Overdue Rentals

We get deep and insightful with our dear friend and colleague Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi about the 1998 Jim Carrey feature, The Truman Show. Close to 25 years later and this film is just as important as the day it came out. Join us as we talk reality TV, free will, and ancient Greek philosophy. Oh yeah, and Jim Carrey.

Our good friend Bevin and host of the new Tubi original chat show, Beverages with Bevin, joins us this week to talk about 1998s Pleasantville. Of course, we have many tangential discussions of Barbie and other films along the way. Grab your coloring books and listen along this pleasant chat before and after you check out the newest episode of Beverages with Bevin.

There are so many personal films out there from many seasoned filmmakers. Danish writer/director Niels Arden Oplev has made a film that is very close to his heart, and invited audiences in to learn and explore some hard to understand subjects. Rose is both touching and heavy, but always light and airy. Definitely check it out the first second you can. But, while we had Niels with us, we also had to talk about his original adaptation of Stieg Larsson's, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We discuss what goes into adapting such a lauded work of art and the issues with its not so publicized name change.

Happy November! Let's kick off the month right with the one and only Neil Burger. His new film, The Marsh King's Daughter is out this Friday, November 3rd. But we are also talking about this week's Overdue Rental, his 2011 sleeper hit, Limitless. The Bradley Cooper/Robert DeNiro thriller was such a smash hit when it hit theaters and though it spawned a TV show of the same name, not enough people are talking about the film nowadays. Let's fix that!

Freddy Fazbear's is finally about finally be open for adoring fans to revel in the live action production of the popular jump scare video game. We are joined by the man who brought the visuals of the robotic over-run child's pizzeria, cinematographer Lyn Moncrief. Lyn chats about everything that went into brining the game to life as well as his Overdue Rental choice, the 2000

Get your microphones and knives ready as this week we are talking about Repo! The Genetic Opera with our good friend and colleague and editor of Reel News Daily, Liz Whittemore. Strap in as this one is a wild time. Both the film and this discussion!

Let's kick off the Halloween season a week early! Even though he had just gotten off a plane in the middle of their world tour, Aunty Donna's Zachary Ruane didn't miss a step as he joined us to talk about George A. Romero's return to the zombie genre with 2005's, Land of the Dead. If you're listening to this on or around it's premiere date, you can still get ticket for the 2pm Aunty Donna show at Eventim Apollo in London. And there are still some tickets available for shows in the U.S. in NYC, Philly, and Austin for early October. Click here to get your tickets now, and enjoy our wonderful conversation.

He rode the world's fastest train, been body slammed by wrestlers, defeated rollercoasters, passed out from the G-Force of a centrifuge, eaten garlic bread that has been to the stratosphere; but today will be the toughest challenge he has faced, yet. YouTube presenter and host of the Lateral Podcast Tom Scott will talk about movies with Matt and Mike. Well, he's talking about a single movie, at least. It was a pleasure to speak with Tom about 2004's loosely adapted, I, Robot. We all have different opinions on this one, so get ready for an engaging conversation. Don't forget to subscribe to Lateral as well, as there is no other podcast that will have you thinking in such creative ways.

Dear friend of the podcast and life in general; Max Evry dropped by to discuss his new book A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History. And, to keep things in the Lynchian family tree, we are discussing the Twin Peaks movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History will be in stores on Sept. 19th, and you can still pre-order your copy now. And, if you're in NYC stop by Forbidden Planet in Union Square on Saturday the 16th between 5pm and 7pm to grab a copy early and have it signed my Mr. Evry himself.

Everyone loves a part 2! Right? Welcome back to our discussion about the new film The Adults as this week we have Sophia Lillis joining us to talk about the sibling rivalry between herself, Michael Cera, and Hannah Gross. But this is Overdue Rentals, which means we have another Sophie Lillis film to talk about with her, and this time we have a lovely discussion about Gretel & Hansel for you, dear listener. Family issues all around!