Reel Poppycock's *Spooky Season* continues with 2023 horror comedy "The Blackening." Directed by Tim Story, and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, "The Blackening" was an Ed choice for his Halloween month movie.

This film is a piece of sharp satire, while also being very aware of how referential it is to films that have come before. "The People Under the Stairs," "Scream 2," and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" are all directly referenced in "The Blackening." But one key piece of homage may have been missed by the Poppycock crew: does the mind-reading / telepathy that people employ whilst playing Spades count as a mini-tribute to "The Shining?"

This podcast episode is filled with laughs, social commentary, and plenty of games in honor of a main theme of "The Blackening." KC even breaks out a new game they thought of: "Who's Your (Hoosier) Reel Movie Fan?" Where the game tests Ed and Trevor's respective knowledge of films in relation to the state of Indiana.

So fill up a nice glass with some King's Kool-Ayyy, and enjoy this episode on "The Blackening," the 2nd of 3 installments in this year's *Spooky Season* on Reel Poppycock.

00:00:45 Ed's Black E.D. Awareness

00:03:06 Reel Basic Facts

00:19:35 KC Presents: "Harlem Nights 2," directed by: _________

00:28:18 Poppycock Pop-Quiz  

00:42:44 Film Analysis 

01:01:07 Drinks, Drugs, and Games Ensue 

01:26:28 Ed shares "Angela Rye Head-Ass" quote with real life Angela Rye

02:00:25 Reel Poppycock says: "F*ck ai slop Scream movie memes"

02:05:20 KC's Indiana game: "Who's Your (Hoosier) Reel Movie Fan?"

02:10:56 Poppycock Round-Up 

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode, all rights reserved}

- "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Ann Peebles

- "777" by Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)

- "Made You Look" by Nas

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Welcome to the 2025 Spooky Season kickoff episode of Reel Poppycock! Are you ready to see a "Living Dead Girl," or do you prefer them "More Human than Human?" We're bound for bloody good times as we discuss writer/director Rob Zombie's 2005 film "The Devil's Rejects."

Each host will be choosing one horror film to discuss for this unit, and "The Devil's Rejects" was a Trevor pick. So will Trevor's tush get toasty as he is trivia tested by Ed on the Poppycock Pop-Quiz: Hot Seat Edition, where hardball heaters come in high and tight with extra-tough questions?

This episode also features some fan theories, a Dream-Cast segment, and enough tutti fruiti ice cream to satisfy even the most jaded film fan. Speaking of satisfying cream, Rosario Dawson's scene in "The Devil's Rejects" may have ended up on the cutting room floor, but it does exist as a deleted scene, and the Poppycock hosts throw her some love in their analysis.

So dig through the ditches, and burn through the witches, we slam in the back of Reel Poppycock's "Dragula," and enjoy the first installment in our horror film unit.

00:00:50 Spooky Season Intro

00:05:40 Reel Basic Facts

00:35:00 Poppycock Pop-Quiz: Hot Seat Edition 

00:43:45 Synopsis & Analysis  

01:05:33 Ed Questions Roy's Johnny Cash Connection 

01:34:03 Is Captain Spaulding really Baby's Father? 

01:41:47 Ed's Ken Foree Fan Theory

02:01:33 Dream-Cast

02:10:33 DAME Helen Mirren receives Studio Invitation

02:15:56 Poppycock Round-Up 

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode, all rights reserved}

- "Free Bird" (Extended Music Version) by Lynyrd Skynyrd UMG on behalf of Geffen*

- "Rocky Mountain Way" Joe Walsh UMG on behalf of Geffen*

- "Midnight Rider" by The Allman Brothers Band UMG on behalf of Island Def Jam*

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Reel Poppycock's love for "Jackie Brown" and Pam Grier is cranked to the MAX; as we CHERRY pick some of our favorite scenes, songs, and performances to analyze from the 1997 film. This is the third and final installment of our 3 film unit on director Quentin Tarantino.

Ed says "they don't make em like that anymore" when talking about the classic track "Across 110th St." by Bobby Womack, and KC replies "I don't think they're allowed to. It's like a state law." The soundtrack for this film is phenomenal, with diegetic use of sound when cassette tapes of The Brothers Johnson and The Delfonics are popped into the rides of Samuel L. Jackson's Ordell Robbie, and Robert Forster's Max Cherry respectively.

