Pick Six Movies

Nicholas Cage, Angelina Jolie, and Robert Duvall headline a remake of the 1974 gritty car heist classic. In this new version, the filmmakers take a bold new perspective on the source material, by removing all the car chases, action, and interesting parts of the original movie. If you’re looking for a mediocre time at the movies, this is a movie for you.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s time for some illegal street racing excitement in this episode featuring the third installment of the Fast and Furious film franchise. Or maybe it’s the 7th? Or 13th? Is this even a Fast and Furious movie? It’s definitely not very good, we know that for sure. Join us as we continue this season’s theme “Hot Wheels” that’s all about cars and car-related activities. Don’t worry if you don’t spea...

We begin Season 10 of Pick Six Movies with one of the inspirations for this show, the Turd Ferguson, er, Burt Reynolds starrer, The Cannonball Run . It has all the wrong-headedness of a movie from the 80s with all the smirking insanity of a Burt Reynolds movie! Also, are we getting a window into the real relationship between Dom DeLuise and Burt? Is Jack Elam the best thing about this movie? And c...

For the first time, we offer up a bonus episode of a previous season as we deliver this special holiday gift for our loyal listeners. This special addition to Season 4 “The War on Christmas Movies” features the sequel to “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” featuring a madcap series of incomprehensible, loosely strung-together series of events featuring actors saying words that don’t make any s...

“Firestarter” ends this Stephen King-inspired season with a bang! This movie has everything you could want in a movie. Drew Barrymore, David Keith, explosions, bloody noses, secret (maybe) military compounds, George C. Scott playing a Native American (maybe) who might be a pedophile (he’s definitely a pedophile), and Art Carney toting a shotgun. Join us as we wrap up episode six of this season wit...

Stephen King writes, appears in and directs this high octane, comet-created, maniac machine, terrifying tractor-trailer, swear word spewing technology-filled, let’s blow everything up movie! This film has dead kids and dead pets, deadly ice cream trucks, evil sentient self-flying airplanes, rocket launchers, a bible salesman, Lisa Simpson, pornographic wallpaper, a guy with an affinity for water s...

Not all Stephen King film adaptations are based on novels. Some of them are based on short stories. This episode is an example of filmmakers taking one of King’s small narratives, expanding on it, and turning it into a dumpster. It’s full of actors and actresses who almost look like other famous actors and actresses. It does have Brad Dourif (pictured above clarifying what number he will be doing...

Stephen King…I mean Richard Bachman wrote the novel that inspired this 80’s futuristic action classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso and original host of “The Family Feud” Richard Dawson. This episode explores the fascinating history of Richard Bachman and has a thorough exploration of a movie that looks to be mostly filmed on a sound stage at night. Yes there are impression...

To celebrate our 50th episode we picked the Gary Busey spectacular, “Silver Bullet”. This werewolf filled cinematic nightmare is filled with so many twists and turns that you won’t know who the identity of the mysterious murdering werewolf is until the end of the first 10 minutes. (It’s the preacher.) Enjoy.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“Carrie” was Stephen King’s first published novel and his first novel adapted into a motion picture. But we’re not talking about that movie, which received multiple Oscar nominations. No, we’re talking about the 2013 remake of “Carrie”, starring a cast of incredibly talented people that made a movie that’s a real dud. But that’s just how we like our movies here, filled with dud. My mother loved th...

“Conan the Barbarian” wraps up this season of remakes and reboots. There’s a lot to unpack in this tale of warriors, witches, swords, revenge, hookahs, Coors Light, hot wings and the Edgar Winter Group rock classic “Frankenstein”.  Let’s do this Bro!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nicolas Cage stars in “The Wicker Man” remake from 2006. This movie is a psychological crime thriller set in a modern-day utopia where filmmakers deem it appropriate to have their heroic male lead beat up not one, not two, but three women in this movie. This movie is a crazy mess of misogyny, misdirection, and misguided efforts to remake a movie nobody wanted to see get remade.  ★ Support this pod...

