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Wait, this is a Peter Bogdanovich movie? Kinda! Another assignment by Roger Corman, this time Peter Bogdanovich was tasked with putting 10 minutes of beautiful blonde mermaids into a dubbed Russian sci-fi film, and that's how we ended up with director “Derek Thomas” and his film(?) Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women! And even if ol’ Bog himself didn’t really care to put his name on this one...

Finally, a real Peter Bogdanovich picture! This episode covers Bogdanovich’s directorial debut, Targets. Roger Corman gave his former assistant about $120k, along with directions to use 20 minutes of footage from The Terror, make 20 new minutes with Boris Karloff, and make 40 new minutes without Karloff. Taking inspiration from a variety of sources, such as the 1966 UT Austin tower shooting, the V...

The Terror is a 1963 Roger Corman film. And a Francis Ford Coppola film. And a Monte Hellman film. And a Dennis Jakob film. And a Jack Hill film. And maybe a Jack Nicholson film. There’s a lot going on in this one.  Why are we discussing The Terror? Well this grab-bag Poe riff is important to Bogdanovich because it directly leads to his directorial debut, Targets, in 1968- more on that in the next...

In our first full episode, we discuss a totally normal film: The Wild Angels, a 1966 Roger Corman motorcycle exploitation flick starring Henry Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, and Diane Ladd. The Wild Angels follows a fictionalized version of the Hell’s Angels biker gang in Southern California as they grapple with loss, external and internal conflict, and all sorts of resulting chaos. While not d...

There are plenty of movie podcasts, but a stunning lack of movie podcasts hosted by two people with J names, we’re assuming. Either way, Jonah and Journey have answered the call. In this introduction to our show, we discuss what this podcast is all about – diving into the complete bodies of work for some of New Hollywood’s most unique filmmakers. We also talk about How I Met Your Mother , statemen...