Coming of Age

It’s the final episode of our Troma series! This week the boys discuss the artistic integrity of Troma, the vision of Lloyd Kaufman, whether the message gets lost amongst all the shit and vomit, and much more! Tune in and enjoy!

We’re back with part 3 of our Troma series! This week the boys talk all things Terror Firmer, Troma’s meta movie. We discuss the self referential nature of the movie, how controversial the ending is, and much more! Tune in to hear Dan and Alan listen to Chase lose his mind and convince himself this is a good film! Enjoy!

We’ve got another bonus episode for you, this time on Wonder Woman 1984! This week the boys discuss many of the reasons why the Wonder Woman sequel is god awful trash. We break down the baffling amount of logical inconsistencies in the plot, Gal Godot’s stiff acting, and much more. Tune in and enjoy!

It’s part two of our Christmas Special Extravaganza! This week the boys discuss the bafflingly star-studded film Pottersville! We discuss how so many talented actors became attached to this movie, why the film doesn’t make sense, and how some small changes could’ve made the film much more interesting. Tune in and enjoy! Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from Coming of Age! On this first part of our Christmas Special the boys discuss Kirk Cameron’s faith based “comedy” Saving Christmas. We talk about how condescending the performances are, the giant leaps in logic the movie makes to justify its points, and whether this can even be classified as a movie. Tune in and enjoy!

It’s part 2 of our Troma series! This week the boys discuss the legendary Tromeo and Juliet with special guest Ben Gelber! We cover the importance of context when talking about these films, and the role this movie played in the career of James Gunn. You won’t want to miss this celebration of trash.

It’s time to get nasty, grimy, and bloody as hell with our new series on the terrible world of Troma! This week the boys marvel at the disgusting, offensive, and somehow wholesome film The Toxic Avenger. We discuss the pureness that Lloyd Kaufman brings to the table, while also finding a way to explore every taboo known to man.

It’s part two of our Shia LaBeouf double feature! This week the boys are wildly disappointed by the popular coming of age film The Peanut Butter Falcon. Tune it to hear why exactly this film didn’t work, and how it could’ve been so much better.

As a bonus this week we’ve got Chase and Alan’s first impressions of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet! They discuss the convoluted plot, bad sound design, and lack of emotional depth of the critically acclaimed film. Whether you liked this movie or not, you don’t want to miss this special episode!

We’re back with a Shia LaBeouf double feature. This week the boys discuss the complex nuances of Honey Boy directed by Alma Har’el. You’ll hear about our memories of Even Stevens to the harsh reality of Shia’s’ actual life story. One thing is for sure, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

This week the boys sit down with good friend Jon Michael Rose to talk about the devastatingly beautiful French film La Haine! The boys talk everything from the gorgeous cinematography to the themes that remain more than relevant to this day. Tune in and enjoy!

We’re back with Can Evrenol’s sophomore film Housewife! This week the boys discuss whether Housewife is an improvement over Baskin or not, and if Lovecraftian horror can translate into the medium of film. Tune in and enjoy!

Strap in, because this week we’re on a one way ride into Turkish Hell. The boys sit down to talk about Can Evrenol’s nightmarish horror film Baskin! Listen to us discuss whether the film actually works as a cohesive story, or if it falls apart under it’s own ambitions. Enjoy!

This week we’ve got a Euro-Horror Double Feature for the ages! First the boys watch the controversial art house horror film Angst! They discuss the insane cinematography and the real life parallels the film shares with serial killer Werner Kniesek. Then we follow up with the new Euro-horror classic Luz! Tune in to hear the boys break down and figure out exactly what’s happening in this beautiful film about demon possession.

Hey folks! This week the boys scratch their heads while discussing the lackluster laughs of the 1984 gangster farce Johnny Dangerously. We discuss the few jokes that do work while breaking down why most of the humor doesn’t quite land with modern audiences.

We’re back with another Nicolas Cage masterpiece! Well, not quite masterpiece. For this episode the boys discuss how the film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s infamous short story deviates from the source material, and how the film may not be better for it.

Welcome back the Coming of Age crew to the podcast world! We start this episode off slow and easy like the old days, catching up on movies we've seen in recent memory. Then it's off to the races with Lola. Listen and enjoy!

