Tim and Andrew take a trip to Asteroid City, Wes Anderson’s newest comedy. It was a nice visit.
Episode 81 - Atomic Summer Part II: Them! and Matinee
Atomic Summer continues with special double feature of Them! and Matinee. A few other short atomic oddities are thrown into the programming as well. National paranoia, the balance of silly and scary, and Good Humor trucks are talked about at length. Listen below.
Programming notes:
Short: Duck and Cover (watch here)
Serial: Episode 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return (16:20 to end)
First Feature: Them!
Trailers: The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, Gojira, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Tarantula, and The Tingler. Click titles to watch the trailers!
Second Feature: Matinee
Bonus link! Tim and Andrew mentioned The Beginning of the End as a sort of “also-ran” big bug flick. Click HERE to watch the MST3K version.
Atomic Summer - Coming soon to a podcast feed near you
Tim and Andrew are going atomic for this summer’s series. Listen to the trailer above to get some clues for some of the future episodes.
Episode 80 - Atomic Summer: Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the first selection for our new seasonal series, Atomic Summer. Tim and Andrew talk mutually assured destruction, how depressingly relevant it still is, and the Deep Impact to Strangelove’s Armageddon.
Episode 79 - Evil Dead Rise
Tim and Andrew invite their buddy Mike for a discussion on the new Evil Dead entry, Evil Dead Rise. Join us below.
Bonus Episode - Andrew's Oscar Ballot
Just before the big night, Andrew recorded a quick bonus episode about what he’d vote for this year at the Oscars.
Episode 78 – 2023 Best Picture Rundown Part II
Tim & Andrew talk absurdity, throw shade at Tom Hanks, and decide who skewered capitalism better in the second part of their 2023 Best Picture rundown.
All Quiet on the Western Front (00:42); The Banshees of Inisherin (10:36); Elvis (18:21); Tár (29:37); Triangle of Sadness (38:19); Overall thoughts (45:55).
Episode 77 - 2023 Best Picture Rundown Part I
Legacy sequels, hats on hats, and whether the term “space whale” is correct are all discussed in part one of Tim and Andrew’s rundown of Best Picture nominees.
Avatar: The Way of Water (01:22); Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (16:12); The Fabelmans (27:05); Top Gun: Maverick (31:15); and Women Talking (39:18).
Episode 76 - Sundance 2023
For the third year, Tim and Andrew head back to Sundance and check out a few flicks: Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out, Cat Person, A Little Prayer, and Run Rabbit Run.
Episode 75 - Fandom 2022
Tim & Andrew bring back Chase & Lily from Hair of the Werewolf to talk Fandom. This episode goes to a lot of places: Star Trek, Ti West, Prey, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, among many others. Listen below.
Check out Hair of the Werewolf HERE!
Episode 74 - The Fabelmans
Tim & Andrew once again head into Spielberg territory with his new feature, The Fabelmans, or as Andrew calls it: Birth of a Movie Brat.
Bonus Episode - BFI Sight & Sound Greatest Films List
To celebrate the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time list, Andrew recorded a quick bonus episode.
Episode 73 - Halloween Ends (with Bonus Skeletons)
Tim and Andrew discuss the third fourth entry (and thirteenth overall) of the Halloween franchise. They also air out some October viewing skeletons. Love lives today.
Episode 72 - Movies of Summer's Passed Part V: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Lilo & Stitch
Tim & Andrew conclude this year’s summer series with a couple of “aliens meet a family” features: 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and 2002’s Lilo & Stitch. Pepsi rebates, Spielberg’s oeuvre, and lesser-loved Disney flicks come up in the discussion along the way.
Episode 71 - Movies of Summer's Passed Part IV: Blade Runner & Minority Report
The summer series continues with a couple of Philip K. Dick adaptations: Blade Runner and Minority Report. Chase and Lily from Hair of the Werewolf join Tim and Andrew to talk script problems, great production, and the weird legacy of Tom Cruise.
To check out Hair of the Werewolf click HERE!
We talk a fair amount about the deleted voice overs Ford sort of sabotaged. Here’s a video to give you an idea.
Episode 70 - Movies of Summer's Passed Part III: The Thing & Signs
For their third episode in this summer’s series, Tim & Andrew check out a couple of alien invasion films: 1982’s The Thing and 2002’s Signs. Grab your flamethrowers and tin-foil, sit there and see what happens.
Episode 69 – Movies of Summer’s Past Part II: Wrath of Khan & Batman Returns
For the second entry in their summer series, Tim & Andrew examine a couple of second entries in two franchises: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Batman Returns. Herman Melville and Adam West come up more times than expected.
Episode 68 – Movies of Summer’s Past: Poltergeist/ParaNorman
For their summer series this year, Tim and Andrew are going to take a film released in the summer of 1982 and then pair it with another summer release from either 1992, 2002, or 2012.
For the first episode, two PG rated horrors are discussed: 1982’s Poltergeist and 2012’s ParaNorman. The housing crisis, director controversies, and Nike money come up as well along the way.
Episode 67 - 2022 Best Picture Rundown
Tim and Andrew rundown this year's Best Picture nominees for you. Saab Turbos are discussed and they rename a 2005 Ang Lee movie "The Obvious One."
Belfast (00:01:36); CODA (00:08:52); Don't Look Up (00:13:27); Drive My Car (00:23:12); Dune (00:32:48); King Richard (00:37:59); Licorice Pizza (00:42:12); Nightmare Alley (00:49:36); Power of the Dog (00:54:26); West Side Story (01:02:06); Final Thoughts (01:09:41).
Episode 66 - Sundance 2022
Tim and Andrew head back to Sundance and check out a few flicks: When You Finish Saving the World, Watcher, Dual, and Alice.