Film professor and author Dr. Cynthia Baron joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 84-91 which begin with a pair of mysterious black hands pulling away Bond's blanket and end with Bond saying "We can't all be geniuses, can we?"
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Cinematographer Todd Norris joins us to talk about minutes 77-84 which begin with Bond weirdly walking away from his captors and ends with some guy walking weirdly toward Bond.
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Star Wars Minute hosts Pete the Retailer and Alex Robinson join John and Mitch to talk about minutes 70-77 which begin with some screechy jungle noises and end with Bond getting handcuffed.
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Director, educator, and Oscar winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (Blackkklansman, Da 5 Bloods, C.S.A: The Confederate States of America) joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 63-70 which begin with Bond assuring Honey Ryder that his intentions are honorable and end with Quarrel, Honey, and Bond doing the old reed snorkel trick.
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min
James Bond scholar, educator, and author Dr. Lisa Funnell (Geographies, Genders, and Geopolitics of James Bond, Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Star) joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 56-63 which begin with Bond putting on a record and end with him promising not to steal Ursula Andress' shells.
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 11 min
This week, John and Mitch are joined by Suzen Tekla Kruglnska (Rosemary's Baby 6:66, The Shining 2:37) and New Yorker Cartoonist Joe Dator to talk over minutes 49-56 which begin with 007 driving up to Miss Taro's house and end with him walking into Miss Taro's bedroom.
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Graphic Novelist Ande Parks (Ciudad, Union Station) joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 42-49 which begin with Bond smelling his vodka and ends with Miss Taro giving him directions to her house.
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Podcasters Joe Mazel (ABCDevo, ABCDTOS) and Tom Taylor (Indiana Jones Minute, ABCDevo, ABCDTOS) join John and Mitch to talk about minutes 35-42 of Dr. No, which begin with Quarrel describing the geological riches of Crab Key and end with Bond finding a fingerprint on his dusty briefcase.
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Music archivist Casey Dewey drops in to talk with Mitch and John about Jamaican music and its relationship with James Bond. They also discuss minutes 28-35 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond and Quarrel taking separate routes to Pussfeller's club and end with Quarrel telling 007 that it don't do for a man to hang around Crab Key.
Jan 28, 2022•58 min
Actor Ian McNeice (Dr. Who, Doc Martin, Top Secret!) pops by to chat with John and Mitch about minutes 21-28 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond's driver snacking on a cyanide capsule and end with Quarrel peeking suspiciously over his shoulder.
Jan 27, 2022•59 min
Film Professor Erin Hamer-Beck joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 14-21 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond sadly walking out of M's office and end with him demanding that his freshly pummeled driver start talking.
Jan 26, 2022•57 min
Regular Alien Minute guest/co-host Jason Heck joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 7-14 of Dr. No, which begin with Sylvia Trench continuing her baccarat game and end with James Bond leaving his Beretta behind with M.
Jan 25, 2022•59 min
John Ingle and Mitch Brian have taken on a new assignment to investigate the James Bond films seven minutes at a time. Episode 001 begins with the iconic gun barrel intro and ends with Sylvia Trench playing a game of baccarat at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in London.
Jan 24, 2022•50 min
John and Mitch launch the From Russia With Love season of 007x7 with a special episode discussing the state of cinema in 1963.
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Here's another one from the old Patreon archives. John and Mitch discuss whether Akira Kurosawa made four consecutive truly great films in a row and "argue" about which four movie run is the one to make the cut.
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min
WARNING: There are some audio issues on this recording. We apologize. Mitch and John are joined by first time podcast guest Odi Opole to discuss the similarities of Jack Sholder's The Hidden and James Cameron's The Terminator.
May 04, 2020•1 hr
John and Mitch are joined by Jason Heck to create a commentary for John McTiernan's Predator. (Instructions for cueing up the audio are in the episode and please consider coming to Patreon.com/AlienMinute for more commentaries and Quadfectas!)
Mar 21, 2020•1 hr 53 min
On this episode of The Quadfecta, Tom Taylor from the Indiana Jones Minute, Blues Brothers Minute, and Caddyshack Minute podcasts joins us to discuss four possibly Quadfecta-worthy films by the often brilliant and controversial director John Landis.
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Cinematographer and former Alien Minute guest Todd Norris joins John and Mitch to discuss (at least) four consecutive films by Aussie auteur Peter Weir.
Mar 01, 2020•1 hr 40 min
John and Mitch discuss the highs and lows of JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Jan 20, 2020•57 min
Cody Wyoming joins John and Mitch one last time to talk about Act III of The Thing.
May 31, 2019•34 min
Out intrepid hosts are once again accompanied by Cody Wyoming to talk about blood tests, practical effects, and iconic lines in Act II (b) of The Thing.
May 30, 2019•53 min
Cody Wyoming returns to join Mitch and John on their journey into Act II of The Thing.
May 29, 2019•1 hr 6 min
John and Mitch are joined by musician Cody Wyoming to discuss Act I of John Carpenter's The Thing.
May 28, 2019•1 hr 9 min
John and Mitch finish their coverage of Alien 3 by covering Act III which starts with Ripley suicidally searching for the alien and ends with the closing credits.
Apr 26, 2019•55 min
John and Mitch return for part three of their Alien 3 coverage which starts with Ripley interrogating Bishop's mangled upper torso and ends with a very Sulaco-like ship approaching Fiorina 161.
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min
On episode two of our Alien 3 coverage, Mitch and John begin by talking about Ripley's shower and shave and end with Ripley punching a would-be rapist in the face.
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 9 min
John and Mitch have finally returned to break down Alien 3, only this time in more manageable chunks. Episode 1 covers Act I which begins with Ripley, Newt, and Hicks riding an escape pod down to Fiorina 161 and ends with Ripley and a crew of religious monk space prisoners tearfully cremating Newt and Hicks while a newborn Xenomorph calf/puppy blasts its way out of an Ox/Dog.
Apr 23, 2019•1 hr 25 min
John Ingle and Mitch Brian of Alien Minute return to introduce THE QUADFECTA, a podcast dedicated to discussing the difficulty of making four truly great films in a row.
Mar 28, 2019•54 min
Alien Minute co-host Mitch Brian and Aliens Minute (sometimes) co-host Jason Heck discuss movies about extraterrestrials on a Kansas City Public Radio show from 2010.
Mar 17, 2019•46 min