The Schlock and Awe Podcast

This week on S&A Lindsay & James Coddington head to New York for a rumble with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002) & Steven Spielberg's West Side Story (2021). Two Titans tackling one of the greatest Cities of Earth. Bring your hatchets or snapping fingers. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay & Carmelita Valdez McKoy spend a debauched weekend soaked in liquor, with a Double of Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas (1995) & Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright (1971). This is a Double of the desert and alcoholism - because both are never ending. And everyone loves the Yabba. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Aw...

On this S&A Lindsay & Nadine Whitney head in the Cornfield to see if they can find a Clown. Spoilers they do. They are looking at Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield (2025) Fucking Teenagers - or is it Gen X? Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay and Matt Bledsloe deliver a package while taking the bus. It's a Double of Louis Leterrier/Corey Yuen' Transport (2002) & Jan De Bont's Speed (1994) Two movies that are perfect examples of their particular era of action. Drive fast and kick harder. Pop Quiz Hot Shot. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your fa...

On this not so very Quickie S&A Quickie Review Lindsay & Preston go to the Juke Joint with a look at Ryan Coogler's new Movie Sinners (2025). This movie is all about Vampires, Music, Appropriation and the Black Experience. Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

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This week on S&A Lindsay and Producer Max of Action for Everyone talk standing up to authority and fighting Vampires with a Double of Andre Overdal's The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) & Stephen Norrington's Blade (1998) This is a Double of Race, Blaxploitation and the Vampire as the Man. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your fa...

This week on S&A Bede, Marcey & Twinning Titles are back with a meeting at the Crossroads, two different Crossroads. Tamra Davis' Crossroads (2002) & Walter Hill's Crossroads (1986). The journey is always about the discovery. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

On this very special Bonus Episode of S&A Lindsay is joined by VH US Host Dirk Marshall , as they take to the road with a Double of Abbe Wool's Roadside Prophets (1992) & Wim Wenders Kings of the Road (1976). This is a movie where we get philosophical while trying to find meaning on the road.  And look at a time when Tarantino wasn't king of the  independent movie. Get Marshall's Haute Sau...

This week on S&A Lindsay and Blind Spot Podcast Host Dan Grima talk how we would spend a perfect day. With a Double of Michael Sarnoski's A Quiet Place Day One (2024) & Wim Wenders' Perfect Days (2023) This is a Double of appreciating the little moments. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay and film critic Harris Dang stand in a shadow while smoking a cigarette. We are going in Noir ; with a Double of George Marshall's The Blue Dahlia (1946) & Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). This is a Double of what defines a Femme fatale. Is it really the hair cut, or is she just drawn that way? Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony...

This week on S&A it' a not so quickie S&A Quickie Review. Lindsay & Preston Mitchell take a look inside of Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag (2025). This is a massive nerd out of British Spy Movies, Character Actors, Soderbergh & Cool Britannia. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

On this S&A Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at some Kiwi Killers. With a Double of James Ashcroft's The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024) & Gerald Johnstone's Housebound (2014). This is a Double of elongated accents, weird turns of phrase and New Zealand's want for institutionalism. Kia ora tena koutouOriginal Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock and Awe on your...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Andrew Shaw celebrate the master David Lynch with his Angels & Demons. Lynch's Elephant Man (1980) & Lost Highway (1997) This is a Double that show cases his talent for making a heart rendering weepy and a stone cold abstract horror noir. David was never one thing and he loved the concept of an image. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthon...

This week on S&A Lindsay & Bede Jermyn dress up in their finest and take a look at the 2025's Academy Awards. Who won, you gave the best speech, did they get their predictions correct. This is pure nerding out. 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 Mike Leigh's latest with a British Classic. Leigh's Hard Truth's & Terence Davies' Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). Magnificent British Drama Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by Chainsaw & Claws Hosts Robb and Patrick as we loudly and excitedly argue our way through a Double of Lambert Hillyer's Dracula's Daughter (1936) & Lucky McKee's May (2002). This is a Double looking these wonderful messy murderous women. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite...

On this Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at Fabric of Africa Triple with; Mati Diop's new Documentary Dahomey (2024), Ousmane Sembene's Black Girl (1966) & Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. This a triple looking at Ghosts and Colonization. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay & Carmelita Valdez McKoy are getting a British Sex Education. It's a Double of Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning & Ken Russell's The Devils. This is a huge double of sex and society and Oliver Reed's Moustache Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock and Awe on your favourite podcast app

On this S&A Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at Oz Perkins' Red Mist Comedy The Monkey (2025) & John Carpenter's Classic Christine (1983) This is a review with me saying this is so good. A lot. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay and Produce Max of Action for Everyone Podcast head to the sound stage to see some glorious Gothic. With a Double of Tim Burton's Sleep Hollow (1999) & Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Heads. Will. Roll. This is a Double of what makes Gothic Story Telling, but also Film Making Fantastic. It's the artifice and the tactile creation of why movies a...

On this S&A Quickie Review. Lindsay takes a look at John Rubin's Heart Eyes (2024) & Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014). What do Slashers love the most? Being Slashers. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

This week on S&A Lindsay and Film Strip Co-Host Jay return to class with chaotic Teen Double of John Hughes' The Breakfast Club (1985) & Billy Ray's Shattered Glass (2003). This is a Double of how you never really leave your Teenager Self. Because there is always that need for attention and not to be bored. Original Graphics by Nadine Whitney Original Music by Anthony King Listen to Schloc...

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by Super Network host Super Marcey as they head into that amazing club for a night of Vera Drew's The People's Joker (2022) & John Water's Female Trouble (1974) This is Queer Filmmaking at it's finest, celebrating the fabulousness in those who colour outside the lines, in all the mess and glory. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King...

On this S&A Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at two new movies about control. Drew Hancock's Companion (2025) & Steven Soderbergh's Presence (2024) Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app