Grawlix Cinematic Universe

Happy New Year! For Grawlix Cinematic Universe’s first New Year’s special we recall some of our favorite GCU moments of 2018 including our first recorded moment and nearly dying in a blizzard to make it happen. We also, of course, look to the future and talk about what we’d like to do with the podcast in 2019. Finally, we go full on clip show with a revisit to our Top 5 Favorite Cinematic Universe Pitches from 2018!

Episodes referenced:

• Grawlix Cinematic Universe #1 Pre-Show (via Patreon)
• GCU #5: Robocop & Judge Dredd
• GCU #6: The Thing & Big Trouble in Little China
• GCU #12: Hardcore Henry & Crank 2: High Voltage
• GCU #13: Drive & The Transporter
• GCU #17: Big & Jack

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Yippee ki yay, ya’ filthy animal! Whether you’re spending Christmas Eve at home alone or having a blast at the wife’s office Christmas party, we have got a gift for you! Yep, like the overweight home intruder in red, we’ve tiptoed into your house and stuffed your stockings with the quintessential Christmas siege movies. Home Alone (1990) and Die Hard (1988)!

We review each then pitch several versions of a Home Alone / Die Hard shared universe. We also ask the age-old question of whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Will we finally put this question to rest? Probably not. Enjoy!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
02:16 – Home Alone (1990)
23:25 – Die Hard (1988)
47:09 – Home Alone / Die Hard Cinematic Universe

Links Mentioned

Neil and Johnny Drink in the Park

GCU #18: Krampus & Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

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He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been bad or good. No, not the fat man. We’re talking about Krampus and he’s bringing you a horror Christmas this year!

This episode, the first of two Christmas specials this year, we discuss a pair of modern horror holiday classics. First up, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) from the land of the original Santa Claus. Then Krampus (2015), directed by a man who likes his horror holidays, Michael Dougherty.

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
02:36 – Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
27:25 – Krampus (2015)
52:41 – Krampus / Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Cinematic Universe

Links Mentioned

Facebook Group

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The Grawlix Cinematic Universe treehouse may be creaking under the weight of two full grown man-children but fortunately, there is room for one more. Special guest Dustin Smothers joins the club for an episode all about what its like to be a boy in the body of a man. No girls allowed! Yep, the GCU is about to tackle its biggest adventure ever… 80s and 90s heartfelt comedies.

This episode we discuss Big (1988), starring Tom Hanks, and the Francis Ford Coppola directed Jack (1996), starring Robin Williams. Then we pitch our Big and Jack cinematic universes!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
03:23 – Big (1988)
35:12 – Jack (1996)
1:02:26 – Big/Jack Cinematic Universe

Links Mentioned

Randy on Letterboxd

Jasper on Letterboxd

Dustin Smothers on Twitter

VIDEO: Why SNOWPIERCER is a sequel to WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

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Birds of a feather… KILL together! We don’t mean to be a buzz kill but its time to have a talk. THE talk. The talk about The Birds, the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock avian assault classic, and The Deadly Bees, the less than buzzworthy 1966 bee-themed murder mystery.

Then we pitch The Birds vs The Deadly Bees: Winged Justice cinematic universe!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
01:31 – The Birds (1963)
44:17 – The Deadly Bees (1966)
1:07:02 – The Birds vs. The Deadly Bees Cinematic Universe

Links Mentioned

Randy on Letterboxd

Jasper on Letterboxd

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Happy Halloween! We’re all going to die! Join us. What I mean is join the Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe for a game of “We’re All Going to Die”, a single page tabletop game, on this special Halloween Actual Play RPG episode! The rules are light and the tone is lighter. The only thing we know for sure is just one player can survive. Enjoy!

Links Mentioned

We’re All Going To Die: A Single Page RPG

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Grab your cherry Flying V guitar and crank the dial up to 11 because this year we’re having a heavy metal Halloween! It’s all treats with this head banging horror double feature. We review Trick or Treat (1986) in which a bullied metalhead resurrects his dead rock hero by playing the rocker’s last record backwards. Then it’s on to The Devil’s Candy (2015) in which a hard rockin’ dad is possessed by evil forces to paint some truly metal artwork… but he’s not the only one being influenced by the dark lord.

And as always, we wrap this episode up by figuring out how these two movies could be combined into one CINEMATIC UNIVERSE!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
05:28 – Trick or Treat (1986)
48:31 – The Devil’s Candy (2015)
1:22:25 – Trick or Treat / The Devil’s Candy Cinematic Universe

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The battle you’ve been waiting for! Alien versus Predator versus Freddy versus Jason. Whoever wins… the viewer loses. Four massive franchises come together as some of horror’s most iconic movie monsters throw down in two less than iconic showdown movies. We kick off the Halloween season with AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Freddy vs. Jason, the double feature we’ve been waiting to do since this podcast’s conception.

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
02:25 – AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
30:25 – Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
1:11:26 – Alien vs. Predator / Freddy vs. Jason Cinematic Universe

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Strap on your driving gloves because there are no clean getaways and rules are made to be broken. On this episode we throw it into reverse to revisit a pair of our favorite wheelman movies. First up, Randy’s pick, the Nicolas Winding Refn directed Drive, staring real human beings Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Then Jasper’s pick, The Transporter from 2002, which pretty much established Jason Statham as a modern action hero.

Of course, it wouldn’t be the Grawlix Cinematic Universe if we didn’t ask the question… What if you combined Drive and The Transporter into one cinematic universe!?

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
02:04 – Drive (2011)
43:54 – The Transporter (2002)
1:16:07 – Drive / The Transporter Cinematic Universe

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Get AMPED! This episode’s double feature is a non-stop assault on the senses! Jump start that ol’ ticker with the first person POV action flick Hardcore Henry and the ridiculously offensive Crank: High Voltage. Two flicks sure to send the squeamish and motion sick grappling for the barf bag. Strap in!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
01:46 – Hardcore Henry (2015)
39:05 – Crank: High Voltage (2009)
1:03:15 – Hardcore Henry / Crank: High Voltage Cinematic Universe

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