After Lunch

We continue our celebration of  The Shadow 's 30th anniversary with this special podcast crossover episode! Paxton Holley brings his  I Read Movies  podcast to  After Lunch  for a special look at James Luceno's  Shadow  novelization, based on the screenplay by David Koepp.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Russell Mulcahy's  The Shadow , Michael and Rob welcome superfans of the movie, Paxton Holley and Adam Pope. The conversation covers the ups, the downs, and the impressive cast featuring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller, John Lone, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Tim Curry, Jonathan Winters, James Hong, Al Leong, John Kapelos, Max Wright, Ethan Phillips, and Robert...

Rob talks with Michael and Pax about his recent visit to France and England with his wife to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary. There's sightseeing in Paris and the French countryside, mealtime scheming on the cruise ship, and a trip to Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)!

Michael and Rob are joined by Carlin Trammel and Michael DiGiovanni to talk about collectible movie tie-in glasses. They discuss various ones they've collected over the years, including recent ones. But the highlight of the episode is when each panelist creates a whole line of four glasses for a movie that never got them. Carlin even created mock-ups of his line, which you can see below.

Carlin Trammel returns to the podcast feed for a special interview with David Heringer, organizer of the Infinity Con entertainment convention. They talk about the history of the show, why events like it are necessary, and the next one coming to Tallahassee, Florida on July 6 and 7.

Michael, Rob, and Pax begin a new series of episodes covering the  Fast and Furious  movies, starting of course with the introduction of Brian, Dom, Mia, and Letty (and alright, Vince) in Rob Cohen's  The Fast and the Furious . And because it's just the way we are, we also talk a little about John Ireland and Edward Sampson's 1954 film of the same name that also stars Ireland and Dorothy Malone.

Michael and Jess investigate a couple of movies on Mike Mignola's  20 Horror Movies I Can't Live Without . A lot of the movies on Mignola's list have common themes - vampires, witches, ghosts, etc. - but  The Thing  (1982) and  Jacob's Ladder  (1990) were outliers, so we decided to start with them. 

Michael, Rob, and Karen welcome Timothy Dalton to the James Bond films in  The Living Daylights . After the mostly over-the-top Roger Moore era, the series gets back to basics with Dalton's realistic, angry, but also charming take on 007.

In this rerun from the old  Filthy Horrors  podcast, Michael, Jess, and Darla eat at a haunted restaurant and then talk about three of their favorite ghost movies:  Poltergeist  (1982),  The Orphanage  (2007), and  The Woman in Black (2012). 

Michael, Pax, and Becky wrap up this month's Lounge talking about whether adapters of things need to be fans of the original material, X-Men movies, giant monster movies, John Hughes movies,  Challengers  and other sports movies,  Monkey Man ,  Boy Kills World ,  The Fall Guy,   Bridgerton , and more.

With Rob out of the country, Becky Tyler joins Michael and Pax in the lounge to talk about LiveJournal,  The Phantom Menace ,  Gold Diggers of 1933 ,  Lisa Frankenstein ,  Abigail ,  The First Omen ,  Late Night with the Devil ,  Immaculate , old  Nerd Lunch  episodes, the  Fast and Furious  movies, Jed MacKay's  Moon Knight , Remo Williams,  God of Fire  by Helen Steadman,  The Princess Bride by...

The  After Lunch Planet of the Apes  movie panel joins the  After Lunch Planet of the Apes  TV panel to talk about the all-new  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ! Michael, Rob, Pax, and Jacob Bean-Watson welcome the new trilogy of  Planet of the Apes  films with this first entry directed by Wes Ball and starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, and Kevin Durand.

After four episodes determining our favorite villains from literature, comics, TV, and movies, Michael and Rob welcome Joanna from  Bloody Popcorn and Pax to help decide the ultimate villain from all media types. Rather than nominate candidates, the panel works together to seed the Final Fours from each of the previous match-ups (episodes 132, 209, 263, and 275, if you like) into brackets. And the...

Michael, Rob, and Karen dance into the fire and board the iceberg submarine to talk about Roger Moore's final performance as James Bond in  A View to a Kill . Also starring Grace Jones, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, and Patrick Macnee.

After discussing the horrors of car repair and the new  Omen  prequel,  The First Omen , Michael and Jess finally wrap up their exploration of the Universal monster movies. They talk about the last two mummy movies (both from 1944):  The Mummy's Ghost  and  The Mummy's Curse .

Michael, Rob, and Pax discuss the wrap up to the  Planet of the Apes  reboot trilogy.

Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about more Harry Palmer, Matt Helm, and Mannix,  The Marvels and the state of the MCU, lots of podcasts, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ,  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , the  Mr and Mrs Smith  TV series, Doctor Strange comics, John Byrne's Superman, the Sherlock Holmes Expanded Universe,  Predator Vs Wolverine , Jason Copland's  Full Tilt , and ever so much more.

Michael, Rob, and Pax are back in the Lounge to talk about generational differences, local pro wrestling events, Darth Vader, the  Godzilla x Kong  novelization, Van Halen,  Cinderella  (2015),  Bottoms  (2023), the '70s  Amazing Spider-Man  TV series,  MacGruber ,  Renegade Nell , Wilkie Collins,  Road House  (2024),  Silo ,  Argylle (2024), and real estate.

Michael and Rob catch up with kaiju fans writer Corinna Bechko (currently of  The Space Between ) and David May about the new entry in Legendary's MonsterVerse series,  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire .  Godzilla vs. Kong 's Adam Wingard returns to direct and brings along his  The Guest star Dan Stevens to join returning MonsterVerse actors Kaylee Hottle, Rebecca Hall, and Brian Tyree Henry.

Michael and Rob welcome Shawn Robare and Jacob Bean-Watson to nominate 16 legendary movie villains, then match them against each other in a tournament to determine the greatest movie villain of all time. 

Michael, Rob, and Pax discuss director Matt Reeves' arrival on the Planet of the Apes with  Dawn . The second movie in the reboot trilogy is set 10 years after  Rise and stars Andy Serkis, Toby Kebbell, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Gary Oldman.

Michael and Jess finish Universal's Invisible Man series with  Invisible Agent  (1942),  The Invisible Man's Revenge  (1944), and  Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man  (1951). And Jess discusses the merits of  Butterfly Kisses (2018).

Michael, Rob, and Karen talk about the  Johnny English  prequel that also happens to feature Sean Connery's last performance as James Bond. It's Irvin Kershner's alternate reality 007 film,  Never Say Never Again , also starring Kim Basinger, Barbara Carrera, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bernie Casey, and Max von Sydow.

Michael, Rob, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge talking about  Bodyguard ,  The Brothers Sun ,  Poker Face ,  The Bear , Michael Caine's Harry Palmer movies,  Mannix , Red Hood comics, the Disney Villains books by Serena Valentino, brand loyalty,  Drive-Away Dolls ,  Death and Other Details , and  1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

Michael, Rob, and Pax meet in the Lounge to talk about hot towels, plastic cups,  Dune 2 ,  Oppenheimer ,  Past Lives ,  Marvel's Midnight Suns  video game, King Kong and Godzilla movies,  Thin Man  movies,  The Beekeeper ,  Wonka ,  Napoleon ,  The Artful Dodger,  the live-action  Last Airbender series, the first Perry Mason novel, Kitty Pryde comics, and much more.