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Send us Fan Mail This week on the show!Here is what you WITCHED for…not all of us in:Practical Magic 2Is this how it ends in: HopeA friendship with major red flags in the Apple TV Plus exclusive in:Maydayand finally The FBI couldn't crack it so they called the Mob in:By Any Means*Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! *You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here!Make sure you listen to the Talking Smac PodcastListen Here! If you haven't tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, I'm back in the hot seat in another Siskel and Ebert Quiz Show! Watch HereSupport the show

These hedgehogs really get into some shenanigans! Like using their super sayin matrix powers to save the world and destroy the moon. Again, they are hedgehogs. We're watching Sonic the Hedgehog 3 this time on Harmless Phosphorescence!   Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon!   Watch us on YouTube!   Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers   Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/   Siskel and Ebert Scale Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up

What do concussions, Mexico City, a $2,000 foldable iPhone, midnight margaritas, tanning beds and a robot vacuum catching an alleged cheater have in common?Absolutely nothing.So naturally, we put them together.This three-episode collection of The Rizzuto Show combines some spectacularly unrelated conversations into one giant funny podcast featuring physical trauma, international rock-star adventures, technological betrayal, relationship debates and enough questionable judgment to keep everybody employed for at least one more morning.The chaos begins with a simple question: has anyone on the show ever been knocked out cold?Moon recalls childhood injuries and the 219 stitches he's had in his head and face, along with moments when a hard impact made everything go black. Rafe remembers a helmet-to-helmet football collision that left him seeing lights before collapsing. Lern doesn't think she was ever fully knocked unconscious, although her cousins apparently made a respectable effort when they were kids.Meanwhile, Rizz reveals that his social-media algorithm has correctly identified his primary interests as cooking videos and watching people get absolutely demolished.Personalized technology is beautiful.From there, Moon returns from Mexico City after performing with Goldfinger at Warped Tour. He describes roughly 40,000 people packed in front of their stage, with more than 150,000 tickets sold for the event overall. Mexico City's altitude makes performing an adventure of its own, but Moon comes back raving about the crowd, the people, the food and the sheer size of a city that seemingly never ends.There are chilaquiles. There are frijoles. There's an extremely nice hotel. There are also security precautions involving verified drivers and discussions of kidnapping risks, because apparently touring internationally occasionally requires more preparation than “bring your guitar.”Moon also gets reflective about the wealth disparity he saw and how traveling outside your normal bubble can violently reset your perspective.Then everybody talks airports, TSA rules and the possibility of approved non-ticketed visitors eventually being allowed back through security at select airports. This leads directly into old airport nostalgia, Global Entry complaints, confiscated toiletries and all the other tiny indignities we accept because somebody once decided 3.5 ounces of shampoo represents chaos.Lern then takes us into another terrifying environment:Youth baseball.After attending her best friend's son's game, she reports back on parents blocking views with tents, adults getting way too emotionally invested and one dad loudly criticizing his own kid while the kid is trying to hit.The crew gets into overbearing sports parents, adults attempting to relive their glory days through children, screaming at referees and umpires, and the incredible ability of youth athletics to turn otherwise functional adults into people who believe a 12-year-old's batting average determines the family legacy.And somehow that still isn't the weirdest concert-related story.At an outdoor gig, Lern encounters an audience member who brings their own guitar AND a battery-powered amplifier, sets up in front of the band and simply starts playing along.Not invited.Not hired.Not remotely part of the band.Just spiritually promoted themselves.Honestly, that confidence should be studied.Then another episode brings us the reported foldable Apple iPhone and the greatest civil-rights battle nobody expected: left-handed people versus phone design.The show discusses complaints that the foldable phone's layout is significantly friendlier to right-handed users. Moon's position is compassionate and nuanced:The world is built for right-handed people. Deal with it.Rizz responds by digging into supposed advantages of being left-handed in sports, creativity and other areas, which somehow becomes a discussion of famous lefties, presidents and Professor Lern's historically questionable theories.Her future college course remains undefeated:“Things I Think, But Can't Prove.”Everybody passes.The funny podcast then transforms into a movie-review program nobody requested.Lern and her mom go see Practical Magic 2 dressed as witches and discover they are apparently the only people who received the imaginary costume memo. Fortunately, they have midnight margaritas and commit to the bit.Lern enjoys the movie. Rafe also enjoys it.There is only one important difference.Rafe went alone.Now the crew can't stop imagining one solitary man sitting among groups of mothers and daughters at Practical Magic 2, looking suspicious despite having the extremely innocent explanation that he simply likes Sandra Bullock and wanted the movie to succeed.Moon counters with his own nostalgia fix in Mortal Kombat 2, and suddenly the show has become Siskel & Ebert if Siskel & Ebert spent half the review making fun of each other.More movie talk follows, including horror, sequels and entertainment news, before the show encounters something truly horrifying:Fake Eminem.An AI-generated song presented like a new Eminem track reportedly racks up more than 100,000 YouTube views before being removed. The crew listens and quickly realizes something is missing.Variation.A hook.Actual Eminem.And, most importantly, references to his mom.AI may be coming for everyone's jobs, but apparently Slim Shady remains safe for another afternoon.Then Missouri gives everyone approximately seven minutes of gorgeous weather.Rizz has the family outside. The dogs are playing. Nobody is fighting. Lern starts dreaming about jackets. Sweater weather is coming!Tomorrow's high?99 degrees.Thanks, St. Louis.The conversation immediately gets darker when the show discusses allegations involving secret recordings of unsuspecting people using tanning facilities at an Arnold-area gym. The story summons the imaginary justice system known as Rizland, where the crew begins designing an increasingly elaborate form of Swamp Justice for the accused.Lern proposes public shaming.Rafe adds tanning.Rizz gets disturbingly enthusiastic about the cooking process.Nobody should give these people judicial authority.Ever.Next, Sex Time Fun Facts brings in a relationship dilemma involving a husband who wants to leave a stressful, high-paying career and pursue a calmer life. His wife worries about losing their lifestyle and wonders whether getting his testosterone checked might restore the ambitious “tiger” she married.The room immediately divides over burnout, money, responsibility, marriage and whether this man genuinely needs a healthier life or just discovered mushrooms at Burning Man and now wants to skateboard in Costa Rica.Underneath the jokes, the crew actually gets into the reality that people change during long relationships — and that figuring out how to adapt together may be more important than expecting your spouse to remain exactly who they were when you met.Very mature.Don't worry. It doesn't last.Because now we have a robot vacuum solving infidelity.The show discusses a story from Taiwan involving a husband who reportedly activated a robot vacuum remotely and discovered his wife with another man through the device's camera.Forget lipstick on the collar.The Roomba has evidence.The legal aftermath gets even stranger, but Rafe remains fixated on the true violation: another man allegedly sitting bare-assed on the couch where the husband watches football.Some betrayals simply cut deeper.That launches the crew into a debate over what actually qualifies as cheating.Flirtatious texts?Late-night conversations you hide from your partner?Keeping a dating profile for “validation”?Deleting messages?Saving somebody under a fake name?Talking to another person about problems in your relationship?Everyone draws the line somewhere different, although Moon offers perhaps the most useful conclusion: if you want a genuinely healthy relationship, maybe stop deliberately hanging out directly next to the line.This reasonable advice lasts until the show debates whether a straight married guy could theoretically maintain a Grindr profile exclusively for compliments.We tried.Three episodes. One spectacular pile of nonsense.You've got people getting knocked out, Moon playing for a gigantic Mexico City crowd, airport security, youth-sports parents, an unauthorized audience guitarist, left-handed phone discrimination, witch costumes, midnight margaritas, Mortal Kombat nostalgia, AI Eminem, fake sweater weather, alleged tanning-bed surveillance, marital burnout, relationship boundaries and a robot vacuum that has seen things no household appliance should ever have to see.It's weird news, funny stories, pop culture commentary, St. Louis chaos and exactly the kind of funny podcast where you can start with traumatic brain injuries and somehow end up debating whether your Roomba is legally allowed to testify against your spouse.Technology was a mistake.Vans Warped Tour Mexico CityTSA revives pre-9/11 tradition with gate access for certain travelers without tickets'Practical Magic 2' Box Office: Sequel Fizzles With $28 Million DebutMan charged after police say he secretly recorded people while tanning at Arnold gymFollow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This month's Out Now with Aaron and Abe commentary wants to walk with you in dreams. Forever. In dreams. The Brandon Peters Show's Brandon Peters and The Milky Way Blues' Yancy Berns join Aaron to discuss David Lynch's provocative neo-noir mystery Blue Velvet, in honor of the film's 40th anniversary. Listen as the group shares what they take away from the movie and what they think it says about Lynch and those who saw it at the time. Plus, hear stories about the making of the film, the stars involved, tangents, and more. So now, if you've got an hour to kill… Follow all of us on Twitter/Bluesky: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS4, @WalrusMoose, @Brandon4KUHD, @YancyJack Check out all of our sites and blogs:  The Code Is Zeek, Why So Blu?, The Brandon Peters Show, The Milky Way Blues Check out our David Lynch episode. Siskel & Ebert on Blue Velvet Watch the trailer for Blue Velvet Next Month: Carrie (1976)

