Let's Jaws For a Minute

Summer Chompin' continues with the next instalment in our series on The Jaws Log. This week, Sarah and MJ get deep in the weeds of pre-production on the film, go over the names of the major (and potentially major) players, learn about Carl Rizzo's harrowing Australian adventure, and find out about Hollywood accounting.

Summer Chompin' (#JawsGirlSummer) kicks off with the first two chapters of Carl Gottlieb's account of the making of Jaws, The Jaws Log. Sarah and MJ talk about the wit of Gottlieb's writing, their love of books about movies, and how Gottlieb was the perfect choice to write the definitive work on the making of one of the greatest movies ever made.

Silly naming convention is back for our longest episode to date. Sarah and MJ are joined by The Nicest Man in Podcasting, Harley Mumford to talk about Jordan Peele's masterwork, NOPE. The conversation goes all sorts of places from reckoning with the legacy of your chosen art form to the dangers of being arrogant around nature, and wraps up with some talk about Hollywood budgeting that leaves H...

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Rob Wallis to discuss Tremors and nothing else out of the ordinary. Just a couple of pals getting together to talk about the excellent Fred Ward/Kevin Bacon vehicle Tremors. They talk about the efficient storytelling and sense of place, and not Mr. Blobby ever.

This week, Sarah and MJ head to Maine to discuss the giant crocodile film Lake Placid. They talk about what makes a good creature feature, why Lake Placid falls flat despite having most of the ingredients of a good creature feature, and Oliver Platt's raw magnetism, as well as Ebert's review and some of the most memorable lines they've seen in this season!

This week, Sarah and MJ tackle a film that takes broad and abstract inspiration from Jaws: Basic Instinct. They wax poetic about erotic thrillers, Jerry Goldsmith, and their favorite topic, replacing one of the lead actors with Roy Scheider.

What would a season all about the films that were inspired by Jaws be without at least one shark movie? And what would an episode about a terrible shark movie be without our resident shark boi, Dr. Jack Cooper. Dr. Jack Cooper joins us to talk about The Last Shark, a 1981 Italian film that bears so many similarities to Jaws it was successfully barred from release in the United States by Universal....

The Jaws inspired films season makes a stop in St. Louis? Chicago? to spend time with Alligator. Sarah and MJ had a B L A S T with this movie and talk about what makes it so great, who one of the antagonists may have inspired, and crack the Bong Joon-Ho code to see Alligator's influence on many of his films.

"Inspired by" season continues with a stop on the Nostromo! Sarah and MJ are joined by their illustrious graphic designer, Alex Jenkins to talk about all things Xenomorph. They discuss the biomechanics of the alien, the lengths directors will go to get a reaction out of their casts, and improve the chestburster scene with their own sound effects.

Jaws-piration season rolls on as we catch up with 1978's Piranha, directed by Joe Dante and produced by the legendary Roger Corman. Sarah and MJ discuss lil guys, weird British ladies, why Dick Miller is always a good casting choice, and collecting physical media.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd we're back! This episode kicks off 2025 and a brand new season chock full of movies that were inspired by Jaws. We begin things with the very sane and normal film, Orca: The Killer Whale starring Richard Harris as a man who enters into a rivalry with an orca and the orca reacts in a very normal way.

Scheider season comes to a not so thrilling conclusion as Sarah and MJ reluctantly talk about a 90's Scheider film that features one of the worst scripts they have seen on the show as well as some truly terrible performances, but their loss is your gain listening to them cope each other through this mess of a film!

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by three-peat guest, Cordelia Keston for a far ranging chat about one of the wildest movies we have ever covered on the show, Naked Lunch. They talk about the Beat Generation, the jaw-dropping real life events depicted in the film, and stare into the void of what it means to be a creative. Oh, and they talk about a shirtless Roy Scheider, of course.

The Scheider express pulls into 52 Pick-Up station this week as Sarah and MJ discuss this overlooked expoloitation gem co-starring Ann Margaret and John Glover. They talk about the value of "just entertaining" movies, when low brow meets talented performers, and the history of The Cannon Group

Scheider season travels to the one that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism: SPACE! This episode features Adam Moffett of The Bond We Share talking about 2010: The Year We Make Contact. We discuss its validity as a legacy sequel, whether it works as a companion to 2001, how great the cast is, and Roy Scheider's intensely likeable energy.

It's showtime, folks! This week, we make our last stop in the 1970's era of Roy Scheider's career to talk about his Oscar nominated turn in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. Sarah and MJ are joined by Randy Burrows of the Uncut Gems podcast to talk about legacy, commerce, art, and reckoning with your mortality. You know, all the light stuff.

The time has come for Sarah and MJ to talk about the movie they have talked about the second most on this show besides Jaws, Sorcerer! Johnny 2 Trucks joins the hosts once again to talk about this overlooked gem of a film.

Roy Scheider seasons chugs to its next stop, Marathon Man! Sarah and MJ are joined by returning guest (and Sarah's husband), Martin Buddery to talk about the *other* 1976 political thriller starring Dustin Hoffman. Sarah shares a hot take, discusses a shirtless Roy Scheider in front of her husband, and MJ springs a Patreon subscriber challenge on Sarah at the last minute.

The man, the boat, the legend, Nick "Johnny FourBoats" Mear joins Sarah and MJ this week to talk about a quasi-sequel to The French Connection, The Seven-Ups. They talk about Roy Scheider's undeniable swagger, what he has in common with a certain modern day actor, and lament a time when interesting faces could be on full display in movies

Scheider season continues with the film that earned Roy an Academy Award nomination! Sarah and MJ are joined by Rob Wallis to talk about the Scheider spiciness scale, the importance of not editing films to make them appear more "modern" and Sarah's future as a detective solving chicken crimes

It's beginning to look a lot like Scheider around the LJFAM studios as Sarah and MJ kick off a season focusing on the films of Roy Scheider with 1971's Klute. They discuss how great 70's movies are, the wonderful building of tension that was created by Hitchcock and perfected by Alan J. Pakula, and heap some praise on Roy Scheider's brief, but substantial role!

It's the final episode of monster movie season! On this episode, Sarah and MJ are joined by the host of Fandomentals, Harley Mumford, to discuss Cloverfield. They talk about the viral marketing campaign and larger ideas surroudning *what* Cloverfield is and then talk about the brilliance of the film being found footage and its cynisism towards the Iraq war.

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined once again by Rob Daniel to discuss Bong Joon-ho's brilliant The Host. They talk about how wathcing the film feels...different in 2024, what context it came out in in 2006, and try to stay on topic talking about only ONE Bong Joon-ho film.

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Nick Mear of the NickFlix Podcast to talk about the 1999 cinematic masterpiece, The Mummy. They talk about the film's surprising staying power considering it was released in what many consider to be a stacked year for movies, the joys of watching a movie that is pure "fun" and of course, how incredibly attractive the cast is!

This week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Sarah's husband, Martin Buddery, to talk about David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly. They talk about the effects, what insect they would like to be gene spliced with, and the efficient way the script gives viewers believable reasons for Seth Brundle's gruesome transformation!