Not to be confused with the straight-to-video franchise that began in 1989 (Puppet Master), this film is based on a novel by Robert Heinlein. Starting out as anti-communist cold war propaganda (as Heinlein was want to do), by the time it makes its way to the mid 90's big screen, it's little more than a rehash of the previous 40 years of alien invas…

We are pleased to be able to talk to you about this little gem staring our boy "the doc" Martin "M.D." Donovan and John "Papa Slaughter" McKay: THE Hartley alumni. Anachronistic technology, theocracy and Wester gothic literature are all part of this murder mystery. Comparisons to Brazil (1985) are obvious but unfortunate. Plus we wrap on the month'…

This week we are pleased to bring you a film that was a major motivator for starting this here 'cast: Color of Night (1994). A movie that almost killed the director, arguably nearly ruined the career of one of its stars, with a supporting cast way above and beyond any right it has to have, terrific cinematography and a ridiculous premise-- let's ju…

The director of Das Boot brings us this psychosexual thriller which is a bit goofy, tighter than it seems and is only passable because of Bob Hoskins. Car kill count: at least 3. --- Hey real quick- there is a engineered famine and ongoing genocide that the US is wholeheartedly participating in. Please help if you are able. gazafunds.com https://li…

This week's selection is the first this month to be pulled from our lockdown rewatch bag. A titillating combo of pseudoscience and nudity Sensation holds the rare distinction that it was released on cable before it went to theatres. Wow! gazafunds.com https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-gaza-resilience https://chuf…

TW: Turns out this movie has a character that weaponizes the accusation of sexual assault. And we spend a fair amount of the episode talking about that as a trope. Happy August! Knox Convicted, Sentenced to 26 Years in Italy | AP :::::: gazafunds.com https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-gaza-resilience https://chuff…

To put a bow on the casket of Keith's birthday month selections, we end on a classic of scifi fantasy meets ambitious CG for its day; The Last Starfighter. Plus we rank our faves for July. He Faked Being Native American, Then Won an Award | Anomaly Documentaries * gazafunds.com https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-g…

In honor of the passing of Val Kilmer and the injustice that is Keith's continued existence, Dr. Flota joins us again, this time to discuss the absurdity that is Top Secret! (1984). Z was very gracious to sit through not only the film but the old dude reminiscence sesh. Folding Ideas | The Art of Editing and The Snowman Maggie Mae Fish | Twin Peaks…

Filling this year's "horror movie Keith recalls seeing the poster/cover/maybe a cupla scenes from as a young person and was far to scared to watch" is 1987's The Gate. Starring a baby Stephen Dorff with a solid cast of young characters plus some good ol' Lovecraftian themes and unique visual effects, this one was a surprising treat! doesthedogdie.c…

We open a month of Keith's birthday selections with this topsy turvy look at the upside down world of American advertising. ::::: gazafunds.com Sameer Project https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-gaza-resilience https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle +++++ Outro: The Hello Song performed by Cliff Eidelman…

Pod bookie, the "chief of d's" himself + gay = a movie we've been wanting to cover for awhile. In the end it's a BBC afterschool special in which MD does a accent and a Redgrave stands around Redgravely. Plus we recap on the month gazafunds.com The Sameer Project Support Gaza Resilience Hope Giving Circle +++++ Intro: The Slackers performing I Shal…

It has been a week. Anyway, here's In & Out Please give if you're able: gazafunds.com Unity for Gaza The Sameer Project Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle +++++ Outro: Odyssey performing Inside Out

Our first biopic on Oscar Wilde, somewhat surprisingly. This week we're talkin' chili with beans is woke, restorative justice, flat Fry. Leeja Miller | How Oscar Wilde Ruined It for Gay Victorians Everywhere Please help if you are at all able https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject https://gofund.me/658c2061 https://gazafunds.com/ https://chuffed.org/pr…

In which we discuss the dark woke alliance of horror and queerness. rantasmo | Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Needs More Gay M.A.K.C. | Psy-Ops, Repression, and the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza with Dr. Lara Sheehi Folding Ideas | The Art of Editing and The Snowman please give if you're able Sameer Project gazafunds.com Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circ…

To wrap on May, we bring you the runaway smash summer blockbuster hit of 1997, Men in Black. We talk the death of physical media, fun with "AI", and anti-intellectualism in right wing populism. Plus we reflect on Z's birth month selections. M.A.K.C. | The Obscurant Function of 'Artificial Intelligence' with Edward Ongweso Jr New York Magazine | Eve…

in which Z confronts their mortality Keep Hope Alive: A Gaza Giving Circle Sameer Project gazafunds.com +++++ Intro: Sticky Patch performing Disco Murder Outro: Harvey Sid Fischer performing Gemini

CW: lots of scatological talk at the top. This week we bring you what could arguably be called the sassy sister to Bill & Ted's, it's Romy & Michele! Plus Z breaks down the algorithmic mythos (algorithmythos?), Las Vegas topography, and big roundabout Club Cumming ------ Meals And Medicals For Injured Palestinian Kids the sameer project gazafunds.c…

