Zack Snyder, you got your zombie movie on my heist flick!  Or did you get your heist flick on this crazy new film mashup, Army of the Dead?  We’re putting a team together for a smash-and-grab spoilerific review of the 2.5-hour long zombie-heist-action-comedy romp no one asked for, from a director who is notorious for being all style, little substance. So strap in for some Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Magnificently Huge style! Because what becomes undead in Vegas apparently borrows heavily from literally dozens of other, better movies for the breakout popcorn hit of early 2021! 

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 5:00 - Highlander reboot rumors
 | 7:30 - The Shadow (1994)
 | 12:15 - Wrath of Man (2021)
 | 18:45 - Startup (Netflix)
 | 22:50 - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+, 2021)
 | 28:20 - Army of the Dead (2021) [SPOILERS]

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | The Cranberries - Zombie
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Jerry Goldsmith - The Shadow
 | Chris Benstead, Chamber Orchestra of London & Tom Kilworth - Wrath of Man
 | Clip from Startup S1E1: Seed Money
 | Henry Jackson - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam
 | Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)

Episode 184 - Army Of The Dead

Holy cow, we’ve made 200 episodes of this thing! This week the MagHuge crew goes back to the film that everyone blames for the modern superhero extravaganza: Blade! THRILL as we talk about yet another movie that somehow at least one of us is the last human on Earth to have watched! GASP IN AMAZEMENT at all the other movies we talk about including Role Models and Pan’s Labyrinth! BOGGLE YOUR MIND as we set the wayback machine all the way back to episode 9 of the podcast to explain an ongoing inside joke! Exclamation points!!!!!

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:35 - Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories
 | 7:50 - Role Models (2008)
 | 12:30 - Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
 | 17:20 - The Brass Teapot (2012)
 | 19:45 - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004)
 | 22:30 - Humphrey Bogart
 | 30:05 - Beginner’s Guide to the Magnificently Huge Podcast: Why do we say “Incredible Hulk”?
 | 35:00 - Blade (1998) 

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Tony! Toni! Toné! - Anniversary
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Tim and Eric Theme Song
 | Clip from Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories
 | Craig Wedren - Main Titles - Role Models
 | Javier Navarrete - Pan’s Labyrinth Lullaby
 | The Amoeba People - Lovely Dark and Warm
 | Andrew Hewitt - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Mark Isham - Somebody’s Gonna Take You Out - Blade
 | Pump Panel Remix - New Order - Confusion - Blade Blood Rave
 | The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit

Episode 200 - Blade

Journey back to a time when there was no such thing as too much CGI in our summer blockbusters! In 1982, stoner animator Steven Lisberger blew all our minds with Tron: a work of staggering visual design with a script that made not one lick of sense. It was followed up decades later when the Master Control Program that runs Disney calculated there was more profit to be made with a sequel that no one really asked for.  We take off the nostalgia goggles and beam ourselves directly into the Matrix…err…Grid, to see how these films hold up.

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 3:39 - The Book of Boba Fett (Disney Plus, 2022)
 | 13:00 - The House (Netflix, 2022)
 | 15:55 - Apple Fitness +
 | 18:05 - Ozark
 | 19:38 - Pam and Tommy (Hulu, 2022)
 | 23:30 - The Upside (2017)
 | 26:40 - Moonfall (2022)
 | 34:30 - Tron (1982) vs Tron Legacy (2010)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Ludwig Göransson - The Book of Boba Fett
 | Gustavo Santaolalla - Getting Ready - The House
 | Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
 | Rob Simonsen - Moving Forward - The Upside
 | Thomas Wandler, Harald Kloser & Lucas Knoebl - Ludicrous Mode - Moonfall 
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Music from the Tron Arcade Game
 | Clips from Tron (1982)
 | London Symphony Orchestra & Wendy Carlos - Tronaction
 | Wendy Carlos - Tron Scherzo
 | TR2N Comic-Con Trailer
 | Daft Punk - The Son of Flynn - Tron Legacy
 | Daft Punk - Fall - Tron Legacy
 | Daft Punk - Derezzed - Tron Legacy
 | Daft Punk - TRON Legacy (End Titles)

Episode 213 - TRON VS. TRON  Legacy

It’s genre fiction at its most capitalistic! Join us as we discuss the history of Star Trek, Part 2 - the latter half where, like Marvel and Star Wars and Indiana Jones and anything else that was ever geek culture blockbuster fodder, the suits ruined everything. Will we finally get Chris to become a fan of Star Trek? Will Alex Kurtzman learn to create a coherent story? Will we ever learn how to not talk all over each other? And why is the answer to all of these questions, “no?” Find out this week!

