Cinematic Omniverse

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...

What goes on between those eye-crinkles when Hackman is acting? Scott and Marty ponder the mysteries of Gene’s first, last, best, and worst films.  Lilith (1964, Dir. Robert Rossen) Runaway Jury (2003, Dir. Gary Fleder) The Conversation (1974, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, Dir. Sidney J. Furie) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Mu...

Whether you think of him as Dr. John Wayne Prentiss, Detective Virgil Tibbs, or just plain old “Sir,” Sidney Poitier is the colossal subject of this week’s filmopsis! Core Connections : No Way Out (1950, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz) The Jackal (1997, Dir. Michael Caton-Jones) Raisin in the Sun (1961, Dir. Daniel Petrie) Ghost Dad (1990, Dir. Sidney Poitier) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Googl...

In a revelation-filled anniversary episode, Marty and Scott examine only ONE film… which is also, somehow, ALL the films…? Also, best-of lists, the future of the omniverse, and more! If you only buy ONE COMIC BOOK this month… I don’t care which one you choose, but LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!!! Core Connections : Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012, Dir. György Pálfi) Connective Cameos : Dead Men Don...

Marty and Scott watch movies about people who watch movies. But when the lines begin to blur, the Cinematic Omniverse itself may be in peril!  Core Connections : Sherlock, Jr. (1924, Dir. Buster Keaton) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, Dir. Woody Allen) Last Action Hero (1993, Dir. John McTiernan) Connective Cameos : Lost Highway Being John Malkovich Holy Motors Top Gun: Maverick Knives Out It’s A...

Whether he’s a bachelor buddy, a truculent commuter, or a gaslighting gynecologist, it’s hard not to love Charles Grodin! (Okay that last one is pretty easy.) Core Connections : Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Dir. Roman Polanksi) The Lonely Guy (1984, Dir. Arthur Hiller) So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, Dir. Thomas Schlamme) Connective Cameos : Midnight Run Catch-22 Harold and Maude Trading Places Nigh...

Marty and Scott court French actress Delphine Seyrig for a ménage of trois filmes françaises , including the film voted Best Film of All Time by the Sound & Sight 2022 poll. Ooh la la!   Core Connections : Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963, Dir. Alain Resnais) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Dir. Luis Buñuel) Jeanne Dielman, 28 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Dir. Chanta...

Great Scott! Christopher Lloyd gets the omniverse treatment. Plus, Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison! Aaaaugh! Sorry about the audio quality in this one.   Core Connections : Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1989, Dir. Robert Zemeckis) Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995, Dir. Gary Fleder) Nobody (2021, Dir. Ilya Naishuller) Connective Cameos : Batman Returns One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest...

His hairless pate has been a touchstone in Hollywood cinema for as long as Scott and Marty can recall. It’s time to walk a mile in the shoes of Danny DeVito. Core Connections : Lady Liberty aka La Mortadella (1972, Dir. Mario Monicelli) Ruthless People (1986, Dir. Abrahams, Zucker, and Zucker) The Comedian (2016, Dir. Taylor Hackford) Connective Cameos : One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Batman Retu...