This episode we talk with our VERY FIRST ever guest, my husband, Scott Tundermann, about a film he’s been wanting me to see for a while, the 1984 Sci-Fi Comedy, Ice Pirates. 

He hasn’t seen it since he was a kid, but remembers really thinking it was funny and often wonders why no one else seems to know about it, or have heard of it. I keep confusing it with the 2005 Pirates, which is the highest budget porno made. Join us as we descend into the chaos of Hollywood budgets and rewrites, while we look at the effect of positive nostalgia for media.

Scott’s “Letterboxd Top Four”

Honorable Mention: Real Genius (1985)

Link to the $1.99 Riff Track for Ice Pirates: https://www.rifftrax.com/iriff/ice-pirates-the-one-man-band

POPSUGAR: All the Times Paul Rudd Tested Conan O'Brien's Patience With the Iconic Mac and Me

https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/paul-rudd-conan-obrien-mac-and-me-videos-48385413

LINKS:

SEE KT’S NEWEST SHORT FILM AND HER FIRST COMEDIC PIECE: WE HAVE GHOSTS AT HOME (5 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yj_OqJyeVY&t=21s

Kt will be on MNE on 6/18 covering for Conan Neutron who is joining the Australian band DEAD for the back end of their US tour. We’re talking about Sean Baker’s 2015 Crime Comedy Tangerine with BAM from We Made a Podcast, the Power Report, and Audioface. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EihtD9owPHw

Follow Kt on TikTok for entertainment news, movie reviews and interesting facts you may not know @MovieRuntime

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In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

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Watch Kt’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ⁠

Kt’s Letterboxd

⁠letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/⁠

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

⁠www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ⁠

This episode has been a long time in the making. Since the second episode when our most frequent guest to date and true friend of the show, Arielle Faye-Foulds came on and we discussed Bad Boys. During that conversation it came to light that I had not yet seen the 2000’s animated insanity, The Emperor’s New Groove. Normally, I’m pretty averse to Disney films, animated films for children, and David Spade, so I will admit that I was exceptionally hesitant to agree to see this one. Although once I found out that is was Disney’s last fully hand-drawn feature length film I will admit I was drawn in for the historicity . However, once Ari explained its heartwarming place in her family’s lexicon, I started to see the reasons why families will build memories around Disney films.

LINKS:

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

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In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LittleDeadlyCreature

Watch Kt’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ⁠

Ari’s List of Wonderful Animated Films/Shows You Should See:

Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

Phantasia 2000 (1999) - Kinda mad this wasn’t released in 2000.

Fox and the Hound (1981)-  “ A cry fest. Be warned.”

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)- One of her favourite stop animated films!

Kt’s Letterboxd

⁠letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/⁠

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

⁠www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ⁠

A Recipe for Spinach Puffs “a la Kronk”

https://thegluttonousgeek.com/2015/08/25/the-emperors-new-groove-spinach-puffs-a-la-kronk/

Fresh Guacamole- the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNJdJIwCF_Y

Rusalka (1996) — Mermaid by Aleksandr Petrov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw52Its0YKU&t=2s

Continuing our month of May with the other co-host of Opinions MAY Vary, we have Jayare on to discuss why he has not yet seen ANY of the Lord of the Ring Trilogy! Since it would be absurd to have him watch all three films and a BEAST of a discussion to fit into this show, we decided to have them watch the first film, Fellowship of the Ring. This way, if they enjoy it, they can continue to watch the series.

The show focuses a lot on the idea of how to properly introduce a film, book, or any kind of media that you deeply enjoy to someone who may have missed out on it, without being so overbearing you wind up making them decide not to engage with it out of spite! We outline better methods for approaching this, and talk about times this both happened to us, and was done BY us!

Jayare’s Letterboxd Top Four Films!

Links:

Listen to the Starwell Foundation:

https://redcircle.com/shows/thestarwellfoundation

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

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In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntime

Opinions May Vary’s official website where you can listen to all the old episodes:

https://omvpodcast.com/

Follow Opinions May Vary on Social Media:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/OpinionsMayVary/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/opinionsmayvary/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/omvpodcast

Kt’s Letterboxd

https://letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

Kt on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539674/

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ

Who painted the Deadpool Koi Pond Art? Eisner & Ringo nominated artist Sara Richard https://www.sararichard.com/

Want to know more about the Stormtrooper cosplay group? Go to 501st.com to find out more about them and what their whole organization is about. 

