A Quality Interruption

EPISODE #361-- Hey! We made it! Here we are! The end of Spooktagon 2022. At long last! Today we talk the 90's John Carpenter film VAMPIRES (1998) from the novel by John Steakley. We also talk THE KEEP (1983) and TRUE ROMANCE (1993). And probably some other movies! Happy Guy Fawks Day! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter...

#360-- We enter into the second week of 2022's Spooktagon with the penny stock-funded ghost story LADY IN WHITE (1988). We also talk briefly about DR. SLEEP, and, like, nine other horror movies for about half a minute each (including, but not limited to the original THE BLOB). Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislin...

EPISODE #359-- We return back to the Spooktagon to discuss the silent spook'em, HAXAN from 1922. Spoiler alert: It is boring! Very boring! Our episode is great, though. Listen to it. We also talk about STAR TREK: THE LOWER DECKS, MOONAGE DAYDREAM (2022), and THE SNAKE GIRL AND THE SILVER HAIRED WITCH (1968). Good stuff. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQuali...

EPISODE #358, ENTER THE SPOOKTAGON 2022 Part 1: Welcome boils and ghouls to the first installment of our SPOOKTAGON, our annual and exclusive cele-BOO-ration of all things frightening! Part one of our series if WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR from 2022, directed by Jane Scheonbrun. It's a deep dive into a girl going quietly insane due to the internet. It's currently on HBO Max. It's good. Chec...

EPISODE #357-- We're back with another banger! Today we take on the great 1960's spy film, FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966), directed by Guy Hamilton and staring Michael Caine. It's a good one! We also talk TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARAH and the season finale of PRIMAL. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Insta...

EPISODE #356-- Today we're talking the swingin' spies of the sixties set. We're talking BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967) from Ken Russell staring Michael Caine, Karl Malden, and Francoise Dorleac. It's a good one. Stay tuned for next week when we do FUNERAL IN BERLIN, because I goofed! We also talk Hitchcock's SABOTAGE (1936), SALOUM (2022), LAND OF MINE (2017), MAGIC & BIRD: A COURTSHIP OF RIVALS (202...

EPISODE #355-- Back in the day there used to be pictures! THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONG (2022) is one of those. It's the new film from visionary director George Miller, staring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. It's a good one. We also talk about DRUNKEN MASTER (1978), King Hu's A TOUCH OF ZEN (1971), Jim Jarmusch's NIGHT ON EARTH (1991), and a little bit of that new Game of Thrones show about the drag...

EPISODE #354-- On this week's episode, Cruz and James tackle the Michael Mann thriller COLLATERAL from 2004 (staring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise). It's a much better movie than EATEN ALIVE, but maybe not as good of an episode. TIME WILL TELL. We also talk about Paul Schrader's FIRST REFORMED (2017), the anime INU-OH (2022), and the classic horror movie SALEM'S LOT (1975). It's a nice, big episode! D...

EPISODE #353-- Hey, do you like bad movies? We don't! Today we're talking EATEN ALIVE from Tobe Hooper. We love him! But not this movie! It SUCKS. We also talk PREY (2022)! Go watch Prey! That was a fun one! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show f...

EPISODE #352-- For today's episode we talk about the epochal LA crime story, DRIVE (2011) directed by Nicolas Wending Refn and staring Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, and Ryan Gosling (among others). We talk very little about the jacket, I'm sorry. We also rap about PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965), NO TIME TO DIE (2021) (again), and LICORICE PIZZA (2021) (also again). It's a fun one. Donate to the caus...

EPISODE #351-- We dive into back Shudder's library with the infamous psychosexual thriller, THE DEVILS (1971) directed by Ken Russell and staring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed. We also talk about the new seasons of PRIMAL and WESTWORLD, and then we talk about TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) and GARTH MARENGI'S DARK PLACE (2004). It's good times. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the s...

EPISODE #350-- For this most hallowed of three-hundred-fiftieth episode we tackle the influntial cult class, BLADE RUNNER from 1982. Directed by Sir Ridley Scott and staring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. It's a great one. We also talk about HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955), FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965), and SHAFT (1971). Nice little spread there, right? Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow t...

