This week at The Film Club we’re concluding Musical March with a mean green musical from outer space, Little Shop of Horrors! The film follows Seymour Krelborn who works at Mushnik’s Flower Shop on Skid Row in New York. The flower shop is financially struggling and when Mr Mushnik informs Seymour and fellow coworker Audrey that the shop must close for good, Seymour has an idea to save the shop. Seymour discovers a unique plant while shopping at the local flower district that had suddenly appeared during a solar eclipse, intrigued by this new discovery Seymour knows its potential can be a game changer. The new plant sweetly named Audrey 2 is displayed in the front window of Mushniks and to the surprise of the staff people show up to the shop to see this new oddity. With business now booming and Audrey 2 starting to wilt Seymour must figure out what this rare plant needs to eat and to Seymour’s surprise this plant needs human blood to thrive. Join us for this fun guest episode with Brother of the Podcast Randy as we dive into the world of Little Shop of Horrors.

This week at The Film Club we’re doing the time warp again and talking about one of the biggest cult classics of all time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show! The film tells the story of newly engaged couple Brad and Janet who are on quick trip to celebrate their engagement with their former professor whose class was the first time they met. On their journey they get a flat tire and without a spare they must walk back to a castle that they had previously passed and ask to use their phone. Upon entering the castle Brad and Janet realize quickly that this is the beginning of a night they will never forget. Join us for this fun guest episode with first time guest Beth (Sister of the Podcast) as we jump to the left and then a step right into the world of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off our Musical March with a 70s Cult Classic, Phantom of the Paradise! In this episode we’re joined by new guest Cielo and Brother of the Podcast Randy! The film tells the story of song writer Winslow Leach who is passionate about music and is offered the opportunity to present his music to legendary music producer Swan of Death Records. Winslow is beyond excited about this chance however Swan steals the music and produces it through one of his bands. Winslow sneaks into Swan’s mansion to see if he can get an answer about his music unknowingly he’s been robbed of his music and Swan has Winslow falsely imprisoned so he can keep Winslow from ruining his plans of opening a club called the Paradise. While in prison Winslow hears his music on the radio being covered by one of Swan’s bands and Winslow loses his mind leading him to break out of jail. The following series of events after breaking out of jail end up with Winslow having an accident and disfiguring himself as well as destroying his vocal cords. More determined than ever Winslow must stop Swan. Join us as we dive into the world of Phantom of the Paradise.

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding our Johnny Depp month with his musical slasher film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! The film follows Sweeney Todd formerly Benjamin Barker a barber who was falsely imprisoned and separated from his family for fifteen years. After becoming Sweeney Todd he returns to London to find his wife and daughter as well as get his revenge on Judge Turpin the man that exiled him. After finally making it back to the building that he used to call home he meets a woman named Mrs Lovett who runs a Meat Pie Shop on the ground floor. Mrs Lovett recognizes who Sweeney really is and relays the tragedy that his family faced after he was taken away, and she reunites him with his straight razors which will begin his journey of revenge. Join us for this fun guest episode with cousin of the podcast Yasmin as we dive into the world of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl! The film follows three protagonists: Elizabeth Swann daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann, William Turner a Blacksmith Apprentice, and Captain Jack Sparrow one of the best pirates around. The three are destined to meet each other, Elizabeth and Will meet as children when Will is involved in a shipwreck and the ship Elizabeth is on rescues him. The two grow up in the same port town and develop feelings for each other but can’t be together because of the different class statuses. When Elizabeth is proposed to by the newly promoted Commodore of the Navy the proposal is interrupted when Captain Jack Sparrow arrives and tries to commandeer one of the Naval Ships. After the ruckus Captain Jack causes in Port Royal things get worse later that night when the Black Pearl arrives to the Port and its pirate crew begins to pillage the town while ultimately kidnapping Elizabeth. Will is desperate to rescue Elizabeth and reaches out to Captain Jack to help him and will inevitably learn he and Jack aren’t so different after all. Join us for this fun adventure as dive into the world of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s wild novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The film follows writer Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo as they race through the desert to get to Las Vegas where Duke has a race to cover for a magazine. As the two are speeding through the desert in a red convertible with a truck full of drugs they stop to pick up a hitchhiker. Duke and Gonzo begin talking to the hitchhiker about their plans in Vegas but in their manic state they scare the hitchhiker who when gets the opportunity jumps out of the car and runs for his life. Duke and Gonzo are terrified that the hitchhiker will go to the police and tell them about the drugs, in their impaired state they decide getting to Vegas as fast as possible is the best way to stay under the radar. Join us for this wild ride as we dive into the world of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