0:00 - Intros
6:30 - The Rocketman Show (Rus Anderson)
13:00 - Atlians (Outkast)
18:30 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Zulu (1964)
23:30 - Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (Netflix, 2024)
29:00 - Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
36:00 - Star Trek for Noobs Beyond!
39:05 - Enterprise
49:30 - JJ Abrams Star Trek (2009)
52:50 - Star Trek Into Darkness (2011)
57:10 - Star Trek Discovery (2017)
1:01:40 - Lower Decks (2020)
1:03:34 - Prodigy (2021)
1:04:45 - Strange New Worlds (2022)

Here's our minimal list of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes you should watch
Encounter at Farpoint (Season 1, episodes 1 & 2) 
The Measure of A Man (Season 2, episode 9)
Q Who (Season 2, episode 16)
The Defector (Season 3, episode 10)
Yesterday’s Enterprise (Season 3, episode 15)
The Offspring (Season 3, episode 16)
The Best of Both Worlds, parts 1 and 2 (Season 3, episode 26 & Season 4, episode 1)
Family (Season 4, episode 2)
The Drumhead (Season 4, episode 21)
Darmok (Season 5, episode 2)
Ensign Ro (Season 5, episode 3)
Conundrum (Season 5, episode 14)
The Inner Light (Season 5, episode 25)
Time’s Arrow (Seasons 5 & 6, episodes 26 & 1)
Chain of Command, Parts 1 & 2 (Season 6, episodes 10 & 11)
The Chase (Season 6, episode 20)
All Good Things… (Season 7, episodes 25 & 26)

Episode 309 - Star Trek for Noobs, Pt. 2:  Enterprise Boogaloo

Episode 323 - David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

David Lynch - the great visionary of modern cinema - has died and we are all the poorer for it.  RIP Mr. Lynch.  And while film fans slather your entire career with praise and hosannas, we instead salute the single film that is most important to our show, Blue Velvet.  It is where all the Lynchian tropes got defined, a mash-up of 50’s melodrama and noir, blended into a milkshake of psychosexual violence as only the 80’s could allow.  By most conventional metrics, this one is not considered Lynch’s masterpiece… but we disagree.  Blue Velvet is his greatest film per our dimbulb view, a cornerstone film that has always bound this podcast forever to the weird, the uncanny, the trashy and the classics of cinema.  And also  his most quotable film EVER.  It’s a strange world…

0:00 - Intros
8:05 - The Brutalist (2025)
15:20 - StarTrek: Section 31
21:10 - cover bands
24:00 - Emelia Perez (2025)
28:55 - Creature Commandos (Max)
31:30 - Severance (season 2, Apple)
38:00 - the casts of The Magnificent Seven (1960) vs The Great Escape (1963)
44:25 - Blue Velvet (David Lynch - 1986)

Episode 323 - David Lynch's Blue Velvet

If you’ve ever wondered what movies were coming out in 2025, you probably had that thought in like just the last week or two, right? Who thinks of the movies coming soon any further back than that?  If this was January 1997, the movies coming out in 1997 should be what you’re worried about, not the movies dropping in 2025… Wait, what were we talking about again? Oh yeah, movies coming soon or something… That Superman thing is gonna be huge!

0:00 - Intros
7:00 - Wolf Man
7:50 - Star Trek: Section 31
9:45 - Flight Risk
11:10 - Bridget Jones vs Captain America vs Paddington vs The Gorge on Valentine’s Day
16:05 - The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
17:34 - Mickey 17
18:40 - Snow White
21:30 - A Working Man
23:30 - A Minecraft Movie
25:20 - Sinners
26:45 - Happy Gilmore 2
26:45 - Thunderbolts*
29:40 - Lilo & Stitch
30:20 - Karate Kid: Legends
30:48 - Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
33:55 - Ballerina From the world of John Wick
37:15 - Elio vs How to Train Your Dragon
40:30 - 28 Years Later
42:25 - F1
43:50 - Jurassic World Rebirth
47:00 - Superman
57:20 - Fantastic Four: First Steps
59:25 - The Naked Gun
1:01:00 - Freakier Friday
1:02:35 - The Bride!
1:03:53 - Tron: Ares
1:05:07 - Mortal Kombat 2
1:05:33 - Predator Badlands vs The Running Man
1:07:35 - Now You See Me 3
1:08:10 - Avatar: Fire and Ash

