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Send us Fan Mail Join Hosts Mike and Zak as they explore one of the greatest star trek movies ever made. That's not a typo, Galaxy Quest is so good the Trek community adopted it as cannon. Listen to the exciting tale of this film's conception, production, and reception and all the glorious hiccups along the way. When the cast of a Popular Sci-fi show are invited to take on their roles in...

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike and Zak take some time to really unpack their feelings on Wes Anderson in general, but specifically on his newest film Asteroid City, a movie about a play that could be accused of putting a hat on a hat, but isn't that Wes's "Thing?" Followed by Zak's take on an A24 film in theaters now, Past Lives, and Mike wraps things up by ruminating on...

Send us Fan Mail June has been Totally devoted to some Patreon Content Teasers and this episode is no different. Take a peak behind the paywall this week and get a taste of the sweet sweet content Card Carrying members of the Queue Crew are going to be enjoying on a monthly basis. That's right, a little tryz before you buyz to incentivize you to enjoy us criticize the serialized and televised...

Send us Fan Mail Join Mike and Zak and Special guest Max Minkowitz to talk about Superhero Movies! What?! We NEVER talk about those! Spoilers the Flash is a bit of a mess and Across the Spiderverse is arguably the best Spiderman movie, if not the best superhero movie to date. Come listen to us shout at each other about it! 

Send us Fan Mail Are you Drinking alone, like a social reject? Do you like watching films worse than a student project? Then have a sip and tune in, join your pals Mike and Zak. We had Mike's girlfriend help us, but I doubt she'll be back. We're watching Cats with the coolest of Crews, why that's you! Yes I said we are watching Cats, watching cats with our friends the Queue Cre...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak as they chat about the stuff they've been putting their eyeball on. Does Mike Harshly criticize another movie made for children? Yes... Yes he does. Is the Little Mermaid good? Yes. Could it be Better? Also, yes. Zak also talks about the New BlackBerry movie and defends Fool's Paradise against the haters. Then Mike and Zak gush about how good Into...

Send us Fan Mail Two Legendary headbands worn by the worlds two greatest fighters, the number one may only be challenged by the wearer of the number two, but the number two may be challenged by all who think themselves worthy. Afro Samurai, a man ruled by his desire for revenge wears the Number Two headband and kills his way to the man who took the number one headband from his father, and in doing...

Send us Fan Mail Is it just me, or have we NOT talked about superhero movies in like a month or two? No? More like a few weeks then, right? Days? Well anyway, we’re talkin’ ‘bout that there Guardians of the Galaxy talkie that’s all the rage! Join hosts Mike and Zak as they explore why ending cycles of trauma can hurt so good! followed by Mike's rundown of Rock and Rule, an animated feature fr...

Send us Fan Mail Psychoanalyst Astuko Chiba and her alter Ego Paprika have been using an experimental device called the DC mini to dive into her patients' dreams to help them unpack whatever their subconsciousness is attempting to work out in their Recurring dreams. However, her world is thrown into chaos when the DC mini is stolen during the final phases of testing and people start acting re...

Send us Fan Mail This Week Mike and Zak Return from excursions to the Cinema, and share their thoughts on a few flicks soon to be part of your favorite streaming platform that your ex had which you probably still have the password to. Renfield is a joy, shocker, and Nick Cage's performance as Dracula did everything but disappoint. Mike flexes his Nerd-cred in a review of the Dungeons and Drag...

Send us Fan Mail When a woman with a red circle around her eye and guy with a television set for a head wake up naked in the desert, they must fight, fuck, and fenagle their way to whatever answers they can find about their mysterious past. Their search takes them beyond the earth's atmosphere to the Dead Leaves Corrections Facility on the partially destroyed moon, and after a good deal of hy...

Send us Fan Mail It's no secret that hosts Mike and Zak are huge fans of Ari Aster, so it should come as no surprise that they both have a LOT to say about Beau is Afraid. So if you haven't seen this one yet, the boys recommend you skip... let's say like half of this episode. OR, or... maybe get your buns out to the cinema and catch this insane slice of mommy issues pie before the n...

