Melissa Kaercher

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Episode 197: Sing Sing / The Guest / The Gentlemen

Episode 197Happy days, dear listeners! Today we sing praises of Sing Sing, we welcome The Guest, and we appreciate the Michael Caine phase of Hugh Grant’s career!

Movies discussed:
Sing Sing
The Guest
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Gentlemen

Other things discussed:
Every Freaky Lil’ Weirdo Played By Cuckoo Actor Dan Stevens, Ranked (Slashfilm)
Insomnia Cookies
Barry Manilow
Little Shop of Horrors (stage production at The Guthrie)

Episode 196: Twisters (and also a story about a bird)

Episode 196We are back, dear listeners! We bring to you this week appreciation for Glen Powell and for the hallowed Jucy Lucy. And Melissa has a story about a bird!

Movies discussed:
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Twisters
Midsomer Murders (TV)

Other things discussed:
Matt’s Bar and the famous Jucy Lucy
The Burger Scholar (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAzrgbu8gEMIkFTtpY-Vn0Kjj_LQ0pE0M&si=sdDTnc4g4o65GhOm)
A particularly ridiculous encounter with a small bird
Monster smut
Politics (sorry!)

Episode 195: Totally Killer / Lady from the Black Lagoon

Episode 195Dearest listeners, this week we bring you a time travel slasher and a book about a woman who made an iconic movie monster!

Movies mentioned:
Totally Killer

Other things mentioned:
Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Valleyfair versus the Minnesota River

Episode 194: Under Paris / Immaculate

Episode 194Dearest listeners, today we bring you a whole buffet of joys! Crashing cars! Heroin aiiens! Armless cult leaders! Even more cults! AND SHARKS!

Movies discussed:
Duel
Liquid Sky
Santa Sangre
Under Paris
I Saw the TV Glow
Immaculate
Interstellar

Other things discussed:
Altering playback speed of podcasts
Towel racks

Episode 193: Hit Man / I Was Born, But…

Episode 193Dearest listeners (and John Travolta), we bring you glad tidings of Linklater and Ozu! And also maybe some John Travolta!

Movies mentioned:
Hit Man
I Was Born, But…
The Great Dictator
The Sting
King Lear

Other things mentioned:
Criterion 24/7
The Paramount Theater – https://www.austintheatre.org/
Agatha Christie
The 1986 Cannon Films promo reel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crW6W-eLmyQ&ab_channel=TrailerWorld

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