Let the Movie Speak!

Shakespeare in Edo, or: I’m never listening to that Evil Forest Spirit again - the gang (We’ve got Annie!) evaluates Kurosawa’s take on Macbeth. Show Notes: 10/18/22 Let the Movie Speak! "Throne of Blood" (1957) Season 5, Episode 8 On this episode, Travis and Justin are once again joined by the incomparable Annie on a journey through Kurosawa's vision of a classic Shakespeare tale. After discussin...

Join Skipper and the Chief on their trek to the future, where robots create matter out of nothing, the enemy within takes the form of no thing, and mini skirts cover...almost not a thing. 

Join the duo of wannabe hoofers as Gene Kelly’s voice, footwork, and bad backstage manners are subjected to scrutiny. 

Two cowpokes sit around the campfire, muchin’ bacon, spittin’ beans, and chewing on a moral dilemma: When, if ever, do you take a stand?

Epitaph from the tombstone of two American tourists: “Hey, let’s visit post war Japan!” “Are you sure? That sounds kinda dangerous. What if there’s still radiation from the atom bombs?” “Don’t be silly. It’s not like lightning ever strikes twice in the same place!”

Join the lads and Most Revered Guest Annie in evaluating the perennial question: “Is it worse to be 30 years older than the woman you’re kissing or to kiss her abruptly while insisting, ‘It’s all in the family’?”

Take a walk on the imaginary (magical? Booz-ical?) side of things with Jimmy Stewart in the lead and a Pooka in tow.

Two film-nerd padawans venture into the annals of space to encounter a somewhat divisive series that...spoiler alert: DOESN'T SUCK. 

Places, people, places! While everyone gets ready for their close-up, two intrepid hosts examine what Sunset Blvd communicates about Hollywood and fame in 1950…and now. 

Travis, Justin, and Annie descend into the now past 90’s to find Bruce Willis’ wig, Brad Pitt’s second-nuttiest performance, and other oddities in the oddball “Twelve Monkeys.” 

Strap on your favorite polka dot bow tie and join the anti-dynamic duo plus one distinguished gentleman as they wake up at 6AM in Punxsutawney...again. And again.

Justin and Travis really hope you like Rachmoninov as much as this movie does as they trek through the vaseline covered lenses and real-time slo-motion of Somewhere in Time. 

What happens when an Australian actor plays a British character using an American accent? He flies thousands of years into the future and battles Morlocks.

Justin and Travis award the hotly anticipated Golden Spuds to the most deserving films from the 1940's in various categories such as: "Worst Legacy Film", "Best Tune", "Best Bombshell (Moment)", and of course "Best Director" and "Favorite Film". Listen in as they rip open fake envelopes and pay tribute to the best and worst that 1940's films had to offer them.

Post-war mourning, penicillin, and paperback westerns plus Orson Welles, a script from the gods, and music to make any heart soar. Put it together and what do you get? 1949’s The Third Man. 

Buckle up boys and girls! It’s time to find out who can do better than who, what gender wears what pants, and other timeless (sic) questions in modern America. With an evenly matched panel, Justin & Travis take a retroactive look at mean old Spencer Tracy and pants-hero and pioneer Katherine Hepburn in 1949’s "Adam’s Rib".

It’s getting hot in here...so take off to Tokyo with Travis and Justin as Kurosawa leads them on an investigation into the perseverance of the human spirit in Stray Dog.

Two chums and a guest of honor reflect on what’s superior: The art of camera tricks, adapting plays into films, or James Stewart. Join us for (a little) scotch with (a lot) of water as we digest Hitchcock’s “Rope.”

Two derelicts, down on their luck and fresh out of gelato race around an impoverished post-war Italy in order to find something. No, it's not a bicycle, but an answer to the question: "Why does everyone call this movie one of the greatest of all time?" They're determined to find the answer cascasse il mondo.   

Ever wondered how bad the afterlife might be? Want to see filming techniques incorporated in a 40’s film decades before they were used elsewhere? Do you stay awake contemplating if David Niven can act?

Hot diggety dog! A couple of private eyes in cahoots with an ace literato follow the twisting, winding, and often tangled clues to get to the bottom of "The Big Sleep". 

Two little orphaned podcasters journey through Dickensville joined by a book smith, wordsmith, and generally all-around smithy gal @elliemartin1649 to get to the bottom Great Expectations (1946). And yes, dragons are mentioned several times.

Put on your nostalgic glasses and try to figure out why this 1944 Judy Garland hit was...a hit.

A couple of cat loving comrades delve into magic, Siberian folklore, jump scares before they had a name, and an America at war.

The chaps take in Chaplin’s very subtle Hitler impersonation and discuss whether comedies have the latitude to preach.