Clearing The Queue

Send us Fan Mail it's that time again, where Mike and Zak get in front of some microphones and share their thoughts on some movies they've seen recently. This week the boys start things off talking about Miyazaki's newest film; The Boy and the Heron. Next up Mike shares his thoughts on Johnathan Glazer's Sexy Beast, before Zak gets in a few words about the Oscar nominated Maest...

Send us Fan Mail When Chicago radio station Wailin Broadcast Network (WBN) tries to become the fourth national radio station, a series of catastrophes unfold during their first live broadcast,  including but not limited to murder most foul! It’s up to Roger Henderson, a writer who’s going through a separation with his wife Penny over an illicit affair, to find out who done it, clear his own name,...

Send us Fan Mail Kicking off this year's first episode of What are we Watching with some of the leftovers of yesteryear. Zak begins with some of his thoughts on the Zone of Interest, and Mike keeps the bummer tone rolling with his ruminations of the Iron Claw. Followed by Zak's Heated defense of the new Wonka musical and Mike brings us home with a bittersweet sendoff for this atrocious c...

Send us Fan Mail Since we were on a break during this years holiday season, Zak and Mike are beginning this new year with the spirit of giving, doing the usual movie swap they do during Xmas. This week Zak showed Mike My Life as a Zucchini. When a 9 year old boy accidentally kills his mother, he is brought to an orphanage where he meets a collection of adorable misfits and learns that not all chan...

Send us Fan Mail With 2023 in the rearview join hosts Mike and Zak as they talk about their favorite movies from this past year. The boys share their top 5 and then roll into some honorable mentions. Hope your new year turns out to be full of wonder and joy! 

Send us Fan Mail Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly were two kids from the wrong side of the tracks, who scratched out a living as thieves, until their path diverged after a heist goes wrong. Rocky becomes a textbook recidivist, in and out of prison for the next 15 years for various crimes that earn him a kind of infamy in the criminal world, while his old friend Jerry becomes a priest, devoted to...

Send us Fan Mail In a world where Humans and Cartoons live side by side, Part time Private investigator and full time drunk Eddie Valiant is hired to investigate the wife of Cartoon Star Roger Rabbit. After showing the poor toon some photos of his aforementioned wife, Jessica, playing “pattycake” with Famed Producer Marvin Acme, Roger goes ballistic and disappears into the dark alleys of tinsel to...

Send us Fan Mail Better late than never, eh? This week Zak kicks things off with his thoughts on the Cult Classic the Decent, a movie he believes receives the proper amount of appreciation given its difficult first and third acts. Then Mike follows up with some rumination on Ed Harris’s Appaloosa, a competent western, but nothing to write home about. Then Zak Explores the Surprisingly fun movie by...

Send us Fan Mail A powerful Parasite known as Aylmer attached himself to what appears to be a feckless NY nobody named Brian (I say that because we don't actually get to know him at all before Aylmer attached himself to our protagonist.) The chemical the Ageless parasite release into Brian's brain is something like LSD mixed with Heroin, but it comes with a price. Brian must help Aylmer...

Send us Fan Mail That's Right Folks, We're doing two in a row this month! WHY?! Because Our lives are busy and we're changing some things about the format of our in-depth movie breakdown episodes, and experiencing some growing pains you might say. We appreciate you baring with us, and promise we will get back to delivering the kind of content that brought you here to begin with. For...

