The Schlock and Awe Podcast

Welcome to a new Schlock & Awe Series. Murderers We Have Known. Lindsay & Nadine will focus on a famous murder or series of murders and look at how a Double Feature treats changes and portrays the crime. To start things off we are looking at Leopold & Leob and the Crime of the Century with a Double of Tom Kalin's Swoon (1992) & Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948). This is a Double that...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Imperial Scum Podcast Co-Host Andy go back to 1985 with two directors entering the Hollywood scene. Andrew Davis' Code of Silence (1985) & Peter Weir's Witness (1985). Two comparable directors with two distinct styles. Both taking on corrupt cops both dealing with an outside influence. Gang Warfare and the Amish. Both these seemingly typical 1985 action movies...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Film Critic Kahn Duncan try to untangle the strings of fate with a Double of David Lynch's Dune (1984) & William Fredkin's Sorcerer (1977). This is not just a Double about Fate, it is also about the environment that each world inhabits but also about a certain Space Opera hanging over both as each of these auteurs try to define their era.  Remember to rate, r...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Rachel tap dance on the town in Paris with a Gene Kelly Double of Stanley Donan's On the Town (1949) & Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris (1951). Gene Kelly was an important figure not just in the Movie Musical but in Movies in General. They way he developed dance and abstract moved through film history. Plus these movies are just fun   Original Graphics...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Michele hit the road in this 1970s Dystopia feeling Double Feature. Paul Bartel's Death Race 2000 (1975) & Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk (2025). This is a Double of performing for Dictators, Bread and Circus where the prize is road kill. Murder for our entertainment and inspiration. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Please rate, re...

This week on S&A Lindsay & film critic Nadine Whitney know you should never underestimate a seemingly awkward woman. We are looking at the story of Catherine Sloper of Henry James' novel Washington Square. A double of William Wyler's The Heiress (1949) & Agnieszka Holland's Washington Square (1997). This is a Double of what makes an accomplished woman. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Tim from It Didn't Go Platinum Podcast wonder what it would be like to grow up in the apocalypse. It's a Double of Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men (2006) & Dr. George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). This is a Double that not only looks at gaining power or resources in a dystopia - whether it be children or a bullet farm. But more importantly the attit...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Bede vs The Living Dead - Bede create their own Vanity Project with a Double of Craig Denny's The Astrologer (1976) & John De Hart's Champagne and Problems (1993). Do you want a film maker who doesn't know what they are doing? A film guided by numerology, no context for scenes, grotesque sex scenes and a very drunk Wings Hauser? We have that and more. These m...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Preston Mitchell go the way of Revenge in a Double of  Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) & Park Chan-wook's Olddog (2003). This is a Double of many things. The rules and philosophy behind it - the Japanese & Southern Korean Rules. What does it mean to be a warrior and using spirits of the past, whether as tutors or to fuel vengeance. T...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Action 4 Everyone's Mike & Max look into the different seasons of Sam Raimi with his Send Help (2026) & A Simple Plan (1998). These are Sam Raimi stretching his legs when it comes to power and capitalism in the only way Sam Raimi knows how to direct. Punishment and Americana   Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King   Please rate, rev...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Robb Antequera head down into the underground of 1990s DTV Action with Don the Dragon's Ring of Fire: Blood and Steel (1993) & Gary Daniels' Riot (1996). This is a Double of a specific kind of action star. But it is also a Double of Budget Action Film Making, making action on the fly and how each movie handles each persona. Oh so much more round kicking and r...

On this week's S&A Lindsay and Luna Rossi Films & This is Film's Carlo be leaping. It's a bonkers mid naughties French double of Pierre Morel's District B13 (2004) & Louis Leterrier's Unleashed (2005). This is an action double that looks at a time and a place, but also a style of action and the history that lead up to it. It's my favourite kind of Double to cover. So much leaping! Park...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Justin Anderson wake up in an unusual place. This is a Double of Philippe Mora's Communion (1989) & Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest (1999) is there something out there or is it really just an episode of Television. Who knows - but these movies are awesome. So best to check the historical documents. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Plea...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Director's Club Host Jim Laczkowski go on a road trip through the never-ending landscape. It is a Double of Rachel Lee Goldenberg's Unpregnant (2020) & Rob Reiner's Stand by Me (1986). Lives will be had, tears will be shed. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Musica Anthony King Please rate review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite pod...

This week on S&A Lindsay & AJ waltz into the west with a mop and bucket to clean it. This is a Double of George Marshall's Destry Rides Again (1939) & Rowdy Herrington's Road House (1989). This a Western Double, but one that defies expectation. Cause Pain Don't Hurt. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Feel free to rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Aw...

S&A Quickie Review is back with Lindsay & Kahn Duncan looking at Kirill Sokolov's They Will Kill You (2026). Starring Zazie Beetz it is a Rip Roaring Time. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Anthony King Please Rate, Review & Subscribe S&A on your favourite podcast platform

This week on S&A Lindsay and the Make Me Watch it Hosts Brendan Agnew & Brendan Foley meet a group of men called Mr. Anderson. It's a triple of Paul W.S. Anderson' In the Lost Lands (2025), Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme (2025) & Paul T. Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025). Three different Andersons each made a movie about the time we live in just in three different ways P...

This week on S&A it's the 98th Academy Awards ReCap. Lindsay Bede & Kahn come back to break down the wins and the snubs, Conan's bits and Ryan Coogler best reaction. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Rate and Review S&A on your favourite podcast platform.

This week on S&A Lindsay & Action Addicts Host Scott Wiley head back in time. To a time called The Naughties. A time when slurs were thrown out freely and metal was nue. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Please rate and review S&A on your favourite podcast platform

It is getting closer to that time of year. Oscars! In this Bonus S&A episode: Lindsay, Bede Jermyn & Kahn Duncan go through each category and predict who is going to win. Will Timmy finally win his statue or will Michael B. Jordon take it? Will it be a Sinners' sweep or will it be One Battle After Another? Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Please Rate & Revie...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Carmelita Valdez McKoy want to see. It's death on screen with a double of Joel Schumacher's 8MM (1999) & Alejandro Amenábars' Thesis (1996). This is a double that not just gets into our obession with portraying death on screen and why. But also whether we really know our limits and it we want to. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King List...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Holy Terror's Brian Keiper go back to 1976 with a Double of John G. Avildsen's Rocky (1976) & Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). This is a Double of two sides of the American Dream as well as Masculinity in the year of 1976 Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite Podcast app

On S&A Twinning Titles, Lindsay & Bede are living on the edge with a Double of Rush. Lili Zanuck's Rush (1991) & Ron Howard's Rush (2013). This is a movie of people being in constant danger and often having to work outside the system or trying to make a better one. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay and Imperial Scum Podcast Co-Host Andy Gorham nerd out over Golden Harvest and Yuen Biao in a Double of Jackie Chan's Project A (1983) & Alfred Cheung's On the Run (1988). 80s Hong Action was a very specific beast; trying push a crowd pleasing genre like action but with the anxiety of identity with the China Handover happening very soon. And Yuen Biao was actor who...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Martial Streep's Wendi Freeman take a look back at our childhood's and face the trauma. With a Double of Don Bluth's All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) & Walter Merch's Return to Oz (1985). Little Girls will always be the on to save the day. And the 1980s was a weird time. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on you...