Category: Movie

  • Jennifer Kent for The Babadook – 496

    Jennifer Kent for The Babadook – 496

    We’re Babashook we get to speak to writer / director Jennifer Kent for The Babadook 10th Anniversary and chat all things terrifying, how horror is deeply personal, and everyone’s favorite spooky gentleman, Mr. ‘dook. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Jennifer Kent Jennifer worked extensively as an actor in Australia before establishing her career as…

  • Bernardo Britto for Omni Loop – 488

    Bernardo Britto for Omni Loop – 488

    Writer / Director (and fellow Fighting Violet) Bernardo Britto joins to talk about his new film Omni Loop and to take a walk down the memory lane of the 8th floor of film school. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Omni Loop A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with…

  • Shelly Yo, Guo Guo for Smoking Tigers – 486

    Shelly Yo, Guo Guo for Smoking Tigers – 486

    Smoking Tigers Writer / Director So Young Shelly Yo and Producer Guo Guo are here to chat making the film on a super constrained budget, childhood traumas (including the SATs), and navigating collaboration. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Smoking Tigers Staggered by the separation of her parents, a Korean-American girl struggles to find herself.…

  • TIFF 2024

    TIFF 2024

    As we return from TIFF 2024 we present some of the standout films we saw at the festival. This was our inaugural year attending the Toronto International Film Festival (with special thanks to the TIFF and Rotten Tomatoes Media Inclusion Initiative for helping us participate) so we weren’t able to screen everything there (including some…

  • Rob Yescombe for Jackpot! – 477

    Rob Yescombe for Jackpot! – 477

    Screenwriter Rob Yescombe drops by to chat going from games to feature films, iconic interview horror stories, and his new film Jackpot!. We also lament the casting for some of his unreleased Star Wars games from LucasArts, swap interview horror stories, and figure out the best possible use for a lottery payout.  Listen on Apple…

  • Alien: Romulus, Jackpot!, Skincare – 476

    Alien: Romulus, Jackpot!, Skincare – 476

    We’re bursting at the seams after having seen Alien: Romulus and feel lucky about Jackpot!. Plus is Skincare able to be more than skin deep? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Alien: Romulus “Alien: Romulus” takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young…

  • Twisters, My Spy the Eternal City – 464

    Twisters, My Spy the Eternal City – 464

    Double the sequels this week with the action blockbuster Twisters and the action “comedy” My Spy the Eternal City. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Twisters “Twisters” storms into theaters this week and is a quintessential summer blockbuster. A loose sequel to the 1996 film “Twister” the new version stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones.…

  • Dune: Part Two, Shōgun – 419

    Consider our lives spectacularly spiced up thanks to the long awaited Dune: Part Two. Also the latest adaptation of Shōgun is a feast for the eyes. Listen on Apple Podcasts

  • Drive-Away Dolls and Avatar: The Last Airbender – 415

    Drive-Away Dolls fails to get us into gear, while the latest live action take on Avatar: The Last Airbender manages to finally heat things up. Listen on Apple Podcasts

  • Review: Madame Web (Spoiler Free)

    Can Madame Web swing into the same cultural zeitgeist spot that Morbius holds? Do we even want that to happen? Listen on Apple Podcasts