Z and Keith Watched A Movie

This week we bring you the highest grossing film featuring gay lead characters* -- The Birdcage! A story that started as a play in early 1970's France, made it's way to the silver screen in Italy, became a hit on Broadway, and finally got the Hollywood treatment in 1996. We discuss Hank Azaria's hotness,  straights performing queers performing straightness, and the sadly contemporary feel of the f...

Hi and welcome to April! Heavy spoiler waring for this one! The film will be ruined for you if you listen to this before seeing the film.   Also content warning for lots of talk of body parts, bodily functions, surgery, etc.    This week we bring you April Fool's Day (1986).   Z debriefs about their surgery and we talk about the movie for a few minutes at the end. +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping av...

Oh hai! This week we’re wrapping March Hysterical Madness by discussing the 1980 film Altered States, starring William Hurt, Bob Balaban & Blair Brown. This episode was recorded the day before the passing of William Hurt & two days before we learned he was a pretty shitty asshole, so that topic is not discussed in this episode and we’re sorry about that! We do however discuss the ways that this fi...

Lordy, how have we not seen this before now?! Holy schnikies this week, to celebrate Z's "basket" getting "cased", we bring you 1982's Basket Case ! In the process of trying to give you our impression of this film, you'll also be treated to such topics as: "NYC ding dong running", automated restroom air fresheners, and how Krasinski sux.   We luv u Stay cool C U next week Scaredy Cats video o...

Cheers and Happy St Paddy's day! This week we bring you 1993's Leprechaun . Please enjoy responsibly! xo, Z & K +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Brad Neely performing Bring the Gold

Wingo! And welcome to March Hysterical Madness! Our first entry for this themed month is another Lovecraft-inspired, Combs-starring, dysmorphic creepfest! It's 1986's From Beyond ! Naturally, we also cover Romulan waterparks, how 'emotionless' = angry, plus "All Cucks Are Bomb". Thanks for listening! +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: From Beyond performed by K...

Greetings! This week we bid adieu to February with 1996's Crash -- a film that likely would have gone under the radar had it not been for some controversary. We talk the problematically ambiguous sexual politics in David Cronenberg's movies, Spader's relative hotness over time, and say 'f*ck you!' to Sean Penn. Extra special thanks to Faye Yu for use of their recording in the outro! Be sure to che...

Good evening, fellow travelers! This week we bring you just another retread of the Pygmalion myth: the 1986 sleeper hit Mannequin . If you look out your windows, you may also see: political aesthetics of slumber parties, how tropes age, LSD researcher Jerry Kelly. Bless this mess. Adam Regusea's pan pizza recipe +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Walk Like...

Hullo and Happy VD from Z & K! This week we bring you the classic of lesbian noir heist films from the Wachowskis: 1996's Bound. The less you know going in, the better... Tilly's 2014 interview in Vulture elevator music sequence makes use of the following freesound files: the girl near ipanema (in elevator) by timbre based on Jay You's elevator music +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on...

Greetings sports fans! This week we remember Louie Anderson with this missed opportunity yet fun ensemble piece from 1988. The Wrong Guys stars a "who's, huh?" of late 80's stand up plus John Goodman and Brion James in goofy adventure that wishes it was Caddyshack. Plus Z outs Keith as non-cishet and other gender highlights! +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: T...

In this episode we discuss cash storage preferences, Z's childhood acting career and Keith's inability to do impressions inoffensively oh and we touch on The Legend of Billie Jean . According to wikipedia: 'The "PG-13" rating was introduced on July 1, 1984, with the advisory  "Parents Are Strongly Cautioned to Give Special Guidance for Attendance  of Children Under 13 – Some Materia...

Hello! This week we bring you another film from 1990 about what-happens-when-you-die. Fun stuff! In Jacob's Ladder , Tim Robbins plays a Viet Nam war vet plagued by visions he cannot explain. Turns out his chiropractor (a white man) is an angel and his girlfriend (a woman of color) is a demon. What are the odds? Also discussed: Why does everyone want the mailman's dick? Why do you want to f*ck ch*...