So, the Echidna has dreadlocks? Why does the fox have 2 tails? It's Sonic the Hedgehog 2 this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up

"I've upset my wife so many times by saying 'buzzard's guts' lately."Ammon's back to discuss the one subject no one ever gets tired of: the president of these United States of America!0:00 -- Intro5:26 -- Secret Honor33:26 -- Dave59:11 -- Lincoln1:36:14 -- Contact information1:38:54 -- Awards and rankings 2:32:01 -- Future business2:54:41 -- Outro and outtakes {ooo49 - coke diaper}!Hey! Be sure to watch Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Earth Girls Are Easy, and Star Wars: Episode I - The PHantom Menace for next time!Hey! We have a Patreon (Ours, Ours, & Ours))!Hey! DON'T leave us a voicemail at (801) 896-####!Hey! Shop the Zazzle store! Hey! Hear In Memoriam! Hey! Hear Fantasy Murder Love Triangle! Hey! Hear J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time!Hey! Hear Ammon on Andy and Ammon's Excellent Odyssey Featuring J.B.!Hey! Nixon's article in Redbook!Hey! Bohemian Grove having ribs!Hey! The Daves I know!Hey! Siskel and Ebert and Secret Honor!Hey! Springfield and the Washington painting!Hey! Subscribe in iTunes! Hey! Check out the Facebook page and vote on the next category! Hey! Check out Jon's YM&T Letterboxd list!Hey! Check out Roy's YM&T Letterboxd list! Hey! Email us at yoursminetheirspodcast@gmail.com! Send new topics! Send new theme songs!

It's-a me, Sonic! We're starting a new mini-series by diving into something I know NOTHING about. It's Sonic the Hedgehog this time on Harmless Phosphorescence!   Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon!   Watch us on YouTube!   Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers   Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/   Siskel and Ebert Scale Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up

My guest this week is Emil Amos (musician: Grails, Holy Sons, Om, Jandek & podcast: Drifter's Sympathy) who surprised me by picking the Paul Simon narrative film One Trick Pony (which also features the mind-bending acting debut of Lou Reed).We also discuss the naivety of thinking certain artists were bigger culturally than they were, Lou Barlow 7"s and Guided By Voices, how Emil goes about creating his vast & epic podcast, Emil's gateway into the world of soundtracks, Sam Coomes of Quasi being an employee at my video store, Flower Travelin' Band, the experiences of Emil performing with Jandek, Dexter Romweber, Wolf Eyes, cheap guitar powers, how One Trick Pony is a surprising look at Paul Simon feeling out of step with the times, The B-52s performing Rock Lobster in the film, films set in late 70s New York, Street Hassle & Bruce Springsteen, labels wanting to mold you into something you're not, the flex of casting Lou Reed to play a producer who is asking Paul Simon make a more commercial album, the Siskel & Ebert's review of the film and much more!EMIL AMOS: holysons.comdrifterssympathy.comREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guide d By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon (over 125 bonus episodes are available and counting). If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, A Devotees Look At New Wave Theater, Exploring The Axis: The Oral History Of Frontier Records With Lisa Fancher, Dips On Chips w/ Jeff McDonald of Redd Kross, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank and Mere are finally both at home and recorded a new episode! Some very happy Echelon News including great workouts and personal best resets! Mere got married ( to the same guy she's already married to) and Frank is officially marathon training ( and California Dreaming). Lots of stuff is being watched and a game of Siskel and Ebert ensues.

