By Mario J. Lanza
Movies that deserve more love
Horror author Fiona Carter joins me to discuss the cutest, most feel good, most adorable zombie comedy you are ever going to see, 2017's One Cut of the Dead.
Podcaster and fellow fanadu Jessica Liese joins me in one of my funniest episodes of all time, as we discuss the legacy of the flop that really shouldn't have been a flop, 1980's musical disaster Xanadu.
Archivist and Ted Bundy researcher Tiffany Jean joins me to discuss one of the greatest TV movies of all time: Mark Harmon (as Ted Bundy) in the 1986 movie The Deliberate Stranger.
Horror movie fan and cinephile Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss maybe the most underrated horror movie ever made. It's 1981's supreme creepfest Dead and Buried.
Movie fan Jack Mourouzis joins me to discuss what I'd consider one of the best movies of the past twenty years, which surprisingly rarely ever gets talked about anymore. It's Clint Eastwood's 2008 masterpiece Gran Torino.
Fellow 80s child Celia Curran joins me to discuss a movie that was beloved in its time, but somehow fell right off the face of the earth soon after that. It's time to give more love to the charming 1983...
Pop culture podcaster and movie fan Quintin Philipson joins me to discuss what I think was the best movie of the past five years, 2019's instant classic Jojo Rabbit
Sportswriter and podcaster Jack Vita joins me to discuss a movie that shouldn't have worked at all, yet somehow turned out to be amazing. It's 2011's baseball masterpiece, Moneyball.
Screenwriter and George Romero fan Brian Scully joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror films of all time, the original 1978 classic, Dawn of the Dead
People Magazine writer and TV host Steve Helling joins me to discuss one of my favorite suspense/horror movies of the 2000s, 2007's Vacancy
Donnie McHenry, from Psychotronica: A Podcast for Forgotten Film, joins me to discuss an unfairly forgotten horror film. We're talking about the 1990 anthology Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.
My daughter, fellow horror fan Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss the movie that has been scientifically proven to be the scariest film of all time, 2012's Sinister
Horror fan and John Carpenter expert Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss "the lost Carpenter film," 1978's made-for-TV-suspense-fest Someone's Watching Me!
The creator of Bonkers Ass Cinema, Matt Rotman, joins me to discuss a movie that is indeed, uh, very bonkers ass. It's 1988's all-over-the-place kinda-sorta-a-Bigfoot-movie Demonwarp.
Horror author Matt Carter joins me to discuss one of the creepiest low budget movies you are ever going to see, 2014's very fittingly titled Creep
Horror fan and podcaster Kacie Rahm joins me to discuss one of the biggest and most important horror movies that has ever been made, 1999's amazing (yes, it's still amazing) The Blair Witch Project
Horror Month 2022 begins as artist and fellow 70's child Robin Punsalan joins me to discuss one of the most infamous TV movies of all time, 1975's Trilogy of Terror
Podcaster and pop culture fan Jeremy Zehr joins me to discuss the greatest Astin/Wheaton action film of them all, 1991's Toy Soldiers
Baseball fan and father-having George Hanns joins me to discuss one of the greatest father/son baseball movies of all time, 2000's Frequency
Superhero fan Joe Jennings joins me to discuss the movie that started the modern superhero wave, and helped bring America out of 9/11, and really should be talked about more than it is, Sam Raimi's original 2002 Spider-Man
Anime fan and creepy movie fan Andrew Koerner joins me to discuss the king of all creepy anime movies, 1997's Perfect Blue. Because who ARE you, deep down, really?
Writer and fellow dark comedy fan Jericho McCune joins me to discuss maybe the darkest dark comedy that has ever been made, 1998's incredibly polarizing Very Bad Things
Movie expert and historian Johnny Pomatto joins to me to discuss why one of the funniest movies of all time never became a big hit. We're talking about Kurt Russell's 1980 masterpiece, Used Cars.
