Films & Filth

A year ago we watched Dark Fate, had a chat, and said we'd get back to it and T2 in a year's time. We stand by our word, homeslices. And here we are with T2 and the next major bullet point in our ongoing cavalcade of Arnold. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks to you abou...

Here's the Thing. Like, literally - we're talking about the Thing. Y'know - for our spooky October. Luke has always seen it as a seminal sci-fi/horror, while Matt had been afraid to watch it, but now he loves it. Then there is Henrique Couto - director of spooky movies and narrator of spooky podcasts. He's got a fair amount to say about "The Thing," and if you need more, go here: http://hen.storen...

What’s this? Luke’s other podcast, Monster Mash, is making its triumphant return? This is the comeback episode of Monster Mash, a podcast about the monsters from the Monster Hunter videogames. The podcast disappeared when Luke moved to Japan but it is back! It’s been slightly over two years but, energised by the announcement of Monster Hunter Rise we are podcasting about Hunting monsters again! Th...

The Sci-fi Sanctuary is getting a couple weeks spooky for this Octoberfest starting with "Re-Animator." The Webster's Dictionary defines "re-animate" as to animate again. At least I assume it does - gI didn't actually check or anything. Also, Jeffery Combs. And Andrew Shearer. He basically replaces Luke in this one since Luke was busy trying to become bonafide in a Japanese gym when we recorded th...

We've got a metaphysical, Hugh Jackman-sized puzzle box this week for you to solve with your interdimensional mind. All that, and some ruminations on Buddhism to get your thunker thinking - or better yet, not thinking. Today, we will talk about the iconic movie, "The Fountain", with Buddhist author, Von Galt. Von's recently released book, "Buddhist Mandalas: Explore Parallel Realities with Sacred...

Gettin' your sexyback with JT in this high-concept sci-fi set in a dystopian world where everyone's time to live is literally ticking down own their forearms. Luckly, Matt, Luke, and guest Ricky had plenty of time to get into the details of this one. Especially the classic car details. Ricky Varandas is the host of the Ripple Effect podcast, which features long-form conversations with social, poli...

Wrapping up 80's sci-fi/comedy month with a film that is, of course, a full-on genre sci-fi that manages to deftly jump into those comedy waters. Yes, it is the Star Trek that bonk bonks you on the head about the whales and treats you to some colourful metaphors. Joining us for this romp is an away team from the fantastic Star Trek podcast Women at Warp. They take a look at Star Trek from a multit...

Checking back in with Bill and Ted after a 30 year break. Guess they need to finally write that world unifying song... or do they? We're rolling along with an honest-to-Zeus sequel returning us to this excellent world.

As our 80's comedy sci-fi month continues, Matt and Luke get deep behind the zen philosophy of Bill and Ted with this dive into their first few films. That, and we make jokes of questionable taste which may or may not be funny (why not comment and review!). And yes - we will be following up with the new one in the soon-soon. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twit...

Rolling through our sci-fi comedy month is this duo of films that are as 80's as you can get. There may have been Wall-E, and 80's Robot, but Johnny Five was first - unless we count the NES's R.O.B. and some early industrial robotics. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks t...

We've seemed to have stumbled a bit into a sci-fi comedy month - we'll be getting to Short Circuit and the Bill & Ted films (including the new one) later this month. This one doesn't seem so sci-fi on the surface, but once you consider the genetic experiment resulting in the twins, and that weird engine in the boot of the car, it gets a pass in the Sanctuary. To be fair, Schwarzenegger always...

It's astounding!! There's nothing more of a cult film than this one. It may have "horror" in the title, but it is far from lacking in science fiction double feature tropes. Matt may have made it to about 20 midnight screenings of this one, but returning guest Andrew Shearer went so many more times playing Riff Raff as part of the cast that would go wild in front of the screen. He's the Great Gonzo...

Star Trek III is that one hanging on back at the party. You probably wouldn't notice them much, but if you strike up a conversation, you may be in for a good time. I hope we managed that here. Today's guest is Larry Nemecek, who straight up owns the name "Dr. Trek." He wrote the literal book on TNG in the 90's, is a consultant for a myriad of things Trek (including the loved and lamented "Star Tre...