In this episode we talk with another long time friend of mine, Alex Squiers. You've definitely heard me talk about him on this podcast before. He did the special effects for my film, Girl in the Basement, as well as a lot of the stuff on Jared Skolnick's early work in MA. He also co-hosted another LONG running (over ten years) podcast called Opinions May Vary. Since it's May, we're having him and then the other cohost of the show, Jayare, on this month for what I'm calling Opinions MAY Vary May.

There has been an exceptionally long standing beef among our friend ground revolving around Alex's experience playing the **video game** Last of Us. He has such a uniquely negative experience - unlike the rest of us who adored it - that he simply couldn't contain his hatred, and it became a hilarious running joke. He loved to whip people up by reminding us of it as much as we loved to "poke the bear" back, so to say. When HBO came out with the show based on the game, we all loved it and wanted to shared this with Alex, but he was having NONE of that.

So when it became known that I was doing a show that asked people to watch a MOVIE that they may have judged without watching, several people immediately asked if I would consider a television show episode with Alex and the HBO show. Knowing that it wouldn't be really a fair ask to having Alex watch the entire 9 + hours of the show, I thought, "Oh wait! There's that fantastic bottle episode where Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett play opposite." It's not heavily based on the events of the game, so it might just be a wonderful way to have Alex see the amazing storytelling and writing that the show has to offer.

Despite being a bit wary to ask, as this was a big as in my opinion, Alex was very affable and eager to help be a guest on this show since I'd been on OMV several times in the past. Listen in as things in my life come full circle, and see if we were able to perhaps change Alex's mind on a long hated subject!

Conan the Barbarian

Kungfu Hustle

(Iron Man 3) REMOVED in Part 2

Dick Tracy

The Fall

And One for TV: Wonderfalls

Links:

Listen to the Starwell Foundation:

https://redcircle.com/shows/thestarwellfoundation

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

https://www.tiktok.com/@movieruntime

In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntimeKt

Opinions May Vary’s official website where you can listen to all the old episodes:

https://omvpodcast.com/

Watch Kt and Alex’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ

See Alex in all his GLORY in Jared’s comedy short masterpiece, “The Answer”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3WLvWgEY&t=8s

Creator/Artist/FX MUA/Host/Podcast Producer/Writer/Actor Alex Squiers on Social Media:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/OpinionsMayVary/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/opinionsmayvary/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/omvpodcast

Kt’s Letterboxd

https://letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

Kt on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539674/

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ

One of the very first actors that gets brought up when I talk about the concept of this podcast is Adam Sandler. He is incredibly divisive. One group of people will like him for his comedy but not his dramatic roles, and the other group will like him and hate him for exactly the opposite reasons. He truly seems to be an actor who can't quite break this cycle.

So when Spaceman (2024) came out on Netflix, and I saw that, yet again, Sandler is attempting to expand his capacity as a dramatic actor by taking bigger swings. As a result I have since found myself a bit of a convert on his behalf and wanted very much to discuss this particular film with someone. Well boy did I luck out in finding our first ever DUO of guests in long time friends, Arielle Faye-Foulds and Sarah Frieser! While they are both exceptionally thoughtful and insightful film goers, they are also a wonderful duo to listen to. Their rapport is so welcoming and witty that it's akin to sitting in your favourite chair with a delicious warm drink.

(You may also recognize Ari from Episode Two - Bad Boys.)

This is why I'm so excited to share them both with you as we attempt to enter the SADlerverse. (The sad movies of Adam Sandler).

LINKS:

Easthampton Film Festival

https://www.easthamptonfilmfestival.com/

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

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In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntimeKt

Watch Kt’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ

Here are the guest's top four films from this episode's conversation.

