Mark's Movies

Let's take it back to the good ol' days and grab some UFO parts to turn in as our science project. Yep. That's the movie. I'm pretty sure I had things to say about this here but I can't think of what they are presently--I reserve the right to update this in the future. I'll be on On The Subject pretty soon. On The Subject is a really cool movie and TV podcast with them Subject boys: Malcolm, Zach,...

Lucas Black is not from Arkansas. The roar of the crowd. The thrill of the cliché and the agony of defeat. These are just a few things I've typed into this episode's show notes. This isn't the first sports movie I've done but it is the first (American) football movie and the first one based on a true story (I think) (I think it's the first movie on the show based on a true story because I haven't...

2008's Apatow-produced Segel-written Segel-acted adult comedy hit me like a guided missile. In this third calendar year of this podcast I've really come to just pick movies that I like and, by golly, do I enjoy this movie. I genuinely think I covered the majority of the ground on this one. No random 15-page notes on this episode. Disappointing even to me. Maybe I've turned a corner. In my, simulta...

Just checking in with everyone for 2021. Full normal episode coming... at some point! Catch me on Twitter @coolmarkd.

Hey everyone! Mark D here and we're watching some Anime! Cowboy Bebop is a universally beloved series and we're going to go ahead and check out the movie which takes place near the end of the series--so we get all of our favorite characters. There's going to be a lot of links in these show notes so check it out on scummbags.com for easier browsing. First off--I made more than a couple of mistakes...

Join Mark D as he clambers down the cliff's edge and commences The Descent. If that's not a whole mood I don't know what is and maybe you're sexists but this is definitely an undercover girl-power chick-flick that absolutely slaps. Check it out streaming on Amazon (US, probably) and don't hit the spoilers because it will 100% change your experience watching the movie. I'm not going to say anything...

We're right in the thick of spooky Halloween day (because I was literally just too busy yesterday to finish editing this even though it had already been recorded days ago and I had planned for a Halloween release--I'm a complete fuckup) with the 2010 Joe Johnston remake "The Wolfman". It's definitely a movie and there is absolutely a werewolf so be ready to be jumpscared. That's a Drake song, righ...

Rip and tear with the Doom-inspired remake of the Doom-inspiring original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That stuff about Doom? I made it up. Seems legit, though, right? There's definitely some corrections and things I want to make so I'll make there here. Also, some weird stuff going on so there may be a couple of sound issues. Not sure what that's about just yet but I'll be working those out as I...

It's a spoOoOOooooOKy Zach Braff-written-and-directed post-coming-of-age pre-having-a-real-life intestitial-liminal-human-space examination. Not going to lie--I didn't prepare at all for this. It was extemporaneous. Spontaneous. Uranus. Check out the podcast though. It was supposed to be a horror movie but, clearly, that didn't happen. That won't stop me from assuming you just have my super badass...

Hey, everyone! In this episode I rank things! That's what people like, right? Rankings? Well, I do that here. This is also the Season 2 finale. I didn't really think about that until now but that's what it is. So there you have it. Season 3 coming at some point. Thanks for listening @coolmarkd on Twitter @markd20 on Letterboxd

Humor is ALIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE in 1974's Young Frankenstein written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; and directed by Mel Brooks. A bold and controversial choice that maybe cemented both artists in the Hollywood hall of fame (metaphorical--I don't know if there is actually a Hollywood HOF but there is one in my heart). This is the last movie in the 9-disc 9-movie leather belt Mel Brooks Blu-ray c...

This is a lesser-discussed Mel Brooks movie that centers around the McGuffin of a set of dining room chairs in the early Soviet Union. It's definitely... different. @coolmarkd on Twitter. @markd20 on Letterboxd

Let's just send up Star Wars and science fiction adventures in general in Mel Brooks' 1987 film Spaceballs! That's really it. That's the whole show notes. @coolmarkd on Twitter. @markd20 on Letterboxd.

Want to send up anthology movies but unsure how? Maybe History of the World Part 1 can help. Mel Brook's 1981 historical... something is a laugh riot but audiences and critics seem to be split on it. I messed up a little bit on this one too in that I "read the comments". The comments that critics had on this movie. @coolmarkd on Twitter. @markd20 on Letterboxd.

Let's forget about robbing from the rich and stealing from the poor and instead go on a bit of a romp in Sherwood Forrest with Mel Brooks in his 1993 Robin Hood: Men In Tights. I don't remember if I needed to add any links in here... I reserve the right to update this at a later date. Twitter @coolmarkd Letterboxd @markd20

" Reach for the skyyyyyyyy " that's not from this movie. This 1974 Mel Brooks movie is Blazing Saddles and there's a bunch of other things from this movie but that's not one of them. There's a lot going on in the production and the legacy of this movie. A lot . A plethora of posts. A cornucopia of controversy. You can definitely get on the internet and read all about it. If you have 18 minutes and...

Let's check out Mel Brook's take on a spoof of a riff on a Hitchcock paranoia thriller. It was definitely A Choice. @coolmarkd on Twitter. @markd20 on Letterboxd.

I actually have zero idea of what this movie is even about. There are movies in the Mel Brooks collection that I've seen many times and there are others that I've seen not at all. This is one of the latter. Let's get into it. This one actually wasn't written by Mel Brooks and is, in fact, a remake of a 1942 film of the same name so that probably does a good job of explaining why it is so different...

It's not a description, it's the title of Mel Brook's 1976 film which is, more or less, a silent movie. Perhaps is was a case of creative stagnation. Or perhaps it was a case of creative excellence manifested in will imposing it's untamed and dark desires upon a major motion picture production. Stay a while and listen. Not forever, though. This one is short. @coolmarkd on twitter. @markd20 on lett...

1985's John Landis-written John Lynn-directed Clue is a wild take on a board game. Sometimes problematic but always goofy as hell let's revisit it. I can't find a working link for the director's commentary that Kevin Smith did. Unsure if it's taken down because of Reasons or if it's behind a paywall. So that's disappointing. As always @coolmarkd on twitter and @markd20 on Letterboxd.

Korean director Kogonada's 2017 feature debut is a quiet and introspective film set in Modern-architecture-laden Columbus, Indiana . Jin and Casey meet and slowly learn about themselves and each other. Spoilers in this one as always. @coolmarkd on twitter. @markd20 on letterboxd.

2020 has been an awful year and I can only do my part and make it worse . The way I do that? Another rapid fire podcast episode. That's right. Zero prep. Minimal thought (that's actually normal). We'll talk about the Wachowski's 2008 movie Speed Racer at a very quick and very surface level. This is a real quick episode. Give it a listen if you're not into pedantry. If I manage to be pedantic I des...

What a ride. Mandy is wild movie. Release in 2018 and written and directed by Panos Cosmatos of Beyond the Black Rainbow fame or notoriety. This is another one that just shocked me so I hurried up and just made an episode. Stick around I remember now what I wanted to put in here. Nic Cage's character, Red Miller, wears a raglan with 44 on his chest. I felt like that was a reference to "44-inch Che...

One word: "oooooooof". This is a doozy. 2010's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, based on the series of Scott Pilgrim graphic novels written and illustrated by Bryan Lee O'Malley, directed by Edgar Wright and screenplay by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall is a movie that did not find commercial success, initially, but has become a cult classic that is near and dear to so many hearts. I know you're all h...

This was a rough one. It was unplanned. It was almost spontaneous. Because this movie just got me. It hit me. The poster above is actually a Mondo Tees poster by a very talented artist named Jay Shaw that probably will never exist again but it's amazing. There's a lot to go on about with regards to this movie but I'll break down some stuff real quick here. I don't like the official artwork for the...