The LAMBcast

Another Special Episode of the Lambcast, while the Holidays occupy our time. This week Howard Casner shares his thoughts about the Channing Tatum dramadey "Roofman" starring Kirsten Dunst. What is promoted as a comedy action film is really a warm hearted romantic drama, featuring excellent performances from the two leads. The film is based on an incredible true crime story of an escaped robber who...

The horror film that is told from the Dog's perspective, "Good Boy", arrives on Shudder this week. It received a short theatrical run, which Lisa Leaheey and I both had an opportunity to attend last month. Because of the holidays and personal travel, regular episodes of the Lambcast are next available in December. So, in lieu of that, here is a "Special" Edition for you featuring our favorite Rhod...

Matthew Simpson from the Awesome Friday Podcast, shows why he is awesome by taking over the hosting duties for the November MOTM. The Genre for November was sports films, and a lot of votes came in, ultimately the Gold Medal went to 1993' "Cool Runnings" the Disney film about the Jamaican Bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics. His guests this week ate "The Vern" from Cinema Recall and Matt Poir...

This week we explore the exotic world of Genna, the Australia of the galaxy. Everything here wants to kill you, including a young Yautja, seeking to prove himself to his clan. A tight action film with a science fiction background and based on a long standing IP, it will work, right? Surprise! It does. Aaron Neuwirth and Jeannette Ward are long time "Predator" fans and they will vouch for this film...

In another act of self disclosure, our LAMBs this week reveal some of their blind spots and why they have missed out on those movies. Howard has a Hitchcock film on his list, and a modern horror film that most of the LAMB community has already seen. Todd simply feels guilty about buying VHS tapes and not having yet caught up on them, although one featuring Andy Griffin is going to make him happy i...

The Lambcast got blindsided by studio schedule shuffles, so instead of engaging in Mortal Kombat this weekend, our guests took a trip down a scary memory lane. Aaron Neuwirth, Jeanette Ward, Matt Poirier and Lisa Leaheey all agreed to a shift to a Halloween feature for the show. We talk about our first horror movie experiences in theaters, at home and with a special someone. Everyone brought their...

Sometimes there is nothing you want to leave the house to see in a theater. After all, you already saw the newest Marvel movie three times, or it’s October and you don’t dig horror films, so what can you do? Well to take a phrase from fifteen years ago, and make you feel old with the reference, you can “Netflix and Chill”. That’s exactly what we are doing on this week's show, although with my gues...

As always, the October MOTM is horror themed, but for a time, the horror was our communities indecision. Twice films tied for the selection, executive action resolved the dilemma and "Re-Animator" from 1985 is our film this week. A horror film filled with gore and comedy seems like a perfect choice, but a couple of the guests were less than enthusiastic, and it may surprise you as to who. If your...

The new film from Paul Thomas Anderson does not get universal praise from our LAMB flock this week. One person sees brilliance, one sees a shining star in comparison to everything else this year, and one sees a film that they hated. Your opinions about the film may be challenged by any one of these perspectives, but you will only discover how if you come in and listen (or for you Illustrated Podca...

This week, you get extra because you have been so good (and also because the guests can't wait for Halloween to talk about horror.  There is the final entry in a very solid horror franchise, a Stephen King Dystopia story that is basically a two hour walk and talk, and an original film presented under the banner of Jordan Peele, but one that he did not write or direct.  Lisa Leaheey and Damien Rile...

The legacy sequel to the 1984 classic is out this week. It may not be doing well at the box office, but it's a fine line between entertaining and profitable. Howard Casner and Damien Riley join the show this week to see if this one goes to eleven. We get some sidetrack discussion on movie theater attendance and spend some time assessing the likelihood of a mediocre band appearing at Wimbledon.  So...

The MOTM has been a long tradition on the Lambcast, well before I came along and took the reins. We are starting some innovations on the practice and they commence this week. The MOTM will now be focused on a different genre or theme each month. My hope is that it will make it easier for people with films they want to talk about to remember to submit their choices. I will also submit a number of o...

The "Wayback Machine" is set for a short trip on this week's episode of the Lambcast, we are traveling back just a few years to talk about films from 2012. In the Cinema World, We finished off the Twilight Movies, and Started the Hobbit Slog Through Middle Earth. James Bond celebrated 50 years on the big screen, The Dark Knight Started with a truly Dark Day, The Avengers finally came together, as...

