Pop Culture Purgatory

Welcome back to purgatory & Happy Holidays!!! This week the boys wrap up the holiday season with a Thanksgiving/ Christmas ish classic Planes, Train and Automobiles from 1987 Written and directed by the great John Hughes!!! The film stars Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Roberts, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Larry Hankin,...

Welcome back to purgatory and happy fookin holidays to all!!!  This week we jump into some holly jolly action mixed with some sleeze and lots of stupidity with Reindeer Games from 2000 directed by the late great John Frankenheimer and written by Ehren Kruger!!! The movie stars Isaac Hayes, James Frain, Clarence Williams III, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Dennis Farina, Ashton Kutcher, Charlize Theron,...

Welcome back to purgatory bbbbbbbuuuuuuudddddy & happy holidays!!! This week the boys get together to talk about the comedy classic Son in Law from 1993 directed by Steve Rash and written by Patrick . Clifton, Susan McMartin and Peter M. Lenkov. The film stars Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Mason Adams, Patrick Renna, Dennis Burkley, Tiffany Thiessen, Dan Gauthier, Ria P...

Happy Holidays and welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys gather around to talk about 1993's Grumpy Old Men directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson!!! The film stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher MacDonald, John Carroll Lynch and Steve Cochran!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!...

The boys are all back together again and so are The Sound of Animals Fighting, after a sixteen year break they have released their fourth studio album The Maiden!!! Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found! Please go and listen to The Sounds of Animals Fighting's new album along with their previous three!!! You...

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! This week Tron is out so Mike and Jeremy sit down for one more Halloween episode for all of yous out there, first up is Tales from the Crypt Season five, episode one Death of some salesmen starring Tim Curry, Ed Begley Jr. and Yvonne De Carlo!!! Next up we have The X Files season four, episode two Home starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Tucker Smallwood, Judit...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! On this last episode of the spooky season the boys gather around the campfire and shoot the shit about some of their favorite horror videogames!!! So strap in and hold onto your cohonjes because its gonna be one spooky fucking ride!!! Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found!...

Welcome back to purgatory and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week Mike and Jeremy chat about the 1991 straight to video classic The Boneyard written and directed by James Cummins and film stars Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose, Norman Fell, James Eustermann, Denise Young, Willie Stratford, Phyllis Diller, Robert Yun Ju Ahn and Richard F. Brophy!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent...

Welcome back to purgatory and Happy Halloween!!! This week the boys are back with a terrifying, brutal, claustrophobic masterpiece The Descent from 2005 written & directed by Neil Marshall!!! The film stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora Jane Noone, Molly Kayll and Oliver Milburn. Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past & most re...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!  This week on the show the boys cover a underrated kid's horror classic an anthology from 1990 called The Willies, written & directed by Brian Peck. The film stars Sean Astin, Jason Horst, Joshua John Miller, The great James Karen & Clu Gulager, Dana Ashbrook, Kimmy Robertson, Bill Erwin, Doug Benson, Kathleen Freeman, Ina Fred, Patrika Dar...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! Happy Halloween!!!! The spooky season is finally here and the boys kick it off with an absolute Halloween classic banger Ernest Scared Stupid from 1991, the film is directed by John R. Cherry III and it's written by John R. Cherry III, Coke Sams and Charles Gale. The film stars the great Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Shay Astar, Jonas Moscartolo, John Cadenh...

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!! We close out the Jeremy Saulnier trilogy with his third film and again we feel is another modern masterpiece with Green Room from 2015!!! The film stars Anton Yelchin (RIP) Joe Cole, Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, David Thompson, Marker Webber, Macon Blair, Eric Edelstein, Brent Werzner, Imogen Poots, Kai Lennox, Taylor Tunes and Sir Patrick Stewart!!! Thanks for checkin...

