The UK’s answer to PULP FICTION, Danny Boyle’s TRAINSPOTTING exploded into theaters and became a global phenomenon, thanks to an iconic marketing campaign. Who *didn’t* have this poster up in...
2023-01-29 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
UK house music, a *very* active camera, and Ewan McGregor looking like a SNACK…that’s right, folks - we’re covering Danny Boyle! With the England bit retired, we’re finally giving dual citi...
2023-01-22 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostOur Qatsi commentary continues with the second installment, 1988's Powaqqatsi. Topics include: carrying, Barge Marge, the Sim franchise, Free Guy, and more!
Movie starts at...5:06 2023-01-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Henry Selick waited thirteen years to make his follow-up to CORALINE, and it feels like we’ve been waiting even longer to hear David’s TIFF Airbnb story - a yarn that finally gets unspooled wit...
2023-01-15 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time to once again open up the Blank Check mailbag for our 7th edition! As always, the gang answers listener submitted questions, as well as, voicemails! Topics include: the Spreadmaster ...
2023-01-11 05:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The ultimate connoisseur of context, the guru of camera gear - our friend JD Amato makes his triumphant return to the main feed to walk us through the magic and genius of Henry Selick’s masterpie...
2023-01-08 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year to all you dang ass freaks!
To kick off another spectacular year of podcasting, we're doing another MAILBAG SHOW!
2023-01-02 16:16:40 +0000 UTC
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BC:SF starts off 2023 with a "franchise" thats a drastic departure from the MCU origins of this feed. Its ofcourse the first entry in the Qatsi film trilogy: 1982's Koyaanisqatsi! Join Griffin, Dav...
2023-01-01 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBC:SF opens up the book of secrets in the final installment of the National Treasure commentary series. Topics include: Justin Bartha’s looks throughout the movie, the end of the UK bit, hating t...
2022-12-21 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang went to see AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER and we all got soaking wet. Fully submerged. Drenched! We’re communing with space whales, chugging coffees with Edie Falco, and learning how to hold ...
2022-12-18 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostOne small step for man, one giant leap for PODCAST! J.D. Amato returns for the fifth annual Talking the Walk and Checkmates you are in store for a VERY SPECIAL EPISODE. Indeed, the gang discusses t...
2022-12-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for Brendan Fraser’s big comeback, we’re taking a look back at his misguided collaboration with Henry Selick - 2001’s bizarro flop MONKEYBONE. Justin McElroy (no relation to Brid...
2022-12-11 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bugs! So many bugs! And…Richard Dreyfuss?? The Bug Queen Emma Stefansky returns to the podcast to celebrate all the creepy crawlies in 1996’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. We’re talking about st...
2022-12-04 14:19:00 +0000 UTC View PostBC:SF begins December with a gift: a very special National Treasure commentary series! Marie Bardi joins! Topics include: wood teeth, Cage's different toupees, Liberty Bell reviews, early aughts fa...
2022-12-01 05:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re wearing our Hot Topic sweatshirts and enunciating every dramatic syllable to pay tribute to one of the greatest animated films of all time - Tim Burton’s (but really Henry Selick’s) THE...
2022-11-27 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostClosing out our Moore James Bond commentary series is 1985's A View to a Kill! Topics include: Christopher Walken baby, casting calls for the oldest stuntman ever, David's recent 4DX experience, a ...
2022-11-21 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time in years, both Griffin and David are in agreement on a new Steven Spielberg film - what a picture! We’re playing both film critics and armchair psychologists in this episode as...
2022-11-20 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick. Ehrlich. We’re concluding our Stanley Kubrick series with 1999’s EYES WIDE SHUT and a trip to cinema’s most famous masked orgy. Indiewire’s David Ehrlich joins us a...
2022-11-13 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the Kubrick bonus ep, Griffin, David, and Ben discussed the director’s cut of the Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep. Topics include: how director Mike Flanagan incorporated elements from both the ...
2022-11-11 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, maggots, listen up! We’ve got the Action Boy himself - Jon Gabrus - back on the podcast to talk about Kubrick’s bifurcated Vietnam War classic FULL METAL JACKET. We’re retiring the ...
2022-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re into the home stretch of our Moore Bond commentary series! In this installment Griffin, David, and Ben discussed 1983’s Octopussy. Topics include: the evolution of Moneypenny and Bond’s...
2022-11-01 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for Halloween, we’re checking into the Overlook Hotel - a haunted place not unlike the Beachwood, Ohio, Homewood Suites that Griffin and guest Timothy Simons stayed in while they wer...
2022-10-30 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
NASA-quality lenses, a himbo canon-worthy performance from notoriously “chill and normal guy” Ryan O’Neal, and some flirty ribbon games all combine to make what we consider to be Kubrick’s ...
2022-10-23 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor October's b-b-b-bonus episode, BC:SF explores the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's landmark film! Topics include: Europa (duh), the return of H.A.L. 9000, The Animal 2 starring and directed by Rob S...
2022-10-21 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Attention all droogs: grab your Nadsat dictionaries and your bowler hats, it’s time to drink some drug-milk! We’ve got our very own Alex - Ross Perry, that is - on the pod to go long on Kubrick...
2022-10-16 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's back to basics Bond with this next entry in the Moore commentary series, 1981’s For Your Eyes Only. Topics include: train sounds, the IRREPLACEABLE character Luigi Ferrara, 2022-10-11 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Open the pod cast doors, HAL - it’s time for us to talk about one of the most important movies in cinema history. Jordan Hoffman - the friend of the pod who best represents both the “diamond-ha...
2022-10-09 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAll the information is in the title! VOTE NOW!!!
2022-10-03 18:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, Sean Fennessey is finally on our podcast! The Big Picture Pod host joins Griffin and David to talk about Kubrick’s razor-sharp satire, the Peter Sellers tour...
2022-10-02 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post