The LAMBcast

We have a full complement of suspects to discuss the first feature film from the Coen Brothers. It is also the debut film of Frances McDormand. This is a deep in the heart of Texas Neo Noir that subverts location and the femme fatale tropes and gives us something new in the thriller field.  Sean Homrig, as the champion of the film, hosts the discussion with longtime Lamb Daniel Lackey, back for an...

Looking for something you are not familiar with? Ready to explore strange new movies and experiences? This is the place to start. This week's episode is a trail head to adventure. Take a chance on some films you have probably not heard of. Damien Riley, Howard Casner, Nicole Ayers, Todd Liebenow, and The Vern get out their maps to the unknown and suggest some destinations you might enjoy. Everybod...

Get ready for an epic show, almost as long as Avatar The Way of Water or Babylon. Five Lambs go round robin style through their Top Ten Lists for the year. Pineapple Kiosk is heard several times and 60% of the show guests had the same film at the top of their lists. We also hear from some other Lambs who could not be on the show but sent in their lists. There are some interesting and controversial...

It's time for the Lambpardy 2022 final! Over the course of last year, twenty seven LAMB members battled it out in tournament fashion to determine who knew the most movie trivia, or at least who could answer some occasionally oddly specific categories in the silly trivia game format! Those twenty seven were whittled down to nine, who have now become the final three, and this is the final! Listen no...

The world's greatest detective with a weird Southern Accent, returns to solve another case involving rich assholes and low culture. The Lambcast goes slumming this week with a Netflix film that should have been a theatrical release but was only made available to cinemas for a week before it was banished to streaming. The original "Knives Out" had Jay Cluitt as it's biggest fan, and he returns alon...

James Cameron finally delivers on the long promised sequel to his biggest hit ever. Avatar The Way of Water is naturally a visual delight but how does it hold up on all the other fronts. Heather Baxendale-Walsh joins Richard for a dialogue on the film which may be the biggest financial hit of the year, but is certainly a big risk when it comes to making their money back. It's Episode 666, so clutc...

It's Lambpardy time again, and this month's show is the last of the semi-finals for the 2022 tournament! The final three first round winners are back to battle it out for the one remaining slot in this year's final, but who will claim it? Listen to find out! This month the contestants are: Howard Casner - Pop Art , Rantings and Ravings Tim Costa - First Time Watchers Daniel Lackey - From Inner Tim...

Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes gives us a personal story about movies and madness. Is this the companion piece to the Fabelmans that we want, or is it the indulgence that film makers sometimes get when their previous films have been a success? Tune in to find out what three Americans living in the Western U.S. think about a film set forty-two years ago set in an English Coastal town. Ol...

After taking on such Christmas Classics as "L.A. Confidential" and "Batman Returns", a little more conventional choice was the winner of the MOTM Poll for our December edition. "It's a Wonderful Life" may be the quintessential holiday film and MovieRob leads us through a thorough discussion of the plot and dates in the film. Check your timelines because this is either the precursor to "Back to the...

For movie lovers. the Fabelmans is a dream come true. It is an autobiographical film by the most celebrated filmmaker of the last fifty years. Steven Spielberg takes on a fictionalized version of his own story, and who would not want to see what that looks like? This week, Howard Casner sits in as host and the praise is effusive but tempered by our resident curmudgeon. Michelle William, Paul Dano,...

You are just in time for an appetizer, if you hurry, you can finish that before the main course begins. Travel and tech limitations resulted in this dish taking a while to get from the kitchen to your table, but the wait will be worth it. Howard Casner is your maître d for this episode as our guests partake in The Menu. Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicolas Hoult are the stars, but the rea...

What may turn out to be the biggest box office success of the MCU since Endgame becomes a unique episode of the Lambcast. We start off our discussion, not with the people who saw the film but with someone who did not. It was a conscious decision on their part and we get to hear what the reasoning was, and then we dive into the film talk, because obviously, we did not buy in. Politics, Grief, Sex S...

