And the Winner Should Have Been...

We're back, but this time not on our regular nonsense. We have a guest on the podcast for the first time. (We're counting those other two times as guest hosts because Mark wasn't there.) Adam (whom you might know as @galooticus on the social-media-formerly-known-as-Twitter) joins us to discuss his four movie choices. They're all considered to one degree or another Cult Classics, but Adam admits that he mostly chose them in an effort to troll Bob. Joke's on him, though; Bob liked them all well enough. Do beware for SPOILERS! that lurk throughout. Hail to the king, baby.00:00 Podcast and guest intro03:22 Duel13:35 Strange Brew19:07 Max von Sydow25:10 Bob claims Strange Brew is just like Nolan's The Odyssey25:45 Tremors31:59 Sequels to Tremors33:40 Bob is failing to remember Ben Stiller's name36:52 Army of Darkness47:06 Bob's an idiot, that's two totally different people (and Bob was mixing up the names) Duke Henry from Army of Darkness is Richard Grove and Airk the Red from Willow is Gavin O'Herlihy. In his defense...well, no, he's just dumb.52:09 Wrapping up; will Adam return?Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Quicker turnaround for a quicker podcast. Mark wanted to talk about The Odyssey, so Bob went and saw it in the theater and now you get to hear us yammer about it for 30 minutes or so. Obviously it will contain many SPOILERS! , but there is also some desultory conversation at the very end about some other movies worth watching that, oddly for us, we don't spoil. Enjoy!00:00 Intro00:36 The Odyssey01:33 Cinema format digression04:10 Back to the movie itself22:41 Other odds and ends we've watched (no spoilers)25:45 Bob says Spielberg should retire28:00 Thoughts on voice-acting29:34 Wrapping upIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Back much quicker with our 75th episode. That's about all the fanfare we had planned. This episode we're discussing the debut features from a variety of directors. Most of the movies are rather older, but if you don't believe in statutes of limitation on such things, beware the fearsome SPOILERS! that lurk in the podcast ahead.00:00 Intro and topic01:42 Selecting the films04:21 Mark's first choice: Eraserhead07:30 All the Dunes episode11:42 Bob's first choice: sex, lies, and videotape20:47 Mark's second choice: Following26:57 Takeshi's Castle27:56 Bob's second choice: Violent Cop34:52 Mark and Bob's third choice: The Duellists48:32 Other contenders52:33 Wrapping upIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Recorded months ago, it was a tough edit (as I say near the end of the episode), but I also got a job in the interim and there's been less time for unpaid frivolity. Tardy or no, we hope you enjoy our ramblings on the topic of SF films and, as alwaysSPOILERS ABOUND!Listen at your own peril for having plots of the movies mentioned told to you in advance. If you want to just listen to the parts about movies you've seen, we provide this handy set of timecodes. Enjoy!00:00 Intro and audio woes01:25 Stalker17:05 Annihilation18:56 Blade Runner31:08 Akira31:58 Akira slide38:13 Dark City43:45 Paprika54:55 Moon1:06:18 Robot & Frank (no spoilers; we promise)Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Bob's elder daughter jumped at the chance to rebut what she viewed as the vile slander of a beloved (by her) Christmas film The Holiday. (And talk about Christmas movies in general.) Since she visited Bob for the holidays, they sat down and chewed the fat about Christmas cinema. Enjoy a bonus very specialer episode! Though, to be sure, beware the ever-lurking SPOILERS!00:10 Intro02:03 The Holiday11:38 Elf14:33 Bob is trying, and failing, to think of Rocky Horror Picture Show16:31 Swingers19:45 The Muppet Christmas Carol27:45 Klaus32:51 Die Hard33:44 Bob should be (and is) ashamed. He got this twisted with Lethal Weapon which Black wrote. He did not write Die Hard, but there it is. We'll blame this on an exccess of "Christmas Cheer" in his eggnog. He's gonna do something similar (though perhaps not as bad) a few seconds later when he says Black was responsible for Iron Man 2, when it was Iron Man 3.35:07 It's a Wonderful Life37:42 Christmas in Connecticut39:50 Holiday Inn and White Christmas40:05 Bob's half-right, it opens on Christmas Eve and ends on New Year's49:29 Miracle on 34th Street53:20 Wrapping upIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Back after a longer interlude since the last time we tried to record we had catastrophic technical problems. After Bob's daughter complained to him that she can't listen to most episodes since they spoil movies she hasn't seen. So, this time around, a very special episode that only contains movies which she has already seen.If you're interested in having your tastes pandered to, reach out. Who knows?00:10 Introduction03:15 Three new movies for Mark08:07 Bob's theme idea that he shoehorned in09:26 Knives Out23:10 The Holiday36:51 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things43:55 The Lost City50:56 La La Land58:19 Wrapping UpIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Trying something new again this episode; Bob and Mark discuss some soundtracks. What kind of musical expertise and knowledge do they bring to the topic? Almost nothing. Is it a list of their favorites? Not necessarily. You might like it anyway. Fewer spoilers than usual, though we disdain caution around such things as always.00:00 Intro and disclaimer03:57 First soundtrackIn the Mood for Love (soundtrack)11:25 Source for themeYumeji16:39 Second soundtrackPerfect Days (soundtrack)21:34 The word Bob is failing to remember is "komorebi"24:51 Third soundtrackA Clockwork Orange (soundtrack)25:11 It's been a couple years since we talked about this filmKubrick/Hitchcock episode31:50 The greatest piece of music ever written (in Bob's opinion)Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 4th Movement (This is not the best rendition of it, but it's okay. ~ Bob)33:26 Music that didn't make the soundtrackWendy Carlos additional music (It was at this point in the edit that Bob discovered that Wendy Carlos was born Walter Carlos. Thus the original album title in the link.)37:20 Fourth soundtrackSparrow (soundtrack)41:00 Clip from the filmStairs42:11 Region B discAussie Blu-Ray44:18 Winding down and wrapping up44:58 Film scoresEvery Frame a PaintingIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

