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This week, dear listeners, we give you the second half of our XanaCineHoliday experience, where we continue to trade movies until we either fall dead of exhaustion or John Cusack shows up to punch ghosts! Show notes behind the cut! Movies watched: Jennifer’s Body Young Adult Seabiscuit Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte Team America: World Police 1408 Other movies … Continue reading The post Episode 131: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, Windy and Melissa do another variant on the XanaCineHoliday, where they each spent an entire day watching movies they had never seen, as dictated by the other host. The movies range from ultra-obscure avant-garde to a movie where projectile vomiting happens before the opening credits end, and approximately 71% of them … Continue reading The post Episode 130: XanaCineMovieTradeHolidayDayThing: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re back, dear listeners, with an episode all about power dynamics in the MCU (Marvel Comics movie universe) and superhero movies in general! And for this extremely long (and kinda drunken) discussion, we are joined by geography professor David Tyler McKay! If you would like to drink along (and why wouldn’t you?), we recommend either Bushmills … Continue reading The post Episode 129: Thornado! appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about Abel Ferrara’s 1992 movie Bad Lieutenant and Werner Herzog’s 2009 not-remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans! Why? Well, Windy hadn’t seen them before, and Melissa had a need to talk about inexplicable iguanas. A special note about this episode: it was recorded over a … Continue reading The post Episode 218: A Nickel Short of Quasimodo appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

In this week’s episode, Windy and writer/TV show host/modern rogue Jason Murphy bring back tales of SFFSFF, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle, WA! (Since Melissa got to have a B-Fest episode without Windy, it’s only fair that Windy also got a solo show!) Show notes behind the cut! Exclamation points!!! Short … Continue reading The post Episode 127: They Ask So Little of Me appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you straight into the heart of B-Fest 2017, as Melissa, Field Correspondent Kelvin Hatle, and special guest star Tim Lehnerer spend 24 hours in Chicago watching crappy movies! And if you are wondering what we were drinking, the answer is, “Not enough.” Click beyond the cut for show notes!   … Continue reading The post Episode 126: Everything Is Doors Now appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, we present to you our eighth Off Topic episode! That’s right folks! We haven’t had one of these in a while! In fact, our previous Off-Topic episode was in 2015! If you are a newer listener, here’s what’s going on: Windy and I sometimes wander off topic. Or one of our husbands starts talking to … Continue reading The post Episode 125: Not Enough Sharks appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Finally, dear listeners, it’s a new year, and we have a Star Wars movie to talk about: Rogue One! (Yes, here be spoilers!) If you would like to drink along, we suggest either Two Gingers whiskey (which isn’t Irish) or Bauhaus Brew Labs’ Wonderstuff (also not Irish). Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: Rogue … Continue reading The post Episode 124: C-Snarkio and the Irish Whiskey Mafia appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re back, dear listeners, and we bring you news from Butt-Numb-a-Thon 2016! Meghan Murphy returns as our special guest correspondent, and this year, we are also joined by BNAT newbie, Barb Lind! If you would like to drink along, we recommend just taking a long swig of sleep deprivation, because that’s what all four of us were … Continue reading The post Episode 123: Gettin’ Silly, Gettin’ Deep with Sex Canaries appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Windy and Melissa both spent the entirety of Black Friday in movie theaters, so this week’s episode is about all the shiny new movies they saw on their latest XanaCineHoliday! If you would like to drink along, we recommend Indeed Brewing’s Dandy Lager (Melissa’s pick) or Yellow Tail’s Sweet Red Roo wine. Show notes behind … Continue reading The post Episode 122: Dormammu, I’ve Come for a Cookie appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

This week, dear listeners, we bring you an episode about The Babadook, and boy do we have a lot to say about it! If you would like to drink along, we recommend Surly Brewing’s Todd the Axe Man IPA (Melissa’s pick) or Yellowtail Cabernet Shiraz (Windy’s pick). Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: The … Continue reading The post Episode 121: BabaDook Dook Grey Dook appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Lo and behold, dear listeners, we have returned! And with us, we bring special guest star Matthew Kessen, who has been dying to talk A LOT about Shin Godzilla! If you have not seen the film yet, do not worry, as the first many minutes of this episode are spoiler-free. We make it very clear … Continue reading The post Episode 120: The Art of Anti-City Violence appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Dear listeners, we have finally reached the end of Fantastic Fest 2016, so here is our recap of the final day of the festival! This time, we are joined by Susana Soliz, as well as Jerry Belich, who gives us a full rundown of the best games showcased in Fantastic Arcade. If you would like … Continue reading The post Episode 119h: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 8 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Rejoice, dear listeners, for our recap of Day 7 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Special thanks to guest star Adam Lueck, who was able to talk to Windy while Melissa is dying of consumption in the background! Movies mentioned: Kammattipadam Nova Seed Assassination Classroom: Graduation The Handmaiden The Autopsy of Jane Doe Sadako vs Kayako The post Episode 119g: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 7 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Our health is failing, but our love of movies is relenteless! Our report from Day 6 of Fantastic Fest 2016 is here! Movies mentioned: Solid Silver Anus (short) Iron Spider (short) Clara’s Rage (short) Judy (short) 24×36 Asura: The City of Madness Raw Elle Shin Godzilla Call of Heroes People mentioned: Sammo Hung Surprise cameo … Continue reading The post Episode 119f: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 6 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We are still alive (somehow), so here is our report from Day 5 of Fantastic Fest 2016! In Ugandan terms, it is BEST OF DA BEST SUPA ACTION! Movies mentioned: Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses Age of Shadows The Arrival Bad Black Split A Dark Song People mentioned: Nabwana IGG (director of Bad Black) … Continue reading The post Episode 119e: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 5 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

We’re still alive, dearest listeners, so we bring you our episode about Day 4 of Fantastic Fest 2016! Once again, we recorded from inside the festival, so you will hear plenty of background noise during this recording. Crowds, cars, and interruptions ahoy! Voices heard: Susana Soliz Barbara Kennedy Leigh Harris Movies mentioned: Fraud Khal Nayak Salt … Continue reading The post Episode 119d: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 4 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Good morning, dear listeners! Here’s your daily dose of Fantastic Fest 2016! In this episode, we’re trying out the new portable microphone, so we recorded between movies from within the festival itself. You will hear a lot of ambient sounds, rambling, and interruptions, just like if you were actually there with us! You will also … Continue reading The post Episode 119c: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 3 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Hello again from Fantastic Fest 2016, dear listeners! Today we bring you our tales from Day 2 of the festival! Movies mentioned: Magadheera Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl The Autopsy of Jane Doe Toni Erdmann Bad Batch Age of Shadows The Girl with All the Gifts People mentioned: Erin Wilhelm (lead actress of Sweet Sweet Lonely … Continue reading The post Episode 119b: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 2 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

Prepare yourselves, dear listeners, for a deluge of news from Fantastic Fest 2016! That’s right, just like last year, we will be posting daily from the film festival, bringing you the latest in genre film from around the world. Here’s our experiences with Day 1 of the fest! Movies mentioned: Johnny Guitar Why Don’t You … Continue reading The post Episode 119a: The Return of the Eclectic Mayhem: Part 1 appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.