Episode 324 - 2025 Movie Previews Show

The Academy Awards are coming up this week, so we decided to look back at the twisted logic that decided “Shakespeare in Love” was a better movie than “Saving Private Ryan.” There’s some other stuff in this episode as well, but that’s just the shining example of WTF in Oscar history, isn’t it?

0:00 - Intros
5:30 - The 90’s Cruise
21:00 - Better Man (2025)
24:30 - Some Like It Hot! (touring)
28:30 - Only Murders in the Building (season 4)
32:55 - Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
36:20 - Best Pictures get it wrong

#DrivingMissDaisy #DoTheRightThing
#BetterMan #Oscars #BestPicture #RobbieWilliams #SomeLikeItHot #Broadway #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding #WallaceAndGromit
#The90sCruise #The80sCruise #Lit #Everclear #DigitalUnderground #ColorMeBadd
#podcast #genx #nostalgia #funny #movies #streaming #podernfamily #underdogpods


Episode 325 - And the Oscar Didn’t Go To…

Ruthless People is a hilarious gem from the 80s that gets the bizness this round!  The last comedy directed jointly by the Airplane! guys, from a script by the guy who wrote Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny, with one of the strongest casts you will ever have the pleasure of seeing perform, it should have become an instant classic.  So why did this one get so unceremoniously memory-holed?  Is it because, in spite of its tight script and screwball antics, that it happens to also be one of THE MOST 80’S MOVIES EVER MADE?  From the production design and costumes to the music that screams 1986, Ruthless People has been forever unable to escape the gravitational force of the Me Decade to languish in semi-obscurity.  Which is a damn shame, and we are here today to wrest it from the pit of Lost VHS Classics!

Episode 334 - Ruthless People Got Memory-Holed

It may not be the day-in-the-life movie we wanted, but it was the one we deserved. A 90s-era nostalgia trip to the early 80s, “200 Cigarettes” is notable mostly for its cast of future stars. We also talk about dead parents, nuclear war, James Bond and shooting people to Lionel Ritchie. Because we’re just that freakin’ good.

4:40 - Gen Alpha linguistics professor 
7:00 - McCurdy, Jennette - I’m Glad My Mom Died (book)
13:10 - Jacobsen, Annie - Nuclear War: A Scenario (book)
18:00 - Peter Hook and the Light
21:20 - James Bond revisited (You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever)
38:50  - 200 Cigarettes

Episode 335 - 200 Cigarettes

So there’s this movie about a woman who’s a spy and kicks a lot of ass and kills people. No, not “Atomic Blonde.” No, not “Ballerina.” And not “Alias” or “Red Sparrow” or “Black Widow” or… okay, maybe not the most original concept. But before all of these things there was “The Long Kiss Goodnight” - the Geena Davis/Renny Harlin attempt to keep working despite one of Hollywood’s most disastrous bombs the year before (Cutthroat Island). Like all of our shows, it’s a wild ride this week! We also cover some music, some James Bond stuff, Mission: Impossible, and America’s attempt to reject monarchy. 


5:30 - Trump parade vs No Kings
17:35 - Mission: Impossible the Final Reckoning vs the worst of Roger Moore’s James Bond (Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me)
33:30 - Negativland: The World Will Decide, Helter Stupid
38:50 - Shrek and Madagascar
44:25 - The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Episode 336 - The Long Kiss Goodnight

So how does a band like Eagles have such a bad reputation for sucking… and sell THIS MANY ALBUMS!?! The mind boggles. The Beatles sold a lot of records, and people still love those guys. Michael Jackson sold a lot of records, and people forgave him for some really awful stuff I won’t mention lest I get some kind of “flag” from Apple. I’ll just say, “Jesus juice.” Google it. Anyway, Eagles (not “The” Eagles, because reasons,) didn’t interfere with any children, but people hate them all the same these days. Why? With such an impressive list of songs that were not only hits but are still cultural touchstones, how does this band still get the high hat from music fans? Glad you asked, because that’s what we’ll be talking about this week. Plus a lot of other stuff like Star Wars, The John Wickiverse, Wes Anderson, and probably more than you want to know about.

