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- Remakes of the 50’s Vol. 1: Dragstrip Girl / Motorcycle Gang / Reform School Girls
As always Spoilers abound and this is NSFW or for most audiences.
Part 1 of a 4 part series covering the films of ‘rebel highway’ originally on Showtime.
Dragstrip Girls is Directed by Mary Lambert of “Pet Cemetery” and “The InCrowd” fame.
Motorcycle Gang is directed by John (“Conan The Barbarian”) Milius.
Reform School Girls is directed by Johnathan Kaplan who directed “Unlawful Entry”, part of the next episode.
CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
1 hr 22 min - Rando Giallo Vol. 1, Italian and Spanish Slasher Movies: Suspicious Death of a Minor / Pieces
As always Spoilers abound and this is NSFW or for most audiences.
Murdered women are exposed in this ‘minor’ film from Sergio Martino and a huge cult classic film directed by Juan Piquer Simon.
This week's films are 1975's Suspicious Death of a Minor directed by Sergio Martino staring Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer and Lia Tanzi. As well as 1982's Pieces directed by Juan Piquer Simon and staring Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña.
CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
2 hr 18 min - Toxic Friends: Chuck and Buck / EnvyAs Always Spoilers Abound and this is NSFW or for most audiences.Two movies on how not to treat your friend.One character drama which won the John Cassavetes Award at the 16th Independent Spirit Awards and the other dark comedy is a studio funded travesty with the biggest non drama stars in the world (circa early 2000s).This week's films are 2000's Chuck and Buck directed by Miguel Arteta and written by and starred Mike White. As well as 2004's Envy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler and Christopher Walken.A correction note: Barry Sonnenfeld did ‘Men in Black’, not Barry Levinson. You’ll understand when you listen.
CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
2 hr 25 min - Master Director Series: John Waters - Female Trouble / Polyester
As always spoilers abound and this is NSFW or for most audiences.
John Waters delivers to us his 3rd double feature on the podcast, and we thank him for that.
This week's films are Female Trouble from 1974 staring Divine
David Lochary and Mary Vivian Pearce as well as Polyester from 1981 with Divine, Tab Hunter and David Samson.CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
2 hr 55 min - Indie Horror Fails: Delivery / Clownado
“Can you pinpoint what cheese wiz smells like?”
This weeks films are 2006's Delivery and Clownado from 2019.
As always spoilers abound and this is NSFW or for most audiences.
Artwork By Ed GreerMusic By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
1 hr 49 min - Master Director Series: Danny Devito - Death To Smoochy / Duplex
This week we have another Master Director Series, this time with the talented Danny Devito. Yeah THAT Danny Devito.
This week's film feature Michael's favorite Robin Williams comedy performance, in Death To Smoochy from 2002 and the other film 2003's Duplex feature exhausted performances by Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller.
Credits:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
1 hr 51 min - TV Adaptation: The Brady Bunch / A Very Brady Sequel
Wholesome-ness with a twinge of sardonic nature...that's what we gulp down.
Today's film are the 1995's The Brady Bunch and the sequel A Very Brady Sequel, with Shelley Long and Gary Cole.
Credits:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
1 hr 40 min - Morally Panicked People Without Impulse Control : Before and After / Changing LanesBeing confronted with complicated morals can bring out the best and sometimes the worst in people, as seen here in these 2 pictures.This week's movies are Before and After from 1996 starring Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson and 2002's Changing Lanes with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson.
CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
Email us at [email protected]
2 hr 20 min - Mambo Italiano : I Love You To Death / OscarMaranda and Michael delve into early 90's comedies revolving around the Italian family and the role of the head of the household.This week's films are I Love You To Death from 1990 starring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt and River Phoenix and 1991's Oscar with Sylvester Stallone.
CREDITS:
Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
Email us at [email protected]
2 hr 15 min - Psychotic Visions Real and Imagined: The Visitor / The Ninth Configuration.CLEARLY ARE THERE ARE SPOILER GALORE!We are dumbfounded and perplexed by these sci fi psychedelic semi-religious (satire?) movies.This week's films are 1979's The Visitor directed by Giulio Paradisi and starring John Huston, Mel Ferrer and Glenn Ford. As well as The Ninth Configuration from 1980 written and directed by William Peter Blatty starring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson and Jason Miller
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Artwork By Ed Greer
Music By Rick Wood
Edited By Michael Benson
Produced By Michael Benson and Stephen LeFranc
Hosts: Michael Benson and Maranda Mobley
Cat: Pan
@mjbcomedy on instagram and letterboxd.
@topnotchnonsensepod on tiktok
2 hr 28 min
About Top Notch Nonsense Genre Film Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Top Notch Nonsense. A Genre Film Review Podcast.
Top Notch Nonsense is a genre film podcast hosted by married couple Michael and Maranda — dedicated to the strange, the screwed-up, the obscure, and the gloriously unhinged corners of cinema history.
Every episode, we pair two films connected by a shared theme, narrative, or filmmaker — then proceed to analyze, moralize, judge, and lovingly shit-talk them in equal measure. We've covered John Waters, Giallo, erotic thrillers, holiday horror, exploitation cinema, B-movies, and a lot of things that probably shouldn't exist but do.
Smart but never pretentious. Hilarious but never shallow. We love what we mock — and we mock what we love. New episodes every Sunday Night/Monday Morning. Come watch the weird stuff with us.
Hosts: Michael James Benson @mjbcomedy Maranda Mobley
Music By @rickw00d
Edited By Michael Benson
Art By Ed Greer