Grawlix Cinematic Universe

The GCU is alive! Season 5 kicks off with the theme of Nicolas Cage. Each episode we are pairing a Nicolas Cage movie with a non-Cage film. This episode, we're discussing a rather depressing, animal nabbing double feature.Pig (2021) is the Nicolas Cage entry of the double feature. Cage plays a truffle farmer that just wants to spend his days hunting truffles with his pig bestie. Unfortunately, devious parties have other plans. We follow one pig nabbing with another, Bong Joon-ho's Okja (2017). Okja is no normal pig, though, she's a huge, adorable, CGI creature. In this cinematic universe, though, not even cute hippo sized CGI creatures are safe. Enjoy!Timestamps00:00 – Intro/Greetings05:43 – Pig (2021)31:16 – Okja (2017)1:04:45 – Pig & Okja Cinematic UniverseNew episodes are recorded live the Thursday before the audio replay hits the podcast feed. Feel free to hit us up during the stream and pitch your mashups in the chat!Full show notes & more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2022/06/gcu-41/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Grawlix Cinematic Universe, much like Jason Voorhees, simply can't resist causing trouble when a Friday the 13th pops up on the calendar. Even if everyone thought it was dead. It's murder-zombie time.Well, hold on now. For the 4th installment in our Friday the 13th special series Randy is taking a look at the 2009 Platinum Dunes reboot of Friday the 13th and it's less zombified Jason. The movie, though, might make you FEEL like a zombie. How does this film compare to the previous 11 entries in the series? Will we see another official Jason release any time soon? Can Randy manage to stay upbeat while reviewing this reboot/remake? Take a listen to find out! (Spoilers: Blandly, no, and NO.)Miss our previous specials and Jason episodes? Then you're missing out on a good time! Friday the 13th Special Friday the 13th Special Part II Friday the 13th Special Part III GCU #34: Leprechaun vs Jason In Space GCU #14: Alien vs Predator vs Freddy vs Jason Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/08/gcu-friday-the-13th-part-4/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe come together to discuss Black Christmas and it's most recent remake, Ernest Saves Christmas, and Santa's Slay. Plus, a game! Can you guess the holiday classic by viewer reviews?

It is time for our third and final special this season covering the iconic Friday the 13th franchise. We discuss Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.

It's a magenta-soaked Nicolas Cage horror double feature! We discuss and mashup the extremely stylish and disturbing films, Mandy and Color Out of Space.

Two podcasts, two movies, one CINEMATIC UNIVERSE! Grawlix Cinematic Universe and Trashed Talk Podcast come together to review Blue Ruin (2013) and Green Room (2016).

Randy hijacks the podcast to discuss What Did Jack Do?, Twin Peaks: The Return, and the uniquely odd films of David Lynch.

It's a technology gone awry horror movie double feature! Melanie of Grawlix Podcast joins the show to review Await Further Instructions (2018) and Pulse (1988).

This Christmas episode we found a creature double feature under the tree! We discuss two holiday horror-comedy classics, Gremlins (1984) and Critters (1986).

We explore the “Tommy Jarvis trilogy” of Friday the 13th films with parts 4, 5, and 6 of the iconic slasher series.

Randy goes solo to review Last Shift (2014) and Darling (2015), two horror movies about being alone in a creepy place.

It's a space slasher double feature as we review Jason X and Leprechaun 4: In Space!

It's a Halloween double feature of film reviews! We discuss cult classic The Warriors (1979) and horror comedy Murder Party (2007).

We discuss the horror films Halloween III: Season of the Witch and The Guest (2014). Then we try to mash them up into a shared cinematic universe!

We explore the origins of Jason Voorhees with a special discussion of the first three Friday the 13th films.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood review and all of Quentin Tarantino's films ranked on this special Season #Taran3no finale episode!

We revisit the Old West with the adjective-numeral themed western double feature of The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Hateful Eight (2015).

This episode we review the 1999 big budget flop, Wild Wild West. Then we move from post-Civil War west to pre-Civil War south with Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s slavery revenge “southern”.

Yep, season #Taran3no has brought us to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and the 1978 Italian produced inspiration for the film, The Inglorious Bastards.

Tonight we present to you a sordid tale of madness. Several outtakes from GCU #27: The Street Fighter & Kill Bill Vol. 2 set the scene for a cautionary story of one man and his unhealthy affinity for powdered energy drink formula.

The GCU boys are joined by Grawlix Podcast’s own Jesse Kiefer for a kung fu and karate double feature. First, they marvel at Sonny Chiba’s X-Ray karate chops and confusing morality in 1974’s The Street Fighter. Then the conclusion of Quentin Tarantino’s tale of the blood-soaked bride with Kill Bill Vol. 2.

It's a ladies of vengeance double feature! First on our hitlist is Lady Snowblood, the 1973 revenge classic which served as a clear inspiration for our second review, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Joined by Mike Wood of the Grindbin Podcast, we discuss Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 Grindhouse entry, Death Proof, and the 1971 heady high-speed classic, Vanishing Point.

