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This episode, Magellan and Barbecue hit the road and discuss the 1997 tv-movie remake of 1972 underground classic Vanishing Point. The paranoia, seediness, grit and nihilism of the 70's gets a kitschy 90's makeover whilst still trying to access the same themes as the original and make sense of a wayward America. next ep: The Plumber 

The FMB return to vampire territory and the  dirty 1970's for this iconic television film that doubled as the debut for Darren McGavin's iconic intrepid paranormal sleuth, Karl Kolchak.  next eo: Vanishing Point (the remake)

Still refusing to leave the couch, the FMB channel surf so hard they wash up on the shores of Japan. Veritable cinema legend Kiyoshi Kurosawa (not that one) this time lends his subtle hand to the televisual cinematic experience and offers up something typically eerie, perplexing, and maybe even funny.  next episode - The Night Stalker

The FMB decide to pop into the Six-Million Dollar Man series during its twilight years and try to piece together the previous 2 decades of tv-shows and spin-offs while reeling from a surprise, stellar early appearance from future King of Television, Bryan Cranston.

Nick and Tobias stumble on a little gem with this tv-movie adaptation of 12 Angry Men; updated for the 90's and with a stacked cast including a precious Jack Lemmon and an absolutely rabid performance by George C Scott.  next episode: The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman

Hunker down, start saving your water and hide your babes (Ruths, that is); our hosts relive the paranoia of the Cold War by revisiting the monumental televisual feature-length anti-nuclear PSA that was The Day After. If the sight of Steve Guttenberg losing his gorgeous locks won't make the powers that be hesitate before pushing the button then nothing will. 

Our hosts still refuse to return to the cinema and remain content with televisual approximations of cinema. This week John Carpenter (with Tobe Hooper) willingly lays himself out on the mortuary table for the FMB to dive in and see if they can find that elusive funnybone in this failed attempt at resurrecting the horror anthology.  

After a little hiatus, the FMB still refuse to leave the couch and continue their diet of canned cinema in the form of tv movies, this week it's medieval chivalric epic Ivanhoe; thankfully FMB favourites Sam Neill and James Mason are on hand to spackle over any budgetary setbacks. 

Next up in the FMB's channel-surfing adventure into the world of TV-movies is 1990's adaptation of Treasure Island, a film stuffed to the gunwale with a criminal amount of talent including pod favourite Charlton Heston as the most piratical buccanner this side of the Spanish Main, Long John Silver himself. next week we flip to the channel showing 1982's Ivanhoe.

Not content with John Woo's latest; the FMB return to the comforting glow of CRT television and check out his 1998 TV-movie/failed pilot, Blackjack, starring Dolph Lundgren. Much milk is spilt, but the only tears from our hosts are of joy as Woo delivers exactly what they are looking for (and more). next episode: Treasure Island (1990 Tv-movie) 

Merry Christmas! Cinematic titan John Woo returns to American shores with his first U.S film in 20 years since Paycheck.  It doesn't take much for Woo to woo the FMB so they are first in line to digest this Christmas-wrapped gift - but is there coal within? No cookie talk but the FMB somehow manage to talk about their favourite milk scenes in movies so hopefully that rounds out the festive atmosphere. next ep: John Woo's Blackjack 

Delving further into the TV-movie tangent, the FMB safely opt for another Stephen King adaptation. This time it's Tobe Hooper's iconic 1979 vampire yarn Salem's Lot. 

This Stephen King TV miniseries has been frequently invoked in passing by the FMB since the early days of the podcast; so it's a good thing our hosts have finally gotten around to watching it because, as we now know, the Langoliers do not tolerate idleness.

Two of our regular three hosts book some seats on the worlds most exclusive, dangerous, high-flying experience available to those in the know - the Money Plane. In the movie, the Rated-R Superstar, Edge contends with The Rumble, only this one isn't as Royal as what he might be used to. next episode- The Langoliers

The FMB's insatiable appetite casts their gaze to Mexican cinema this week with Issa Lopez's 2017 contemporary dark fantasy film Tigers Are Not Afraid. It's Pan's Labyrinth meets City of God, but does the film succeed in making those disparate flavours gel? next week: They Call Me Mr Tibbs!

Fincher's back with a little bit of calisthenics after doing some heavy lifting with 2020's Mank. The FMB are, of course, on the scene to have a little chinwag about the Netflix thriller. No Smiths were played during the recording of this episode.  next ep: Tigers are Not Afraid

In the spirit of urban folklore, Tobias and Nick recount the events of the final Candyman film to an unenlightened and recently returned Maciej.  next episode: The Killer (the Fincher one)

Join the FMB for Carnival or as they say in latin - farewell to the flesh! This week we deep dive into our 3rd Candyman experience with the chronological sequel. The boys have fun together discussing a somewhat dissapointing sequel, enjoying some terrible impressions and trying to battle some confunding movie logic   Next week the Candyman adventure concludes with Candyman Day of the Dead

Looking for the second episode in the Candyman Halloween series, bitch? Well you found it - this week the FMB follow up Candyman (1992) with Candyman (2021) (being a direct sequel this made sense!) We discuss at length our ultimate dissapointment with the film and how it mostly lacks the thing to defines most horror movies Next week - Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh

This week Nick and Tobias begin their journey into Candyman country with the 1992 classic. The two stupidiest members of the FMB discuss whether Candyman is real and could Daniel Roubitaille have avoided his fate? Next week - Candyman (2021)

This week the Nicholas (Magellan) and the resident Saw franchise expert Tobias discuss the highly unanticipated Saw X

The FMB have a chinwag about this late 90's Aussie classic starring a fresh-faced Heath Ledger and leather-faced Bryan Brown. Topics covered on the Aussie checklist this episode include: the sincere usage of fair dinkum, memorable Sydney locales and the Yahoo Serious Trilogy. next ep: Saw X

