The Essential Films Podcast

On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark return to discuss the 1953 Academy Award winning FROM HERE TO ETERNITY!

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Better late than never! On today's podcast adventure, our long-delayed Christmas episode is out, as we review THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. We also spend some time discussing the careers of the late Peter Bogdonavich and Ivan Reitman.

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Life finds a way...  On today’s prehistoric adventure, join us as we discuss the 1993 blockbuster JURASSIC PARK!

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Happy Halloween! On today’s terrifying adventure, no one can hear us scream as we discuss the 1979 Ridley Scott classic ALIEN (1979)!

Films Referenced:

A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

BANANAS (1971)

PHANTASM (1979)

POSSESSION (1981)

CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)

POLTERGEIST (1982)

FLASHDANCE (1983)

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

DUNE (1984)

PRETTY IN PINK (1986)

ALIENS (1986)

HELLRAISER (1987)

GHOST (1990)

ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)

ALIEN3 (1992)

PULP FICTION (1994)

CLERKS (1994)

ALIEN: RESURRECTION (1997)

THE QUIET AMERICAN (2002)

ALIEN VS PREDATOR (2004)

ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM (2007)

MARTYRS (2008)

I SAW THE DEVIL (2010)

PROMETHEUS (2012)

JODOROWSKI’S DUNE (2013)

HAPPY DEATH DAY (2017)

ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)

HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021)

DUNE (2021)

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We're walkin' here!!! On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark examine the 1969 Academy Award Best Picture winner: MIDNIGHT COWBOY.

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Happy Halloween! Midnight Cowboy has been delayed, so please enjoy this special episode: 31 Essential Films to watch this Halloween! From PSYCHO to THE WITCH and all monsters in between, this episode will give you a wicked watchlist for the spookiest time of year.

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On today’s adventure, we celebrate the life and career of Richard Donner.

Films Discussed:
X-15 (1961)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (TV Episode, 1963)
THE OMEN (1976)
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
SUPERMAN II (1981)
THE GOONIES (1985)
THE GOONIES ARE GOOD ENOUGH (Music Video, 1985)
LADYHAWKE (1985)
LETHAL WEAPON (1987)
THE LOST BOYS (1987)
SCROOGED (1988)
LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) (TV Episode) 
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990) (TV Episode)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Showdown (1992) (TV Episode) 
LETHAL WEAPON 3 (1992)
RADIO FLYER (1992)
FREE WILLY (1993)
MAVERICK (1994)
ASSASSINS (1995)
CONSPIRACY THEORY (1997)
LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998)
X-MEN (2000)
16 BLOCKS (2006)
SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT (2006)

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On today’s adventure, Adolfo & Mark will take "No Prisoners!" as they discuss the David Lean Academy Award-winning LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!


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Never you mind honey. On today’s Podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark head to Anarene, Texas to look into the lives and loves of its local citizens in Peter Bogdonavich’s coming of age classic, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. Plus: Adolfo and Mark discuss the recent AMC stock bonanza.

Films Referenced:
RED RIVER (1948)
THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
WINCHESTER ‘73 (1950)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
HEAD (1968)
TARGETS (1968)
PLANET OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968)
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
EASY RIDER (1969)
THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (Series, 1970-77)
DRIVE, HE SAID (1970)
FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
WONDER WOMAN (Series, 1975-79)
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I (1981)
TRADING PLACES (1983)
THE SIMPSONS (Series, 1989-)
TEXASVILLE (1990)
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (1993)
BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (1996)
FAMILY GUY (Series, 1999 -)
BAD SANTA (2003)
TWO AND A HALF MEN (Series, 2003-2015)
THE OFFICE, Episode “Stress Relief” (2009)
RAISING HOPE (Series, 2010-14)
BOB’S BURGERS (Series, 2011- )
THE CROODS (2013)
WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

LINKS:
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/769-america-lost-and-found-the-bbs-story)

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On this Bonus Features episode, we go further into Mark’s adventures into exploitation films.

NOTE: Bonus Features episodes are raw and unedited, with little production.

Films Referenced:
THE BIG GUNDOWN (1966)
THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS (1966)
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (1971)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
DEEP RED (1975)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978)
CALIGULA (1979)
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980)
NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980)
CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)
THE BEYOND (1981)
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981)
PIECES (1982)
TENEBRE (1982)
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984)
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
PHENOMENA (1985)
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987)
THE DEUCE (Series, 2017-2019)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)


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