Small Screeners

We missed Halloween, but we’re still spotlighting ol’ Scratch with a look at the 1973 made-for-TV movie Satan’s School For Girls! AJ & Chris break it down before dishing their Top 3 Satanic Panic flicks (22:30), and discussing some recent watches like Azrael, Fight or Flight, Witness, and Deadwood: The Movie (31:30)!

AJ & Chris are looking at a two Michael Jai White flicks this month with the 2009 martial arts thriller Blood & Bone, and the 2024 Tubi original action/comedy Don’t Mess With Grandma (27:50)! They also reveal their Top 3 movie fights (43:45), and talk up some recent watches (54:13), including The Monkey, She Rides Shotgun, Superman, and Fantastic Four: First Steps!

AJ & Chris are back in Direct-To-DVD action with this look at Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning! Plus they discuss their top 3 flicks from the first half of 2025 (35:19), and some recent watches (45:33)!

AJ & Chris are talking the year 1999 in film on this bonus episode, and reveal their top 10 from that pivotal year!

AJ & Chris welcome Sean back for a discussion on the 1998 rock and roll action oddity Six-String Samurai! The fellas chop up Lance Mungia and Jeffery Falcon’s low budget flick, before dishing their Top 3 Vegas movies, and choosing between some mid-90’s Nic Cage actioners (32:57)!

(This episode was originally released on the “Because Movies” podcast feed.)

To celebrate Halloween this year, AJ & Chris decided to go big by putting together the inaugural class of the Because Movies Horror Hall of Fame! They couldn’t do it alone, so they welcome horror aficionado Lando in to help put it together. Each of them nominate 10 films, 5 Directors, 5 Actors, and 5 Actresses before collectively narrowing the field down to the final class!

For our annual spooky season episode, AJ & Chris welcome fellow horror fanatic Lando for a discussion on Direct-To-Video flick The Boneyard! Inspired by Phylis Diller’s Boneyard role, they also dish their Top 3 surprise horror performances, before turning their attention to recent watches Salem’s Lot, Strange Darling, and V/H/S/Beyond (31:26)!

On this bonus episode AJ & Chris are looking at Jeremy Saulnier’s new Netflix action movie Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, and Annasophia Robb. Also discussed: Bikeriders, Longlegs, The Killer, Speak No Evil, Hellhole, and more!

AJ & Chris are joined by fellow movie fanatic Sean for a look at the Showtime flick Fear! Written and directed by Rockne S. O'Bannon, this thriller stars Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Lauren Hutton and Stan Shaw! They also give their Top 3 flicks of 1990 (29:08), and discuss some recent watches, including Brats, The Fall Guy, and American Movie (51:10)!

AJ & Chris are back on the road with Steven Spielberg's directorial debut, the made-for-TV road rage classic, Duel! They also discuss their Top 3 Spielberg movies (28:25), Spielberg's post-2000 run (41:30), and some recent watches, including Megan, Boy Kills World, & Six-String Samurai (48:41)!