The LAMBcast

With Richard away on a much needed KISS vacation cruise, Rob from MovieRob filled in as host and was joined by 6 other LAMB members (Todd, Jay, Nick, Stephen, Tim and David) to discuss some movie recommendations for the LAMB community

The Lambpardy semi-finals are upon us! Nine contestants have made it through the first round, and now we begin to whittle them down to just three. Just like last year, the seemingly random assigning of who faces off against whom is done purely based on which of the guests were free for each scheduled show, because we're all busy people and this is just a silly little movie trivia game, but that do...

Dwayne Johnson enters the DCEU and made promises of changing the game, is that what happened? This week on the LAMBcast we discuss the new Comic Book film, "Black Adam" and try to figure out if this really is a step forward. The DC Universe continues to be pretty dark, and the villain seems superfluous until the end. There is a lot of CG to sparkle your eyes but is it in service of a story? You wi...

For a third week in a row we feature a horror film on the Lambcast, a result of October being Halloween Season. Of course if there is a season for Halloween, there is a movie to go with it. Director David Gordon Green wraps up his trilogy reboot, reimagining, sequel, recalibration, whatever you want to call it, and the Lambcast chooses to roast the films like Michael Myers in Halloween 2018.  All...

October continues to be spooky here on the Lambcast as our Movie of the Month is "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from Director Tobe Hooper in 1974. This is the one that introduced Leatherface to the world and made chainsaws an instrument of killers rather than just arborists. Five brave Lambs hitchhike with Richard to a remote podcast and face terror as we talk about one of the greatest horror films...

October brings us three straight weeks of Horror on the Lambcast, starting with this low key entry featuring a terrific marketing campaign. After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to sur...

After a week off we are back with a film steeped in controversy for some pretty silly reasons. A psychological thriller that is overshadowed by production kerfuffle's and publicity missteps.  "Don't Worry Darling" is the second film from director Olivia Wilde and the Lambcast crew is a bit uncertain if it is a step up or a step backwards, or simply a step too far. There are dreams of a better life...

It's Lambpardy time! Three more contestants are vying for the final spot in this year's semi-finals, and the last first-round show of the year is a doozy!  This month the contestants are: JD Duran - Insession Film Andy Goulding - Blueprint: Review , Chris Tanski - Fright Rags Host: Jay Cluitt - Life vs Film , Deep Blue Sea - The Podcast , Con Air - The Podcast Questions submitted by: Rob - MovieRo...

After winning the MOTM poll by a phenomenal margin, Roger Wistar of the Roadhouse Minute Podcast, leads a group of first time watchers through a discussion of the Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan Drama, directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Tony Gilroy. Will Roger make us converts? You have to listen to find out. 

Rub the lamp and your wish will come true, the Lambcast will cover this movie before it disappears from theaters. Do it before it's too late. We have a chemistry lesson, a complaint about marketing, a lot of enthusiasm and a side discussion of Terry Gilliam films. Your wish is our command.  

It's Lambpardy time! Three more contestants are here to battle it out for movie trivia supremacy and a place in the next round of the tournament! We were a little pressed for time on this recording so it gets a bit more frantic towards the end than we're used to, but it's still a fully-functioning game of Lambpardy! This month the contestants are: Damien - Riley on Film Latoya - Franglais27 Tales...

This is the sixth Decade Lookback Episode we have done, and let's just say it, 1973 cleans every other years clock so far. There is such a plethora of great films that "The Sting", "American Graffiti" , ""Save the Tiger", "Scarecrow", "Serpico", "The Last Detail" did not make the top five list of anybody on the show. It is such a great diverse year, that there was only one "Pineapple Kiosk" in the...

Idris Elba does his best Martin Brody impersonation as the summer winds down and we find ourselves in need of a man vs. nature film to close out the season. Only one brave soul was willing to walk into this den of lions and say with pride, "I'm on the Lambcast this week". Lisa Leaheey joins Richard for a one on one discussion of Survival and family conflict. Who is up for some animal and poacher s...

