LockShock&Barrel

Do we crave our own obliteration? Or do we just crave cosmic horror and fractals? Our minds were blown this weekend by Alex Garland's follow-up to Ex Machina, "Annihilation", which is about ... uhh ... life and cells and relationships and all kinds of heady shit. Obviously spoilers are plentiful, so go see the movie before we confuse you further with our rambling, Shimmertime review. We're all dam...

You know when you're in a weird social situation and you feel like you should leave, but the rules of society dictate you should stay or commit the sin of Rudeness? Yeah, that's how people die in horror movies. Trust that gut and GTFO before it's too late. Who are we kidding? You're totally going to stay and get knifed up. To do anything else would be rude. Music used: Michael Abels - Sikiliza Kwa...

Romance! The Soviets! Sex with sexy fishmen sexily! Lots of Awards Because It Gives Us A Collective Break from the Horrors of Reality! We've been throughly charmed and mesmerized by Guillermo Del Toro's modern-day fairy tale "The Shape of Water". Anchored by a spectacular cast, full of those practical effects we love so much, and with enough interspecies humpin' to let us make a lot of immature jo...

Appropriate to the season, we're discussing the sometimes scary but mostly terrible, sexist, and pointlessly pointy horror sub-genre of SLASHER MOVIES. So grab your gallon o' fake blood and an impossibly shiny kitchen knife and join us as we unmask Jason, out Batman, and analyze the (possibly totally made-up) Giallo films "Four Wigs in a Chevrolet" and "Cat's Butthole Rubbed Gently on a Dell".

Float on down to the Barrens and chat about the new IT movie with us, won't you? We're down here because a storm blew us away! It blew the whole circus away! beep beep

(Note: this starts cold with us bantering. Sorry, no fancy intros this week) We were all captivated this week by the first trailer for the new version of IT. We all read this as (apparently unsupervised) children, and fondly remember the Tim Curry miniseries from the 1990s. The trailer looks nice and horrifying, so we have to chat about it. Also included: Ira offering to fight over if KONG: SKULL...

Powered by blue milk (sourced from only the finest local banthas), the sibs return to discuss a lil indie film called Rogue One. Truthfully, it's mostly a Mikkelsen/Tudyk lovefest, but we also make a lot of inaccurate droid noises, generally butcher the Star Wars canon/timeline, and manage as always to shoehorn the Aliens universe into the conversation. Jump into the garbage chute with us as we sh...

For Halloweek proper, we are discussing movies about witches, and specifically "The VVitch," and how freaking creepy goats are. Grab your familiar, hop on your hallucinogen-smeared broom, and join our coven for a spell.

More than most anything else, the LSB crew loves Halloween. This episode we're discussing what our favorite movies and TV specials are to watch while carving pumpkins, hosting a party, or otherwise enjoying the most wonderful time of the year. Happy spooking!

The sibs reconvene after a summer hiatus to discuss - what else? - Stranger Things. Come for the acapella rendition of the synth-tastic theme, stay for the coffee and contemplation.

After a week hiatus, the sibs are back and as random access as ever. This time it's all about AI, synthetic humans, robots, androids, etc. We discuss Asimov's rules of robotics, how much Iron Giant tore out our cold metal hearts, and how Ex Machina has the best AI reveal in cinema history. So in the immortal words of Bender, "Hey sexy mama, wanna kill all humans?" {And before any other Rush fans g...

Finally discussing films from the current century, this week the sibs imbibe while chatting about Captain America: Civil War and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Geoff earns the title Old Man Grumpy, Ira pits Merida against Hawkeye, and Leila demonstrates uncanny knowledge of obscure comics characters. At some point Ray Stevens' The Streak is involved. Hail Hydra.

Join us for a belated Mother's Day show as we chat about the best, worst, and scariest mamas on film. Mostly we quote the prank call scenes from Serial Mom and apologize to our own mom for being vulgar.

We jump right into part II of the AlienDay 'cast from the siblings! This episode starts with a True/False game with real and fake factoids, critiques the 3rd and 4th movies as well as Prometheus (Ira calls Geoff 'Brometheus' for not hating it), and ends with some haikus dedicated to the franchise. Believe it or not, its a great ep.

This week, in observance of Alien Day, we’re imbibing thematic drinks and chatting about All Things Xenomorph. This is a two-parter, with this week’s show focusing on Alien, Aliens, the 3-2-1 game, the general badassery of Ellen Ripley, and the uselessness of cats in space. And we do quote Lt. Hudson quite a bit, so stop your grinnin’ and drop your linen.

It's all for you, Damien.