Tim and Andrew finish out Atomic Summer with a super-computer double feature: Colossus: The Forbin Project and WarGames. They talk about petulant teenage computers, less petulant teenager hackers, how much vermouth is too much, and Cap’n Crunch whistles.
Episode 88 - Barbie
They’re a little late to the party, but Tim and Andrew had to talk about the biggest movie of the summer.
Episode 87 - Atomic Summer Part VI: Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies is the next film in our Atomic Summer series. Giving a better context on the use of the bomb and a look at how war affects everyone, especially children.
Episode 86 - Atomic Summer Part V: Oppenheimer
Tim and Andrew go deep on J. Bob’s A-Bomb flick from Nolan. Barbenheimer, Cropenheimer, hard Cs, and Josh Harnett. Listen below.
Here’s what Andrew was talking about with the whole “Cropenheimer” thing:
Episode 85 -Atomic Summer Part IV: The Iron Giant
Atomic Summer continues with Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant. What if a gun didn’t want to be a gun?
Episode 84 - Atomic Summer Part III: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Tim and Andrew head to DC to see a flying saucer in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Somehow, they find themselves talking about zippers, police states, and an Evil Dead sequel as well.
Episode 83 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Tim and Andrew go on one last ride with Dr. Henry Jones. Listen below.
Episode 82 - Asteroid City
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.