Uncanny Cinema

Gary Oldman stars in the role of a lifetime in Tiptoes, a movie that's become notorious for... reasons. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably mostly just cry. Panelists: Jack, Eric, Izzy

Swiss Army Man boasts a wholly original plot, solid acting, an excellent score, and a dead Daniel Radcliffe. It's also, as one of our panelists described it, "fartastical." Panelists: Jess, Jimmy, Chris

Star Wars inspired many great films... and it also inspired Krull. Buckle up as we take on this expensive '80s fantasy misfire. Recommended for fans of clydesdales, spider ropes courses, old British men, and nonsense. Panelists: Jack, Steve

Clive Barker pulls out all the stops for his Gothic horror fantasy Nightbreed, a movie jam-packed with monsters, David Cronenberg's acting prowess, and lobster croissants. Panelists: David, Nate, Dusty

We've got another HBO time capsule with the TV-centric Stay Tuned, a movie featuring fake shows and commercials, a Chuck Jones cartoon, and a whole host of 1992 references! Panelists: Eric, Matt

The panel beholds the musical cult film The Apple in all its confounding, excruciating glory. Trust us on this one - you can enjoy this ep without having seen the flick. In fact, you're better off. Panelists: Catie, Chris, Dusty

Wendy, the 2020 Peter Pan reworking by Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin, vanished like a troublemaking shadow, all due to COVID. The panel takes a look at its beauty, ambition, missteps, and big monster fish. Panelists: Eric, Jack, Jess

Our Bob Dylan experts tackle the sorta biopic about his life, I'm Not There., a fragmented, impressionistic painting of a film that features loads of great music. Panelists: Matt, MJ

The Guns of Navarone is our focus this time out, an early men-on-a-mission film featuring giant guns, Greek folk dancing, and Gregory Peck's magnificent eyebrows. Panelists: Jimmy, Eric, Devin

In this super-sized episode, we launch our first-annual April Fool's Day Switcheroo, looking at the immensely famous pop culture masterpiece Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Panelists: Jack, Eric, Jimmy

Play-turned-film Sleuth features Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier going at each other for two hours, great dialogue, and, Jack's favorite, lots and lots of puppets. Panelists: Jack, Eric

The little-seen film The Beast of War is our focus this time. Originally a play, the film features a lot of strong performances and dialogue, and might be the best tank-based movie ever made. Panelists: Doug, Devin, Jimmy

We take our sinking boat and point it home to Once, the lo-fi Irish musical that features romance, indecipherable accents, and some of the best songs you've heard in a good while. Panelists: Chris, Carolyn, Jess

If J.D. Salinger had night terrors and did a lot of whippets he might have made something like The Evil Within, a movie whose production and content is even crazier than what I just described. Trigger warning (for Jack): puppets. Panelists: Dusty, Tim, Layla

The considerable charm of Rowdy Roddy Piper is pushed to its limits in Hell Comes to Frogtown, a weirdo post-apocalyptic Mad Max riff that contains no flaws whatsoever. Panelists: Jack, Doug, Isabel

As one of our panelists put it, "The things I do for this podcast." That includes watching movies like Sir Billi, the hideous CGI cartoon that served as Sean Connery's final film! Panelists: Eric, Ryan

The panel takes the waters by way of A Cure for Wellness, the underseen Gore Verbinski horror film. Trigger warning: eels. Panelists: Jack, Colin

Mom and Dad Save the World delivers up a zany adventure full of mushroom monsters, death rays, goldfish women, and Dr. Seuss haircuts. Plus, if you're one of the 8 people who wanted to see Jeffrey Jones as a leading man, you're in for a big treat! Panelists: Eric, Fabs, Steve

The panel tackles the funny, poignant, and criminally underseen film Booksmart, a movie destined for cult if not classic status. Cue musicless dancing. Panelists: Jess, Fabs, Jack

The 1995 erotic-sci-fi-horror-thriller Species is notable for its nudity, Ben Kingsley chewing the scenery like Bubblicious, and creating a "real-world" monster, and the panel looks at all of it. Panelists: Nate, David

We serve up a heaping helping of commentary on the 1985 satirical horror film The Stuff, a movie that tends to leave us wanting more. Panelists: Tim, Emily

The panel searches for some fortune and glory in Secret of the Incas, a 1950s Charlton Heston-led adventure film that has some very familiar aspects. Panelists: Steve, Jack, Jimmy

For our New Year's Eve film, we take a look at Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days, a cyberpunk noir that feels very timely. Panelists: Jimmy, Tim

Our Christmas gift to you is the heinous (and wonderful) major motion picture Elves, a film so bad it is likely what God kept in the Ark of the Covenant to melt people's faces off. Enjoy. Panelists: Jack, Eric, Dusty

We take a look at internet phenomenon Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared, a surreal, dark, and very funny parody of children's shows that one of our panelists called "heavy on the soul." Panelists: Eric, Jack, Jess