After more than a year hiatus, the boys return with Part 4 of the Nicolas Cage series. Mandy is a wild trip and we give it a big ol’ stamp of approval on our end. We recommend fresh eyes on this beaut so check it out before you listen!

It’s Cajun Cage Uncaged! This week join the boys as they begin to rapidly fall into Nicolas Cage induced madness. On this episode the boys try to reconcile their conflicted feelings about Werner Herzog’s narrative films, Nicolas Cage’s unrelenting insanity, and the apparent lack of deeper meaning in Port of Call New Orleans. This journey leads the boys into a spiral of pure derangement, where they discover that some questions shouldn’t be answered. Listen and enjoy!Explicit Content Warning: Brief disturbing and violent content including audio of a real life bear attack. Listener Discretion Advised.Original Music: Alan LoosbrockAguirre 1 (L'acrime di rei) by Popol Voh

This week the boys sit down to discuss the film that earned Nicolas Cage his Oscar, Leaving Las Vegas! The critically acclaimed film baffles the boys, who can’t quite understand all the love this film has received. From the excellent performances to the very odd directing style, this film leaves one scratching their head. Listen as we dig into this picture and try to get to the bottom of Leaving Las Vegas! Enjoy!Next week we will be watching Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansOriginal Music: Alan Loosbrock

Welcome to Season 2 baby! In honor of Nicolas Cage’s birthday we begin our special Cage Series! And to kick off the festivities we watched the very strange and entertaining Vampire’s Kiss! This week friend and Vampire’s Kiss expert Austin Reheiser joins the boys to shed some light on this wonderfully weird movie. The boys are also joined by a surprise secret guest that gives some context to the origins of this film. Listen and enjoy!Next week we will be watching Leaving Las Vegas! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Happy New Year! To celebrate the end of Season 1 we present you some of the funniest outtakes and bloopers from the past year. Featuring Mike Roberts, Ben Gelber, and Rob Goldman. Listen and enjoy!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

It’s our final bonus back catalog episode! This week the boys tackle The Greasy Strangler with good friend Austin Reheiser. This film is not for the faint of heart, but my god is it entertaining. Listen to us try to decipher just what this film is about, and try to figure out how to contact Elijah Wood for answers. This insane and hilarious film is a lot of fun, and we have a great time talking about it. Listen and enjoy!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Merry Christmas ye’ all! Join the boys as they talk Turbo Man and their favorite holiday films. Which movie stresses you out more? Planes, Trains, and Automobiles or Jingle All The Way? Why do tense movies remind us of Ben Stiller? Is Dairy Queen just a sex ring for snowmen? Find out today! Avoid your family, join us and have some laughs. We miss you Phil Hartman.Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

It’s Christmas time baby, and do we have an episode for you. This week the boys talk about the Christmas “classic” Santa’s Slay starring wrestler Bill Goldberg. This absurd and violent holiday film left the boys in stitches and is a treat for all B-movie lovers alike. The boys discuss the strange comedy of this off brand Disney channel original movie, while relishing in the over the top Christmas violence. Listen and enjoy!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys are all in studio together for the first time ever! Listen to us examine Russ Meyer’s titillating film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! This master class in exploitation leave the boys salivating over all the scantily clad details. We also discuss the ridiculousness of John Travolta in the film Gotti, and the truth behind Errol Morris’ film Vernon, Florida. Listen and enjoy!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

It’s another bonus back catalog episode! This week listen to one of our earliest recordings (it sounds rough, we know) and experience a piece of our origin story. In this episode we sit down with Coby McGraw to discuss John Carpenter’s 80’s classic Prince of Darkness! We also discuss season 1 of Mind Hunter, the final season of The Leftovers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and much more! Listen and enjoy!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys take a load off after being displaced by Hurricane Michael. They discuss their enjoyment of The Haunting of Hill House, the hilarity of Matt Berry in Snuff Box, and they cut their teeth on their best Patrick Warburton impressions before getting into the terrible feature presentation, Phantasm! Listen as the boys struggle to make sense of the wannabe sci-fi horror “classic.”Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