3:15 - Andor season 2
17:20 - Reacher season 3
23:00 - Ballerina
35:50 - The Phoenician Scheme
41:20 - Eagles
(1:12:00 - Heartache Tonight)
End on Don Henley must Die

Episode 338 - Eagles: The Most Successful Most Hated Band in History

Michael Mann helped create the 80’s neon-noir & pastel music video aesthetic in TV and films with Miami Vice,Thief and Manhunter. Obviously this would lead to his 1992 movie adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans, a very dull and nigh-unreadable 19th Century adventure romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It’s a costume drama set during the French and Indian War starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, a white dude raised by the Mohicans who gets embroiled in the conflict to save the woman he loves (Madeleine Stowe) from becoming collateral damage. With gorgeous forested vistas, well-staged action, and a sweeping score by Trevor Jones, this one is a weird passion project for Mann, to be sure.  But it did surprisingly well at the box office, so I guess that’s something.  So stay alive, no matter what occurs… we will podcast about it for you!

0:00 - Intros
9:35 - Parks and Recreation
16:20 - The Traitors NZ
20:00 - Thunderbolts* (2025)
31:45 - 28 Years Later (2025)
39:00 - The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Here’s the Ben Stiller Show clip Eric referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAC3OppG94 


Episode 339 - Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans

1988’s “I'm Gonna Git You Sucka,” directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, was a sleeper hit at a time when there weren’t a lot of sleeper hits yet. This had a cast of greats from the 70s blaxploitation era, as well as future comedy legends only just getting their first job on a movie. In our ongoing search for comedies from decades ago to see if they’re still funny, we pick this movie apart in painstaking detail. We also talk about James Bond, the MCU, Amazon’s “Heads of State,” and all sorts of cultural silliness. Because that’s our beat. You’re welcome.

0:00 - Intros
3:15 - Loki season 2
5:15 - The Franchise
10:40 - Heads of State
21:50 - The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
35:30 - I’m Gonna Git You Sucka


Episode 340 - I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

<Eric typing frantically> This week, when they go low… we go Solo! I hate myself for writing that. I truly do. I think this is why people try to avoid me in public. When I try to make small talk in an elevator I just get so many eye rolls and heads shaking…. I should be taken out back and shot for that. “Solo?” Ugh. Puns. WhatEVER. Oh, and we also dissect “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” along with a slew of superhero crap we’ve been watching. There is no WAY anyone is still reading this.

0:00 - Intros
8:30 - Agatha All Along
10:10 - Ms. Marvel and The Marvels
18:05 - Superman (2025)
28:35 - The Cleaner (BBC)
33:00 - Solo: A Star Wars Story

Episode 341 - Solo: A Star Wars Story: Was It Really That Bad?

Do the Muppets even carry the same cultural heft now as in their 70s heyday?  Who cares?  Because there is no movie as pure and joyful and fun as The Muppet Movie, so say us.  Jim Henson and Co. took what was best about their TV show and turned it into a road-comedy with heart, an erstwhile origin story of how the Muppets became THE MUPPETS.  With lots of classic, catchy bangers by Paul Williams thrown in among the (now dated?) cameos by stars you may not even remember if you are younger than 50.  This thing is peak Gen-X, kids. It is also a movie guaranteed to lift your mood - a 90-minute shot of dopamine, serotonin and positivity mainlined into your brainpan by cute and cuddly puppets, all wrapped in a giant, fuzzy warm hug.    

0:00 - Intros
5:28 - Old Henry (2021)
12:15 - Jason Statham movies
19:50 - Friday Night Dinner (BBC)
23:55 - Starfleet Academy trailer
25:30 - The Paragon (2023)
28:5 0 - The last 3 Roger Moore James Bond Films (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill)
41:55 - The Muppet Movie

Episode 342 - The Muppet Movie is the Good Mood You Need Right Now

Episode 343 - Sinners

We finally take a look at Ryan Coogler’s dynamic, thematically-dense social critique of how the Jim Crow South refuses to die, and the skepticism towards big tent progressivism on certain cultural groups in America.  Or maybe Sinners is just a basic vampire tale? We’ll be the judge of that! Just don’t invite any strangers in, or you’ll be sorry.  Unless it is us.  In which case, you will likely still be sorry. Sinners… it’s good.  See it.