This time around Bob and Mark lean right into the pretentiousness and discuss the French cinema they enjoy. (For the title we decided to go for the middle choice of "films;" seems midway between "cinema" and "movies.") We do less spoiling than usual, but you should still beware. The dreaded SPOILER may rear its head at any moment in our podcast.00:00 Intro03:45 Le Samourai07:01 Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai11:26 Disorder (Maryland)18:39 Au Revoir, Les Enfants24:28 My Dinner With Andre26:59 Three Colors: White33:41 L'Argent39:04 Wasabi43:15 Le Cercle Rouge46:50 Army of Shadows51:43 Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot55:21 Odds and EndsThe Count of Monte Cristo (2002), The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo (Depardieu), Amélie, The Red Turtle, A Prophet1:02:12 Wrapping upIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

This episode we catch up to 1985 and evaluate the 5 films from 1984 nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. It's been a while since the last episode, but to make up for it, it's a bit longer than usual? Anyway, this will be the last decade in series that we look at for now since we've already done an episode on the Best Picture nominees from 1995, 2005, and 2015. As always, beware of the fearsome spoiler that lurks throughout, and enjoy!00:00 Introduction04:27 A Soldier's Story18:25 Places in the Heart27:40 A Passage to India45:39 The Killing Fields54:26 Interlude about ranking nominees by vote totals (Bob was right in his gut reaction: voting results are not made publicly available)55:51 Amadeus01:09:45 Films from this year featured in other episodes of our podcast: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Star Trek III, The Terminator, Dune, Blood Simple01:14:40 Random odds and ends to concludeIntro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

So...there were some challenges with this one. We do apologize for the slow release pace, but in this case the audio required a lot of work to tune up. We're talking Best Picture for the 47th Academy Awards (films from 1974). SPOILERS abound, as always.00:00 Intro00:57 A good year?03:21 The Conversation12:25 Gene Hackman interlude13:35 (Yes, yes; we were thinking of A Few Good Men)18:14 The Godfather Part II34:53 Chinatown48:53 Lenny55:07 The Towering Inferno1:02:34 Digression about film rights and availability of old films1:08:00 Quick review of other notable films from 19741:12:40 Our picks for Best Picture1:14:13 (We are moving ahead a decade)Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode