Part one of our epic, month-long, explosive examination of the work of Michael Mann. Everyone's business-like, everyone's an adult. We promise we won't waste your motherfuckin' time. 

THIEF (1981) 11:35
MANHUNTER (1986) 1:02:00
HEAT (1995) 1:49:10

Ep. 79: MICHAEL MANNUARY v. 1

Time to be all that you can be by listening to this explosive analysis of three military themed thrillers. These movies fought for the freedoms you take for granted every day. The least you can do is listen to three civilians complain about them.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (2000, William Friedkin) 6:10
THE LAST CASTLE (2001, Rod Lurie) 55:30
BASIC (2003, John McTiernan) 1:48:15

Ep. 82: MAJOR FLAWS

Just in time for two days after Halloween, here are three movies about Satan's monkeyshines at the end of the previous millennium. The late 90's were a pretty productive time for Old Scratch!

STIGMATA (1999, Rupert Wainwright)
END OF DAYS (1999, Peter Hyams)
LOST SOULS (2000, Janusz Kaminski)

Ep. 100! MORONIC POSSESSIONS

You thought the kiss of death was bad news, you should try these movies! The whole trio is out of order! Say hello to my little three terrible movies starring Al Pacino! Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown!  

THE RECRUIT (2003, Roger Donaldson)
88 MINUTES (2007, Jon Avnet)
RIGHTEOUS KILL (2008, also Jon Avnet)

Ep. 105: MAL PACINO

We chose to waive our right to remain silent because we wanted to talk about these three movies about crooked cops and filthy streets. It might get gritty! 

TRAINING DAY (2001, Antoine Fuqua)
NARC (2002, Joe Carnahan)
DARK BLUE (2002, Ron Shelton)

Ep. 107: WE BLUE IT

We hope there are no OBJECTIONS to us discussing three movies about the law and courts and judges and such. But if you don't like it, SUE us! Okay, that's all the law words we know. 

RUNAWAY JURY (2003, Gary Fleder)
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (2009, Peter Hyams)
THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011, Bret Furman)

Ep. 108: ODOR IN THE COURT

Wherein we ask the important question: is Ewan McGregor good? Is he maybe, just maybe, actually kinda bad? You'll have to listen to the entire episode to hear our stunning conclusions!

DECEPTION (2008, Marcel Langenegger)
STAY (2005, Marc Forster)
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1999, Stephan Elliott)

Ep. 112: EWAN THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON

Renowned Seagalogist VERN drops by to talk us through the career of one Steven Seagal: actor, martial artist, former CIA operative, blues master, Russian diplomat, pathological liar and all around singular human being. And you can take that to the bank!    

HARD TO KILL (1990, Bruce Malmuth)
THE GLIMMER MAN (1996, John Gray)
BELLY OF THE BEAST (2003, Siu-Tung Ching)

Ep. 114: FLOCK OF SEAGALS (with VERN)

We go back to the mediocre serial killer well, with three more movies about psychos that just can't thrill us with their acumen. But we get our first (and last) appearance of Dane Cook on the podcast, so that's something?

SUSPECT ZERO (2004, E. Elias Merge)
TAKING LIVES (2004, DJ Caruso)
MR. BROOKS (2007, Bruce A. Evans)

Ep. 116: MORE SERIAL FILLER

We're taking on three movies about spy craft, international intrigue and the murky doings of the CIA. Pretty compelling stuff, right? You'd think so!

BAD COMPANY (2002, Joel Schumacher)
BODY OF LIES (2008, Ridley Scott)
SAFE HOUSE (2012, Daniel Espinosa)

Ep. 121: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER WHY

We pay homage to the New Hollywood master of grit and grime, the great William Friedkin. A guy who loved movies, hurting his actors and just asking questions. 

CRUISING (1980)
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985)
RAMPAGE (1987)

Ep. 123: GET UR FRIEDK ON

Scott Frank is a talented, Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter with a distinctive career and many worthwhile credits. But mainly we just wanted to do Out of Sight. 

A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (2014, Scott Frank)
THE LOOKOUT (2007, Scott Frank)
OUT OF SIGHT (1998, Steven Soderbergh)

Ep. 124: TO BE FRANK

Hello, kiddies! It's time for our annual Spooky Season tradition of talking about movies that are thrilling in a slightly different way from our usual fare! In this case, in addition to the usual murders, now we got GHOSTS, baby! And some creepy kids. 

