It’s time once again for our annual summer special, and this year we have The Wrong Stuff. In 1983, Philip Kaufman assembled Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward and others to portray the men with THE RIGHT STUFF. But what happened when Hollywood tried to turn some of those guys into […]

Our precogs have seen that you would stop here and listen to our podcast. It would be a precrime not to listen. You have no free will as you listen to Cody, Robert, and Nat discuss Steven Spielberg’s take on Philip K. Dick in 2002’S MINORITY REPORT. In the wake of 9/11 and the Patriot […]

This month, Nat, Cody, and Robert journey to a world of the white god in the jungle who’s engaged in cruel experiments that push the conception of humanity with 1996’s THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU. We also journey to the edge of sanity that was a doomed voyage for Richard Stanley’s tenure as a director […]

This month, Cody, Robert, and Nat are joined by Kurt Halfyard of ScreenAnarchy to fight a fascist takeover as we discuss the 1980s’ mini-series V and V: The Final Battle. V was an NBC mini-series which first aired on May 1, 1983 and May 2, 1983. It was a success and was followed up by […]

This month, Cody, Robert, and Nat jack into the futuristic world of 2021 and the cyberpunk ideas of William Gibson with 1995’s JOHNNY MNEMONIC. JOHNNY MNEMONIC, directed by Robert Longo and written by William Gibson, seems to have all the elements of a genre defining hit. In this case, the genre would be cyberpunk. In […]

Who owns a song? The song writer, even though what they wrote might not be all that commercial without help? The performer, who shapes the words and expands it musically?  The listener, who applies their experiences and feelings to their interpretation of what the song means? That’s the central question of John Carney’s POWER BALLAD, […]

The 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival is moving into its final days, but there were still some traditions that needed to be carried out. One of them was the Super Secret Members Only Screening for Milwaukee Film members. It’s always a mystery movie which the audience doesn’t know until moments before it starts. This year they […]

It’s becoming rarer, but some moments are truly lost to time. Important events too. The 1972 to 1973 production of Godspell in Toronto proved to be a landmark, being both a hit show and introducing people to the likes of Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Paul Shaffer. […]

Ghosts are memories. Ghosts are the past intruding on the present. Ghosts are people that haven’t been or refuse to be forgotten. Those are just some of the thoughts that occurred during a late night screening of A USEFUL GHOST during the Milwaukee Film Festival. I was expecting a good time based on a silly […]

Last night the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival staged a world premiere with BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL WORLD: THE INFECTIOUS JOY OF PAT MCCURDY. I don’t think it’s too say that Pat McCurdy is a regional institution. At least if you describe a region as consisting of Chicago, Wisconsin (with a concentration on Milwaukee and Chicago) and Minneapolis. […]