Force Five

This week’s guest is screenwriter, novelist, and graphic novel author Michael Moreci . This episode features a review of the Sidney Lumet film Running on Empty (1988) . The topic Michael chose was Top 5 Coen Brothers Characters. Helpful Links: To check out Michael Moreci’s work, click here. To follow Michael Moreci on Twitter, click here. If you want more of the Force Five Podcast: For everything...

A small preview of what you’re missing if you’re not signed up for the Patreon feed. Want more Force Five? Want Top 5 drafts, bonus Top 5 lists, extra reviews, the ability to assign me a film to review, and the opportunity to become a producer on the show? Head to http://www.patreon.com/forcefive to join for as little as $2 a month.

This week’s guests are the hosts of the amazing Queer Quadrant Podcast, Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson . This episode features a Patreon listener request film review for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) . The topic Brooke and Jordan chose was Top 5 LGBTQ Characters . Helpful Links: To listen to the Queer Quadrant Podcast, click here. To follow Queer Quadrant on Twitter, click here. If you want...

This week’s guest is one of my favorite rappers and co-owner of Don’t Sleep Records, Awon . This episode features a review for a Karate Kid clone filmed in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Showdown (1993) , which features a great cast. The topic Awon chose was a tough one: Top 5 Pixar Films . I don’t know that I’ve ever had a tougher time narrowing down a list. Helpful Links: To order Awon’s newest...

A small preview of what you’re missing if you’re not signed up for the Patreon feed. Want more Force Five? Want Top 5 drafts, the ability to assign me a film to review, and the opportunity to become a producer on the show? Head to www.patreon.com/forcefive to join for as little as $2 a month.

This week’s returning guest (first heard in the inaugural Five Live Draft) is Bruce Purkey from the CInemaddicts Podcast. This episode features a review for a film that was foisted upon me by Moose, one of our Patreon Executive Producers, As Good As It Gets (1997). The topic Bruce chose was Top 5 Mutated Animal Films, so get ready for some schlock and gore! Helpful Links: To follow Cinemaddic...

This week’s returning guest is JP Sarro from The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast . This episode features a review for the underrated arctic thriller, Black Mountain Side (2014) . The topic JP chose was Top 5 Underrated Christmas Films . Helpful Links: To follow The Lapsed Fan on Twitter, click here. To listen to The Lapsed Fan, click here. If you want more of the Force Five Podcast: Click here t...

A small preview of what you’re missing if you’re not signed up for the Patreon feed. This week’s bonus show was a Top 5 Christian Bale Draft. Want more Force Five? Want Top 5 drafts, the ability to assign me a film to review, and the opportunity to become a producer on the show? Head to www.patreon.com/forcefive to join for as little as $2 a month.

This week’s guest is Ariana Nudo from Hollywoodography . This episode features a review for the prison break turned . The topic Ariana chose was Top 5 Boxing Films. Helpful Links: To follow Oriana on Twitter, click here. To listen to the Hollywoodography podcast, click here. If you want more of the Force Five Podcast: Click here to sign up for the Force Five Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/f...

This week’s guest is Ryan from Disc-Connected, a YouTube channel and Podcast dedicated to physical media . This episode features a review for the Patreon selected film, Walter Hill’s eclectic Streets of Fire (1984) . The topic Ryan chose was Top 5 Blu-ray Releases of 2022. Helpful Links: To follow Disc-Connected on Twitter, click here. To watch Disc-Connected on YouTube, click here. If you wa...

A small preview of what you’re missing if you’re not signed up for the Patreon feed. Want more Force Five? Want Top 5 drafts, the ability to assign me a film to review, and the opportunity to become a producer on the show? Head to www.patreon.com/forcefive to join for as little as $2 a month.

This week’s guest is Chris Iannacone from the Get Me Another Podcast . This episode features a review for the funniest movie you’ve never seen, The Wrong Guy (1997) . The topic Chris chose was Top 5 Conspiracy Films. Helpful Links: To follow Get Me Another on Twitter, click here. To listen to the Get Me Another podcast, click here. If you want more of the Force Five Podcast: Click here to sig...

Horror expert and director of The Stylist (2022) Jill Gevargizian joins me this year for the annual F5 Halloween Special! I’ve got a review for the newest Disney+ horror offering, Werewolf By Night (2022) . For the Halloween Special, we each chose movies you need to watch from five scary categories: Something Possessed Vampire Slasher Monster/Creature Feature Wildcard Recommendation Helpful Links:...

