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236 - FM

Tim and Jen welcome living legend Hollywood Steve Huey to discuss a Quaalude overdose of a film, FM ...

235 - Wild Wild West

Jen and Tim wicky-wicky-watch a mostly loathed tentpole film from 1999, The Giant Mechanical Spider Invasion, aka Jon Peters' Wild Wild West (come on, it might as well have his name right above the...

234 - Black Rain

Tim and Jen spend a LOT of time picking over a mid-tier Ridley Scott-directed actioner: Black Rain from 1989!

Errata: Jen says "Tanpei Monogatori" when she meant "Tantei Monogatari," the dete...

233 - A Cure For Wellness

Jen welcomes show regular Bitter Karella and wild card Moodyferret to evangelize a Gore Verbinski flop that didn't deserve the massive shrug it got from the public: the 2016 psychological thriller ...

232 - The Earth Day Special

Jen and Tim look back at an all-star polemic from 1990, The Earth Day Special, a plea on behalf of Mother Earth that made a powerful impression on a young Tim. Also, we better not catch you pouring...

upcoming episodes

Hi everyone! Just a quick update for you all— we're planning our upcoming slate of episodes and wanted to give you a sneak peek at just a couple of them. Can you guess the topics?

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231 - Lycan Colony

The editing is terrible! Tim and Jen howl at the moon, which is an ovoid shape, and critique the amateurish werewolf film Lycan Colony, at least when they can make out what's onscreen. Take a drink...

quickie update

Our episode scheduling has been a bit up in the air lately, since your hosts both live in the greater LA area (cross fingers, we've both been fine so far!) We are tentatively planning to record an ...

230 - The Christmas That Almost Wasn't

Jen and Tim hold Josh Boerman of The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast hostage in order to talk about a holiday musical that really wasn't: The Christmas That Almost Wasn't!

For more of th...

229 - Christmas Evil

Tim and Jen cover an unusual holiday movie that features a man beaten down by an uncaring society enough to become a self-appointed assassin. Wait, what year is this? It's 1980 and this is Christma...

228 - Toys

Jen and Tim grit their teeth through Barry Levinson's oppressively whimsical passion project that literally no one liked, Toys. Also, take a drink every time we use a variant of the word "whimsy," ...

227 - Sleepwalkers

Tim and Jen rope old friend Paul Jay into talking about a very stupid Stephen King shapeshifting energy vampires vs. kitties flick, Sleepwalkers.

Errata: Newsies actually came out April 8th, ...

226 - Tough Guys Don't Dance

Oh God! Oh man! Jen and Tim and Mets devotee David J. Roth square up with Norman Mailer's demented neo-noir, Tough Guys Don't Dance.

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225 - Children of the Stones

Tim takes the reins to enthuse about a shockingly creepy British TV series for kids (?!), Children of the Stones.

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224 - Valentino

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Jen welcomes Darren Herczeg to help her rhapsodize about a movie even director Ken Russell didn...

223 - Alien³

Jen and Tim rationalize David Fincher's unlucky first feature, Alien Cubed (aka Alien³). Turns out that Tim has A LOT to say about Alien movies!

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222 - The Rocketeer

Tim and Jen are surprisingly hard on Disney's amiable comics-based misfire, The Rocketeer!

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To our beloved patrons,

We are grateful to each of you who have supported us for the 200+ episodes we have been making this show. We are both sad and frustrated that the work we've been doing...

221 - Art Clokey and Gumby Dharma

Jen and Tim return to Gumbasia to discuss the legacy of a complicated man: Gumby creator Art Clokey!

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220 - Streets of Fire

An extra-mellow and profoundly aphasic Bitter Karella steps in to help Jen explicate the other, crappier version of The Warriors: Streets of Fire!

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219 - Our Worst Favorites, Episodes 101-200

Having spoken about their most favorite topics from the last one hundred episodes, Tim and Jen scrape the bottom of the barrel for their worst favorites.

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218 - Our Most Favorites, Episodes 101-200

Jen and Tim reflect on the last one hundred episodes (holy crap, we made it to 200 and beyond!) and each chooses five favorites from the mixed bag!

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217 - Phase IV

Tim and Jen invite Alex Rancourt of the Saucer Cinema podcast to marvel at Saul Bass's ...

216 - Max Knight: Ultra Spy - Part 2

Jen and Tim doggedly return to the remnants of Max Knight: Ultra Spy in hopes that it can be archived on a Zip disk and forgotten.

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215 - Max Knight: Ultra Spy - Part 1

Tim gets the bit (or byte?) between his teeth and rants about the 90s and the lost promise of the internet, and a little bit about cheapie TV movie Max Knight: Ultra Spy! Jen just tries to hold on ...

214 - Centurion

Tim and Jen enlist Gaius of the wonderful Tribunate channel on YouTube to help unearth a Romans-vs.-Picts histori...

213 - Fight Ring

Jen puts Tim in an arm bar until he agrees to talk about a backyard martial arts movie from a determined auteur: Fight Ring!

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212 - Argylle

Tim and Jen invite their favorite internet crank Bitter Karella to help them analyze a bewildering majo...

211 - The Phantom

Jen and Tim just can't figure out why audiences were so lukewarm about this fun pulp adventure, The Phantom from 1996.

Phantom creator Lee Falk enthused about the movie 2024-06-24 04:53:58 +0000 UTC View Post

210 - Hawk the Slayer

Tim and Jen welcome Rifftrax stalwarts Bill Corbett and Sean Thomason to discuss a cheapie high fantasy film that thinks it's a spaghetti western, Hawk the Slayer!

Bill and Sean have brought ...