Fly By Films

Blamison are back with another terrible and justifiably forgotten film with 2003's Christian film Quigley starring Gary Busey in a dog collar, Oz Perkins as the most unmotivated Guardian angel, and Booger as an inept boss. Yes, Jamison found this film and we had to watch it since this is an Oz Perkins Parenting podcast...and not a essentially a forgotten film podcast. The stars have aligned ho...

Blamison are back with a regular episode about a movie that know one fucking knows! We dig into the first of three feature films by Mark Romanek who is most known for doing the multi-million dollar budget music video for Michael Jackson's "Scream." The name of the movie is Static from 1985. We talk about the weird tonal shift in the final act of the film, hanging out with slackers, a...

Blamison remain consistent in their inability to remain consistent as they take a break from forgotten films to talk about a show that is IN THE ZEITGEIST. This show is season two of The Rehearsal with Nathan Fielder. We dig into the true meta nature of Fielder and all of his shows--because they all feed back into this season--and what it is about this show that makes us giddy. Join us! We spoil e...

On this one-off episode of Will Blake Get Cancelled?, Jamison and Blake explain the curse that has been brought upon them by the likes of Ian Olson (of the upcoming Book of Common Terror podcast). We talk about 1992's Michael "MFumay" Mfume's Ax'Em and how nothing could save this film from its own incompetence. This is probably the hardest film we have watched to this point....

Blamison made it back just in the nick of time to maintain the efficacy of their typical intro of "once or twice a month"! On this episode we play thought games with the 1996 comedic fable Multiplicity starring Michael Keaton and Andie McDowell and directed by Harold Ramis. But let's be honest, we hadn't talked in about a month, so most of this episode is just babbling. Other thi...

Blamison return to our regular length of blabbering on with this episode on the obscure and FORGOTTEN 1983 film Eureka starring none other than the man, the myth, and the legend: Rutger Hauer....and also Gene Hackman. We don't know quite what to do with this movie even though our review of it is nothing less than glowing. So, sit back and relax as we dig for gold and exploit the native populations...

Blamison are back in the march towards the Ides with a banger of a film starring Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly (1970). And, get this!, Micky Boy only sings one song on this film and it is all the better for it. We talk about film, yes, but mostly about how fucking incredible this soundtrack is and why it makes the movie so much better than it actually is. Other things talked about: throwing Demetrius S...

Blamison are back with a great episode on one hell of a film! 1972's Horror Express with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Telly Savalas is what would happen if Hammer tried to make John Carpenter's The Thing ten years earlier. Plus if you want to talk about representation on screen, then one of the under-represented great Christian denominations (which sounds suspiciously Protestant) is...

Blamison are back with a thrilling discussion about Jules Dassin's great and forgotten prison epic, Brute Force (1947). We dig into the types of prison movies that are made in Hollywood, the distinction between classic and modern acting, and how efficient filmmaking can deliver the goods over and over again. Also talked about: decentralized social media, home labs, and why Hershey's is shi...

Blamison have wrested control of the AI that took over last week and are getting into the nitty gritty of FORGOTTEN films. Per our rules, Blake picked out the 1988 whimsically nostalgic class warfare picture, Matewan . We talk about why the cinematography got nominated for an Oscar when it clearly sucks and also how good of a guy Chris Cooper is. Oh, and James Earl Jones. It's our first true e...

The year’s come to an end, and the world of film is as wild and unpredictable as ever. Welcome to Fly By Films, where the conversation isn’t about what’s hot or what’s trendy — it’s about the films that matter, the ones that’ve burned themselves into our memories and won’t let go. No fancy lists here, just honest talk about the movies that made us laugh, cry, think, or sometimes just scratch our h...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Blamison are back for your Christmas pleasure. We are bringing all the goodies for the little boys and girls who listen to us. We talk (mostly tangentially) about the 1977 film The Crater Lake Monster , but more importantly we plan on going back to our roots for Season 4. Actual films that have been forgotten. We even set down rules for our picks. Other things talked about: The Ch...