Staff Picks regular/invigilator David Holdsworth joins me to discuss one of my favorite psychological suspense movies of all time, 2009's highly underrated Exam
Former baseball great Albert Destrade joins me to discuss the greatest baseball movie of all time, 1989's Major League
Bodybuilding fan Lizzie Swanson joins me to discuss one of the greatest documentaries of all time, 1977's Pumping Iron
Teacher and movie fan Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss one of those great little 80s movies that nobody seems to talk about anymore, which also happened to be one of the first PG-13 films of all time, 1984's Dreamscape
Sportswriter and college professor Paul Oren joins me to discuss a great time capsule of 90s college basketball, not to mention an interesting tale of morality and ethics, 1994's Blue Chips
History teacher Steve Williams joins me to discuss one of the greatest theater movies of all time, one of the funniest non-comedies of all time, and I'd argue clearly the best of the Indiana Jones movies, 1989's Indiana Jones and...
Podcaster and Coen Brothers fan Jonathan Haueter ("Jon Ha") joins me to discuss "the lesser Coen Brothers Movie" that we think is just as funny as any of the bigger ones, 2008's hilariously pointless Burn After Reading
Pop culture fan Christine Giver joins me to discuss a movie that was easily one of the top twenty event movies of my lifetime, yet hardly anyone ever talks about today. We delve into the legacy of 1988's Who Framed...
Fellow reality TV historian Jessica Liese joins me to discuss the great early reality TV movie that no one ever talks about, 1999's EdTV
Jake Lloyd fangirl Katie Banks joins me to discuss one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time, 1996's woefully underappreciated Jingle All The Way
Canadian film fan Mark Kalzer joins me to discuss a fun little sci-fi/math/dystopian independent horror movie, 1997's Cube
Theater kid Will Olsen joins me to discuss the Best Picture Winner that has always unfairly been crapped on, the charming 1998 comedy Shakespeare in Love
Younger version of me Michael Feeney joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of the 2000s. It's the tale of friend zones, and fat suits, and slap fights - 2005's Just Friends
Attorney and horror fan Sean McAllister joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the story of the evil inside all of us, 2001's Session 9
I'm joined by my evil twin as we discuss the greatest evil twin movie of them all, 1972's unforgettable creepfest, The Other
Horror fan Christopher Chardi joins me as we lovingly roast/play tribute to the classic 1979 horror movie, Phantasm
Horror fan and lover of obscure movies David Markowski joins me to discuss one of the greatest made-for-TV horror movies ever made, the infamous 1981 Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Teacher and horror fan Lizzie Swanson joins me to discuss a great Spanish horror movie you have probably never seen before, 1976's Who Can Kill a Child? (also known as Island of the Damned)
My daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss a masterpiece of a horror movie that really, really needs a better PR team, 2014's As Above, So Below
I asked young horror fan Brian Farrell to watch the 1962 cult classic Carnival of Souls for the first time, and then come onto Staff Picks and talk about it with me. This is our discussion of one of the...
Horror fan Jessi Bentley joins me to talk about one of the craziest horror movies ever made, 2011's The Cabin in the Woods
My childhood friend Jeff Parker joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies ever made, and a movie that was legendary to any young comedy fan growing up in the eighties, 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie
Actor and voiceover artist Brett Bower joins me to discuss the number one movie I wish I could have seen in a theater, 1979's ultimate movie theater experience, Rocky 2
Fellow podcaster and non-Nebraskan Dom Harvey joins me to talk about one of the ballsiest movies ever made, 1996's abortion comedy, Citizen Ruth
Muppet historian and puppetry student Joni Newman joins me to discuss the one and only 1979 Muppet Movie
To celebrate my 100th episode, I sit down for an interview, where we talk about the history of Staff Picks as well as a bunch of fun insider trivia
Feminist author and horror fan Fiona Carter joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror movies of all time, as well as an argument why women should be allowed to read books, 1968's Rosemary's Baby
