Overdue Rentals

It was a pure joy to have television star and writer of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande with us to talk about her film which is now available to watch on Hulu. Katy also took some time to speak about the 1988 classic comedy, A Fish Called Wanda with us. Join in for the fun and let us know what you thought/think about both films!

If you're still unaware, Matthew has deep obsession with British Comedians and we working our way through the pantheon of UK performers to be guests on Overdue Rentals. Lucky for us, we were able to have the wonderful Tiff Stevenson join us this week to keep the trend going and she has chosen the Amazon Prime film, Blow the Man Down as her Overdue Rental choice. Listen in for a delightful discussion about this underseen indie, as well as some trail off talks about comedy shows, chat groups, and just film in general. 

We are blessed once again with am amazing guest as we have the one and only Don McKellar joining us for a weekend special episode to discuss his role in the new David Cronenberg film, Crimes of the Future. But while we had Don with us, we were not going to pass up the opportunity to chat about his feature length directorial debut which he also wrote and starred in; 1998's Last Night. If you are still someone who hasn't had the chance to watch this brilliant film that revolves around the final night of everyone's existence as the world comes to end--now is the time to check it out. Make sure you're seeking out the new transfer of the film, though. There is a storied history of getting the proper presentation of this film out to the world that you can get the full story about in this deep dive from the DVD Exotica website: http://www.dvdexotica.com/2017/10/the-decade-long-trek-to-get-last-night.html But for now, please enjoy our discussion with Don!

We may have said it before, but it is true again this time...it was an absolute delight to have writer/director Marcus Dunstan with us to discuss his new film, Unhuman--which premieres on EPIX June 3rd- as well as the 1990 anthology film, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. We actually get to talking about a lot of different films with Marcus and as it was an absolute joy for us, it will be an absolute joy for you!

It saddened us to hear about the passing of the great Fred Ward, but with all moments of loss, there must also be moments of commemoration.  With this in mind, we have our good friend and film maker Ted Geoghegan with us to talk about the underseen HBO Films noir/Lovecraft mash-up, Cast a Deadly Spell. The film is on HBO Max for those who have yet to see it, but please join us and Ted as we discuss this missed classic along with some other great Fred Ward pictures. Ted is currently in post-production for his new film, Brooklyn 45, that will premiere exclusively on Shudder. So, keep an eye out. 

The family and staff of Downton Abbey are back on the big screen and this time their adventure was helmed by the one and only Simon Curtis. Simon joined us to talk about undertaking a new Downton tale as well as talk about 1983's Local Hero. Be forewarned, there are some big Downton spoilers contained within. If you don't want to know about a fairly large plot point, skip the following timeframes: 10:13 to 12:07 and 22:00 to 22:30. So, after you see the movie, come back to listen to the parts you missed!

When Mike and I started work on the Overdue Rentals podcast, we had a list of 10 films we wanted to kick off our show with. Lenny Abrahamson's 2014 film, Frank, was one of those 10. Now, here we are with the man himself discussing this highly underseen classic. After the success of his adaptation of Normal People for Hulu, Lenny is back with an adaptation of Sally Rooney's first book, Conversations with Friends which premieres on Hulu starting this Friday, May 15th. As much as it was a thrill to talk about the show with Lenny, we were beyond thrilled to have some time to chat up the man about Frank and revel in all its glory. 

This just in! We have the brand new MST3K host Emily Marsh with us this week. Emily has jumped from the MST3K live crew to be one of three hosts for the new run of MST3K episodes that you can now watch on the Gizmoplex. Along with some always needed MST3K chat, Emily is here to talk about the 1974 Brian De Palma cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise. Get ready for some off the wall banter!

2022 has been a great year for films so far, and Riley Stearns the man behind 2019's The Art of Self-Defense is responsible for adding on to the already growing list of fantastic 2022 films with his newest effort, Dual. The film stars Karen Gillan as a woman who must fight a clone of herself to the death. It's a must see, as is The Art of Self-Defense if you haven't seen it yet. Listen in for a great chat and make sure you see these films, if you haven't already.

Part 2 of our Taskmaster spectacular...we have the Taskmaster himself, Greg Davies with us today. Much like our episode with Alex, It was a pure delight to have Greg with us to not only talk a bit about what makes Taskmaster great, but a brilliant modern Overdue Rental choice; Riders of Justice. We certainly hope to have Greg and Alex back on soon, as these gentleman really know their stuff.

Taskmaster series 13 is not underway and all your favorite episodes of Taskmaster's past are now on/will soon be on, Taskmaster Supermax+. Get involved, today!