The LexG Movie Podcast

An off-topic LexG BitterCast where I whine about being in LA three decades with nothing to show for it.

LexG takes you through five decades of Brian De Palma films, including “Sisters,” “Carrie,” “Dressed to Kill,” “Scarface,” “The Untouchables,” “Carlito’s Way,” “Mission to Mars,” “The Black Dahlia,” “Domino,” and all points in between. Enjoy!

A bit of a potpourri episode rambling from Halloween III to School Ties to whining about my life to screenwriting to horrible kids restaurants of the 1980s.

LexG breaks down the Oscar nominated films of 2021, with particular insight into cinematography and acting, A little time killer for Oscar day!

LexG looks back at the hallowed movie year of 1999 to see which films have stood the test of time and which have fallen by the wayside.

I take a brief look at the career of Mark Wahlberg and discuss his 6-part reality show “Wahl Street.”

Upon hearing the news that the Arclight and Pacific chains are going out of business in the LA area, esteemed film historian LexG shares some memories in a heartfelt appreciation.

LexG riffs about coming to ‘90s kid “classic” “Space Jam” a quarter century late, and how the silly movies we watch as kids stick with us.

Nothing about sheen or movies in this one, so no hard feelings if it’s not for you. I talk about being a dork trying to rock out when I was already too old for it.

Freeform rant about various ways in which we process movies now versus my formative era.

I take you through the films of Spike Lee, from thematics to wardrobe to music to SHEEN to how his filmmaking evolved, interweaving stories of where I was in life and how they affected me.

A little trip down memory lane as I discuss Arnold’s biggest hits of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Apologies to any “Junior” superfans — just genuinely forgot about it.

I talk about my memories of VHS, mom-and-pop video stories, and Blockbuster in the 1980s and ‘90s, with some discussion of the documentary “The Last Blockbuster.”

I explain the concept of movies and TV having a SHEEN. Visual sheen can be a result of painterly cinematography, a television broadcast signal, a studio’s preferred processing aesthetic, or modern color timing.

I discuss the phenomenon of zoning out when watching a movie. When exhaustion, boredom, sameness, dull sheen, and bad projection intersect, you enter The Zone!

I go through the career of the late, great Joel Schumacher, focusing on how this genial libertine often had an inadvertently darker undercurrent.

I go through every Spielberg movie from Duel to Ready Player One in an epic endurance test. Enjoy at your leisure, apologies for the length!

Coming 2 America sends me down memory lane with my ‘80s buddy Eddie and somehow I land on his bomb Best Defense

Just a brief look back at one of my favorite Brian De Palma movies, Body Double starring God Craig Watson.

I ask how Inglourious Basterds took Pulp Fiction’s spot as everyone’s favorite QT. Mini episode.

I indulgently run through some party movies of my formative years — Animal House, Saturday Night Fever, 80s teen comedies, Back to School, Bright Lights Big City, The Doors, riffing about where I was in life, culminating with Swingers. A bit different.

I take you through the first 20 years of movies starring the most powerful human being in the history of the world — Tom Cruise. Super fast like beyond fast.

LexG talks about doing a 180 on this uneven but interesting belated sequel to one of his favorite movies.

B-side episode, no movie review today but just musing about theaters reopening,

For fans of Creepshow 2, I do a deep dive on this awesomely terrible film. Timely as ever!