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60. Shazam! (2019)

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Say the magic word and get an all new episode, talking about 2019’s SHAZAM! We break down the comic character’s history, and discuss art, Lil Nas X, Canada doubling for Philly and even find time to develop a little cheap heat with our pals on The Legends of Philadelphia podcast!

59. Ong-Bak (2003)

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Lace up your forearms to the elbow cuz we’re talking about Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)! Not since The Octagon (Ep. 001!) have we talked so extensively about martial arts! What’s the difference between Muay Thai and Muay Boran? What’s the problem with Mortal Kombat (2021)? What’s the deal with “Thai Daylight Batman”? Listen & find out!

Pull up your mid-’90s gaming chair and pour yourself a tall, cool glass of milk cuz we’re talking 1994’s Brainscan! Is there a more “1994” movie description than: When Eddie Furlong plays an evil CD-ROM, he’ll be forced to kill his best friend Kyle! Plus, we describe Trickster, define the word “fingles”, and wonder How much does Brainscan cost?

We’re going back to high school, and back to 1999, talking about the teen rom com / Shakespeare adaptation 10 Things I Hate About You! We also come up a few new HWGW slogans, a genius idea for a shampoo commercial (or two), discuss prom-posals, and tell stories about the great band Murder By Death, and of course high school. Plus: y’all know Joker isn’t a movie, right?

This week we’re taking a break from practicing the shot put, javelin and hammer throw to discuss 1996’s charming MATILDA, directed by Danny DeVito! Our discussion of this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book includes: Jimmy Hoffa conspiracies, many fake movie ideas, Hunter’s story about meeting Joe Pantoliano and a LOT more!

Happy birthday Tarsem Singh! On this episode, Allison & Hunter talk about The Cell from the year 2000! Hear about this is more than just Silence of the Lambs meets A Nightmare on Elm St. and how we can’t get enoughrio Vincent D’Onofrio. We plug our friends on the Legends of Philadelphia podcast, and solicit our dude Ben Wheatley to hook us up with that good-good log (wink wink, y’know what I’m saying?). Fair warnings: We earn our explicit tag in this episode and some of the film’s subject matter is definitely NOT for everyone.

On this episode, we’re establishing a neural handshake and drifting into a discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s giant robots vs. monsters battle flick, 2013’s Pacific Rim. We talk about our love for GDT, give a brief review of 2021’s Godzilla Vs. Kong, find parallels to both previous episodes Deep Blue Sea and Independence Day, plug China Mieville’s 2000 novel Perdido Street Station, and discuss Mt. Mausoleum’s Feast of Murpis!

Hello Excellent Humans! Roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news: on this episode we’re covering the entire Beethoven franchise to celebrate our 2nd Year on the Air Anniversary! We’re joined by Krystal TL Brackett & Nicole Carter to help us cover all 8 films released over 22 years! We discuss what makes a good dog movie, what makes a good himbo, and how Beethoven is definitely a feminist ally.

In an effort to bank some episodes, Hunter & Allison are going solo once again for a by-default HWGW Date Watch on Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002)! Besides our love for the flick, we discuss the WWF’s Doink & Dink, giving the Tasmanian Devil cocaine, how Frozen’s Olaf never recovered from The Snap, the concept of “dark empathy”, our sidejawn podcast Tom @#%&in’ Hanks and manage to squeeze in enough time to fight about whether green mint chip ice cream is good or not!

On this episode, we’re joined remotely by up and coming filmmaker / musician Aydan Schlaffman to talk about Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut - 1971’s Play Misty For Me. And though we are beset by ~tEcHnIcAl DiFfIcUlTiEs~ we manage to talk about: How COOL Clint wants us to think he is, How Jessica Walters is Getting Into Knives, Jim Carrey, jazz and we wonder: Are lumberjacks known to be especially horny?