Our first recording in which we discuss John Lithgow's f*ckability, traffic patterns in the PNW and racist neighbors.  +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Love Lives On performed by Joe Cocker

In this very special episode recorded on xmas day, we welcome our very first guest! Our good friend R.W. joins us to talk about 1982's Night Shift. Not only is this pod favorite Michael Keaton's first movie, it's also Rod Howard's directorial debut! Plus, you've got the Fonz, Diane off of Cheers and --somewhere in the mix-- a baby Kevin Costner. What a ride!   P.S. --- Z's grandpa loves Jim N...

The author of "The Witch" and "The Witch and the Vampire" is on to open the can of worms that is 1994's Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles . We talk about the baffling nature of Tom Cruise's fame, Brad Pitt's stench and Kirsten Dunst's curls. +++++ https://zmacabre.com/ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Stevie Riks performing Werewolves of London

Good morning, Happy New Year and Bienvenue!  To open season 3 we bring you 1990's Mermaids -- a cishet female boomer coming of age story. A female-centered narrative with undiagnosed mental health issues and Bob Hoskins supporting. But it's no Steel Magnolias Also we officially launch our #ContactKatya campaign! We need your help to get Katya Zamolodchikova on the show to talk Contact with us...

Merry xmas and happy end of Season 2! With more fuck words that a porno, we bring you the best Christmas sequel: Die Hard 2! See you in 2022! Madtv S7E06 NYPD Blue Cursed +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp   Outro: Pearl Bailey performing Five Pound Box of Money

Z talks about The Matrix , Keith talks about Ladybird. ++++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Dire Straits performing Walk of Life Reference materials: Melina Pendulum - The Magical Negroes of Stephen King The Power of Black Magic: The Magical Negro and White Salvation in Film Cerise L. Glenn and Landra J. Cunningham The Matrix: Why We Can't Unplug – Wisecrack Edi...

Find out who Z wants to be but not do. It's 1990's Flatliners aka Joel Schumacher's "St Elmo's Funeral" +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Dave Stewart & The Spiritual Cowboys performing "Party Town"

Nearly as elusive as Exit to Eden, we finally acquired and watched 1987's Making Mr. Right! Also discussed: the problem with "-philes" and yt Buddhists, plus crotch shots Malkovich gets in the mail! ++++++++++++++++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: The Melvins with Jello Biafra performing In Every Dream Home A Heartache

Gobble gobble! In this, our T-day adjacent episode, we wrap up No-lte November (jk) with a so-called "comedy of manners" from 1986. Roughly based on a 1919 play by René Fauchois (and subsequent film adaptation in 1932 by Jean Renoir), jolly ol Saint Nolte stars along side Richard "D-bag" Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Elizabeth Peña, Tracy Nelson and Little Richard.  ++++++ Intro: by Professor Ping...

Lordy, this week we're talking about the 1995 supernatural thriller Hideaway: a film so nonsensical that multiple parties involved wanted their names removed from it. Find out why! +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotify and Bandcamp Outro: Sara DaBell performing Hunger Strike

This week we bring you Meryl Streep's first comedy, Roseanna's first feature film - it's 1989's She Devil! Join us as we grapple with humorous and aesthetically pleasing, yet morally confused tale of vengeance, fame & class. For your efforts, you'll be rewarded with some of our least favorite things said to us during trysts & assignations. +++++ Intro: by Professor Ping available on Spotif...

Hi and welcome back to ordinary time with Z & Keith! This week we're discussing Gus van Sant's prescient 1995 reflection on media and the American fascination with individual celebrity: To Die For. Starring NIcole Kidman and featuring young Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck and Allison Folland--plus a host of many other pod favorites in the supporting cast--this movie is a contemporary, stylized,...

Boo! And welcome to the third episode of Z & Keith's Annual DocOctShockRocktober Holler-ween Scream-along Spook-a-thon! This week we talk Necronomicon: The Book of the Dead from 1993! Starring Jeffery Combs as ol' Hewlett Packard Lovecraft himself, this anthology is based on three of H.P.'s original stories. We also reflect on our first annual spook-a-thon series and talk briefly about future...