The boys sit down with comedian and good friend Rob Goldman to discuss the post modern Giallo mind fuck The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears. They talk about the Netflix television format, Jonah Hill’s role in Maniac, and the overwhelming emotion of Won’t You Be My Neighbor before diving into the psychedelia of Strange Color. You don’t want to miss the semi-conclusion to our Giallo series. Listen and enjoy!Sabba - Written by Bruno NicolaiOriginal Music: by Alan Loosbrock

This year for Halloween we have another episode from the back catalog! In this blast from the past the boys talk about the fine line between good movies and bad movies, how the hell Gary Oldman hadn’t won an Oscar before 2018, the sexual nature of the Dracula story, and much more. Watch, listen, and have a happy Halloween!

The boys are back! This week’s conversation begins with Dan’s involvement in the community of filmmakers in Gainesville, FL called Cinemadrome. Alan has a guessing game for all you listeners so play along why don’t cha? And then the boys catch back up to the second edition of the Giallo series with Dario Argento’s Deep Red. Considered to be the height of the genre itself, this film has great camerawork, kills you can feel, and a soundtrack that has influenced many of the horror themes we adore today. Watch and listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

It’s Spooky Season baby! And in honor of all things frightening we’re doing a deep dive into the infamous Italian horror genre, Giallo. This week the boys talk about the history, style, and essential elements that make a giallo film before diving into Mario Bava’s classic gialli Blood and Black Lace! Watch and Listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock Atelier (Titoli) by Carlo Rustichelli

The Coming of Age series is coming to a close with Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. Before the boys dive into the Shakespearian story of the sleepy hooker, they talk of all the things they've seen in the past week. The roster involves the action-packed Jack Ryan, Dan & Alan's detrimental neglect of The Wire & Oz, Polanski's Carnage, Hardy's Venom, and all things Charlie Manson! Once that's out of the way, we can all find out together if River Phoenix comes of age or wastes away. Watch and Listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week Coby McGraw joins the podcast! A childhood martial arts movie discussion is sparked by Cobra Kai. The boys talk Castle Rock, Rosemary’s Baby, and shows coming back to HBO. From the Conchords of New Zealand to the Dark Place of Great Britain, eventually they land on Richard Ayoade, the director of Submarine. This movie is nearly perfect in every single way. And Noah Taylor RULES! Watch and Listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Is it City slickers? Or Swingers? How old is Alec Baldwin’s daughter? How do you pronounce John Glaser’s last name? Is Party Down bad for first dates? Is Steven Spielberg okay? IS THIS MOVIE EVEN COMING OF AGE? Well, that’s the name of the show. We’ll find out together if Empire of the Sun fits the genre in part two of our namesake series. P.S. It doesn’t.Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week is the beginning of our namesake month! The boys sit down with their good friend Ben Gelber to discuss Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, and coming of age films in general. They get into the history of the genre, it’s influences, and how it’s evolved over time. Also, the boys go over the lackluster Deadpool 2, a spider that will give you a dangerous erection, how bad the English dub sounds on Netflix’s Dark, and the genius of Bo Burnham. Listen and enjoy! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys welcome to the podcast for the “first time”, good friend, Ben Gelber. Ben talks of the Cleveland balloonfest of 86’ and the boys get into Eric André’s roles outside of his own show. Rian Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy was cancelled! Yay! And Chase gets into a couple of Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet’s impeccably titled films. After all that, we get into our double feature review of Upgrade and Cronenberg’s The Brood. Watch and listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week our Food & Sex series comes to a close! The boys talk about Jonah Hill’s upcoming film Mid90s, and his new Netflix series Maniac. They discuss the genius of Sacha Baron Cohen and his showtime series Who is America?, the strange evolution of M. Night Shyamalan’s career, and the key differences between Superman and Batman, before finally reaching the main course, Ken Russell’s controversial 1969 film Women in Love. Watch and listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys find out Chase is a simulation and his doppelgänger is the host of Dark Tourism. They marvel over some web interaction with Henry Zebrowski & Thomas Middleditch, talk franchise films, and dive into some new trailers. After all that, it’s a fat race with the feature film La Grande Bouffe. This French-Italian cult film is a red-blooded comedy that satirizes consumerism and makes for quite an uncomfortable date night at the movies. Watch and Listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Ever tried yam infested boar intestine? Sounds heavenly right? Well Japanese director Juzo Itami might have a way to curb that desire. Tampopo is a one of a kind, genre-bending classic, and the only film the boys know to be categorized under “ramen western”. Mike “Big Sugar” Commins joins them on the cast today as they explore what makes Tampopo so perfect. Of course, the boys try to get Mike on the Ru Paul band wagon and admire an Anthony Hopkins life moment before jumping into the broth. Watch and listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Who says heavy drinking and podcasting don’t mix well?! This week the boys start off the Food & Sex theme with good friend Travis Dutton. Before getting to the feature, they talk a little German television with The Same Sky miniseries. Alan is baffled by the connective tissue of Adventure Time and Chase defends Amy Adams career with Sharp Objects. Then on to Soylent Green! Watch and Listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys immediately dive into Hereditary. (Skip to 10:30 to avoid MAJOR SPOILERS). A whole mess of content and sidebars take place and the Adam Sandler timeline dispute finds resolution. Eventually a movie they all watched is talked about. I believe it’s called Velvet Goldmine. Watch and listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