Feed some compost to the Mr Fusion, strap into your DeLorean, and set the flux capacitor for 1989, cuz this week we're talking about Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! Plus sleeping habits of the poor & autistic, Gaga, and "47" +++++ Outro: Eric Calderone performing Doctor Who Meets Metal

Kicking off the door to May, we kick around the ball of complexity that includes, but not limited to: Z's relationship to this film, the film's relationship to the source text, the source text's relationship to historical fact/settler propaganda. Plus we talk: color v light theory, "historical reenactments", and probably food &/or sex History Buffs…

Strap in cuz Keith is only partially medicated and we talk about the relation between personal trauma and horror films. Plus Dramarama vs Social Distortion, pining vs slutting and the month in review. Thanks for listennnnniiiiiiinnnnngggg https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject gazafunds.com +++++ Outro: Liberación performing La Burbuja…

Returning guest Randall finally got to join us for a movie of his own suggestioning, and it paid off! Killer Klowns From Outer Space Q&A Killer Klowns From Outer Space Filming Locations +++++ Outro: Professor Louie performing Entry of the Gladiators on Clara Belle the calliope

Dare we say "neo-noir"? In post-war Los Angeles, Ezekiel Rawlins is just trying to keep a roof over his head. Soon, a job opportunity presents itself that will change his life forever. In his first of two appearances this month, Denzel brings Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins to the screen. Although it deviates from the novel in some places, the plot un…

A couple-three aliens discover that Earth Girls Are Easy in the kooky kitchy campy romcom from the mind of Julie Brown. Peak mid/late 80's in tone, casting and musical choices, this movie probably deserves another look. We also discuss the Davis-Goldbloom complex, the extreme tedium of Eric Stoltz and physical comedy gone wrong. RIP Charles Rocket …

Oh hey, slim. Let's talk Alien Nation. It's Tuner & Hooch meets Enemy Mine, The Hard Way meets Theodore Rex. Plus we weigh Hozier vs Hoosiers, hemorrhoids vs hernias, jabluka vs sunblock 5000. James Caan "Alien Nation" 1988 | Bobbie Wygant Archive Alien Nation - The Best Movie You Never Saw | JoBlo Originals https://gazafunds.com/ +++++ Outro: Chum…

To wrap up March monster Madness, we bring 1999's Deep Blue Sea. Some good surprise kills, the horror of a CG Rappaport foot and at best questionable fences. Don't think of Jaws. Deep Blue Myths: Can You Blow Up a Shark | MythBusters https://gazafunds.com/ +++++ Outro: Eloise Laws performing Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea…

We're attacked this week by a kooky romp about oversized crocodile that's eating people where it has no business being. A great cast couldn't quit save David E. Kelly's script for us. Plus we talk Justine Bateman vs the 2nd Mrs Patton Oswalt while Keith fumbles over some words. https://gazafunds.com/ ++++++ Outro: Warwick School Lower School String…

The full version of this episode is available for purchase in our Patreon shop Here we are, together again. Our third entry this month is also our third based on a novel. We've got Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed and introducing: a black mamba. What else could you need? Oh, how about Nicol Williamson? Hollywood Snakes +++++ Outro: Papa Roach performing S…

This week we bring you a prime cut of Australian bacon. A pretty straight-forward tale of a wild boar big enough to run off with a 2 yo human child, eat a full grown adult and level several buildings. Plus we once again delve into our feelings and relationship to the Land Down Under. Minty | 10 Things You Didn't Know About Cujo Pillboy | Tubi: The …

The film that gave every dog you don't like a new nickname. But let's be clear: Cujo is the real victim in this story. Dog Days: The making of Cujo Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum | Dee Wallace +++++ Outro: Cannibal Corpse performing Rabid

Wrapping up February we bring you a Spike Lee joint. Starring Ray Allen, Rosaria Dawson, Denzel Washington, we were split on He Got Game (1998). Keith found it bogged down by overly long scenes and a tropey-ass B plot, while Z appreciated the time taken with dialog and the musical & visual choices made. Plus we talk the evolution of breast implants…

Oof. Since we didn't care for this one you can hear us discuss Zeljko Ivanek, "going postal" and Corwin Hawkins. The Dark and Gruesome Origins of Going Postal | Today I Found Out What Really Happened To 'Wayman' From 'A Low Down Dirty Shame'? +++++ Outro:Theme from A Man Called Hawk by Stanley Clarke, Butch Harris & Avery Brooks…

Kicking off February we are bringing you the Hughes Brothers' follow up to their debut 1993 hit Menace II Society, Dead Presidents (1995). Perhaps overambitious, the film follows a circle of friends from the Bronx as the Vietnam War era impacts their lives and the various ways they try to cope or not. What it delivers in the way of stand out perfor…

We close out January with another cult classic from the wild mind of Frank Henenlotter, Frankenhooker (1990). Lucky for you we did a whole episode without hitting the record button so this is a second take. We talk the 80's crack epidemic, decimalization, and the ableist nature of anti-sex worker rhetoric. Plus our rankings for this month's films. …