0:00 - Intros
7:30 - The Truth About Jussie Smollett
15:30 - Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
25:45 - The Naked Gun (2025) 
33:10 - Marc Maron - Panicked (2025) 
40:45 - Sinners (2025)   SPOILER DISCUSSION

Episode 343 - Sinners

This week, we dissect Death of a Unicorn, the 2025 indie-horror-fantasy-corporate-satire you didn't know you needed. Follow the bizarre journey of a father-daughter duo who hit a unicorn—yes, an actual one—and are promptly dragged into a corporate scramble over who gets to exploit the thing’s magical healing powers first. Because what better metaphor for late-stage capitalism than weaponizing purity, bottling it, and selling it to shareholders?

It beats reality anyway. Also, Alien Earth and more James Bond!

Episode 344 - Death of a Unicorn

Ever watch a TV show and simply think, WTF? Oh, sure, there are plenty of new programs out there that make you go hmmmmm…. But we’re focusing more on the ones from further back in the historical record that have managed to become part of the zeitgeist despite (or because of?) their best and weirdest efforts not to. These are the shows that may not have aged well, may not make any sense using a modern context, or simply have no clue how amazingly weird they really are. For every Hill Street Blues, there is always a Cop Rock. For every Modern Family, there is a Brady Bunch. For every… well you get the idea. So here is our very arbitrary, very lazy, and incredibly haphazard look at The Weirdest TV Shows in History!

0:00 - Intros
5:45 - Liarmouth (Book. Waters, John)
13:25 - Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies
39:05 - Weirdest TV Shows to get made, but are popular anyway
40:20 Hogan’s Heroes
50:40 Gilligan’s Island
56:20 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1:03:10 - Friends
1:05:50 - Three’s Company


Episode 345 - The Weirdest TV Shows in History!

James Bond is on the menu this week, as Brian winds down his journey to watch every canonical movie in sequential order.  That means we finally hit up the first appearance of Daniel Craig in the 2006 throwback/reboot/reset adaptation of the very first Ian Fleming novel - Casino Royale!  Or did we do the very terrible star-studded psychedelic comedy trainwreck from 1967?  Or maybe the Americanized, made-for-TV version from 1954? Confused yet?  You won’t be once you listen to our take on the GOOD Casino Royale. 

0:00 - Intros
3:35 - LCD Soundsystem
7:50 - Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+)
10:50 - DEVO Documentary (Netflix)
21:30 - Weird Al Bigger and Weirder Tour
27:55 - Taskmaster
34:20 - Casino Royale

Here is the Patrick (H) Willems take on the Craig Bond Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNXqwpm-rk&ab_channel=Patrick%28H%29Willems


Episode 346 - No, the GOOD Casino Royale

We’re gonna Thelma & Louise the shiznit out of this show with our picks for Best Onscreen Duos!  That’s right, from Abbott & Costello to Matthau & Lemmon to Rick & Morty and everything in between, it’s a quasi-intelligent chat about our favorite duos from film and television. What makes a duo dynamic? Which duos are garbage? And how can we possibly cram a reasonable number of onscreen duos into one podcast without making it seem like we came utterly unprepared and instead shout out listicles? From our trio of pieholes direct to your ears, the magic unfolds like Tango & Cash at baby’s first communion… monster trucks and all!

0:00 - Intros
8:20 - Walking Dead Sequel Shows
10:25 - Marvel Zombies
14:00 - Honey Don’t (2025)
20:25 - The Roses (2025)
25:55 - Sisu (2025)
30:55 - Best On-Screen Duos

Episode 347 - Best Onscreen Duos

What do you get when you take a creatively brilliant director, give him all the leeway he wants, resulting in a film that is a commercial failure but a sleeper hit? You get a very pissed off John Carpenter is what you get. Despite a career of culturally significant awesomeness - “Starman,” “The Thing,” being Adrienne Barbeau’s husband - all it took was some big trouble in Little China for funding to dry up. With that comes the shot-on-a-shoestring horror classic, “Prince of Darkness.” It is an acquired taste, as you will see. As usual, we also talk about a bunch of other stuff we’ve been watching, because this is a podcast, and that’s what you do.

