is working David's last nerve!

Later this month, listen to the finale of Mike's podcast "Who's the Bossk?" on this very app, or wherever you feel like getting that podcast. It's a "Star Wars" themed podcast with 249 previous episodes. Every 10th episode since 2022 has featured "The Mike and David Movie Club," in which Mike and David review a non-"Star Wars" movie. It's sort of the genesis of the "Forgotten Video Store" podcast, but it's about real movies!

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Alex Saks, Engin Akyurt, and Martin Podsiad.

Making friends as an adult is so difficult, but here's one way to do it: Get stood up by a Tinder date, and bond with all the other guys at the restaurant who also got stood up. Talented TV writer Ivory Floyd returns to the video store to rent the 2013 bro-mantic drama "Matches." The male loneliness epidemic finally has a cure!

Watch Ivory's shows "Iyanu" (on HBO Max) "Phoebe and Jay" (on PBS Kids) and "Horton!" (on Netflix).

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by JJ Ying and Abillion.

Remember a few years ago when there were a bunch of spooky clown sightings? No? Well, it happened. Google it. This movie takes a look at that phenomenon from the clowns' point of view! Doctor of philosophy and actor Luka Jones ("Shrill," "People of Earth," "Up All Night") swings by the video store to rent the 2017 clown thriller "Coulrophobia."

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Dawin Rizzo and Yoksel Zok.

Beloved nanny Mrs. Doubtfire seems like she'd make a great president, right? There's just three problems: she's not American, she's not real, and the actor playing her has been dead for over a decade. Author and cultural commentator Alex Mell-Taylor takes a trip to the video store to see the latest, most ghoulish abomination of AI necromancy: "Mrs. Doubtfire for Presidentress."

Find Alex's novels and essays here: https://alexhasopinions.medium.com/

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Brandon Mowinkel, Element5 Digital, and Joshua Hoehne.

It is the far-off future year of 1996, and New York has become the RUDEST city in the history of civilization! Sam Rodriguez (of the American Cinemateque) uncovers the long-lost 1970s science-fiction dystopian thriller movie "Rude City!" Can forgotten MASH star McLean Stevenson ever escape the impolite hellscape that is NYC ruled by the inconsiderate mayor Doris Roberts?

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Michael Discenza, Aristides Sanchez, and Eliza Petrovska. 

A poor Welshman finds himself at an English high society gambling weekend, and soon finds that these rich freaks play for more than just money! Welsh comedian Steven Morgan rents the lost 1930s thriller movie "The Bastard Butler's Bargain" and teaches David about the class system in the UK and where rich people keep their jewels.

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Annie Spratt, Connor Esau, and Rafik Wahba.

90s action cinema meets Nordic dance pop music in the Danish masterpiece "Marine SEL Tenåringer" ("Navy SEALS Teens"). Post-production supervisor and prize-winning writer Lily Gwyer-Miller uncovers the acting debut of AQUA, the geniuses behind "Barbie Girl." 

Go see "STOP! THAT! TRAIN!" (a real movie) in theaters on June 12. This action/comedy movie stars many of the greatest of the great from "RuPaul's Drag Race"!!!

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Episode artwork features photography by Rendy Novantino and JD Photos.

Happy Nordic Friendship Alliance Day to all who celebrate!

TV writer Anise Overton discovers an unreleased French children's film about a motherless little girl, a kidnapping plot, and a magic spell housed in the brown part of a banana. Typical French shit.

Episode art incorporates photography by Azzedine Rouichi, Elizaveta Boitsova, and Natassia Ustyan.

What if a bisexual man was totally straight half the time, and totally gay half the time, like a queer Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde? Writer/musician/comedian/philosopher Sara Caplan joins David to review the 2005 romantic drama "Switch Hitter" - if she can find the right video!

Episode artwork incorporates photography by Leio McLaren, Med Mhamdi, Michal Turkiewicz, Neoman Magazine, and Or Hakim.

The only place in the city that's safe from the digital eyes and ears of the surveillance state is... Keanu's SLUMBERCUBE! Liz Shannon Miller (senior entertainment editor at "Consequence") takes a trip to the video store to rent this lost 1990s dystopian science fiction romance movie. 

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Episode artwork incorporates photography by Rick Rothenberg, Filip Mroz, and Valeria Reverdo.