Dennis Haysbert is someone everyone is familiar with, even if they don't know it. Maybe you know him as Pedro Cerrano from Major League. Maybe you're a 24 fan and know him as President David Palmer. Or maybe you just know him as The Allstate insurance man. The fact of the matter is, the man has had one hell of a storied career and is so much more than the roles people may associate him with. He can currently be seen as Clarence C. Baker in the Hulu/Disney+ picture, Flamin' Hot. The f...
Jun 07, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 78
The 2023 Harlem Film Festival is kicking off this weekend in New York City and we were lucky enough to be joined by Doug E. Doug to talk about his new film, In the Weeds, which premieres this Friday the 19th at the fest. Doug stars in, co-directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the film and will be on hand with his co-creator and cast members for a Q&A after the screening. While Doug was with us, we just had to talk about the 1992 Kid 'N Play comedy Class Act which he brilliant co-starred in...
May 18, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 77
In the long span of film history there have always been releases that were deemed controversial upon their release. Catherine Hardwicke's directorial debut, Thirteen, was definitely one of those films that was met with a lot of backlash thinking it was glamourizing aspects of teenage life that it certainly wasn't. You couldn't turn a corner at the time of its release without hearing the buzz around the movie, whether is was for or against it. We had the opportunity to revisit the fil...
Apr 14, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Though the free living Outer Worlds and the titular Alphaville of the 1965 Jean-Luc Goddard classic we are talking about this week seemingly exists on same physical planes as each other, it seems ultra fitting that this week's guest, comedian Alasdair Beckett-King, is with us to discuss his new tour; The Interdimensional ABK. Alasdair has some time to come and visit us to talk about the new tour, his YouTube shorts, Panel Shows, all before we dove right into the mysterious, Alphaville. The I...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Another true legend joins us as this week we have Cheech Marin joining us. Cheech can be seen in the new Bobby Farrelly film, Champions, which opens March 10th in theaters. But we just had to talk about Cheech's directorial debut, Born in East L.A., while we had him with us. Another lovely chat with an absolute lovely person, please enjoy!
Mar 08, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Get your burger vans ready and rolling and come join us as we speak with Dan Skinner about his role in the new revival of The Walworth Farce. While Dan was with us, we couldn't resist talking a bit about his famous character Angelos Epithemiou, and his work with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer before we got to talking about his role in Ben Wheatly's adaptation of J.G. Ballards, High-Rise. This was quite a lovely chat and giving it a listen is a great way to start off your March off. Get your tickets...
Mar 02, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 73
As you know, here on Overdue Rentals we want to shed light back on films that were once talked about ad nauseum, but now don't seem to get the same attention they once had. Starship Troopers by our own admission is a film that still gets a lot of attention, but as it has no started being re-evaluated over the last few years, we thought there was no better time to discuss the film with its star, Casper Van Dien. Casper currently is starring in Daughter which is now available to watch on Amazon Pr...
Feb 11, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Note: This episode was recorded in Oct. of 2022. Welcome friends as we welcome our friend and colleague Ed Douglas to talk about the 2017 Gore Verbinski mind bender, A Cure for Wellness. Join along as we talk about eels, dentistry, Mia Goth, and some questionable motives that drive's Jason Isaac's antagonist in this twisted watery tale.
Feb 02, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Very rarely do we get to speak with someone who was part of a movie we just discussed in a recent episode, but that changes now! We were pleased to have the time to chat with Callie Hernandez, who starred along side directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead in The Endless, which we just covered with Justin and Aaron a few episodes ago. Luckily, that freed up Callie to talk to us about her starring role in 2016s Blair Witch. Callie is currently part of an all star cast in Amazon Prime's Shotgun ...