Send us Fan Mail Join Hosts Mike and Zak for some quick thoughts on what they've been watching these days! First up Zak shares his feelings on the Outlaw Johnny Black, a new Blacksploitation movie by the legendary Micheal Jai White. Followed by Mike's harsh review of Expendables 4. The onto a much  ore lighthearted conversation about Frank Henenlotter's Frankenhooker, and then we wr...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak as they ring in the Spooky season with a Heady flick about a Serial killer brought to you by Lars von Trier: The house that Jack Built. And oh what a house it is! An unrepentant narcissist who fancies himself something of an Artist, but the  works with materials that are somewhat unethical. Jack, played by Matt Dillon recounts 5 formative incidents in his l...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the bimonthly edition of the Clearing the Q podcast affectionately referred to as "What are we Watching?" Mike insists that he doesn't want to review My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and then proceeds to, for about 10 minutes. After that, Zak praises the wacky antics of the new coming of age film Bottoms, from the same people who brought you Cocaine Bear. Th...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak for the first installment of Serial Killer September, coming out of the gate with some hot takes on a beloved classic from the turning of the century. A Bitingly sarcastic indictment of the philosophical shift in American that grew out of the “greed is good'' propaganda shoved down our throats by Wallstreet in the 1980s, American Psycho will make...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Zak have returned from the cinema to discuss some recent releases that impressed, surprised, and even delighted. First up, the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie gets a lot of praise but still a wag or two of the proverbial finger. Second, Landscape with Invisible Hand, which sounds like a pretentious art house movie, but it's actually an offbeat comedy about cla...

Send us Fan Mail Billi, A struggling young woman learns that her Grandmother has stage four cancer and that her family is gathering in China to be with her one last time. However, in Chinese culture it is common for people who receive terminal diagnosis to be kept in the dark about the severity of their condition, at least until things become impossible to ignore. So the family is using the weddin...

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re showing some love to one of Zak’s favorite childhood influences, and one of the all-time greats of comedy, RIP Paul Rubens. Join us as we explore some fond memories of Peewee’s Big Adventure, one of Tim Burton’s First Feature length films. Then get into some Netflix and Thrills as we break down some of our favorite things about They Cloned Tyrone. Followed by Zak’s...

Send us Fan Mail It's August, and you know what that means, it's A24 month! We had so much fun with it last year that we wanna do it again this year. in Honor of the Little studio that could, we're talking about one of Mike's Favorite films of 2021, that's right, we're talking the Green Knight. This genre bending thought piece is as immersive as it is beautiful. Based...

Send us Fan Mail Lots of Stuff in the cinema to see lately, Barbie and Oppenheimer being two of the biggest opening weekends this summer, so join hosts Mike and Zak as they amble through their thoughts on both of these seemingly decisive films. Then wrap things up with their feelings on an A24 Australia flick that is way better than it has any business being: Talk to Me. If you have not seen these...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak as they explore David Cronenberg's 1999 existential thought piece, eXistenZ. When an assassination attempt fails to kill the world renowned game designer Allegra Geller, she must escape the machinations of her business rivals, as well as the persistent attempts on her life by a group of militant extremists. To make matters worse, the only extant copy o...

Send us Fan Mail Come join hosts Mike and Zak as they recount a couple of recount their thoughts and feelings on their recent Cinematic excursions and finish things up with a bit of a stroll down memory lane. Both Mike and Zak have a LOT to say about the new Indiana Jones movie, and Zak gushes briefly about the joyride that is the new Mission Impossible movie, then Mike and Zak both share their op...

Send us Fan Mail Join Hosts Mike and Zak as they explore one of the greatest star trek movies ever made. That's not a typo, Galaxy Quest is so good the Trek community adopted it as cannon. Listen to the exciting tale of this film's conception, production, and reception and all the glorious hiccups along the way. When the cast of a Popular Sci-fi show are invited to take on their roles in...

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike and Zak take some time to really unpack their feelings on Wes Anderson in general, but specifically on his newest film Asteroid City, a movie about a play that could be accused of putting a hat on a hat, but isn't that Wes's "Thing?" Followed by Zak's take on an A24 film in theaters now, Past Lives, and Mike wraps things up by ruminating on...

Send us Fan Mail June has been Totally devoted to some Patreon Content Teasers and this episode is no different. Take a peak behind the paywall this week and get a taste of the sweet sweet content Card Carrying members of the Queue Crew are going to be enjoying on a monthly basis. That's right, a little tryz before you buyz to incentivize you to enjoy us criticize the serialized and televised...

Send us Fan Mail Join Mike and Zak and Special guest Max Minkowitz to talk about Superhero Movies! What?! We NEVER talk about those! Spoilers the Flash is a bit of a mess and Across the Spiderverse is arguably the best Spiderman movie, if not the best superhero movie to date. Come listen to us shout at each other about it!