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Mining the depths of film entertainment for all mankind. With Scott Johnson, Brian Dunaway, Randy Jordan, and Brian Ibbott.

Scott Johnson

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    2015 TV & Film

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    2013 TV & Film

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    2011 TV & Film


  • May 31, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
  • weekly NEW EPISODES
  • 1h 33m AVG DURATION
  • 392 EPISODES

4.6 from 1,337 ratings Listeners of Film Sack that love the show mention: scott and randy, film sack, scott johnson, krull, filmsack, turpster, brian ibbott, brians, randy jordan, brian and brian, cpr, morning stream, rocky horror, bad films, appslappy, extralife, howard the duck, elr, frog pants, frogpants studios.


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The Film Sack podcast is a hilarious and entertaining show that delves into the world of movies. Hosted by Scott Johnson, Brian Dunaway, Brian Ibbott, and Randy Jordan, this podcast provides insightful and witty discussions on a wide range of films. With their unique perspectives and chemistry, they offer a refreshing take on both beloved classics and lesser-known films.

One of the best aspects of The Film Sack podcast is the dynamic between the hosts. Dunaway, Jordan, and Ibbott each bring their own insights to the table, while Johnson keeps the show running smoothly. They often complement each other's opinions and provide different viewpoints, resulting in engaging conversations that keep listeners entertained. Additionally, their humor adds a lightheartedness to the discussions, making it enjoyable to listen to.

Another great aspect of this podcast is how it deepens the appreciation for films. The hosts have a knack for noticing subtleties in movies that may have been overlooked by viewers. They shed light on hidden themes or provide new perspectives on well-known films, allowing listeners to gain a fresh understanding of them. This added insight makes rewatching movies even more enjoyable as it uncovers new layers of depth.

However, one potential downside of The Film Sack podcast is that some episodes are unavailable in the back catalog. While episodes dating back to #334 are accessible at present, older episodes seem to be missing from various platforms. This can be disappointing for new listeners who want to explore past discussions or for longtime fans who wish to revisit old favorites.

In conclusion, The Film Sack podcast is a fantastic show for movie enthusiasts looking for an entertaining and informative listen. The chemistry between the hosts creates an engaging atmosphere where discussions flow naturally with humor and wit. While there may be limitations with accessing older episodes, this should not overshadow the overall enjoyment provided by this podcast. Whether you're a film buff or simply enjoy good conversation, The Film Sack is definitely worth a listen.



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Film Sack Round Table: Coming of Age Movies

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 39:13


What movies shaped us as young people? Do those things hold up now? And what are yours? It's time for the Film Sack crew to sit down and hit all those films that made us who we are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 705: The Goonies

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 133:10


On this week's Film Sack podcast, The Goonies! A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure. How will it all turn out? How will it hold up? Let's find out RIGHT NOW! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Film Sack 704: Final Destination 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 104:34


On this week's Film Sack podcast, Final Destination Three! Wendy Christensen and a group of teens who escaped a fatal roller-coaster crash face a bloody date with Death. Who will survive? And how? And where? And what? Screw you, death! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 703: G.I. Joe - Rise of Cobra

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 94:19


On this week's Film Sack podcast, an elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. Go Joe! Or may be, don't go? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack Q&A: Our Mount Rushmore

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 32:46


Film Sack dove into your questions again, and talked Mount Rushmore picks for actors (hello, Cage and Goggins), Mandela effects like Johnny Dangerously, and yes, Dunaway's ongoing “horses are jerks” saga. We debated revisiting Krull with fresh eyes, got philosophical about how long Film Sack might run, and tackled what makes a movie “sackable.” We wrapped up by sharing our personal top movies—expect a lot of love for The Burbs, Dark Knight, and Close Encounters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack Q&A: Chicken Jockey

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 27:39


This week on Film Sack, we tackled wild theater behavior during the Minecraft movie, wondering if it's Gen Z's Rocky Horror. We debated whether theaters should host interactive screenings and reflected on the fading magic of communal movie experiences. We laughed over 4DX seat chaos, appreciated inspiring listener feedback, geeked out on MCU and Trek connections, and even discussed CGI mouth edits in Kraven. It's all about nostalgia, crowd energy, and keeping the movie-going spirit alive—one messy, popcorn-filled showing at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 700: The Sword and the Sorcerer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 83:10


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 699: Theater Going Round Table

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 32:58


What do you want out of a theater going experience these days? What are you willing to pay for it? That's today's Round Table on Film Sack. The good, the bad, and the REALLY bad reasons to go to movie theaters. So get your popcorn and sit down and turn off your phones! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 698: The Electric State

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 108:13


On this week's Film Sack, The Electric State! It is a 2025 American science fiction action-adventure film produced and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Its screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely is loosely based on the 2018 illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag. It's not nearly as cool as that book! Anyway, an orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick. Anyway, buckle up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 697: A Fish Called Wanda

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 92:57


On this week's Film Sack, In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach. How does it all hold up? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 696: Kraven The Hunter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 103:09


