Movie Trap

Zach pulls a cat out of the bag in the form of a severed head. Spoiler warning, Alfredo Garcia loses his head and people have to find it. Richard Carlsen helps give clarity to what we watched and why his brother is cheating. We attempt to find the meaning of a film about violence that also includes "comedy" scenes involving Warren Oates self managing a "crabs" infection. And finally, what do Charl...

Carlsen cheats the vote by declaring the new theme of "films by Sam Peckinpah" and picking The Wild Bunch immediately. Richard Carlsen guests for this run to give context/justice. Like the dudes in the movie, we all need a drink and a bath afterwards. Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ****************************...

Carlsen's picked Dr. Strangelove for best film with an actor playing multiple roles and it might be unbeatable. We are joined by the wonderful Shannon Campe who saw the film for the first time for this podcast. Dr. Strangelove (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Slim Pickins.

Boruff gives Denis Villeneuve's Enemy a blind shot and ends up getting more giant spider confusion that anyone asked for. Two Jake Gyllenhaal's meander through an 1 hour and 35 minutes of moody cinematography, "minimalist" plotting, and surrealism. Based off Jose Saramago's The Double and not to be confused with The Double (2013) starring Jessie Eisenberg. TWITTER ► https://www.twitter.com/themovi...

For the best double performance by an actor challenge, Zach chose Dead Ringers from 1988. Directed by David Cronenberg Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************* We have a NEW EPISODE every OTHER FRIDAY! ********************************************* TWITTER ► https://www.twitt...

We put aside our petty contest to focus on what is really important; watching Chevy Chase star as a 1980's barometer for middle class success and obsess over a bonus check. Why does Clark want a pool in the frozen hellscape of a Chicago lake-effect winter? Who knows! Happy holidays! Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieT...

Zach Powers selected Death of Stalin by Armando Iannucci. Turns out Stalin wasn't a nice guy, but this film is extremely funny. Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************* We have a NEW EPISODE every OTHER FRIDAY! ********************************************* TWITTER ► https://...

Carlsen's pick for best political thriller is Robert Rossen's All The Kings Men, based off the novel by Robert Penn Warren that was in turn based off the life of Huey Long. We talk smack on John Wayne. #BroderickCrawford #BrodCrawdArmy Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************...

Our new theme is Political Thrillers because Boruff has no sense of timing. The new theme is Political Thrillers because Boruff has no sense of timing. Hot and young Warren Beatty plays Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window if he ever got out of the chair in this political thriller based on a JFK conspiracy theory from the 70's. Things almost blow up, somethings do blow up, and an old sheriff learns that y...

In this special one-off episode, Boruff won the Halloween round so he won the ability to choose any film in any genre to show the others. He chose a hard to categorize film about self discovery of a non-binary woman with the ability to smell people's feelings meeting another person just like her while she investigates a horrifying criminal video tape ring. There are troll babies and, oh boy, it ge...

Boruff's choice for best horror film from 1969-1980 is the timeless classic of Celtic horror, The Wicker Man. Carlsen finds a link to his favorite band, Neurosis. The fact that Boruff picked a Vashti Bunyan-style folk-horror-musical is not lost on Zach. It's wonderful! But will it win? The Wicker Man Enigma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMQxzyEsIQ Neurosis Album Cover https://en.wikipedia.org/w...

Don't Look Now directed by Nicolas Roeg has been a spooky go-to forever but Powers has the asks the simple question, "What do Sleepaway Camp and Don't Look Now have in common?" Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ********************************************* We have a NEW EPISODE every OTHER FRIDAY! ***************...

We are starting our Halloween episodes with Russell's pick, "Phantasm"! Is it the best horror film from 1960-1979? See if you can already predict a winner in this first round of The Movie Trap! Reflections of Fear: Phantasm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orU9vp7WO8E Phlebotinum https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/phlebotinum Women Of Phantasm: The Documentary With Balls (20...

Brian Flynn, returning guest and co-host of The Revisionists with Zach, joins us on Movie Trap just in time for Carlsen to take full advantage of the rules and forcing us to watch Police Academy. We also decide the winner of this round and what our next film watch will be! Please subscribe so we can get a custom URL or even turn on monetization. Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://bit.ly/MovieTrap ******...

Tim Talbott was nice enough to sit down with us to discuss the writing process for The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) Tim Talbott's previous credits include South Park, Chicago Fire, and Shooter. He also co-wrote the Black list script, "Ball's Out" Tim's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848003/ The Movie Trap get to see what of our thoughts were valid and what were conjecture about the produc...

Boruff bends the rules a bit on "bad cops" to introduce the Movie Trap to a fact based depiction of Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment. We debate approaches and tactics that the filmmakers might have used in the production. Zach wonders about the difficulty of working with a real life person telling a story that shows that person behaving poorly. Then we talk about cops and The Prisoner...

Round one! Current winner Zach Powers picked our new challenge theme of "bad cops". His pick to start game is "Blindspotting" starring Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Kimmy Schmidt) and Rafael Casal(HBO’s Def Poetry). The film directed by Carlos López Estrada and written by the two stars is a semi-autobiographical account of friends struggling with gentrification and complex racial divides in Oakland Cali...

Following the theme of being trapped inside, Carlsen chose The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers Will he win? MONKEY PUMP WE SAY! MONKEY PUMP! James Hayes Mr. Robot: Quadrant Framing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNplQBbxjbw 3D Bird Model (Actually an albatross) https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/animals/bird/bird-albatross Talk to us! ► https://www.twitter.com/themovietrap Boruff ► https:/...

Welcome to round one! Zach watching Rear Window inspired us to restart our 10+ year old podcast. Previously known as the Film Concussion, we are now called Movie Trap. The new name like the rest of this show, will be figured out as we go along. IMPROV! Sometimes comedy.