The first entry in the now-ubiquitous 'Sonic the Hedgehog' film franchise starring James Marsden and Jim Carrey, with Ben Schwartz providing the voice of the classic Sega mascot, 'Sonic the Hedgehog' was released in early 2020 to an enthusiastic audience. The movie managed to win over a younger crowd who had inherited the legacy of the 90s icon, and it generally appealed to longtime fans of the series. Jim Carrey delivers his fully-fledged singular brand of physical comedy in a true return to form, and Paramount Pictures narrowly avoided crippling disaster by revamping its original CGI Sonic model featured in the teaser trailer, later immortalized as "Ugly Sonic" from 'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' (2022). Philip, Bridget, and Alex break down the film's merits and discuss a broad range of video game-related topics including streaming series and theme parks, along with some A.I. talk. The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation: twitter.com/thawedcast and instagram.com/thawedcast. instagram.com/ayeedeezy, instagram.com/bridget5246, instagram.com/philipehlke. Visit thawedcast.com

ThawedCast pt. 3

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

We asked you to submit musicals for our end-of-the-month listener episode and you guys understood the assignment! At least better than Bryan did. And while most of you chose CATS, the ghost of Roger Ebert had other plans. 

That's why we're talking about Hairspray! And what a fun way to send off our month-long celebration of musicals: with an ACTUAL musical! So tune in while we sing and dance around the issues of fat shaming, racism, and Amanda Bynes! 

*Hairspray © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc.

EP70: Hairspray (2007)

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest horror author Emma Berquist continue Spooktober by discussing a 1998 Dawson's Creek meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers teen horror double feature of Robert Rodriguez's comedic alien creature feature THE FACULTY and David Nutter's atmospheric X-Files teen detective mystery DISTURBING BEHAVIOR.

Next week's final Spooktober episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on CAT PEOPLE (1942) + I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast

Intro // 00:00-12:44
THE FACULTY // 12:44-1:16:07
DISTURBING BEHAVIOR // 1:16:07-2:09:58
Outro // 2:09:58-2:13:38

Join us Oct. 31 at 7pm EST for a free Halloween night screening of HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987): https://www.cya.live/event/5Z_9z-vQFZgciEQQuHPC-

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351 - THE FACULTY (1998) + DISTURBING BEHAVIOR (1998) ft. Emma Berquist

Welcome fellow SLEAZOIDS!!! Come along as hosts Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller (and, occasionally, guests) go down the rabbit hole of 20th century genre fare from the most influential canon classics to the the trashiest exploitation films we can get our hands on. Each week is a double feature—grindhouse style—where we discuss two films loosely related by subject, genre, actor, filmmaker or franchise and at the end of each episode, along with our HONORARY SLEAZOIDS (click on over to our patreon to become one), we decide on ratings and rankings for each film that's covered. Join us as together we work to uncover the best genre films of 20th century.

A weekly podcast where two self-proclaimed film nerds talk movies. That's right, another movie podcast.

Throughout each episode, we assign point values for different categories to arrive at a final score. Then we surprise our co-host (and our listeners) with the next week's movie. On the last week of every month, we randomly select a film suggestion from our listeners!

We never know what we'll be talking about the next week! Shenanigans ensue.

New tracks tagged #james marsden