Retro Review: SHOWGIRLS (1995) directed by Paul Verhoeven

America needs to heal. So we've decided to review something that makes everyone happy... SHOWGIRLS. Come back with us to 1995, when the director of Robocop hung up his sci-fi spurs and decided to head west for a movie loaded up with boobs instead of bullets! That's right, this week we dive into SHOWGIRLS, and debate Elizabeth Berkley's "choices," fear for Kyle MacLachlan's safety during an intense pool scene, and wonder whether or not Verhoeven directed most of this movie in the nude. (It's happened once before! Google it.) If you want to get right to the main review, you can scrub ahead to 18:53. But if you do that, you'll miss the debut of a brand new segment on our show... SHOW ME YOUR DISC, MAN! VEGAS, BABY. VEGAS. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

As you may (or may not) have heard, our Patreon is dead and dusted. So, as a fun bonus for ALL OF OUR LISTENERS, I’m releasing some of those once great subscriber exclusives as bonuses here on the main feed. Enjoy!  WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF THE MATT AND MARK MOVIE SHOW? ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS... Join us as we venture back into feature commentary territory with one of our favorite under-appreciated cult hits from the 90s, Russell Mulcahy's trippy adaptation of THE SHADOW, starring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Curry, and Sir Ian McKellen. You can listen to this as a standalone podcast, or pop on the movie and listen to us while you watch. The choice is yours. The commentary begins around 6:05, if you want to scrub ahead and get right down to biznass. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

The Horror Show comes to an epic close with our 2024 Halloween Special! It also happens to be Mark's birthday, so to celebrate, we're watching the best Halloween movie ever made. No, not that one. The other one! Mike Dougherty's TRICK 'R TREAT! Hear us gush over this anthology masterpiece that pays tribute to all aspects of the holiday with its Pulp Fiction style narrative, and its iconic mascot, Sam. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our horror guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. Big thanks to him for joining us all Halloween season long. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: Mark's new haircut, our pitch for a Rumspringa movie, and what our Halloween watchlist plans are for this year. Oh, and if you're interested, be sure to head on over to Youtube channel for more Halloween fun, including me and the Producer in the Booth trying all of the Ghostbusters donuts from Krispy Kreme. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

The Horror Show keeps your Halloween a-rockin' with our SPOILER review of Smile 2. Spoilers abound. You've been warned. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our horror guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: what meat product the Smile Demon reminds us of, the return of the double decker taco, how we need a Matt and Mark Movie Show intern, and which horror trope Matt hates the most. Hint: it is directly troped the eff up in Smile 2. Eeeeeesh. Also, which is the gravest Cinema Sin of them all? Tune in. Find out. Keep Smiling. Keep Shining. In Good Times. And Bad Times. I'll Be On Your Side Forever More. That's What Smiles Are For. THAT'S WHAT SMILES ARE FORRRRRR. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

The Horror Show returns this week with a Halloween must-watch: 1988's PUMPKINHEAD. Stan Winston's under-seen monster movie masterpiece turns 36 years old this week, and to celebrate, we go in-depth on its legacy. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: what any of this has to do with Michael Jackson and A Gnome Named Gnorm, having a crush on young Demi Moore, how to correctly pronounce Nissan and of course, Terrifier 3's takeover of the box office. If you want to cut right to the main review, scrub ahead to 9:52. Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

We're so back. We survived another Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood and lived to tell the tale. So put your babies away, it's time for the grown men... TO SCREAM LIKE LITTLE GIRLS. Hear our pulse-pounding play-by-play of every haunted house and scare zone at this year's event: we take you through the Blumhouse Terror Tram, the demonic gauntlet of Insidious: The Further, the frozen wasteland of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the silent screams of A Quiet Place, the classic Universal monsters of Eternal Bloodlines, the toxic zombies of Dead Exposure: Death Valley, the fever dream of The Weekend: Nightmare Trilogy, the Latin American nightmares of Monstruos 2, and the many faces of Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface! SEE YOU ALL IN THE FOG! Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

We're on the road to HHN Hollywood this week, but The Horror Show must go on! So we're unearthing another Full Horror Rec's special to satisfy your spooky fix. That's right, boils and ghouls, we’ve got 9 MORE horror movie mini-reviews guaranteed to chill your old Activia bones… or your young Gen Z bones. As always this time of year, we’re joined by our guest-in-residence and horror scholar, Tommy Nuggetz. If you want to scrub ahead to a specific movie, and you don’t care to bear witness to the horrors of wondering whether or not Mark will survive drinking expired Mystery Flavor Mountain Dew, here are the timestamps… 4:50 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown 11:10 - Idle Hands 19:19 - Gargoyles (1972) 30:08 - Totally Killer 35:35 - Train to Busan 42:38 - Burnt Offerings 49:20 - Opera 56:55 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1:03:38 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad SPOOOOOOKY! Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

The Horror Show is here! And to kick off the season, we're dedicating an entire full-length special to Horror Rec's ONLY. Not sure where to start your watchlist this spooky season? We're gonna help you out with mini-reviews of NINE picks guaranteed to send shivers up your spine... or up your pooper. As always this time of year, we're joined by our guest-in-residence, Tommy Nuggetz. We had plenty to discuss this episode, including: Ray Liotta still somehow making movies despite being dead for a long while now, the surprising lack of scary carnival movies, and the mini horror theme park that is your local Home Depot. If you want to scrub ahead to a specific movie, and you don't care to hear Matt being mocked for wearing a sleeveless shirt, here are the timestamps... 10:55 - Infested (AKA Vermines) 18:01 - The Nest 24:11 - The Substance 37:14 - Goodnight Mommy 49:40 - Demons 58:38 - Barbarian 1:15:32 - The Devil's Bath 1:24:00 - Something Wicked This Way Comes 1:34:51 - Fright Night Part 2 1:47:18 - Honorable Mentions SPOOOOOOKY! Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

Day-Oooooo! Me say Day-Ohhhh! Daylight come and here's your SPOILER WARNING-O. Okay, you’ve been warned. We’re chatting BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE on the show this week, with special guest and friend-of-the-show, Dasein! Is Tim Burton back?! We discuss the man's triumphant return to the cineplex in all his gothy, practical FX glory. There are sandworms, stopmotion, and a very polarizing demon baby that we have a lot to say about. Plus, we chat Michael Keaton wanting to change his name, rate the Haunted Apple Frozen Fanta Beetlejuice slushie, give our movie Rec's for the week, and announce the official start of our spooky season on the pod. Once again, it's SHOWTIME... Join us! Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark

While you're out there saying his name three times, Mark is experiencing it all... FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. Believe it: Mark has never seen Beetlejuice, so we decided to give it a watch before the hotly anticipated sequel comes out in a few days. Did Mark like it? Did he find it "strange and unusual?" You'll have to tune in to find out! Along the way, we also rank our favorite Tim Burton movies, explore the news story that Tom Cruise backed out of Edward Scissorhands for bathroom reasons, and speculate why The Maitlands won't be appearing in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (hint: it's not what you think!). Join us for that, Rec's, and so much more. IT'S SHOWTIME... Wanna be on the show? Call us and leave a voicemail at (707) 948-6707. Visit our Linktree for more ways you can connect with us and connect with our show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themattandmarkmovieshow/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDsxUs9JzL70A1Sh5GbRdw Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-matt-and-mark-movie-show-merch?ref_id=26325 Support our show through Blubrry: https://blubrry.com/services/professional-podcast-hosting/?code=GetRecd Buy Us A Coffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/Mattandmark