STIR OF ECHOES (1999, David Koepp)
THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, M Night Shyamalan)
THE RING (2002, Gore Verbinski)

Ep. 125: GHOST PROTOCOL

We're turning up the cringe factor with three movies about fishes out of water, strangers in strange lands, dumb cops forced to spend time with people different from them. What could go wrong?

A STRANGER AMONG US (1992, Sidney Lumet)
RISING SUN (1993, Philip Kaufman)
THE KINGDOM (2007, Peter Berg)

Ep. 127: CANCEL CULTURE CLASH

Sidney Lumet is one of the all time greats. He made masterpieces in every decade, going back to the early 1800s. But he also just made regular movies sometimes. We take a look at the ageing master in the final several decades of his career. 

THE MORNING AFTER (1986)
Q & A (1990)
NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996)

Ep. 128: LUMET GALA

We talk about the dizzying highs and devastating lows of our man Kurt Russell and pretty much run out of his movies in the process. We've done them all! Why else would we have 3000 Miles on here? 

TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988, Robert Towne)
BACKDRAFT (1990, Ron Howard)
3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001, Demian Lichtenstein)

Ep. 129: RUSSELL MANIA

It's Burt part 2! Yes, Burt Reynolds is back and he's bringing his signature laconic charm, his signature catchphrase ("Yeah") and even his signature directorial style? Well, for one of them, yeah!

SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds)
MALONE (1987, Harley Cokeliss)
THE MADDENING (1995, Danny Huston)

Ep. 130: BURTIN FOR A SQUIRTIN

Get ready to experience roughy 30-35% pure adrenaline with three totally awesome extreme thrillers that totally rip off Point Break! But are you crazy enough? 

TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994, Deran Sarafian)
DROP ZONE (1994, John Badham)
EXTREME OPS (2002, Christian Duguay)

Ep. 131: JUST CHUTE ME

Baby it's cold outside! And also, baby there's a killer on the loose? We gathered close to the warmth of our televisions to watch three thrillers where more than just the weather outside is frightful. 

TRANSSIBERIAN (2008, Brad Anderson)
WHITEOUT (2009, Dominic Sena)
THE SNOWMAN (2017, Tomas Alfredson)

Ep. 132: WINTER BLUNDERLAND

Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater! 

GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford)
KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans)
HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)

Ep. 133: CHRISTIAN IDOLATRY

We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA. 

RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones)
THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson)
KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)

Ep. 134: BERRY THE LEAD

Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No.

10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson)
MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson)
KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989, J. Lee Thompson)

Ep. 135: IT'S THE GREAT PODCAST, CHARLIE BRONSON

To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it! 

LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson)
THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma)
STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)

Ep. 136: ELLROY WAS HERE

We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it! 

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella)
RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani)
RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)

Ep. 137: RIPLEYS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT

The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death! 

BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger)
THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer)
ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)

Ep. 138: BANK SHOTS

We're discussing three out of this world sci-fi cop thrillers! Well technically only one is out of this world. The other two have robot spiders and aliens, but they are, in fact, of this world. 

OUTLAND (1981, Peter Hyams)
RUNAWAY (1984, Michael Crichton)
ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)

Ep. 139: CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

Matt, Kevin and Travis try watching three good movies for a change—De Palma's masterfully smutty output from the early 80s!

Dressed to Kill (1980)
Blow Out (1981)
Body Double (1984)

Ep. 5: Brian De Palma, part 1

Matt, Kevin and Travis assess three classic lady stalker films and find them all to be very sympathetic and tasteful portraits of mental illness sufferers. 

FATAL ATTRACTION (1987, Adrian Lyne)
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992, Barbet Schroeder)
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992, Curtis Hanson)

Ep. 8: Killer Ladies (Fatal, SWF, Hand that Rocks)

It's sensory deprivation time with three thriller featuring victims who are at a certain disadvantage. I guess "talking" isn't actually a sense, but you get the idea. 

JENNIFER 8 (1992, Gary Lucchesi)
HEAR NO EVIL (1993, Robert Greenwald)
MUTE WITNESS (1995, Anthony Waller)

Ep. 50: BLIND, DEAF & CAN'T TALK

If we can only perceive the world through our own individual senses, who is to say what is real and what is a mere delusion? Well, if there are waggly-headed sex demons running around, there's a good chance you're in a Jacob's Ladder-type situation and you should get that looked at.

JACOB'S LADDER (1990, Adrian Lyne) 14:00
IDENTITY (2003, James Mangold)
SHUTTER ISLAND (2010, Marty Scorsese)

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