The Suspense is Killing Us

The great Jeff Bridges finally gets his own episode, and all three of the movies are about crazy conspiracies! Hopefully he'll be adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep his mind limber.

WINTER KILLS (1979, William Richert)

CUTTER'S WAY (1981, Ivan Passer)

ARLINGTON ROAD (1999, Mark Pellington)

At long last we are tackling movies that delve into the esoterica of ancient Catholicism! That's right, we got three movies about monks, monasteries and MURDER, two of which finally stick it to the dastardly Benedictines!

THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud)

THE ORDER (2003, Brian Helgeland)

THE RECKONING (2004, Paul McGuigan)

We're discussing three out of this world sci-fi cop thrillers! Well technically only one is out of this world. The other two have robot spiders and aliens, but they are, in fact, of this world.

OUTLAND (1981, Peter Hyams)

RUNAWAY (1984, Michael Crichton)

ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)

The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death!

BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger)

THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer)

ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)

We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it!

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella)

RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani)

RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)

To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it!

LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson)

THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma)

STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)

Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No.

10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson)

MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson)

KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989, J. Lee Thompson)

We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA.

RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones)

THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson)

KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)

Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater!

GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford)

KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans)

HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)

Baby it's cold outside! And also, baby there's a killer on the loose? We gathered close to the warmth of our televisions to watch three thrillers where more than just the weather outside is frightful.

TRANSSIBERIAN (2008, Brad Anderson)

WHITEOUT (2009, Dominic Sena)

THE SNOWMAN (2017, Tomas Alfredson)