The Magnificently Huge Podcast

With the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, we decided to take a novel approach and actually discuss the Matrix films themselves. You probably see a lot of articles right now surrounding The Matrix, how those Alt-Right psychopaths appropriated the concept of the “red pill,” the similarities between “jacking in” and your addiction to Facebook… We would rather talk about how these films ushered in the...

SPOILER WARNING! Buckle up, kids! Here comes our spoilerific review of Captain Marvel - the 21st entry in the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the penultimate story to Avengers: Endgame! We talk Feminism, Flerkens and Fury’s Eyeball in the first Marvel movie to finally feature a woman in the lead role. And it’s about time. Plus, it is a pseudo-prequel set in the grunge-tinged nos...

We love Joe Dante! And we think you should too! He blew our early teenage minds and helped define 80’s pop culture with Gremlins. But here’s the thing: Joe Dante has made a bunch of other films that also impacted us here at MagHuge on a personal - almost visceral - level. We don’t think we’re alone in this, either. While we can’t imagine a world without Gremlins (or its deliciously bonkers sequel)...

We punch low this week after listening to the new surprise album release from 90’s nerd-rock stalwarts Weezer - The Teal Album!  And then review it track by track in the style of Casey Kasem's American Top 40! It’s not that we hate covers albums - there have been plenty over the years we actually adore. We just hate THIS particular covers album. Featuring Toto’s “Africa,” TLC’s “No Scrubs,” Black...

​Welcome to the 2nd Golden Age of Television! You are now living in a halcyon time when your home entertainment choices are almost limitless, and the sheer quality of programming is consistently staggering. Yes friends, we are in Peak TV at this very moment - and we ain’t mad at it. The phenomenon dates back to at least the 1990s and TV has since evolved into something almost beyond TV.  New-era s...

Clowns, booze, sex, drugs, infidelity, murder, romance, more clowns, redemption and mimes... this movie has it all. Shakes the Clown is the latest pick in our Lost VHS Classic series, and if clowns didn’t freak you before watching this thing they sure as hell will after. This darkly funny gem is the directorial debut of comedian Bobcat Goldthwait and has gone on to earn every bit of its cult movie...

If you could make ANYTHING you wanted to right now - movie, TV show, whatever - what would you make? Eric, Brian and Chris ponder this very important hypothetical and come up short. Again. The best idea we could muster is a crossover reboot series combining classic 80s TV shows “The A-Team” and “Manimal” before we hit a wall of existential dread and unanimously decided that everything is horrible....

That’s right, in lieu of any fresh ideas this week it’s our big, bloated, over-extended, full-episode version of the regular segment we like to call The Fresh $&*t. Hear us talk about all the media and fun we’ve consumed since the previous show and then give our opinions on the things that matter most in life - like movies, music & video games! Because you can’t spell FUN without Magnificently Hug...

What is a budget band? Any band whose music rides the coattails of a more successful band. You’re not going to listen to 30 Seconds to Mars if you’ve got Maroon 5 around, are you? Here's a Spotify playlist of the music in this episode! https://open.spotify.com/user/magnificentlyhuge/playlist/6hzxT5O4QC9Ff873uJmlTg?si=gkBWAQ3eSI6CxldryNrBxA 0:00 Intro 6:10 Harry Potter (Books) 10:53 The Cat From Ou...

Everybody cut Footloose, because here is the final chapter in our Kenny Loggins movie themes retrospective! Yes, we dive headfirst into the titular 1984 not-musical about what happens when a small town outlaws fun and forces newcomer Kevin Bacon to teach the kids interpretive dance so they can have one final hoedown before sacrificing themselves to the demon Baphomet. We think that’s what happened...

A long time ago people were into a thing called, “Science Fiction.” The idea was to take real - or somewhat possible - scientific concepts, apply them to fictional characters, and see how things played out. H.G. Wells, George Melies, Issac Asimov… they had a GAS with this stuff.​ Cut to today and there’s a ton of stuff called "Science Fiction" that is really just Horror (like Alien) or Young Adult...

Need even more amazing 90’s nostalgia in your life?  Well you are in for a real treat when the MagHuge crew tackles movies from the completely arbitrary year 1994!  Everyone remembers cultural juggernauts Forrest Gump & Pulp Fiction - that’s the easy stuff. But we ignore those completely and instead pick our random Top Fives from The Year of the Gump.  These are the flicks that invaded our normall...