Jan 25, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 70
It's been far too long since we had a feature length film from Jason Eisner. He first hit the scene winning a contest to have a fan shot, fake trailer be part of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse experience. That fake trailer was Hobo With a Shotgun, which he later turned into a full length feature starring Rutger Hauer in 2011. Now he is back with Kids Vs. Aliens, a full length feature based on the short Slumber Party Alien Abduction, which was his contribution to the V/H/S 2 an...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 69
It's finally a reality! Since the inception of Overdue Rentals, we had always planned on doing an episode on the Sam Raimi classic, Darkman. Sans having Raimi himself or Liam Neeson join us to talk about the film, we always said we would wait to have Josh Ruben on as a guest to discuss the film as we know he is not only a superfan of the film himself; but has been campaigning to make a new Darkman, himself. With his new film, A Wounded Fawn, now on Shudder, we took the time to speak with Josh bo...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Nothing seems to excite audiences more nowadays than interlacing/interweaving storylines across multiple works of art. For the past 10 years, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been building one of the most interesting and detailed cinematic universes to ever be unleashed on an unknowing public. The innovative independent film makers join us on Overdue Rentals to talk about their latest film, Something in the Dirt, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year and is now avail...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Still stuffing your face with leftovers? Then what better time to listen to our wonderful chat with Lee Child. Many of you will know Lee Child as the man who writes the Jack Reacher series of novels, but he's also recently acted as the executive producer on the new documentary, Life and Life, which tells the story of Reggie Austin and his life in and our of the prison system at San Quentin. While we had Lee in the shop, we also had to take the time to discuss the Tom Cruise starring series of Ja...
Nov 26, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Brush off your evening wear and get ready for the feast of a lifetime with the writers for the Searchlight Pictures release, The Menu. Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, the minds behind this devilishly brilliant satire are here to discuss the magic behind the film from start to finish. While they are in the shop, they also wanted to talk about a true Overdue Rental, the 1988, Chevy Chase starring comedy, Funny Farm. So, get your plate of lamb fries and join in on one fabulous discussion.
Nov 16, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Happy November, Overdue Rentals family. What a lovely way to kick off the month; a brilliant chat with Writer/Director Dean Craig about his new film, The Estate. We also are discussing what is arguable the film that put him on the map, 2007's Death at a Funeral, as well as it's 2010 remake. Now, to put this in to some perspective, here is a list of the insane talent that has performed Dean's work across these three films: Toni Collette, Anna Faris, Kathleen Turner, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWi...
Nov 03, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Happy October everyone! What better way to kick off Halloween month than a nice chat with David Howard Thornton who portrays the twisted killer Art the Clown in Terrifier and its new sequel, Terrifier 2. Much to our delight, when it came time to talk about his Overdue Rental choice, David decided to go a bit further away from the Terrifier camp and chose to discuss Who Framed Roger Rabbit. How come there is never a question mark in the title of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? We should have looked into...
Oct 05, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 63
It's another very special episodes kids! The absolute powerhouse that is Emily Watson joins us today to talk about her new film, God's Creatures. But you know, if we are going to have Emily Watson in the shop, we are going to also talk to her about her breakthrough role in Lars Von Trier's, Breaking the Waves. Speaking with Emily is just another reminder of how lucky we are to speak with the top talent in this business. Tune in and enjoy as we delve into some dark material, but don't worry, some...
Sep 29, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 62
It's podcast cross pollination time! Our friend and co-host of the Geek History Lesson podcast, Ashley Victoria Robinson joins us to talk about the Academy Award winning, yet still Overdue Rental, Argo. This best picture winner does still have some interesting controversies around it, and it feels strange that it dropped so far out of public consciousness; we just had to talk about it. Join us as we talk about all things Affleck and Argo, even as Matthew makes constant mistakes the whole way thr...
Sep 08, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 61
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no major spoilers for Barbarian in this recording. However, there might be one item that could be considered a very tiny spoiler for some people. If you want to be safe and avoid this information, do not listen to between 19:04 to 19:40 pf the podcast. Barbarian is a new horror/thriller from Zach Cregger of The Whitest Kids You Know. We were lucky enough to have the other Zach associated with the film, Zach Kuperstein with us to discuss his work as the films director of...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Our good friend. Alec Kubas-Meyer is back on in the store with us! This time, we are moving out of Germany (go listen to Alec's last appearance talking about Run Lola Run) and heading into China to talk about Stephen Chow's, Kung Fu Hustle. Join as as we talk about this absolute must see film.
