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Prepare to flash back to the 90s with the seminal indie film RESERVOIR DOGS, the tight, tense thriller that launched the career of Quentin Tarantino. Austin improv great Chuy Zarate joins us this week for one of our wildest and funniest episodes to date, as we cover both the 1992 film and the surprisingly forgotten 2006 Xbox adaptation!  Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justi...

Nothing but the bare necessities this week, as we discuss the 1967 Disney classic THE JUNGLE BOOK! Our friend and resident animation scholar Hannah Neuhauser joins us as we dig in on old Uncle Walt's last movie ever, a rollicking, jazzy adventure with a banger of a score. Then, we're taking on the game adaptations for SNES and Genesis, a couple of fun and polished platformers!  Hosted by Steve Gun...

It's one thing for a movie to fail; it's another for a movie to fail and take multiple careers, a studio, and even an entire genre down with it. But that's the legacy of CUTTHROAT ISLAND, a raucous 1995 pirate adventure that for a while was the biggest box office bomb of all time. We dig into the crazy and cursed production of the film before talking about the SNES/Genesis adaptation, which adds c...

We unleash our sick podcasting skills on the sleeper sensation NAPOLEON DYNAMITE from 2004! Woody Ciskowski of the Ultra 64 / Wii Universe podcast joins us to talk about the impact and legacy of Jared Hess' indie hit before moving on to the 2007 PSP game adaptation that may or may not be the most accurate representation of a movie we've yet talked about. Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Ban...

Though it was a hit at the time of release, the 2003 espionage thriller THE RECRUIT has essentially been lost to time, a footnote in the careers of Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. But improbably, the movie spawned an adaptation of sorts. Called ICE NINE when released, it's a Game Boy Advance first-person shooter, which is just... weird. We dig into it with one of our slap-happiest episodes yet.  Host...

Disney's loveable trash robot WALL-E takes center stage this week! Our first PIXAR film, this heartfelt sci-fi opus blends the best elements of the company's feature length and short film output, with endlessly charming results. After the movie, we're gonna talk about the PS2 game adaptation, which has a lofty reputation of Disney games to adhere to; how does it hold up?  Hosted by Steve Guntli, J...

Prepare for punishment, because this week we're talking about Marvel's original anti-hero, THE PUNISHER! The iconic comics character has had a few at-bats with big screen adaptations, but the 2004 version starring Tom Jane and John Travolta is the closest the series has come to cinematic legitimacy. But does this mid-aughts actioner stand the test of time? We'll find out, as well as playing the hi...

Is the second time the charm or is it just more of the same? We'll find out as we close out our miniseries on HOME ALONE, as well as our month-long Christmas extravaganza! We're watching the 1992 film and then playing the SNES platformer it inspired, complete with all the killer luggage and jumping mops! Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm  Logo by Douglas McCambr...

Merry Christmas, you filthy animals! No holiday celebration is complete without HOME ALONE, the mega-hit 90s comedy that made an unusual superstar out of 10-year-old Macauly Culkin! We're watching the film, and then playing the oddball game adaptations, which had the potential to be really interesting... Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm  Logo by Douglas McCambr...

ELF, Jon Favreau's holiday blockbuster that launched Will Ferrell's film career, has gone from a cute alternative to stodgy Christmas fare to an inescapable juggernaut. Does the movie still hold up or is it getting overexposed? We answer that, while also playing the forgotten 2004 Game Boy Advance adaptation! Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm  Logo by Douglas Mc...

Yippee-kay-ay, everyone! We're climbing into the ducts to cover the timeless, indisputable Christmas classic and ur-text for modern action films, 1988's DIE HARD! John McTiernan's classic revitalized the entire action genre and made an instant superstar out of Bruce Willis, and it's earned it's place in many people's yearly tradition. We're also digging into the unusual video game franchise that s...

Punch your ticket and hop onto our one-way trip to the Uncanny Valley, because we're kicking off an entire month of Christmas movies with THE POLAR EXPRESS! Robert Zemeckis' expensive, high-tech animated feature highlights some cutting edge motion capture but an unavoidably creepy style. We'll break it down before playing the PS2 game adaptation that casts a surprising new villain for it's minigam...

We're concluding our deep dive into the ALIEN franchise this week with a look at 1997's ALIEN RESURRECTION, the weirdest, goopiest, kinkiest movie in the franchise to date! Sigourney Weaver returns with an entirely new take on Ripley, and while your mileage may vary on how successful it is, it's undeniably fascinating. We're also playing our first PlayStation 1 game this week, with the long-delaye...

Strap into your power loader and get ready for the ride of your life, because this week we're taking on James Cameron's ALIENS! One of the most influential action movies of all time, this film has an outsized impact on video games in particular, with more game adaptations than any other title we've covered so far! We narrowed it down to the 1990 arcade version and the 2011 Nintendo DS game ALIENS:...

Strap into your power loader and get ready for the ride of your life, because this week we're taking on James Cameron's ALIENS! One of the most influential action movies of all time, this film has an outsized impact on video games in particular, with more game adaptations than any other title we've covered so far! We narrowed it down to the 1990 arcade version and the 2011 Nintendo DS game ALIENS:...

Light your flamethrowers and check your ducts (ducks?), because we're kicking off our longest and slimiest miniseries yet with our look at the ALIEN franchise! We're starting with Ridley Scott's terrifying 1979 masterwork, ALIEN, with it's iconic creature design, tense atmosphere, and the proper debut of the great Sigourney Weaver as Ripley! We're also looking at two games: the 1982 Atari 2600 ada...

We bid a fond farewell to spooky season this week with a look back at the seminal indie film sensation THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT! Love it or hate it, it's impossible to deny the huge impact this movie had on pop culture. We're also playing the 2019 game adaptation, BLAIR WITCH, a first-person survival horror game that features a real good boy named Bullet.  Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Ba...

The 1989 horror flick WARLOCK was slow to build it's audience, but it found a dedicated cult thanks to it's witchy atmosphere and great performances from Julian Sands and Richard E. Grant. Today, we're talking about the original film, plus the long-delayed tie-in game for the SNES! The awesome Christian Lewis subs in for Justin this week to talk about all the lightning-shooting, child-eating silli...

Puppet Master and video games in the same room? What is this, a crossover episode?! This week, Jarrod Hornbeck, Steve's co-host on Puppet Masters / Castle Freaks, joins the gang to talk about PUPPET MASTER, the direct-to-video icon that launched the expansive Full Moon universe of horror! We're talking over the original film, and then playing the new indie horror game, which lets puppets take on h...

This week, we're kicking off an entire month of horror with THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE! Tobe Hooper's visceral 1975 classic has been turned into a hit asymmetrical multiplayer game, and we're here to test out both that game and the oddball 1983 Atari version that you may not know about!  Hosted by Steve Guntli , Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm  Logo by Douglas McCambridge  Email: ci...

Our friend Hayato DeSouza comes by this week to help us talk about ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, the 1993 sequel that improves upon the original in almost every way! We discuss Joan Cusack's iconic performance, the film's place in the gay canon, and of course the SNES game adaptation, which places Uncle Fester into a LEGEND OF ZELDA-like adventure.  It's our spookiest, kookiest, altogether ookiest miniser...

It's our spookiest, kookiest, altogether ookiest miniseries yet! We're kicking off a two-part exploration of the live-action ADDAMS FAMILY movies, starting this week with the 1991 original! Barry Sonnenfeld updated Charles Addams' classic comic strip for the 90s with this fast, funny, and creative blockbuster starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, and Christopher Lloyd. We're also looking at two ga...

We're watching the first of many Disney movies for our show this week, and we'll be hard-pressed to find one quite as charming as 2002's LILO & STITCH! The story of a little Hawaiian girl and her killer alien best friend, the movie has a vibrant color palette and a distinctive style all it's own; it also has a Game Boy Advance game that pays tribute to SNK's METAL SLUG! We're talking both this...

Get your paddles ready, because this week, we're taking on the forgotten ping-pong comedy BALLS OF FURY, from the creators of RENO 9-1-1. The movie didn't make much impact in 2007, but does the Wii video game adaptation give it a boost?  Hosted by Steve Guntli, Jennifer "JBan" Bannister, and Justin Wilhelm  Logo by Doug McCambridge  Email: cinemarcadepodcast@gmail.com   Instagram: @cinemarcade_pod...

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT is a damn near perfect movie, a great blend of the familiar and the innovative with groundbreaking visual effects and great performances across the board. The NES game based on it is slightly less prestigious, but that didn't stop our guest from playing hundreds of hours of it as a child! We're joined by the great JR Ralls from Thirty Twenty Ten to break down both the movie...