0:00 - Intros
7:25 - Superman (2025)
18:45 - Hacks (HBO)
23:20 - The Studio (Apple TV)
27:00 - Strange New Worlds (Paramount)
29:30 - Robocop: Rogue City (Xbox)
36:00 - John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (1987)


Episode 348 - John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

This week, we view Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)—a film that dares to ask: what if Dracula were horny, operatic, and deeply confused about accents?

With Keanu Reeves giving the most unintentionally British performance ever committed to celluloid (bless him, he tried), Winona Ryder looking vaguely confused but still cashing checks, and Gary Oldman chewing scenery like it’s soaked in blood and Oscar nominations, this movie is a visual fever dream you almost forgive for being a narrative mess.

We unpack the lush production design, jaw-dropping in-camera effects, shadow puppetry, Monica Bellucci's succubus cleavage, and that iconic armor that looks like a walking anatomy chart. Oh, and monster rape. Because apparently, that was necessary?

So join us as we ask the eternal questions: Was this movie genius or a hot mess? (Spoiler: Yes.) And should anyone ever let Keanu attempt an accent again? (Spoiler: No.)

Grab your blood goblet, adjust your shadow, and renounce God—it’s time for another Magnificently Huge Podcast!

0:00 - Intros
6:05 - Cosmic Devolution Tour
7:05 - Lene Lovich
8:00 - DJ Cummerbund
8:45 - DEVO
11:20 - The B-52s
15:10 - TRON Ares (2025)
28:55 - Hell or High Water (2016)
30:55 - Tulsa King
33:50 - Horror Express (1972)
37:10 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)


Episode 349 - Bram Stoker's Dracula

Join us for a look at the underrated Troma classic from 1992, Frankenhooker! What could a movie called Frankenhooker possibly be about, you ask? Don’t be stupid, it’s literally about a STEM weirdo from New Jersey who loses his girlfriend in a freak accident, only to bring her back by sewing her head onto a body stitched together from the parts of dead prostitutes. Duh. And it is one of the more astoundingly entertaining things we have all watched in months! Like, stupidly entertaining. Like, more enjoyable than any movie this dumb has a right to be. Let it wash over you like a sea of calm… and gore… and bare breasts for no reason other than this is a B-movie with the ingenious title of Frankenhooker.  Wanna date?

0:00 - Intros
4:50 - Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts
14:30 - Legion
21:20 - Prey
25:25 - Alien Earth
31:35 - Frankenhooker


Episode 350 - Frankenhooker

There are a lot of noir crime thrillers in the world, but most modern ones have a problem digging too deeply into the noir part of the equation. “Killing them softly” does away with the winding plot and instead gives a simple premise, with a simple resolution, and a world so real in its crappiness you can kind of smell it. Maybe it’s a grime thriller? It’s certainly the best at it if you’re into this sort of thing.


 0:00 - Intros
3:30 - Monster: The Ed Gein story (Netflix, 2025)
7:35 - Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, 2025)
9:35 - Little Evil (Netflix, 2017)
12:45 - Palm Royale (Apple TV)
20:00 - Dune pts. 1 and 2 (2021, 2024)
33:45 - Killing Them Softly


Episode 351 - Killing Them Softly

A Magnificently Huge spoiler filled review of the brilliant and hilarious Thor:Ragnarok!  Because really, how can you fully appreciate this movie without us telling you what to think?  Or at least us telling you what WE think?

Clips:
Dread Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Lunachicks - Spoilt
Joss Stone - Spoiled
Monty Python - Spam
Doctor Who
Rihanna - Umbrella
Flash Gordon
Thor: Ragnarok
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley - Pure Imagination
Mark Mothersbaugh - Thor: Ragnarok
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Mark Mothersbaugh - Sakaar Chase

Minisode 02 - Thor: Ragnarok (Spoiler Filled Review)

Everybody cut Footloose, because here is the final chapter in our Kenny Loggins movie themes retrospective!  Yes, we dive headfirst into the titular 1984 not-musical about what happens when a small town outlaws fun and forces newcomer Kevin Bacon to teach the kids interpretive dance so they can have one final hoedown before sacrificing themselves to the demon Baphomet.  We think that’s what happened, anyway.  This movie is truly a mess and confused us on multiple levels.  And yet it has defied the odds to become a pop 80s classic that gave Kenny Loggins his only Number 1 song while also catapulting Kevin Bacon’s whole career.  Who are we to argue with that sort of pedigree?  

