Episode 184: B-Fest 2024

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Episode 184Today, dear listeners, Melissa is joined by Noel Thingvall and Kelvin Hatle for tales from B-Fest 2024! Terrible movies! Bad jokes! Paper plates!

NOTE: We deeply apologize for the background noise during this episode. We were recording in live environments, including a moving car on Interstate 94. We did our best to reduce the background noise while emphasizing our voices.

Movies discussed:
Stunt Rock
Hot Potato
Wonder Women
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Demonic Toys
Hard Rock Zombies
The Chilling
Runaway
A Boy and His Dog
The Apple
The Black Scorpion
She Devils on Wheels
The Monkey Hustle
Arcade
Tammy and the T-Rex

Other things discussed:
Stunt Rock trailer
A Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome episode all about The Apple

Episode 183: Last Voyage of the Demeter / Parallax View

Episode 183This week, dear listeners, we discuss Tarzan, Dracula, and CHEESE!

Movies discussed:
Legend of Tarzan
Last Voyage of the Demeter
Saving Private Ryan
The Parallax View

Other things discussed:
Dracula (book)
Wensleydale cheese
The Mad Hatter Tea House

Episode 182: The Passenger / American Fiction

Episode 182This week, dearest listeners, we bring you cinematic delights from many lands: French drama, Spanish horror, American satire, and more!

Movies discussed:
The Bear (TV)
Jean de Florette
Manon of the Spring
The Passenger (La Pasajera)
American Fiction

Other things discussed:
“La Pasajera” by Taramela Band on YouTube and Apple Music
A Year with Frog and Toad (musical)

Episode 181: El Conde / The Promised Land

Episode 181Happy Ides of February, dear listeners! Today, we bring you the weirdest Oscar nomination of 2024 and a peek at Mads Mikkelsen’s new film!

Movies discussed:
El Conde
The Promised Land

Other things discussed:
Agatha Christie books published by Dell
Secretariat (the drink, not the horse)

Episode 180: Marvels / The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Episode 180It’s good to be back, dearest listeners! Today we bring you tidings of our latest discoveries, plus a long discussion about the ever-expanding MCU and its associated fatigue.

Movies discussed:
The Thin Man
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
Thanksgiving
Marvels (and the MCU in general)

Other things discussed:
General praising/griping about various streaming services
The Marvelization of Cinema (video mentioned by Melissa during the episode)
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Book Nooks
Sarah J Maas books
Russian Doll (TV)