Shaun of the Dead (2004)
d. Edgar Wright
Starring:Simon PeggNick FrostEvery great British actor currently working
This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve brings us a relatively recent entry into the list, and the guys talk about the existential listlessness that accompanies a quarter-life crisis. Steve realizes that some special events in your memory should stay in your memory, and Ryan confronts his disappointment in relationships, employment, ambitions, dreams, and... everything else.
Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a 30-something loser with a dull, easy existence. When he's not working at the electronics store, he lives with his slovenly best friend, Ed (Nick Frost), in a small flat on the outskirts of London. The only unpredictable element in his life is his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield), who wishes desperately for Shaun to grow up and be a man. When the town is inexplicably overrun with zombies, Shaun must rise to the occasion and protect both Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton).
Things discussed in the show:
The Tourist (Johnny Depp)
Cuban Fury
Supernatural (season 10)
Nip/Tuck, Charmed (Julian McMahon)
Inappropriate movies to get it on to
World's Greatest Dad (Robin Williams, Bobcat Goldthwait)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Michael Rooker)
Magic: The Gathering
The X-Files
Constantine, Hellblazer
Slash fiction
Lord of the Rings
Californiacation
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, Faye Dunaway)
Macbeth, The Tenant
Michael Fassbender (Macbeth)
William Shakespeare
Titus (Julie Taymor, Anthony Hopkins)
Orson Welles
O (Othello with high schoolers)
The school shooting generation
Bill Maher
Walking Dead
Bone Tomahawk (Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, S. Craig Zahler)
Poseidon
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vin Diesel, Clive Owen (The Knick)
Escape from New York, Escape from L.A.
Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser 2, Nightbreed, The Hellbound Heart (Clive Barker)
Ghost Spy, Dr. Killbot
The Warriors
St. Jude - patron saint of lost causes
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, Jim Carrey)
Spaced
Red Dwarf
The use of the word "cunt"
Trainspotting
George Romero
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Hot Fuzz
Belly, The Batman soundtrack, Prince, Savage Garden (Dawson's Creek), Spin Doctors, Aerosmith's "Get a Grip,"
Wayne's World
The Buzzcocks - Coldplay, Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow (Se7en)
Iron Man
The Royal Tenenbaums
Benny Hill
Dylan Moran, Peter Serafinowicz (Black Books), Martin Freeman (The Office, The Hobbit), Bill Nighy
"Dogs can't look up"
Jimmy Carter
Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, The World's End
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
Scary Movie
"White Lines" - Grandmaster Flash
Naked Gun, Airplane
Puppet Master, Re-animator, From Beyond, H.P. Lovecraft
Arena, Masters of the Universe (Dolf Lundgren)
Next week: Robot Jox