Two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks goes to a mildly racist island to commit suicide. We're watching Joe Vs the Volcano this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up Jude - WAY down

 John E. Sununu drops by Castro's Cigar Lounge in Bedford to talk about his race for U.S. Senate and the surge in socialist politics among Democrats.“The socialists are in charge right now of the Democratic Party. They're driving it, and that's one of the reasons this is an important election,” Sununu said. “Chris Pappas has gone along with them, hook, line and sinker.”Then it's "Lights! Camera! Election!" as media strategist Scott Spradling joins NHJournal's Michael Graham to play Siskel and Ebert with the current crop of NH politics' TV ads.Sponsored by Perfect Smiles of Nashua.

What if Stanley Kubrick made a painting that moved? We're watching Barry Lyndon this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up

This week we look at some films that either were never covered by Gene and Roger, or due to licensing rights - are not available online. We discuss films by Wes Craven, George Romero, as well as cult classics that didn't get the respect they deserved. Hear our take on the film and on the critique of SISKEL AND EBERT.SUBSCRIBE TODAY!Visit thecultworthy.comVisit https://www.themoviewire.comVideo: https://www.youtube.com/@back2thebalcony

Send us Fan MailThis week on the show!The world has forgotten peter parker, but he hasn't forgotten them in:Spiderman: Brand New DayI scream. You scream. We all scream for Eli Roth's:Ice Cream Manand finally We have a new addition to our Movie Wire Catch Up this week: He was no hero. Hugh Jackman stars in:The Death to Robin Hood (available to rent or buy now) Ready for my verdict? Let's get into it! *Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify and following me on all the socials @MovieWireShow! *You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here!Make sure you listen to the Gaming Views PodcastListen Here! If you haven't tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, now is your time, because this week, we cover lost reviews and episodes of Siskel and Ebert!Watch HereSupport the show

It's not QUITE the 40th anniversary of The Lost Boys (39 years today), and just past the 40th anniversary of Highlander, but it's close enough.  And there are other reasons to redo this one today - with its thoughts on immortality, legacy, good times and fellowship - so, doing that.  "Never let a night like tonight go to waste." ==================================================== Considering whether Gen X views of life, death, and immortality were shaped by two mid-80s films: Highlander (1986) and The Lost Boys (1987)   Yes yes yes, I said Steward Copeland at about 9:12 and realized just moments ago that I completely meant Douglas Coupland, who wrote Generation X: Tales For an Accelerated Culture in 1991 https://www.coupland.com/books/generation-x-tales-for-an-accelerated-culture And my point there is that in 1987 the Lost Boys was certainly depicting Gen X characters with Gen X actors, but nobody called them Gen X at the time.   Interview with the Vampire was published in 1976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire Its sequel, The Vampire Lestat, was 1985   The Mystery of Dracula's Castle - a scooby doo mystery in all but name, with inspiration from Christopher Lee's Dracula over and over. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068985/ The Hunger  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085701/ The Lost Boys - straight to the tagline https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/taglines Highlander https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/ Cocoon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/   Siskel and Ebert - Lost Boys starts at 9:44 -  https://siskelebert.org/?p=2948 Highlander is the first one here, about 1:30 - they both disliked it rather a lot https://siskelebert.org/?p=1496   First chapter of The Golden Bough - Frazer calls the King a "murderer" rather than a "killer" so I'll randomly note that A) in the 1536 battler in Highlander, the Macleods are fighting the Frasers and B) "Matador" is literally "killer" in Spanish   The Spirit of Christmas, which spawned South Park, references Highlander's repeated line "There Can Be Only One" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122264/   When talking about Reactives and the Awakening, probably worth looking at this previous entry on my blog https://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/01/reactiveness.html   Unrelated but it's a photo series called Lost Boys - millennials back at home after college or high school or whatever they decided they could do. https://www.businessinsider.com/liz-calvi-lost-boys-photo-project-2014-9#calvi-started-with-her-good-group-of-guy-friends-but-eventually-branched-out-to-look-for-more-subjects-in-town-nolan-pictured-here-is-currently-studying-graphics-in-college-and-he-lives-with-his-parents-for-the-summer-2 Here's the archive she set up https://seulementdanslereve.tumblr.com/archive And her home page https://www.lizcalvi.com/commissions   "Vampire of the Mists" (1991) was a few years later, so probably influenced by Anne Rice and The Lost Boys and everything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_of_the_Mists   Wikipedia sayeth that Peter Pan first appeared in a novel in 1902, while the play first appeared in 1904. He's very much of the Nomad archetype. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan Completely unrelated, except insofar as Aiken Drum (the character) is much like Peter Pan and has other Nomad / Reactive archetype indicators https://manycolored.fandom.com/wiki/Many-Colored_Wiki   Pogonip club house http://deepbluemoon.com/misc/pogonip/ Other locations - the interiors were on a set at Warner Brothers https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/lost-boys-santa-cruz-tour   Gregory Widen, screenwriter for Highlander. Born in 1958, he's a late Boomer. He also wrote Backdraft. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927074/ Russel Mulcahy - his director credits here include the music videos - which included Video Killed the Radio Star by Buggles, which unfortunately I can't find, so here are some others. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611683 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv905Q2omU Max has mission style outdoor lamps - not too common at the time. (Although it was becoming popular again) https://casetext.com/case/l-jg-stickley-inc-v-canal-dover-furn Grandpas house is here (interiors were a set at Warner Bros.) - a very 1900s house  http://www.mobileranger.com/santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/ CSUN Queen show, 1989 - there will be another episode one day about why this matters….but I didn't even have a chance to get into, here, how I and Angela and 150 of our closest friends did a field show with two songs from Highlander, plus Bohemian Rhapsody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjkHl0paHbM

A couple of white guys failing upwards in the 70's. Ahhhh, America! We're watching The Nice Guys this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Jerry - Up Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up Jerime - Up

Your Stupid Minds fulfills the Siskel and Ebert prophecy and reviews 1993's Cop & ½ (or Cop and a Half, if you prefer English). Starring Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Holden II, Ruby Dee, and Ray Sharkey. Directed by Henry Winkler. Devon Butler (Golden) is an 8-year-old kid who's obsessed with being a cop. When he witnesses a mob execution, he negotiates the exchange of evidence for being a police officer for one day. The stupid chief assigns the babysitting role to the oldest and crankiest guy on the force: Nick McKenna (Reynolds). The second act devotes its time mostly in search of a plot. Mob leader Vinnie Fountain (Sharkey) comes to Devon's home and forces the child into witness protection (i.e. Nick's disgusting apartment). Devon pulls over his jerk principal for speeding. A pair of homicidal teenage bullies menace an elementary school hoping to give Devon a swirly at a moment's notice. Nick has a bar fight with a street tough named Bobo. All standard stuff. Eventually the movie settles on a child endangerment angle and Nick must rescue Devon from the mob. Is Nick up to the task? Will there be a boat chase? Was this worse than Carnosaur? You'll have to listen to find out!

