MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 17
I scream, you scream, we all scream for the SCREAM FRANCHISE!
Here is where we stand at the end of the first round of voting:
2023-03-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 16
All you need is BEATLES, apparently! Sayonara, drunk Dudley Moore.
Up today, it’s our final first-round matchup, and it’s a bunch of slasher movie teens vs. one very intense middl...
2023-03-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 15
Guess you intellectuals would rather spend six hours contemplating the existential questions posed by the CARS franchise than hang out with Gerard Depardieu’s pot belly. Asterix - nous sommes dé...
2023-03-15 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 14
MORTAL KOMBAT WINS. FATALITY. We apologize to the entire country of Japan.
Up today - a series of kooky live-action French movies based on a comic about some oddly-shaped Gaulish warriors, vs...
2023-03-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 13
Sorry, Trekkies - the Dickies (fans of Philip K. Dick? Is that a thing?) won yesterday’s vote.
Up today - one big lizard monster takes on a cabal of video game fighters. 2023-03-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 12
(Don Pardo voice) IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT LIIIIVE! Teen Shakespeare found dead in a ditch after yesterday’s matchup.
Up today - it’s a Science Fiction Showdown!
Millions with Adam Kempenaar
How did Danny Boyle choose to follow up the ultraviolence of 28 Days Later? With a winsome kid’s movie about morality and currency conversion, of course! Filmspotting’s Adam Kempenaar joins us ...
2023-03-12 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 11
It was another close one yesterday, but Elmore Leonard found John Grisham in contempt of Patreon court. Chili Palmer and Ray Nicolette move on to the next round.
Up today - a real bar...
2023-03-11 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post28 Weeks Later
In the first Danny Boyle bonus episode, Griffin, David, and Ben discuss the follow-up to 28 Days Later. Topics include: Idris Elba’s career, the etymology of the surname Poots, the American tradi...
2023-03-11 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 10
In an encouragingly close race, the most excellent dudes Bill & Ted beat out Bogey & Bacall for a spot in the next round.
Up today - a battle of our favorite 90’s adaptation...
2023-03-10 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 9
Wobble wobble…wobble wobble…that’s the sound of JELLY moving on to the next round, baby!!!
Up today - two dynamic duos with sizzling chemistry:
BILL &...
2023-03-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 8
It’s a win for “dang ass freaks” everywhere, as those sexy cenobites and their torture boxes live on to fight another day! Hellraiser moves on to the next round.
Up today - two ...
2023-03-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 7
Final Destination put The Purge franchise in an early grave, either burning it alive inside a tanning bed, or impaling it on a bunch of logs - take your pick.
Up today - another spooky-scary ...
2023-03-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 6
Damn, Jackie Chan just absolutely bodied JCVD - apologies to our buff Belgian daddy as POLICE STORY advances!
Up today - y'all can either avoid death OR mete it out on the ...
2023-03-06 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 5
It was another close one yesterday, with those heroes in their half-shells taking the crown. Perhaps it was the announcement yesterday of Blankie fave Ayo Edebiri voicing April O...
2023-03-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Eighth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid
Once again we gather together to celebrate excellence in the motion picture industry - but rest assured, we have our own Blankies Crisis Team standing by to avoid any catastrophes after last year! ...
2023-03-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 4
Congratulations to Pazuzu and Georgetown University - THE EXORCIST wins!
Up today - it’s a battle between childhood icons - SUPERMAN vs. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.
MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 3
Truly a down-to-the-wire nail-biter yesterday with ROCKY taking the win by only 25 votes!!** You can't make this shit up!
Up today - a rematch from last year’s horror region…PSYCH...
2023-03-03 16:59:57 +0000 UTC View PostMARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 2
Wow - Danny Ocean just poured himself some Casamigos tequila and told Mike Lane to stick to making furniture. RIP Magic Mike, the Ocean's gang moves on to the next round!
MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 1
Oh my god, it's MARCH AGAIN ALREADY!!!111!!! We want to congratulate Roger Moore for a spectacular run as our 2022 champ, but now it's time to crown a new franchise king.
Our first matchup? I...
2023-03-01 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMen in Black II
The Men in Black commentary series continues with the 2002 follow-up: Men in Black II. Topics include: the many failings compared to the original film, both of Johnny Knoxville’s heads, the infam...
2023-03-01 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post2023 MARCH MADNESS PREVIEW
*AIR HORN BLOWS*
*Jock Jams Intensifies*
Join us and the newly-instated president of FIFA Chip Smith as we preview this year’s MARCH MADNESS Tournament!
Wh...
2023-02-28 17:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostPATREON MARCH MADNESS 2023
Drumroll please - presenting this year's franchise bracket:
While this year's main feed bracket r...
2023-02-26 19:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post28 Days Later with David Rees
Fast zombies, a deserted London, and potato-quality digital cinematography - 28 DAYS LATER proved to be a genre-defining hit for Danny Boyle after the disappointment of THE BEACH. Humorist and Blan...
2023-02-26 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMen in Black
After almost 8 years of promising, the boys have finally made good! Today begins our Men in Black commentary series! Topics include: all the MVPs involved in this film, the impressionist algorithm,...
2023-02-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Beach with Emily Yoshida
Mother is back, and she’s taking us all to THE BEACH! Emily Yoshida makes her long-awaited return to the pod to speak about her experience in the writer’s room of the still-unproduced TV versio...
2023-02-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostKnock at the Cabin with Marie Bardi
Knock knock! Who’s there? M. Night Shyamalan, of course! We’re answering the door and ushering in the apocalypse with a look at Night’s latest offering.
Street Fighter
3…2…1…BEN’S CHOICE! For this month’s bonus episode Producer Ben Hosley selected Street Fighter to discuss. Topics include: how major studios approach video game adaptations, catching some...
2023-02-11 05:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostA Life Less Ordinary with Janet Varney
After the smashing success of TRAINSPOTTING, Danny Boyle reteamed with star Ewan McGregor and writer John Hodge to…make a movie where Dan Hedaya plays the Archangel Gabriel, Stanley Tucci plays a...
2023-02-05 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNaqoyqatsi
BC:SF has reached the third and final installment in the Qatsi trilogy! But how does Naqoyqatsi: Life as War stand apart from any other movie we've covered on the podcast? Why is it so har...
2023-02-01 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post