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Our Summer of '89 series comes to an end with a podcast about the biggest success of that year, Tim Burton's landmark gothic super-hero adventure, Batman! Check out the episode to hear Mike and Dustin relate their first encounters with the movie and how they feel about it 30 years on. Music: "Main Title" and "Waltz to the Death" (Danny Elfman) Batdance (Prince) Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twi...

The Summer of '89 continues on the podcast with Dustin and Mike bringing Ghostbusters 2 to the roundtable for a full-on discussion of its pros and cons, whether or not they think it holds up 30 years on, and play with a little head canon while they're at it. Music: Ghostbusters (Ray Parker, Jr.) On Our Own (Bobby Brown) Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join our Patreon Subscribe for free:...

On this installment of our Summer of '89 series we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier with Dustin and Mike taking a deep dive on the film and discuss its strengths and weaknesses, and why God might need a starship, at the roundtable. Music: "Main Title/The Mountain" and "A Busy Man" (Jerry Goldsmith) Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join our Patreon Subscribe...

Join Mike and Dustin as they revisit the Summer of '89 over four weeks and four films that were a large part of that unforgettable season of movies. The first week of our summer series kicks off with our roundtable discussion of Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the much beloved third installment of the Indy series of films. Music: "Finale and End Credits" and "Indy's Very Fir...

On this episode of the podcast your intrepid hosts, Dustin and Mike, take a deep dive on another comedy in the form of Mike Judge's 2006 sci-fi/satire, Idiocracy. The film got a lot of mixed reactions on its release and it's safe to say that our roundtable reaction wasn't much different. Tune in to hear if Idiocracy will get crowned a masterpiece or museum piece or if, at the very least, it's just...

Zack Snyder's Watchmen has drawn a lot of praise and criticism since its release in 2009 and for its tenth anniversary we are taking it to the roundtable to discuss whether the film holds up ten years on. Has it gotten better or worse with time, Mike and Dustin endeavour to answer this question with the help of guest commentator, Eric Nash of the Watchmen Minute podcast. Who watches the Watchmen?...

Steven Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's sci-fi classic, Solaris, gets the roundtable treatment on this week's episode of the podcast. Check out Dustin and Mike's discussion of the film to find out if they grant the film masterpiece status or designate it a museum piece. Music: "Is That What Everybody Wants" and "Will She Come Back" (Cliff Martinez) Like us on Facebook Follow us on T...

Lars von Trier's unsurprisingly controversial 2009 drama/thriller, Antichrist, is the film up for discussion at the roundtable on this episode of the podcast. Will Mike and Dustin vote the film as a masterpiece or a museum piece? You'll have to check out the episode to find out. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join our Patreon Subscribe for free: itunes Stitcher

On the latest episode of the podcast, we celebrate an anniversary of sorts for the cult-classic Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski. Mike and Dustin take to the roundtable to discuss in the parlance of our times this tale of greed, destiny, and mistaken identities. Music: "The Man In Me" (Bob Dylan), "Technopop" (Carter Burwell), & "Hotel California" (Gipsy Kings) Like us on Facebook Follow us on...

It's up, up, and away on the latest episode of the podcast as Dustin and Mike take to the roundtable to discuss Richard Donner's 1978 super-hero classic, Superman: The Movie. Will the man of steel be able to withstand our analysis of the film and emerge as a masterpiece or will will it, like kryptonite, bring the man of tomorrow down to be counted among the museum pieces? You'll have to check out...

On this episode Dustin and Mike discuss the 2011 prequel (or is it remake?) of John Carpenter's The Thing, The Thing. Our coverage of Carpenter's film is, by far, our single most popular episode to date so we thought that an analysis of van Heijningen and Heisserer's film at the roundtable was the best possible way to celebrate that. Add to that the fact that it's Carpenter's birthday this week an...

Dustin and Mike return for another episode of the podcast to discuss the controversial, and much loved, 1971 satirical and violent Kubrick classic, A Clockwork Orange. Over the course of the roundtable chat we will evaluate the film's overall merit, its measure as a successful adaptation, and how well it stands in comparison to the book it was based on. Music: "Ode To Joy" (Ludwig van Beethoven/We...

