14 Months Apart

When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will listen to the Steal My Name Podcast! Stop me if you’ve heard one of these one lately; horror is finally smart, these are elevated horror movies, thinking mans horror. Sound familiar? Sound really dumb? You bet! Horror as a genre has always produced smart, thoughtful films, while never losing it’s desire to entertain. Look no further than the mighty,...

After a year in silence, the buzz is back!!! The Steal My Name Podcast returns with episode 67 and it’s all about heroes taking a big ole’ kick in the teeth. This week on the show your fearless host is discussing two films in which, despite their best efforts, the main characters lose. How do they get there? What does that mean as an audience member? Is Terminator 3 a little better than you rememb...

May the Fourth be with you!!! To celebrate Star Wars day, we’re kicking off an entire month of content from a galaxy far far away!! For episode 66 of the Steal My Name podcast we’re taking a look at the two films that represent the best and the worst of the Disney era, Rogue One and Solo. These films serve as excellent examples of what we, as fans, want out of Star Wars on the big screen, and what...

After 80 plus years of storytelling, we all have a different idea of what a Batman movie should be. Are you a fan of the video games? Do you live and die for Frank Millers take on the character? Are you ride or die for the animated series? For episode 65 of the Steal My Name podcast, we’re diving into what may be the most comic accurate (The New 52 run of comics to be exact) Dark Knight we’ve had...

Once upon a time people weren’t mad at the MCU. Crazy right? What better way to celebrate a holiday about a person rising from the grave than to look back on of the great heroes to ever take a nap and then jump up ready to kick ass. That’s right, for episode 64 of the Steal My Name Podcast we’re picking up the shield and charging into battle with, what may be, the best MCU film, Captain America: T...

With the passing of Val Kilmer, we lost a true legend of the silver screen. Whether he was Batman, Iceman, Mad Martigan, or teaching us how to steal a scene in this weeks film, his presence on screen is one that will never be forgotten. To celebrate his legacy, we’re looking at one of the great westerns of the last 30 years, and a study in stealing a scene from some of the best in the business. Th...

As long as we’ve been making movies people have been writing about them. From the industry trades, to fan magazines, to entertainment television shows. Whether critically or callously, film reporting has been an important part of the cinema going experience. For episode 62 of the Steal My Name podcast, we’re taking a look at the media around the media we take in, and how that has changed in the ag...

For episode 61 of the Steal My Name Podcast, we’re getting down right academic and talking about mythology building. When it comes to horror sequels there is a desire (for both business and creative reasons) to try and world build as the series progresses. This can be risky business. Sometimes we get a mixed up mythology that contradicts itself from film to film. Sometimes we get Hellbound: Hellra...

For episode 60 of the Steal My Name Podcast I’m setting out to do two things. The first is to give George A. Romero’s two most contentious living dead flicks, Diary of the Dead & Survival of the Dead, a fair appraisal. And point the second, argue that while it was made before the previous two films, Land of the Dead should be considered as the third film in this new trilogy. Make sense? Great! It’...

For episode 59 of we take a look back at the glorious (for the most part) exploitation celebration that was Grindhouse!! Robert Rodriguez and Quinton Tarantino were at the height of their collective powers in the mid 2000’s and united for a singular goal; create the ultimate exploitation double-bill experience for a new generation of film fans. Together they unleashed Planet Terror and Death Proof...

When one finds themselves buried under a ludicrous amount of snow, there is only one sensible thing to do… watch John Carpenter’s The Thing!! That’s right, for episode 58 of The Steal My Name Podcast we’re digging our way through all of the reasons that The Thing is an absolute masterpiece. From the immense scale of the landscape, the bonkers effects, and the exploration of the collapse of trust i...

Valentines day may be the silliest holiday of the year but it is good for one thing; giving us an excuse to talk about holiday horror! Specifically the holiday themed slasher boom of the early 80s. Steal My Name Episode 57 is going for the heart with the Canuxsploitation classic, My Bloody Valentine. Slick kills? Check. Valentine imagery abound? Check. So Canadian it makes you want to eat a poutin...

For some reason, the universe seems to have a problem with your fearless host. Between broken bones, covid-19, norovirus, and a dead car, it’s been a little hard to get new episodes out. But we shall overcome! The Steal My Name podcast is back with episode 56!! This week, we’re looking at dystopian action movies. Demolition Man and Equilibrium present two very different versions of the future but...

