Small Screeners

AJ and Chris are joined by Jesse Starcher for Part Two of this special comic book crossover! Chris and Jesse have already discussed Darwyn Cooke’s epic graphic novel DC: The New Frontier on The Source Material Comics Podcast, and now AJ joins the fray as they chat about the animated adaptation in the form of Justice League: The New Frontier! Also discussed: Top 3 Live Action DC flicks (52:20), and recent watches, including Ahsoka, God Is A Bullet, Dave Made A Maze, Adam Eats The 80’s, From, Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes, and even more (1:26:18)!

AJ & Chris are talking brutal action this time around with a look at The Tournament, starring Kelly Hu, Robert Carlyle, and Ving Rhames! They also discuss their Top 3 Ving Rhames performances (40:15), and finish up with some recent watches including Mad Love, Freebie and the Bean, & Regarding Henry, among others (48:15)!

AJ & Chris saddle up for a talk about the John Carpenter scripted Western/Comedy El Diablo, starring Anthony Edwards and Louis Gossett Jr.! Then they throw some praise on the films of 25 years back with their Top 3 movies from 1998 (41:40), and discuss some recent watches, including the most recent MCU flicks, They Cloned Tyrone, The Arrival, Insidious: The Red Door, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Mission Impossible 7, and more (58:36)! Finally, they celebrate the late William Friedkin and offer a bonus Top 3 of their favorite flicks from Hurricane Billy (1:18:03)!

AJ & Chris talk all things Indiana Jones with a review of Dial Of Destiny, their Top 3 Indy allies, their Top 3 Indy villains, and their rankings of all 5 movies in the classic franchise!

No AJ this time, but Chris welcomes his friends Bill & David for a talk about their trip to this years Chattanooga Film Festival! They took in several flicks, a few special presentations, and even visited a haunted hotel room!

AJ & Chris look at the 1990 Made-For-TV movie Killing In A Small Town, based on a true crime ax murder case, and discuss it in relation to the recent Hulu and Max series’ also based on that case, Candy and Love And Death. Then they testify to their Top 3 Courtroom flicks (37:51), before discussing several recent watches, including The Patriot, The Lost World, The Flash, Kids Vs. Aliens, & Clerks 3 (51:08)!

AJ & Chris are back in action to break down the DTV actioner Drive, starring Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, & Britney Murphy! They also kick out their Top 3 “Bound Together” flicks (43:10), and talk about several recent watches including Extraction 2, Cocaine Bear, and Evil Dead Rise (50:07)! Plus a little talk on The State and I Think You Should Leave!

AJ & Chris take a look at the 1996 trashploitation flick, Freeway, starring Reese Witherspoon & Kiefer Sutherland, before dishing out their top 3 Kiefer performances (1:06:53)! They also discuss several recent watches, like Babylon, Pearl, Copland, Evil Dead Rise, and Scream 6 (1:18:58), as well as musicals in general, and their preferences on The Lost Boys/Near Dark, Alien/Aliens, and The Terminator/T2!

AJ & Chris take a swing at Billy Crystal’s HBO baseball picture 61*, focusing on the 1961 home run race between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, starring Tom Jane and Barry Pepper. They also share their Top 3 baseball movies (1:10:33), before once again chatting up Everything, Everywhere, All At Once in the wake of it’s Oscars success (1:20:13), and wrap up with talk of some recent watches, including Miami Blues, Shazam 2, Hulu’s The Boston Strangler, and the season finale of The Last of Us (1:32:27).

AJ & Chris take a look at the direct-to-video action/slasher Maniac Cop 2, which leads to many a digression into topics like forgotten TV show Brimstone, Soderbergh’s The Limey, and more. They then present their Top 3 “Bad Cops” in film (1:08:00), which leads to many a digression on topics like William Friedkin’s charisma, The McConaissance, Barry Sonnenfeld’s Big Trouble, and Elmore Leonard’s crime fiction. Finally, they chat up some of their recent watches (1:31:09) including The Last of Us, Sick, The Craft, Marlowe, The Golden Child, Get Crazy, and M3gan.