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"⁠NinetyForChill⁠: The #Podcast with ⁠@CatBusRuss"⁠ is officially reborn. It kind of seems appropriate that we celebrate the festivities with another festival, the ⁠Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo⁠. The headliners (Chris Evans, Zachary Levi, Tenoch Huerta, etc.) are not usually featured in films that are common to this podcast, but their stories are worthwhile listens that may inspire. For the likes of ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ and ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠, their primary reason of attending is to just enjoy and embrace the nerd culture. ThePoeticCritic is there for the shopping and her "Supernatural"-obsessed boyfriend. CatBusRuss is there for the networking and the panels. Panels to burn down with his hot takes against maximalist cinema and how Bulbasaur is truly the 001 Pokémon. As for networking, 2023's event shows his weaknesses and his willingness to learn to open up. Come and learn about the fun and trauma that can be had at Chicago's premier geek convention.

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast goes back to its roots by refreshing some of its first podcast with its associate producer, Ally Higgins. This acts as a profile for the Etsy seller (Ally's Accessories Shop) who has donated nearly $300 in used DVDs of feature ranging from absolute trash to under appreciated features that demand reappraisal. These two conversations explore her tastes be it Studio Ghibli and Makota Shinkai, the 21st century action movies she embraced while living with CatBusRuss ("Resident Evil" and "Underworld"), or what she let HBO rot her brain with "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and "Flashdance".

Two of the best guests to have come on to NinetyForChill: The Podcast have been Kodiak Thompson and ThePoeticCritic. With that said, we cannot allow their debut episodes to not be featured on the feeds for Apple, Spotify, and Amazon Music. More importantly, the filmographies that were discussed are legendary. Kodiak and CatBusRuss discussed Henry Rollin's sub 100-minute movies including our guest's favorite feature "He Never Died". ThePoeticCritic and our host have a conversation about Jeff Goldblum's lesser known nineties features, but more importantly David Cronenberg's "The Fly". We could have gone on and on, but the CatBus did not know the lack of limitations Zoom had at the time.

As this version of NinetyForChill: The #Podcast winds down, CatBusRuss is continuing to preserve the episodes that Podbean has allowed to slip from the major podcast (Apple, Spotify, Google, etc.) feeds. When it comes to talking about John Cena and vampires, it seems our host is alone when it comes to his fascination with the genres. Thus, the show's producer only has about 20 minutes of insight on the topics (recorded) and it is all right here. In this bonus episode, we alternate between the 16-time champ and vamps with "The Marine" (2006), "Daughter of Darkness" (1990), "The Suicide Squad" (2021), and "Bloodsucking Bastards" (2015).

Before we move on from Podbean, CatBusRuss wants to ensure that some of his favorite recordings will remain on the feeds of the major podcast apps (Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon Music). We return to month five of NinetyForChill: The #Podcast with what was first a two-episode conversation with Joe Golwitzer about the sub-100 minute filmography of Adam Sandler. The two cover nearly all of the feature that qualify for the show ("Billy Madison", "Happy Gilmour", "Little Nicky", "The Wedding Singer", "Bedtime Stories", "Hotel Transylvania", "Bulletproof", etc.) while going on tangents about "Star Wars", Brad Pitt, and, like the best movie podcasts out there, Gerard Butler.

CatBusRuss's taking on a second job is providing him with fewer opportunities to record new episodes of NinetyForChill: The #Podcast. He will make time to create weekly content, but the world does not revolve around him. On top of that, where is the time for him to watch new movies? Fortunately, family stepped up to help him out this week. ThePoeticCritic has a lot to say about the state of cinema at the moment, and she wanted a platform. The two siblings have a boundless conversation to address their favorite actors, the upcoming and previous Oscars, and hopes of fewer comic book movies.

As for movie reviews, our host was able to watch Costas Mandylor of "Saw" fame star in a 2022 knock off of the franchise he is best known for with "Death Count". With that said, we never saw Det. Hoffmanr die. So could this be considered a spinoff?

This is a case of CatBusRuss trying to make chicken salad from chicken waste. Between starting a second job and his scheduled recording falling through at the last minute, he did not have a way to line up a new guest. But, with Podbean only allowing a hundred episodes to show up on the top podcast apps, there is a fear that some of the past episodes will be lost when/if the podcast changes platforms. We cannot lose our only episodes (thus far) with JD Greving of JDHD and Jessica Kwazz from "2nd Chance Movies". Thus, welcome to the Stealing Harvard (2002) and Spaceballs (1987) mega episode. It also features NinetyForChill legend ThePoeticCritic.

Since the original "Friday the 13th", it is safe to say that a third of slasher movies try to subvert audience expectations with a third act twist. Just trying to identify the killer may have become a stale concept far too early in the genre, so some films are dependent on discovering the deep-seeded why behind a killer's motivation. Much of the time, that ends up holding a fun or even brilliant film back. CatBusRuss and "Booze, Boobs & Blood's" Rae explore two examples of this: 2003's "High Tension" and 1983's "Sleepaway Camp".