Matthew Poland

The Final Picture Show Podcast: Where the End times are Alive!

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A lighthearted take on the end of the world. A weekly podcast about apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic movies. Less of a movie review show and more of a, sometimes funny, discussion about movies and dying.

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 88 Ratpocalypse (2015) 03.02.2026

One, two, one-two-three-four Come on all you good rats We'll send you to heaven you'll find the pearly gates and the superiors or is it Superior? I'm not sure. We will be unsure of a lot this week as we fall face first into the world of rats. This week we process future events, struggle to understand...everything, create our Hall of Fame award, and talk about rats.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 87 Starship Troopers (1997) 27.01.2026

Fish don't fry in the kitchen; Beans don't burn on the grill Took a whole lotta tryin' Just to get up that hill full of giant man killing Bugs. Tonight we end the month of January with our final guest: the man, the myth, the person you won't find talking into the void of the internet much: Our Friend Chris. In due order and to do our part we talk about a loved classic Starship Troo...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 86 Final Fantasy the Spirits Within (2001) 20.01.2026

They're tryna build a prison for you and me to live in Another prison system, another prison system Another prison of final fantasy a movie of 2 halves... one of them sucks. Tonight we are joined by my friend for over 30 years Jamie to talk about a movie he and I say in theatres on the day it came out: Final Fantasy Spirits Within. We dive into libations, the weight of the human soul, the time...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 85 Slipstream (1989) 13.01.2026

Day by day, night after night Blinded by the neon lights I'm stranded caught up in the Slipstream. Tonight we are joined by our friend Colin from the Astronomica podcast to talk about a movie that preformed so poorly it ruined several peoples careers outright, a movie not even released to theaters in the US, a movie that is actually really good. Tonight we talk about Slipstream, a lost 80s sci...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 84 Cherry 2000 (1987) 06.01.2026

Time, time, time, See what's become of me, While I looked around for my possibilities of finding another Cherry 2000 model like that one. Tonight we find a friend in the form of  @mmftg  to join us along the wasteland highways and byways as we look at a movie that was called dibs on way back in 2020, as we look at Cherry 2000. Come along as we dive into 80s pop icons, the feeling of missing out, d...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 83 Hidden Gem Films 03.01.2026

This is a compilation of several youtube videos I did over the last year, previously those videos did not exist outside of youtube---until now. Tonight we talk about books, movies, and more.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 82 200 Cigarettes (1999) 01.01.2026

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine I got a love and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh-oh take me away to another place to the year of 1999 and come along as we watch 200 Cigarettes--up there with Strange Days with being one of the better New Years movies. This movie is packed with tons of stars and we talk about all of them and why we love this movie, why it is a pain to find via legal me...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 81 Anna and the Apocalypse (2017) 30.12.2025

Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman and maybe he wont find out what I know... that Anna and the Apocalypse is a fantastic musical comedy with zombies. Tonight on the show we try and harmonize our way through the wasteland as we talk about Scotland, musicals, the end of cinema, and much more. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 80 Christmas with the Kranks (2004) 23.12.2025

Man, there's an opera out on the turnpike There's a ballet being fought out in the alley Until the local cops' cherry top rips this holy night of Krankiness. Tonight we do something different and look at a so bad it is great soft satire of the christmas season: Christmas with the Kranks. We get into Tim Allen's background, why Halloween 2 sucks, why we love this bad movie, and much...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 79 Christmas Icetastrophe (2014) 15.12.2025

Hitin the highway, making money the fly way, but there's gotta be a better way than bad Syfy movies about ice phallices. That's the basic premise tonight-- a big rock from space hits Earth and causes a freeze, and no one is safe, not even the town's favorite unexplainable German Santa. Tonight's episode brought to you by the letter C for Clusterf---- because that's what this wa...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 78 The Top 25 Films of 2025 and 2000 06.12.2025

If you could only read my mind You would know that I've been waitingSo long for us to talk about movies from this year that we liked and why not lets compare it to the top 25 movies from the year 2000.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 77 The Colony (2013) 02.12.2025

Kept looking forwards on paths sideways It's everything that is connected and beautiful And now I know just where I stand on the 2013 post-apocalyptic yawn of a film the Colony. Come along tonight as we let the cold in and discuss Bill Paxton's best movies, Pee Wee's Playhouse, why we love Miley Cyrus' Bangerz album, and more.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 76 Delicatessen (1991) 25.11.2025

Oh, I'm sorry but it's true You're bringin' on the heartache Takin' all the best of me, oh baby cant you see the Final Picture Show Podcast. Tonight we show up unannounced for diner and a movie, but we brought our usual conversations about Werner Herzog Films, judging a film by its cover, and talk about the funniest post-apocalypse movie we've seen so far! Make sure you lis...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 75 Son in Law (1993) (Thanksgiving Bonus) 22.11.2025

Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack It's early to rise, early in the sack, thank god i'm a Son in Law! Tonight on the show we give thanks to you and the Weasel himself. We are joined by a guest tonight as we talk all about our love of this 90s comedy!