It’s another new(ish) film on the Steal My Name Podcast! I know, crazy right? This is a film that your fear(ful?) host had passed over upon release. And can they be blamed after the debacles that were Prometheus and Alien Covenant? Turns out, yeah, they could. Join me as I discuss the dangers of legacy sequels Vs franchise entries, the value of treating sequels (good and bad) with respect, and wha...

It may be January but it’s still Christmas at the Steal My Name Podcast. Mainly because your host decided that unwrapping a case of covid would be the best way to spend the holidays. This week we wrap up our Christmas content with the sadly overlooked 2022 flick, Violent Night. And Dawson McManus is back to help dig into all of the holiday goodness and gore that this film serves up! It’s action pa...

For whatever reason, one of the great questions of our time continues to be whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not. Well, episode 53 of the Steal My Name Podcast is going to answer that. While also being one of the best action movies ever made, your Yuletide host is going to walk and talk you through all the way that yes, Die Hard is in fact a Christmas movie. Want to find out why? Listen to...

It may Christmas but when there is a Friday the 13th in December, we Friday the 13th in December!!!!! The closest we come to anything winter related is some ice related fun in Jason X, so that’s what we’re talking about in episode 52 of the Steal My Name Podcast. Is it a little silly? Sure. Has the CGI aged a little rough? Oh, you bet. But does Kane Hodder hack and slash his way through this swing...

We said it wouldn’t be another four year break and we keep our promises, dang it! It’s time for episode 51, and since it’s December, that means Christmas content!!! We’re kicking off the holiday season with a look at the underappreciated 2012 animated flick, Rise of the Guardians. On the surface it may just look like Santa and his buddies teaming up for an Avengers style rip-off, but dig a little...

“Insert drum roll here” It’s time for episode 50 of the Steal My Name Podcast!!!! Can you believe it has been 50 episodes? To celebrate such a momentous occasion, which is also the end of our month of cyberpunk/ noir content, what else could we do but bring back one of our favourite guests, Dawson McManus. After tormenting him with video game adaptations, this time around it’s wall to wall classic...

It may be an actually felony to try and get through a month of cyberpunk content and not discuss this weeks film. There are few genres in cinema that have created as definitive a statement as to what they are as Blade Runner. 42 years later it remains the master class in how to deliver a cyberpunk story/ neo noir story on the big screen. And since we’re taking all things Blade Runner, why not tack...

There are few franchises as interesting, and yet terribly frustrating, as The Matrix. And it wouldn’t seem right to let the month pass by without discussing the groundbreaking first film and the heart breaking sequels. For episode 48 of the Steal My Name Podcast, our glutton-for-punishment host sat through all of the Matrix sequels so you don’t have to. Or maybe punishment is your thing, we’re not...

Noirvember continues with episode 47 of The Steal My Name Podcast. It’s time for some cyberpunk primer with Brett Leonard’s Stephen King-less King adaptation, The Lawnmower Man. While it may have next to nothing to do with its namesake story, and may be a little silly (I’m looking at you, early 90’s CG) the film acts as a great gateway for young film fans to find their way into the dark city stree...

With October behind us (by one whole day!) it’s time for something new. And since it’s November that means Noir and Cyberpunk! That’s right, for the entire month of November we’re going to be diving deep into dangerous dames, desperate dupes, and those that live the high-tech lowlife lifestyle. Episode 46 of The Steal My Name podcast kicks things off with one of the greatest Film Noirs ever made,...

It wouldn’t feel right to finish off our month of spookables without spending a little time with the franchise that has become synonymous with the month of October. That’s right it’s time for Halloween! Specifically two entries in what may be the most chronologically confused horror franchise of them all. For episode 45 of the Steal My Name Podcast we’re looking at two films that have a celebrated...

As All Hallows Eve draws ever closer, it’s time to talk about a different kind of scary movie. Sometimes the films that scare us aren’t filled with chainsaws, demons, and improperly wielded kitchen cutlery. Sometimes that most frightening images, the ones that stick with us the longest, are found in the most unlikely of places; Fantasy films For episode 44 of the Steal My Name Podcast we’re taking...