• Tamia – ‘So Into You’
• Childish Gambino covers Tamia ‘So Into You’ for Like A Version
• Rihanna – ‘Stay’
• Low – ‘Stay’
• Chumbawumba – ‘Tubthumping’
• They Might Be Giants – ‘Tubthumping’
• Snoop Dogg – Gin and Juice
• Sissy Bar – Gin and Juice
• Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
• Corey Taylor – Wicked Game
• Prince – Nothing Compares 2U
• Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2U
• Chris Cornell – Nothing Compares 2U
• Simon and Garfunkel – The Boxer
• Heart – The Boxer

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I assume he punched him so hard he exploded, and his hat popped up.

In a topsy-turvy world, it’s good to know that ​Raiders of the Lost Ark​ exists. We are not shy in our praise of this movie, despite its inherent silliness and gaping plot holes and such. If ever there was a film that was greater than the sum of its parts, it’s this one. Come along as we reveal our recasting winners, the next film, and how highly we rated this one.

• National Treasure
• The DaVinci Code
• Encyclopedia Brown
• Justin Bartha
• Remaker’s Mark Special Episode 13: Umbrage!
• I Am Not OK With This
• Stranger Things
• Watchmen (2009 film)
• Watchmen (graphic novel)
• Watchmen (HBO series)
• Paul Freeman
• Christoph Waltz
• Karen Allen
• Rooney Mara
• Harrison Ford
• Oscar Isaac
• Casablanca
• The Maltese Falcon
• Ben Burtt
• Indy’s under the truck stunt
• R2D2 in Raiders — opening the ark scene

From out of the deep in the darkest jungles of South America, nimbly avoiding amazingly crafted ancient architectural traps, covered in cobwebs, emerges the first half of our episode on Raiders of the Lost Ark! Oh, what fun we had. We check off another iconic character from our recasting list (COUGH*melty-face Nazi*COUGH) and generally talk about how much we adore this silly little film. And we haven’t even gotten to part two yet!

• DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
• The Blues Brothers
• Affective Disorder
• Carnies
• QI
• Stephen Fry
• No Such Thing As A Fish
• The Academy Awards
• Steven Spielberg
• George Lucas
• Harrison Ford
• Karen Allen
• James Bond
• Darth Vader
• Indiana Jones 5
• Paul Freeman
• Michael Fassbender
• Christoph Waltz
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Inglorious Basterds
• Javier Bardem
• No Country For Old Men
• Skyfall
• Googling Handsome French Actor
• Olivier Martinez
• Unfaithful
• Sharlto Copley
• District 9
• Elysium
• Whitney Cummings
• Whitney (sitcom)
• Thandie Newton
• Westworld
• Mission Impossible II
• Rooney Mara
• Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• The Social Network
• Rose Byrne
• The Spy Who Dumped Me
• Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Lizzy Caplan
• Castle Rock
• Joaquin Phoenix
• Joker
• ‘Grouch’ – SNL Parody
• Chris Pratt
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Jurassic World
• Dev Patel
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Lion
• Cowboy Ninja Viking
• Munchkin 
• Will Smith
• Ali  
• The Pursuit of Happyness  
• Oscar Isaac  
• Ex Machina
• The Rise Of Skywalker  
• Donald Glover  
• Community  
• Atlanta  
• Simon Pegg
• Nick Frost  
• Ronald Lacey
• Dieter Laser
• Wolf Kahler
• August Diehl
• Band of Brothers
• Inglourious Basterds
• Allied
• Remaker’s Mark: Metropolis
• Denholm Elliott
• Kenneth Branagh
• John Rhys-Davies
• Shaun Toub
• Iron Man

Any reference to real events and persons living or dead is not accidental. It is deliberate.

• The Naked Gun and Police Academy
  • The Naked Gun series
  • Police Academy
  • Priscilla Presley
• Kids Music
  • Louis and Dan (and the Invisible Band)
  • They Might Be Giants
  • Here Come the 123s
  • High Five
• Remaker’s Mark Recommends: Your Public Library
  • Kent District Library
  • Hennepin County Library System
  • Lynda (LinkedIn Learning)
  • CloudLibrary
  • Hoopla
  • Ramsey County Library
  • Saint Paul Public Libraries
• Taxi Driver
• French New Wave 
• The Shining
• Contagion
• Floppy Weapons
  • Snatch …which was a misattribution.  It was actually Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
  • Blackjack (weapon)
• ‘As Lithe and Fierce as a Tiger’: The Investigating Judge in “Z”

The Irishman. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood. Little Women. The Irishman. Parasite. The Irishman. Avengers: Endgame. The Irishman. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Irishman. Joker. The Irishman. JoJo Rabbit. The Irishman. Marriage Story. The Irishman. 1917. The Irishman.