Welcome back to PURGATORY!!!! The boys continue on with their exploration of Jeremy Saulnier's films with his follow up and one we would consider a true modern masterpiece Blue Ruin from 2013. The film stars Macon Blair, Sidne Anderson, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Stacy Rock, Eve Plumb, Brent Werzner, David Thompson, Ella & Noelle Saulnier, Bonnie Johnson and Devin Ratray!!! Thanks for check...

Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys jump into the films of writer/directed Jeremy Saulnier, starting with his film debut with Murder Party from 2007. The film stars Chris Sharp, Damon Lindsay, Macon Blair, Stacy Rock, Skei Saulnier, Paul Goldblatt, William Lacey, Sandy Barnett, Bill Tangrandi, Sampson Saulnier, Beryl Guceri and Puff Snooty Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!!   This week the boys finish out their journey (for now) with The Sound of Animals Fighting's third studio album The Ocean and The Sun from 2008, this time around the album is released by Epitaph Records, produced by Rich Balling and mastered by Stephanie Villa. The band is formed with Rich Balling (vocals) Matthew Embree (guitar/bass/vocals/producer/engineer/mixer) Ch...

Welcome back to Purgatory!!!! This week the boys are back to talk more about The Sound of Animals Fighting, with their second studio album Lover, the Lord Has Left US... from 2006 and again released from Equal Vision Records. The band is formed with Rich Balling (producer/vocals) Matt Embree (guitar/vocals) Chris Tsagakis (drums/programming) Steve Choi (live guitar) Joe Troy (live bass) Anthony Gr...

Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys jump back into some album reviews with the band The sound of Animals Fighting and their first album Tiger and The Duke from 2005, released from Equal Vision Records. The band is formed with Rich Balling (vocals) Matt Embree (lead guitar) Chris Tsagakis (drums) Randy Strohmeyer (Guitar) Derek Doherty (Bass) and Anthony Green (Vocals) and the album was...

The boys finish out their Tarantino month with his 9th film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from 2019 written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio (in his best role) Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Julia Butters, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Mike Moh, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino, Mikey Madison. Maya Hawk...

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! This week the boy's trek on in Tarantino month with his eighth film 2015 The Hateful Eight!!! Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The score used in the film is by Ennio Morricone, originally created for John Carpenter's The Thing and it's pretty incredible. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim...

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! This week the boys continue on with Tarantino month with one of the most epic westerns ever made with Django Unchained from 2012. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino and the film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, James Remar, Atp Essandoh, Sammi Rotibi, Clay Donahue Fontenot, Escalante Lundy, Nichole Galic...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!!! "Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred nazi scalps. And I want my scalps. And y'all will git me one hundred nazi scalps, taken from the heads of one hundred dead nazis. Or you will die tryin" Lt. Aldo Raine  The boys continue on with their Tarantino month with Inglourious Basterds from 2009 written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars B...

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! I'm not a cowboy Pam...I'm a stuntman This week the boys get together to talk about Tarantino's Death Proof part of the Grindhouse house double feature along with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror from 2007.  The film stars Vanessa Ferlito, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Jordan Ladd, Marcy Harriell, Tracy Thoms, Rose Mcgowan, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Mary Elizab...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week the boys are all back together again!!!!  We continue Tarantino month with Kill Bill Volume 2 from 2004!!! Written by Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman and directed by Quentin Tarantino The movie stars Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen. David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Perla Haney Jardine, Sid Haig, Samuel L. Jackson, Bo Svenson, Jeannie Epper, Chia-Hui Liu, Michael...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!   Mike and Jeremy carry on Tarantino month with a little obscure piece of Tarantino filmography where he directed an episode of ER season one episode twenty-four name Motherhood. He brings all of his tools of the trade and it makes for an incredible high octane fueled episode! Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our back catalog and newer episodes on Podbean.com an...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!  We continue our Tarantino month with his 4th film after several years Kill Bill Volume 1 from 2003!!! The Bride character created by Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman. The film stars Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradin, Michael Madsen, Julie Dreyfus, Sonny Chiba, Chiaki Kuriyama, Chia-Hui Liu, Michael Parks, Michael Bowen, James Parks an...