Million Dollar Movies

Bob and Dan are very excited to welcome their first guest on the podcast: screenwriter Hannah Schneider! Hannah chose the movie this week: The Lady Eve (1941), a screwball comedy about a rich idiot returning from the Amazon on a cruise ship, and falling in love with a woman attempting to con him out of his money via a card game. Topics discussed: what makes comedy hold up, male idiocy, feminism, pratfalls, and - yep - imitations of Hitler. It's a fun chat! Join the Facebook Group to find out what's coming up on the show and to discuss movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Today on the show, Bob and Dan discuss The Day After Tomorrow (2004), a movie about humans getting their comeuppance for man-made Climate Change. Other topics discussed: Bush/Cheney, propaganda vs. the truth, the end of the world, dogs, the movie 2012, and -you guessed it- the Nazis. It's a fun one! Join our Facebook group to find out what movies are coming up next and discuss movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Today on the podcast, Dan recommends a movie to Bob for once, and Bob hates it! Every ten episodes or so, Dan will screen a movie he believes is underrated, and wait for Bob to rip it shreds. Here's our first round! A Thousand Clowns is about a comedy writer who quit his TV job to spend more time screwing around with his adopted nephew in New York City. It's the inspiration for movies like Big Daddy, and the inspiration for Dan quitting every job he's ever had. Is it good? Is it bad? Find out! Other topics discussed: selling out, canned theater, The Man With The Movie Camera, New York as Bob knew it, and whether comedies ever hold up.  Join our Facebook group to find out what movies are coming up next and to share your thoughts on the movies we've covered. Follow the show on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Bob and Dan discuss the first movie Bob ever recommended to Dan, Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), a movie about an invincible supercomputer put in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. We talk about The Cold War, Frankenstein, atheism, The Terminator, happy endings, and the inevitable end of the human species. Don't miss it! Join our Facebook group to discuss the movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Dan and Bob discuss Sam Peckinpah's bizarro road trip movie Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). Benny, a bartender and piano player living in Mexico, learns that the man a mob boss wants executed has already died in a car crash. Benny travels with his girlfriend to retrieve the head of Alfredo himself and collect the reward money. Other topics discussed: STDs, Sam Peckinpah's auteur status, violence, Bonnie and Clyde, and traveling through Mexico. It's the coolest movie ever made! Enjoy. Join our Facebook Group to discuss the movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

This week, Bob and Dan discuss Kiss Me Deadly (1955), a movie that seems like it might be another run-of-the-mill noir but turns out to be a meditation on the Atom Bomb, Pandora's Box, and the imminent apocalypse. Other topics: Tarantino's homage to this film, the beginnings of cinema, beatniks, dirtbags, Los Angeles, and bad people doing good things. Enjoy! Join our Facebook group to discuss the movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Bob and Dan sit down to discuss Samuel Fuller's The Naked Kiss (1964), a movie about a prostitute who tries to start her life over in a quaint suburban town only to find that there are just as many freaks as there were in the city. Other topics discussed: when New York City was safe, America's belief that wealth equals moral goodness, and Bob's shoe. It's a good one! Join our Facebook group to find out more about upcoming shows and to post about movies we've covered. Follow @MDMpodcast on Twitter. Follow @DanWilbur on Twitter.

On today's show, Bob and Dan discuss Red Planet Mars (1952), a film about two scientists who begin communicating with Mars and the Martians inform Earth that there is, in fact, a God. It's a Mike Pence wet dream! Other topics discussed: real vs. imagined theocracies, the Russians, pi, propaganda, and - wouldn't you know it? - the Nazis. Join the Million Dollar Movies Facebook group to dicuss the show and the movies we've covered. Follow us on Twitter: @MDMpodcast Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanWilbur

Bob and Dan discuss Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor, a film about a journalist who decides to solve a murder that occurred inside a psych ward by having himself committed. We discuss America exploiting its own citizens, smart people stripping, Bob's own trip to a mental hospital, and --what else?-- Hitler's Mein Kampf. This episode will make you say: "Thank you for sharing." Join our Facebook group to discuss movies with us and find out what's coming up next. Follow @DanWilbur on Twitter.

Bob and Dan watch The Island of Lost Souls, a cinematic adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. We circle back to Bob's statement that "all religion is terrorism" in the context of the terrifying religion Moreau starts, we talk about Vietnam, genetics, and -what else?- the Nazis. It's another wild ride and another great movie! The most important message of this episode is: "genocide is always rude."   Join the Facebook group for updates and to find out what movie is next.

In this episode, we discuss The Creation of the Humanoids, a 1962 sci-fi film about the years following a nuclear war where synthetic humans live among the real "Flesh and Blooders." We talk about socially conscious movies, the Nazis, and Bob's genes. Boy oh boy! It's a hoot.

Welcome to Million Dollar Movies! Our very first episode is about Bob's favorite movie: The Thing From Another World (1951). We talk about the Cold War, John Carpenter's remake, parenting, how to remake this movie today, and vanilla BDSM! Also, Bob convinces Dan that there's absolutely no hope. The villains will get away with everything. This show has everything! Enjoy!

Welcome to Million Dollar Movies! Each week, screenwriter Bob Schneider sits down with comedian Dan Wilbur to discuss a movie that was overlooked or doesn't get talked about as much as it should. Also to be discussed: politics, parenting, drugs, and how to write a screenplay today that would be as good as these movies. Enjoy!