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If alien drug dealers and high tech weapon’s that slice, burn, explode and suck their targets are your idea of a good time, you are going to love this movie, maybe almost as much as Mark does. Howard Casner is not quite as enthusiastic, to understate the point. but all of us loved the concept and we think you will too...
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We are knee deep into Summer and there are new films all around us. Who cares? We have lots of things to talk about and we will not be straightjacketed into the Spider-verse or told our Destiny. The Lambs want to make up their own rules and this week they come up with some guidelines that you will certainly enjoy. Monsters, murder, missing girls, and music are the subjects of the second round of choices on the show. We get to go to Australia,...
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“You can’t wake up, if you don’t fall asleep.” Some people find it easy to fall asleep at a Wes Anderson film. His dry, deadpan style, rarely creates a compelling action sequence, but the visual images ought to be enough to keep your vitreous humor intact and your eyelids open. There is plenty to see, and with a history of quirky films in the Anderson Filmography, there are plenty of side roads to talk about. This week on the podcast,...
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Despite the controversies, DCEU hatred, and frequent delays, “The Flash” has finally arrived in movie theaters and we have a cast of heroes worthy of talking about it. This follow-up to the Justice League, was a long time coming, and it picks up as if the League is operating everyday as an International Intervention Team, fighting crime, watching for alien invasions, and generally patrolling the Earth looking for problems to solve....
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“Mikey and Nicky” is the controversial third film from director Elaine May. It is a gangster film of sorts, but what it really concerns is the toxic relationship of two friends, and the complications that come from misplaced loyalty and long term connections. June is the MOTM that we specify that we want a film from a woman director and Elaine May is only the third woman to direct a Hollywood film in the sound era. Is this 1976 movie...
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1985 seems to have been a primo year for the kinds of chop socky films that many of you crave and David recommends five that sound like they would be totally awesome to fill a Saturday afternoon with. Be careful though, you may find yourself ordering a Box Set of films just to get the one’s he suggested. Our other Dave on the show has a few horror films that might well be up your alley if you are especially fond of Zombie fare. He also has...
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This week, we have a conversation about the third and final book in his series “It’s Strictly Personal”. “It’s Forever Strictly Personal” covers Eric’s moviegoing life post college into adulthood and a profession. Readers will be able to identify with Eric’s experiences, even if they have different lives, because the movies help him interpret those experiences. The second part of the show brings a...
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Are you ready for the summer movies coming this year? Is there any chance that Indiana Jones will be the Dial of Delight rather than of Disappointment? Will a singing mermaid be a hit in live action? Is it possible for a second year in a row that Tom Cruise will be dead reckoning on target with the movie audience? These questions may be answered by September, but that is the future. This show is about the past. Summer became movie season with a...
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This is the third feature length film from Disney. “Fantasia” was released in 1940, and had the European market denied to it because of WWII. With half the source of their revenue beyond it’s reach, the film struggled to make back the money the studio had invested in it. The innovation of stereophonic sound and a road show release schedule meant that their usual distributor, RKO, was out and the Disney Company was forced to...
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Get ready to exercise your tear glands, the final chapter in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy ha hit theater screens, and it hits our cast of guests this week as well. There is plenty of emotional turmoil, or is it manipulation in this edition? Maybe you should check https://www.doesthedogdie.com/ before you see the movie. So don’t be a bad dog, come listen to this week’s show and have as much fun as we do talking...
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This week we travel down a dark passage, where our vision is limited and only occasionally does a shaft of light guide us. This is the second instalment of “Blind Spot Alley” , where our guests reveal the things they haven’t seen, finally saw, and also wished they hadn’t seen. We go four rounds of Blind Spots, self disclosing our ignorance of some films, many of which others would be surprised we missed. All of us have...
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