This month at The Film Club we’re focusing on the career of Johnny Depp! And this week we’re kicking off Johnny Depp Month with a guest episode featuring first time guest Dyllan discussing Depp’s first film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film follows a group teens who are being tormented in their dreams by a sinister man. One of the girls in the group Tina, has a terrible dream about this mystery man and pleads her friends to spend the night at her house so she doesn’t feel alone in her empty home. Nancy and Glen are Tina’s friends and agree to sleep over because they’re concerned but Nancy has also dreamed about this man. The night of the sleepover Tina’s on again off again boyfriend shows up at her house to hang out with the gang and reveals he’s dreamt of this man too but as the night falls they must go sleep. Tina encounters the dream man first and it’s a fight for survival that wakes up the entire household, but can her friends save her from something they can’t see? Join us as we dive into the world of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

This week at The Film Club we have our first guest episode of the year with brother of the podcast Randy! And we’re discussing the 1927 Academy Award winning film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. The film tells the story of a married couple who are struggling with the monotony of every day life. The wife is still invested in her marriage but her husband however is having an affair with a city woman who wants to bring him back to the big city. The husband’s mistress tries to convince him to murder his wife, sell their farm, and abandon his child so he can have a fresh start with her. The husband is tormented with this plan that the mistress has concocted and really has to soul search whether he’s capable of doing such a thing. Join us as we dive into the world of Sunrise.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Metropolis! The film takes place in a dystopian future where the wealthy industrialists live in high rises. Meanwhile the workers who keep the city running as well as building it live beneath the city. A man named Freder is the son of the wealthy city mayor Joh. Freder loves sports and spending time in the beautiful gardens but his carefree life is interrupted when he meets a woman named Maria who has entered the garden he’s spending time in to show the children of the workers below the city the lavish lifestyle of the people who live above them. Freder is so beguiled by Maria that he follows her to the lower levels of the city and begins to work a manual labor job so he can get to know Maria. In the lower level of the city also lives an inventor named Rotwang who is building a robotic woman in the hopes to bring his lost love back to life. Rotwang decides to use Maria as the model for his robot but secretly he’s creating this robot so it can destroy Metropolis. Join us as we dive into the world of Metropolis.

Happy 2024! This month at The Film Club we’re talking about Silent Films and this week we’re talking about The Gold Rush. The film follows a lone prospector who gets lost in a blizzard and stumbles across an abandoned cabin. He discovers that the cabin is not abandoned and belongs to a wanted criminal who is hiding out from the law. Begrudgingly the criminal lets the lone prospector stay in the cabin when another prospector named Jim also comes stumbling into the cabin and poses a bigger threat to the criminal. With the blizzard raging and food gone the three men draw straws to see who will have to leave the cabin in search for food. The criminal loses the draw and begins his hunt for food. After a long time of waiting both prospector’s leave the cabin Jim leaves to find his lost gold deposit while the lone prospector finds his way to the nearest town where he meets a beautiful girl. Georgia is a dance hall girl who is in love with a ladies man named Jack, and to make Jack jealous she dances with the lone prospector and immediately the prospector falls in love with Georgia which begins a feud with Jack. Join us as we dive into the world of The Gold Rush.