In 2002, it all seemed so fantastically dystopian. But in 2020, it comes across more like reality spiced with a few gallows humor anachronisms. We get deep into the dark vibe that pulses from the heart of this Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise jam. And we've got the right man to get that weird with us. Charlie Robinson is the author of the encyclopedia of spiritual skepticism, "The Octopus of Global Con...

This Beatles flick is more bizarrely fantastical than science fiction, but today's guest certainly has some serious sci-fi cred. Dan Richter is at the center of a Venn diagram of the grooviest art of the 1960's. He played Moonwatcher, the lead ape in the opening Dawn of Man sequence in "2001: A Space Odyssey," and yes, we get back to that for a bit here as well. He was a friend of Yoko Ono when sh...

SWEAR TO ME YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST!!! We will be getting to more Nolan films, but this is the last of our 2020 Nolan month, which ends without a new Nolan film. We get into militarized police, suicidal caterpillars, and loud bug noises. Maybe Matt should have chosen a nice snowy temple to record in like the League of Shadows' instead of this mid-summer one. Please do like, subscribe, and...

The original idea was so do a Nolan month that would be capped off by Christopher Nolan’s new sci-fi, “Tenant.” In our weird world, that one has been pushed back to mid-September or more, but we’re rolling the ball anyway with 2010 action-blasting epic puzzle box, “Inception.” Joining us today is Santiago Velasquez, who played in a punk rock band with Matt in the 90’s, and is now a man of his own...

This week we’ve decided to add some class to an intellectually superior sci-fi film, but Matt and Luke are not the ones up for that job. Fortunately, we do have Dr. Erin Macdonald on the microphone, who is fully qualified to go deep into things like gravitational waves and the different zones of black holes. She is currently science advising for - all of Star Trek. Now, this film is not Star Trek,...

Gotta Go Fast!!! - in this somewhat shorter episode of the Sci-Fi Sanctuary. How does the world of Sonic turn out in this film? Can Jim Carey still be properly wacky? We answer these questions and more in this second episode of the Dreamcast vs. GameCube Challenge! Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be h...

Luke loves Pokemon and is an expert on the topic. Matt played a few minutes of HeartGold ten years ago. Thus, we enter the world of Detective Pikachu with wildly different perspectives. Hear how it all works out in this first episode in our Dreamcast vs. GameCube challenge! Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happe...

I think we’ve already made it clear that this is an Arnold positive podcast, and this one is about as Arnold as you can get. Director Paul Verhoven went as ultraviolent as possible (unless you count some of his other films), and we dive down into the nitty-gritty of this Martian civilizing, blood squib blasting, and absolutely tripped out mind-fragger of a film. Please do like, subscribe, and rate...

Luke is British and watches this every Independence Day. Mark is American, got sick in the theatre watching this, and would definitely not vote for Bill Pullman. Matt mostly just giggles like a loon. That’s three-fourths of the Gospel truth on ID4, and all of it if you’ll take in that Luke has “John” in his middle name. Today’s guest, Mark Malek, was involved in “Quaranstein,” a quarantined Franke...

Matt decided to make Luke watch 1967’s “Revolt in the Fifth Dimension” without mentioning what it was. Several minutes of hijinks ensued. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks to you about true PokeLove at Luke Loves Pokemon: https://twitter.com/lukelovespkmn And Matt’s mus...

This week we chat about what is arguably the template for the 2010’s blockbuster. If our normal conversation isn’t geek enough for you, we’ve brought in Stuart Webb, who wrote “Transformation: A Personal Journey Through the British Transformers Comic,” and co-hosts “Podcast Maximus.” Find Stuart’s world at these fine links: Podcast Maximus: http://www.tfarchive.com/fandom/features/podcast/ Blog: h...

We rolled tape on this Blaxploitation, Afro-Futurist jam on May 24th, not knowing that the next day the whole world was gonna straight up open that putrid can of worms called “racism,” that had been taking up way too much space on the shelf. It’s not that we regret what we said here, but we obviously omit George Floyd, who was still thankfully walking at the time, and we jokingly dismiss white sup...