Ari

The Secret World of Arrietty

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

The Usual Suspects

Over the Garden Wall

Sarah

Moonstruck

Sister Act

Big Lebowski

Adaptation

Kt’s Letterboxd

letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ

Don’t worry, there are no pranks as part of episode 9, even though it is coming out on the first of April. Save your anxiety about unforeseen pranks and use it instead on the movie we’re covering: Eli Roth’s Green Inferno! We’re joined by actress, singer, writer, and Movie Night Extravaganza’s resident Greta Gerwig correspondent: Lauren Chouinard. She tells us about her upcoming performance in the Bay Area Diverse Musical production of American Psycho the musical. (Book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and music & lyrics by Duncan Sheik)[July 12-21st- tickets NOW at: https://www.badmusicaltheatre.com/). She also took a huge risk with us and watched a violent and graphic movie about cannibalism despite not really enjoying the horror genre or Eli Roth as a director. We break this apart and go on some incredibly interesting tangents as we try to understand why some people are inescapably drawn to stories that others find utterly repellant. 

Links:

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

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In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntimeKt

Purchase Tickets to see Lauren in American Psycho the Musical

(July 12th- 21st, 2024)

https://www.badmusicaltheatre.com/

Watch Kt’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ

Actress, Singer, Film Critic, and Writer Lauren Chouinard on Social Media:

Facebook- www.facebook.com/lauren.chouinard

Instagram- www.instagram.com/suburbsurvivor

Twitter- www.twitter.com/laurenchouinard

TikTok- www.tiktok.com/@laurensingshighnotes

Follow Lauren on Letterboxd!

letterboxd.com/lonelygoatherd/

Here are her top four films from this episode's conversation.

TOP FOUR

Lord of the Rings (2001) - Fellowship of the Ring

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Her fav Rom Com

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) - half documentary/ narrative about gender and sexuality about trans people in Japan in the 1960s.

Almost Famous (2000)

Kt’s Letterboxd

letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ

Movie Night Extravaganza LIVE on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/movienightextravaganza

Movie Night Extravaganza’s Official Website

https://www.movienightextravaganza.com/

This episode we have on writer, director, editor, and cinematographer and personal friend, Jared Skolnick. Jared and I have worked on several projects over the years including my first script, Girl in the Basement. He’s an incredibly astute filmmaker with a lot of experience watching and talking about films. If you know one thing about Jared it’s his love for Steven Spielberg, but when I first started talking to Jared he mentioned having never seen Goonies (1985)! He’s exactly the right age to have seen it as a child, but somehow missed out. While Spielberg didn’t directly direct Goonies, he did have an exceptionally large influence on it- even stepping in directing a few of the scenes for Richard Donner. Will we find a rare deviation from Jared’s love, or will we help him get over the trepidation that there could be something in his oeuvre that he might not like? 

Links:

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

https://www.tiktok.com/@movieruntime

In case TikTok is officially banned in the US please follow me on YouTube where you can subscribe to see all my MovieRunTime reviews there as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@MovieRuntimeKt

Jared’s official website where you can reach out to him regarding film opportunities and see his work!

https://www.skolnickfilms.com/

Watch Kt and Jared’s 35 min long body horror short film, Girl in the Basement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn2Q57VXEQ

Watch Jared’s “kids on bikes” 25 min short horror tale, “The Earth Rejects Him”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDXYYPhdAs

Watch Jared’s comedy short masterpiece, “The Answer”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3WLvWgEY&t=8s

See all Jared’s short films and subscribe to keep updated on more on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/@JaredSkolnick

Director/ Writer/ Editor/ Cinematographer Jared Skolnick on Social Media:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/jared.m.skolnick/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/jared_skolnick/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/jaredskolnick

TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@jared.skolnick

The Just Scare Me Film Collective

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBD0PdcN1wGxpcZvhBgb9BQ

Jared’s Letterboxd

https://letterboxd.com/jaredskolnick/

Kt’s Letterboxd

https://letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

Jared on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3487720/

Kt on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3539674/

Writer/Director commentary alongside the full film Girl in the Basement with Kt and Jared

https://tinyurl.com/mtd5kj6t

Listen to Kt and Jared talk about Delicatessen (1981) on Movie Night Extravaganza:

https://tinyurl.com/57ybwfhc

Listen to Kt and Jared talk about Evil Dead (1991) on Movie Night Extravaganza:

https://tinyurl.com/4trhzjcm

Listen to Jared and KT on episodes of Opinions May Vary (OMV)

https://omvpodcast.com/

We’re joined in this episode by a close personal friend of mine - hell, he’s in my weekly DnD group, so you know that means he’s good people - artist, designer, actor and “scary maker” Brett Kelley. He’s managed not only to have never seen the 1995 crime thriller classic, The Usual Suspects, but he doesn’t even know the twist ending! Join me as we breakdown some of the issues around this film in our current climate and see if it can still surprise a modern viewer.