EPISODE #349-- Today we tackle an apocalyptic vision thirty years in the making with Phil Tippett's MAD GOD (2022). It's a wild movie and a wild episode. Check it out. We also chat about THEY SHELL NOT GROW OLD (2018), as well as the third and fourth FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION movies, and finally CLERKS (1993). Fun, weird episode. Get it in your ears. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Foll...

EPISODE #348-- Today we celebrate Italian excellence with the film THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA, starring Anthony Quinn and directed by Stanley Kramer. We also chat about STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4 (2022), ALPHAVILLE (1965), and PEAKY BLINDERS SEASON 6 (2022). A nice, even spread this week, if I do say so myself. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterru...

EPISODE #347-- Happy, uh, happy Pride! Just in time to be one day late for Independence Day, it's everyone's favorite problematic crime film, CRUISING! Directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino, Cruising tells the story of a bunch of stuff that I can't write about without earning a parental advisory warning. We also talk about MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2018), STRANGER THINGS: S...

EPISODE #346-- Here we are! Another Richard Lester classic! And, even better, we have guest host Kate Enge. Today we're talking ROBIN AND MARIAN starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn! We also talk A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948), SABRINA (1954), THE APARTMENT (1960), a couple of Mission: Impossibles, and PORCO ROSSO (1992). Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualit...

EPISODE #345-- Today for Pride Month we dip into. . . medieval Swedish theology dramas? Okay. We're talking Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterwork, THE SEVENTH SEAL. We also chat about ANOTHER ROUND (2021), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 (2006), and WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939). It's a good episode. Listen to it. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James...

EPISODE #344-- We return to Japan or, more specifically, today we return to the sub-genre of white guys going to Japan in John Frankenheimer's THE CHALLENGE from 1982, staring Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune. We also talk about THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON (1987), a very different film about post-war Japan. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInter...

EPISODE #343-- We're in the mood to go a viking, so today we handled the mixed-up and cut-up adventure story THE 13th WARRIOR (1999), directed by convicted criminal John McTiernan (along with Michael Critchon). It's a fun one. We also talk about EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022). Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitt...

EPISODE #342-- We are back on that Dick-- Philip K. Dick, that is. We're talking Richard Linklater's 2006 sci-fi/animated minor-masterpiece A SCANNER DARKLY (staring Keanu Reeves, Winona Rider, and. . . Alex Jones? Oh no). It's a good one. Don't miss it. What else? We also talk SLACKER (1990), VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (1965), and THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000). Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Fol...

EPISODE #341- Today we take on the big, ridiculous crime film that is TRUCK TURNER (1974). Starring Nichelle Nichols, Yaphet Kotto, and Isaac Hayes (who contributes a score), Truck Turner is a perfect encapsulation of a time and a place and one of the scummiest movies we've ever reviewed (it's a masterpiece is what I'm saying). We also talk about THE NORTHMAN (2022), THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021), AC...

EPISODE #340-- We return down under to talk about the road trip thriller ROADGAMES (1981), directed by Richard Franklin and staring Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. We talk road trip movies, Alfred Hitchcock, Brian diPalma, and we also rap about NIGHT MOVES (1975) and-- what else?-- THE BATMAN (2022) (again). Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterrup...

EPISODE #339-- A very fine bat-greetings, chums. Just in time to be two days late to its arrival to HBO MAX, Cruz and James tackle the latest reboot/remake/re-entry/sequel of the Batman pantheon THE BATMAN (2022), directed by Matt Reeves. It's a big episode for big boys! We also briefly talk MEPHISTO (1981) from Hungary! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQual...

EPISODE #338-- Today we tackle the classic knock-off monster movie ALLIGATOR (1980) staring Robert Forster, Henry Silva, and Robin Riker. We also rap about CODA (2021), VELVET UNDERGROUND (2021), and THE LAST EMPEROR (1988), among other things. It's a big week for pictures, folks. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @ki...

EPISODE #337-- Today we tackle the satirical work comedy/sci-fi film from Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018). It's a good one We also rap about LICORICE PIZZA (2021), LOCAL HERO (1983), THE OUTSIDERS (1983), RAISED BY WOLVES (2021-), and finally SEEING RED (2022). It's a big week for pictures, folks. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption,...