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're doing a podcast. We're watching The Blues Brothers this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! *NOTE: Due to some unforseen circumstances we have not yet begun the new mini-series announced at the end of the episode. Instead, our next few episodes will be some random picks, followed by a different mini-seris. Thanks eveyone! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Up Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up

Your Stupid Minds transitions seamlessly from Tammy and the T-Rex to the Roger Corman quickie dino picture Carnosaur, released mere weeks before Jurassic Park. This is the first in a double feature to answer the eternal question posed by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert: Carnosaur or Cop and a Half. Which is better? Dr. Jane Tiptree (Diane Ladd, yes, Laura Dern's mom) is an evil scientist who attempts to achieve the impossible dream we've all pondered from time to time: can a viral bioweapon developed from genetically modified chickens impregnate all women on the planet with dinosaur embryos in order to replace the human race? She puts her plan into action in the small town of Climax, Nevada. Everyone starts getting sick with a high fever, but it's only the women who give birth to dinosaurs (and die in the process). The dino puppets emerge and immediately begin murdering everyone, mostly local yokels such as "Slim" Friar (Clint Howard, yes, Bryce Dallas Howard's uncle) and a group of tree-hugging hippies protesting environmental destruction. Sheriff Fowler (Harrison Page) and "Doc" Smith (Raphael Sbarge) all try to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, the government swoops in hell-bent on containing the damage, so guys in haz-mat suits blast every infected person with M-16s. Can they find a cure? No. Even Tiptree puts her money where her mouth is and fatally delivers her own dino baby. Can they contain the virus? Also unclear, but I'm going to say no. But at least we get to see some fun dino puppets roaming around. And some locals kill a T-Rex with a forklift. So that's cool. As mentioned above, Siskel and Ebert had a passionate disagreement over Carnosaur. Siskel gave it a thumbs up while Ebert called it one of the worst of the year. Inversely, the next episode's movie, Cop and a Half, had the opposite result. This disagreement comes up repeatedly throughout their 1993 season.

Brothers J and Drew watched 2026's Apex starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, which made Drew long for 1988's Sidney Poitier / Kirstie Alley film "Shoot to Kill."   Housekeeping starts at 49:45 during which they talk 2026 Fourth of July celebrations, food-grade lye, Supergirl, Heat 2 (the book and prospective upcoming movie), the upcoming The Dog Stars movie, and Siskel and Eber   File length 1:20:53 File Size 64.9 MB   Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to show@notinacreepyway.com Visit the show website at Not In A Creepy Way  

I want my money back, not a single one of these cats loved lasagna or hated Mondays. We're watching the 2019 disaster Cats this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Down Brian - Up Al - Down Thoreau - Down

“I'll be back.” Jump into this deep-dive on Terminator 2: Judgment Day as we unpack the groundbreaking effects, unforgettable one-liners, and behind-the-scenes secrets that made this 90s sci-fi classic one of the greatest sequels ever made. From the iconic canal chase to the explosive finale and the chilling T-1000, we break down why T2 still hits hard today—and why Arnold's legendary performance helped turn it into a pop culture phenomenon. Chapters 00:00 - Welcome to T2 4:50 - Behind the Scenes: Budget, Cast, and Plot 8:11 - First Impressions and Pop Culture Phenomenon 20:55 - Edward Furlong's Casting and Groundbreaking CGI 29:10 - Unpacking Terminator 2's Time Travel Plot Holes 33:37 - Unforgettable One-Liners and Todd's Memorable Role 39:23 - Explosive Moments: Canal Chase and Cyberdyne Attack 50:51 - Unbelievable Scenes and Questionable Plot Choices 54:33 - Nostalgic Gear and Decorations from the 90s 57:39 - Yearbook Wisdom and the Iconic T2 Soundtrack 1:01:02 - Arnold Schwarzenegger's Most Iconic Movie Quotes 1:04:49 - Schwarzenegger's Non-Lethal Moves and T-1000's Brutal Kills 1:10:31 - Character Realizations and T2's Lasting Appeal 1:17:15 - Siskel, Ebert and Listener Feedback on T2 1:23:14 - Final Thoughts, Potatoes, and Next Week's Movie   Connect with Totally 80s and 90s Recall  Website: https://bleav.com/shows/totally-80s-and-90s-recall/  Email: 80s90srecall@gmail.com  Voicemail: (509) 426-4542  Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/acfoster/list/totally-80s-and-90s-recall/  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/80s90srecall Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Alonzo Duralde joins the podcast to discuss his upbringing in an immigrant Spanish family in Atlanta, early influences from radio, classical music, and repertory cinema, and how Siskel & Ebert inspired him to pursue criticism. Duralde shares insights from his book Hollywood Pride, covering LGBTQ+ representation and creators from silent film to Everything Everywhere All at Once, plus surprises from his research. They talk Hallmark movies and how Duralde became part of the Deck the Hallmark team, his Christmas movie books, and “music biopic fatigue,” including thoughts on Deliver Me From Nowhere. Duralde reflects on queer identity and the impact of artists like Jimmy Somerville. http://www.patreon.com/LinoleumKnife http://www.patreon.com/bfastallday https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/maximum-film/ In Stores Now: HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS, Revised and Updated Second Edition (Bloomsbury) https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-9781493087440 In Stores Now: HOLLYWOOD PRIDE (TCM/Running Press) https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alonso-duralde/hollywood-pride/9780762485895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Justin Henson of 'The Movie Wire' discuss feelings of ambivalence around 'Disclosure Day', our memories of Spielberg as a force of nature, what sparks getting to the theater as well as Death of a Unicorn and Thrash (the shark film). Justin's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles rant (0:01) Sugar Coated Murder promo (3:16) Disclosure Day, Spielberg's legacy, and feeling 'meh' about cinema (3:47) Nostalgia and expectations from cinema, and the Amblin affect (9:21) Gene Shalit, Siskel & Ebert and the power of critics (17:51) Justin sells Alex on why Disclosure Day is worth seeing (no spoilers) (21:31) Death of a Unicorn discussion (26:09) Netflix's Thrash (34:01) Thank you, goodbyes, and credits (40:34) Please remember to check out the Sugar Coated Murder podcast, and don't forget to join our Discord. You can also check out our website for past episodes and our blogs: tsmacpod.com

