The great Jeff Bridges finally gets his own episode, and all three of the movies are about crazy conspiracies! Hopefully he'll be adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep his mind limber. WINTER KILLS (1979, William Richert) CUTTER'S WAY (1981, Ivan Passer) ARLINGTON ROAD (1999, Mark Pellington)
At long last we are tackling movies that delve into the esoterica of ancient Catholicism! That's right, we got three movies about monks, monasteries and MURDER, two of which finally stick it to the dastardly Benedictines! THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud) THE ORDER (2003, Brian Helgeland) THE RECKONING (2004, Paul McGuigan)
We're discussing three out of this world sci-fi cop thrillers! Well technically only one is out of this world. The other two have robot spiders and aliens, but they are, in fact, of this world. OUTLAND (1981, Peter Hyams) RUNAWAY (1984, Michael Crichton) ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)
The big banks are Big Bads in this trio of finance-based potboilers! You're about to overdraft...on death! BOILER ROOM (2000, Ben Younger) THE INTERNATIONAL (2009, Tom Tykwer) ARBITRAGE (2012, Nicholas Jarecki)
We're talking about three movies based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley series, in descending order of likelihood you've ever seen it! THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999, Anthony Minghella) RIPLEY'S GAME (2002, Liliana Cavani) RIPLEY UNDER GROUND (2005, Roger Spottiswoode)
To analyze the work of cantankerous crime writer James Ellroy, we're discussing an award winning classic, a notorious Brian DePalma flop and also Street Kings. Whatever you desire, this episode has it! LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997, Curtis Hanson) THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006, Brian DePalma) STREET KINGS (2008, David Ayer)
Special guest Seth Goodkind joins us to discuss the iconic Charles Bronson, specifically the time in his career when he made movies for Golan/Globus that were directed by J. Lee Thompson. It wasn't exactly the prime of his career...or was it? No. 10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983, J. Lee Thompson) MURPHY'S LAW (1986, J. Lee Thompson) KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989, J. Lee Thompson)
We take a look at some of the, uh, lesser known output of actress/movie star Halle Berry. Hey, they can't all be GOTHIKA. RICH MAN'S WIFE (1996, Amy Holden Jones) THE CALL (2013, Brad Anderson) KIDNAP (2017, Luis Prieto)
Greetings and salutations, we're taking a look at the career of counterculture icon Christian Slater! GLEAMING THE CUBE (1989, Graeme Clifford) KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans) HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)
Baby it's cold outside! And also, baby there's a killer on the loose? We gathered close to the warmth of our televisions to watch three thrillers where more than just the weather outside is frightful. TRANSSIBERIAN (2008, Brad Anderson) WHITEOUT (2009, Dominic Sena) THE SNOWMAN (2017, Tomas Alfredson)
Get ready to experience roughy 30-35% pure adrenaline with three totally awesome extreme thrillers that totally rip off Point Break! But are you crazy enough? TERMINAL VELOCITY (1994, Deran Sarafian) DROP ZONE (1994, John Badham) EXTREME OPS (2002, Christian Duguay)
It's Burt part 2! Yes, Burt Reynolds is back and he's bringing his signature laconic charm, his signature catchphrase ("Yeah") and even his signature directorial style? Well, for one of them, yeah! SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds) MALONE (1987, Harley Cokeliss) THE MADDENING (1995, Danny Huston)
We talk about the dizzying highs and devastating lows of our man Kurt Russell and pretty much run out of his movies in the process. We've done them all! Why else would we have 3000 Miles on here? TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988, Robert Towne) BACKDRAFT (1990, Ron Howard) 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001, Demian Lichtenstein)
Sidney Lumet is one of the all time greats. He made masterpieces in every decade, going back to the early 1800s. But he also just made regular movies sometimes. We take a look at the ageing master in the final several decades of his career. THE MORNING AFTER (1986) Q & A (1990) NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1996)
We're turning up the cringe factor with three movies about fishes out of water, strangers in strange lands, dumb cops forced to spend time with people different from them. What could go wrong? A STRANGER AMONG US (1992, Sidney Lumet) RISING SUN (1993, Philip Kaufman) THE KINGDOM (2007, Peter Berg)
