So it's come to this: Emalie, Matt and Travis dutifully answer YOUR questions about movies, food, dogs, but mostly movies. Intriguing, no?
You can call Pamela Anderson an icon, you can call her a sex symbol, you can call her someone with pretty bad taste in men and/or music. But don't—and this is very important—call her 'babe.' In case that's something you were thinking about doing. SNAPDRAGON (1993, Worth Keeter) RAW JUSTICE (1994, David A Prior) BARB WIRE (1996, David Hogan)
The year was 1986, and the Brat Pack—a group of hot young actors that folks associated with each other—was on top of the world. Then these three movies were released, and that was basically the the end of that. BLUE CITY (1986, Michelle Manning) OUT OF BOUNDS (1986, Dick Tuggle) WISDOM (1986, Emilio Estevez)
We watched three movies about the scariest types of buildings: tall ones! Yes, what's scarier than a skyscraper, floor after floor of potential for terror. And the only way out? A really cool wirework stunt fall! For the love of God, just TAKE THE STAIRS! BLACKOUT (1978, Eddy Matalon) DE LIFT (1983, Dick Maas) SKYSCRAPER (1996, Raymond Martino)
No new episode this week, so you know it's time for...ugh, "Classic SIKU." In this case we're putting our classic patreon ep FIVE DEPALMAS PART 1 up on the free feed! We read a whole book for this one! And it's from 2021, so that'll probably make it a pretty weird listen! CARRIE (1976) CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) ARE SNAKES NECESSARY? (A novel! 2018)
It's off to the deep wilderness for three nail-biters featuring killer wolves and bears! But—and you're not gonna believe this—it turns out the ultimate wild animal might just be...man? Well, in one of these it's definitely the wolves, but they're probably a metaphor for man. SHOOT TO KILL (1988, Roger Spottiswoode) THE EDGE (1997, Lee Tamahori) THE GREY (2011, Joe Carnahan)
We're following the progression of notable movie actor George Clooney, from his humble, tic-filled beginnings, to the much less fussy "classic" period. He is hot in all the phases, of course. THE PEACEMAKER (1997, Mimi Leder) MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007, Tony Gilroy) THE AMERICAN (2010, Anton Corbijn)
Three legendary films that never should have been remade. One movie industry absolutely allergic to new ideas. Three intrepid podcasters who somehow actually watched all of these things. STRAW DOGS (2011, Rod Lurie) RED DAWN (2012, Dan Bradley) POINT BREAK (2015, Ericson Core)
We got three movies from the peak (and post-peak) of mega action star/poor bookkeeper Wesley Snipes! Always bet on...him! BOILING POINT (1993, James B. Harris) SUGAR HILL (1994, Leon Ichaso) THE ART OF WAR (2000, Christian Duguay)
We are joined again by friend of the pod Will Goss to discuss three films starring the 100% normal and definitely okay movie star Mel Gibson. Oh and we also talk about Scarecrow Video collapsing, which is a thing that actually happened. BIRD ON A WIRE (1990, John Badham) PAYBACK (1999, Brian Helgeland) EDGE OF DARKNESS (2010, Martin Campbell)
We're talking about heists, the more elaborate and far-fetched the better! None of this "drill open the safe" hooey, these heists have squibs, Mini Coopers, motor boats and alternate identities that have aged poorly! THE SCORE (2001, Frank Oz) THE ITALIAN JOB (2003, F Gary Gray) INSIDE MAN (2006, Spike Lee)
Ray Liotta—possibly our main guy—finally gets his very own episode! We like to think he's up there in movie star heaven cackling in approval. SOMETHING WILD (1986, Jonathan Demme) NO ESCAPE (1994, Martin Campbell) KILLING THEM SOFTLY (2012, Andrew Dominik)
The original Pelham was so good they just couldn't stop remaking it! Even though they probably should have! THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974, Joseph Sargent) THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1998, Felix Enriquez Alcala) THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (2009, Tony Scott)
Three thrillers featuring the word "run" in the title, each one more or less about someone running to or from something! RUN (1991, Geoff Burrowes) NOWHERE TO RUN (1993, Robert Harmon) RUNNING SCARED (2006, Wayne Kramer)
The culmination of our last couple episodes! After all that groundwork we are rewarded with: three mediocre sequels! All the laughs, all the thrills...all over again! ANOTHER 48 HRS (1990, Walter Hill) F/X2: THE DEADLY ART OF ILLUSION (1991, Richard Franklin) ANOTHER STAKEOUT (1993, John Badham)
We check out some buddy cop movies for folks who want some laughs to go with their gun-play. Three 80's classics where the cops make dick jokes between (and sometimes during) kills! Ohhhh nooooo! 48 HRS. (1982, Walter Hill) RUNNING SCARED (1986, Peter Hyams) STAKEOUT (1987, John Badham)
Three nail biters featuring the king of stocky gravitas, Mr. Brian Denney. F/X (1986, Robert Mandel) BEST SELLER (1987, John Flynn) THE LAST OF THE FINEST (1990, John Mackenzie)
Give a listen to this episode about legendary good actor/bad guy James Woods and the full spectrum of tightly wound yelling guys he can play. Don't jerk us around, fella. COP (1988, James B. Harris) TRUE BELIEVER (1989, Joseph Ruben) THE SPECIALIST (1994, Luis Llosa)
From our Patreon page! We eventually get around to talking about the movie but as you might imagine this is more of a retrospective of David Lynch's entire career and what it meant to us individually. But if you ever ask us to explain what this podcast is about, we'll politely say "No."
ALL ABOARD for thrills and chills as we get railed by three movies about trains and the bad things that can happen on and/or to them! Hey...ride it. RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985, Andrei Konchalovsky) MONEY TRAIN (1995, Joseph Ruben) UNSTOPPABLE (2010, Tony Scott)