Alien Minute

Do you watch patriotic sh#t to celebrate the 4th of July? We don't, but if you do, you might enjoy this Top Gun commentary with our old pal Jason Heck who knows way too much about military killing machines and crappy 80s war movies.

John and Mitch are joined by musician Cody Wyoming to discuss whether Wes Anderson has managed to make four truly great films in a row.

John and Mitch are joined by film professor Erin Hamer-Beck to talk about Star Trek 2.

Did genre master John Carpenter make four truly great films in a row? Jason Heck joins John and Mitch to discuss Carpenter's career and specifically, whether a certain group of four consecutive films qualify as a Quadfecta®.

Cinematographer Todd Norris joins us to talk over George Miller's Mad Max 2 or The Road Warrior, as it was known in the States. 

John and Mitch discuss Kathryn Bigelow's vampire classic Near Dark.

On this episode of The Quadfecta John and Mitch are joined by film and pop culture writer Jessica Crets to discuss whether Brian De Palma was able to accomplish four truly great films in a row.

John and Mitch are joined by Todd Norris to talk about John Landis' An American Werewolf in London.

John and Mitch chat while watching James Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein.

John and Mitch are joined by cinematographer Todd Norris to discuss Steven Spielberg's Jaws.

John and Mitch finally discuss Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien: Resurrection.

Jason Heck and Erin Hamer-Beck join John and Mitch to discuss John McTiernan's The Hunt for Red October.

Jason Heck joins John and Mitch to talk over Paul Verhoeven's Schwarzeneggerian classic Total Recall.

Cinematographer Todd Norris joins John and Mitch to talk over Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.*   *Please note that this is the DIRECTOR'S CUT and not the Special Edition

Jason Heck joins John and Mitch to finish off From Russia With Love  by talking about minutes 105-112 which begin with poor Kronsteen feeling the effects of Klebb’s poison shoe and end with "Bond" waving bye-bye.

On the penultimate episode of 007x7, John and Mitch welcome Eric Moore to discuss minutes 98-105  which begin with Bond binding the hands of a bad guy and end with Morzeny kicking Kronsteen with his poison shoe.

This week John and Mitch are joined by cinematographer Todd Norris to discuss minutes 91-98 which begin with Bond learning about the sex film and end with Bond punching out a man at the rendezvous point.

This week, Mitch is joined by author Mark Edlitz (The Lost Adventures of James Bond and The Many Lives of James Bond) to discuss minutes 84-91 which begin with Bond inspecting Grant’s matching Q Branch briefcase and end with Bond held at gunpoint by Grant, who informs him of a phony blackmail plot involving a reel of film. (John is away on assignment.)

This week, Mitch and John are joined by comic book writer Jason Aaron (Scalped, Southern Bastards, Star Wars, Thor) to discuss minutes 77-84 which begin with Tania telling Bond that she really loves him and end with Bond about to inspect Grant’s briefcase after Tania and Grant have left for the dining car.

This week, Mitch and John are joined by author, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker John Cork to discuss minutes 70-77 Begin with Tania in a negligee letting Karim into the compartment and end with Bond firmly demanding details from a distraught Tania.

Suzen Kruglnska and Joe Dator are back to talk to John and Mitch about minutes 63-70 which begin with 007 receiving the cable from M and end with Karim knocking on the door to Bond’s compartment on the Orient Express.

John and Mitch once again welcome filmmaker Todd Norris to discuss 56 to 63 Begins with Bond breaking away from some tourists in the Hagia Sophia and end with Moneypenny interrupted as she listens in on a steamy recording of Bond and Tania, as M requests her to take down a cable for 007.

John and Mitch welcome author, educator, and Bond superfan Dr. Lisa Funnel back to the show to discuss minutes 49-56 of From Russia with Love which begins with Bond telling Karim to leave the assassination of Krilencu to him and end with Tania entering the spectacular Hagia Sophia followed by a sinister man in a black beret.

For this supplemental episode, John and Mitch are honored to welcome From Russia with Love and  Thunderball actress Martine Beswick.

Film professor Erin Hamer Beck joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 42-49 which begin with Bond telling his host that their hospitality “overwhelms me” and end with Bond accompanying Karim to kill Krilencu on a dark Istanbul street.