Dustin and Mike explode like twelve sticks of dynamite on this episode of the podcast as they discuss Sidney Lumet's 1957 courtroom classic, 12 Angry Men. Music: "Main Theme" (Kenyon Hopkins) Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join our Patreon Subscribe for free: itunes Stitcher

In the final installment of our films of Guillermo del Toro series we go out with a bang and tackle one of the director's favourite films, Hellboy 2. Join Dustin and Mike as they break down and discuss this early del Toro action/fantasy movie while dropping as much behind-the-scenes trivia as they can muster. Music: "Monster Mash" (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers) "The Last Elemental" (D...

In the third installment of our films of Guillermo del Toro series we take a deep dive on the director's first foray into the world of comic book heroes, Blade 2. Join Dustin and Mike as they break down and discuss this early del Toro action/horror movie and drop a boatload of behind-the-scenes trivia. Music: "Monster Mash" (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers) "Blade (Theme)" (Marco Beltram...

Continuing our celebrations of the films of Guillermo del Toro for our third annual October Fright Fest Spooktacular we move boldly into week two and discuss the contender for best giant cockroach movie of all time, Mimic! Join Dustin and Mike as they hit the roundtable (for the second time) and take a robust look at the director's cut of this underrated film which del Toro had the opportunity to...

Kicking off our third annual FYC Halloween Fright Fest Spooktacular is the first entry in our Films of Guillermo del Toro series, Cronos. This Spooktacular, Dustin and Mike have decided to cover four of del Toro's less talked about movies that, despite being fabulously good and entertaining, they do not currently have a place on the SIght & Sound list of the greatest movies of all time. This Hallo...

On this week's podcast hosts Mike and Dustin take a deep dive on the seminal Amy Heckerling/Cameron Crowe collaboration, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Check out the episode to find out whether the roundtable decide that this teen dramedy is worthy of the masterpiece title or relegates it to museum piece status. Music: "We Got the Beat" (The Go-Gos) "American Girl" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)...

We are back and we're bringing with us an all-new episode of the podcast featuring acclaimed director Terrence Malick's 2005 historical epic, The New World, which we are putting to the test at the FYC roundtable. Will the film be deemed a masterpiece of world cinema or be merely be regarded as a classic film holding a position as a museum piece in the cinematic canon? Check out the podcast to find...

On this episode of In Case You Were Considering... Dustin takes aim on The Asylum, the studio best known for their mockbusters and film series like Sharknado. Music: "Diabolus", "Immuration" ( www.purple-planet.com ) Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join our Patreon Subscribe for free: itunes Stitcher

We're back on track with another great discussion of a film off of the 2012 Sight & Sound list of the greatest films of all time! This week at the roundtable Mike and Dustin take a look at Courtney Hunt's 2008 indie crime drama and Sundance darling, Frozen River. Check out the episode to hear whether we determine the film to be a masterpiece of cinema or relegate it to museum piece status. Music:...

Due to summer holiday plans, we will not be releasing a new episode of FYC this week. Next week, however, we will be continuing with our regularly scheduled programming and the film, Frozen River.

Ed Wood, Jr. is in the spotlight this week as your intrepid hosts discuss the 1959 sci-fi turkey classic, Plan 9 From Outer Space. Will Plan 9 get a masterpiece or museum piece verdict? Check out the podcast to hear how Dustin and Mike come down on one of the best worst films ever made. Also in this episode we announce our FYC100 contest winner. Music: Main Title,  Someday It'll All Be Gone, God H...

On our Double-Feature recommend episode of the podcast Dustin and Mike tackle two films they have suggested to each other, and this month's results ended up being somewhat interesting. Discussed at the roundtable are Peter Jackson's 2009 fantasy/thriller, The Lovely Bones, and the 2011 Sam Liu directed adaptation of Grant Morrison's Superman masterpiece, All-Star Superman. Check out the episode to...

It's that time again where we skip talking about a classic film to cover something a little more contemporary. On this installment of our monthly All Things Considered show Mike and Dustin talk about a film they would like to bring a bit more attention to, Takashi Miike's 2017 samurai manga adaptation, Blade of the Immortal. Also in this episode, we discuss giving an extension to our FYC100 contes...