0:00 Intros
9:17 Henry Rollins
14:00 First Man
18:30 Venom
26:15 Doctor Who Series 13
36:00 Logman Vol. 4
38:30 Footloose

Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
Ronald Reagan - presidential debate - October 7, 1984\
Justin Hurwitz - End Credits - First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Eminem - Venom
Journey - Lights
Clip from Avatar: The Last Airbender
Segun Akinola - Doctor Who Theme (2018)
Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Halfway
Kenny Loggins - Playin’ With The Boys
Kenny Loggins - I’m Alright
Jodi Benson - Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid
Moving Pictures - Never
Shalamar - Dancing In the Sheets
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Bill Medly, Jennifer Warnes - I’ve Had The Time Of My Life
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Deniece Williams - Let’s Hear It For The Boy
Clip from Footloose (1984)
Ann Wilson, Mike Reno - Almost Paradise
Blake Shelton - Footloose
Glee - Footloose
“Weird Al” Yankovic - Hooked On Polkas

Episode 68 - Logman Vol. 4: Footloose

Hair metal came on strong in the early 80s and quickly became the soundtrack for suburban teens looking to party.  Fueled by incessant airplay on MTV, these new bands borrowed heavily from the look of glam and hard rock of the 70s.  The music was slick and polished guitar rock that covered deep topics like girls, partying, having sex with girls, sticking it to the man, more partying, having a good time, drugs, even more sex with girls, and the occasional  power ballad. The image was arguably more important than the music and it helped define the Me Decade with its swagger and excess...before grunge came along in the early 90s and kicked hair metal in the teeth.  It was a fun ride while it lasted, and bands like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Warrant, Quiet Riot, & Whitesnake milked it for all it was worth, making millions in the process.  Cue the blistering guitar solo as a scantily-clad vixen crawls across the hood of a luxury sports car.  Now that’s what I call Hair Metal!

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:15 - The Rockford Files (s3e17)
 | 6:22 - Hellboy (2019)
 | 11:00 - Fosse/Verdon (FX)
 | 16:50 - Game of Thrones Season 8 (HBO)
 | 17:55 - Santa Clarita Diet Season 3 (Netflix)
 | 21:25 - Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix)
 | 24:30 - Black Monday (2019)
 | 30:11 - The OA
 | 32:22 - Hair Metal

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Mike Post - The Rockford Files
 | Ben Folds Five - Battle Of Who Could Care Less
 | Benjamin Wallfisch - Big Red - Hellboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Alex Lacamoire - Fosse/Verdon Theme
 | Gwen Verdon - Whatever Lola Wants - Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast)
 | Gwen Verdon & Eddie Phillips - Who’s Got the Pain? - Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast)
 | Ramin Djawadi - Main Titles - Game of Thrones (Music from the HBO Series)
 | David Shire / Linda Lavin - There’s A New Girl In Town (from Alice)
 | Clips from Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2019)
 | Meat Beat Manifesto - Brainwashed This Way + Zombie + That Shirt
 | Ice-T - O.G. - O.G. Original Gangster
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Van Halen - Unchained
 | Judas Priest - Heading Out On The Highway
 | Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill
 | Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
 | Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
 | Carl Stalling - Powerhouse
 | Warrant - Cherry Pie
 | Oingo Boingo - Little Girls
 | Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
 | Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
 | Ratt - Round and Round
 | Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
 | Def Leppard - Rocket
 | Def Leppard - Too Late For Love
 | Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
 | Cinderella - Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)
 | Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
 | Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
 | Steel Panther - Death to All But Metal
 | Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It

Episode 85 - Now That's What I Call Hair Metal!

SPOILER ALERT!
Spider-Man is back for his second solo MCU outing - Spider-Man: Far From Home - and we’ve got a spoilerific minisode for you that is brimming with hot takes and nonsense!  Endgame is over, The Blip is now part of continuity and Iron Man is gone.  What is Peter Parker to do?  Why, take a trip abroad and see the sights, that’s what!  Yep, it’s a full on European Vacation for your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man...complete with Nick Fury quips, Mysterio illusions, MJ snark and, most importantly, The Night Monkey.  The Webslinger tries his best to step out from Tony Stark’s long shadow only to find out once again that with great power comes great responsibility.  It’s kind of his thing.  

