Dead Letter Movie Podcast - Dead Letter Movies

For their 100th(!) episode, Tim and Andrew are joined by their friends Chase and Lily of Hair of the Werewolf as well as Mike. Together they try to answer: “Why Movies?”

The summer series continues with a hefty helping of Kevin Bacon in Footloose. Tim and Andrew talk Dance Movies, kickin’ tunes, and the depth under the fluff.

Tim and Andrew fire up their oscillation overthruster and rift into The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. RoboCop gets discussed at length too.

Part II of the summer series continues with Beverly Hills Cop. Tim and Andrew go a little bananas discussing script rewrites, 80s SNL, and Sylvester Stallone of all people.

Tim and Andrew are back with this year’s Summer Series: 40 Years, 40 Minutes. Wherein they talk for 40 minutes about a film from 1984. First up is Robert Zemeckis’s Romancing the Stone.

Out of the sand comes Tim and Andrew’s discussion of the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s Herbert adaptation, Big Worm Boogalo: The Spicening.

Andrew goes through his Oscar ballot before the big night. The fact that Ed Lachman didn’t reteam with Todd Haynes and the abundance of product movies last year are much lamented.

Tim and Andrew's annual Best Picture rundown.

Tim and Andrew head back to Sundance to check out what’s new: Exhibiting Forgiveness, In the Summers, and Little Death.

Tim and Andrew talk about the recent movies they saw and discuss which films they are excited about this awards season. Also family viewing recommendations and tote bags.

Tim and Andrew debate and talk about a few food flicks.

Tim and Andrew are back to air out a few more cinema skeletons from their closets. They discuss Halloween vibes, folk horror, and the lies of “Science Fiction Double Feature.”

Tim and Andrew finish out Atomic Summer with a super-computer double feature: Colossus: The Forbin Project and WarGames. They talk about petulant teenage computers, less petulant teenager hackers, how much vermouth is too much, and Cap’n Crunch whistles.

They’re a little late to the party, but Tim and Andrew had to talk about the biggest movie of the summer.

Grave of the Fireflies is the next film in our Atomic Summer series. Giving a better context on the use of the bomb and a look at how war affects everyone, especially children.

Tim and Andrew go deep on J. Bob’s A-Bomb flick from Nolan. Barbenheimer, Cropenheimer, hard Cs, and Josh Harnett.

Atomic Summer continues with Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant. What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun?

Tim and Andrew head to DC to see a flying saucer in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Somehow, they find themselves talking about Zippers, police states, and an Evil Dead sequel as well.

Tim and Andrew go on one last ride with Dr. Henry Jones.

Tim and Andrew take a trip to Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s newest comedy. It was a nice visit.

Atomic Summer continues with special double feature of Them! and Matinee.

Trailer for the Deadletter summer 2023 series, Atomic Summer

Tim and Andrew dig into Dr. Strangelove.

Tim and Andrew invite their buddy Mike for a discussion on the new Evil Dead entry, Evil Dead Rise.

Just before the big night, Andrew recorded a quick bonus episode about what he’d vote for this year at the Oscars.