Episode 363 Survival of the Dead
This week we close out our journey through Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" series with 2009's, Survival of the Dead.
Nov 23, 2023•52 min
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Episode 362 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
This week is more Spook-tober as we delve into another anthology with Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. What ending awaits five men in a train seeing their fate though the tarot?
Nov 12, 2023•34 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 17
Here we are with the finale of The Prisoner - a wild episode brings this wild ride to and end with an even more , or does it?
Nov 12, 2023•48 min
Episode 361 Dead of Night
Spook-tober continues with an anthology film from 1945,Dead of Night - featuring a series of short stories of the paranormal and a very good framing device for it all.
Nov 05, 2023•36 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 16
As the series comes to a close with the penultimate episode, we discusses the quite wild events and ideas put forth in it and have a few theories about the show and it's characters.
Nov 05, 2023•27 min
Episode 360 Top 5 Actors of the 1960s
It's Top 5 time and this episode we are continuing our decade look back at our favorite actors and actresses, this time for the 1960s. It's a decade of film that we both felt we were lacking in watches but as it turns out there are some amazing films and many great acting roles to match.
Oct 22, 2023•53 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 15
So if you thought last week's episode had an out of left field story hold on because its all wacky hijinks with Number 6 and a villain with a Napoleon fetish, this week on The Prisoner.
Oct 22, 2023•20 min
Episode 359 Haunted Mansion
It's the spooky season and so we take a look at the newest Disney offering, Haunted Mansion. Based on a great ride, starting a great cast, will it be indeed great? Tune in and find out.
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 14
This week Number 6 is saddles to the bar up to an Old West themed episode that is pretty wild in more ways than one.
Oct 20, 2023•41 min
Episode 358 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
It's been sitting in our "to watch" que for quite some time so we finally watched the critically acclaimed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, from the director and starting the same main actors as one of our favorites films of all time, The Sting, so it's got to be brilliant right? Right?
Oct 13, 2023•40 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 13
This week we have an episode of The Prisoner without Number 6, well sort of? Not really but yes? It's a whole thing. Listen in and find out what happens in the village this time.
Oct 13, 2023•27 min
Episode 357 Identity (2003)
It's time to roll back the clock 20 years for another decade look back, this time with 2003's "Identity". Can an impressive cast and a well known director land the possibly overambitious ideas presented in this film? Listen in and find out.
Oct 01, 2023•49 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 12
This week we have a bit of a strange episode that feel a little all over the place, not as a cohesive plot aims as we usually get from The Prisoner with a lot of out-of-left-field story elements that maybe don't add up.
Oct 01, 2023•29 min
Episode 356 Diary of the Dead
This week we once again ride the George A. Romero train to his next film in the Living Dead series, Diary of the Dead, and this is one station we wish we had not gotten off at.
Sep 24, 2023•42 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 11
This weeks episode of The Prisoner doesn't quite sit with us, feeling out of place for the show's general vibe and theme. Listen is to find out what happened and why we think this might be one of the weakest episodes.
Sep 24, 2023•24 min
Episode 355 Top 5 Oscar Winning Original Songs
It's top 5 time and this episode we take a look at our personal favorite winners of the Academy Award for Best Original Song. With lots to choose from there is much discussion and we have a great time.
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 24 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 10
This episode of The Prisoner is possibly one of the best, brilliant premise and some of the best writing the show has seen to this point with Number 6 really putting Number 2 through the wringer and into a trap of their own making.
Sep 10, 2023•26 min
Episode 354 Planet of the Vampires
This week we bring famous director Mario Bava's only sci-fi endeavor to the pod with Planet of the Vampires and it is quite the film with lots of great trivia about the production and some interesting thoughts on the film itself.
Sep 10, 2023•51 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 09
This week the Number 6 plays some chess on the board and with the residents of the Village.
Sep 03, 2023•22 min
Episode 353 Tour De Pharmacy
This week we watched a little HBO mock-u-mentary from 2017 that we had never heard of till I came across the trailer accidently - Tour De Pharmacy, a fun goofy look into drug use in bike racing. A crazy star filled cast and bonkers story.
Sep 03, 2023•33 min
Episode 352 They Cloned Tyrone
This week we hit up the new Netflix hot film, They Cloned Tyrone, starting a trio of excellent actors/characters. It's quite the ride and the movie does a great job of zigging when you're expecting a zag.
Aug 13, 2023•48 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 08
Coming up on the half way mark to the series we hit an episode that doesn't quite dazzle us and leads to some discussion about the choice to air the episodes in such a different order than they were produced.
Aug 13, 2023•21 min
Episode 351 Land of the Dead
We once again ride the Romero train and this time into the 21st century rendition of his "Dead" film series. What does two decades on ice mean for the style of these? How do they translate into more modern film making and can the tenents of the series survive? We also get to some talking about film budgets and actors salary and how that can affect film performance.
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 07 Many Happy Returns
This episode features Number 6 making another escape from the Village - but can he stay away?
Aug 06, 2023•27 min
Episode 350 Top 5 Actors of the 1950s
It's episode 350! We continue with our second look at our favorite actors and actresses in a decade and this time it's the 1950s. Big names and big movies fill this one up.
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 06 The General
On this week's episode of The Prisoner we find out who the mysterious General is and what that means for the Village. We also get to talking about some other related TV stuff as well.
Jul 30, 2023•40 min
Episode 349 Extraction 2
Back in 2020, in episode 228, we watched Extraction and quite liked it - so we decided to watch Extraction 2. As it turns out we like it as well :) Tune in to this episode to see what we liked about it and what parts didn't quite hold up. We also spend some time talking about the SAG-AFTRA strike and the state of streaming as well.
Jul 25, 2023•52 min
Episode 348 When Eight Bells Toll
It's the 8th birthday of the What We've Watched Podcast and so we watched When Eight Bells Toll, a very early Anthony Hopkins "James Bond" styled film adapted from the book by Alistair MacLean of Where Eagles Dare and other classics. Please pardon the background hum in a few places - some loud outside noise that got picked up by the mic.
Jul 16, 2023•40 min
The Prisoner 1967 Episode 05 The Schizoid Man
This week we get to find out what it would be like if there was two #6's, but one of them is #12 pretending to be #6 and the other is #6 brainwashed into thinking he is #12. Yup, it's just like that some days in the village.
Jul 16, 2023•31 min
Episode 347 Heart & Souls
It's time for another decade look back as we go 30 years into the past and watch 1993's Heart & Souls. With a crazy cast of Robert Downey Jr, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Sizemore, Alfre Woodard and David Paymer it's a film that maybe relies to much on heart and doesn't have enough soul.
Jul 09, 2023•38 min
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