Trevor delves into some of the Hollywood royalty family history of Bridget Fonda, and lays out some of the classic performances of Robert DeNiro's storied career in the Reel Basic Facts.

Lots of laughs, and little Poppycock, in this episode; unless you want to count the reasoning for Max Cherry making his final decision in regards to Jackie Brown in the climax of the film. So stand ten toes down with us one last time for Tarantino, and enjoy this episode of Reel Poppycock!

00:01:45 Reel Basic Facts

00:20:24 "Across 110th St." / Summary

00:29:44 Machine Gun Funk

00:45:07 "Strawberry Letter 23" 

01:05:41 *Cherry* picking The Delfonics / Further Film Analysis

01:48:16 Poppycock Round-Up

02:02:18 Outro / Spooky Season Teaser

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

- "Across 110th St." by Bobby Womack

- "Strawberry Letter 23" by The Brothers Johnson

- "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" by The Delfonics

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Many podcasts may bark all day like little doggies, but Reel Poppycock brings the bite with the second of three films covered in our Quentin Tarantino unit that kicks off Season 3.

In this episode we discuss Tarantino having a bit part as an Elvis impersonator on an old episode of Golden Girls, while also delving into how serious one must be with their method-acting in order to ride around in the trunk of a car to do research for a role.

Ed and KC bring up Mr. Pink's tipping practices, and then discuss how racial stereotypes involving perceived tipping have effected their lives as black individuals in the USA. Ed also has a fun fan theory on what happens to Steve Buscemi's character of Mr. Pink after the events of "Reservoir Dogs."

Trevor details a "Brief History of the Heist Genre' in the Reel Basic Facts, and all three hosts get to create their *Dream Heist Team* in a special version of our normal DreamCast segment. KC even has an "Oops All Ovaries" edition of their DreamCast since "Reservoir Dogs" is such a blatantly masculine movie.

All that and more on this new episode of Reel Poppycock, enjoy!

00:08:42 Reel Basic Facts

00:23:25 Brief History of the Heist Genre

00:29:13 "Little Green Bag" / Synopsis

01:01:29 Stuck in the Middle of this Podcast 

01:42:38 Dream Heist Team {game}

02:02:20 Poppycock Round-Up

02:13:30 Outro / Housekeeping

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

- "Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection

- "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel

- "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson

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Welcome to Season 3 of Reel Poppycock, or as KC belts out in our intro: "We're back mutha-fluffers!"

Season 3 opens with a three episode unit covering writer & director Quentin Tarantino, and this episode is on the 2012 *Southern* masterpiece: "Django Unchained."

Ed has often said that Tarantino is one of his favorite filmmakers, but how does he feel about sweet potatoes? Yams are briefly brought up, but also how some stuff never completely changes. America has come a long way since the pre-Civil War time period depicted in Django Unchained, but if you think remnants of that bigotry has not been passed on through the generations, then you've just not been paying attention.

Stars Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz provided dynamite performances, and receive lots of love from the Reel Poppycock crew. Ed, KC, and Trevor share some of their favorite quotes during the "Who Said It?" game, and rank the film during the Poppycock Round-Up segment.

So: "Hey, Little Troublemakers," please join us for Season 3 of Reel Poppycock, and enjoy!

00:00:00 Season 3 Intro

00:04:30 Reel Basic Facts

00:33:55 Synopsis

00:39:20 Poppycock Pop-Quiz 

00:50:15 Film Analysis

01:29:27 Polynesian Pearl Diver

02:05:25 Who Said It? {game}

02:11:22 Poppycock Round-Up

02:19:00 Tarantino Teaser

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

- "Django" by Luis Bacalov

- "Dies Irae Be" from Verdi's Requiem

- "Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable)" by James Brown and Tupac Shakur

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From deep in the vault, Reel Poppycock is dropping a special episode to close out Season 2.

We welcome back original co-host Joe to the studio, as we release this episode on 1967's "The Jungle Book" that was recorded back in April.

