Everything is Gay (Even the Straight Stuff)

Since nothing is spookier than change, John and Magnus decided that the best way to spook the listeners is to switch up the format of Everything is Gay a bit (every now and then). In this format change, Body of Work is all about one actor and the work we've both known them for while also learning a few new things about them. Combing through the career of eccentric horror actor Matthew Lillard,...

Are you in love with found footage horror films? Or were you once upon a time? Then join John and Magnus through a trip down memory lane. Or perhaps memory present. John begins with a bit of history of the found footage film, starting with a very famous and mostly somewhat still banned film from Italy. And then skip to 1999's very popular and one of the first Internet led successes with The Bl...

15 years is an eternity in television. It is very rarely reached in dark American fantasy. And yet, that is what Supernatural did. A show about brothers criss-crossing the country and fighting monsters of the week. And then demons. And then angels. And then one very special angel. It's time to talk about Destiel - the couple that almost were, never were, were definitely canon, couldn't pos...

Every now and then, it's nice to refresh the voices you hear talking about what you love. In the case of our Halloween kick off, and since there's nothing spookier than change, John invited their friend Elizabeth on to talk about 1985's Clue. A movie that took time to become an iconic classic. A movie you've seen on tv, on dvd, on streaming services. A movie you've quoted endle...

This franchise was a revolution but perhaps it was almost too much. It changed the way fans looked at indie horror and grabbed onto the imagination of thousands that dug through its codes and previews and games looking for clues. It was something fresh and new and frightening. It was jump scares and changing posters and a feeling of being trapped. But as John and Magnus discuss, for all the good o...

Along with John and Magnus, come and Lay All Your Love on this classic and fun jukebox musical. From 1974 when the band ABBA entered our hearts via the Eurovision song contest to a film musical that invited you to envision yourself drinking and loving on the beaches of a private Grecian island - Mamma Mia is all you want and more. It's not even just about the story, it's about the culture...

If you thought John and Magnus were done with Fran Drescher after a Summer Short about The Nanny, you were sorely mistaken. The Queen of Flushing and of self actualized but still incredibly femme queens everywhere also had a rom com film work called Beautician and the Beast. And though it sounds like Beauty and the Beast, its more a fun homage to moonlighting type romances ala The King and I. Tune...

While you're on vacation (at least in your mind) and looking for some lighter summer fare - consider this new entry from John and Magnus. Shorter episodes for summer to be shared about the beautiful and often lighter side of pop culture. They begin with an episode about love and growth and family. From 1993, the Nanny brought Fran Drescher into our homes and made everything just "Fine&quo...

It is fitting that it takes a trilogy to talk about all the men of Marvel, both the villain and the hero. Leaving off on the rise of Holland Spiderman, there's tons more for Magnus and John to explore. Ideas such as why Ragnarok succeeded and how bringing Loki back into the MCU fold was a win (but also a distraction), how the queerbaiting hit its highest arc in arguably the worst MCU films (bo...

When people think of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they often think of Phase One and beyond. And now with Tobey! Spiderman, the origin of Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, a successful Fantastic Four film, and several other indie hits in the past - Magnus and John discuss the leading men of the Marvel Movies Studio Golden Era, as the movies came fast and the phases weren't quite yet blink an...

We're wishing Magnus the happiest of birthday months in a way only we here at Everything is Gay (Even the Straight Stuff) can. With a quickfire retrospective of the hunks of the MCU (in at least two parts, we found out while recording episode 1). In this episode, we start in 1986 with the first official MCU movie (Howard the Duck) and quickly discover the first hunk is Stephen Dorrf's Deac...

Nothing really better encapsulates the idea of the horror musical better than Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Starting out as a sensationalist penny dreadful short story for the working class of 19th Century Britain to being the toast of 2023 Broadway, there's been very few years since it's new villainous life as a Sondheim black operetta in 1979 where it wasn't in some...

2008 was as much a time of upheaval and change as anytime in American history. And usually these times of upheaval and change are accompanied by changes in prevalent art forms. So when Repo! the Genetic Opera followed in the footsteps of Hair (and Tommy) and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, it wasn't a big surprise - though with the creators' intent to not do traditional advertising, its own...

