This week’s episode dives headfirst into the world of Charles Chaplin as we enjoy one of his most iconic works – Modern Times . We talk about making a “silent” film in sound era, Chaplin’s apparent death wish on roller skates and a great deal more! Listen as we educate Jena on one of the three greatest comics of the silent film era! Our next episode will be Double Indemnity , recorded live at Pepito’s Parkway Theatre on January 18th featuring Alex Wick as our stunt Jena! Modern Times (1936) Rati...
Jan 16, 2014•30 min
For our first episode of 2014, we watched the greatest movie ever made! At least that is what the Sight & Sound 2012 poll says. Hitchcock’s Vertigo was projected onto the big screen at the Parkway theatre and we enjoyed Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak in all their 35MM glory! What did Jena think of Hitchcock’s most psychologically messed up masterpiece? Listen to find out! Vertigo (1958) Rating: 8.2/10 (448,438 votes) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writer: Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor, Pierre Boile...
Jan 03, 2014•30 min
It being December and all, we decided to watch a holiday movie. The only problem is the one type of movie Jena has watched is Christmas movies. That meant we had to go for a movie that had a rather loose relationship to the holiday. We returned to the heady days of Eddie Murphy’s youth when his career still seemed to be going places to watch a movie about classism, racism and gorilla sex. That’s right, we watched Trading Places ! And yes, we said gorilla sex. Join us for our next episode on Janu...
Dec 15, 2013•30 min
Once again, we recorded live at Pepito’s Parkway Theatre in Minneapolis. This time, we were joined by Matt Allex from the Horror Show Hot Dog . We returned to the magical year of 1982 with Matt’s favorit movie: John Carpenter’s The Thing . The print was absolutely phenomenal and the movie is one of the great horror films of all time. We were joined by an enthusiastic audience for an ejoyable afternoon of death and nihilism. Note: We had a few issues with the microphones when we were recording th...
Dec 01, 2013•41 min
This week, we tackle Jaques Tati’s comedy Playtime . In a unique twist, neither Tim nor Jena had seen the film. It is also our first “foreign language” film although the fact the movie is French is hardly relevant as the dialogue is almost completely unnecessary. If you’ve never seen the movie and you have Hulu Plus, that would be a great way to check it out. Even if you haven’t seen the film, you should totally listen to the episode as Playtime may be the most spoiler proof movie ever created. ...
Nov 15, 2013•30 min
This episode will air on the day after Halloween so we decided that it was time to show Jena a bizarre horror film starring Vicent Price. Much like The Matrix, nobody can tell you what The Abominable Dr. Phibes is – you have to see it for yourself. Jena was clearly still unsure what she’d seen when the movie was over and that reaction was just about perfect. If you haven’t seen the movie yet – go ahead and listen to the episode. We promised that there is no way to spoil the cinematic experience ...
Nov 01, 2013•29 min
Once again, we were able to record an episode live at Pepito’s Parkway Theatre in Minneapolis. This time, we watched the Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear Window.” Not only had Jena never seen this film before, it was her first Hitchcock film ever . And she got to see it on the big screen! The print was amazing and you should all feel really bad that you missed it. However, you can console yourself by listening to this episode where we dump love all over the master and one of this best films. Our n...
Oct 15, 2013•28 min
For our newest episode, we enjoy the glorious duo of William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man . If you have never watched this booze soaked noir/comedy, you should definitely check it out and then listen to our podcast. It is hard to deny this is one of the great treats of classic cinema. And William Powell is an actor who definitely needs to be enjoyed as often as humanly possible. And hey – on the podcast, Tim says that we’ll be doing our next recording live at the Parkway theatre on the 7...
Oct 01, 2013•30 min
We actually got to watch this week’s movie in a movie theatre! Pepitos Parkway Theatre was kind enough to host a live recording of our podcast on Monday, September 9th. A small but vocal group joined us to enjoy Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard and Cat in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s!” We also had to ask the logical question: what the heck is with Mickey Rooney in this movie? And by that we mean: seriously – what the heck is with Mickey Rooney in this movie???? Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Rating: 7.5...
Sep 15, 2013•26 min
Yes, we know that we really should have waited for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad until episode 7 but it didn’t happen that way. Get over it. We recorded this episode approximately one week after special effects Genius Ray Harryhausen passed away. Jena, as usual, had absolutely no knowledge of the film or of Harryhausen. This was a problem Tim and Melissa gleefully solved. As a bonus, both Tim and Melissa have stories about actually meeting Ray Harryhausen! Envy us! The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Rat...
Sep 01, 2013•24 min
Our last episode was about the soaring greatness of Lawrence of Arabia . A great movie it is but we figured that we needed to have a little more fun. This episode, we watched Mad Max 2 , which is better known as The Road Warrior . Many cars were wrecked. Very few lines were delivered. Awesomeness was achieved. We were joined by Melissa’s friend Fes Works to enjoy this fine example of 80’s post apocalyptic action. Our September 1st episode will be a tribute to the late Ray Harryhausen as we watch...
Aug 15, 2013•23 min
Holy crap! This movie is so long we had to split this episode into three parts! Lawrence of Arabia is an undisputed classic no matter what the length so Melissa and Tim couldn’t wait to show it to Jena. There is significant geeking about the score, the flimmaking and Peter O’Toole. If you have never seen this movie, you have missed one of the great pleasures of film geekdom. Don’t let yourself miss out for too much longer! Our next episode will be out on August 15th and we’ll be watching The Roa...
Aug 01, 2013•34 min
We don’t want to be accused of only watching old movies so for this episode, we focused on the 2012 Academy Award winner for Best Picture – Argo ! Not only has Jena never seen the movie, she has no first hand memories of the historical event upon which it was based! Not only does she get to learn about the movie, but she also gets to learn about something that happened. Well…if you ignore all the stuff that isn’t actually true. Our next podcast will be on August 1st and we’ll be talking about La...
Jul 15, 2013•24 min
For our second episode, our permanent co-host Melissa Kaercher joins the party to enjoy one of the greatest movie musicals ever made – Singin’ in the Rain . We don’t know how Jena managed to go this long without experiencing “Make ’em Laugh” but that horrible oversight has now been rectified. Enjoy the episode and remember to jauntily tip your cap to Gene Kelly! And keep an ear out for our next episode on the 15th of July when we look at 2012 Best Picture, Argo . Singin' in the Rain (1952) Ratin...
Jul 01, 2013•35 min
Welcome to the inaugural episode of our podcast! This podcast will follow our attempts to educate Jena Young on the great films that she hasn’t seen yet. Or, occasionally, just the ones she doesn’t remember. This week’s episode was recorded before co-host Melissa Kaercher became a co-host so Tim Wick educates Jena all on his own. If you didn’t suss it out from the title, we start with one of Tim’s favorite films – Casablanca . To open the podcast, Jena tells us everything she knows about the mov...
Jun 17, 2013•27 min