Alonso Duralde joins the podcast to discuss his upbringing in an immigrant Spanish family in Atlanta, early influences from radio, classical music, and repertory cinema, and how Siskel & Ebert inspired him to pursue criticism. Duralde shares insights from his book Hollywood Pride, covering LGBTQ+ representation and creators from silent film to Everything Everywhere All at Once, plus surprises from his research. They talk Hallmark movies and how Duralde became part of the Deck the Hallmark team, his Christmas movie books, and “music biopic fatigue,” including thoughts on Deliver Me From Nowhere. Duralde reflects on queer identity and the impact of artists like Jimmy Somerville. http://www.patreon.com/LinoleumKnife http://www.patreon.com/bfastallday https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/maximum-film/ In Stores Now: HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS, Revised and Updated Second Edition (Bloomsbury) https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-9781493087440 In Stores Now: HOLLYWOOD PRIDE (TCM/Running Press) https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alonso-duralde/hollywood-pride/9780762485895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We Raid the Algorithm to hear an outtake from Siskel & Ebert, Ichiro's favorite American saying, and turning bird calls into guitar breakdowns.

Join us as Jeff accuses a small child of being a dummy.Host segments: Do Jeffs dream of Britt Ekland?; Mimi has doubts; big trucks are the kaijus of the road; we subscribe to the Maltin agenda; two thumbs down; the wheel adds more pleasures; not enough punishing Jerry Lee Lewis, England, Phil is a sleep paralysis demon.

What if we played a bunch of Beatles songs, but just a little bit worse than the way The Beatles played them? We're watching the Bee Gees at the height of either their cocaine use or their hubris. Or both. It's Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Down Brian - Down Al - Down Thoreau - Down

Making up for last time (no regular episode of CPP in a few weeks … and still, sadly, no Biff) Joe and Jacques record this super long fun filled ADHD all over the map episode. We start with going deep into the CPP vault and playing a fan favorite Joe – Self Indulgent Theater (which really, it's not Joe being indulged ... but at Jacques demanding) … John Oliver doing the theme from Cheers. Start off talking the fun new Eddie Murphy doc (and the need for him to do a puppeteering special) … which led to talking Dolemite Is My Name bio-pic Murphy did  …  which led to us watching and talking Rudy Ray Moore (the real Dolemite's movie) The Human Tornado! Into the weekly, this is why Tony V is the greatest talk and how awesome the Kristin O'Brien Town and City Fest show was couple weeks ago,  Like to say thanks to Jim Gaffigan for I'm sure he'd say yes had we asked, uses of his clip on “Spring”! Dominik Lay on the School Committee in Lowell has become Jacques “Public Enemy Number Dumb” and has set Jacques down path of getting more involved in local government … but also Jacques and Management did met Ed Markey this week! Chat Managements amazing humanitarian trip to Ukraine last week to … driving a donated car from London to Lviv Ukraine and working at a dog sanctuary in Lviv. Chat VAR questionable call in Westham Arsenal game being THE most consequential call in VAR Premier League history — giving Arsenal the title (over City) AND relegating the Hammers! Chat the great Siskel and Ebert long run of shows of movie reviews, Dare Devil Reborn season 2, Maul – Shadow Lord and YES … squeezes in some Resident Evil 9 gaming talk. … And … a parenting tip? Opening Song: Gomer by Beyond Id (on Spotify on album “The Stovin' Years) Ending Song: Gates Of Hell – Sebadoh Cover by Beyond Id (live on WMFO 1994)

Bye bye life! I can't make you a great podcast, but I can make you a better podcast. It's the 70's and Bob Fosse is thinking about death and dancing. We're watching All That Jazz this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Up Jerime - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up

This show is all thumbs up as we talk about Barry's Steamer: Ballionaire, Vampire Crawlers, Terra Tech Legion, Parade of Horribles, Hokum, Crazy Rich Asians, Ratchet, the Thomas Covenant series, Black Prism, Talion: Revenant, Siskel and Ebert, She's Out of Control, Punisher: One Last Kill, eBay shuts down GameStop, drinkable pizza, Fast and Furious TV shows, Voltron, Batman: The Killing Joke, theaters and Netflix, Dare To Be Stupid, Justice League Unlimited RPG, Marvel's Midnight Universe, Them!, and Westworld. We're more than husbandry, we're GeekShock!

This week, the guys talk a southern noir thriller from 1992 that became highly touted by Siskel and Ebert who named it #1 and #2, respectively, for that year. Film Seizure is talking about Carl Franklin's One False Move starring Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, and co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. Episodes release on Wednesday at www.filmseizure.com "Beyond My Years" by Matt LaBarber LaBarber The Album Available at https://mattlabarber.bandcamp.com/album/labarber-the-album Copyright 2020 Like what we do? Buy us a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/filmseizure Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmseizure/ Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/filmseizure.bsky.social Follow us on Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@filmseizure Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/filmseizure/ You can now find us on YouTube as well! The Film Seizure Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmSeizure

Strap in, gear up, and prepare for a bug hunt. This week, Rob and Dave are joined by Kurt to dive into James Cameron's 1986 powerhouse, Aliens—the sequel that traded a haunted house in space for a full-scale intergalactic war. The sequel cranked the volume to eleven, trading shadows for pulse rifles and introducing us to the most terrifying matriarch in cinema history. Whether you're a die-hard Colonial Marine enthusiast or just here for the "Game over, man!" quotes, this episode is a deep dive into why Aliens remains the gold standard for sequels. The guys break down the shift from Ridley Scott's slow-burn horror to Cameron's high-octane warfare, the groundbreaking practical effects that still put modern CGI to shame, and the evolution of Ellen Ripley into an all-time action icon. We're exploring the "Vietnam in Space" subtext, the terrifying design of the Xenomorph Queen, and why the chemistry of the cast makes every casualty hit like a ton of bricks. Grab your M41A Pulse Rifle, check your motion tracker, and join us for a nostalgic trip through the ultimate 80s sequel. Chapters 00:00 - Intro and a Classic Alien Dilemma 3:59 - Pondering the Trailer and Siskel & Ebert's Reviews of Aliens 11:10 - Unpacking Aliens: Synopsis, Budget, and Legacy as a Masterpiece 22:00 - Analyzing Aliens' Dialogue, Practical Effects, and Sci-Fi Influence 39:00 - Recalling Iconic Lines and the Most Impactful Moments in Aliens 50:08 - Unpacking Aliens' WTF Moments, 80s Tropes, and Character Demises 1:10:18 - Celebrating Ultimate Badasses, Practical Effects 1:10:17 - Final Verdict on Aliens and Connecting with Recallers   Connect with Totally 80s and 90s Recall  Website: https://bleav.com/shows/totally-80s-and-90s-recall/  Email: 80s90srecall@gmail.com  Voicemail: (509) 426-4542  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/80s90srecall Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's our 100th episode (we think [we're pretty sure])! And we've got a very special double feature for the Siskel & Ebert fanatics. First we're talking about the only movie either of the duo were actually involved in making: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Written by Roger Ebert and directed by Russ Meyer. Then we talk about Gene Siskel's favorite movie: Saturday Night Fever. A movie he loved so much he bought the famous white Travolta suit! Here's to 100 more!

The third film in our Coens Comedy Classics lineup is an all-time favorite of Alex's, and a genuine screwball hall-of-famer if you don't mind such bold proclamations. We are, of course, talking about Raising Arizona, a movie chock full of yuks that still has a genuine heart that cannot be denied.CHAPTERS:(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 176: Raising Arizona (1987)(00:00:22) - Intro.(00:08:19) - Some initial impressions, and how Raising Arizona got made.(00:21:09) - On the subject of Randall "Tex" Cobb.(00:25:43) - A brief bit on Trey Wilson.(00:27:05) - On the movie's success and reception (and also a lengthy Siskel and Ebert bit).(00:33:11) - Break!(00:33:31) - We're back, and it's time for Hi and Ed's whirlwind romance.(00:43:32) - Taking your pick of the Arizona Quints.(00:52:42) - Our new nuclear family, and the Snoats brothers come calling.(01:01:47) - The demon biker first appears, and Nathan Jr. is discovered missing.(01:07:57) - The true horror of the nuclear family is revealed.(01:15:09) - One of the all-time great failed hold-ups in cinema.(01:18:04) - The bank robbery is pitched, and Junior's origins are discovered by unsavory types.(01:29:59) - Hi and Ed are nearly done, and the bank robbery pops off.(01:33:10) - All forces converge on Nathan Jr.(01:36:47) - Hi and Ed make things right, and a (potential) vision of the future.(01:44:05) - Final thoughts, and various other Cage musings.(01:53:42) - Our final Coens movie for this lineup: Burn After Reading!(01:55:47) - Outro.

Podcasts move pretty fast. If you don't stop and listen to them once in a while you just might miss them.  We're watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Up Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up

Paula Froehle, co-founder of the Chicago Media Project along with Steve Cohen, joins Rick Kogan to highlight the 11th annual Doc10 film festival which runs through May 3rd at the Davis Theater and Siskel Film Center. Paula talks about some of the noteworthy documentaries being screened and how the event has grown over the last […]

You maniacs! You blew it up!. We're continuing our mini-series of movies that inspired band names and watching Planet of the Apes this time on Harmless Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Up Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up

(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers today's weekly episode with Mark Walberg, Survivor's twist last night, The Valley Ep 3 recap coming later today, Brianna Chickenfry joins the Alex vs Alix feud, and a random 80s teen movie Siskel & Ebert review making the rounds.   Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI) Ads: ⁠Ollie⁠⁠⁠ - Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://ollie.com/realitysteve⁠⁠⁠ Promo Code: REALITYSTEVE for 60% off your first box plus a Happiness Guarantee.  Not satisfied?  Get your money back. ⁠⁠Blissy⁠⁠⁠ - Wake up with clearer skin, smoother hair, and cooler sleep. Use code REALITYSTEVE for an extra 30% off at ⁠⁠⁠https://blissy.com/RealitySteve⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Ro⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠https://ro.co/RealitySteve⁠⁠⁠ to see if you're eligible for the new GLP-1 pill on Ro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers today's weekly episode with Mark Walberg, Survivor's twist last night, The Valley Ep 3 recap coming later today, Brianna Chickenfry joins the Alex vs Alix feud, and a random 80s teen movie Siskel & Ebert review making the rounds.   Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI) Ads: ⁠Ollie⁠⁠⁠ - Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://ollie.com/realitysteve⁠⁠⁠ Promo Code: REALITYSTEVE for 60% off your first box plus a Happiness Guarantee.  Not satisfied?  Get your money back. ⁠⁠Blissy⁠⁠⁠ - Wake up with clearer skin, smoother hair, and cooler sleep. Use code REALITYSTEVE for an extra 30% off at ⁠⁠⁠https://blissy.com/RealitySteve⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Ro⁠⁠⁠ – ⁠⁠⁠https://ro.co/RealitySteve⁠⁠⁠ to see if you're eligible for the new GLP-1 pill on Ro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thus week, we have another one that has been under consideration for a long time. 52 PICKUP is a grimy epic directed by John Frankenheimer and stars veteran actors Roy Scheider and Ann Margret. Released in 1986, this film flew mostly under the radar and garnered a split opinion from Siskel and Ebert back in the day mostly over the purported brutality and sleaziness of the film. This one slots nicely into our Neo Noir project.   Intro:                   “Necromaniacs” – Mike Hill Outro:                “In My Dreams” – Dokken

