Episode 278: The Burbs with Matt Strackbein AKA The Letterhack

We have previously talked about 28 Days Later on an episode during our Zombie Month, Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are now ready to talk about the new Danny Boyle and Alex Garland collaboration 28 Years Later with Philip Marinello Set 28 years after the original, almost three decades after the Rage Virus first appeared after getting out of a LAB LEAK BABY Starring Jody Comer, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jack O'Connell AKA Remmick, Alfie Williams and Ralph "Cardinal" Fiennes #28days #28dayslater #28yearslater #dannyboyle #alexgarland #infected #infection #ralphfiennes #aarontaylorjohnson #uk #ukhorror #britishcinema #britishhorror #viral #virus #filmpodcast #horror #horrorpodcast #horrorpodcastshow #zombie #zombies #film #english #pandemic #jodycomer #horrormovies #unitedkingdom

During the next few weeks, we are doing a few 2025 Summer Releases, First up, it's Celine Song's second film Materialists with Eileen Jones of Filmsuck and Jacobin!!! Eileen's review of Materialists: https://jacobin.com/2025/06/materialists-rom-com-dakota-johnson Back in 2023, Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talked on an episode about Celine Song's debut Past Lives which we all loved Her second film, also written and directed by her, stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. It's a "Romantic Comedy," although is it? Some have speculated it's secretly a horror movie, about a Match Maker named Lucy (Dakota Johnson) whose hooking up Wealthy Bored Miserable New Yorkers with each other. She is not in their class strata, and her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) who she tried her life out with in the city is still trying to make it as an actor in the same apartment. As a Match Maker, she sells romantic dreams that can never truly be fulfilled this way.. setting people up by mathematical algorithm in a digital age. But, she gets a chance to live the dream she's selling... when a Finance Nepo Baby named Harry Castillo (Pedro Pascal) starts pursuing her. It's set up as a formulaic Rom Com, yet Celine Song as a former Match Maker (for six months while trying to get her plays produced in 2015) has alot to say about the transactionality of relationships in a digital age, the need for human connection that algorithmic connection cannot replicate, and these matchmaking services as a business. #materialists #dakotajohnson #pedropascal #chrisevans #pastlives #celinesong #romanticomedy #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #romcom #matchmaking #matchmaker #highvalueman #highvaluewomen #jacobin #pastlives #celine #romdram #romanticomedy

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Josh Duggan of Unkind Rewind @UnkindRewind about about Jackie Brown! After Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino's third film Jackie Brown was released in 1997. Starring Pam Grier two decades after Foxy Brown and an aging Robert Forster and Samuel L. Jackson as well as Robert De Niro, Bridgette Fonda, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen. It's both an adaptation of the 1992 Elmore Leonard novel Rum Punch and a love letter to '70s blaxploitation #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #tarantinofilms #tarantino #robertdeniro #samuelljackson #jackiebrown #reservoirdogs #pulpfiction #foxybrown #pamgrier #elmore #blaxploitation #rumpunch #blackcinema #spikelee Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnhJoin our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas with Josh from @TheAfternoonTune_ !! #goodfellas #martinscorcese #rayliotta #robertdeniro #wiseguy #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #taxdriver #meanstreets #deniro #henryhill #thesopranos #loraine #tonysoprano #mafia #mob #joepesci #mafia2 #mafiaringtone #scorsese #casino #myblueheaven #noraephron A long time in the making, this movie stars Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro. You already know!! It's Scorsese's most popular movie!!! It's the mafia!!!! Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

