Ludicrously Specific

Roger Corman may be the only man who was involved with the making of more films than we could mention in a single podcast. But that doesn't mean we don't try! Come celebrate BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, THE TOMB OF LIGEIA, DEATH RACE 2000, A BUCKET OF BLOOD and much much more. Plus we conclude with a brief (lol) round of What We Watched, which explains why this is the only Roger Corman tribute you'll hear about that brings up LUST, CAUTION!

If you pay attention to obscure UK boutique Blu-ray labels - and who doesn't? - you know that Radiance is the most exciting new player in the market. Profiling two of their titles from Europe in the mid-70s would have been specific. Choosing two that had male nudity would be very specific. But two that also have their plot disrupted by the arrival of a sniper? Well, some might say that's ludicrously specific. Welcome to Man on the Roof, Goodbye & Amen, and quite possibly a digression or two. (Okay, definitely a digression or two.)

Two martyrs, three sperm donors and a kajillion ninjas walk into a podcast. And then there's the robot, the senile mother, and the devil. Tune in for ninety minutes of everything we've been watching: comedies, classics, current releases, and, of course, a Godfrey Ho film. 

ELMER GANTRY. DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS. Two films bound together by nothing whatsoever. Except the sinister urge of Rob Zombie, who sampled them both on the first track of one of his albums. The Sinister Urge, to be specific. 

You know Darren wouldn't let go of the holidays that quickly. We're kicking off the year with a few faves since our last recording, from Christmas-y musicals to two takes on the future 90s style at the absolute opposite ends of the budget and quality spectrum to, of course Godfrey Ho. We also take a surprisingly soulful detour into the question: if you could watching only 10 more movies before you die, would you choose films you'd seen before or films that were new to you? And finally, we close out with a film that would have made our best of last year had we seen it in time: GODZILLA MINUS ONE. 

Another Christmas, another set of Christmas-adjacent movies. But what *is* Christmas-adjacent, anyway? What makes a Christmas movie? And why does Darren love TV movies so much? All these mysteries - and more - are explored through the lens of two 70s tv movies featuring Sally Field available on YouTube that you've probably never seen: MONGO'S BACK IN TOWN and HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Plus, a completely unrelated but highly passionate plug for GODZILLA MINUS ONE, in cinemas now!

Is 2023 over already? No, sorry. But we're over with 2023, and so we're chatting about our best cinema experience, biggest cinematic disappointment, our favourite film of the year, and much more. From Hundreds of Beavers and Rat Race to Stop Making Sense and Oppenheimer, join us for another ramble where we traipse through films that are sublime, films that are ridiculous, and at least one film that is, quite possibly, both. 

In our latest connections episode, it's time to take two charismatic singers, put them on the streets of New York, give them percussion skills, and watch them squirm their way through very stressful situations, in luminous black and white. It's Frank Sinatra in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM and Harry Belafonte - *not* Sidney Poitier - in ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW! Spoiler section at end so listen with (relative) spoiler freedom as we deep dive into directors, musicians, and pretty much anything else we can think of. 

So: it's been a time since adulthood and winter bugs have allowed us to gather And it's only a few moments before the 24th Annual Movie Marathon. So it's a double duty episode: a rave about Auckland's (New Zealand's?) (Australasia's?) (The Universe's?) greatest cinemagoing event that doubles as a chance to shamelessly beg for our dream programming, and the usual onslaught of random things that we've been watching from the sublime to Telly Savalas. 

If it's a secret that one of your hosts loves flying guillotine movies, it's a very badly kept one. So when Steve dug up two flying guillotine movies with what some might call a ludicrously specific connection, it was happy times in podcastland! Come join us as we unpack THE DEADLY SILVER SPEAR and THE HEROIC TRIO - but don't forget to duck and dodge, and also check out S9E17 of MYTHBUSTERS for more info on how you might make your very own flying guillotine!