It's the second Lambpardy semi-final! Three more first round winners compete for a spot in the final, and amongst them is your regular host, Jay, who also happens to be writing this. As such you could be assumed of casting biased aspersions, but this truly is a game for the ages, with Jay facing off against his regular podcasting co-host Mark, and the record holder for most legitimate pre-tourname...

Persistence pays off as Jeanette Ward continued to submit this film until it won. This sequel to the widely remembered "The Fugitive" is itself widely forgotten, but not this week. An action film with the Marshal team reassembled in pursuit of a different fugitive seems like a perfect set up and when you add Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr. , how could you miss? We debate whether this sequel hi...

With Richard away on a much needed KISS vacation cruise, Rob from MovieRob filled in as host and was joined by 6 other LAMB members (Todd, Jay, Nick, Stephen, Tim and David) to discuss some movie recommendations for the LAMB community

The Lambpardy semi-finals are upon us! Nine contestants have made it through the first round, and now we begin to whittle them down to just three. Just like last year, the seemingly random assigning of who faces off against whom is done purely based on which of the guests were free for each scheduled show, because we're all busy people and this is just a silly little movie trivia game, but that do...

Dwayne Johnson enters the DCEU and made promises of changing the game, is that what happened? This week on the LAMBcast we discuss the new Comic Book film, "Black Adam" and try to figure out if this really is a step forward. The DC Universe continues to be pretty dark, and the villain seems superfluous until the end. There is a lot of CG to sparkle your eyes but is it in service of a story? You wi...

For a third week in a row we feature a horror film on the Lambcast, a result of October being Halloween Season. Of course if there is a season for Halloween, there is a movie to go with it. Director David Gordon Green wraps up his trilogy reboot, reimagining, sequel, recalibration, whatever you want to call it, and the Lambcast chooses to roast the films like Michael Myers in Halloween 2018.  All...

October continues to be spooky here on the Lambcast as our Movie of the Month is "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from Director Tobe Hooper in 1974. This is the one that introduced Leatherface to the world and made chainsaws an instrument of killers rather than just arborists. Five brave Lambs hitchhike with Richard to a remote podcast and face terror as we talk about one of the greatest horror films...

October brings us three straight weeks of Horror on the Lambcast, starting with this low key entry featuring a terrific marketing campaign. After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to sur...

After a week off we are back with a film steeped in controversy for some pretty silly reasons. A psychological thriller that is overshadowed by production kerfuffle's and publicity missteps.  "Don't Worry Darling" is the second film from director Olivia Wilde and the Lambcast crew is a bit uncertain if it is a step up or a step backwards, or simply a step too far. There are dreams of a better life...

It's Lambpardy time! Three more contestants are vying for the final spot in this year's semi-finals, and the last first-round show of the year is a doozy!  This month the contestants are: JD Duran - Insession Film Andy Goulding - Blueprint: Review , Chris Tanski - Fright Rags Host: Jay Cluitt - Life vs Film , Deep Blue Sea - The Podcast , Con Air - The Podcast Questions submitted by: Rob - MovieRo...

After winning the MOTM poll by a phenomenal margin, Roger Wistar of the Roadhouse Minute Podcast, leads a group of first time watchers through a discussion of the Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan Drama, directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Tony Gilroy. Will Roger make us converts? You have to listen to find out. 

Rub the lamp and your wish will come true, the Lambcast will cover this movie before it disappears from theaters. Do it before it's too late. We have a chemistry lesson, a complaint about marketing, a lot of enthusiasm and a side discussion of Terry Gilliam films. Your wish is our command.  

It's Lambpardy time! Three more contestants are here to battle it out for movie trivia supremacy and a place in the next round of the tournament! We were a little pressed for time on this recording so it gets a bit more frantic towards the end than we're used to, but it's still a fully-functioning game of Lambpardy! This month the contestants are: Damien - Riley on Film Latoya - Franglais27 Tales...