The LAMBcast

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,...

We are back after a couple of weeks away, and the MCU is back after a couple of months off. Actually, a lot of people think the MCU has been "off" since "Endgame", but is that true? Also, is this movie the solution to whatever is ailing the franchise? We do a deep dive this week into the comic book origins, alternative character arcs and generally everything Marvel related. Oh, we also talk about...

What "Jaws" did for swimming in the ocean, the Final Destination Series tries to do to airplane flight, highway travel, amusement park rides, sporting events and bus travel. You will likely feel uncomfortable with some of the grim images generated by the film makers of this series. That's exactly why we watch them, we are lookey loos at the accident scene, without the guilt of someone actually dyi...

Most people get stuck occasionally, trying to decide on what to have for dinner or which pair of shoes to wear, or maybe the best route to take driving to the airport. You probably go with what is easiest, carries the least amount of risk, or something you have done before. Movies are subject to the same vagaries, we become paralyzed with the choices available to us and we default to a tried and t...

This week on the LAMBcast, we travel back to 1971, not to visit the new Magic Kingdom or order a cup of coffee at the First Starbucks, but to celebrate the movies that came out in this tumultuous year. We have a full show this week, with five guests and your host, all bringing five films from 1971 to talk about. Some people have themes to their list, some are just random, whichever it turned out t...

Five Podcasters One Movie No Exit Stealing the tagline for this movie to promote the podcast was easy, so is the conversation we have about this 1976 Disaster/Exploitation film. Two Minute Warning came out a year before the better remembered "Black Sunday" and it features a different crazed manic trying to kill people at the American Football Championship.  Dave Anderson of the Free Kittens Movie...

The LAMBs have no common theme this week, except that they have been watching things that they want to talk about. We get schooled on a couple of streaming films, a couple of current movies, and a couple of older classics. Everyone had a variety of sources for their choices, and Aaron cheated by collecting the five Academy Animated shorts into one selection (good for him). We also go a short way d...

Time for some friendly competition as the LAMBs on this week's show compete to create a slate of films that will get your support as the "best". Aaron Neuwirth picks some classics and some Kaijo and of course one of them features a giant lizard. Tony Cogan represents for his country with Dr. Who, Quatermass and a short film classic that everyone will recognize. Dave Anderson may grouse about his c...

From a list of eight blind spots for the shepherd, the community went with the oldest film on the list. Perhaps as a way of mocking the age of the birthday of your host. "Kind Hearts and Coronets" is a dark comedy of manners that was release in the U.S. in 1950. Famous for Alec Guinness playing eight parts, it is a showcase for character actor  Dennis Price as the star. Three of the guests this we...

Big surprise, a divisive film gets divided opinions on this week's episode of the Lambcast. The Vern Championed the movie to the MOTM spot and he hosts the discussion. Matthew Simpson, Bubbawheat and Richard are dumfounded by the film. Newcomer to the Lambcast Cayley, agrees that the movie is incoherent, without necessarily agreeing with others who share that view. So, is the 1981 film "Possession...

The Lambs who showed up this week in the film pasture, did their own programming and created Top 5 lists of their own design. From comedic serial killers to Multiple Moby Dicks, we have an eclectic selection of movies to talk about this week. Don't let the slow January release schedule slow down your movie love, come hear what we all think would be fun to talk about. You may be inspired to create...

The start of the new year reminds us to look back on what we saw in the previous 12 months. Rishabh Vashishtha, Tony Coogan, Thomas Stoneham Judge and The Vern all gathered to share their Top Ten Films for 2024. We also have lists from Aaron Neuwirth, Mark Hofmeyer, Lisa Leaheey, and Matthew Simpson, in spite of the fact they could not be on the show in person. The guests who were live had almost...

This week we check in on the Robert Eggers film that opened on Christmas Day to see if it sucked. "Nosferatu" is a remake of the classic Silent film, which was an unauthorized version of "Dracula". It was remade once before in 1979 by Werner Herzog, so this is the second time a controversial visualist has taken on the film. The LAMB's resident horror critic these days is Lisa Leaheey, and she was...

James Bond does not quite trade in his Aston Martin for a sled  and eight tiny reindeer, but he does show up at Christmas time with some presents for your stockings. Following a long tradition of unconventional Christmas Selection for the December MOTM, James Wilson of "Blogging By Cinema Light" suggested, and the community voted for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", the sixth 007 adventure. Matt...

This week is a recommendation show, with a slight spin. We are looking for films to recommend for the upcoming holidays, but we want some less well known movies.  So we will Skip "It's a Wonderful Life", " Christmas Vacation " , "A Christmas Story" and instead look for What can be  discovered on Netflix, TCM,  the Criterion Channel or Tubi?  Maybe there is a great Treasure from the sixties that no...