 | Clips
 | Michael Giacchino - Theme (From “Spider Man”) [Original Television Series]
 | Trailer for Three Men and a Little Lady
 | Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam
 | Michael Giacchino - Far From Home Suite Home - Spider-Man: Far from Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
 | Michael Giacchino - Night Monkey Knows How to Do It - Spider-Man: Far from Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Michael Giacchino - And Now This... - Spider-Man: Far from Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Michael Giacchino - The Magical Mysterio Tour- Spider-Man: Far from Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Eminem - Venom

Minisode 5 - Spider-Man: Far From Home SPOILER Review

Kevin Costner was a cinematic superstar who starred in a series of massive hits from 1985 to 1992.  He even won an Oscar for directing himself in Dances With Wolves, for Pete’s sake.  And then, for some unfathomable reason, he made two vanity projects virtually back-to-back in the mid-90s that have become synonymous with Heaven’s Gate/Ishtar-level failure - Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997).  Both films are bloated, meandering, budget-busting epics - self-serving star vehicles set in a post-apocalyptic future that borrow heavily from repurposed Mad Max tropes. Costner is in his usual star-mode, playing the stoic loner who becomes an unlikely white savior by the end.  You know, that old chestnut.  Not surprisingly, both Waterworld and The Postman were widely panned by critics and pretty much ignored upon their release.  Despite all this, we kinda like them, warts and all. Join us for an epically bloated, meandering, budget-busting, and self-serving podcast talk all about...The Costnerpocalypse.

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 7:12 - Aquarela (2019)
 | 11:50 - Styx (live)
 | 16:50 - Tammy and the Teenage T-Rex (1994)
 | 20:24 - 1917 (2019)
 | 25:30 - The Expanse
 | 34:45 - Dracula (Netflix, 2020)
 | 38:02 - Disney+
 | 40:00 - The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
 | 47:32 - The Costnerpocalypse
 | 49:35 -  Waterworld (1995)
 | 1:00:10 - The Postman (1997)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | OK Go - Invincible
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Apocalyptica - Aqua Balalaika
 | Styx - Mr. Roboto (live)
 | Styx - Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (live)
 | Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands (live)
 | Styx - Hundred Million Miles from Home
 | Simon Stokes and the Black Whip Thrill Band - Dinosaur Man - Tammy and the T-Rex
 | Trailer for Don’t Look In The Basement (1973)
 | Thomas Newman - Up the Down Trench - 1917 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Clinton Shorter - The Expanse
 | David Arnold & Michael Price - The Fear - Dracula (Original Television Soundtrack)
 | clip from The Muppet Movie (1979)
 | Paul J. Smith and Buddy Baker - The Apple Dumpling Gang Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | James Newton Howard - Main Credits - Waterworld (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | James Newton Howard - The Restored United States - The Postma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
 | Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

Episode 121 - The Costnerpocalypse: Waterworld Vs. The Postman

The Cold War came to an end in 1989.  A year later, Hollywood gave it a grand send-off with an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s breakout techno-thriller, The Hunt for Red October.  Set in 1984 at the height of US-Soviet tensions, the movie slaps a fresh coat of paint on the classic Cold War tropes to do for submarines what Top Gun did for jets.  The chase is on to find a rogue USSR nuclear sub trying to defect to the USA before the Motherland can blow it out of the water.  Director John McTiernan was fresh off his insane run of stone cold 80’s classics Predator and Die Hard, and here turns in his third consecutive winner.  Starring Sean Connery, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, James Earl Jones, and Scott Glenn - plus Alec Baldwin in his breakout role as the first (and best) Jack Ryan - The Hunt for Red October is a taut, fun ride from start to finish and the perfect coda for an era. So let’s take a deep dive on it, shall we?  

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:35 - Gerry Anderson’s Stingray (1964)
 | 12:10 - 7500 (2019)
 | 17:45 - Videogame announcement substitutes for E3 (Guerrilla Collective, PC Gaming Show, Future Games Show)
 | 24:27 -  Crazy World (2014)
 | 30:20 - The Hunt for Red October (1990)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Basil Poledouris - Nuclear Scam - The Hunt for Red October
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Opening Titles
 | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Aqua Marina 
 | Trailer for Crazy World
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Basil Poledouris - Kaboom!!! - The Hunt for Red October
 | Basil Poledouris - Hymn to Red October (Main Title) - The Hunt for Red October

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