Pop Culture Purgatory

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...

Welcome back to purgatory now sit yo raggidy ass down and shut the hell up! Cause we are talin Jackie brown from 1997 adapted by Quentin Tarantino based off of Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch published in 1992. The film stars Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Rober Forester, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert Deniro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tom Lister Jr, Hattie Winston and...

I said GODDAMN...goddamn...welcome back to pop culture purgatory!!!! This week the boys continue on with their Tarantino month with possibly his magnum opus Pulp Fiction from 1994 written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery. The film stars Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Laura Lovelace, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Phil LaMarr, Frank Whaley, Burr Steers, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Paul Calderon, R...

Hey ramblers lets get ramblin!!!  Welcome back to purgatory and welcome...to the beginning...of Tarantino month!!!! Wel start off with 1992's Reservoir Dogs written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Tierney, Kirk Baltz, Randy Brooks, Edward Bunker and Quentin Tarantino!...

This week the crew is all back together!!!! Tron is back baby!!!! We figured we keep it light and watch a comedy starring the Statham in a more comedic role but still oddly acting how he would any of his action roles. We are covering Spy from 2015 written and directed by Paul Feig and starring Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Jason Statham, Allison Janney, Miranda Hart, Rose Byrne, Peter Serafinowicz,...

Welcome back to PURGATORY!!!!!! This week Mike and Jeremy get to talk about an 80's action film made in 2013 titled Homefront directed by Gary Felder. The script is based off of Chuck Logan's novel by the same name in 2005. The book was adapted by none other than Sly Stallone himself. The film stars Jason Statham, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Izabela Vidovic, Omar Benson Miller, Clancy Brown, Prui...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week Mike and Jeremy get together to discuss John Badham's Point of no Return from 1993 the film is a remake of Luc Besson French film La Femme Nikita from 1990. The script is adapted by Robert Getchell & Alexandra Seros. The film stars Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermont Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Richard Romanus, Michael Rapaport, Geoffrey Le...

Hey everyone, Jeremy here, just wanted to let everyone know that we have decided to take the show off of Spotify due to them taking down a quite amount of our music episodes along with some of our movie review episodes. We apologize but we feel like this is this best way for us to move forward, the show will be everywhere else but heavily suggest going to Podbean.com where you can find all of epis...

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week it's just Mike and Jeremy. Tron and his wife just welcomed their second child into the world! So they're crazy busy to say the least. So Mike and Jeremy decided to talk about an old 90's classic Absolute Power from 1997 directed by Clint Eastwood based off the novel of the same name from 1996 written by David Baldacci, the screenplay was adapted by William G...

Welcome back to purgatory!!! The boys are back and back with some straight fucking trash tracks, we discuss three songs we fucking hate. Thanks for checkin us out, you can find our back catalog on podbean.com and where all other podcasts are found. Outro track "Ain't my bitch" an AI outlaw country version of the Metallica song, which is somehow better than the bands version. https://youtu.be/2Kxfd...

Welcome back once again to Pop Culture Purgatory!!!! This week the boys celebrate 300 episodes, it's been one fucking wild ride and we are we are grateful to have you all with us. We sit around and just shoot the shit, have some beers and some kid's meals. Thanks again so much from the bottom of our dark, dark hearts. You can find our back catalog Podbean.com and you can find us where all other po...

Welcome back to purgatory!!! I figured one day I'd wake up and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I'm not to keen on thinkin' about tomorrow and today's slipping by... We wrap up our journey into the industrial factory dreams and nightmares, the hopes and the ambitions, the doubles and the great romances, the violence and the darkness and the light that is David Lynch, artists and fil...