Overdue Rentals

Matthew has been waiting for this one for awhile! John Maclean and Rory McCann join us to talk about both their new film, Tornado and the brilliant, Slow West.

Notice: this episode was recorded in February, so please forgive any outdated references! Timmy Williams of The Whitest Kids U Know is back for a double feature discussion about 80/90s sci-fi classics The Hidden and I Come in Peace/Dark Angel.

The legend herself, Veronica Cartwright joins us to discuss her new film The Ruse as well as today's Overdue Rental, The Witches of Eastwick. Of course, there is some Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers talk in there, too.

Double drop day! Sorry everyone, we had a little tech issue but are back up now. So, you can no enjoy our discussion with the great Emily Watson about her new film, The Legend of Ochi, as well as her turn in Paul Thomas Anderson's, Punch Drunk Love.

WHOOPS! We had a little technical difficulties everyone, so this is coming to you a little later. We have the wonderful Cynthia Addai-Robinson with us to discuss The Accountant and he growing role in The Accountant 2, which is in theaters now!

You might here some different intro music on this episode. That is Sènaderé by uKanDanZ off their debut album; Yetchalal. Oh, and what is that? You also here some music between the end of our interview and our post interview discussion? That is uKanDanZ's cover of War Pigs from their new album, Evil Plan.If you're unfamiliar with the band and their music, we talk plenty about it with group co-founder, songwriter, guitarist and bassist; Damien Cluzel. While on break from some shows Damien gave us some time to talk about uKanDanZ in general, their new album which is out now, and of course, about his love for the Coen Brothers', Fargo.

Our final interview for The Ballad of Wallis Island is here! We have director James Griffiths to discuss translating the short to a feature film, as well as his 2014 film, Cuban Fury.

Continuing our coverage of The Ballad of Wallis Island, we have co-writer and star Tom Basden to discuss transforming the short into a feature length film, as well ad his 2022 underseen, Venice at Dawn.

It finally has happened, we finally got Tim Key on the show with us. There is a lot of listen to here, from a little No More Jockeys opening, to The Ballad of Wallis Island, with a little Mickey 17 thrown in, and of course, the Overdue Rental on tap; Alan Partirdge: Alpha Papa.

We speak with so many generous and perfectly nice people on a daily basis. But, there is no one more kind, giving, and lovely than the legend himself, Mr. Paul Guilfoyle. Maybe you don't know him by name, but you certainly know the man's work. His new film, Any Day Now is currently in select theaters and he is absolutely brilliant in the film. But, of course, we are also talking about his Overdue Rental, the criminally under rates 1990 dramedy, Cadillac Man.

The great Joe Wilkinson joins us this week to discuss his involvement in Last One Laughing UK for Amazon Prime. While he is with us, it was great to discuss his love and fondness for the Steve Martin/Carl Reiner film, The Man with Two Brains.

It is a special one time only extravaganza! We have taken two interviews for Guns of Redemption and smashed them into one big episode. Casper Van Dien returns, this time to talk about Sleepy Hollow. Followed by Jeff Fahey talking about The Lawnmower Man!

We've always loved Atom Egoyan's films, but after this discussion, he is one of our favorite people! Atom came to discuss his new film, Seven Veils. And while we are talking about The Sweet Hereafter as well as his Overdue Rental, we also get a lot of The West Memphis Three and Devil's Knot in there, too.

We're going fast and furious this week! We have Dito Montiel with us discussing his new film, Riff Raff, as well as his debut feature, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.

We are back with part 2 of our No Address coverage. This week we have William Baldwin, and while we had him in the ODR shop with us, we had to also talk about the one and only, Backdraft!

Xander Berkeley is arguably one of the hardest working actors in the industry. He is starring in the new film No Address which hits theaters on February 28th. A film that deals with the subject of homelessness; 50% of all the ticket sales will go to charities that assist people in need. While we had Xander with us to discuss this movie and the continuing issues of those who find themselves with no where to go, we also had to discuss something a little more mind numbing and we found that in the form of 1997's Air Force One. Enjoy Xander's many impressions and his story of Harrison Ford accidently breaking his nose during the filming of Air Force One. If you still need tickets to see No Address upon its release, click the link here to purchase and support those in need.

