Matthew Poland
The Final Picture Show Podcast: Where the End times are Alive!
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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Episodes
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 63 War of the Worlds (2025) 16.09.2025 1:17:03
Hanging down on the corner of 52nd and Broadway, cars passing bye and I wish one of them would hit me after sitting through 89 mins of this advertisement funded by billionaires. Less a movie and more of an example of late stage capitalism run amok---less of a review and more of support meeting for those recovering from shock. This movie is a sight to behold. Tonight we get into whateverinthehell t...
Final Picture Show Podcast ep: 62 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) 09.09.2025 1:13:14
As we go on, we remember, All the times we had together, And as our lives change, come whatever, We will still be Apes forever. Tonight we wrap up series on the original Planet of the Apes series with number 5: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Tonight we talk about flying domestically, James Joyce, what pretension looks like, and change our opinion on this often derided movie. Next week we look...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 61 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) 02.09.2025 43:53
I would like to reach out my hand, Oombayseeyou, oombaytellyou to run (on my way, on my way), Omabadee, seemoobadeeyah told me to watch Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Tonight we learn about the, in my opinion, best Planet of the Apes movie. The ins, the outs, the cast, the social allegory and more. Along the way we make badly timed jokes, understand that violence is a language, and learn abou...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 60 Shaft's Big Score (1972) 26.08.2025 1:01:17
Who are the cats that won't cop out when there's danger all about? (Shaft) Right on They say this cat is a bad mother (shut your mouth) I'm talkin' 'bout Final Picture Show Podcast (then dig it) tonight at the show we do something completely different as we look at another kind of sequel: Shaft's Big Score. Come along as we dive into amazing brown leather dusters, classy se...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 59 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) 19.08.2025 1:07:38
Zero hour, 9 a.m, And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then, I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife-- It's lonely out in space so we Escaped and ended up in the 70s, and things are not going well. But that's okay we have a classic movie to watch. Come along tonight as we see what adventures the apes get into in this tonal distinct movie in the Apes series. We talk about young actors dying too soon...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 57 Beneath The Planet of the Apes (1970) 18.08.2025 1:11:01
Going deeper, deeper underground and deep enough we shall go. Deep enough to run into Charlton Heston lookalikes and our friend Precious D @mmftg . Tonight on the show we check our pulses amidst the chaos around us, but stop and smell the roses...the roses in this cases being Kim Hunter and Ted Post and others responsible for this not bad, not good follow up to a scifi classic.
Final Picture Show Podcast Bonus Ep: Time of the Apes (1987) 15.08.2025 46:20
Tonight we fall into the freezing chamber and awake in a time of Apes....honestly a little hostile. But along the way we make friends and foes, discover that Apes can drive and wear suits, and they can falsely blame others. We also stumble down small cliffs, encounter wish granting flying saucers and discover that time does in fact mean shit all. It is a funny time at A-P-E Corral tonight.
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep; 56 Planet of the Apes (1968) 05.08.2025 1:23:33
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in and it turns out to not be good, but perhaps that is due to all the monkeying around we had to do to get this episode out-- the Apes were not on our side tonight, but the show must go on and go on it. And go on it does, as tonight we talk about Twilight Zone, recommendations, movies that have aged poorly, scaring your fellow man for the h...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 55 Terminus (1987) 01.08.2025 1:12:07
One toke over the line sweet Jesus, one toke over the line, sitting down in a railway station, one toke over the line-- Tonight we wish we were one toke over the line, as it would have helped explain the movie this evening: Terminus. Cool name, confusing movie. This evening we laugh over bad Spirit Halloween wigs, bond over not understanding what is going on, share our fear of AI flesh mouths and...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 54 Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) 27.07.2025 1:12:14
The chemicals between us, the walls that lie between us, lying in this bed make me realize that the 2008 remake of seminal Sci-Fi movie the Day the Earth Stood Still might be one of the worst movies ever made. Tonight on the show we talk about Keanu--- that's all! Well actually we find some time to talk about the other wasted talent surround this picture. As well as annoying kids that talk about d...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 53: Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 20.07.2025 57:55
I know I'd go from rags to riches, If you would only say you care. And though my pocket may be empty, I'd be a millionaire on the day the earth stood still. Tonight we dive into the world of the 1950s and see how little has changed. We also get into our weekly sign of the apocalypse, the end of WW2 and fears of the bomb, why casting a Brit as an Alien always works out, Orson Wells and RKO’...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 52: Roller Blade (1986) 12.07.2025 1:17:00
This is the story of a girl who cried a switchblade and resurrected the wasteland after ostracizing herself from the other groups at large. Tonight we have to skate or we will die, or maybe skating will lead to our dying--- it gets confusing. We will get into the creation of this movie, Zen filmmaking, Scott Shaw and legends of underground micro-budget filmmaking, and even a brief history lesson o...
