By Mario J. Lanza
Movies that deserve more love
Former Naval Officer David Holdsworth joins me to discuss one of my favorite movies of the 90s, the big actors' showdown between Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, and Ricky Schroder, Crimson Tide
Movie and pop culture fan P.J. Gaughan joins me to discuss what I consider the greatest comedy movie of all time, 1988's masterpiece A Fish Called Wanda
Journalist and video game fan Bailey Vogt joins me as we discuss maybe the greatest documentary ever made, 2007's The King of Kong. Warning: Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.
Video game historian Brett Weiss joins me to discuss one of the best movies of the 80's, and all things 80's in general, as we delve into the 1983 cold war paranoia thriller, WarGames
Australian podcaster Ben Waterworth joins me as we delve into one of the funniest (and dirtiest) movies of all time, 1999's ode to profanity and censorship and ass-spelunking, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Podcaster and pop culture fan Jeremy Zehr joins me to discuss his favorite family movie of all time, 1987's long-forgotten Ernest Goes to Camp
Young movie expert and chooser-of-life Ryan Weiss joins me to discuss his favorite movie of all time, 1972's disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure
Reality TV journalist Gordon Holmes joins me to discuss one of my favorite comedies of the 80's, Jim Carrey's first big movie, Once Bitten
Former therapist and bear enthusiast Leann Lindsley joins me to discuss one of the craziest documentaries you are ever going to see, Werner Herzog's 2005 masterpiece, Grizzly Man
Screenwriter Brian Scully joins me to talk about a haunting little masterpiece from Canada that you have probably never seen before, 1998's Last Night
Playwright Stephen Garvey joins me to discuss the greatest love story of our time, 1971's surprisingly deep comedy Harold and Maude
Teen movie fan Stephanie Katz joins me to discuss one of the greatest teen movies of all time, Emma Stone in 2010's Easy A
Horror movie fan and cinephile Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss the movie that Stanley Kubrick once called the most terrifying movie he had ever seen, 1988's The Vanishing (aka Spoorloos)
High school drama teacher Jimmy Gardner joins me to talk about the one-time flop that later turned into a beloved comedy classic, 1985's Clue
SNL podcaster and stand-up comedian Darin Patterson joins me to talk about one of the funniest movies ever made, 2016's hilarious comedy that never should have flopped, Popstar
L.A.-based filmmaker Austin Herring joins me to discuss a great (and important) movie from 1998 that hardly anyone ever talks about anymore, Edward Norton's magnum opus American History X
Pop culture fan and burlesque dancer Christine Giver joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger (and also James Bond) movie of all time, 1994's True Lies
Baseball fan and pop culture expert Dan Fields joins me to discuss the movie that I have probably seen more times than any other movie in my life, 1977's The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Fellow podcaster and pop culture fan Brian Meagher joins me to discuss one of the craziest horror anthologies you are ever going to see, 2015's goofy future holiday classic A Christmas Horror Story
Actor, writer, and all around movie guy Johnny Pomatto joins me as we recap one of our favorite comedies of the 90's, 1992's Nicolas Cage quirk-fest Honeymoon in Vegas
Australian journalist and milkshake lover Rowan Evans joins me to discuss the fascinating hit piece about the history of McDonald's, 2016's The Founder
Lawyer and fellow Mel Brooks fan Brad Culpepper joins me to discuss one of my favorites comedies of all time, 1981's celebration of bad taste, History of the World, Part I
Horror author and Haddonfield resident Matt Carter joins me to discuss the greatest horror movie of them all, and the template for just about every other scary movie that came after it, John Carpenter's surprisingly bloodless 1978 original, Halloween. P.S....
Horror movie fan Jessi Bentley joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest and most hardcore Stephen King horror movie of them all, 2007's The Mist
Teacher and non-demon Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss Bill Paxton and axes and religion and the creepy 2001 horror movie, Frailty
My own daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss her favorite horror movie of all time, the 1973 gut punch masterpiece, The Wicker Man
Actor and screenwriter Mike Harlow joins me to discuss my favorite serial killer movie of all time, the 1995 psychological thriller, Copycat
Movie theater projectionist Will Holston returns to discuss one of the most underrated horror movies of all time, Kate Hudson and the 2005 twist ending creepfest, The Skeleton Key
Australian movie fan Cable Brandon joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the 2003 shark/snuff film, Open Water
Professional DJ Amy Twieg joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the masterpiece of art and misdirection and showmanship know as The Illusionist
Magic fan and Christopher Nolan expert Bruce Ragas joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the twist ending masterpiece known as The Prestige
Rock music journalist Aaron Conn joins me to discuss the tragedy and the triumph of the infamous 1994 Brandon Lee movie, The Crow
Former video store clerk Michael Allbright joins me to discuss a movie that I have always thought was quite beautiful. It's Tamlyn Tomita and a couple of other people in 1986's The Karate Kid Part 2.
New Zealand science expert Joshua Muir joins me to discuss one of the goofiest sci-fi/action movies ever made, 1993's tribute to verbal morality and anal hygiene, Demolition Man
Teacher and history expert Joni Newman joins me to discuss why Titanic never should have faced the backlash it did after it won Best Picture of 1997
Podcaster and former pageant winner Mike Bloom joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of all time, 1999's ode to Jesus and America and young girls everywhere, Drop Dead Gorgeous
Andrew Dick of the That Week in SNL podcast joins me to discuss one of the most criminally underrated comedies of all time, Will Forte's masterpiece of bad taste, MacGruber
Horror movie fan Brian Farrell joins me to discuss what I would call the one pretty good Friday the 13th movie, 1986's so-far-ahead-of-its-time Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives
Political movie fan Peter Haley joins me to discuss one of the great cynical comedies of the late 90's, the movie that predicted how the media would later be used to influence elections, 1997's Wag the Dog
Improv comic and icehole George Hanns joins me to discuss one of my all-time favorite movies, the immensely quotable 1984 cult comedy Johnny Dangerously
Horror movie fan Jack Mourouzis joins me to discuss what might be the best horror movie anthology ever made, 2007's playful and fun, yet still incredibly creepy Trick 'r Treat
90's movie fan and former Jewish basketball legend Adi Heller joins me to talk about one of the greatest movies of the 90's, 1992's tale of perception and ethics and Jeopardy and street hustling, White Men Can't Jump
Comedian and Brady Bunch enthusiast Taylor Cotter returns to the show to talk about 1996's much-darker-but-almost-as-funny-as-the-original A Very Brady Sequel
Podcaster and comedy historian Vic Shuttee joins me to celebrate what is maybe the funniest movie of all time, Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 masterpiece, Borat
Therapist and child of the 80's Leann Lindsley joins me to discuss one of the great unsung comedies of the early 80's, Michael Keaton and Teri Garr in 1983's Mr. Mom.
Reality TV legend Coach Benjamin Wade joins me to discuss a movie that had a big impact on his life, 2003's woefully underrated epic The Last Samurai
YA horror author Fiona Carter joins me to discuss yet another great Canadian horror movie that should get a lot more attention, 2000's ode to teen lycanthropy, Ginger Snaps
Fellow Quentin Tarantino fan Will Holston joins me to discuss the one Tarantino movie that never got the love it deserved, 1997's ode to South Bay Los Angeles, Jackie Brown
80's movie fan Heather Cannon joins me to pay tribute to what I think was the best teen movie of the 80's, 1982's drama-disguised-as-a-comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Podcaster and new mom Jessica Liese joins me to talk about the ultimate nanny flick from hell, one of my favorite suspense thrillers ever, 1992's creepy/goofy The Hand That Rocks the Cradle