Bonus episode! Randy and Jasper discuss the DC Universe app including their thoughts on the Doom Patrol and Titans series as well as the app’s comic book selection and more.

This episode we’ve got a double dose of Pam Grier! First, the 1974 blaxploitation classic, Foxy Brown. Then we jump forward a couple decades to Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 hangout heist movie, Jackie Brown.

This episode we discuss the Tarantino penned, Rodriguez directed From Dusk Till Dawn. Then we hop over to the comedy anthology experiment Four Rooms, written and directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino.

Joined by guest Jesse Kiefer we review the Tarantino penned, Tony Scott directed True Romance and Tarantino’s 2nd movie, Pulp Fiction.

It’s a double feature of master filmmakers’ early works. We kick off season Taran3no with Quentin Tarantino’s feature length directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing.

Randy reacts to the greatest movies ever made… that Jasper has never seen.

We look back at GCU #11 – #19 and all 18 movies we reviewed therein and ask… what if?

Happy New Year! For Grawlix Cinematic Universe’s first New Year’s special we recall some of our favorite GCU moments of 2018 and revisit our Top 5 Favorite Cinematic Universe Pitches.

It's a Christmas siege double feature! Home Alone (1990) and Die Hard (1988)! We review each then pitch several versions of a Home Alone / Die Hard shared universe.

This episode, the first of two Christmas specials this year, we discuss a pair of modern horror holiday classics. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) and Krampus (2015).

This episode we discuss Big (1988), starring Tom Hanks, and the Francis Ford Coppola directed Jack (1996), starring Robin Williams. Then we pitch our Big and Jack cinematic universes!

We discuss The Birds, the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock avian assault classic, and The Deadly Bees, the less than buzzworthy 1966 bee-themed murder mystery. Then we pitch The Birds vs The Deadly Bees: Winged Justice cinematic universe!

Happy Halloween! Join the Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe for a game of “We’re All Going to Die”, a single page tabletop game, on this special Halloween Actual Play RPG episode!

It's a heavy metal Halloween! We review and mashup Trick or Treat (1986) and The Devil’s Candy (2015).

We kick off the Halloween season with AVP: Alien vs. Predator and Freddy vs. Jason, the double feature we’ve been waiting to do since this podcast’s conception.

This episode we review the Nicolas Winding Refn directed Drive and The Transporter from 2002. Of course, it wouldn’t be the Grawlix Cinematic Universe if we didn’t ask the question… What if you combined Drive and The Transporter into one cinematic universe!?

This episode’s double feature is a non-stop assault on the senses! Jump start that ol’ ticker with the first person POV action flick Hardcore Henry and the ridiculously offensive Crank: High Voltage.

The Grawlix Cinematic Universe gets DARK with the grittiest and goriest double feature we’ve covered thus far! We review Se7en, the 1995 David Fincher sin-based serial killer classic, and Hellraiser, the 1987 Clive Barker S&M horror classic.

The GCU season 1 finale is here and it is massive! We look back on the 16 movies we’ve covered in episodes #1-9. Then we take those 16 movies and combine them in the most unholy of mash-up, fan fiction universe melding movie pitches we could muster.

On this Rekall journey two nerds discuss Blade Runner: The Final Cut and Total Recall (1990) before pitching several different cuts of a Philip K. Dick-averse!

Ant-Man and the Wasp hit theaters this weekend and no, we will not be discussing Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Instead, we will be discussing Ants!, a 1977 made-for-TV movie, and The Wasp Woman, the 1959 Roger Corman low-budget monster flick.

Join two nerds for a Joss Whedon horror-comedy double feature. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and The Cabin in the Woods (2012)… this Cinematic Universe practically writes itself but that doesn’t stop our nerds from reaching WAY too far.

It’s a John Carpenter double feature! We revisit John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) and Big Trouble in Little China (1986).

Hop in, rookie, the Grawlix Cinematic Universe patrol just started. First call, Sylvester Stallone is the law in Judge Dredd from 1995 with the 1987 Paul Verhoeven directed Robocop in hot pursuit.

This episode of the Grawlix Cinematic Universe we’ve got a pair of 80’s sci-fi action flicks that’ll turn you into a G – D sexual tyrannosaurus. The Terminator and Predator, two of the most iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger movies ever.  Come on in, ol’ painless is waitin’.

A very special episode of Grawlix Cinematic Universe guest produced by Neil and Johnny Drink in the Park. Join DJ Johnny Rock, Neil Yonge, My Cousin Vinny and AM Audio Media’s Andrew Chalmers and Clayton Turner for some Timbits and talk. Doctor Who/Who’s The Boss, Thundercats/Growing Pains, Beverly Hillbillies/Beverly Hills Cop and many more cinematic universe pitches!

This episode we review Highlander (1986) and Flash Gordon (1980). The Highlander, a man from another time. Flash Gordon, a man lost on another world. Whether they be saviors of the universe or princes one thing is certain… THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

From the people that brought you The Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Nights comes a new, timeless classic. Two nerds embark on a journey to watch Knight Rider 2000 and Baywatch. Two movies will fall… and a cinematic universe will rise.