Blamison are BACK! On this episode we end off our Alien series with the most recent entry, Alien: Romulus . We talk about what works and what doesn't work in this Fede Alvarez film. We also briefly suggest deeper discussion of CGI ethics and then do nothing with it. Then we end off the episode with our final ranking and what is next for the podcast. Also talked about: the recent election and scary...

Blamison dig into the Psycho franchise to uncover the actual heart of the whole series: Anthony Perkins. We analyze the original film, 2-4 and the 1998 remake by Gus van Sant in order to breakdown what makes this story so intriguing and how the trajectory of the series actually parallels David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy. Also talked about: what horror we have seen recently, what we are doing...

Blamison talk with the man, the myth, the legend, Demetrius Sanders, about Oz Perkins' most recent offering, Longlegs (2024). We dig into how the film is set up as a crime procedural and subverts it in just about every way imaginable. We dig into the "brain" of the dolls and its links to Phantasm because why not? All in all, we dissect all of the ways that Longlegs works thematically and technical...

On this episode, Blamison talk about Nepo-baby Osgood Perkins' third feature film, Gretel & Hansel . Of course, we talk about its occult geometries, the consumptive critique of society and just how damn good this movie ultimately is. This movie is primed to be Perkins' most accessible film and yet the marketing is botched by Orion. Go figure. Also talked about: nepotism, Perkins' obsession wit...

Blamison pick up where they left off with Osgood Perkins' next released film Blackcoat's Daughter and this time they invite special guest Ryan Ellington of Grindhouse Theology and the Hardcore Baptist Convention ™ onto the show. We break down how this early A24 offering is everything A24 wants to be and can never be again. We talk about how every choice Perkins makes in this film ripples into the...

Blamison start off their Halloween series with a bit of a rocky start as Blake's mic seems to have been glitchy. First it sounds like Jamison is talking to himself, but eventually Blake's voice comes into the mix. This may be the case with the first three episodes...unfortunately. That being said we start our exploration with Osgood Perkins' first(?) film I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the Ho...

Blamison actually talk about the Alien films. They cover Alien³ (Assembly Cut), Alien: Resurrection , Prometheus and Alien: Covenant . Also talked about: just how bad Aliens is and they rank the franchise sans Alien: Romulus . Clip from Sen. Ted Stevens describing the internet.

Blamison stretch the bounds of space and time and intellect in their discussion of the Alien franchise by exploring Alien³ (Assembly Cut) through to Alien: Covenant by way of CCM music, specifically the incestuous musical relationship between Decent Christian Talk, Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys. Stick around for this mind-expanding dive into the outer fringes of the Xenomorph mythos. Also talked a...

Blamison deride the destestable follow-up to Alien with Aliens (get it? cuz there is more than one!) by the tech-obsessed (oblivious?) director James Cameron. We talk about the horrible characterizations, the special effects seams that are everywhere in this movie and how is the villains and locations were changed this film would be no different than an 80s actioner. And it doesn't stop there....

Blamison start a new series covering the main entries into the ALIEN franchise starting with the greatest of all 1979's Alien . We talk about how great the acting is, how seamless the effects are (and how they hold up over time) and some of our reasons for considering this movie a masterpiece. Also, talked about: why this August is gonna be a great music month and various other tangents as we...

Blamison dig into the film/propaganda piece known as Sergei Eisenstein' Oktyabr (1927). While it's no Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925), we dig into how the film uses editing and montage to create cinema that is certainly decades ahead of its time. This is a jolly episode filled with political and economic opinions that will probably lose us more listeners, but we aren't in it for the money...

Blamison talk about the 2001 Oscar-bait film In The Bedroom by Todd Fields and the 2017 Mount Eerie album A Crow Looked at Me and discuss the theme of grief. This is a bit more of a downer episode than normal so gird your loins for some feelings (or lack there of--we're looking at you Blake). Other topics discussed: Tom Cruise's cousin, what we have been watching lately, and confirm that F...

Blamison talk about the utter confusion that is Joel Schumacher's 1995 hit film and soundtrack, Batman Forever . Is it good? Is it perhaps the only gay superhero movie? What was Tommy Lee Jones thinking when starring in this film? Why in the world was this soundtrack a multi-platinum success? All of these questions are addressed adequately and answered inadequately as only Fly By Films can do....