We're dipping back in to the Willis well, with a little bit of a twist! This time it's three movies where Bruce gets to play the bad guy. Sorry not sorry, pal! MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, Alan Rudolph) THE JACKAL (1997, Michael Caton-Jones) THE SIEGE (1998, Edward Zwick)
Hello, kiddies! It's time for our annual Spooky Season tradition of talking about movies that are thrilling in a slightly different way from our usual fare! In this case, in addition to the usual murders, now we got GHOSTS, baby! And some creepy kids. STIR OF ECHOES (1999, David Koepp) THE SIXTH SENSE (1999, M Night Shyamalan) THE RING (2002, Gore Verbinski)
Scott Frank is a talented, Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter with a distinctive career and many worthwhile credits. But mainly we just wanted to do Out of Sight. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (2014, Scott Frank) THE LOOKOUT (2007, Scott Frank) OUT OF SIGHT (1998, Steven Soderbergh)
We pay homage to the New Hollywood master of grit and grime, the great William Friedkin. A guy who loved movies, hurting his actors and just asking questions. CRUISING (1980) TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) RAMPAGE (1987)
Mike check one two three! That's right, we're talking about The Fallens, featuring the manliest, violentest, thirstiest hero ever to save the world three times: MIKE BANNING! As Mike himself would say: FUCK! OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (2013, Antoine Fuqua) LONDON HAS FALLEN (2016, Babak Najafi) ANGEL HAS FALLEN (2019, Ric Roman Waugh)
We're taking on three movies about spy craft, international intrigue and the murky doings of the CIA. Pretty compelling stuff, right? You'd think so! BAD COMPANY (2002, Joel Schumacher) BODY OF LIES (2008, Ridley Scott) SAFE HOUSE (2012, Daniel Espinosa)
We're putting the SYSTEM on trial with this episode. And in this case the system is found GUILTY of driving decent men to take hospitals hostage, break their wives out of prison and construct deadly kill bots to take out City Hall. JOHN Q (2002, Nick Cassavetes) LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009, F. Gary Gray) THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010, Paul Haggis)
It’s a SIKU job fair as we take a look at three (fairly insane) movies about occupations! THE PAPERBOY (2012, Lee Daniels) THE COUNSELOR (2013, Ridley Scott) THE ACCOUNTANT (2016, Gavins O'Connor)
In which we explore some "white people get trapped in the inner city" films, a purely fun and innocent genre with zero problematic undertones! ENEMY TERRITORY (1987, Peter Manoogian) TRESPASS (1992, Walter Hill) JUDGEMENT NIGHT (1993, Stephen Hopkins)
We heard somewhere that relationships based on intense experiences never last. But on the flip side, if an intense experience happens to an estranged married couple, it brings them back together! It's just science. COLD CREEK MANOR (2003, Mike Figgis) VACANCY (2007, Nimrod Antal) TRESPASS (2011, Joel Schumacher)
We go back to the mediocre serial killer well, with three more movies about psychos that just can't thrill us with their acumen. But we get our first (and last) appearance of Dane Cook on the podcast, so that's something? SUSPECT ZERO (2004, E. Elias Merge) TAKING LIVES (2004, DJ Caruso) MR. BROOKS (2007, Bruce A. Evans)
We're mixing things up, taking on a "classic" 90's cable TV softcore franchise and seeing if there's any value beyond the boobies. In this (perhaps only?) installment we're talking about an odd series starring Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed and future super producer Andrew Stevens. We hope you can take the HEAT!
Renowned Seagalogist VERN drops by to talk us through the career of one Steven Seagal: actor, martial artist, former CIA operative, blues master, Russian diplomat, pathological liar and all around singular human being. And you can take that to the bank! HARD TO KILL (1990, Bruce Malmuth) THE GLIMMER MAN (1996, John Gray) BELLY OF THE BEAST (2003, Siu-Tung Ching)
We're celebrating Mother's Day the only way we know how: by watching three middle-to-low brow thrillers in which legendary actresses play psychotic moms! It's better than breakfast in bed! MOTHER'S BOYS (1993, Yves Simoneau) HUSH (1998, Jonathan Darby) MOTHER'S DAY (2010, Darren Lynn Bousman)
Wherein we ask the important question: is Ewan McGregor good? Is he maybe, just maybe, actually kinda bad? You'll have to listen to the entire episode to hear our stunning conclusions! DECEPTION (2008, Marcel Langenegger) STAY (2005, Marc Forster) EYE OF THE BEHOLDER (1999, Stephan Elliott)