Whatever happened to teen sex comedies?  We immerse ourselves in one of a wave of such films that emerged in the late 90s and early 2000s but seem to have disappeared off the big screen these days (ok, there are occasional exceptions but not many). Bubbawheat nominated EuroTrip as MOTM and he hosts the discussion as well as using a number of quotes from the film. Todd Liebenow,and David Brook are...

Writer/Director Zach Cregger follows up his successful debut feature, “Barbarian” with another out of the box Horror film, "Weapons”. We will dance around a lot of subjects before the spoiler wall comes down, but the best way to experience a movie like this is on your own, without too much foreknowledge. That said, we are still going to talk about it. Lisa Leaheey, Howard Casner and Nicole Ayers j...

It seems that comedy is back on the big screen, with the surprisingly effective reboot of the slapstick format of the original films. "The Naked Gun" stars Liam Neeson in the deadpan role of Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad. Howard Casner from "Pop Art" tries to explain how the editing of the film is different, Matthew Simpson from the "Awesome Friday Podcast" felt warm and happy seeing the film r...

We don't have the Fantastic Four visiting the show this week, you have to make due with the "Terrific Trio". Jeanette Ward and Matthew Poirier join the show to dissect and appreciate the latest in Super Hero movies, "Fantastic Four First Steps". There is enough enthusiasm for the retro future world that the story is set, to justify a visit all on it's own. The addition of good casting, fun dialogu...

We have your comic book movie fix this week with an episode featuring the Man of Steel, and we don't mean Henry Cavill. Writer/Director James Gunn has been given the keys to the DCEU kingdom and he tales his first film out for a test drive. Will there be buyers remorse from the studio, backlash from comic book purists, box off in overseas territories? It is hard to say at this point, but what we c...

Who doesn't like dinosaurs chasing and killing people on screen? This week we have four guests who are all for such antics. The biggest Jurassic Park cheerleader in the LAMB community, Jay Cluitt, returns with his thoughts on the newest film in the Jurassic Park Franchise, and also a surprise revelation or two. Jeanette Ward has a soft spot for dinosaurs and is happy to see giant reptile necking d...

 50 years ago this month, "Jaws" was unleashed on the world and the film industry has never been the same. It can also be said that film fans have never been the same either and this week on the LAMBcast, we discover why. We had ten LAMBs who were scheduled at one point, and we lost one along the way, probably because he was playing with Pipit. There were several prompts that the guests responded...

A thirteen year old film, that has been derisively described as poverty porn, is our chosen film this month. Featuring an excellent supporting performance from Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and a cameo role by Anthony Mackie, "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is actually carried on the shoulders of two young actors who are on screen for nearly every scene in the story. Nicole Ayers of the "...

Even if you think he is crazy, Tom Cruise is legitimately a movie star. Cruise in fact may be the last movie star who can open a film on his name alone. This week, Aaron Neuwirth, Stuart Bannerman, Justin Gott and Jeanette Ward join the show to try and build the best slate of Tom Cruise Films Possible. The talk goes deep and we have some fun occasionally laughing at each others choices, but really...

We have one of our do it yourself episodes this week, as Richard and the Guests construct Top Five Lists of Cinema Related Subjects and share them with you. Howard Casner has been watching the Criterion Channel, Todd Liebenow found some movies based on TV Shows you might not know, Dave Anderson has a choo choo fetish this week, and Nicole Ayers did the unthinkable, she stopped watching five differ...

Just over a month ago, we promised we would come back for the new entry in the "Final Destination" Franchise. So here we are fulfilling our commitment with ninety minutes devoted to discussing gruesome means of dying and re-ranking the whole set of films. Jay Cluitt steps in as host, returning to the show in his former capacity. Lisa Leaheey, Aaron Neuwirth, and Matthew Simpson are also here. Rich...

This week you won't find any deep film analysis, existential themes, or scathing social commentary (OK there is a Carter Joke and a Reagan Joke, but that's it). The Lambs assembled this week to mostly share what tickled them about this 1984 Comedy.  It sometimes sounds like the Chris Farley Show , "Remember that time the bookstore owner talked backwards?" "Yeah", "That was awesome". Jeanette Ward,...