Episode 64 - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Star Wars, EP 1 - A Fandom Menaced They may be blatant rip-offs of Star Wars filled with bad acting and laughable special effects, but we don’t care. Each is entertaining in its own weird way, even if it feels like we’ve seen it all somewhere before. Here is Volume 1 of our newest retrospective of shows to feature cinema inspired by the mother of all space ope...

Look! Up on the internet! It’s not a bird! It’s not a plane! It’s the Magnificently Huge Podcast! Direct from their Fortress of Stoopitude, your #MagHuge crew talks the Man of Steel himself, Superman! Plus, the new Spider-Man game for PS4 appears, and even Harry Potter gets some Muggle time in the Fresh $h!% . Brian also talks about that unreleased Superman video game he worked on at Factor 5, so...

MTV doesn’t even pretend to be about music anymore. But was it EVER really about music? It’s the video network that made killing the radio star a mission statement to ensure that how music looks is more important than how it sounds. I WANT MY eMpTV! Check out a playlist of music referenced in this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/user/magnificentlyhuge/playlist/5WCHiJUQo2HrP8W0ag6Cp8?si=XE3O...

Been there, done that, spent too much on the T-Shirt? Word of advice - don’t wear it to the same band’s show 20 years later (presuming it still fits) or people will point at the poseur. The #MagHuge crew is up to it's ears in music this week as we unearth our old ticket stubs to yammer on about all the awesome concerts we've been to and you haven't. And that's just the ones we remember! Proving ye...

Nothing wastes your time and money quite like a movie based on a video game. Even if by some miracle one manages to kinda- sorta get it right, the overall experience is still uniquely disappointing - even downright pointless. It’s a bit like watching your friends play video games all night because they are hogging the controller, but you are too lazy to find new friends. We talk the highs and lows...

Are movie theme songs even a thing anymore? They used to be EVERYWHERE, those soundtracks of summer that made us want to go see the film. Let’s be real, we all know at least one earworm that rolled during the credits that we can still sing in our sleep. But do we always remember the movie it came from? We present a few of the songs that managed to eclipse the movies from whence they came to become...

It’s the MagHuge Podcast Double Feature Show! We put on our tin-foil film programmer hats to create our own movie double features that we would totally make happen if we ran the world - or at least our own movie house. And they would be shown in an actual theater, too, because we’re cinema purists who believe that watching two random movies in a row on Netflix from your couch doesn’t count as a do...

It's our tribute to the unusually large number of stone-cold classics released in the glorious year of 1989 A.D. That's a lot of iconic movies in one place - from Tim Burton's Batman to Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, and everything in between. Plus, huge cult faves like Heathers and Vampire's Kiss. It was a banner 12 months for discerning cineastes everywhere, and that even includes more dubiou...

This week we look at the relatively new phenomenon of binge-watching television shows. Now that entire seasons are streaming, we can all crack out on our favorite shows and watch our favorites for days on end without being interrupted by lame commercials, obnoxious season-ending cliffhangers, overrated sleep, pesky jobs, or even the horror of other people. Shows are even designed to hold your atte...

You've had plenty of time by now to watch Avengers: Infinity War make over $1-billion... So just like Thanos dropped The Hulk within the first 10 minutes of this magnum opus, we drop our ultimate spoiler-filled show about the most epic Marvel superhero team-up to end all epic Marvel superhero team-ups... Until the next even-more-ridiculously-epic Marvel superhero team-up. Enjoy a spotify playlist...

Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars…again. Our very first MagHuge Podcast was May 4, 2017, which officially makes this episode the Magnificently Huge First Anniversary Show! To celebrate this auspicious occasion we do the unexpected and gab about yet another Star Wars Day - this year by mocking the Prequel movies that mean so little to so few. Plus, we find the true meaning of Life Day! May the farce...

Stoner movies, man. Flicks about Mary Jane. Wacky tobacky cinema. The Devil’s lettuce on film. That’s, like, this week’s dimebag full of fun and the first taste is always free. Alright, alright, alright. Spark up a virtual doobie with the Magnificently Huge Pot-cast and settle in for a crazy ride, because things are gonna get super-weird super-fast. We start with a debate about the staying power o...

“Surf 2: The End of the Trilogy” is the greatest movie ever made that also happens to be its own sequel! Join the MagHuge crew as we palaver about this quintessentially forgotten 80’s VHS teen-bikini-surf-punk-zombie comedy classic that also happens to be loaded with gratuitous T&A and a thought-provoking environmental message. No, really. Plus, it has one of the best unreleased 80’s New Wave soun...