It's 1981 and you're in a small Canadian town that is really into murders, mining, and Valentines Day. We're continuing our mini-series of monies that inspired band names and watching My Bloody Valentine this time on Holiday Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Down Brian - Down Al - Down Thoreau - Down

We break out the old Siskel and Ebert encyclopaedia of movie knowledge as Stan welcomes Mary T. Wells and Holly Wood Crawford to the Solo Studios for a review of the Disney/Pixar film "Hoppers". In theatres now. Heads up! It gets spoiler-ific after the eleven minute mark.  ----------------------- Hello and welcome to this edition of The Solo Show. THANK YOU for your support by joining us and our fun little podcast where YOU can be the co-host. Simple reach out to me at thesoloshow01@gmail.com with your idea for a show and we will see about being my co-host for a day. All you need is a love for Disney, a show idea, and a decent internet connection. ~Stan Solo ----------------------- If you enjoy the show then show some love by sharing out that your listening, and be sure to subscribe. Plus, take a few minutes to write a review on Apple Podcast…only one rule, make it good.  ----------------------- If you ever dreamed about living next to the most Magical place on Earth by moving to the Orlando area be sure to visit our sponsor Victor Nawrocki, he to help you make your dream a reality. Visit CelebratingFlorida.com today and find your future near the magic. Remember to tell him The Solo Show sent you. -------------------- Ken the Voiceover Guy is available for hire. Maybe you need him to read an ad for you, or record your podcast intro, etc. Send him an email at tvfella67@gmail.com for more information and prices. ----------------------- LET'S CONNECT!  Facebook.com/TheSoloShow01 Facebook.com/groups/TheSoloShow •Instagram.com/the_solo_show_podcast •Twitter.com/@thesoloshow1 •YouTube.com/TheSoloShow TheSoloShow.com- Visit our website for quick access to past shows. ----------------------- © 2026 - The Solo Show is in no way part of, endorsed or authorized by, or affiliated with the Walt Disney Company or its affiliates. As to Disney artwork/properties: © Disney. Disclosure | Privacy Policy  

Who am I to say that George C Scott isn't Sherlock Holmes? It's the start of a new mini series as we talk about movies that inspired the names of bands. We're watching They Might Be Giants this time on Holiday Phosphorescence! Support the show and get early access and exclusive content on Patreon! Watch us on YouTube! Buy some Merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/attention-hellmart-shoppers Check out Executive Producer Michael Beckwith's movie website at https://upallnightmovies.com/ Siskel and Ebert Scale Josh - Up Brian - Up Al - Up Thoreau - Up

Send a textThis week on the show!We wrap up 2025's movie season with my top 10 best and worst films of the year, in the most contradicting year from the Academy yet!THANK YOU to all that have tuned in, commented, subscribed, and reviewed!! Ready for my final verdict? Let's get into it!*Support the show by leaving a review on Apple podcast or Spotify! *You can now listen to The Movie Wire on YouTube! Listen and subscribe here!If you haven't tuned in, followed, or subscribed to The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast and The Movie Wire's crossover show Back 2 the Balcony, make sure you check out this deep dive into past Siskel and Ebert Reviews! Listen HereSupport the show

The story of Sonia Mansfield has roots in The Bay. In this episode, we meet and get to know my friend Sonia. She and I worked together at the Fangs' Examiner back in the mid-2000s, and have been friends since. I loved her presence in the newsroom. I'd often listen to her make us all laugh from her A&E desk across the room. We've been through weddings, births, illness, divorces, and many, many beers together. These days, she hosts the What a Creep podcast, and I'm so glad you get to meet her now. We begin Part 1 with the story of Sonia's parents. Her dad is from Richmond, California, and her mom is from Concord. Her dad eventually moved to Concord, where he went to Mt. Diablo High and dated a girl who turned out to be Sonia's mom's best friend. After her dad got his heart broken by that friend, Sonia's mom jumped right in. They were high school sweethearts who got married right after graduation, and have been together ever since. The young couple had their first kid—Sonia—a couple years later, when they were 21. Another girl came around about three years later, followed by a boy five years after that. Sonia was born and grew up in Concord. She recalls the East Bay town before BART, with plenty of wide-open fields and other undeveloped spaces. She rollerskated a lot (hey, it was the Seventies, after all) at local roller rinks. The Concord Pavilion (now known as Toyota Pavilion at Concord—barf) was where big touring acts played, and Sonia went to her share of concerts there. Her childhood and early adulthood were, in her words, "so Gen X." She and her siblings and their neighborhood friends ran wild, like feral animals. Anyone from this generation, including me, can relate. Looking back as an adult with a kid now, Sonia figures her parents just wanted them out of the house. What's the worst that could happen? The only "surveillance" would be: If the family dog, a Dachshund named Oscar, was sitting outside a nearby house, you could bet that Sonia was inside. He got there by chasing his favorite person while she rode her bike. No leash. Why would you? It was so laissez-faire, in fact, that Sonia says she would walk into strangers' houses. "You're watching cartoons. I like cartoons." Cool. Her sister was always part of her crew, her and other kids from the neighborhood. They also had hella cousins. Sonia's mom is one of eight kids in her family. We go on a little sidebar about all the crazy, dangerous shit we all did as kids. In Texas, there was a certain kind of injury, where some part of your body scraped across cement or asphalt. We called it "getting skinned," and it hurt like hell. But it was just part of the game. The conversation turns to Sonia's earliest days loving TV and movies. She's loved them as long as she remembers, thanks to her dad. He used to love going to theaters to watch movies. Now, he prefers seeing them from the comfort of his own home, but it speaks to his love of the medium. And Sonia says she got that from her old man. Her mom also loves movies, and kept going to theaters longer than her husband. She took her eldest daughter with her almost always. The movies they saw were never age-appropriate, but she got in because she was with her mom. Young Sonia also loved TV Guide, and would read the magazine from front-to-back, word-for-word. She says that before the internet, before Google, her dad would call Sonia and ask her about movies. The TV was always on, something else I relate to (my parents, both in their mid-eighties, still do this). Sonia was an early MTV adopter. Probably because her parents were younger than most, they liked cool music and Sonia heard a lot of it. That whole "walk into neighbors' houses, everyone's my friend" ran head-first into seventh grade, when Sonia learned the hard way that it just can't be true. One day, on the bus she rode every day, one kid started teasing her and then got other kids on the bus to join in. And it happened again the next day. And the next. The torture lasted for months. And it wasn't just the bus—the dude kept up the torment in the classroom. She says that the bullying changed her chemically. She went from open and outgoing to shy and afraid. She started spending more and more time in the school library during lunch. She didn't share her shame with anyone—not friends, not her parents. She internalized it. Part of turning inward for Sonia meant watching more and more TV. She'd go see movies alone. But it's not like she had zero friends. Sonia found her weirdos, the nerds and theater kids, and kept her circle small. She got even more into writing during this time in her life. In middle school, she'd write "really shitty short stories." She asked her parents for and they bought her an electric typewriter. In high school, she took a creative writing class and joined the school paper staff, for whom she wrote movie reviews (duh). Siskel and Ebert were huge influences, and she regularly read the Contra Costa Times' A&E section. When her family would go off on camping/hunting trips and leave Sonia behind because she wasn't into that kinda thing, she'd take the $20 they left her and go rent movies at her local indie video store. She'd browse the aisles and read the backs of every tape. She credits this with why she has so much useless knowledge around movies in her brain all these years later. After she graduated from high school, Sonia got a job at the local movie theater. And at that job, she started making friends with other movie nerds. Because her coworkers were new in her life and not privy to the BS she put up with in middle and high school, she could start fresh with them. And she was getting attention … from boys. Some of the folks she met at that theater job and another that followed have remained lifelong friends, in fact. Sonia was really finding herself as a young adult. We wrap up Part 1 with her decision to stay close to home and go to community college, vs. moving away and going to a four-year school. Check back tomorrow for Part 2. We recorded this episode at Rosamunde in The Mission in January 2026. Photography by Jeff Hunt

