The Film Club

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders! The film follows Scooby and the gang on a dark desert highway where they encounter a sandstorm that causes the Mystery Machine to accidentally veer off the road and into Government property. Soon after the sandstorm passes the gang sees a UFO and must investigate. The gang walks into the nearest town to look for help...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost! The film follows Scooby-Doo and the gang to Oakhaven, Massachusetts to investigate the spooky occurrences of the town. Famous horror novelist Ben Ravencroft is from Oakhaven and is the descendant of a rumored witch Sarah Ravencroft. Ben is determined to prove his ancestor Sarah was falsely accused of being a witch and...

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off our Cartoon June with a gem from the 1960s! We’re discussing Gay Purr-ee with special guest and friend of the podcast Reggie! The film follows a young cat named Mewsette who lives in the rural countryside of Provence. Mewsette is in love with the dashing tomcat Jaune Tom who is also head over heels for her. When Mewsette’s owner’s sister comes to visit...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding our Star Wars Month with the final film of the sequel trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker! The film begins with Kylo Ren obtaining a Sith Wayfinder that takes him to the mysterious planet of Exegol where he discovers the evil Emperor Palpatine is alive-ish. Meanwhile Rey is continuing her Jedi training now with Leia but when word comes in from an intelligence...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Star Wars: The Last Jedi! The film takes place immediately after the events of The Force Awakens, The First Order is chasing down The Resistance after the battle on Starkiller base. Kylo Ren and his wingmen are able to catch up with one of the Resistance ships and when Kylo hesitates to destroy the ship because he senses his mother Princess Leia onboa...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens! The film takes place thirty years after the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the Galactic Empire. A new threat has emerged in the galaxy The First Order which is picking up where the Empire left off. General Leia Organa the leader of The Resistance must continue to fight to keep the galaxy safe while searching for h...

This month at The Film Club we’re talking about Star Wars! And to begin the month what better way than starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace! The film follows Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his young padawan apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi who are on a mission to negotiate the end of the federation blockade of the planet Naboo. When the two Jedi realize the negotiations were a trap they escape their...

This week at The Film Club we conclude Hollywood Epics Month with a modern day epic, Zack Synder’s Justice League! The film follows the events that occur after the recent death of Superman, his death awakens Mother Boxes that have been hidden across the universe for a millennia. The strength of the Mother Boxes combined would create a duplicate version of Earth ruled by the evil Darkseid who origi...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about one of the greatest Hollywood epics and films of all time, Lawrence of Arabia! The film tells the story of T.E. Lawrence a British Army Lieutenant during the First World War. While serving in Cairo Lawrence gains the opportunity to go to Arabia to assess the prospects of Prince Faisal and his revolt against the Turks. Lawrence is chosen for this missi...

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off the month of April with a new theme, Hollywood Epics! We begin this month with the epic that almost broke a studio, Cleopatra. The film takes place in 48 BC after the Battle of Pharsalus, Julius Caesar travels to Egypt under the pretext of being named the executor of the will of the recently deceased pharaoh. Upon his arrival he meets the new Pharaoh Pt...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding Musical March with a mean green musical from outer space, Little Shop of Horrors! The film follows Seymour Krelborn who works at Mushnik’s Flower Shop on Skid Row in New York. The flower shop is financially struggling and when Mr Mushnik informs Seymour and fellow coworker Audrey that the shop must close for good, Seymour has an idea to save the shop. Se...

This week at The Film Club we’re doing the time warp again and talking about one of the biggest cult classics of all time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show! The film tells the story of newly engaged couple Brad and Janet who are on quick trip to celebrate their engagement with their former professor whose class was the first time they met. On their journey they get a flat tire and without a spare the...

This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off our Musical March with a 70s Cult Classic, Phantom of the Paradise! In this episode we’re joined by new guest Cielo and Brother of the Podcast Randy! The film tells the story of song writer Winslow Leach who is passionate about music and is offered the opportunity to present his music to legendary music producer Swan of Death Records. Winslow is beyond...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding our Johnny Depp month with his musical slasher film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! The film follows Sweeney Todd formerly Benjamin Barker a barber who was falsely imprisoned and separated from his family for fifteen years. After becoming Sweeney Todd he returns to London to find his wife and daughter as well as get his revenge on Judge...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl! The film follows three protagonists: Elizabeth Swann daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann, William Turner a Blacksmith Apprentice, and Captain Jack Sparrow one of the best pirates around. The three are destined to meet each other, Elizabeth and Will meet as children when Will is involved in a shi...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s wild novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The film follows writer Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo as they race through the desert to get to Las Vegas where Duke has a race to cover for a magazine. As the two are speeding through the desert in a red convertible with a truck full of drugs they stop to p...

This month at The Film Club we’re focusing on the career of Johnny Depp! And this week we’re kicking off Johnny Depp Month with a guest episode featuring first time guest Dyllan discussing Depp’s first film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film follows a group teens who are being tormented in their dreams by a sinister man. One of the girls in the group Tina, has a terrible dream about this mystery...

This week at The Film Club we have our first guest episode of the year with brother of the podcast Randy! And we’re discussing the 1927 Academy Award winning film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. The film tells the story of a married couple who are struggling with the monotony of every day life. The wife is still invested in her marriage but her husband however is having an affair with a city woman...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Metropolis! The film takes place in a dystopian future where the wealthy industrialists live in high rises. Meanwhile the workers who keep the city running as well as building it live beneath the city. A man named Freder is the son of the wealthy city mayor Joh. Freder loves sports and spending time in the beautiful gardens but his carefree life is in...

Happy 2024! This month at The Film Club we’re talking about Silent Films and this week we’re talking about The Gold Rush. The film follows a lone prospector who gets lost in a blizzard and stumbles across an abandoned cabin. He discovers that the cabin is not abandoned and belongs to a wanted criminal who is hiding out from the law. Begrudgingly the criminal lets the lone prospector stay in the ca...

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding 2023 with a special episode talking about our favorite episodes, favorite events we attended, guest host awards, and more. We’d like to thank all our guest hosts who joined us this year and we can’t wait for them to join us again next year. Also a big thank you to our listeners who tune in to listen to our show we can’t thank you enough! We can’t wait fo...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about Ed Wood! The film follows the life of a young struggling aspiring Director named Ed Wood who loves filmmaking. After his first directing gig slips through his fingers fate strikes when Ed unexpectedly meets his favorite actor Bela Lugosi. Ed and Bela strike up a friendship, this friendship leads to the two filming Glen or Glenda. The film flops but th...

Happy December! This month is a Spotlight Directors Month all about Tim Burton! This week we’re talking about Tim Burton’s first feature film, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. The film follows Pee-wee Herman an eccentric young man who loves his red bicycle. His bicycle is also beloved by Pee-wee’s nemesis Francis who offers to buy the bike but is quickly rejected by Pee-wee. Soon after Francis’ offer Pee-...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the Coen Brothers dramady, A Serious Man. The film tells the story of Larry Gopnik a Physics Professor, husband, and father whose life is falling apart. After dealing with a failing student who wants to pay for an A grade, Larry returns home to discover that his wife wants a divorce and wants to marry someone else. Shell shocked by this revelation fro...

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the 1980’s western classic, Pale Rider! The film follows a man named Preacher who arrives in a small town in Carbon Canyon California that’s become a mining town. Preacher mysteriously arrives after one of the children of the town prays for a miracle after her mining camp she lives in is brutally attacked and her dog is killed. The thugs behind this h...