On this week's Film Sack, Kraven the Hunter! Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. He could have been a decent Wolverine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 695: Under Suspicion

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 82:16


On this week's Film Sack, a wealthy attorney in San Juan comes to the police station for "10 minutes" of follow-up questions to finding a 12-year-old girl's body in a park. Another young girl was also raped and murdered weeks earlier and the evidence points to him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 694: Inspector Gadget

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 110:56


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a security guard's dreams come true when he is selected to be transformed into a cybernetic police officer. You know, like the dumb cartoon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 693: Clash of The Titans (2010)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 105:55


This week on Film Sack, Perseus, a demigod and the son of Zeus, battles the minions of Hades and the Underworld in order to stop them from conquering Olympus and Earth. How will it go? Not well in 3D, I can tell you that! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 692: Knightriders

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 111:44


On this week's Film Sack, a medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 691: The Count of Monte Cristo

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 92:52


On this week's episode of the Film Sack podcast, a young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge. Let's see if it gets it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 690: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 105:44


Time for the Film Sack Podcast! In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 689: Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 102:29


On this week's Film Sack podcast, Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war. This one is considered the worst. Is it? Maybe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 688: No Escape (1994)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 90:40


On this week's episode of Film Sack, a soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 687: Saturn 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 94:08


On this week's Film Sack podcast, lovers who dwell on a space station amidst Saturn's asteroid fields are invaded by an ambitious technocrat from Earth and his giant, evil robot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 686: Unforgiven

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 98:25


On this very gritty old west episode of Film Sack, retired Old West gunslinger Will Munny reluctantly takes on one last job to avenge an injustice with the help of his old partner and a newer outlaw known simply as The Schofield Kid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 685: Dark City

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 116:25


On this week's Film Sack, a man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 684: Spy Game

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 107:11


This week on the Film Sack podcast, Spy Game! It's a tense espionage thriller starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. As CIA veteran Nathan Muir prepares for retirement, he learns his protégé, Tom Bishop, has been captured in China during an unauthorized mission. Facing agency indifference, Muir recounts their shared past while secretly devising a daring plan to rescue Bishop. The film explores loyalty, betrayal, and the personal toll of espionage through a blend of sharp dialogue and gripping action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 683: Reindeer Games

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 95:57


On this week's episode of Film Sack, Reindeer Games! After assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 683: Die Hard 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 118:24


On this week's Film Sack podcast, DIE HARD 2!!! John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. AIR PORTS DON'T HAVE MAN HOLES! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 681: Jaws 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 90:53


On this week's very wet Film Sack podcast, police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Film Sack 680: Travel Movie Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 33:20


Let's go around the horn and talk about movies where traveling is key to the plot and outcome! Good discussion today, and lots to think about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 679: The Foreigner

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 90:23


Today, on the Film Sack podcast, a humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities. MORE DARK CHAN! WE DEMAND IT! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 678: Blue Steel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 96:19


On this week's filmsack, we watch Blue Steel! A rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 677: Robin Hood 2010

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 120:05


Time for the Film Sack podcast! In twelfth-century England, Robin Longstride and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. Let's see how this all plays out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 676: Spy Movies Round Table

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 35:30


Time for the boys to gather round the podcast fire and nail down what makes spy movies good, and what makes them GREAT! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 675: Puppet Master

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 107:09


On this week's Film Sack podcast, psychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets. Frank sucks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 674: Salem's Lot (1979)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 102:59


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 673: Halloween Movie Round Table

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 32:30


Time for us to get together and talk about the movies that rock our Halloween season every year, and why those movies deserve to get re-watched time and again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 672: Texas Chainsaw Massacre TNG

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 116:06


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 671: Military Movie Round Table

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 41:13


Time to talk about what makes good military movies, how they have changed over different eras of filmdom, and why they still draw audiences to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 670: Firewalker

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 105:47


On this week's Film Sack podcast, Max Donigan sets off on a treasure hunt with his friend Leo and newly-acquired partner Patricia, who provided the treasure map. Along the way they encounter a few bar fights, evil "coyotes", and other obstacles they are able to overcome with ease. When they find the temple with the treasure, they also find the Firewalker, who wants to retain the power of his ancestors and put an end to the trio's treasure hunt. In the end, Max and his two friends persevere and return home wealthy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 669: Darkman

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 94:51


On this week's Film Sack Podcast, a brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Film Sack 668: Omega Doom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 101:10


On this week's Film Sack podcast, after earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the Earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of weapons. One robot, his evil circuits destroyed, enters a small town where a robot civil war is taking place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 667: Taken

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 110:24


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 666: Daughters of Satan

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 106:27


On this week's Film Sack, we talk about Daughters of Satan! Daughters of Satan is a 1972 American horror film directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by John C. Higgins. The film stars Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman, Vic Silayan and Vic Díaz. The film was released by United Artists in the fall of 1972, screening as a double feature with Superbeast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Film Sack 665: Army of Thieves

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 80:47


On this week's Film Sack podcast, a prequel, set before the events of Army of the Dead, which focuses on German safecracker Ludwig Dieter leading a group of aspiring thieves on a top secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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