Cinematic Omniverse

Marty and Scott sift through a heap of half-baked mysteries, desperately seeking hints of greatness. You've seen the shows... now watch the podcast!! In this episode, we roast: Columbo S1E3 "Dead Weight" (starting at 1:35) Moonlighting S1E3 "Read the Mind, See the Movie" (starting at 15:13) Forever Knight S1E4 "Last Act" (starting at 29:45) Plus Continuity Blvd a...

Toronto has a serial killer problem! Cops and former cops face off! And the world's greatest assassins... can't aim worth a damn? Detectives Marty and Scott are on the case(s)! Check out our commentary of the following hard-to-track-down episodes! Columbo S1E2: "Death Lends a Hand" - 2:20 Moonlighting S1E2: "Gunfight at the So-So Corral" - 14:15 Forever Knight S1E3: &...

Tubeheads Marty and Scott return with a very special (that is, absurdly esoteric) maxi-series on three detective shows from three different decades: 1) The 1970s' bumbling lieutenant, COLUMBO! 2) Reigning screwballs of the 1980s, Maddie and David from MOONLIGHTING! 3) FOREVER KNIGHT, a mostly forgotten 1990s series about a vampire cop! In this debut episode, we review the pilots. Check out ou...

In a supersized season finale podcast, cinewizards Scott and Marty cast _filmography levioso_ upon British baritone Alan Rickman, conjuring up two of Marty's all-time favourite films as well as a bonafide hidden gem. Don't miss it! Die Hard (1988, Dir. John McTiernan) The January Man (1989, Dir. Pat O'Connor) Dogma (1999, Dir. Kevin Smith) Eye in the Sky (2015, Dir. Gavin Hood) Foll...

Scott and Marty may not know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies, but thanks to this week's movies, they know all about trailblazing actress Butterfly McQueen. And so, good listeners, shall you! Gone With the Wind (1939, Dir. Victor Fleming) Mildred Pearce (1945, Dir. Michael Curtiz) Amazing Grace (1974, Dir. Stan Lathan) The Mosquito Coast (1986, Dir. Peter Weir) Follow us on Spo...

The boys get frisky with this golden opportunity to explore the career of 80s golden boy Val Kilmer. Top Secret! (1984, Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) Heat (1995, Dir. Michael Mann) Moscow Zero (2006, Dir. María Lidón) Top Gun: Maverick (2022, Dir. Joseph Kosinski) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at s...

Would Ms. Wood have wanted us to revisit even her most wretched films? I warrant Ms. Wood would! The Searchers (1956, Dir. John Ford) Tomorrow is Forever (1946, Dir. Irving Pichel) Meteor (1979, Dir. Ronald Neame) Brainstorm (1983, Dir. Douglas Trumbull) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Like any strapping heterosexual men, Marty and Scott find lots to love about Italian bombshell Sofia Loren. But they are equally impressed by her acting chops in this quartet of unorthodox flicks. Saluti! NOTES: The audio for this ep gets dodgy on occasion. Sorry 'bout that. Quo Vadis (1951, Dir. Mervyn LeRoy) Two Women (1960, Dir. Vittorio De Sica) Firepower (1979, Dir. Michael Winner) The L...

While tracking a trailblazing filmmaker through the wilds of Newfoundland, Scott and Marty stumble on a film that blends their favourite sub-genres into one Blacktacular film! All this, plus floating houses, talking bears, and windmills of the mind. John and the Missus (1987, Dir. Gordon Pinsent) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, Dir. Norman Jewison) Blacula (1972, Dir. William Crain) Two Lovers and...

In the 1950s, Tim Barlow lost his hearing while testing artillery for the British Army. 20 years later, he became an actor! Marty and Scott check out Tim's best, worst, last, and first films in a strictly audio medium. Ironic? Perhaps. Awesome? Always. My Cousin Rachel (2017, Dir. Roger Michell) The Eagle Has Landed (1976, Dir. John Sturges) Privates on Parade (1983, Dir. Michael Blakemore) H...

Marty and Scott rub elbows with Bollywood! You've heard of Genghis, and Noonien Singh, now join us as we celebrate one of the great unsung Khans! Salaam Bombay! (1988, Dir. Mira Nair) Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Dir. Danny Boyle) Hisss (2010, Dir. Jennifer Lynch) The Lunchbox (2013, Dir. Ritesh Batra) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackands...

Marty and Scott take you to the Land of the Rising Sun, where they sample ramen, crime, dementia, and death. The ramen tastes great! High and Low (1963, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) Tampopo (1985, Dir. Juzo Itami) Departures (2008, Dir. Yojiro Takita) A Long Goodbye (2019, Dir. Ryota Nakano) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us a...

