The Dungeon

Eric, Mike, and Seth P. are back on duty, clanking another watch of Heat for Val.

The Heat is on Bud Cort vs. Bud Searcy.

We discussed Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 masterpiece, The NeverEnding Story. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

We dove into a discussion of Jim Cameron's 1989 film, The Abyss . Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This time around, our pal Mathias joined us to discuss the Coen Brothers' 1990 film, Miller's Crossing. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Love Lives On," Joe Cocker https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This time around, we discussed Ari Aster's 2023 film, Beau Is Afraid . Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Love Lives On," Joe Cocker https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

We discussed Douglas Sirk's 1956 film, Written on the Wind. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off-the-Menu Outro Music: "Timber, I'm Falling," Ferlin Husky https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

For this episode, we welcomed in special guest Jacob to discuss Brian De Palma's 1978 film, The Fury . Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off-the-Menu Outro Music: "Timber, I'm Falling," Ferlin Husky https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This time we had special guest Mike back on the show do discuss the atrocious 2018 Otto Bathurst film, Robin Hood . Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

A few things going on. Zencastr is charging us now, but we thought there was a benefit: a rim shot button in the recording room. And we used that button EXTENSIVELY in this episode, but it didn't make it into the recording for some reason, so we just seem insane. We discussed Backdraft (Ron Howard, 1991), and it was good. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public doma...

This week we discussed Lawrence Kasanoff's 2012 masterpiece, Foodfight! Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This week, we discussed Stanley Kubrick's 1957 film Paths of Glory . Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dresser https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This week, we discussed Errol Morris' 1978 film Gates of Heaven. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dresser https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

We brought in special correspondent Natalie to talk about Alive (Frank Marshall, 1993). Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dresser https://www.teepublic.com/user/seth-landman

This week, we went into the flames of Firestorm (Dean Semler, 1998), Inferno (Dario Argento, 1980), and Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers, 2008). Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dresser https://www.teepublic.com/user/s...

This week, we watched Vertical Limit (Martin Campbell, 2000), Fail Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964), and Clifford (Paul Flaherty, 1994). We also went, as we do, off the menu. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dresser https://ww...

This week, we discussed The Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982), The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998), and To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985). Then we went wayyyy off the menu. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Touch the Wind," by Lee Dres...

This week was very special. We had special guest Andrea on to discuss The Wilderness Family. That's three movies: The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (Stewart Raffill, 1975), The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (Frank Zuniga, 1978), and Mountain Family Robinson (John Cotter, 1979). Stick around for a special Off the Menu section.

This week, we discussed how Seth P. felt like a cockroach. The movies we talked about were Il Buco (Michelangelo Frammartino, 2021), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985), and "Leaving the Earth," an episode of Errol Morris' documentary series, First Person . Apologies, but we didn't go off the menu because Seth L. was sleepy. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930,...

Mathias, Deliverer of Dreams, joined us to talk about Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989). Make sure to stick around for OFF THE MENU after the episode. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Love Lives On," Joe Cocker https://www.teepublic.com/us...

This week we watched Full Body Massage (Nicolas Roeg, 1995), Reign of Fire (Rob Bowman, 2002), and Red Dawn (John Milius, 1984). These are great films. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Love Lives On," Joe Cocker https://www.teepublic.com/user/...

This week, we explored the terrain of Hot Shots! (Jim Abrahams, 1991), Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016), and Countdown to Looking Glass (Fred Barzyk, 1984). Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu Outro Music: "Love Lives On," Joe Cocker https://www.teepublic.com/user...

This week, we returned from a brief hiatus to discuss Eric's recent trip to an Ent Moot, Seth's recent eating of a "Chip 'n' Dip Board," and more. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967), Uncommon Valor (Ted Kotcheff, 1983), and Threads (Mick Jackson, 1984). Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More,&qu...

This week, we watched Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow, 1990), The Mother (Niki Caro, 2023), and The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012). Seth L spoke at length about his future political career involving nursing a troubled pug back to health. Eric described his upcoming screenplay: Full Force Behind . Then we went off the menu because one of us was watching Shane (George Stevens, 1953) in the backgrou...

This week, we watched Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990) and Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994). We also re-watched Robocop 2 (Irvin Kershner, 1990). Most importantly, as always, we went off the menu to reiterate the fact that love lives on. Intro Music: "Hale Makame," 1930, Unknown author / Public domain Outro Music: "Fool Me Some More," 1930, Gus Arnheim / Public domain Off the Menu...