This week Mike and I discuss a confluence of kung fu, with Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985) & Disney Marvel's Shang Chi (2021).While Shang Chi is just good, Police Story was a revelation for me personally. Even back in Hong Kong, before he made his move to Hollywood, Jackie Chan proves he is the master of physicality - in both stunts and comedy. I cannot recommend Police Story highly enough!Next, Mike tells me about the problems with Netflix's Red Notice (2021) and how The Rock brings al...

In this week's episode, Mike and I discuss the 1998 Anime series Cowboy Bebop as well as my intro into anime. We also touch on Mike's abiity to ruin Foundation for me as well as our excitement for the Netflix live-action remake of Cowboy Bebop, releasing this Friday.We also talk about my recent viewing of Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy, our casting of Jeff Goldblum as an X-Man and the Netflix show, Big Mouth.If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. ...

Dune 2021 is finally here and both Mike and I are big fan's of Denis Villeneuve's take on the first half (third?) of Frank Herbert's original novel.After we finish fellating the latest adaptation of Dune, I lecture Mike on the capitol G Greatness that is Tim Rogers and his epic 10 hour + review of Cyberpunk 2077.If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. 🖕) by visiting our linktr.ee here or by visiting SubjectToBlackout.com!Michael can be found...

This episode is double stuffed since life got in the way last week and meant we couldn't record.First up Mike and I tackle 1984's Dune. Dune is... a stinker, but I still recommend watching it if you're at all interested in Denis Villeneuve's 2021 take, coming out this weekend.We talk Dune, Wet Dune (Waterworld) and Stupid Dune (Avatar) as we try to figure out why we're so intrigued for a remake of a bad film.Next - as promised - we talk about our feelings for The Hidden Fortress and how watch...

Math!I remember Math... Psychohistory came with math... On this week's Subject To Blackout Mike and I ponder the mathlessness of episodes one and two of Apple TV+'s adaptation of Issac Asimov's Foundation. TL;DL, Mike hates it and I don't. We will continue to monitor the situation, haha.MEANWHILE, Netflix's Squid Game has inked it's way into mainstream pop culture over the last few weeks so I did a binge to see what all the fuss was about.Finally, Mike thinks I don't listen to him, but ...

On the latest episode of Subject To Blackout, Mike and I decided to visit the 1989 Spike Lee Joint, Do The Right Thing.During this episode we discuss Mike's heartless pirating of poor Apple's content product before we get into the meat of what it means to do the right thing. This movie wasn't my favorite before this podcast, but having talked about it, I think I appreciate it much more than I otherwise would have.Mike and I also discuss Star Wars: Visions, Dave and the genius of Dane Cook.If ...

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a truly bizarre film that's actually worth as spin! Mike and I had not seen this movie until now, but we both had a pretty good time with it despite some bad accents and an incredibly horny plot.Mike and I then discuss Untold: Malice at the Palace, a documentary from Netflix about the events of - and public reaction to - the Malice at the Palace NBA brawl.Finally, I update Mike about my Cyberpunk 2077 revisit and we discuss how being pretty good just doesn't cut it wh...

On this week's episode Mike and I watched the 2021 Nic Cage film Pig.Mike and I differ on how good we thought Pig was; I thought it was really good while Mike seemed to have a few more issues with it. You'll have to rent the movie and decide for yourself.We also talk about Nic Cage's career, our experience at the Pitchfork Music Fest and how annoying it is to watch children do drugs.If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. 🖕) by visiting our ...

I like soccer. There, I said it.On this inaugural Soccer Special, my Premier League fan friends and I talk about the closed summer transfer window, our thoughts on our teams' season expectations and we make some wild prognostications... as one does this time of year.Mike ➡️ Wolves FanSaud ➡️ Arsenal FanBooze ➡️ Spurs FanTímo ➡️ Everton FanIf you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. 🖕) by visiting our linktr.ee here or by visiting SubjectToBlacko...

Black Orpheus is a 1959 Brazilian film that retells the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. If that sentence doesn't bore you to death, feel free to stream this cinematic classic on the Criterion Channel.If like me, you're thinking that that film might not be for you, it probably isn't! This film is beautiful to look at but purposefully lingers on vivid scene after vivid scene, much to my chagrin and Mike's delight.We also chat about Bob Ross and the new documentary about him available on ...