Despite all the movies released in 2019, only a select few have the honor of being nominated for an Academy Award. And of those, even fewer are nominated for multiple awards. And then there’s The Irishman.Time to test your wits against our…um…wits and see who is the best guesser. Do you have the inside scoop? Are you secretly a member of the Academy? PROVE IT.

Fill out our Oscars Poll here!

‘Tis that time o’ the year, dear friends, when we remember some of our favorite thespians that have shuffled off this mortal coil in the past year. As always, there are far more than we have time to discuss. Tell us who you think we should have eulogized. Hold your dearest DVDs close, fair listener.

• Andy: Albert Finney <IMDB | Wikipedia>
• Jer: Peter Mayhew <IMDB | Wikipedia>
• Lee: Ric Ocasek <IMDB | Wikipedia>
• Kyle: Carroll Spinney <IMDB | Wikipedia>
  • Beneath the Feathers – the man who gives wing to Big Bird (Featuring a cross-section of how Carroll operates Big Bird)
  • Bullseye with Jesse Thorn’s interview with Carroll Spinney

• Kyle: Tim Conway <IMDB | Wikipedia>
  • ‘The Dentist’ sketch 
• Andy: Bruno Ganz <IMDB | Wikipedia>
  • ‘Downfall’ Memes
• Jer: Peter Tork <IMDB | Wikipedia>
• Lee: Robert Forster <IMDB | Wikipedia>

‘It’s All I Can Do’, The Cars <Apple Music | Spotify> 

We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up!

• Amelie
• Il Postino
• The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
• Kung Fu Hustle
• Run Lola Run
• Wetlands
• Princess Mononoke
• Parasite

• Louis and Dan and the Invisible Band
• Koo Koo Kanga Roo
• They Might be Giants

• Kelly Marie Tran
• Jared Leto
• LaKeith Stanfield
• Rupert Grint
• Daniel Bruhl

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
• Jude Law
• Adam Driver
• Daniel Radcliffe
• Liev Schrieber

• Yves Montand
• Gary Oldman
• Irene Papas
• Claire Foy
• Pierre Dux
• Geoffrey Rush
• Marcel Bozzuffi
• Renato Salvatori
• Tom Hardy
• Max Riemelt
• François Périer
• Stellan Skarsgaard

As a physical education major, let me explain German Expressionism to you…

In part 2 of our discussion of Metropolis, things go off the rails quickly and often. Once again, the curse of this movie has reduced us to 80% capacity, but our B- strength is still enough for an A+ performance. OK, maybe an A-.

We generally really liked this movie, and it shows in our ratings. There’s so much to take in with huge sets, hundreds of cast members, bombastic scores, and emoting! So much emoting! Come along with us as we wrap up our discussion of this titan of the Silent Film era.

• Metropolis
• Maschinenmensch
• C3PO
• Remaker’s Mark Recommends:
  • Pub Draw (web series)
  • Circe (audiobook)
• Our listeners recommend:
  • Cristoph Waltz
  • Stellan Skarsgård
  • Daniel Bruhl
  • Bill Skarsgård
  • Anthony Daniels
• Silent Movieness
  • Modern Times
  • Rotwang Chases Maria
  • Metropolis, Extended Version
• German Expressionism
• Sets and Production
  • Art Deco
  • The Schufftan Process
  • Myst
• What is Happening?
  • Gravy
• Movies Which are Influenced by Metropolis
  • The Fifth Element
  • Elysium
  • Demolition Man
  • Dark City
  • The Matrix
  • Metropolis, Anime Version
• The Score
  • Metropolis, 80’s Pop Soundtrack Version

We step into the way way back machine and recast what some call the first true science fiction movie, Fritz Lang’s 1927 release of Metropolis. Though we operated at 80% capacity this time, we came at you with 100% tenacity and 1000% genius with our character picks (though Andy’s were criminally underrepresented due to his…lack of representation).

Come along with us as we dive into the dystopian world of Metropolis!

• Metropolis
• Maria
  • Brigitte Helm 
  • Zoe Kazan
  • Chyler Leigh
  • Zoe Kravitz
  • Rosa Salazar
  • Perdita Weeks 
• Freder
  • Gustav Frölich
  • Penn Badgely
  • Matthew Lewis
  • Paul Dano
  • Timothy Chalamet
  • Cillian Murphy
• Director 
  • Fritz Lang
  • Spike Lee
  • Peter Jackson
  • Robert Rodriquez
  • Steve McQueen
  • Terry Gilliam
• Joh Fredersen
  • Alfred Abel
  • Mark Rylance
• Rotwang
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge
  • Jake Johnson
• Josophat
  • Theodor Loos
  • Sam Clafin
• Grot
  • Heinrich George
  • John Rhys-Davies
• The Thin Man
  • Fritz Rasp
  • Liev Schrieber