Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve are back to celebrate our historic (?) 100th episode and review a film that plays like a choose your own adventure only with increasingly worse options to choose from in 1991's Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man. Join us as we discuss the Baldwin acting dynasty, a glimpse into the then future 1996 dystopian BURBANK, Ca...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 100
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve once again raise the flag with Chris of Mount Molehill fame and fresh off his newest podcast venture Dead Formats to check out the Charlie Bronson butt-centric action thriller banger where he let's his fists do the talking - Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects from 1989. Join us as we discuss human trafficking, Steve questioning i...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 99
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve once again welcome back special guest and friend of the show, Chris of the Mount Molehill podcast to raise the flag and rap about the ribald Terry O'Quinn family slayer with a heart of gold, The Stepfather from 1987. Join us as we discuss the nuclear family, the American Dream and Anytown USA, one of Steve's favorite sub-g...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 98
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve welcome back special guest and friend of the show, Chris of the Mount Molehill podcast to raise the flag and rap about the new Oz Perkins joint setting the world on fire, Longlegs from 2024. Join us as we discuss the Hollywood hype machine and new age marketing tactics employed by the film, did it need more or less Nic Cag...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 97
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve are proud to welcome back special guest and friend of the show,Ricky Ticky Randew from the Straight Chilling podcast, a man of profound insights and fellow found footage aficionado, to discuss the dread soaked manifestation of generational guilt and supernatural foreboding, Lake Mungo from 2008. Join us as we discuss sleep...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 96
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve dip our toes into the world of international cinema by way of notre frere Michael Haneke and examine his darkly unnerving and palpably stoic French feature film, Caché from 2005. Join us as we discuss allergies, niche South Korean horror titles that Steve has been deprived of, one of the most intense and disturbing depicti...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 95
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve turn to back the clock to 1985 and examine the morally gray crime thriller To Live and Die in L.A. brought to you by the inimitable William Friedkin and which stars WTP favorites William Petersen and Willem "The Hog" Dafoe. Join us as we discuss how this film inspired Steve's dad to join the treasury division of the secret...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 94
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve spy on our tenants in a really odd flick that would have us believe Harvey Keitel was a former behavioral scientist before resigning himself to slumlord motel owner and opportunistic voyeur in 1987's Blindside. Join us as we discuss how this film will make you question whether you'll actually go blind, film production ince...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 93
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve raise the flag and welcome back not only returning champion (Ruth's) Chris from the Mount Molehill podcast but also friend of the show Miles to rap about a flick they had both recommended, can't recall who did first - Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky from 1991, a bloody kung-fu exploitation romp covered in viscera. Join us as w...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 92
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take it regional and turn their sights on a series of brutal killings perpetrated close to our hometown focusing on the greater Sacramento area circa the late 1970's to revisit Richard Chase, otherwise known as the 'Vampire of Sacramento' so named due to his predilection for and disturbing obsession with blood. Join us as we discuss Chase's background and relative lack of name recognition comparative to more well known and notorious serial killers, th...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve tackle Thomas Harris' opening salvo in his Hannibal Lecter series of books in the screen adaptation of the first book Red Dragon directed by the ineffable Michael Mann in the form of Manhunter from 1986 starring William Peterson, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan and last but not least Bryan Cox as the first (and some would argue ...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 90
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve embark on a journey into the heart of darkness (and light) with a discussion centered around Fearless from 1993 starring Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez - a film that delves deep into the complexities of grief and trauma, fear and the fragile nature of human existence. Join us as we discuss the motivations of the main charact...
Feb 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 89
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve welcome back our favorite boils and ghoul - Naterade, Thon and Logan of the Ghoulish University podcast for our Valentine's Day special to discuss the 1993 Mike Myers banger, So I Married an Axe Murderer - a film with an exquisite ensemble cast and a smattering of all time cameos from the likes of Phil Hartman, Charles Gro...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 88
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve raise the flag and welcome back esteemed guest of honor (Ruth's) Chris from the Mount Molehill podcast to rap about a flick he recommended - Bad Influence from 1990 starring James Spader and Rob Lowe, a film that Chris has categorized under the sub-subgenre he coined himself "the disruptive stranger" which perfectly encaps...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 87
Welcome to Waxing the Porpoise, the podcast that dives deep into the unexplored depths of cinema and occasionally the unexplained. This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve plunge headfirst into the dystopian depths of acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarón's cinematic masterpiece from 2006, Children of Men - a film that explores themes of hope, sacrifice, and the resilience of the human spirit. Join us as we discuss another Clive Owen led intrigue laden banger, this time supported by Michael Cain...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 86
This week on Waxing the Porpoise G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve will attempt to unravel the mysteries, complexities, and emotional nuances of the somewhat forgotten gem, Devil in a Blue Dress from 1995 which stars none other than Denzel Washington, one of the most highly revered patron saints of this program. Join us as we discuss 1940's post WW2 racial tensions in Los Angeles, pay our respects to Tom Sizemore and flashback to some of our favorite past roles of his, and finally Steve share w...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 85
