Casting The Net

I know some of us out there have been hating this winter season, so allow us to heat things up as we talk about the Netflix original holiday romance film Hot Frosty. Lacey Chabert plays a widowed diner owner who inexplicably transforms a snowman in the center of her town into a living, breathing hunk who just wants to make her life easier. It's certainly something we don't usually see fr...

Too much blood? Or not enough? That's the questions we're asking on this week's episode, as we cover one of the most "2000s" indie genre movies of the year 2000 based on a cult indie comic from the 80s, Faust: Love of the Damned. Contemplating suicide after the murder of his lover, John Jasper's is given the power to exact bloody revenge, and all it will cost him is ....

When people talk about hidden gems, you really don't get more hidden of a gem than a 1940s supernatural crime noir thriller from 1991, starring Fred Ward, Clancy Brown, David Warner, and Julianne Moore, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, directed by Goldeneye and Casino Royale's Martin Campbell, and we an HBO original movie! This week, we dove deep into Cast A Deadly Spell, as Fred Ward plays p...

It's the week after Thanksgiving, but we hope you're all still hungry. This week we're covering the Blumhouse Prime Original House of Spoils, as Ariana Debose plays an ambitious chef looking to make a name for herself. Hoping to turn a cozy inn into a fine dining restaurant, she quickly finds inspiration in the woods around the property, but also finds herself plagued by haunting vi...

Haven't done a Tangent episode in a minute! And what better time to do one for Early 2000s horror than . . . three weeks AFTER Halloween! In any event, We dive as deep as we can with this week's ep, and we'll make sure to pick up the slack on some glaring omissions, in future episodes. But whether you're a fan of supernatural thrillers, torture porn, horror remakes, or foreign...

After 30 years, Axel Foley as at it again, as Eddie Murphy returns to arguably his most famous role for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. This time Detroit's "finest" must return to the west coast after his daughter is threatened and Billy Rosewood goes missing after they start digging into a drug case. But after all this time, can Axel's old tricks still get the job done? And can Edd...

From the director of Dead Alive and Meet The Feebles comes . . . the true crime tale of two teenage girls' burgeoning friendship leading to straight up matricide in 1950s New Zealand? This week, I'm correcting a major blind spot the films directed by Peter Jackson that I've seen, with Clarissa's first recommendation for the show, 1994's Heavenly Creatures. The cinematic de...

Nice to see a new spin on the "I have to do '(X) Task' to keep my ex-wife from moving her and our child out of state!" trop, as Jamie Foxx plays a freelance vampire hunter in the Netflix action movie Day Shift. In need of some fast cash, Foxx's Bud Jablonsky begs his way back into the vampire hunters' union, but things get complicated when he runs afoul of an ambitiou...

Who doesn't want to watch J.Lo fight self-aware androids in a mech suit?!?! This week, we're covering the Netflix original Atlas, as Jennifer Lopez has to form an unlikely bond with an AI program, in the hopes of stopping another AI program from wiping out all humanity! Honestly, this is a surprisingly straightforward premise! 

When you wanted to cover a specific film for its 25th anniversary, but it's not available on streaming, so you cover another film for its 25th anniversary . . . that's only available (unofficially) on YouTube! Joining us once again, and most likely for the foreseeable future, Clarissa Westphal Nogueira is back on the pod to talk about Kevin Smith's irreverent faith-based comedy Dogm...

With the 30th anniversary of The Crow this year coinciding with the long-gestating reboot finally seeing release later this summer, I thought I'd be "fun" to bring back my good friend Clarissa to discuss the direct-to-video entries in the original Crow franchise, and the franchise as a whole. We certainly had our opinions on these films, and some of those opinions surprised even me!...

What better way to celebrate Christmas . . . then by covering a Halloween horror movie!!! This week, I'm joined by my good friend and fellow horror fiend, Jen Johns, to discuss the latest from director David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, Hannibal) Dark Harvest. In a sleepy midwestern town in the early 1960s, there is an annual tradition where the teenage boys of the town are tasked wit...