On this week's film-stuffed episode, Marty and Scott pay their respects to stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury. Whodunnit, we ask? And by "it" we mean "bowled us over and won our hearts." And the answer is... well, Lansbury. I maybe set that up wrong. But join us! Gaslight (1944, Dir. George Cukor) Mutiny (1952, Dir. Edward Dmytryk) The Manchurian Candidate  (1962, Dir...

It's hard not to be fonda this Classic Hollywood actor, even when he appears in abominable  Jaws ripoffs. Join Marty and Scott for a dubious tour of Henry Fonda's first, best, worst, and last movies! Farmer Takes a Wife (1953, Dir. Henry Levin) Twelve Angry Men (1957, Dir. Sidney Lumet) Tentacles (1977, Dir. Ovidio G. Assonitis) On Golden Pond  (1981, Dir. Mark Rydell) Follow us on Spoti...

Cinephiles Marty and Scott are back, unearthing the last, first, best, and worst entries in the fabulous filmography of the actor whose spit takes knew no equal: Alan Arkin! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Scott and Marty return after a long hiatus… or was it a vacation?? It turns out your favourite cinephiles have been kicking around the great city of Los Angeles, and they’ve brought back four souvenirs to share: the City of Angels’s first, worst, best, and last appearances on film! Safety Last! (1923, Dir. Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor) 1941 (1979, Dir. Steven Spielberg) L.A. Story (1991, Dir. M...

Meet the many faces of the man who plays God… with our hearts! It’s Easy Reader’s first, best, worst, and last (so far) films! The Pawnbroker (1964, Dir. Sidney Lumet) The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Dir. Frank Darabont) Vanquish (2022, Dir. George Gallo) A Good Person (2023, Dir. Zach Braff)  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com...

Marty & Scott follow a jazz singer, watch Huey Lewis delivering the News, and learn what happens when the Devil doesn’t wash his face. Presenting Lily Mars (1943, Dir. Norman Taurog) Witchery aka La Casa 4 et al. (1988, Dir. Fabrizio Laurenti) Pump Up the Volume (1990, Dir. Allan Moyle) Short Cuts (1993, Dir. Robert Altman)  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Musi...

"It's like if a tree could act." The Virgin Spring (1960, Dir. Ingmar Bergman) The Seventh Seal (1957, Dir. Ingmar Bergman) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977, Dir. John Boorman) Echoes of the Past (2021, Dir. Nicholas Dimitropoulos) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Did the Big O blow his cinematic wad on his first try? Did his last, unfinished project hint at greater glory? Scott and Marty ponder these and other unanswerables in this plus-sized episode Citizen Kane (1941, Dir. Orson Welles) Touch of Evil (1958, Dir. Orson Welles) Necromancy (1972, Dir. Bert I. Gordon) The Other Side of the Wind (2018, Dir. Orson Welles) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,...

Four films you’ve never heard of, featuring stellar supporting performances by an actress you’ve also never heard of! It’s Cinematic Omniverse at its most nerdy and esoteric! Reds (1981, Dir. Warren Beatty) Lonelyhearts (1958, Dir. Vincent J. Donehue) On the Right Track (1981, Dir. Lee Philips) Addicted to Love (1997, Dir. Griffin Dunne)  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or A...

This week, Scott and Marty survey the WAY-too-brief career of our generation’s inimitable radioactive, narcoleptic, time-and-space-hopping Casanova. That's right, Gen Xers: it’s River time.  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Scott and Marty peek into the campy closets of one of cinema history’s greatest frightmeisters, and discover that Vincent is great at any Price!  Featuring real talk about: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, Dir. Michael Curtiz) Edward Scissorhands (1990, Dir. Tim Burton) Laura (1944, Dir. Otto Preminger) Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965, Dir. Norman Taurog)  Follow us on Spo...

Is Hoggle an anti-Semitic stereotype? For some reason, this question and many others are raised during an episode dedicated to glam rock legend David Bowie’s eclectic film career.  Core Connections: Il Mio West aka Gunslinger’s Revenge (1998, Dir. Giovanni Veronesi) Just a Gigolo (1978, Dir. David Hemmings) Labyrinth (1986, Dir. Jim Henson) Bandslam (2009, Dir. Todd Graff)  Follow us on Spotify, A...

Scott and Marty unearth the first, last, best and worst films of cinema’s greatest hagiographic man-child, Robin Williams. Can I Do It ‘Till I Need Glasses? (1977, Dir. I. Robert Levy) Dead Poets’ Society (1989, Dir. Peter Weir) Toys (1992, Dir. Barry Levinson) The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visi...