For the first show of the New Year, we're sharing a couple of previously unaired live conversations: Adam with Matt Singer about Jeff Nichols's TAKE SHELTER, recorded at Filmspotting Fest; and with Michael Phillips at the City of Chicago's 50th anniversary celebration of Siskel & Ebert about John Sayles's 1996 western noir LONE STAR. This episode is presented by⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Regal Unlimited⁠⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:01:55) Take Shelter with Matt Singer, Live at Filmspotting Fest (00:01:56-00:26:45) Next Week / Notes (00:26:46-00:29:33) Lone Star with Michael Phillips, Live at Siskel & Ebert 50th Anniversary (00:29:34-01:04:25) Credits / New Releases (01:04:26-01:05:44) Links: -Filmspotting Fest ⁠​​https://www.filmspotting.net/filmspotting-fest⁠ -Siskel & Ebert 50th Anniversary https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/provdrs/chicago_film_office/news/2025/october/siskel_ebert.html Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠  ⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠⁠⁠  https://www.facebook.com/larsenonfilm ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director Edgar Wright's latest, THE RUNNING MAN, is an update of the Schwarzenegger-starring ‘87 sci-fi action film (and the ‘82 Stephen King novella). Josh finds just enough to recommend it, but Adam has a hard time finding the Wright in it all. And Michael Phillips joins Adam for a review of Richard Linklater's Paris ‘59-set NOUVELLE VAGUE, with both agreeing that the director's making-of-”Breathless” is “charming as hell.” Plus Massacre Theatre and more. This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:04:23) The Running Man (00:04:24-00:39:08) Filmspotting Family (00:39:09-00:43:04) Nouvelle Vague with Michael Phillips (00:43:05-01:22:10) Next Week / Notes (01:22:11-01:33:20) Massacre Theatre (01:33:21-01:44:21) Credits / New Releases (01:44:22-01:47:45) Links: -Poll: Actor/Director Duos Since 2000 https://poll.fm/16260111 -Siskel & Ebert at 50: Lone Star with Adam and Michael https://luma.com/pwlqid75 -Fear Not! (50% Off + Free Shipping; code CONFSHIP, select Media Mail) https://wipfandstock.com/9781666738520/fear-not/ -London Meetup w/Josh on Dec. 11 https://forms.gle/rUcgUKicTddzwFBs5 RSVP:  Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠  https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm  ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone's conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews of Lynne Ramsay's DIE MY LOVE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND with Josh O'Connor, and film-of-the-year candidate IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, the latest from Jafar Panahi.  This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:02:36) Bugonia (00:02:37-00:30:40) Die My Love (00:30:41-00:48:44) Filmspotting Family (00:48:45-00:51:48) The Mastermind (00:51:49-01:14:08) Mastermind Prize (01:14:09-01:17:49) It Was Just an Accident (01:17:50-01:34:18) Next Week / Notes (01:34:19-01:45:55) Polls (01:45:56-01:56:08) Credits / New Releases (01:56:09-02:00:04) Links: -Poll: Actor/Director Duos Since 2000 https://poll.fm/16260111 -Siskel & Ebert at 50: Lone Star with Adam and Michael https://luma.com/pwlqid75 -Fear Not! (50% Off + Free Shipping; code CONFSHIP, select Media Mail) https://wipfandstock.com/9781666738520/fear-not/ -London Meetup w/Josh on Dec. 11 https://forms.gle/rUcgUKicTddzwFBs5 RSVP:  Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠  https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm  ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With BACK TO THE FUTURE back in theaters for its 40th anniversary, Adam and Josh take the opportunity to give it Sacred Cow consideration. Plus, reviews of the Bruce Springsteen biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, Richard Linklater's BLUE MOON, and Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE.  This episode is presented by⁠ Regal Unlimited⁠⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:00:56) Back to the Future at 40 (00:00:57-00:46:31) Filmspotting Family (00:46:32-00:51:07) Blue Moon (00:51:08-01:08:36) Deliver Me From Nowhere (01:08:37-01:19:01) Notes / Next Week (01:19:02-01:26:01) Polls (01:26:02-01:34:17) A House of Dynamite (01:34:18-01:45:43) Spoilers: A House of Dynamite (01:45:44-01:56:17) Credits / New Releases (01:56:18-02:00:45) Links: -Poll: 2nd Best Zemeckis https://poll.fm/16177171 -50 Years of Siskel & Ebert: "Lone Star" https://luma.com/pwlqid75 -The Mastermind Prize Pack Email us your favorite Reichardt character Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠⁠. -⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices