There Will Be Duds

Odds and Ends: We accidentally shill for Youtube, and Nick calls T.J. a shill again as he tries to do his very own solo pod-within-a-pod; it’s T.J.’s final Oscars update before the show, and things have not improved; we’ve went about two episode without talking about David Lynch, and Nick saw some of Twin peaks in a theater… so, y’know, we talk about David Lynch a lot.   Feature Film: We try...

Odds and Ends: T.J. continues his Oscars gauntlet with the unnecessarily long list of unnecessarily long movies, like the wet and wild Elvis, and the wet and wet Avatar sequel; Nick re-watched some old favorites again, this time being Fargo and Punch Drunk Love; Goldeneye finally got a re-release on the Switch, and we have some mixed feelings about it   Feature Film: We’re feeling hungry for...

Odds and Ends: We reminisce over the lost days of the wild west of the internet, which one of us is more nostalgic for than the other; T.J. is on his Oscars binge, so he watched the new and old versions of All Quiet on the Western Front; We also discuss the newest HBO hit The Last of Us Feature Film: We revel in the Busanity of Quigley, a sort-of-but-not-really kind of Christian movie starrin...

Odds and Ends: Movie News Central is here as we talk about brand new movie stuff that’s not so brand new by the time this episode is released to the public, including our fancast for a Chris Chan biopic; Nick rewatched an old favorite, and another that gets us on a tangent on if Matthew McConaughey is actually hot; T.J. watched a couple related-only-in-theme existential experimental sci-fi movies,...

Odds and Ends: We answer a (probably clickbait) Twitter prompt and talk about how Hayao Miyazaki is an OG hater; T.J. is CRTing all of your children with the real facts about MLK; Nick watched a movie from director Sidney Loomuht; also PUSS IN BOOTS PUSS IN BOOTS PUSS IN BOOTS    Feature Film: Kurosawa’s back again, baby. This time, we’re discussing his action-adventure spectacle The Hid...

Odds and Ends: The ramifications of having a date night while your dogs are left at home; T.J. saw Puss in Boots! The… the first one, from like ten years ago. But we’ll get to the new one later; Nick is going through another classic tv show with 30 Rock; T.J. adds The Kid Detective to his list of movies he likes a lot because it fits a very specific niche genre he made up   Feature Film: We t...

Odds and Ends: We celebrate January 6th; Nick watched The Menu, yet another food-centric movie/show from the previous year; T.J. watched Zappa, which leads to a pretty lengthy discussion on the enigmatic man himself; Nick is making his way through the extended Lord of the Rings, and guess what? Hot take here: We think those are pretty good movies   Feature Film: Disaster Movie is on the plate...

Odds and Ends: It’s the most wonderful time of the year: candy hearts season; T.J. talks about Alice in Borderland, as well as his fondness for the “game of death” genre; Nick saw Damien Chazelle’s newest movie, Babylon, and according to the box office, he’s one of about 50 who did.   Feature Film: Our third horror(ish) movie by a one-time director in a row (basically), we’re talking Carnival...

Odds and Ends: One of us is better at keeping their old video games nice than the other, who believes in the karmic justice of lending things to friends and never getting them back; Nick watched The Santa Claus, and a Bob’s Burgers Christmas special… because it’s still definitely the Christmas season; he also saw Klaus, but T.J. does most of the talking about that one. Feature Film: Joshua Oppenhe...

Odds and Ends: The newest Sight and Sound poll results just dropped, and we dive into the various controversies surrounding it, because people can’t just like the movies they wanna like; T.J. talks about the recent Netflix show 1899, but it’s really just an excuse to talk about an older show he likes a lot more; Nick talks about The White Lotus again, or maybe for the first time (definitely not, t...

Recorded at the beginning of 2022, here's a livestream we did covering all the 2021 movies we didn't cover on the show! So it's an old stream covering older stuff! But we're releasing it on Youtube and on our podcast sites for the first time, so... it's new? Or a bonus episode? But also neither of those things. Cool. Good for us.   T.J. talks about some movies about truffle hunting animals an...

Odds and Ends: We talk with our guest host Casey about our former eldritch college professor; Casey talks about the new All Quiet on the Western Front, and we weigh anti-war movies with “boomer coomers” on the other end of the stick; T.J. talks about the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Marvel Phase 4 in general   Feature Film: We dive into the Ernest franchise for the first time w...

Odds and Ends: It’s a cozy Christmas special with your hosts, as we chat about some good ol’ midwestern customs and tropes, T.J. offers up a few stocking stuffers, and Nick and T.J. both talk about some nice comfort shows they've been enjoying. It's a very chill hang this week, folks.   Feature Film: We discuss the Muppet Christmas Carol, the end all be all Christmas Carol story (yeah, includ...

