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“Prince of Darkness” isn’t the first movie you think of when someone says “John Carpenter”, but Eran and Jesse pay it a visit and see how a filmmaker’s ingenuity can make a bad film, in some ways, pretty great. Watch … Continue reading →

A short special, impulsively recorded and released by Jesse on his own upon hearing about Roger Ebert’s passing. Esquire: The Essential Man Life Itself, a Memoir Listen to Podcast:

Recorded on Dec 26, Eran and Jesse discuss how experts smuggle booze onto a plane, then get into Ralph Bakshi’s 1977 epic “Wizards”; its strange appeal, major shortcomings, and its odd production serendipity with Star Wars. Watch Wizards: Buy on … Continue reading →

A special April 1 mini-episode. Eran and Jesse struggle to grasp Cabin Boy, the unexpectedly dark 1994 comedy from Chris Elliott…? Watch Cabin Boy: Amazon Load more options ▾ You can visit Can I Stream It to see all your … Continue reading →

A superb but sobering film, “This Is England” draws Eran and Jesse into a conversation about themes of adolescence, identity, fatherhood, and Stephen Graham’s astounding performance as a skinhead in 1983 Britain. Watch This Is England: Amazon Netflix Load more … Continue reading →

Eran and Jesse chat about 2011’s “Drive” – touching on how it treats violence, the occasionally terrible music, and the enigmatic Driver character – to try to see what worked and what didn’t. Watch Drive: Netflix Amazon iTunes Load more … Continue reading →

Eran wants to revisit Clive Barker’s 1990 followup to “Hellraiser”, the larger-budget studio disaster “Nightbreed”. We talk about what went wrong, and why an ambitious failure is often more interesting to watch than a conventional success. Watch Nightbreed: Netflix Amazon … Continue reading →

Cabin in the Woods manages to stay surprising, even after putting the big twist in the first scene. Jesse and Eran talk about this, Joss Whedon’s setups and payoffs, and what’s different about modern horror movies. Watch The Cabin in … Continue reading →

Jesse and Eran take a look at Robocop 2: how it compares to its predecessor, to other Frank Miller scripts, and to “Showgirls”. We scratch off some lottery tickets to see if we can fund the show. Watch RoboCop 2: … Continue reading →

In our first-ever episode, Jesse and Jon discuss xenomorph taxonomy, sloppy writing, and whether Prometheus should be held to the same standards as better movies are. Also, what Prometheus and Ninja Turtles have in common. Watch Prometheus: Amazon iTunes Load … Continue reading →