Tony Coogan hosts the MOTM discussion with the film he championed this month, from Studio Ghibli, "Princess Mononoke". The August films are International in flavor and since at least one person on the show was from a different continent, so was the show. There is talk about the marketing of the film, the cultural barriers that may have limited it's success in the States, and of course, the animati...

 The Bullet Train in Japan has a remarkable safety record. These Shinkansens have now operated for 50 years, over 18,000 days, without a single passenger casualty. After Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Andrew Koki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Joey King, Bad Bunny and Zazie Beetz boarded the train, that was no longer true. There is now a different reason that it is called the "bullet train...

The dog days of summer begin, and the new films that might generate a lot of interest begin to wane, but we persevere with another of our patented Roll Your Own Top 5 productions. An international group of LAMBs , generate individual top five lists of Theaters, Board Games, Frankenheimer films, Classic Literature Story Origins and Movie Posters. How could you say no to that?  Plus you get some Ran...

On their way to the podcast, two of our guests apparently looked up against all the advice of OJ Haywood, and they never made it to the show. Richard and Lisa however, carry on and talk about the new Jordan Peele horror film and they have a more general discussion about horror movies as well. So don't stand there waiting for the metal probe. No special equipment from Fry's is required. Listen here...

Five LAMBs go for a hike to see a dead body, along the way we fear vomit, cheer Corey Feldman and Jeer Jay for not caring for this movie. Lisa Leaheey takes us on a nostalgic journey to both 1959 and 1986, as we look at Director Rob Reiner's first attempt at adapting a Stephen King story to the screen. We are joined by a first time member of the LAMBcast, and there is a game. So stop looking for y...

 It's Lambpardy time again! We're racing through the first round of this year's tournament - there's only two games left after this one! Three more contestants battle it out for movie trivia glory - one played in the very first game of Lambpardy over a decade ago, one joined the LAMB so he could play, and the other is the regular host of the show, with a special guest stepping in to temporary host...

It's been hardly anytime at all since our last MCU film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has only been in theaters 66 days, but already we seem to be ready for another comic book movie. This week, the stand alone film features Thor, in a chapter directed by Taika Waititi who had previously done "Ragnarok".  We have a group of Gods taking a break from being worshipped on their home site...

MovieRob joins Richard in collecting a couple of top ten lists for movie watching on the long July 4th Weekend. The choices are nationalistic and patriotic, but everyone is welcome to listen and feel free to share your own lists in the comments. Light up your fireworks, heat up the grill and get your ROKU/Blu-Ray/DVD/Laserdisc/VHS/Streaming service set up for some flag waving films. 

The King of Rock and Roll still seems to have enough influence to get a major motion picture of his life made and for it to be challenging for the top of the box office weekend. Does the film deserve this attention, is it worthy of the subject, or are we just getting something for Baz Luhrmann to exercise his impulses on? These and other questions get debated and not entirely settled in this week'...

It's Lambpardy time! Three more contestants are here to battle it out for movie trivia supremacy, as well as the opportunity to talk about 2012 and Son of the Mask far more than anyone expected! This month the contestants are: Thomas Stoneham-Judge - For Reel Movie News & Reviews Matthew Simpson - Awesome Friday Mark Hofmeyer - Movies, Films & Flix ; Deep Blue Sea: The Podcast Host: Jay Cl...

In June our MOTM is directed specifically at a female directed film. What would be more appropriate than the most popular film, directed by someone many consider to be the most important woman director in film history Agnès Varda? "Cléo from 5 to 7" was ranked as the second best female directed film of all time behind only "The Piano" from Jane Campion. The Lambs have a thoughtful, detailed conver...

This time we don't need to go back to the park to see the dinosaurs, they are coming to us, at least that is what we are promised, but somehow we end up back at a high tech Dinosaur preserve, repeating a lot of the same beats as earlier films. With a slightly expanded cast this week, the LAMB returns to the Jurassic World to take on "Dominion" the next film in the Jurassic Park/World Franchise. We...