Alien Minute

WARNING: There are some audio issues on this recording. We apologize. Mitch and John are joined by first time podcast guest Odi Opole to discuss the similarities of Jack Sholder's The Hidden and James Cameron's The Terminator.

John and Mitch are joined by Jason Heck to create a commentary for John McTiernan's Predator. (Instructions for cueing up the audio are in the episode and please consider coming to Patreon.com/AlienMinute for more commentaries and Quadfectas!)

On this episode of The Quadfecta, Tom Taylor from the Indiana Jones Minute, Blues Brothers Minute, and Caddyshack Minute podcasts joins us to discuss four possibly Quadfecta-worthy films by the often brilliant and controversial director John Landis.

Cinematographer and former Alien Minute guest Todd Norris joins John and Mitch to discuss (at least) four consecutive films by Aussie auteur Peter Weir.

John and Mitch discuss the highs and lows of JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Cody Wyoming joins John and Mitch one last time to talk about Act III of The Thing.

Out intrepid hosts are once again accompanied by Cody Wyoming to talk about blood tests, practical effects, and iconic lines in Act II (b) of The Thing.

Cody Wyoming returns to join Mitch and John on their journey into Act II of The Thing.

John and Mitch are joined by musician Cody Wyoming to discuss Act I of John Carpenter's The Thing.

John and Mitch finish their coverage of Alien 3 by covering Act III which starts with Ripley suicidally searching for the alien and ends with the closing credits.

John and Mitch return for part three of their Alien 3 coverage which starts with Ripley interrogating Bishop's mangled upper torso and ends with a very Sulaco-like ship approaching Fiorina 161.

On episode two of our Alien 3 coverage, Mitch and John begin by talking about Ripley's shower and shave and end with Ripley punching a would-be rapist in the face.

John and Mitch have finally returned to break down Alien 3, only this time in more manageable chunks. Episode 1 covers Act I which begins with Ripley, Newt, and Hicks riding an escape pod down to Fiorina 161 and ends with Ripley and a crew of religious monk space prisoners tearfully cremating Newt and Hicks while a newborn Xenomorph calf/puppy blasts its way out of an Ox/Dog.

John Ingle and Mitch Brian of Alien Minute return to introduce THE QUADFECTA, a podcast dedicated to discussing the difficulty of making four truly great films in a row.

Alien Minute co-host Mitch Brian and Aliens Minute (sometimes) co-host Jason Heck discuss movies about extraterrestrials on a Kansas City Public Radio show from 2010.

Today, we're presenting the first archival episode of Mitch Brian and Jason Heck's radio show The Dvd Gurus. Listen to Jason and Mitch talk to radio personality Steve Kraske about the history of the James Bond franchise. This episode first aired in 2006 so beware of anachronistic content.

John and Mitch have a little chat about Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.

It's the final episode of Aliens Minute. Thanks, everyone!

In the penultimate episode of Aliens Minute, John and Mitch talk about whatever they want.

Today, Mitch and John discuss cheek kisses, flying crates, and dumb robot jokes.

Today, Mitch and John talk about shoes, Ripley's superhuman physical abilities, and a sliding android torso.

Mitch Brian returns for a final week of Aliens Minute!

John and Jason talk a little more about the Ripley v. Aliens Queen battle and then take the show completely off the rails in a shameful display of meandering jibberish.

John and Jason discuss the start of the epic battle between Ripley and the Alien Queen.

Today, John and Jason talk about Newt's instinct for finding hidey-holes, discuss pivotal movie puppets, and Jason makes fun of Ripley's funny run.