Final Picture Show Podcast Episode 51 The Happening (2008) 07.07.2025 1:41:33
Yo! it's about that time to bringth forth the rhythm and the rhyme, imma get mine so you get yours I wanna see you die... well that took a turn and so does this episode. Tonight we try and stay on topic and fail as we go down many a rabbit holes, but eventually find the plot of the movie the Happening. We discuss Nazi punks, 90s tv movie rip offs, actors who you see everywhere, what is wrong with...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 50 The Departed (2006) 24.06.2025 1:42:33
We are salior boys who lost our legs, climbing up the top sails we lost our legs and as you do in that situation we find ourselves in Boston. Tonight we do something completely different as we look at one of our favorite movies of all time from 2006 the Departed! We dive into the background of the remake, its connection to John Woo movies, the amazing cast, and slip into our "poor" south...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 49: 28 Years Later (2025) 20.06.2025 23:44
Last nite she said ohh baby dont feel so down 28 Years Later is coming out and some people they dont understand, and on top of that I'm probably never gonna understand this movie until watching it a few more times-- but in spite of that here is my review of the brand new end of the world movie 28 Years Later. Spend some time looking at the cast and crew of the film before diving into what I en...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 48 28 Weeks Later (2007) 13.06.2025 1:22:46
This infection has taken a hold of me and I have no choice, cause I'm about to take over Europe and possibly the world. Tonight on the show we double down on the Rage Virus and look at the follow up to 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later. We get into the background of the film, the director and writer changing, Maroon 5, the plot holes, our love of bad reality tv, and what this movie might actually be a...
Final Picture Show Ep 47: 28 Days Later (2002) 03.06.2025 1:12:18
Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast! Well it is time to dive into a series of films that would go on to define and revitalize a whole genre of films: 28 Days Later. Tonight we go hard and fast into the background of the film, the money problems, the casting choices, and the plot of one of the penultimate horror films of the 2000s. There are some audio issues in the start, a thunderstorm or perha...
Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 46: Terminator 2 Judegment Day (1991) 27.05.2025 1:36:48
Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games, we got everything you want honey we know the director of Terminator 2, and tonight on the show that is who and what we are yappin' about. Tonight we steal money from the ATM, physically assault our favorite mental health specialists, and teach a android to love as we make our way down the yellow brick road. Where we confront the wizard with a grenad...
The Final Picture Show Ep 45: Escape from LA (1996) 20.05.2025 1:16:50
Here we go again on our own, going down the only road we’ve ever know and like Snake Plissken we were born to walk alone and Ive made up my mind I aint watching anything other than Escape from LA! Tonight on the show we travel back to 1996 and drop in on Snake and learn about how this movie came to be, the genius of John Carpenter, spend some time talking about the rock hits of the mid 90s, and go...
The Final Picture show Podcast Ep 44 Deep Impact (1998) 18.05.2025 1:36:18
I could make you scared if you want me to, Im not prepared to, but if I have to I could show you 90s box office hit Deep Impact, it is kinda what I do. Come along tonight as we discuss the movie Deep Impact, that other big end of the world movie from 1998. We get into the background of the movie going back to the 70s and how it is really 2 movie concepts car crashed together, we dive into the stel...
The Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 43 The Postman (1997) 10.05.2025 1:35:48
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart the waiting is the hardest part and the waiting for our newest episode The Postman is over. The end is now! Come along on our journey into the world that was 1997 as we discuss the sights and sounds of this 90s box office bomb! Kevin Costner, Tom Petty, Will Patton, that one guy from Remember the Titans—no, not that guy the other guy! We dissect this...
The Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 42 When the Wind Blows (1986) 04.05.2025 1:10:43
I'm up on the eleventh floor And I'm watching the cruisers below He's down on the street And he's trying hard to pull sister Flo Oh, my heart's in the basement My weekend's When the Wind Blows. Tonight on the show we get into the nuclear apocalypse and our first animated film as we talk about signs of the apocalypse, Canadian hockey playoffs, David Bowie, European political...
The Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 41: A Boy and his Dog (1975) 25.04.2025 1:19:47
Looking around the house, Hidden behind the window and the door, Searching for signs of life But there's only a boy and his misogynist dog and it’s good. Tonight we talk about another heavy hitter A Boy and his Dog. We dive into the coke mound that was the 70s and learn about the Aldi’s Sam Elliot, the eclectic soundtrack of 1975, SAM F—— PECKINPAH, experience tracking & VHS artifacting on mod...
The Final Picture Show Podcast: 40 Empire Records (1995) 17.04.2025 1:19:52
Sometimes, this big town, It can drag you up As well as drag you down to Empire Records. WE are at episode 40! It's a long time coming we talk about one of favorite movies: Major League 3, I mean Empire Records! We get into all sorts of aspects of this film. How it came to be made, why it bombed, how it formed a cult, the cast, and Cant Hardly Wait’s connection to this film. We dive deep into the...
The Final Picture Show Podcast Ep; 39 Independence Day (1996) 11.04.2025 1:28:23
That's great it starts in space with Will Smith and the guy from Vibes, Cyndi Lauper is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane listen to us talk about Independence Day from 1996. LEONARD BERNSTEIN!! A classic to millennial children everywhere, a film that taught us how to work together to kill aliens and support jingoism, I mean it sold us a lot of video games and toys. This week on the show we talk about...
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