Staff Picks

Australian journalist and milkshake lover Rowan Evans joins me to discuss the fascinating hit piece about the history of McDonald's, 2016's The Founder

Lawyer and fellow Mel Brooks fan Brad Culpepper joins me to discuss one of my favorites comedies of all time, 1981's celebration of bad taste, History of the World, Part I

Horror author and Haddonfield resident Matt Carter joins me to discuss the greatest horror movie of them all, and the template for just about every other scary movie that came after it, John Carpenter's surprisingly bloodless 1978 original, Halloween. P.S. Laurie is not Michael's sister.

Horror movie fan Jessi Bentley joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest and most hardcore Stephen King horror movie of them all, 2007's The Mist

Teacher and non-demon Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss Bill Paxton and axes and religion and the creepy 2001 horror movie, Frailty

My own daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss her favorite horror movie of all time, the 1973 gut punch masterpiece, The Wicker Man

Actor and screenwriter Mike Harlow joins me to discuss my favorite serial killer movie of all time, the 1995 psychological thriller, Copycat

Movie theater projectionist Will Holston returns to discuss one of the most underrated horror movies of all time, Kate Hudson and the 2005 twist ending creepfest, The Skeleton Key

Australian movie fan Cable Brandon joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the 2003 shark/snuff film, Open Water

Professional DJ Amy Twieg joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the masterpiece of art and misdirection and showmanship know as The Illusionist

Magic fan and Christopher Nolan expert Bruce Ragas joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the twist ending masterpiece known as The Prestige

Rock music journalist Aaron Conn joins me to discuss the tragedy and the triumph of the infamous 1994 Brandon Lee movie, The Crow

Former video store clerk Michael Allbright joins me to discuss a movie that I have always thought was quite beautiful. It's Tamlyn Tomita and a couple of other people in 1986's The Karate Kid Part 2.

New Zealand science expert Joshua Muir joins me to discuss one of the goofiest sci-fi/action movies ever made, 1993's tribute to verbal morality and anal hygiene, Demolition Man

Teacher and history expert Joni Newman joins me to discuss why Titanic never should have faced the backlash it did after it won Best Picture of 1997

Podcaster and former pageant winner Mike Bloom joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of all time, 1999's ode to Jesus and America and young girls everywhere, Drop Dead Gorgeous

Andrew Dick of the That Week in SNL podcast joins me to discuss one of the most criminally underrated comedies of all time, Will Forte's masterpiece of bad taste, MacGruber

Horror movie fan Brian Farrell joins me to discuss what I would call the one pretty good Friday the 13th movie, 1986's so-far-ahead-of-its-time Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives

Political movie fan Peter Haley joins me to discuss one of the great cynical comedies of the late 90's, the movie that predicted how the media would later be used to influence elections, 1997's Wag the Dog

Improv comic and icehole George Hanns joins me to discuss one of my all-time favorite movies, the immensely quotable 1984 cult comedy Johnny Dangerously

Horror movie fan Jack Mourouzis joins me to discuss what might be the best horror movie anthology ever made, 2007's playful and fun, yet still incredibly creepy Trick 'r Treat

90's movie fan and former Jewish basketball legend Adi Heller joins me to talk about one of the greatest movies of the 90's, 1992's tale of perception and ethics and Jeopardy and street hustling, White Men Can't Jump

Comedian and Brady Bunch enthusiast Taylor Cotter returns to the show to talk about 1996's much-darker-but-almost-as-funny-as-the-original A Very Brady Sequel

Podcaster and comedy historian Vic Shuttee joins me to celebrate what is maybe the funniest movie of all time, Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 masterpiece, Borat

Therapist and child of the 80's Leann Lindsley joins me to discuss one of the great unsung comedies of the early 80's, Michael Keaton and Teri Garr in 1983's Mr. Mom.