For Your Consideration

It's a thin line between stupid and clever and on this week's episode of FYC, Mike and Dustin intend to find it while taking a look at Rob Reiner's 1984 classic rock mockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap! This episode also introduces our brand-new Patreon account so be sure to give it a listen and get all the details.

This week we're giving another episode from the archives the full-on Redux treatment as we rediscover and represent our conversation on Mike Nichols' 1967 classic dramedy, The Graduate (originally released 03/28/2016).

This week's episode of FYC is a special memorial episode in honour of George A. Romero, a filmmaker we sadly lost this past July 16th and whom was responsible for the seminal horror classic, Night of the Living Dead. Although Romero was behind many film and television projects during his lifetime he is probably best known for the six zombie films he made starting with 1968's Night of the Living De...

In this installment of ICYWC... we take a look at the 2013 found footage horror film, The Bell Witch Haunting. The movie, released by Asylum and directed by Glenn Miller, is yet another cinematic misfire that your intrepid host, Dustin Friesenhan, has subjected himself to and encapsulated the experience in this FYC microcast so you never have to endure the pain and suffering of watching it for you...

This week FYC brings you another installment of All Things Considered, our open review, conversation, and commentary show where Mike and Dustin choose four films they have seen recently and bring them to the table for discussion. On today's show we spotlight Ender's Game, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Alien: Covenant, and Cube.

This week on FYC Dustin and Mike surely have a bit of a laugh as they sit down and take a deep dive on a comedy classic from the '80s, Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Bros. disaster film spoof, Airplane! We haven't done many funny films on the show so it's been a bit of a treat to shake off the serious and spotlight one of the most highly regarded comedies of all time. Check out the convo to see if we...

On this week's episode of FYC, Mike and Dustin take a look at this highly entertaining 1996 film based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, Trainspotting. Will Danny Boyle and John Hodge's adaptation of a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life rate as one of the greatest films of all time and not just the best Scottish film of a...

In a new microcast spin-off of FYC, host Dustin Friesenhan subjects himself to a number of extreme, transgressive, art house, and exploitation films so you don't have to! All of these films fall firmly into the very hard to watch variety and Dustin takes one for the team, breaks them down, and lets you know what is worthwhile and what is a waste of time. This inaugural episode of ICYWC... features...

Hosts Mike and Dustin return with another episode of All Things Considered, the open review show where we cover anything and everything that catches our interest on the cinema landscape. For this episode the discussion revolves around Sony's 2016 Ghostbusters revival, Yūdai Yamaguchi's 2003 Baseball Battlefield, Ari Folman's 2008 Lebanon war memoir/documentary, Waltz With Bashir, and Peter Jackson...

On this first episode of Sound Considerations, a new sister podcast to FYC looking at movie music and film scores, host Mike Jozic takes a deep dive into Jed Kurzel's moody and atmospheric soundtrack for the latest installment in the sci-fi/horror franchise, Alien: Covenant .

They say that in space no one can hear you scream, but on the internet, everyone can hear us do a podcast looking at Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi/horror classic, Alien . Join Mike and Dustin in this latest episode of FYC as they take a deep dive into the film that introduced the world to a near-invincible nightmare creature, set the bar for future stories in the genre, and influenced countless other...

FYC gets a Lynchian twist as Dustin and Mike tackle the director's dream of dark and troubling things, 1977's Eraserhead . With Twin Peaks returning to television screens this month, we wanted to spotlight one of David Lynch's seminal films and there are few better than to look at his debut feature. Join us as we take a deep dive into the surreal psycho-sexual landscape of Eraserhead !

On the latest episode of FYC, hosts Mike and Dustin are joined by guest commentator, Cat McDonald, to discuss the first part of Peter Jackson's 2001 epic and groundbreaking film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings . We went a little long this time out but considering the length of the film it should come as no surprise that our conversation would be no less epic. And while the one ring may have brought...

Hosts Mike and Dustin take on the eighth wonder of the world, King Kong , on this latest episode of FYC. It was 84 years ago this month that RKO pictures unleashed the cinematic juggernaut that is Kong on the world and to celebrate this, we decided to take a look at Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack's classic monster/adventure film and see if it stands up to be considered one of the greatest...

Join hosts Dustin Friesenhan and Mike Jozic as they turn their hypnotic gaze on White Zombie ! Does Victor Halperin's 1932 zombie classic rate inclusion in the hallowed halls of the greatest films of all time or is it just another corpse in the ground waiting to be reanimated? Check out this week's episode to find out.

On this week's installment of FYC we are revisiting an oldie but goodie from the archives in a newly tweaked Redux episode featuring the 1939 classic, Gone With the Wind .

This week, Mike and Dustin celebrate FYC's first anniversary with a double sized extravaganza episode featuring a brief look back on the highs and lows of year one, as well as a year-end roundup of the best films they saw in 2016. 

A few days ago one of the masters of horror and suspense, John Carpenter, celebrated his 69th birthday and we here at FYC are celebrating with a look at his classic 1982 sci-fi/thriller, The Thing ! Listen in as Dustin and Mike break down all the things they think work, or what doesn't, about the film and make their determination as to whether it deserves to be considered a true masterpiece of cin...

Check out the last episode of FYC for 2016 featuring Frank Capra's 1946 classic, It's a Wonderful Life . Hosts Mike and Dustin take a moment to discuss what it would be like if this film never existed and determine whether or not it should be classified as a masterpiece or a museum piece. 

On this week's episode of FYC your hosts, Mike and Dustin, take some time to sit down and really look at Chris Marker's 1962 28 minute photo-roman, La Jetée . The film is highly regarded , incredibly influential, and is the shortest selection in Sight and Sound's top 50 Greatest Films of All Time. Also, the first (but possibly not last) time we discuss a film of this length on the show.

Join us for an animated new episode of FYC as Mike and Dustin sit down to discuss the 1995 Disney/Pixar film, Toy Story . With the election now behind us we thought it timely to look at the film with its topical themes of intolerance, maintaining the status quo, fear of the other, and stifling imagination, which may not be the way you remember the film but may be the way you look at it from here o...

Week five of FYC's Fright Fest sees the return of All Things Considered to the fold and introduces our first annual Anthology of Horror to the show! Everybody knows that you can't properly celebrate the season without watching a few scary movies and in this episode, hosts Dustin and Mike pick 6 Halloween flicks that are currently available on Netflix and talk a little bit about why they think you...

Week four of FYC's October Fright Fest is in full effect! This time around, fearless co-hosts, Mike and Dustin, tackle the John Carpenter and Rob Zombie versions of the legendary horror film, Halloween . Will the remake overshadow the original? Will Carpenter and Zombie ever get along? Check out the final compare and contrast episode of the podcast to find out these answers and more.

The October Fright Fest continues on FYC with Wes Craven's classic horror film, A Nightmare On Elm Street , and its 2010 remake by director Samuel Bayer. Join hosts Dustin and Mike as they do a little dream analysis comparing and contrasting the two films in week three of our Halloween themed episodes.

October on FYC just keeps getting better as Fright Fest continues. For its second week, hosts Mike and Dustin take a hard look at another classic horror and its remake, Tobe Hooper and Marcus Nispel's respective versions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Will Leatherface fare better in their eyes than Jason? You'll have to listen in to find out the final verdict.