Is it simply the murder that's most foul in Kenneth Branagh's third outing as Inspector Hercule Poirot? Or is it also the fundamental mishandling of the fundamental concepts behind constructing a film that is both coherent and entertaining for the audience? Some mysteries even Poirot cannot solve. next episode: Two Hands

Our hosts, game for some spooky cinema, settle in to watch George C. Scott get harassed by a malevolent ghost and walk away feeling a little underwhelmed. next: A Haunting in Venice

Years after being tremendously impressed with his contributions to the Universal Soldier franchise, the FMB pull out the file on John Hyams and see what the man has been up to.  next ep. The Changeling (1980)

Ben Wheatley's films are back in the hot seat (third time this year!) as two of our usual three hosts sit down and draw some comparisons to last episode's Midsommar and folk/weird horror in general.  next ep: John Hyams' Alone 

Four (four??) years after it's initial release; Ari Aster's Midsommar has crawled its way into the FMB watchlist-  almost as if it was inevitable. Does this apparently foregone conclusion dampen our hosts thoughts about the film? In a manner of speaking, yes. Did any of that just make sense? I doubt it. 

The mere mention of Ben Wheatley having directed the sequel to 2018's underwhelming The Meg is enough chum for the FMB to come sniffing around and see if there's anything to be gleaned from this intriguing union. 

It seems like everyone loves Ken in Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie - but is Ryan Gosling's scene stealing performance truly Kenough? Or could it even Kendanger the stability of the film itself?

The Most Important Movie In The History Of The World is here so the FMB lather themselves in SPF 1000, slap on a pair of Oakleys and sit back to watch the fireworks. 

Ethan Hunt defies death, biological age and the algorithm in the first volume of Tom Cruise's final [citation needed] adventure for the Impossible Mission Force. Does it stand on it's own two feet? Or does it lean too much on its inevitable, hypothetical counterpart to deliver some satisfying storytelling? next ep: Oppenheimer

The FMB summon their collective willpower in order to drag themselves to the cinema and see Disney's latest attempt at flogging some life into a dormant franchise. 

Corbucci gets another lap around the FMB studio as our hosts tuck into arguably his most iconic contribution to the spaghetti western genre, 1966's Django.  Plenty to talk about with this one: loose connections to Yojimbo, medieval aesthetics and a possibly criminal discrepancy concerning the age of our hero's lost love.  next: Indy 5

The energy is always a little different when the FMB are in the same room, and the same goes for when the FMB have a unanimous distaste for the film being discussed - those effects become compounded in this week's episode as our hosts get together and talk Sam Hargrave, Joe Russo and Chris Hemsworth's overblown sequel to 2020's overblown Netflix title, Extraction. 

With a trio of Mario Bava titles now under their belt, our hosts pivot to Sergio Corbucci in their gallavant through Italian genre cinema. Having endured a tepid Spaghetti Western last week, the FMB set their sights on one of the greatest in order to cleanse their palette - The Great Silence. 

They can't all be winners, and the third entry into the FMB's sampling of Mario Bava's career is a bumpy one. He couldn't crack the Western, but the hearts of the FMB have still been marked. 

Part 2 in the FMB's MarioBavathon see's them ponder the ecology of crime with Bava's proto-slasher giallo classic.  

Our hosts, having occasionally dallied into the realm of Italian genre cinema, set their sights on filmmaker Mario Bava in an attempt to deepen their appreciation. First on the table is his 1965 sci-fi horror - "Planet of the Vampires". A good chunk of this episode has the boys attempting to recast the film with Charlton Heston in the lead role. 

The boys + Phil tune back into the Fast and Furious franchise and discuss the first-installment-of-the-possibly-three-part-finale that's bringing this gasoline opera to a close. 

Devon Sawa and the guy that directed Leprachaun 2 give teen movies (and coherent storytelling) the middle finger and a good ol' pantsing with this slapstick stoner comedy that lands almost nothing but has a fun time trying.  next ep: Fast X

As is tradition with the FMB, they just can't seem to stay on task; so in an attempt to continue their hazily-defined venture into 2000's horror they've ended up with experimental filmmaker E. Elias Merhidge's alternate-history vampire flick Shadow of The Vampire on the table. next episode the boys attempts to steer things back with Idle Hands.

Continuing their nebulous foray into 2000's horror, the FMB pivot to another werewolf flick helmed by noted film and tv director Neil Marshall - 2002's Dog Soldiers.  next ep; Shadow of the Vampire

The FMB have decided to embark on an impromptu exploration of late 90's/early 2000's horror and first on the list is 2000's Ginger Snaps. Plenty of verbiage is given to the edgy werewolf horror comedy, but fear not FMBuffs, there's also enough time in the episode for our hosts to slide into some talk about Eric Roberts' Stalked By My Doctor quadrilogy. next episode: Dog Soldiers

Not unlike the titular Donkey at the centre of the Polish film being discussed in the first half of this episode, the FMB cut a wild, meandering conversational path starting with Skolimowski's enigmatic donkey film, leading through Independence Day: Resurgence and finishing up with a spontaneous review of the new All Quiet on The Western Front.  next episode: Ginger Snaps 

The FMB step into the game-to-screen adaptation conversation by talking about the latest attempt to adapt TTRPG giant, Dungeons and Dragons, to the big screen. Some of our hosts walked away pleasantly surprised- others not so much. (insert dice-rolling metaphor here) next ep: EO

The FMB see out the conclusion to the John Wick franchise. Do the bullets find their mark? Or has the John Wick franchise juggled itself into a world so absurd even the titular Baba Yaga couldn't conjure his (her?) way to a satisfying conclusion? Tune in and find out. next week -  Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves