14 Months Apart

Halloween horror continues with episode 43 of the Steal My Name Podcast. Tonight’s terror tale is the mind shattering journey into intergalactic madness that is Event Horizon. The late 90’s weren’t known for hardcore horror, let alone hardcore horror mixed with sci-fi. And while the masses may have passed it over, October is the perfect time of year to revisit this overlooked master class in fear....

There is a chill in the air. The leaves are changing, the nights are coming sooner and staying longer. That can only mean one thing… it’s Halloween season!!! Given how much we love all things horror at the Steal My Name Offices, it’s going to be a month long celebration of the spooky, creepy, and downright fearful. To kick things off, episode 42 of the Steal My Name Podcast is all about Clive Bark...

It’s time to build better worlds on episode 41 of The Steal My Name Podcast. This week our host asks a serious question, is Aliens the most important film in the Alien franchise? Listen in as we dive into all the reasons why, from the world building, design, storytelling, and characterization, Aliens make a strong argument to a big ole yes! We’ll also take a tour of the expanded media, such as com...

It’s time to take a walk down memory lane with episode 40 of The Steal My Name Podcast. For the big 4-0! we’re welcoming Jacqueline Barrow, our hosts sister, some times theatrical director, and one time co-host of 14 Months Apart. Together this brother and sister team are taking a look a set of films that they watched so much as kids that they were literally banned from the house. That’s right, it...

It’s a high holy day for horror fans, it’s Friday the 13th!! And what better way to spend episode 39 of the Steal My Name Podcast than to dive into the blood splatter and bone piles of the Friday the 13th franchise. While discussing our favourite Friday films would be the easy way to go, this week our host is checking in with the two black sheep of the franchise. That’s right it’s all things Frida...

It probably goes without saying that we talk a lot about Star Trek around the Steal My Name offices. So to mix it up a bit this week, it’s time to discuss the other capital S star in the fandom sky. That’s right, it’s Star Wars! For Episode 37 of the Steal My Name Podcast we go all the way back to the prequel era to discuss the state of fan culture, the build up to Episode 1, the ongoing battle of...

“The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defence. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th.” While it’s a day late, Episode 37 of the Steal My Name Podcast is celebrating all things Judgment Day! Terminator 2 is an undisputed classic of action Sci-Fi and t...

Things get downright boisterous as bromance month draws to a close. For Episode 36 of the Steal My Name Podcast our host-with-the-most is joined by musician, writing partner, and noted spiffy dresser, Dawson McManus. It’s video game movies all the way down as Dawson and Bob wade into the swamp that is 1993’s Super Mario Bros. and 1994’s Street Fighter. It’s equal parts pleasure and pain as they di...

Our unintentional bromance month continues with episode 35 of the Steal My Name Podcast. This week our host goes back to mall where one of the greatest bromances ever told was…. told. That’s right, this week it’s Kevin Smith’s Mallrats. Join our heat-crazed host as he melts into the power and importance of strong friendships on film and in his own writing. As well as the influence that Kevin Smith...

Episode 34 of the Steal My Name Podcast is here and it comes complete with a special guest. This week we welcome film maker, theatre programmer, and a long time writing partner of your fearless host, Mike Klassen. What do old friends talk about when they get together? One of the nastiest of the nasties, the granddaddy of found footage, and the nail in the coffin of the Italian Cannibal Subgenre, C...

It’s a rare new film on this weeks episode of the Steal My Name Podcast. Cannot stress enough how much we’re going to SPOIL this weeks movie, Deadpool and Wolverine. If you haven’t seen it, come back and have a listen afterwards, cause you can’t stop here, this is spoiler country. Beyond the spoilers our host (Me!!) digs into the butt meat of the film. Is it all about the cameos? Does it take a du...

Give up your fear and drop your loathing, it’s time for episode 32 of the Steal My Name Podcast. This week we’re trying out a new format, expertly titled, Good Movie, Bad Adaptation. Our Gonzo loving (the journalism style not the muppet -though he loves him to) host tries his best to explain why the 1980 Hunter Thompson inspired film, Where The Buffalo Roam, is a worthwhile watch, despite veering...

Welcome to Episode 31 of the Steal My Name Podcast. This week our wild and woolly host will be talking about two of his favourite sequels, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 & Puppet Master 2. But it won’t just be a plain old gush fest, oh no, dear listeners. This week we’re looking at these films from the perspective of how filmmakers process feedback. No one likes to have their work criticized, let a...

What the hell is Brazil? Is it a dystopian fantasy? Is it a condemnation of bureaucracy gone mad? Or is it the fever dream of a Python run amok? It’s all of this and more! Join Bob as he tries to cut through the endless miles of red tape and find out just what the hell is Terry Gilliam’s 1985 classic, Brazil. Deep Space Nine hits another home run with Season 2, Episode 11, Rivals. And we close wit...

Is it a podcast or a therapy session? This weeks episode seeks to prove just how emotional Bob can get when he’s talking about Ghostbusters. For episode 29 of the Steal My Name Podcast, our fearless host dives deep into this new era of ghosts and ghost busting by looking at Ghostbusters Afterlife and Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. It’s an informative and emotional look at bringing a beloved franchise...

Swinging into this weeks episode of the Steal My Names Podcast comes what we here at the show (i.e. Bob… it’s just Bob) consider the best Spider-Man film to date. It had big shoes/ web-shooters to fill but 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home nailed the superhero landing in a big bad way. Join us for a gush fest regarding the story, character, it’s place in the MCU, and how to absolutely nail a multiver...

Rising up from the ground (or the unrelenting temperatures of the first heat wave of the summer) comes episode 27 of the Steal My Name Podcast. This week we’re looking at two genre classics that approach the idea of “the sequel” in two drastically different ways, Dan O’Bannon’s Return of the Living Dead and George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead. This weeks Deep Space Nine ventures into the past as we...

It's time to consume podcasts in mass quantities with episode 26 of the Steal My Name Podcast. This week we're discussing the 90's classic Conheads. Specifically in the context of the lost art of watching films on network television. A new era of Deep Space Nine begins with "Rules of Aquisition" and Jack Ketchum shows that he still packs a punch decades later with this weeks book, The Off Season....

Well... it took four years but the Steal My Name Podcast is back! For the shows triumphant return, we're going big with three films. Rob Zombie has always been a polarizing director and none of his films demonstrate this better than his Firefly Trilogy. House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and 3 From Hell. Join your humble host as he digs down into the meat and marrow of this radically dive...

They Were Warned! Month continues with one of horrors greatest tropes, the devilish doomsayer, The Harbinger. For this episode I wanted to look at just how flexible the archetype can be and how central a role they can play in the plot by looking at Children Of The Corn and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Star Trek Deep Space Nine doubles down on what it does best in episode 5 of season 2, Cardassians...

As the public restrictions due to Coved 19 have started to loosen, we’ve seen a slew of behavior that makes us shake our heads. So I thought for the month of June I would take a look at a series of films where the main characters ignore warnings, in way or the other, which leads to calamity. Welcome to “They Were Warned!!!” To kick things off I wanted to look at two films that have basically the s...

The month of May is over which means that superhero month has come to a close. What better way to celebrate that ending than by focusing on two lesser-known seekers of justice? One is a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength that is hell-bent on cleaning up the streets of Tromaville and the other is a naïve Mormon that uses the power of the orgasm to deftly defy evildoers. Tha...

Before The Avengers, Spider-Man, or the X-Men hit the big screen, there was one hero that ruled the multiplexes. For episode 21 of The Steal My Name podcast I’m taking a look at Gotham’s favourite son, Batman. The Dark Knight has had a long history of big and small screen adaptations but this time around I’m going to be talking about the big 4! Yes, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batm...

Superhero month continues with episode 20! Hard to believe I’ve done 20 of these. So for the big 20 I’m taking a look at one of the biggest comic book movies ever made, Avengers Endgame. Epic, massive, monumental, none of these words do it justice. But given that everyone one in the world saw this movie, I’m sure you agree. Deep Space Nine kicks off season 2 with a bang with, The Homecoming, and S...

In a world of Iron Men, Man Bats, and Captains of Americana, it’s easy to forget about the little guys. Those unsung heroes that flew so far under the radar that they smacked there heads right off the dish. For episode 19 of The Steal My Name Podcast I’m taking a look at two such under sung heroes: Doctor Mordrid and Howard The Duck. Yes, the 1992 Full Moon… homage… to Doctor Strange and George Lu...