Where the Long Tail Ends

Cody, Robert, and Nat take a trip up river on an assassination mission with Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Is it an example of "vulgar auteurism" or is it just vulgar? Does that matter when we see guys go to town with baseball bats? And, we ask, is the story and direction just too good for the Universal Soldier franchise? Also, Nat and Robert argue Newton's Second Law and Conservation of Momentum. Next month we just might bring math to the table to settle the dispute, once and for all.As a prelude to our journey into the Universal Soldier franchise, we discuss Marvel's latest Ant-Man. And, as post-script, we look back on our first year of podcasting and discuss some of our favorites and least favorites from the first year.

Nat, Cody, and Robert return to bring you a double feature as we take in a double feature of The Blob. Normally we don't issue spoiler warnings, but you may wish to watch the 1988 version before listening as we spoil the hell out of it. As a bonus, all three of us discuss Jurassic World and Nat and Robert finish up by discussing Night of the Hunter. It's a full show.

Robert, Nat, and Cody welcome Angela Fabrinni to the podcast as we all gather round to watch 1958's I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE. In this podcast we discuss marriage. Specifically, marriage as it was thought of in the late 1950s. Also, we discuss whether the film is a Cold War film or something else. And hero dogs. Also Nat lays out an analogy involving Matt and James that's rather specific and weird. Equally important, do we get Angela to dish some dirt on Matt and James? Enquiring minds will have to listen to find out. Finally, Nat and Angela talk TOMORROWLAND.

Cody, Robert, and Nat take a trip back to the psychedelic 1970s with David Bowie as The Man Who Fell to Earth. Find out whether the gang likes hanging out with David Bowie watching him get drunk and watch television. Do we have a sweet spot for Candy Clark? Or is someone on the crew smitten with Rip Torn? How close does someone come to making a donation to the "Pretension Jar" this episode? And is the crew able to grapple with Nicholas Roeg or does he get the best of some of them?

Nat, Robert, and Cody want to invite you to a birthday party for the great Orson Welles on the occasion of his 100th Birthday. No, it's probably not on the scale of the celebrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Welles's birthplace, but spirits run high and we all have a lot to say. We focus on three of our favorite films directed by Orson Welles, the lurid noir Touch of Evil, the Shakespeare adaptation Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight), and the brilliant essay F for Fake.

This month Nat, Cody, and Robert turn their attention to 1959's post-apocalypse film The World, the Flesh, and the Devil starring the great Harry Belafonte, along with Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer. Our attention is firmly held by the remarkable Harry Belafonte. Learn how we react to the rest of the movie though, including our various reactions to the ending. Find out which one of these intrepid podcasters can actually sing. Did we find the musical numbers that were incorporated into the film worked or did they stick out like a sore thumb? How did we evaluate way the film explored the racial tensions of the time? And, perhaps most importantly, is getting a haircut sexy?

 

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Watch the skies and cue the pipe tones! Robert, Nat, and Cody are joined by Mark Hughes from Forbes.com to discuss Steven Spielberg's milestone film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And also share their thoughts on the recent passing of Leonard Nimoy.

Nat, Robert and Cody (in a cameo appearance due to technical and other unforeseen complications) decided that there's no such thing as a holiday that doesn't deserve a podcast, so here we are. No leprechauns in space. Yet. But rather a series of films that complements America's drinking-est holiday and warns you to be careful with what you consume. Especially if it's green.First off we have Jerry Lewis' The Nutty Professor, which is sure to broaden our appeal in France. But that doesn't mean that we didn't have fun ourselves heading down to The Purple Pit and listening to Buddy Love show the kids how it's done.After getting their groove on, the Sky Watching crew heads to the swamps and Wes Craven's Swamp Thing. We discuss the good and the bad, from exploding air boats to the fetching Adrienne Barbeau actually being the protagonist of a comic book movie.Finally we wind our way up to Arkham. No not Batman's famous asylum, but H.P. Lovecraft's New England creation and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator. And we promise you a shocking confession for this one.

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Crash and Burn! Cody, Robert, and Nat suit up for movie gladiatorial combat as they take on Stuart Gordon's VHS classic / cult film Robot Jox, after a Valentine's Day recap and a discussion of the Wachowski's disappointing Jupiter Ascending.  It turns out that two people have never seen Robot Jox before, so what did we make of it as it nears its 25th birthday? Ahead of its time or a product of its time? Things take a turn for the positively weird as we discuss the anatomical possibilities of test tube babies. You'll have to listen to find out how weird.