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 74 Avalon (2001) 20.11.2025

I want a new drug One that won't hurt my head One that won't make my mouth too dry One that is not soft focused with a sepia overtone. This week we talk about a challenging movie for all the wrong reasons. This week we talk Avalon.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 73 Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989) 12.11.2025

Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer it is the final picture show podcast. Back again to the 80s and the world down under, but this time to look at something a little different. From the mind of Dark City and The Crow and Gods of Egypt comes Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 72 Mad God (2022) 05.11.2025

Early man once walked away as modern man took control, their minds were both the same Mad God is the goal. And tonight we dive in head first and with little hope of coming back out, as we look at Mad God. Stop motion? Yes. Silent Movie? Yes. Insane Visuals that will live, rent free, in your mind forever? Yes. This movie is a cult classic, time to drink the kool aid. Next week we go to 1989 and see...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 70 Tetsuo, The Iron Man (1989/1992)(Halloween Special Part 1) 31.10.2025

Daddy Mac makes ya wanna jump, jump. Tetsuo makes you wanna reconsider how you view forks... jump, jump. Tonight we do something completely different for episode 70 as we look at a oddball of the horror genre: Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Come along as we dive into the world of body mutilation, industrial music, kinky sex, and more.

Final Picture Show Podcast ep: 71 (Part 2 Halloween Bonus) Slither (2006) 31.10.2025

Now I have a story that I'd like to tell About this guy you all know him, he had me scared as hell! He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed his name is Michael Rooker and he is scary as a serial killer even before being turned into an blob-man. Yes, tonight we dive into the world of Slither. Come along as we talk about James Gunn movies, how first saw Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer,...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 69 Russian Symphony (1994) 28.10.2025

Over the mountain, Down in the valley, Lives a former talk-show hostEverybody knows his name it is the Final Picture Show Podcast and this week on the show we load up with vodka and head to the mother land to watch a post-apocalyptic movie from Russia in the mid 90s, oh yeah it is also an art movie and a little surreal and a little confusing. It is a fun time. Link to where you can watch the film:...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 68 A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) 21.10.2025

I went down to the beach and saw Sue. She was all like Ehh and I'm like whatever and this is guy comes up to me while wearing my leather and he's all like death is a manifestation of our own child alien and I'm like... whatever. Whatever indeed as tonight we look at a navel gazing anime from the 90s-- a first, but not a last for us. We get into the philosophy of our times and more as w...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 67 Last Night (1998) 14.10.2025

It's kinda like a love song (crazy old fashioned love song). Tonight we head to the great north and visit what some sources have called "a movie too Canadian for it's own good." Tonight we discover a hidden gem and hopefully you do too as this movie is too go to not share. Tonight we look at Last Night, a very 90s indie movie about what to do with the last hours on earth. A famil...

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 66 Doom Runners (1997) 07.10.2025

Them bones are me, some say Doom Runners is an amazing movie. Tonight we feel so alone talkin' about this hidden gem from the 90s. What is Mad Max was for kids? That's the question we seek to answer this week. In addition, this week we dive into core 90s memories, our love of New Zealand, and one of Tim Curry's best movies.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 65 War of the Worlds (1953) 28.09.2025

War...what is it good for? Vaporizing all of the humans! Good god! Tonight we visit the frontlines one last time as we look at the OG aliens invade movie War of the Worlds from 1953. We dive into the original casting choices, how formative the sound effects turned out to be, report on the national guard being deployed, and find the time to gush over 50s science fiction films. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 64 War of the Worlds (2005) 23.09.2025

Heartbreaker, you've got the best of me, But I just keep coming back incessantly, Oh, why did you have to run your game on me? I guess you are just War of the Worlds from 2005. Tonight we go back 20 years, holy carp I'm old, to the world of 2005 where we find a land recovering from the shock that was 9/11. Huh...a world in shock reeling from an event that took place 4 years prior... maybe...

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