Why Women Kill was tailor made for the start of the pandemic. A show about sensational idealism focused on sex and murder across three eras of Pasadena with three female leads? What's not to love while stuck in your house with a box of Cheezits? Add in powerhouse acting from Once Upon A Time's Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu (of Elementary fame since this show premiered on CBS), and Kirby Howel...

Since April is John's birthday month, there was little discussion about the theme for April and more discussion about what would be talked about. And for John, one of the most important and formative movies of the 90s for him was 1998's Pleasantville. From the brain of Gary Ross, Pleasantville was a casting dream with theming both on the surface and deep beneath. It's a narrative about...

This episode asks - if nothing here is real and nothing here is right- then why is everything so right? Because this 2001 musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled "Once More With Feeling" is one of the most iconic and well produced episodes of television that has ever been and may never be eclipsed for its poignancy, heartbreak, musical score, character interaction, and one o...

This tv telecast was no frail and fluffy beauty. This telecast was a thoughtful, whimsical reminder of where we've been and an aspirational hope for a multicultural future. Not just an event when it premiered to kick off the return of the Wonderful World of Disney, 1997's Cinderella was a passion project for all involved and it was clearly a moment of joy and affection and story that both influenc...

2007's Hot Fuzz is many things. It is neo-western. It is folk horror. It is buddy cop. But it is not a parody (according to the creators). What it really seems to be is an affectionate love letter and deconstruction of tropes just as its 2004 predecessor Shaun of the Dead was for zombie fans. John and Magnus talking about these two films in succession shows you both how closely linked they are and...

What if a movie about zombies really isn't about the zombies at all? What if it is about coming of age, about Gen X and the idea of slackers? What if it is a treatise about loneliness and masculinity and learning how to communicate and put up barriers? That's what John and Magnus are proposing is the message of Shaun of the Dead (2004). It is a movie about zombies but it more has a Night of the Li...

Whether it's a 97 release or a 98 release (technically Boxing Day 1997 in the UK) Spice World is really not a film for everyone. Though initially it seems to just cater to those who love the pop and power ballad playfulness of Britain's seminal girl group (sorry Little Mix!), Spiceworld is a comment and critique on so many things. The music industry, feminism, the power of friendship, the power of...

It could've been a flop, but instead it was a transformative hit. Not your usual action movie from a franchise that's been running since 1979. It spent 11 years in pre-production, had to recast the iconic main star, and faced a world full of remakes, reboots, and reimaginings. So what made Mad Max: Fury Road an inspiring hit? What gave it the thoughtfulness and strength to make it stand out? ...

So what is The Santa Clause about? Is it the story of a divorced dad becoming Santa who just happened to be played by 90s grunting funny man Tim Allen? Is it a divorced kid's power fantasy where Charlie Calvin gets to be the son of Santa as a reward for putting up with divorce? Or is it a much deeper, sadder, stranger movie than anyone really sees? Yes, there's Bernard the elf who is superb. And a...

Bob's Burgers is the kind of pure Americana (even in cartoon form) that some aspire to. Between the earnest weirdness of the kids, the day to day mundanity of adulthood punctuated with brief bouts of running, and the mixing of blood and found family to create something unique- Bob's Burgers is a rare show that calls to many and does what few others can do. And nowhere is that more evident than in...

You've seen the Kermit memes. You've probably watched the film. Now listen in as John and Magnus sip mugs of hot cocoa and bring the festive season to an open with a work of art that some deride as saccharine - which isn't as bad a word as people like to think it is - but others uplift as theatrical tradition, ghost story, and a movie with incredibly heart and intention. 1992's Muppet Christmas Ca...

Turning Red is a movie about love. But remarkably, it's not a movie about choosing to love romantically. It's a movie about loving yourself, loving your friends, and even loving your imperfect family. Despite how little the trailer shows of the actual gem and conversation of the movie itself, Turning Red will be the underrated gem of the Pixar universe in 20 years. If we're still doing internet vi...