Did we really leave y'all without any new episodes for a whole year?!?! There really is no excuse that's gonna cut it, but hopefully you'll fix your ears to check out this brand new episode on David Fincher's latest, The Killer. Join me and guest host Chris Farmer, as we discuss this taut cerebral globetrotting thriller, as Michael Fassbender plays a hitman who's good at h...

What better way to follow up our episode on the Hulu Hellraiser reboot, than finally subjecting myself to the Dimension Films direct-to-video era of the franchise! Inspired by my fellow horror fan Clarissa Westphal Nogueira,  I took on this daunting task so we could discuss the films, from Inferno to . . . . Revelations, and figure out if any of them had any redeeming qualities, or of they were al...

What's your pleasure, listeners? The classic tale by Clive Barker gets a much needed reboot with Hulu's new interpretation of Hellraiser. My good friend (and a far bigger Clive Barker fan in general than me) Sasha Munro joins me to talk about this new film, that follows troubled young Riley as she comes into possession of a puzzle box that threatens to take her down an even darker path t...

 The Predator franchise is back to top form with the release of Prey, which released straight to Hulu recently, so you know we had to talk about it. This week, I'm joined by my good friend Philip A. Henery from the In The Black Podcast, to talk about the Prey, the Predator Franchise in general, and discuss why this new film has had the impact it's had. Taking place in the 1700s, Prey fol...

Every now and then, you just need to talk about a movie that actually had a wide theatrical release in theaters, especially when it's already been released on streaming after six weeks! Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is already available on Disney +, so there's definitely wiggle room to discuss the Marvel Studios sequel and return of genre director Sam Raimi, after almost a...

This week, we've got a special guest in the form of metal vocalist Nina Osegueda from the band, A Sound of Thunder, and we're talking about Phil Tippett's 30-year passion project, Mad God. One of film's foremost stop-motion wizards, Phil Tippett's contributions to film can be seen in everything from the original Star Wars Trilogy, to Robocop, and Jurassic Park. Having put...

Cohen and I covering a film we watched together?! In an indie theater?!?! This week, we're talking about the 1950s noir crime thriller The Outfit, which is now available on Peacock, as of this posting. Allowing his suit shop to be utilized by nefarious characters in Chicago's criminal underworld, a mild-mannered cutter named Leonard will have to figure out how to keep him and his assista...

Ever wanted to go back in time and give your younger self advice on the future? This week, we're getting into the Netflix family sci-fi adventure, The Adam Project. Guest host Mark Irving Phillips joins me to talk about this new Ryan Reynolds Netflix offering, as he plays a displaced time traveler hoping to repair a deviation in the space-time continuum, only to confront a 12 year-old version...

Make no mistake, these ladies are gonna make some noise. This week, we're covering the Netflix original, Gunpowder Milkshake, as Karen Gillan stars as a ruthless assassin forced to protect a young girl from her even more ruthless employers. With her back against the wall, she'll have to turn to a trio of librarians that offer more than just books, as well as her absentee mother, and fell...

We are back, people! We took way too long off last year, but we've returned with a brand new episode, as we discuss the Netflix western, The Harder They Fall. The bullets fly with reckless abandon in this film, as two rival outlaws prepare to cross paths with one another for a second time, with their respective gangs riding along with them, while a determined lawman is looking to dispense his...

It's the battle we've all been waiting for since it was teased in the post-credit scene for Kong: Skull Island! In one corner, the undisputed champion, a heavyweight with a record of 3 wins (5 if you count all three of Ghidorah's heads!), this building-sized lizard stays juiced and jacked on nuclear radiation, and will spit an atomic lougie down your throat until your head comes off...

Yes, this episode is two and a half hours long , and I apologize for nothing.  I brought back friend and up and coming indie filmmaker Chris Farmer to talk about one of this most talked about superhero films in recent memory, whether you like it or not, Zack Snyder's Justice League. Some were convinced it would never happen, and even as he's proven to be a reality, the folks who were sta...

This week, we're looking at Studio Ghibli's first foray into 3D animation with Earwig and the Witch. Growing up in an orphanage, young earwig is prone to mischief, almost to a fault, but is eventually adopted by a rather strange couple, who Earwig almost immediate discovers are not entire what they seem. Witchcraft and classic rock collide with fairytale hijinks ensuing.