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Jen and Tim dig through yesterday’s garbage for a sampling of horror movies shot (badly) on video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen make the case for a socialist reading of Weird Al's lone cinematic outing. So did Current Affairs, as it happens: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/04/the-radical-egalitarian-politics-of-weird-als-uhf Also be sure to read the oral history of the making of UHF at the AV Club! https://film.avclub.com/we-got-it-all-on-uhf-an-oral-history-of-weird-al-yan-1798278657 Hosted on Acast. See a...

Jen and Tim ask Josh Lewis (@thejoshl) to provide his insight as a film programmer in a wide-ranging discussion of the dire state of movie exhbition. Be sure to check out our sibling pod, Sleazoids, on Soundcloud! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The delightful Chapo dad joins us for Death Wish 3, possibly the simultaneous nadir and high point of the Death Wish series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why did we spend so much time on this uneven philosophical road movie? Who the fuck knows! By the way, for this episode Jen was calling from the surface of Jupiter, where she went to get more stupider. Incidentally, we will have ANOTHER bonus episode for you on the regular date, the second Sunday of the month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Niel Jacoby (@fuckinalpamare on Twitter) joins us to ask: wtf, France? Also there's a big fat trigger warning on this one because we spent a lot of time mocking the movie’s incredibly cavalier attitude towards sexual assault. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  We go incredibly deep on a movie that probably didn’t merit it. So much so that you’re getting a two-parter! This one was written by the guy who co-wrote Back to the Future and it’s tailor-made for dads who wistfully scroll through classics dot autotrader dot com on weekends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim are joined by author and podcaster R.S. Benedict to discuss one of the few films ever shot entirely in Esperanto, which is the only film ever shot entirely in Esperanto and starring William Shatner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim and Jen are very excited to have animator, voice actor, and writer Bill Kopp on the show to discuss his career, especially the beloved-but-now-scarce Fox Kids show Eek! the Cat. Sorry we had to record Bill on Edison cylinder lol Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 50th episode we go hard af on Leonard Maltin and his stupid movie guide with @MrMattJay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you to all our patrons for being so patient with us! As your reward, this month's bonus is an extra-stuffed (nearly two hour) episode about a widely reviled mondo slavery documentary. Jen and Tim are joined by T. of the great Champagne Sharks podcast and we all tackle one tough-to-watch but necessary film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen welcomes special guest Julia Schiwal to discuss a wonderful Thai biopic about a trans woman who becomes a fighter in order to forge her own path. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

   Jen is joined by reproductive justice activist Mellie Macker to dissect the mendacious thinking behind a notorious piece of pro-life propaganda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim look at a slapdash TV movie with roots in moral panic. Oh and it was also the first feature role for Tom Hanks, wow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids podcast guests to discuss evangelical nightmare propaganda The Burning Hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim talk with animal expert Emma Bowers about Roar, which stars 50 or 60 uncontrollable wild animals and a handful of terrified humans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Jen and Tim welcome back visionary documentary filmmaker Felix Biederman to discuss the most successful Turkish movie of 2006. No, it’s not Turkish E.T. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim welcome a mysterious podcast newbie to praise this magnificent work of queer cinema to the skies. We’re not kidding, you need to watch this movie, and how fortuitous that it’s on YouTube! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Jen and Tim are completely confounded by a lackadaisical sci-fi (kinda?) TV series from the most cursed decade, the 1970s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and guest Bitter Karella finally get back around to silent classic Häxan, a topic for which Karella is perfectly suited due to his expertise in witch-hunting manuals, proto-MGTOW inquisitors, and torture devices of the early modern period (not joking). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen and Tim are joined by laser-sharp media critic Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable on Twitter) to talk over a movie that close to 50 years later is still too hot for TV: Ken Russell’s The Devils! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bitter Karella returns to vituperate the sequel to Vile Pervert, The Truth Awakens! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen, Tim, and guest Kristian Boruff of the Harmontown crew dissect something even more pointless than Funko Pops: a Ghostbusters fan film from 2007!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again Tim refuses to discuss a musical, so Jen entices friend of the show Darren Herzceg to visit Shangri-La! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just in time for Halloween, Tim and Jen attempt to make head or tail of a homebrew Canadian nightmare! Possibly one of the worst and most inexplicable films ever made, Things went direct-to-video in 1989…and straight to our hearts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.