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Hellboy (2019) Jun 22, 2023

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Listeners Choice Month rolls ahead with a discussion and breakdown of the 2019 version of Hellboy starring David Harbour. The guys talk about the first ten minutes of the movie providing some false hope, the buckets of exposition that get dumped CONTINUOUSLY throughout the film, the CGI that looks really bad in daylight, puke-ghost Ian McShane and much more. Plus: Brendan confuses Milla Jovovich with Parker Posey.

Next week: Listeners Choice Month concludes with The Gossip Columnist. Wait... what the hell is that?

What We've Been Watching:

The Worst Person in the World

Shiny Happy People

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Hellboy stars David Harbour, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, the voice of Stephen Graham, Sophie Okonedo, Brian Gleeson, Mark Stanley and Thomas Haden Church; directed by Neil Marshall.

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Music Jun 15, 2023

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Listeners Choice Month runs into the nadir of this entire list as the guys tackle Sia's completely misbegotten, misguided, offensive and unnecessary movie Music. The guys, of course, talk about how this film is alarmingly offensive, the weird cameo appearances by Ben Schwartz and Juliette Lewis (among others), the Felix subplot that goes nowhere and adds nothing, the blatant lies in regards to helping non-verbal autistic people and much more.

Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with the 2019 version of Hellboy.

What We've Been Watching:

Limelight

Fast X

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Music stars Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Hector Elizondo, Ben Schwartz, Juliette Lewis, Mary Kay Place, Tig Notaro and Maddie Ziegler; directed by Sia.

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Stuart Saves His Family Jun 08, 2023

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This week... on a very special episode...

It seems like a jokey way to start this but it's no lie! This is a very different episode of the show than usual as the guys dissect Stuart Saves His Family, a flawed movie but completely unexpected in every single way. They discuss the very real facts and helpful knowledge about mental health within the film, the refreshing way in which it doesn't go for easy emotional beats, Vincent D'Onofrio and Lauren San Giacomo's Oscar-worthy performances and much more.

Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with... sigh... Music.

What We've Been Watching:

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Nanny

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Stuart Saves His Family stars Al Franken, Lauren San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Lesley Boone, Harris Yulin, Joe Flaherty, Robin Duke and Julia Sweeney; directed by Harold Ramis.

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The Running Man Jun 01, 2023

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Listeners Choice Month begins this week with a very special look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's dystopian hit The Running Man. After dispatching of the notions that this is anything close to resembling the source material, the guys discuss the Lite Brite-covered opera singer, Richard Dawson's fantastic performance, theories about Sven secretly being Arnold's brother in the film, Nathan name-drops Yaphet Kotto like nobody's business and much more!

Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with Stuart Saves His Family.

What We've Been Watching:

Beau is Afraid

Blown Away

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The Running Man stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Professor Toru Tanaka, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Richard Dawson; directed by Paul Michael Glaser.

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Cop and a Half (w/Galen Howard) May 25, 2023

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This week, the guys are joined by Galen Howard to talk about a film intended-for-children-but-not-really buddy cop comedy Cop and a Half. They talk briefly about the evolution of mismatched buddy cop movies before moving on to discussing Burt Reynolds smoking throughout the movie to set up his save-the-cat moment, the uncomfortable air surrounding the plot considering the time of the film's release, Ray Sharkey's singing career, Galen compare the plot of the film to "Barry" and much, much more.

Next week: Listeners Choice Month begins!

What We've Been Watching:

Infinity Pool

Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster

Renfield

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Cop and a Half stars Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor, Frank Sivero and Ray Sharkey; directed by Henry Winkler.

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Howard the Duck (w/Joshua Kotsabasakis) May 18, 2023

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The guys waited to get their old pal Josh Kotsabasakis back on so they could tackle the first ever Marvel comic book (and semi-final runnerup) together - Howard the Duck. The guys talk all about THAT OBVIOUS THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON AND IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL SO JUST DROP IT OKAY?

....um.

They also discuss Tim Robbins' lunatic performance, the wildly different reactions that people have when they see a talking duck, Nathan gets on his soapbox about a very real problem in culinary society, Josh tells everyone about the meta comic book that followed and much more.

Next week: Burt!

What We've Been Watching:

Snowpiercer

"Toxic Crusaders"

Evil Dead Rise

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Howard the Duck stars Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones, David Paymer, Paul Guilfoyle and Chip Zien as the voice of Howard the Duck; directed by Willard Huyck

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Ninja III: The Domination May 11, 2023

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Back to the ninja well this week as the guys break down Sam Firstenberg's schlocky classic Ninja III: The Domination. Do you like The Exorcist? Flashdance? Ninja movies? John Hughes? Well, it's all wrapped up in a neat little bow in this absolute classic from Cannon Films. They talk about the hairiest love interest of all time, carpeted gyms, ninja exorcisms, terrible police work, Sho Kosugi's real-life ego, arcade hypnosis and MUCH, much more.

Next week: Quack!

What We've Been Watching:

The Handmaiden

Chato's Land

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Ninja III: The Domination stars Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, James Hong, David Chung, John LaMotta and Sho Kosugi; directed by Sam Firstenberg.

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Madhouse May 04, 2023

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It's a real mad house in here! That's right, the guys talk about the little-remembered comedy from 1990 starring John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley - Madhouse! They discuss how every character is "literally the worst," how this is the most 80s Reagan-era yuppie movie ever, Lil' Dahmer, Kirstie's penchant at going-for-broke for every laugh and much more. Oh yeah, and Dennis Miller is (barely) there!

Next week: Ninja! Ninja! Ninja!

What We've Been Watching:

"Deadwood"

Deadwood: The Movie

"Beanie and Cecil"

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Madhouse stars John Larroquette, Kirstie Alley, John Diehl, Jessica Lundy, Bradley Gregg, Allison La Placa, Robert Ginty and Dennis Miller; directed by Tom Ropelewski.

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Ghost Rider Apr 27, 2023

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Our very loyal listeners get to pick movies for us sometimes... and this one comes from Luc Shannon of Game It All! Because of Luc's patronage, the guys watched the Nicolas Cage comic book movie Ghost Rider. They talk about everything from the vast amounts of property damage perpetrated by our hero, the weird time period look during the film's prologue, the lame villain names, way too much backstory, the logic gaps when it comes to Ghost Rider's powers and much more.

Next week: it's a madhouse in here!

What We've Been Watching:

Intruder (1989)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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Ghost Rider stars Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Wes Bentley, Donal Logue, Brett Cullen and Peter Fonda; directed by Mark Steven Johnson.

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Nothing But Trouble Apr 20, 2023

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Continuing on with our tournament runner-ups is the Dan Aykroyd-directed and written Nothing But Trouble. The guys talk about Aykroyd's unfiltered hellish nightmare world and awkward marriage of comedy and horror, the Brazillionaires, the on-screen debut of Tupac Shakur, the phallic-shaped nose and much more.

Next week: A bad movie legend is on fire!

What We've Been Watching:

The Florida Project

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

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