This Week's Apocalypse

Kevin repeatedly strains against the subject matter, as John gets serious about pacing problems. 

Also contains the possible invention of the term "X-Filesean". Look out, dictionary.com!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:04:00 - Ronald Neame - The Odessa File (1974)

0:24:25 - John Schlesinger - Marathon Man (1976)

0:48:04 - Franklin J. Schaffner - The Boys from Brazil (1978)

1:11:51 - Decision Time! (Spoilers)

Dance, dance, wherever you may be! John is the Lord of the Dance, you see!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:05:25 - Emile Ardolino - Dirty Dancing (1987)

0:27:55 - Baz Luhrmann - Strictly Ballroom (1992)

0:47:32 - Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan (2010)

1:07:41 - Decision Time! (spoilers)

Orcs? Goblins? Kevin can't tell the difference, so John is putting him through some sensitivity training and now we're watching nearly 12 hours of high fantasy adventure from the man who brought you Bad Taste and Braindead!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:15:19 – Peter Jackson – The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition

0:48:04 – Peter Jackson – The Lord of Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition

1:31:00 – Peter Jackson – The Lord of Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Edition

Is Snakes and Ladders a real game? Does it matter?

The answer is obviously no, but we're gonna watch some movies and try to figure it out anyway!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:07:50 - Jonathan Lynn - Clue (1985)

0:30:10 - Joe Johnston - Jumanji (1995)

0:48:35 - Jon Favreau - Zathura (2005)

1:07:07 - Decision time! (Spoilers)

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? WHO CARES?!! This week we analyse the triumphs and mistakes of 'Criminals Who Operate At Christmas' and avoid the discussion all together!

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:05:25 - John McTiernan - Die Hard (1988)

0:35:08 - Chris Columbus - Home Alone (1990)

1:01:25 - Tim Burton - Batman Returns (1992)

1:34:55 - Decision Time! (spoilers)

Video game movies are all bad, but bless their hearts if they don't keep trying anyway.

It's like the old saying goes, "If at first you don't succeed, keep watering it down until it's a featureless beige sludge, then eventually you'll make money!"

This week's movies and time stamps:

0:07:55 – Roar Uthaug - Tomb Raider (2018)

0:33:25 – Simon McQuoid - Mortal Kombat (2021)

0:57:45 – Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc - The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)

1:20:00 – Decision Time! (Spoilers)

After a long hiatus due to the dreaded Corona Virus, we're back with a silly quiz about other peoples reviews of great movies, that are as baffling as they are amusing!

Cue the Quiz Master's vengeance!

What is a Soul? This among the many question's kevin fails to ask or answer, as John comes to terms with being a newly envigored living mannequin!

Time to watch some movies about spontaneously animated dolls (but not Mannequin).

This week's directors, movies, and time stamps:

0:04:45 - Greta Gerwig - Barbie (2023)

0:36:15 - Tom Holland - Child's Play (1988)

0:57:55 - Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson - Pinocchio (2022)

1:20:41 - Decision time! (Spoilers)

John and Kevin had a surreal synchronicity, and both happened to re-watch all of Twin Peaks at the same time, so they managed to parlay that into an episode where, much like the show, they mostly ramble confusingly about David Lynch for an hour, and then it just sort of ends...

John's hubris has born terrible fruit, and Kevin is made flesh, and is just a downright burden.

Time to check out the original re-animator in their many forms over the years, and figure out what to do about Kevin before he gets into the garbage!

This week's movies and timestamps:

0:04:50 - James Whale - Frankenstein (1931)

0:22:55 - Kenneth Branagh - Mary shelly's Frankenstein (1994)

0:46:40 - Bomani J. Story - The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)

1:02:45 - Decision time! (Spoilers)