The Schlock and Awe Podcast

This week on S&A Lindsay and film critic Brian Keiper take a look at nature. It's revenge and it's randomness. With George McCown's The Frogs (1972) & Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. Sometimes Frogs are load and will plot your murder, other times they fall from the sky. Strange things happen all the time. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock &...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Justine watch a Double of Romanized Grieving, with a Double of Jerry Zucker's Ghost (1990) & John Carpenter's Starman (1984). This is a Double of Supernatural Love and Loss. Of how a director gets you to a place where you are weeping on your couch and your cat is looking at you like a weirdo. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen t...

On this Quickie Review Lindsay (with her Partner Dan butting in) takes a look at Stephen King Sentimentality with a Double of Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) & Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk (2025) It's all about hope and that you have Get Busy and Keep Walking Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Andrew Shaw head out to the wild west and quote every single line. It's a Double of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974) & Tombstone (1993). Not only can you quote these movies endlessly but also both movies are looking at two very different types of Mythology. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favo...

On this S&A bonus episode Lindsay & film critic Kahn Duncan finish their conversation on the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). And there are still so many movies to talk about. This was the busiest MIFF since 2019. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay & Preston Mitchell walk with purpose through LAX. It's a Double of John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) & Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (1999). The Silver Fox's are looking for revenge. This is a Double of a specific style, vibe and experimentation. But more importantly they are a look at tough guy cinema. Everyone loves a tough guy. Original Graphics Nadine Whitn...

On this bonus episode Lindsay and Film Critic Kahn Duncan go into the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). They go onto a busy experience trying to see as many of the over 200 movies shown over to weeks. And since we talked over 20 movies I split the conversation into two parts. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favorite...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Brian Keiper head down the Amazon in search of El Dorado in a Double of Dougal Wilson's Paddington in Peru (2024) & Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972). One will give you the hard stare the other is Klaus Kinski. This is a double of colonialism and the very notion of what is wealth. With some Marmalade Sandwiches. Original Graphics by Nadine Whit...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Carmelita Valdez McKoy get trippy with 1968 Sci Fi Roger Valdim's Barbarella (1968) & Franklin J. Schaffner's Planet of the Apes (1968). This is a Utopia & Dystopia all wrapped in the counter culture. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Twinning Titles is back! Lindsay and Bede Jermyn ask a very important question. What is IT . With a Double of Clarence Badger's It (1927) & Tommy Lee Wallace's It (1990). There is a certain It Factor that cannot be defined, whether is in the eyes or deadlights? And why we cannot keep our eyes away from It. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen...

This week on S&A Lindsay and the Schlockateer Daniel Baldwin head into the wilds of 1970s Simian Sci Fi with J Lee Thompson's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) & Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1974) We got some amazing scores, cheap practical effects and intense political subtext Original Graphic Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on you...

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by the number one Indiana Jones Fan Justin Anderson to talk Adventure. A Double of J Lee Thompson' s King Solomon's Mine (1985) & Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (1989). This is a Double that is looking at a template that Spielberg and George Lucas created back in 1981 that has been copied and replicated ever since even by the orgi...

This week on S&A Lindsay is joine by the Make Me Watch It Crew Bendon Agnew & Brendon Foley as we sharpen our swords and get ready to Buckle. With a Double of John Cromwell's The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) & Alexandre de La Patellere & Matthieu Delaporte's The Count of Monte Christo (2024). We need to talk about the Swashbuckler more cause it's awesome Original Graphics by Nadine Whi...

On this S&A Quickie Review Andy Gorham joins Lindsay to look up at the sky for James Gunn's Superman (2025). Where we will discuss the movie with all the spoliers. And there is a lot going on Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A - it's pure chaos. Lindsay is joined by Max Deering Robb Antequera & Patrick Vicious. We read horror and we chose violence with a Double of John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1994) & Robert Eggers' Nosferatu (2024). We are just an appetite Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

On this S&A Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at Gareth Edwards' New Movie Jurassic World Rebirth (2024) & Steven Spielberg 's Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (2008) We are going deep into the jungle with this on Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by author Gabe Bergmoser as they talk all about Mother. With a Double of Richard Franklin's Psycho II (1983) & Mick Garris' Psycho VI. Norman Bates normal human being Gabriel Bergmoser's new books Andromache in the Dark Out 2/7/25 High Rise Out 31/7/25 Oringal Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourit...

New S&A Quickie Review! Lindsay takes a look at Canadian's favourite son David Cronenberg. With The Shrouds (2024) & The Brood (1979) We will not shame your kink Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app or YouTube

This week on S&A Lindsay and critic Jake Wilson discuss the BBBC Film Society in Brunswick Melbourne & Bud Boetticher with a Double of Boetticher's Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) & Buchanan Rides Alone (1958). This is a Double of different ways of making a Western and also mentoring, so much mentoring. Bullfighter and the Lady is playing at the BBBC on 6th of July Original Graphics Na...

This week on S&A Lindsay and film critic Nadine Whitney compare DTV to a stone cold classic. With Richard Grays Unholy Trinity (2025) & John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). A Double that looks at treasure hunting, greed revenge in a society. And poses the question, why is Pierce Brosnan's hair still stood luscious? Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Ant...

On this Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at Sean Byrne's Dangerous Animals (2025) & Katheryn Bigalow's Point Break (1991) Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app or Youtube

This week on S&A Lindsay and critic Travis Johnson take a trip North to Canada where Monsters dwell. A Double of David Hayter's Wolves (2014) & Clive Barker's Nightbreed (1990). This is a Double of Monster town whether under a cemetery or off a Canadian road, it's a community of it's own rules and history. Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A we are ranking the Mission Impossible Movies. Lindsay, Andy Gorham, Matt Bledsloe, Mark Wanner, James Coddington and Mike Scott team up and attempt the impossible. The Mission Impossible is the Movie Fan's Action Franchise. A series where the score is just as important as the stunts as important as the characters. More Importantly Tom Will Run. Listen to Schlock & Awe on y...

This week on S&A we are again celebrating Gene Hackman and his place in Hollywood History. Lindsay and We Love Dad Movies Host Ewan Paterson take a look at the Hollywood New Wave with Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde (1967) & Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992). This is a Double of American Mythology and how it uses violence. Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay, Ryan from The New World Podcast & Andy from the Imperial Scum Podcast talk about the Magnificent Gene Hackman and two of his more lighter modes. In Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty (1995) & Richard Donner's Superman The Movie (1978). Both of these movies are about the cinema experience in different ways, while Gene is playing a man trying to get one last big scor...