Welcome to this Patreon bonus episode, Force Five Live: The Kurt Russell Draft ! Eric Holmes and Bruce Purkey from Find Your Film joined me to draft KURT RUSSELL films. For more shows like this, join the Force Five Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/forcefive Click here to check out the Find Your Film podcast. Click here to follow Find Your Film on Twitter.

This week’s guest is Wayne G. from the Recasted Podcast. This episode features the first Force Fed, a feature exclusive to Patreon List Nerds where they get to assign me a film to review. This week’s Patreon selection was Rocky (1976). The topic Wayne chose was 5 Home Run Baseball Movies. Helpful Links: To follow Recasted on Twitter, click here. To check out the Recasted Podcast, click h...

This week’s returning guest is musician and host of the Piecing It Together Podcast, David Rosen . This episode features a review for Jordan Peele’s newest film, Nope (2022) . The topic David chose was Top 5 Movie Dogs. Helpful Links: To follow David on Twitter, click here. To check out the Piecing It Together Podcast, click here. To check out David’s music, click here. Today’s show is b...

The guest is Matinee Mode, FilmTwitter’s number one poster. The topic he chose is Top 5 Movie Product Tie-Ins . The featured review is for the perilous climbing film Fall (2022) . TO SUPPORT FORCE FIVE: For the Force Five Patreon page, click here. To buy some Force Five merch, click here. SPONSOR: This episode is sponsored by the Find Your Film Podcast. Click here to listen. FOR MORE FORCE FIVE: C...

What’s up, list nerds!? It’s hard to believe we made it to 100 episodes of Force Five. On this episode, I’ll be answering listener questions while doing the Hot Ones Challenge. I also have a mini-top 5 list that came out of a listener question. This episode also features reviews for Tiger On The Beat (1988) and the newest thriller from Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, The Black Phone (2022)...

This week’s guest is film teacher, film programmer, and fellow podcaster Drea Clark . This episode features reviews for the newest film in the Predator series, Prey (2022) as well as the Shannon Tweed-led erotic thriller Scorned (1993) . The topic Drea chose was Top 5 Two-Hander Films. Helpful Links: To follow Drea on Twitter, click here. To check out Maximum Film, click here. This week’s spo...

This week’s guest is actor, writer, and producer Tarik Davis, co-star of The Amber Ruffin Show . This episode features reviews for the twisted heist/torture film The Collector (2009) as well as a dangerous kid flick called Cloak and Dagger (1984) . The topic Tarik chose was 5 Awesome 90’s Future Films. Helpful Links: To follow Tarik on Twitter, click here. To check out the Amber Ruffin Show o...

This week’s guest is Ryan from The New World Pictures Podcast . This episode features a review for Extreme Prejudice (1987) which seemed like a perfect vehicle for Charles Bronson, but ultimately went to Nick Nolte. The topic Ryan chose was Top 5 Charles Bronson Movies. Helpful Links: To check out The New World Pictures Podcast, click here. To follow The New World Pictures Podcast on Twitter,...

This week’s guest is Devaughn Taylor , one half of the Bloody Blunts Cinema Club Podcast . This episode features reviews for the slow but insanely climactic Vinegar Syndrome release Beware! Children at Play (1989) , as well as the newest Marvel blockbuster, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2022) . The topic Dan chose was Top 5 Heist Movies. Helpful Links: To check out the Bloody...

This week’s guest is podcaster, author, and television historian Dan Budnick , whose newest book, From Beverly Hills To Hooterville: Exploring TV's Henningverse 1962-1971 is available now wherever you get your books. This episode features a review for the newest Tom Cruise blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick (2022). The topic Dan chose was Top 5 Sheer Audacity Films. Helpful Links: To buy Dan’s bo...

This week’s guest is fellow podcaster Jen Howell, co-host of the Every Rom Com Podcast . This episode features reviews for Body Snatchers (1993) , an adaptation of the oft-adapted book The Body Snatchers, as well as Snatchers (2020) , a horror comedy about the perils of teenage sex. The topic Jen chose was Top 5 Romantic Comedies. Helpful Links: To check out Every Rom Com, click here. To follow Ev...

This week’s guest is author/film historian Samm Deighan , who’s newest book, The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema is available right now. This episode features reviews for two eighties oddities. The first is Vinegar Syndrome’s release of the bizarre sci-fi/noir mashup Alien Private Eye (1987) and the second is Vestron’s presentation of Little Monsters (1989) , a twisted precursor...