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Ep. #123-Longtime Companion
July 01, 2021

This week, as Pride Month comes to a close, we take on a landmark film in the gay cinema canon, 1990’s LONGTIME COMPANION, directed by Norman Rene. The first mainstream movie to tackle the AIDS epidem

Ep. #122-Buddy
June 13, 2021

This week, we take on 1997’s extremely bizarre true-life tale BUDDY, directed by Caroline Thompson. Rene Russo plays an animal-loving socialite who accepts a gorilla into her home. Once grown, she dre

Ep. #121-Streets of Fire
May 08, 2021

This week, we take on 1984’s STREETS OF FIRE, directed by Walter Hill, a film that opens by helpfully describing itself as a “rock fable.” Without the guidance, it would be hard to know what the hell to label this thing,

Ep. #120-Freddy Got Fingered
April 24, 2021

This week, prepare yourself for a super-sized episode as we discuss Tom Green’s divisive 2001 comedy FREDDY GOT FINGERED. Marvel as two grown men spend over two hours discussing the merits of a film in which an elephant is brought to climax and shoots ...

Ep. #119-Death Becomes Her
April 10, 2021

This week, the fountain of youth wreaks havoc on the lives of Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn in 1992’s dark comedy DEATH BECOMES HER, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Streep plays a vain, aging actress trapped in a loveless marriage who takes ...

Ep. #118-Zack Snyder’s Justice League
March 29, 2021

This week, we take on the movie everyone seems to be talking about: ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE, the four-hour behemoth currently streaming on HBO Max. Yes, we are aware this isn’t a summer film, but we covered the 2017 original,

Ep. #117-Shag: The Movie
March 13, 2021

This week, a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach will change the lives of four best friends forever in 1989’s SHAG: THE MOVIE, directed by Zelda Barron. It should come as no surprise that this dance-centric film was hoping to ride on the coattails of DIRTY DA...

Ep. #116-The Manhattan Project
February 27, 2021

This week, nuclear war meets teen comedy as we take on 1986’s ill-conceived THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, directed by Marshall Brickman. Christopher Collet stars as a high school genius who steals some plutonium from John Lithgow and uses it to create an atom...

Ep. #115-Under the Cherry Moon
February 13, 2021

This week, SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER!?! celebrates Valentine’s Day by taking on one of the least romantic romances ever filmed: 1986’s UNDER THE CHERRY MOON, directed by Prince. The pop icon followed up his smash hit PURPLE RAIN with a black-and-white homage ...

Ep. #114-Infamous (2020)
January 30, 2021

This week, we conclude our discussion on the 2020 summer movie season by taking on a film we still can’t believe got a theatrical release, no matter how small: INFAMOUS, directed by Joshua Caldwell and starring the one and only Bella Thorne.