It's always great to go deep diving into films with out good friends and colleagues. This week we are joined by Brandon Norwood of The Film Blerds to discuss one of this all time favorite Overdue Rentals; Night of the Hunter.Note: This discussion was recorded in December of 2024.

When the film gods reach back into the mid to late 80s to bring back a film that should have had a long storied franchise, it usually fails. To our surprise though, when the new iteration of Street Trash came to life, it made so many right moves. We have producer Matt Manjourides, who also produces and co-created the return of Joe Bob Briggs with The Last Drive-In to talk about the original and semi-sequel to this twisted tale of the homeless and flesh melting products.

There is no other way to put it--your about to listen to a fantastic discussion about between us and Lateef the Truthspeaker about music, films, life, and most importantly; 1987's groundbreaking, Hollywood Shuffle. Stop reading and hit play! You will not regret it.

Our good friend, colleague, film maker, and co-host of The Film Blerds, Jeff Stewart stopped by at the beginning of December to talk film with us Overdue Rental boys. While we talk a little bit about end of the year movies, we are also talking about Jeff's Overdue Rental choice, the 1986 buddy comedy, Running Scared.

To close out our coverage of Nickel Boys, we have the wonderful Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor with us. Now, we know there is some serious discussions to have involving Nickel Boys, but that doesn't mean we don't have time to be silly and also talk about the wonderful, Undercover Brother. Don't waste any more time. Get to listening, or else The Man wins!

Christmas time is here, and you know that means...VAMPIRES! The one and only Willem Dafoe joined us to talk about his role in Robert Eggers adaptation of Nosferatu. This also seemed like the perfect opportunity to discuss one hell of an Overdue Rental with Willem; Shadow of the Vampire. Before Eggers was even out of high school, Dafoe stepped into the shoes of Count Orlock in a film that images is Nosferatu director F.W. Murnau hired an actual vampire to star in his 1922 Dracula ripoff.

In the continuation of our coverage of the new film, Nickel Boys, we have Daveed Diggs join us to talk his experience working with RaMell Ross and company. We also are talking about his 2018 film, Blindspotting. There is a lot to get into here, so less typing from us so you can go listen to it now.

Welcome to episode 1 of or 3 episode special on the new film Nickel Boys. RaMell Ross hits the scene with his first full length feature (non-documentary) with the adaptation of the award winning book of the same name. The film is already getting best picture nods before its official release, including the recent nomination for best drama for the Golden Globes, whilst RaMell was fresh off being award best director by The Gothams and the New York Film Critic's Circle just days before speaking with us. Enjoy our chat about both Nickel Boys and a film that means a lot to RaMell as well as has a history in Nickel Boys; The Defiant Ones.

If you've ever woken up in the middle of the night and wondered if you transformed into a dog in the middle of the night and caused havoc around your neighborhood; you're not alone. Though, as Amy Adams experiences in her new film, Nightbitch, the reality of her experiences come from more of a deep place of lost identity compared to just some fun and games. We were thrilled to have the film's director, Marielle Heller, join us to talk about the film as well as her much loved, but still slightly underseen, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

While David Gordon Green has helmed some big studio pictures and popular TV Shows, he has never turned away from his true indie roots. His new film, Nutcrackers, is a testament to heart and soul film making that jump started his career with George Washington. While we had David with us, we also had to talk to him about his bigger budget fantasy epic, Your Highness, which never struck a chord with a lot of audiences and we are here to change people's minds.

You may not see George Huang's name officially credited for as many projects he has his hands in. And while his new film, Weekend in Taipei is a slice of East Asian action pleasure, George's first film was a slice of life about the trials and tribulations of working in Hollywood. Swimming With Sharks is a sharp witted, comically dark tale from the early 90s that spoke volumes about the industry then, but probably echoes heavier today. It was a pleasure talking to George about these two films as well as all the little extra morsels he sent our way.