We are BACK streaming with Forrest, Kristina @cosmepolitics and Matt Strackbein @TheLetterhack to talk about Dario Argento's 1977 horror film Suspiria (and about the 2018 Luca Guadagnino remake) One of two incredibly influential horror films Argento worked on in 1977-1978, the other one being Dawn of the Dead Suspiria is famous for its vivid colors being one of the last Italian films to utilize the Technicolor process made most famous by Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind Starring Jessica Harper, Barbara Magnolfi, Stefania Casini, Miguel Bose, and Joan Bennett, the Silent Film and Dark Shadows star, in her last role ever #suspiria #darioargento #jessicaharper #horror #witch #witches #giallo #witchcraft #lucaguadagnino #dakotajohnson #tildaswinton #italiancinema #italianfilm #witchcore #1977 #2018 #callmebyyourname #technicolor #argento Conan is on tour on the West Coast and will be in California on the 6th, 7th, and 8th get tickets here and see dates https://www.neutronfriends.com Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Forrest and Kristina Oakes are holding it down while Conan is on tour and we are talking about Adam McKay's The Other Guys with @deaddomain !!! Six months ago, we had Adam McKay on the podcast to talk about his filmmaking career youtube.com/live/ldHeFeHLWQI Adam McKay's last movie with Will Ferrell before he switched to his more political films like the Big Short and Vice Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star as buddy cops who couldn't be more unevenly matched! #theotherguys #willferrell #markwahlberg #therock #adammckay #samuelljackson #other #evamendes #thebigshort #dontlookup #nypd #comedy #comedymovies #anchorman #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #nypd #stepbrothers #rickybobby #film #comedies @ConanNeutron is on tour on the East Coast and then going to the Midwest and then Caterwaul! See the cities and buy tickets! neutronfriends.bandcamp.com or https://www.neutronfriends.com Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about 'Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story' Co-Written and Produced by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, coming a few years after Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2006), Walk Hard is a pretty incredible satire of the music biopic Starring John C. Reilly as the early Rock n Roll legend Dewey Cox, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Kristin Wiig, Matt Bessner With appearances by Jack White, Eddie Vedder, Ghostface Killah, Jewel, Lyle Lovett and Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Justin Long, and Jason Schwartzman as the Beatles #WalkHard #dewey #deweycox #johncreilly #juddapatow #johnnycash #walktheline #jenna #jennafischer #theoffice #jackblack #paulrudd #music #musicbiopic #biopic #ghostfacekillah #jasonschwartzman #musicindustry #jackwhite #elvis #elvispresley #walk #moviepodcast #filmpodcast #kristenwiig #snl #labamba #lylelovett #jewel This is @ConanNeutron 's last show before he leaves for a tour starting on the East Coast and going to the Midwest and then Caterwaul! See the cities and buy tickets! neutronfriends.bandcamp.com or https://www.neutronfriends.com Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh The Movie Night Extravaganza Patreon helps us keep the show going.. become a Patron and support the show!! https://patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Forrest, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Matt Strackbein AKA @TheLetterhack talk about Joe Dante's The Burbs!!! Starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schall, and Henry Gibson. Tom Hanks is Ray Peterson and Bruce Dern is Mark Rumsfield who come to the conclusion that their new neighbors are ritualistic satanic killers. #theburbs #burbs #joedante #tomhanks #1989 #brucedern #carriefisher #princessleia #piranhas #gremlins #coreyfeldman #henrygibson #wendyschaal #suburban #satanicpanic #satanic The Letterhack streams on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/theletterhack Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh The Movie Night Extravaganza Patreon helps us keep the show going.. become a Patron and support the show!! https://patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes discuss Ryan Coogler's new vampire film Sinners!! From the director behind Black Panther and Creed Ryan Coogler, who also wrote and produced, comes a Vampire Film set in the Mississippi Delta in 1932 under Jim Crow. Starring Michael B. Jordan starring as two brothers, the Smokestack Twins. Also starring Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfield, Delroy Lindo, and Jack O'Connell #sinnersmovie #sinners #vampires #fromdusktilldawn #michaelbjordan #haileesteinfeld #ryancoogler #blackpanther #creed #fruitvalestation #2025 #2025movies #horror #horrormovies #horrormoviepodcast #vampirelovestory #vampirelore #milescaton Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh The Movie Night Extravaganza Patreon helps us keep the show going.. become a Patron and support the show!! https://patreon.com/MovieNightExtra

Forrest, Kristina Oakes, Conan Neutron and Phil Marinello of the Substance Pod to talk about Cuckoo!! The Substance Pod on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJ1Bgzq17PDNiAR1pnDXcwStarring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Kalin Morrow and Mila LieuDirected and Written by Tilman Singer, a horror movie about a teenager who moves in with her father in the German Alps as disturbing things start happening with her fathers boss. #cuckoo #parasite #hunterschafer #danstevens #tilmansinger #horror #bodyhorror #german #germanfilm #jessica #jessicahenwick #euphoria #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #sciencefictionJoin our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnhThe Movie Night Extravaganza Patreon helps us keep the show going.. become a Patron and support the show!! https://patreon.com/MovieNightExtraJoin our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnhThe Movie Night Extravaganza Patreon helps us keep the show going.. become a Patron and support the show!! https://patreon.com/MovieNightExtra