Odds and Ends: T.J. went to an art museum, and knows at least one period of Japanese history, so look out, nerds, there’s a new bitch in nerd town; T.J. also finally did get Pokemon Scarlet, and doesn't know what people are talking about; Nick saw a few movies of varying degrees of goodness   Feature Film: We talk about The Hunt, from Thomas Vinterberg, and Nick has got beef with T.J. for mak...

Odds and Ends: We prove our street cred by talking about putting together IKEA furniture and our thoughts on the Great British Baking Show season finale; T.J. wanted to talk about the new Pokemon, but settles for complaining about Wal-Mart instead; we talk about a random Youtube find called Possibly In Michigan, and why this old short film from the 80s is so fascinating to us.   Feature Film:...

Odds and Ends: Guest Jeremiah stops by to tell us about his new book, Hive; Nick talks about Goodfellas, and how it stacks up against other classics of the gangster genre; Jeremiah watched House of the Dragon, a favorite of our guests, apparently Feature Film: Courtesy of Jeremiah, we watched M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, an infamous adaptation of the beloved animated show of (mostly) t...

Odds and Ends: T.J. and guest Evan debate over which Clone Wars show is better while Nick tries his best to look interested; we talk about spooky shows What We Do in the Shadows and Cabinet of Curiosities; Evan talks about A DIFFERENT PODCAST called the Magnus Archives, but who cares; we determine the validity of fan theories with the utmost importance   Feature Film: We discuss the I-guess-not-re...

Odds and Ends: Look, I know we talk over each other a lot normally, but this time it wasn’t our fault; we talk stealth games and how they’re, well, not for us, exactly; Nick read the newest installment of one of his favorite book series and gives a horror classic a rewatch; T.J. saw a few new horror flicks and finished the Hellraiser franchise; can you tell that we recorded this in October?  ...

Odds and Ends: Call us Nick Hollywood and Prue Teej and let us teach you how to make incredibly unhealthy soups; T.J. watched a lot of stuff, and we talk about them all, including revisiting Nope and Bodies Bodies Bodies, as well as The Black Phone and descending further into the Hellraiser franchise. Feature film: We discuss the debut feature film from Paul Thomas Anderson, Hard Eight. It’s got a...

Odds and Ends: We’re joined again by Connor and for the first time by Chapo Trap House’s Chris Wade; The Try Guys try adultery (we recorded this a while ago, don’t make fun of us); Chris watched the elf show and the dragon show, and together they make: show Feature film: Hey hey, it’s The Monkee’s one and only movie: Head! A recommendation from guest Chris, it’s a psychedelic 60’s comedy farce rom...

Odds and Ends: Episode 69 is here, baby, in all its, uhh… spookiness; Connor’s back again (hi, Connor), and he raves about Genndy Tarkovsky’s Primal; Nick thinks Creepshow is a… neat…show; T.J. watched the new Hellraiser and the old Carnival of Souls, both are movies   Feature film: The sexy horrific dud of the show this week is another rage Cager - Vampire’s Kiss! Featuring a career-best Cag...

Odds and Ends: T.J. watched The Terror again, and it’s uhh, it’s good, you should watch it; T.J. and Nick saw Barbarian, and it’s uhh, it’s good, you should watch it; we talk about the Super Mario trailer and the multiple Pinocchio movies released this year and uhh, no good, full stop. Feature film: Our friend Chris brought us a Tubi dubi of horror, so we’re talking about both The Descent and Magn...

Odds and Ends: Recorder tangerine-belt T.J. is back with another banger; Internet Historian’s newest video “Man in Cave” is more history than internet, but roped T.J. in all the same; Vince Gilligan has a new show in the works, but to our chagrin it looks less Breaking Bad and more Battle Creek (which can never be a good thing if you know that place); Community’s long-awaited movie is coming, so w...

Odds and Ends: Wolverine is back… but it’s for Deadpool… and it’s not even the one from Trinity War, so who cares; T.J. finally watched Halloween Kills in preparation for Halloween Ends in a couple weeks, and it was… a movie, kind of; Nick watched a couple 80s classics for the first time and guess what? He talks about them! On THIS podcast!  Feature film: The first of our October spookfest is...

Odds and Ends: We celebrate the Brennaissance; T.J. watched Spirited Away again and guess what? It’s a good movie! We also talk other Ghibli movies and their magical scores; Nick saw Galaxy Quest in theaters… and it is also a very good movie, but please shut up, audience   Feature film: We delve into our very first Uwe Boll experience, and please don’t make us do it again. We get blubi-balled...