“Fantastic Four” is the 4th episode of this season’s theme “Not That One, This One” where we are taking on nothing but remakes and reboots. This film does an amazing job of making sure to never put the Fantastic Four together all at once until the last 10 minutes of the movie. We know, it’s not very good. Just the kind of movie that makes this show come alive.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The remake of “Poltergeist” gets us to the half way point of this season’s theme, “Not That One, This One”. It’s a truly amazing film in its ability to underwhelm audiences in all new and unexpected ways. In this episode we try to answer who really directed the original “Poltergeist” and keep forgetting that a remake was produced, even though that’s the movie we’re discussing. Strange indeed. Sam...

Tim Burton’s “Planet of the Apes” continues this season of remakes, reboots and re-imaginations as Mark Wahlberg battles Tim Roth for the affection of Helena Bonham Carter in the time traveling, simian, sci-fi caper from 2001. Paul Giamatti shows up to trade slaves and sell drugs. Michael Clarke Duncan and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa are friends who become enemies, only to become enemies who become frien...

Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Rick Baker in a King Kong suit come together to create one of the most impressive cinematic experiences ever put to film. This movie is an over-the-top, bi-centennial-filled, fuel crisis-inspired masterpiece of a bygone era most recognized by men’s obsession with thick sideburns, scraggly beards, and sexual assault.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We wrap up this season’s video game-inspired season with “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li”, a movie that’s part sequel, part prequel, and part reboot all at the same time. It may not be the worst movie we reviewed this season, but it’s darn close.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam Sandler and 80’s arcade nostalgia stars in “Pixels” a movie inspired by an internet short film, with characters from a documentary and a plot from an animated sitcom. Hollywood originality at its best. Plus, Dan Aykroyd shows up to sell us vodka and spout off crazy outer-space nonsense.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This season of video game-inspired movies takes to the skies with “Wing Commander” starring Freddie Prince Jr., Saffron Burrows, and Matthew Lillard. This movie came out in early 1999 and set the bar as to how bad a Star Wars-inspired movie could be. A few months later “The Phantom Menace” said hold my beer. This movie has space battles, sort of. Space drama, kind of. And space Cats, kind of, sort...

“The Angry Birds” movie takes us to the halfway point of this season all inspired by video games. How does a game that’s essentially a digital version of a sideshow carnival scam become a major motion picture? Well listen to this episode and you will find out. Plus, we discuss all manner of bird concepts, including bird therapy, bird birth control, and bird water sports – all in a movie intended f...

Uwe Boll helms the subject of this episode filled with zombies, island raves, rogue police officers, gratuitous nudity and Clint Howard. Like most of the movies on this show, it’s not very good. But neither was the video game that inspired this movie.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJarPzwlOOA  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“Tomb Raider” kicks off six movies all inspired by video games. The movie stars Angelina Jolie and a cast of hey I didn’t know they were in this movie actors and actresses. If you’ve never seen any Indiana Jones movies or James Bond movies or really any good movies ever, you might enjoy this film. Otherwise, we think you will enjoy our take on this stinker of a movie featuring one of the most famo...

This season’s theme “You Can Do It” wraps up with a super-sized episode based on the super-sexy film “Showgirls”. The only feature film to get a major theatrical release with an NC-17 rating. This movie has everything you would want in an NC-17-rated film and a lot of things you wish weren’t there. Prepare to be gobsmacked.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“Basic Instinct” is the penultimate episode of this season's run of six movies that all have one thing on their mind. This movie is famous for one scene in particular, surrounded by a bunch of crazy 1990s cliches wrapped in a whodunit and topped off with some Hollywood lesbian stereotypes.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“Wild Things” takes us to the swamps of Florida as this season’s theme, “You Can Do It” continues. This movie features lots of 20-somethings, pretending to be teenager-somethings, having sex with 40-somethings pretending to be 30-somethings. Double-crossing. Murder. Mystery. Bill Murray. Lesbian swimming make-out sessions. Teacher-student threesomes. Don’t worry, it’s worse than it sounds.  ★ Supp...