Poppycocks get called out left and right, as Ed KC Joe and Trevor lay into the colonialist messaging behind this purported Disney "classic" flick. Join us as we revisit the theme of: "Ani-MAY-tion." {Only 4 or 5 months late...}

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:56 Reel Basic Facts

00:19:08 Synopsis

00:37:11 Poppycock Pop Quiz

00:45:00 Film Analysis

01:16:00 Poppycock Perspective

01:28:42 DreamCast

01:45:33 Poppycock Round-Up

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Reel Poppycock gets busy living, because the world is all too often getting busy dying. That's right, we take a deep dive into mass incarceration and the privatized prison-for-profit system on this episode covering the 1994 film "Shawshank Redemption."

Directed by Frank Darabont, and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, listeners will find out why Ed thinks "Shawshank Redemption" may be the best movie ever made.

Get comfy for a nice, non-life length sentence of the sweet sounds of Reel Poppycock in your ear-holes, and think of what music you'd take with you to the hole, or solitary confinement for those not hip to prison lingo. Enjoy your freedom!

00:00:00 Intro / AFI makes Lousy Lists

00:08:08 Reel Basic Facts

00:34:10 Ed Cares and the Synopsis

00:58:46 Shawshank Disclaimer 

01:10:30 Poppycock Pop-Quiz

01:31:10 Film Analysis continued

01:33:30 Music for the Hole

01:41:27 Reel Poppycock says: "F*ck Slavery!"

02:10:30 Game: "Who Said It?"

02:15:44 Poppycock Round-Up

{credit to all respective artists for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

-Thomas Newman for "Shawshank Redemption"

-Deutsche Oper Berlin; Karl Bohm, Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz for "Duettino-Sullaria

-The Ink Spots for "If I didn't care"

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Reel Poppycock was so preoccupied by whether or not they *could* do an episode covering Jurassic Park that was less than 3 hours long, but they *did* stop to think that they should, so despite all the dino-love dropped on this episode, it still clocks in at roughly the 2 hour and 7 minute runtime of the flick.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:13 Reel Basic Facts

00:27:30 Synopsis / Film Analysis

00:49:50 Poppycock Pop-Quiz 

01:05:26 Film Analysis continued

02:08:52 Poppycock Round-Up

02:17: Final Thoughts / Outro

{credit to John Williams for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

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Join Reel Poppycock for a special birthday episode, where Ed gets to pick the flick in honor of his upcoming bday. Ed chose Rush Hour, and that was "no problem" for his co-hosts, because Rush Hour is a fun film to analyze.

This episode features some deep dives into Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, and some of the history of Hong Kong. Plus Ed gets to show off his singing pipes with a great Mariah Carey rendition. We also have a fun new game from KC, where they ask "Do You Understand the Insult that is Coming Out of my Mouth?"

All that and way more on Reel Poppycock's Rush Hour Ed bday celebration episode!

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:00 Reel Basic Facts

00:20:00 Hong Kong History Lesson

00:23:18 Synopsis / Film Analysis

00:43:00 Ed's Fantastic "Fantasy" Folie A Deux

01:02:25 Poppycock Pop-Quiz 

01:11:11 Film Analysis continued

01:38:00 KC's game: "Do You Understand the Insult that is Coming Out of My Mouth?"

01:53:35 No Problem, Just Rush Hour

02:08:25 Poppycock Round-Up

02:14:25 Final Thoughts / Outro

{credit to Edwin Starr, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, and Dru Hill for song clips used in this episode and all rights reserved}

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Join your hosts as they celebrate the 4th of July holiday by covering the 1996 space invasion action classic flick "Independence Day." Explosions, laughs, and poppycock call-outs abound in this Reel Poppycock episode.

Ed, KC, and Trevor provide their DreamCast for ID4, while also questioning why everyone still made fun of alien abduction victim Russel Casse, even after aliens had destroyed every major city across the globe.

So let's kick the tires and light fires podcast fans, and enjoy this brand new episode, a happy "Independence Day" to you all!

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:00 Reel Basic Facts

00:21:45 Synopsis and Plot Overview

00:50:45 It's The End of the World As We Know It

01:06:20 Poppycock Pop-Quiz

01:28:00 Jimmy's Crush on Big Daddy 

01:55:15 DreamCast

02:10:40 Poppycock Round-Up

{credit to the band R.E.M. for the song "It's The End of the World As We Know It"}

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