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve once again dive deep into the murky waters of cinema and surface with insights sharper than a dorsal fin as we cover The Spanish Prisoner from 1997 - a rather interesting PG entry in David Mamet's filmography that unfolds like a meticulously orchestrated symphony that'll keep you guessing, but does it hit the right notes? Join us as we discuss comedy gold by way of Ye, Steve enlightening G-Baby on "The D.E.N.N.I.S. System" and how it dovetails into th...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 84
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve cover 2010's The Ghost Writer, a book adaptation directed by the controversial figure Roman Polanski and stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams. Between all the political intrigue, deception, manipulation, war crimes and paranoia - this underseen gem will keep you busy. Join us as we discuss equilibrium shifting vortices, New York mayor Eric Adams and why he should do less interviews, address the obligatory confusion between this flic...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 83
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve are back in force to discuss 2003's The Last Samurai, a film that's like a meditation on honor, respect, and the fine art of not getting your head lopped off. Think of it as a cultural exchange program where the curriculum includes swordplay and soul-searching. Join us as we discuss how the film attempts to contain the twin dragons of Tom Cruise's Nathan Algren and Kats -"Don't Call Me Mats" - umoto played masterfully by Ken Watanabe, the age old magi...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 82
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve attempt to shake off their Halloween hangover with a little hair of the dog tempered with a few chuckles and some good old fashioned gumshoe-style investigation in the criminally underseen smacker of a whodunnit, The Kid Detective from 2020. Join us as we discuss the perils of over-inflating your child's ego, self pity, and grappling with the idea of who you are in your head versus who you are in the world. The porpoises, midnight companions and keen ...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 81
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve are pleased to welcome Logan and Thon of the Ghoulish University podcast to close out our 2 month ode to Halloween with The Midnight Hour from 1985. a film that is highly emblematic of the spirit of spooky season. Don't be a pooper - join us as we wax autumnal discussing this festive flick with a soundtrack that's kicking like Van Damme, Levar Burton playing a goofy tv movie predator, hypothetical necrophilia QUESTION MARK, and get treated to a little...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 80
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve get spooked talking about the paranormal - ghosts, premonitions, and a wicked haunted hotel in New England while we review The Innkeepers from 2011, Ti West's sophomore outing and follow up to his break out House of the Devil from 2009. Join us as we give Zak Bagans the night off to embark on our own ghost adventure and rap about the Yankee Pedlar Inn as depicted in the film and it's real life rumors of hauntings and unexplained occurrences, defend th...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 79
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve crank it up to 11 and shred through an indie horror banger from New Zealand that plays like a more adult kids on bikes that grew up on Evil Dead and Iron Maiden, powered by heavy metal and buckets of blood. Tonight we're talking about Deathgasm from 2015. Join us as we pick up change to the tune of a demonic gorefest and rap about a little Norwegian black metal, discuss some of our favorite metal acts from over the years, and rave about the practical ...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 78
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve finish off our retrospective of the Apocalypse Trilogy with the third and final entry, a funked out nightmarish symphony of cosmic horror delights conducted by the maestro of the macabre himself, John Carpenter, with his 1994 film In the Mouth of Madness. Join us as we continue our bootackular part deux to discuss almost everything but the actual topic at hand, formally ordain Sam Neill as one of our patron saints of porpoise, discuss new aquatic mamm...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 77
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve raise the flag and welcome back esteemed guest of honor Chris from the Mount Molehill podcast as we rap about his favorite and second entry of John Carpenter's self-appointed Apocalypse Trilogy, Prince of Darkness from 1987. Join us as we continue our second year of seasonal horror centric cinema scrutiny to discuss another Carpenter flick which has also been rediscovered over the years and, to a lesser degree, praised for its contribution to cult hor...
Sep 28, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 76
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve once again welcome Miles to the show, a man whose insights cut sharper than a surgeon's scalpel to help us pass the blood test and review the once reviled and now widely celebrated, John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982. Join us as we learn what four and a baby means by way of one of the many porpoise patron saints Young Jeezy, stand in awe of Rob Bottin's absolute unit of a hair piece, and discuss more of the background of The Thing including why it w...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 75
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve flashback to a mid-80's horror/sci-fi flick about the end of the world, where a handful of survivors must come to grips with LA becoming a ghost town/zombie wasteland overnight by way of a sinister meteor in Night of the Comet from 1984. Join us as we continue our bootackular part deux to discuss pumpkin variants, getting goofed in the corn maze, play a quick game of "Finish the Lyric" (Young Jeezy edition), and ask ourselves when the world ends, wher...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 74
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve return to horror in order to properly herald the coming of the Halloween season as we give a butcher's to the little known found footage delight called The Borderlands (aka Final Prayer in the US and Canada) from 2013 which has been called the UK's most disturbing found footage film ever, okurrr. Join us as we journey across the pond to brush up on found footage 101, talk about some of the generational tactics employed by religious institutions to bri...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 73
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take on a brand new flick neither have seen before - a cinematic cocktail that pays homage to the neon-lit streets of the 70s blaxploitation era to great effect, folded in with equal parts mystery, comedy, sci-fi and maybe a touch of horror in Juel Taylor's directorial debut, They Cloned Tyrone from 2023. Join us across 110th street as we discuss beige bananas, bumping the Pristiq jingle, getting hypnotized by the elementary book fair and those Magic ...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 72
This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve welcome back special guest, Rob Zombie enthusiast and friend of the show, the Wintergreen Zebra himself, Hydraberg from A Cut Above: Horror Review to examine Ben Wheatley's hauntingly violent UK crime/thriller melange from 2011, Kill List. Join us as we discuss Trailer Swift, Hydra's deep lust for exposition - no kink shaming here, director Ben Wheatley's cult film leanings amidst this very cult-like film and finish off with a fun anecdote from Harris...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 71