Links:

Follow Kt on TikTok and get DAILY movie reviews and Entertainment News @MovieRuntime

https://www.tiktok.com/@movieruntime

Brett’s online shop where you can purchase prints and pins!

https://ko-fi.com/bkartmerc/shop

The Artwork of Brett Kelley on Social Media:

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/BKArtMerc/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/bkartworks/

Watch Brett and Alex in Jared’s comedy short masterpiece, “The Answer”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3WLvWgEY&t=8s

Listen to Brett and Kt in the audio drama, The Starwell Foundation on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6nN6JjcnNBFX1pSlSiCmoY

Listen to Brett and KT on episodes of Opinions May Vary (OMV)

https://omvpodcast.com/

Movie Night Extravaganza’s LIVE Oscar Watch-along

https://www.youtube.com/movienightextravaganza

Kt’s Letterboxd

https://letterboxd.com/MovieRuntime/

Want to know more about Neil Gaiman’s The Books of Magic, the graphic novel that may be the “inspiration” for Harry Potter?

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/03/the-other-harry-potter-that-never-was/387364/

This episode is a very special Valentine’s Day episode that’s a day early! The theme is, of course, Romantic Comedies, and we have an extra special guest joining us to discuss their trepidation on the genre: Conan Neutron! You may know Conan from his work as a musician and his band, Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends as well as his music-based podcast Protonic Reversal, OR his work as a host on Movie Night Extravaganza. However you know him, this episode if EXTRA LONG because we has such a fun and fruitful discussion on why we *both* aren’t too keen on romcoms. Even if that is true, Moonstruck (1987) is STILL a perfectly weird little gem for even the most cynical of us.

LINKS: 

Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends 

Protonic Reversal

Patreon

Movie Night Extravaganza

Conan’s Letterboxd

MovieRuntime

LaLa Rewards “Collect merch and art, connect with fans and stories, unlock rewards and experiences”

Instagram Live 2pm on the 15th

Movie Night E May December Episode on the 20th

Discord Trivia on the 21st

Kt’s Letterboxd

Unanswered questions from the show:

Part One:

Who wrote RENT and what was the name of the Andrew Garfield movie about him?

The movie was Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) and it was based on the autobiographical musical by playwright Jonathan Larson.

Part Two:

What year was that Vietnam movie with Nicholas Cage and Matthew Modine? Was it in fact called Birdy? 

It was in fact called Birdy, and the year was 1984.

It's a new month and that means a new theme! This February we're talking to musicians about film genres that they typically don't like, and trying to find a film that might be an exception for them.

Our first guest is Jesse Sterling Harrison of the band Mystic Warrior. They have a brand new album titled, Animal Rites, that has JUST DEBUTED TODAY! Clips of three songs off the album - Mr. Grey, Church of Spiders, and Orcas Biting the (Richards) off Our Floating Idols - are featured throughout this episode so you can get a taste of what to expect.

To get a copy of this album/ listen to more of it, visit:

https://mysticwarrior1.bandcamp.com/album/animal-rites

To find out more about the band and tour dates/shows, visit:

Mystic Warrior Music

We're talking to Jesse about his dislike of the genre: Biopics, and I thought it would be a very good time to take a look at a Biopic starring Margot Robbie! Many people are divided by her snub for Best Actress in Barbie at this years Oscars, with a contingent claiming she can't really act. To them I give this film as well.

Make sure to double check your laces, and let's get on the ice for this one!

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Additional Show Links:

@MovieRuntime on TikTok

@WhatIfIDontLikeIt on Instagram

Kt Baldassaro on Letterboxd

Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends

Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal

Caterwaul Music Festival - LINE UP

Movie Night Extravaganza