We're back from our summer hiatus, and do we have a show for you. This week the boys sit down with the lovely Dena Vaughn and Jordan Kady to talk about Kurt Russell's scene stealing performance in Captain Ron! The four also discuss how creepy the new Winnie the Pooh looks, RuPaul's Drag Race, FX's Pose, and a whole lot more! This is not an episode you want to miss! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Here's another episode from the back catalogue of Coming of Age! This is the 2nd episode the boys ever recorded, following Castle Freak. Right off the bat, they talk Blade Runner 2049 before getting into Chase's Fast & Furious marathon and some TV horror. Then we plunge into the world of Sutter Cane in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. This psychological & Lovecraftian horror movie stars Sam Neill and is a ton of fun! Watch and Listen!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Dan is in trouble! He's on the verge of gettin' "green mile'd" on his end of the mic this episode. SPOILERS - He makes it...and have we got an episode for you! Full of laughs, Owen Wilson transformers, AIDS bears, childhood, and a little content talk sprinkled in. When the boys finally get to Body Double, the comfort is real and the jokes keep flying. This Brian de Palma film is a lot of fun to watch with friends so definitely watch and listen!

This week the boys have the wonderfully witty Dan Jopling back for another episode. His second Click reference to date sends all three down an Adam Sandler rabbit hole. They talk about the controversy surrounding Morgan Freeman, and a little Charlie's Angels, but you're clearly here for Klaus Kinski. The movie Crawlspace prompts many breeds of the German accent, and a short documentary from the director answers why everyone wants Mr. Kinski dead. Schau und hor zu!Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

Welcome ladies and gentlemen! This is our conversation on All That Jazz! (1979) with our good friend Dan Jopling. First off the boys talk some trash. Dan gets tricked by The Curse of Skull Island, and talks about more children’s movies. The boys talk television before jumping right into Bob Fosse's beautiful masterpiece All That Jazz! Watch and listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

THAT FINALE! From flying tuning forks to the turn of our "hero," this episode was such a fun way to end. The Boys overcome some mind-melts from this season and start to put all the pieces together. What a trip it's been. We'll have one more episode on the entire season after this so watch again and listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week on Legion the boys get a look at David straight from the pages of the comics, and it's absolutely jaw-dropping. From David torturing Oliver, to Farouk finding his body, this episode it chock full of goodness to discuss. With one more episode left, don't forget to watch and listen! Original Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week we’re short one boy and Alan tries to tackle Chapter 17 alone. The angel on your shoulder is in Texas and the devil remains to discuss an episode more focused on what Melanie has been up to. Audio Master: Lone Ranger Christopher FordOriginal Music: Alan Loosbrock

This week the boys sit down with their good friend Dan Jopling to watch the insanity that is Brian Yuzna's Society. Before getting into the main event, the boys discuss their feelings on the second season of Westworld, how incredible Andre the Giant was, and what's good on TV right now. Listen and enjoy! Audio Master: MOMGALOID Christopher FordOriginal Music: Alan Loosbrock