There has been a lot of movement in recent years with younger generations getting into classic spoof films. The Zucker, Abrams, Zucker and family classics from Airplane, to The Naked Gun, to Hot Shots! are making waves with new audiences. But one great spoof that was pretty much lambasted by critics on its release still remains under the radar for older and newer spoof fans. The Carl Reiner directed Fatal Instinct starred the one and only Armand Assante, who wasn't really know for comedy at the time. Armand joined us to talk about his new film, Don Q, as well as this forgotten masterpiece of comedy cinema.

It was a sheer pleasure to speak with the man behind today's most effective and honest films of modern times, the stop motion expert, Adam Elliot. Adam's new film, Memoir of a Snail is in theater now, and much like his other full length feature, Mary and Max, it should not be missed.

Heads up! This episode starts and ends with our discussion with Timmy Williams, so don't worry, you didn't miss anything when you didn't hear our normal intro and outro. Having Timmy on as a guest has been germinating for months, as we originally planned to have him join us back in June. But, we finally got things in order and had a wonderful conversation about everything from The Whitest Kids U Know, Music, Life, and of course George Romero's 1981 love letter; Knightriders.

Alex Wolff (Nat too) have done amazing work breaking the young Nickelodeon star visage by headlining a slew of great pieces of true art. Alex's new film, The Line, continues that streak. We spoke him about the frat drama as well as his 2021 performance in the much loved, but still underseen, Pig.

We implore everyone to go see Rumours this weekend as it releases on Oct. 11th. It is Matthew's top film of the year at the moment. We were more than lucky to have the writing and directing team of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson join us to talk about this brilliant satirical satire as well as their 2017 experimental venture into loosely recreating Hitchcock's Vertigo with, The Green Fog.

We're late this week, we know! We apologize, things are a little crazy right now, but we didn't want to let you all down. This week we have New York Times best selling author Daniel Kraus with us to talk about his new book, Pay the Piper. This is Daniel's second co-authored project with the one and only George Romero as Daniel has finished two manuscripts George started before his passing. Along with some talk about Pay the Piper and finishing the works of a legend like Romero, we are also talking about the 2020 Adam Egypt Mortimer film, Archenemy.

The name Willie Pep might not spark a memory for many of you, but if you are a boxing fan and you don't know Willie, the you need to check out The Featherweight. The new film starring James Madio as Pep is starting its run in cinemas and you shouldn't miss it. While we had Madio with us to talk about the film, we also had to talk about his role in 1992's Hero. And of course, we had to see if that story about Dustin Hoffman plucking him from the set of Hook to play his son in Hero is true.

It Ends With Us is taking the box office by storm. We were lucky enough to have the film's producer, Alex Saks join us to talk about the process of getting such a film off the ground. We also took time to talk about one of her first gigs as a producer on the criminally underseen, Thoroughbreds.

It's once again an tremendous honor to be joined by someone as special as the one and only, Jean Reno. Jean's new film, My Penguin Friend, is out this Friday, August 9th. While it was a pleasure to discuss this adaptation of the hit true story that took social media by storm, this also gave us the chance to talk to Jean about a classic Overdue Rental; 1998's, Ronin.

We're finally wrapping up our interviews for the long awaited Longlegs with writer/director, Osgood Perkins. Oz is here to not only talk about his smash hit, Longlegs, but also his first production (which was his second released film), The Blackcoat's Daughter. Strap in for darkness and grief with some light moments in between!

Legendary film maker Lee Tamahori's new film The Convert is already out and in theaters and OnDemand for all to enjoy. We couldn't pass up the chance to talk to Lee about the film and his groundbreaking feature, Once Were Warriors. This might be a more overall serious episode of Overdue Rentals, but it is a highly important and thoughtful one.

Longlegs week continues! This time we have the absolute lovely Alicia Witt with us to discuss her time and process on the smash indie hit, Longlegs. But, we're also discussing her role as Cherish in John Waters oft missed, Cecil B. Demented.

