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James Oster (Jimmy O from JoBlo.com!) stops by on his spiky dirt bike thing and we ride away from the Podcast of Inaccessibility and across the wastelands of Internet movie discourse to talk George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and have a wide-ranging conversation of topics including:

How does Anya Taylor-Joy follow in the footsteps of movie stars like Lauren Bacall and Marlene Dietrich? Is Furiosa some sort of bizarrely beautiful hybrid of The Wizard of Oz and For A Few Dollars More? How much does Chris Hemsworth rule as a villain? And what does the perceived box office failure of Furiosa mean for the moviegoing landscape in general - and is it even the movie's fault?

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Marlena Williams (author of Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist) shines in from across the country to talk about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining!

Are the conspiracy theories about the ghastly Overlook saga overblown, or is there any truth to them? Was Stanley Kubrick actually a cinematic puzzle maker, or was he actually more of a "vibes" guy? What's the value of how "boring" the opening of the film is? Was The Shining kind of the first A24 horror film? Did The Shining kind of break film discourse and culture? What does the Tippi Hedren film Roar (you know, the movie where tigers and lions are mauling the cast and crew on film) have to do with any of this bullshit?

All these topics and so many more are delved into, so hang your weird naked lady artwork on the wall and strap in for a conversation about one of the wildest and most totemic horror films in modern Hollywood history!

Buy and read Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist from Amazon or The Ohio State University Press today!

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How much sense does it make to try and recall Skinamarink a year and a half after seeing it? Is it truly a cursed film with the power to leave long lasting psychological scars or are these two grown-ass men just being little babies about it? What does it mean that filmmaking is entering a phase where filmmakers can now replicate and redesign basically any aesthetic from history?

David McEntire and Nick Sanford sit down (in this house) to try and answer all these questions and more!

Some of the videos we talk about in this episode:

Why The Ring Didn't Use Color Grading
Mandy: The Art of Film Grain
Atemporality: Our Relationship To History Has Changed

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After watching the 96th Academy Awards, Sanford flies solo to ruminate on and pontificate about one single question: are the Academy Awards a laughable and out of touch circle jerk or is there value to be found in one of Hollywood's oldest institutions?

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The takes must flow!

Actor/comedian Alex Sanchez (The Praisedown) and Dalton Stuart (GoodTrash GenreCast) stop by to talk about Denis Villeneuve's epic sci-fi film Dune: Part 2 with Nick Sanford, and shit gets WEIRD astonishingly quickly.

What's the value of enjoying spectacle that gets real dark? Did this adaptation sand off too many edges from Frank Herbert's text, or is it great just the way it is? Did Alex Sanchez really cry at Hot Tub Time Machine? Is Zendaya or Rebecca Ferguson the true MVP of the movie? Okay, for real, what's the deal with Sanchez and Hot Tub Time Machine?

Also discussed is where the series could go from here: how do they continue this film series with the text of Dune: Messiah, and where do things like Children of Dune and God Emperor fit into the increasingly bizarre mythology?

It's an incredibly normal conversation about incredibly normal things!

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Nick Sanford flies solo to tell you why you should watch Rachel Lambert's Sometimes I Think About Dying, the new film starring Daisy Ridley from those space trek movies, by any means possible, be it at your local arthouse theater or renting it at home.

This film and podcast episode deal peripherally with death and suicide ideation. If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the 988 Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States. Click here for more information.

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Scary movies aren't just for October. They can also be appreciated during the coldest month of the year - February! The Silence of the Lambs kicked off a Hollywood trend of releasing high powered horror films in the month of February, and Nick Sanford is joined by two distinguished guests - Keegan Parrish (Monsterful Media) and Dalton Stuart (GoodTrash GenreCast) - to draft and rank our favorite cold-month spooky movies from five weird categories!

But films can only be drafted once, and there's a lot of good movies here we like, so how competitive will it get?

Sequel/Remake/Reboot

Scream 3

Hannibal

Friday the 13th (2009)

The Wolfman (2010)

The Invisible Man (2020)

The Crazies

The Woman in Black

Brahms: The Boy II

Final Destination 3

Rings

The Eye (2008)

When A Stranger Calls

The Vanishing

Fantasy Island

Army of Darkness

Certified Fresh

Get Out

The Invisible Man (2020)

The Silence of the Lambs

The Witch

Annihilation

Warm Bodies

Blockbuster

Get Out

Friday the 13th (2009)

The Wolfman (2010)

Shutter Island

Hannibal

The Silence of the Lambs

Cocaine Bear

Scream 3

The Invisible Man (2020)

January Sloppy Seconds

Brahms: The Boy II

Boogeyman (2005)

Cursed (2005)

When A Stranger Calls

The Messengers

Rings

Fantasy Island

The Lazarus Effect

Valentine (2001)

Dark Skies

Lisa Frankenstein

Pitch Black

Wild Card

In The Mouth of Madness

Queen of the Damned

Lisa Frankenstein

The Cursed (2022)

Knock at the Cabin

The Number 23

8mm

The Vanishing

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The Exorcist shocked audiences upon its initial release 50 years ago, but why and how? What made William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin the perfect dudes at the perfect time to bring this film to life?

Is there a way to reverse-engineer the filmmaking of The Exorcist to find out why it was able to cast such a spell on moviegoers? Is that a worthy endeavor, or something only an idiot would try?

If your answer is "yes" to either half of that last sentence, this is the podcast for you!

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