What happens when a male escort who caters to southern California's elite gets framed for a murder he (maybe) didn't commit? Honestly, we found it extremely difficult to give a shit. At least it wasn't John Travolta. +++++ Outro: Chipmunks on 16 speed performing Call Me

Our second entry this season is Ken Russell's mediation on the roles we play, in and out of the boudoir. With razor-sharp dialogue, fierce performances (Turner and Perkins in particular) and - as to be expected from Russell - stimulating visuals, Crimes of Passion might should be a must-see. At any rate, Keith is un/officially a Russell stan now. […

Hi! Welcome to Season 6! We start this month of films centered around sex work with Robert Vincent O'Neil's story of girl supporting herself by working Hollywood Blvd, Angel. If dealing with that wasn't enough, there's also a killer on the loose... Get ready for some talk about FOSTA/SESTA. Outro: Evie Sands performing Angel of the Morning…

We end the month, year and season with Brian de Palma's Raising Cain (1992), a film we knew we'd enjoy (again). We discuss the saga of Manuel's troca, this film's permanently foggy park, tripods, und Holländische Winkel. Plus a brief review of the month and season 5. Thanks so much for being here! xo, Z & K +++++ Outro: Wally World performing Raise…

RW joins us to discuss the 1995 family dramedy directed by known homosexual Jodie Foster Home for the Holidays. Plus: Craig Ferguson, Jim Office, My So Called Life, "drunk" tv shows! +++++ Outro: Everlast performing Saving Grace

Bonsoir, les amis- Here we have yet another Hollywood reimagining of a French film with questionable sexual politics that left an impression on young Z. HOW MANY CAN THERE BE??? +++++ Outro: My Hero by Rockabye Baby Music Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp

Welcome to Dysfunctional December! To start, we bring The First Wives Club (1996), or as I like to think of it: Three divorces and a funeral. Lots of porn talk and some graphic language in this one. So come back when you're an adult, okay? Benjamin Lee Whorf The Jane Collective ++++++ Outro: Javier Bustacara Ruiz performing SATC Theme by Professor …

Closing out this Nosferatu November, we bring the long awaited sequel to our episode on Interview with the Vampire. Plus vodka Kool-Aids, the Nu-Metal moment, Werner von Braun and the creation of Tang. +++++ Outro: Nathan James performing Akasha Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp

Keith here- I had the very special privilege of joining Sven (Ep 5.38) on his podcast documenting our rich and wonderful local music scene: Champaign is Also a Band, Ep 130 of CIAB aired in July of this year in which I discussed my/Professor Ping's track that serves as our podcast's theme song. Z says: Make sure to mention it made me ball my eyes o…

Nosvember continues with Ken Russell's 1988 adaption of Bram Stoker's novel. Grant, Capaldi, Donohoe, Oxenberg, mongeese, Oh My! Plus we jib-jab about abortion, phone case demos, and the Balkanization of Z's interest in Keith's special interests. +++++ Outro: The Mitford Family performing The Lampton Worm Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandca…

Taking off from an almost clique 80's launchpad, Vamp (1986) lead us down several garden paths, keeping us on our toes with its tongue in its cheek. the whole time. (Did i just put my foot in my mouth?) Oh and Grace fucking Jones dances and plays a vampire in it. WARNING: this episode is lousy with Keiths +++++ Outro: Grace Jones performing Seducti…

For our second Nosvember entry we revisit a film we watched together for the first time during pandi lockdown times. Also we discuss horrible facial injuries (cw), Stephen's Dorff-ness, and Kris K's legacy. +++++ Outro: Kris Kristofferson performing Duvalier's Dream Theme by Prof Ping available on Bandcamp…

Nosferatu November is back, baby! Once bitten, twice as nice... You know we love punishing ourselves with adaptations of Stephen King works, so we begin with this three hour television event. Also: admissions of partial literacy, prescription hallucinations, and will the real Babs Badcop please stand up. Best of Herb Tarlek The Untouchables - Agent…

In which Keith continues to hem & haw about this franchise, Z catches us up on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, plus notes on labiaplasty and we wrap on Hollerween 4! Why is Hollywood obsessed with Black people, Church, & Scary Movies? | Tiffany Byrd Harrison & Shannan E. Johnson +++++ Outro: Love and Rockets performing Bound for Hell…

Season 5 Hollerween 4 Sequel Psychosis 3 Night of the Demons 2 +++++ Outro: Morbid Angel performing Vengeance is Mine

For our second Hollerween installment we bring you CHUD II. While only loosely connected to the first film, Bud the Chud brings it's own charm and goofyness. Plus, at long last, at least half of the Country Crock mystery SOLVED. We are officially Gerritt Graham stans now. The Proposition Uncut with Brooke Dillman as Brooke Dillman by Missi Pyle and…

Welcome to Hollerween 4: Sequel Psychosis! We kick things off with Child's Play 2 (1990). Somehow Chucky returned... Playlist of Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) videos on editing +++++ Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp