The LAMBcast

This week you won't find any deep film analysis, existential themes, or scathing social commentary (OK there is a Carter Joke and a Reagan Joke, but that's it). The Lambs assembled this week to mostly share what tickled them about this 1984 Comedy.  It sometimes sounds like the Chris Farley Show , "Remember that time the bookstore owner talked backwards?" "Yeah", "That was awesome". Jeanette Ward, tries to keep us all from sinking into repeating all the jokes from the film, and she succeeds in getting us to dig a little bit for some overlooked gems. You may not understand the movie better from listening to the show, but you will want to watch it again because Matt Simpson, James Wilson and Bubbawheat are enthusiastic about so much of the movie. Come listen to your friends talk about the film, like you are all in the seventh grade again. 

We are back after a couple of weeks away, and the MCU is back after a couple of months off. Actually, a lot of people think the MCU has been "off" since "Endgame", but is that true? Also, is this movie the solution to whatever is ailing the franchise? We do a deep dive this week into the comic book origins, alternative character arcs and generally everything Marvel related. Oh, we also talk about the "Thunderbolts*", a film that seems to be generating goodwill around the interwebs, but how do we feel about it? Jeffrey Lyles, Matthew Simpson, Rachel Wagner and Todd Liebenow jump on board for a spirited discussion of the newest in the MCU. "We Own You Now."

What "Jaws" did for swimming in the ocean, the Final Destination Series tries to do to airplane flight, highway travel, amusement park rides, sporting events and bus travel. You will likely feel uncomfortable with some of the grim images generated by the film makers of this series. That's exactly why we watch them, we are lookey loos at the accident scene, without the guilt of someone actually dying. Join the film's Champion Lisa Leaheey as she hosts the show covering the five film that have been released so far in this series. With a sixth one due next month. 

Most people get stuck occasionally, trying to decide on what to have for dinner or which pair of shoes to wear, or maybe the best route to take driving to the airport. You probably go with what is easiest, carries the least amount of risk, or something you have done before. Movies are subject to the same vagaries, we become paralyzed with the choices available to us and we default to a tried and true alternative. This week on the Lambcast, you are going to hear how four f our flock handle indecision. And, if you are having trouble deciding weather to listen to or watch this episode, you can always revisit Episode #740.

This week on the LAMBcast, we travel back to 1971, not to visit the new Magic Kingdom or order a cup of coffee at the First Starbucks, but to celebrate the movies that came out in this tumultuous year. We have a full show this week, with five guests and your host, all bringing five films from 1971 to talk about. Some people have themes to their list, some are just random, whichever it turned out to be, start making your own lists and adding any of these films to that list. There are International films, short films, documentaries, westerns, and controversial films on our lists this week. Listen and enjoy.

Five Podcasters
One Movie
No Exit

Stealing the tagline for this movie to promote the podcast was easy, so is the conversation we have about this 1976 Disaster/Exploitation film. Two Minute Warning came out a year before the better remembered "Black Sunday" and it features a different crazed manic trying to kill people at the American Football Championship.  Dave Anderson of the Free Kittens Movie Guide championed the film to victory in the March MOTM Poll and he hosts the discussion which includes Will Slater from Exploding Helicopter, James Wilson of Blogging by Cinema Light and Matthew Simpson from the Awesome Friday Podcast. (As well as your regular host) Charlton Heston and John Cassavetes try to prevent a sniper from killing a whole litany of guest actors at a football game. Is it a thriller or a disaster film? Come find out who gets it. 

The LAMBs have no common theme this week, except that they have been watching things that they want to talk about. We get schooled on a couple of streaming films, a couple of current movies, and a couple of older classics. Everyone had a variety of sources for their choices, and Aaron cheated by collecting the five Academy Animated shorts into one selection (good for him). We also go a short way down the Gene Hackman path, a deeper dive will wait until another show. The exit question was hard for everyone this week, and so they tried to cheat on that as well. Nicole Ayers, Jeanette Ward and Aaron Neuwirth have been watching things that they will steer you towards, and for a couple, away from.  

Time for some friendly competition as the LAMBs on this week's show compete to create a slate of films that will get your support as the "best". Aaron Neuwirth picks some classics and some Kaijo and of course one of them features a giant lizard. Tony Cogan represents for his country with Dr. Who, Quatermass and a short film classic that everyone will recognize. Dave Anderson may grouse about his choices being stolen, but he gets a great Disney film and two fifties movies that were good enough to get terrific remakes in the 80s. Matthew Poirier slips into the draft process at the last minute and stays true to his Direct to Video roots with plenty of fun picks. Finally, Richard plugs along, picking the best film available whenever someone passes it by. From 1900 to 1967, we have thirty movies that you will want to check out, argue about and most importantly, vote for. See the poll on the LAMB site. 

From a list of eight blind spots for the shepherd, the community went with the oldest film on the list. Perhaps as a way of mocking the age of the birthday of your host. "Kind Hearts and Coronets" is a dark comedy of manners that was release in the U.S. in 1950. Famous for Alec Guinness playing eight parts, it is a showcase for character actor  Dennis Price as the star. Three of the guests this week were old hands at this serial killer comedy, David Brook, James Wilson and Howard Casner had all been slain by this before. Only Matthew Simpson joined Richard as fresh victims of this drool Ealing product that is considered one of the greatest British films of all time. Set your headphones on stun because spoilers start flying immediately. 

Big surprise, a divisive film gets divided opinions on this week's episode of the Lambcast. The Vern Championed the movie to the MOTM spot and he hosts the discussion. Matthew Simpson, Bubbawheat and Richard are dumfounded by the film. Newcomer to the Lambcast Cayley, agrees that the movie is incoherent, without necessarily agreeing with others who share that view. So, is the 1981 film "Possession" from  Andrzej Żuławski, a horror film, a domestic drama, or a therapy session for a bad break-up by the director? If you have a taste for the weird, come and listen to some others who try to come to grips with it.