Our Satoshi Kon series continues with his 2003 film Millennium Actress, a moving exploration of memory, history, and the magic of da moviesh. Writer Hoai-Tran Bui returns to the pod as we discuss the strange history of Dreamworks’ arthouse animation arm (

Welcome to the filmography of Satoshi Kon - a thrilling series of funhouse mirrors and puzzlebox narratives that proved what is possible in the animation form. The icon, the legend, the culturista himself Bowen Yang joins us to talk about Kon’s feature de

Our McTiernan series concludes with 2003s BASIC - a film that Griffin thinks should instead be titled COMPLICATED - get it? Because there are so many plot twists?? The great BenDavid Grabinski joins us to chat about John Travoltas run of big, skeezy c

Finally, we arrive at the film that helped put John McTiernan in both director jail and jail jail - the incoherent nu-metal fart that is 2002s ROLLERBALL. Zach Cherry continues his trend of appearing on episodes covering movies that led to actual cou

What if there was a 13th Warrior? What if there was a version of Beowulf so grounded in reality that the climactic battle with Grendel just kind of felt like a shrug? What if Antonio Banderas was the lead in Gladiator instead of Russell Crowe? We’re just

A Fiji water bottle. Sinnerman by Nina Simone. That Magritte painting with the bowler hat. A SCINTILLATING, AGE-APPROPRIATE ROMANCE WITH TWO OF THE GREATEST HEIST SEQUENCES IN MOVIE HISTORY. Were talking Tommy C (1999), baby! The delightful Amanda Dobb

John McTiernan back with the Die Hard franchise after the spectacular flop of Last Action Hero. Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson back together after Pulp Fiction. Die Hard with a Vengeance is definitely part of the “we are so back” canon. Shea Serrano (w

You either love this movie or you hate it, and guess what - were landing all over the LOST ACTION HERO spectrum this episode! Paul Scheer & Jason Mantzoukas join us once again for a clock-busting, rip-roaring time, and were unpacking all of this mov

Oh baby, this ones a STINKER! Sean Connery finds the cure for cancer but then he loses it (??). Lorraine Bracco delivers all of her dialogue like someone making a comment and not asking a question at a Q&A. Theyre both playing scientists - but where

We love da submarinesh! Host of Unclear and Present Danger Jamelle Bouie joins us this week to talk about middle aged white guys, airport novels, and naval recruitment propaganda. Thats right - were talking about John McTiernans adaptation of Tom Cla