Clearing The Queue

Send us Fan Mail When a bank Robbery gone wrong lands his mentally challenged brother in the Slammer, Connie Nikals descends into the depths of desperation and depravity to find a way to make it right. The audience looks on in horror at the increasingly poor decisions of the film's ne'er-do-well protagonist, cringing as the house of cards comes to its inevitable collapse. An A24 film to...

Send us Fan Mail This Week Mike and Zak share their thoughts on the new Alien Romulus movie, the Neon backed horror movie Cuckoo, and the celebrated Jim Henson: Idea Man Documentary now available for streaming on the Disney Plus. Tune in Next Week for a Much better Episode! 

Send us Fan Mail After Dani loses her entire family in a tragic murder suicide she joins her boyfriend and his classmates on a trip to an isolated community in Sweden where they practice a pagan ritual known as Midsommar. At first things seem to be going very well, but when some of the practices of the ritual come to light, things get tense and folks start disappearing. It's the breakup movie...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Boys are Joined by Elena Muruato to share her thoughts on Twisters, Deadpool and Wolverine, the Boogeyman, 2046, No Country for Old Men, Do the Right Thing, and more possibly because things kinda go all over the place on this one! 

Send us Fan Mail It's NOT a movie about Steak Sauce! it's the movie that Stanley Kubrick planned to make but unfortunately he passed away before production could begin. So Steven Spielberg stepped in to see that his friend's final vision could come to fruition. When a visionary mad man decides to create a Synthetic Child that will actually bond and imprint upon a human parent, David...

Send us Fan Mail Today we've got some things to get off our chest about some very interesting and decisive movies. We get things off the ground with our thoughts on Longlegs, then shift gears a bit to cover how we felt about Maxxxine. Then Zak gushes a little over the People's Joker, and then Mike goes on a bit of a rant over Kevin Costner's Horizon part one. 

Send us Fan Mail A Story of how on three separate occasions intelligent alien life had attempted to make contact, or influence man's evolutionary development. The film explores outer space almost as much as it does inner space, casting an introspective eye on humanity at large, and it's everlasting struggle to survive in a universe beyond it's ken. Arguably Kubrick's most impor...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Zak have been talking talkin about movies for SO LONG and they're getting all emotional about it! this episode they cover Inside Out 2, the Bikeriders, and Kinds of Kindness. As Always: tune in next week for a much better episode. 

Send us Fan Mail It’s a classic counterculture arthouse tilt-a-whirl of a feature length film, and whether you love it or hate it, you cannot deny its impact on cinema and art of the ensuing decades. What can be said about this movie that hasn’t already been said? Tune in to find out! 

Send us Fan Mail Recurring guest on the podcast Max Minkowitz fill in for Zak this week for a very fun and tangential edition of the Clearing the Q Podcast. Max gets the ball rolling with his thoughts on Big Trouble, Little China, before Mike expounds upon his numerous opinions on the Fellowship of the Ring. Then the boys discuss the undersung Collateral, and they wrap things up with a good ol gus...

Send us Fan Mail Today we start things off with a little chat about Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls, and then Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Then we talk a little bit about Lisztomania, and we wrap things up with more talk about Mad Max Fury Road. Nothing From the Theaters this week folks! 

Send us Fan Mail Connor MacLeod discovers that he is an immortal being when he survives a fatal wound during his first battle in the scottish highlands and is outcasted by his clan. He is then confronted and trained by a fellow immortal being in the ways of how best to defend himself from others who will come seeking his power. But that was over a century ago! Connor now lives under the guise of a...

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Zak have had 99 whole episodes worth of opinions y'all. Today they're gonna talk at you about Furiosa and the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. That's it. That's the whole thing folks. 

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a muscle car driving samurai takes on the two war criminals responsible for killing their family in an apocalyptic wasteland? If you said a sexy dance number with robot minions, gassed up topless Geisha, and blindfolded muscle mommies and daddies, then you win a fine fat fair-day goose! But I guess that’s really just the main story arc of this batshit crazy antho...

Send us Fan Mail Mike is hung up on the planet of the apes movies, and Zak wants to talk about Zendaya and Detective Pikachu (the actor, not the movie) This one goes hard.  

Send us Fan Mail Racing is without a doubt the most popular sport in the galaxy, and it all comes down to one remarkably dangerous circuit called the REDLINE. Join a cast of drivers so eclectic that they Wacky racers of hana-bar-bara a run for their money, as they risk life and limb for the glory of being the fastest racers in the galaxy.  Did you ever watch the Phantom menace and think: This whol...

Send us Fan Mail This Week Mike and Zak are back talking about what they’ve been putting their eyeballs on lately, keeping it loose and playing it fast. We get things going with a little chat about Civil War, and then roll on to Zak’s thoughts on Hundreds of Beavers. Then the boys discuss the cinematic adaptation of Speed Racer, and then they bring things home with a chat about the Big Lebowski. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Zak are overjoyed to welcome back to the podcast recurring guest Max Minkowitz to talk about stuff he's been putting his eyeballs on. We get things rolling with our thoughts on Late night with the Devil, then move on to Monkey Man, before following up with Birth, and then we finish things up with Godzilla X Kong!  

Send us Fan Mail When Cartoonist Stu Miley ends up in a coma he is transported to nightmarish limbo realm where comes face to face with the embodiment of his own creation, the horny and bombastic Monkeybone. The two embark on a mission to return Stu's trapped spirit to his body, but when it becomes apparent that Monkeybone has an ulterior motive, Stu must find a way to return to the world of...

Send us Fan Mail This week's what are we watching Mike and Zak share their feelings about Love Lies Bleeding, the Problemista, Perfect Days, and the American Society of Magical Negros. All these movies are worth a watch, but some more than others, listen to find out which ones! 

Send us Fan Mail Sam Lowry never aspired to anything greater than the simple banality of a job in the records department, until a promotion to the Information requisitions department could put him in touch with the literal woman of his dreams. In the cold and uncaring world gone utterly mad with bureaucratic regulations, Sam comes face to face with the bitter consequences of a system devoid of emp...

Send us Fan Mail Today the boys Start with a big ol gush over the new Dune Movie, then Zak talks up the Netflix series House of Ninjas before Mike brings us home with a scathing review of Argyle. Nothing but Tepid takes this week folks.

Send us Fan Mail Frank Pierce is a man haunted by the Ghosts of his past. Making a living as an EMT in New York during the 90s, Frank struggles to find ways to cope with the highs and the lows of a job that he cannot quit or get fired from. This dark and oddly beautiful film from director Martin Scorsese explores the moral relativism that goes hand in hand with being a compassionate member of a so...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time again!  Mike and Zak talk about what they've been putting their eyeballs on! This week  Mike starts off with his Tepid take on Sometimes a Think about Dying and it's awkwardly dark humor. Next up Zak likewise gripes about his less than stellar opinion of Lisa Frankenstein. Then Mike gushes over the unintentionally humorous hot mess that is Madame  Web...

Send us Fan Mail Literally Editor and rapacious womanizer Peter Lowe  has a one night stand with a woman who may or may not be a vampire, his career, his sex life, and his very identity begin to crumble around him. Is he the victim of the machinations of a wicked Vamipress, or is he slowly slipping into a delusional mania brought on by schizophrenic hallucinations and a textbook case of Renfield s...