Send us Fan Mail A biting satire that parodies the 1930s propaganda film by the same name, this mid 2000s musical will have you slapping your knees whether or not you're stoned. Young Jimmy Harper is lead astray down the path of the Reefer Fiend by a smooth talking crook by the name of Jack, who uses the charms of the deadly reefer to control everyone out of him. As the poor youth succumbs to...

Send us Fan Mail This week Mike and Zak find another reason to talk about Marvel movies, even though we don't review a marvel movie, go figure. We start things off with a little discourse about the new Shazam 2 Fury of the Gods, and would you believe we spend a lot of time talking about the state of superhero movies these days, cause we do. Then things get lively as our hosts gush over the Ma...

Send us Fan Mail One part Phantom of the Opera and one part Faust, with Flavours of the Portrait of Dorian Gray and a star is born. A dark Comedy about betrayal, love at first sight, and revenge, told through the lens of a proper 1970 rock opera. When Mysterious songwriter turned producer, Swan, steals some sheet music from a nobody by the name of Winslow Leach, the lanky nerd takes matters into h...

Send us Fan Mail This is the Clearing the Q Posdcast’s 50th episode! It’s been quite a ride folks, thanks for bearing with us as we continue to navigate the vastly confusing territory that is podcasting. To celebrate we’re announcing the launch of our Patreon where you can support us if you really like what we do. Now that we got that out of the way, Mike and Zak talk about Elvis (finally) much to...

Send us Fan Mail Star-crossed lovers Sailor Ripley and Lula Fortune travel the yellow brick road to hell across the southern United States, but there ain’t no wizard at the end of the line. Just a date with destiny, if destiny was the type that put out on the first date. One of Director David Lynch’s more accessible films, Wild At Heart is one part love story and one part road film that will keep...

Send us Fan Mail For this week's edition of What are we Watching Mike and Zak have been putting their eyeballs on a certain  member of the Ursidae family with a particular drug addition, a pair of insect inspired superheroes that have a distinctly small set of problems, a gang of anthropomorphized  household appliances lead by a courageous device designed specifically for warming bread, and a...

Send us Fan Mail You asked for it, and we’re delivering! That’s right it’s David Lynch month and we’re kicking things off with the most David Lynchiest of his movies. Joined by friend of the podcast Will Stocker, hosts Mike and Zak share their strong opinions on this very polarizing film. Factory Printer Henry Spencer experiences the joys of parenthood after a one night stand results in the birth...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak for another Dose of What are we Watching. This week we discuss an offbeat classic from the lesser known half of the Bill and Ted crew Alex Winters’ Freaked, M. Night Shamalan’s new blockbuster Knock at the Cabin, the kung fu classic the Last Dragon, and film nior resurrection flick: Marlowe.   

Send us Fan Mail This was the first live action movie adapted from a video game and though it was not well received by critics and audiences of the time, it has gained a cult following that even 30 years later remains just as loyal. A meteorite crashed into Brooklyn NY 65 million years ago creating two parallel dimensions, our world, where humans evolved from apes, and a second world where humans...

Send us Fan Mail We just can't seem to stop gnawing on bones of yesteryear's movies. Join hosts Mike and Zak, once again, as they talk at you about some movies that they watched recently in this Bi-Weekly addition to the CTQ podcast we are affectionately referring to as "What are We Watching?" We start things off with the harrowing "All Quiet on the Western Front" a r...

Send us Fan Mail Since the inception of the CTQ podcast Zak has been suggesting that we cover this little known kid's movie, so this has been a LONG time coming. Tom was your average workaholic businessman in the 90s, he smoked like a chimney and he had little to no time for his family or his friends. Yes, Tom truly had it all, until he was MURDERED! After being Reincarnated as a dog, and wit...

Send us Fan Mail Join hosts Mike and Zak as they root through the stale leftovers of yesteryear’s cinematic transgressions. Zak has some choice words to share about Babylon, and Mike takes exception to Avatar 2, way of water, before moving on to discuss Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths and Old Henry, which didn’t come out last year, but they boys are always keen to talk about a Tim Bl...

Send us Fan Mail Hosts Mike and Zak ring in the new year, yet again, with another amazing South Korean Filmmaker. When an attempt to save the world from rising global temperatures sends our planet into an ice age, the passengers of a luxury train represent the last bastion of humanity in a twisted dystopia where your value is determined by your proximity to the front of the locomotive. A tale of c...