I'm still amazed that we have come to the point that maybe one of the greatest films of all time, is an Overdue Rental. This Friday, July 12th sees the release of Guy Pearce's new film, The Convert in theaters and On Demand. And while Guy was with us to talk about his new film with famed director Lee Tamahori, we had the opportunity to discuss both the legend that is L.A. Confidential, and the missing sequel we almost got.

You all better have your viewing schedule packed to the brim this week as there are two films you have to make sure you see. The highly anticipated Longlegs is hitting theaters on July 12th. In the first of three interviews we have coming for you from the film, we have the one and only Blair Underwood joining us. Blair talks to us all about joining such a one of a kind film and his role in the 1995 thriller, Just Cause, which stars Blair along side Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris, and a 10 year old Scarlett Johansson.

The day has come! The 40th anniversary of The NeverEnding Story is upon us, but more importantly; Tami Stronach who played The Childlike Empress in the film is back on screen for the first time in 40 years in her new film, Man & Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps. Man & Witch will have a limited run in theaters nationwide between July 28th to July 30th. Click here to get your tickets, now.

It's part two of our coverage of The Exorcism and this week we are graced with the great Adam Goldberg. Along with his work in The Exorcism, Adam talks about the greatly missed, The Hebrew Hammer.

There are few actors out there with such a wide range and ability that allows audiences to see them in so many different lights. The good guy, the bad guy, the wing man, the loner, the neurotic, the strong willed...the list would go on forever if I listed all the options. One person with this quality is the great David Hyde Pierce. David appears in the new horror/drama The Exorcism along side Russell Crowe. And what better way to celebrate an exorcism film by following up the conversation with a dive into the "Pillow Talk" revival, Down With Love.

The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival may be wrapping up, but we still have some special discussions to share with everyone. The wonderful Lisa Edelstein joined us to discuss her Tribeca comedy, The Everything Pot. She also is discussing the classic 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

It was a true honor to speak with the one and only Stephen Fry about his new film, Treasure, as well as the 1992 all-star breakthrough that is Peter's Friends. Stephen is someone who we can safely say everyone on earth is familiar with in one way or another, but he has always held a special place in our hearts; so it was such a thrill to talk about these films and more with him.

As many of you know, both Mike and Matthew work for other outlets apart from Overdue Rentals. Today we are joined by Mike's boss, Managing editor of CinemaBlend, Sean O'Connell. Sean's new book about the career of Bruce Willis is hitting bookshelves on June 11th. While we discuss many of Bruce's work in our chat with Sean, we do focus on the Robert Zemeckis dark comedy, Death Becomes Her. You can pre-order Sean's book (simply titled, Bruce Willis) now. Here is a link for you to directly pre-order through Amazon.

We're just days away from the new season of The Great American Baking Show on Roku. While you will be able to watch the show starting Friday May 24th, you can also check out this week's Overdue Rental, Chocolat. We were honored to be joined by Bake Off/Baking Show judge Prue Leith to discuss the beloved show and both her personal connection and general love for Chocolat.

While we were pleased to have the one and only Paul Hollywood with us to talk about the upcoming new season of The Great American Baking Show on Roku, we're really covering all of the Bake Off/Baking Show talk before getting into Paul's Overdue Rental choice; 1997's Contact. Don't worry everyone, we spoke with Prue, too. Tune in next week for our talk with her. For now though, enjoy our chat with Paul about Bake Off/Baking Show, Contact, and a few other surprise film mentions. The second season of Roku's presentation of The Great American Baking Show premieres on May 24th.

Welcome one and all to the 100th episode of Overdue Rentals. Join Mike and Matthew as they discuss some of their favorite moments from some of their most beloved films. These are moments, scenes, monologues, music, cinematography, looks that immediately make you think you've just seen the most beautiful experience ever put onto film.

We're on a roll crossing off guests we wanted to have on since we started Overdue Rentals. Today we are talking to the one and only Scoot McNairy about his new slow burn thriller, Blood for Dust. We're also talking about the 2010 breakthrough feature from Gareth Edwards, Monsters. Blood for Dust is available in theaters on on digital this Friday, April 19th.