Aug 26, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Don't worry everyone, Mike is just fine. He's just on special. extra cool assignment right now in a foreign country. While he is away, our good friend Andrew Korpan stopped by the shop to assist in talking to this week's guest; James Ponsoldt. James' new film Summering is hitting theaters this Friday, August 12th, and we took some time to talk about this new coming of age story, along with another type of coming of age story directed by James; The Spectacular Now. There are few people are lovely...
Aug 11, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 58
This week's special guest is writer/director Steve Pink who's new film, The Wheel, is available to rent now through all your favorite OnDemand services. Along with talking about what went into making this very intimate film, we discuss Steve's instant classic comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine and its sequel, Hot tub Time Machine Two. This is a great conversation that you don't want to miss and there are plenty of great little treats about many other films for your listening pleasure contained within....
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Yes, you read that right! The one and only Wes Studi joins us to talk about his new film, A Love Song, which he stars in with Dale Dickey. While we had Mr. Studi on hand to speak with us, we also made sure to inquire about this week's Overdue Rental, the 1992 instant classic; The Last of the Mohicans. The film will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this September, so what better time to dive into the film with one of its stars. Enjoy this wonderful conversation with such a wonderful human bein...
Jul 29, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Our friend and colleague Andrew Korpan drops by the shop to discuss the Warren Beatty helmed Dick Tracy adaptation which starred every actor in the known universe. What was once a massive release has seemingly disappeared from public perception and we wanted to talk about it. Please note, this was recorded a few months ago, before the passing of James Caan. Just thought we should note why we did not wish him well when his name was brought up.
Jul 21, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Let the British invasion of Overdue Rentals continue! We were blessed to be joined by the lovely David Earl to talk about his new film which he co-wrote and stars in; Brian and Charles. We also got to chat about his Overdue Rental choice, the 1999 instant classic; American Movie. Join us for this lovely talk and make sure to check out both movies if you haven't seen them yet and let us know your feelings about them.
Jul 12, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 54
It was a pure joy to have television star and writer of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande with us to talk about her film which is now available to watch on Hulu. Katy also took some time to speak about the 1988 classic comedy, A Fish Called Wanda with us. Join in for the fun and let us know what you thought/think about both films!
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 53
If you're still unaware, Matthew has deep obsession with British Comedians and we working our way through the pantheon of UK performers to be guests on Overdue Rentals. Lucky for us, we were able to have the wonderful Tiff Stevenson join us this week to keep the trend going and she has chosen the Amazon Prime film, Blow the Man Down as her Overdue Rental choice. Listen in for a delightful discussion about this underseen indie, as well as some trail off talks about comedy shows, chat groups, and ...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 52
We are blessed once again with am amazing guest as we have the one and only Don McKellar joining us for a weekend special episode to discuss his role in the new David Cronenberg film, Crimes of the Future. But while we had Don with us, we were not going to pass up the opportunity to chat about his feature length directorial debut which he also wrote and starred in; 1998's Last Night. If you are still someone who hasn't had the chance to watch this brilliant film that revolves around the final ni...
Jun 04, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 51
We may have said it before, but it is true again this time...it was an absolute delight to have writer/director Marcus Dunstan with us to discuss his new film, Unhuman--which premieres on EPIX June 3rd- as well as the 1990 anthology film, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. We actually get to talking about a lot of different films with Marcus and as it was an absolute joy for us, it will be an absolute joy for you!
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 50
It saddened us to hear about the passing of the great Fred Ward, but with all moments of loss, there must also be moments of commemoration. With this in mind, we have our good friend and film maker Ted Geoghegan with us to talk about the underseen HBO Films noir/Lovecraft mash-up, Cast a Deadly Spell. The film is on HBO Max for those who have yet to see it, but please join us and Ted as we discuss this missed classic along with some other great Fred Ward pictures. Ted is currently in ...
May 25, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 49
