Forrest Miller, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and KT Baldassaro talk to @JacobinMag and @filmsuckpodcast1517 film critic Eileen Jones about Tim Burton's new film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Tim Burton is BACK!! #timburton #michaelkeaton #beetlejuice #beetlejuicebeetlejuicebeetlejuice #jennaortega #winonaryder #catherineohara #monicabelluci The new sequ…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, KT Baldassaro, and Kristina Oakes talk about Antonia Bird and Ted Griffin's 1999 Cannibal Western Satire Ravenous We welcome KT Baldassaro @MovieRuntime as a permanent co-host and this week we asked her to pick a horror movie that was important to her as a filmmaker and film fan! Ravenous is Guy Pearce's second Hollywood mov…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Jason Myles talk about Paul Verhoeven's 1997 Starship Troopers #starship #starshiptroopers #robocop #casper #neilpatrickharris #deniserichards #michaelironside #heinlein #scifi #sciencefiction #bugs #arachnids Highly misunderstood in 1997, Verhoeven and Neumeier's adaptation of the Robert …

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, #1 Cillian Murphy Fan Kristina Oakes and Becky Rice talk about Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's 2007 sci-fi thriller Sunshine #sunshine #dannyboyle #alexgarland #sunshine #cillianmurphy #michelleyeoh #scifi #chrisevans #civilwar The casting in this one is pretty great: Cillian Murphy as an AstroPhysicist named…

After a longer than anticipated production hiatus, we are back and boy did we pick hell of a film to come back with. This episode is all about witches, dancing, and hooks as we talk about the remake to Argento's classic film, Suspiria from 2018. A longer film than we anticipated but was it worth our time?? We also talk about some stuff we've been d…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Josh from @TheAfternoonTune_ talk about Deadpool & Wolverine After the insanely popular 2016 movie Deadpool, the second Rated-R Marvel Movie, Deadpool 2 and the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox.. Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool enters the MCU with the new movie Deadpool and Wolverine #d…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Ron Purtee talk about Charlie Chaplin's the Great Dictator #charliechaplin #chaplin #thegreatdictator #worldwar2 #talkies #silentfilm Ron Purtee can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@ImUncleRon or @ ImUncleRon on social media. Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh The Movie Night E…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron talk to Lauren Chouinard and KT Baldassaro @MovieRuntime about all things Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings. #thelordoftherings #peterjackson #hobbit #middleearth #tolkien #fellowshipofthering #twotowers #returnoftheking #massive #vfx #weta #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #smeagol #gollum Our last episo…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron talk to Valve Composer Mike Morasky, who was Lead Massive Technical Director on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and KT Baldassaro about all things Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings. #thelordoftherings #peterjackson #hobbit #middleearth #tolkien #fellowshipofthering #twotowers #returnoftheking #massive #…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and KT Baldassaro talk to director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Walker) and J.G. Michael about Alex's career, Repo Man, his filmmaking style, punk rock filmmaking, and his last movie! #alexcox #repoman #sidandnancy #punk #punkrock #walker #filmmaking #director Alex is currently fundraising for his last…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron are joined by Jared Skolnick to talk about Furiosa, a Mad Max Saga! After the incredible Mad Max Fury Road in 2015, Furiosa is a prequel that tells the story of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) and the events in the Wasteland that led to her living in the Citadel. Furiosa details a war between Dementus (Chris He…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron talk about Richard Linklater's Hit Man After a pretty intense episode and After Party reviewing Kinds of Kindness, we figured we should do something fun that wouldn't take up alot of energy. Richard Linklater and Glen Powell's new erotic thriller/romantic comedy Hit Man fits the bill. Based on a semi-true…

Still fresh in theaters and not even done with its theatrical roll out, the Movie Night Extravaganza crew are joined by KT Baldassaro to talk about the brand new Yorgos Lanthimos anthology (ahem, in fact, triptych fable technically as critics keep stating) "Kinds of Kindness" Kinds of Kindness is an anthology in three parts: the Death of RMF, RMF i…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron and Renee Ruin talk about the 1994 musical drama 'the Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert' To close out Queer Cinema Spectacular, we recruited our Australian Film Correspondent Renee Ruin to talk about an iconic Queer film that was filmed in Australia. Priscilla follows two drag queens: Hugo Weaving a…

We are back, at least temporarily to let you all know what's been happening during the Skewered Universe Podcast production hiatus. There's talk about stuff we've been watching, video games we have been playing, and some personal stuff that I share because I wanted to open about some things I've only every vaguely mentioned in the past. It's an off…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Becky Rice talk about Todd Haynes 2015 romantic drama Carol. Based on a semi-autobiographical Patricia Highsmith novel (written under a pen name) that was written just two years after Strangers on a Train.. Cate Blanchett stars as Carol, a lesbian socialite going through a divorce, and Rooney Mara stars …

Forrest, J. Andrew World, KT Baldassaro, and Kristina Oakes talk about Sean Baker's 2015 comedy-drama Tangerine #tangerine #seanbaker #jamesransone #transgender #pridemonth #anora #lgbt #iphone #kiki #sundance Tangerine is a film, shot with 3 iPhone 5S's, about a Transgender Sex Worker who finds out her boyfriend/pimp has been cheating on her. This…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk about Yorgos Lanthimos's 2018 historical period black comedy the Favourite. #emmastone #yorgoslanthimos #thefavourite #poorthings #oliviacolman #rachelweisz #pridemonth #queercomedy Before Poor Things, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos teamed up for this period black comedy starring Oli…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, J. Andrew World, Kristina Oakes and Matt Strackbein AKA the Letterhack talk about Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name It's officially Pride Month! For Pride Month, we are covering all LGBTQ Related movies. Queer Cinema. Call Me By Your Name stars Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer as a 17 year old and 24 year old grad stu…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron and Kristina Oakes are joined by Dan from the Internet @danfromtheinternet and Bam to talk about Spike Lee's Inside Man #spikelee #denzelwashington #insideman #cliveowen #jodiefoster #film Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh This is our last episode for May because Conan is getting ready for Caterwaul and…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Renee Ruin of @thenightshift3871 and KT Baldassaro @MovieRuntimeKt talk about Michele Soavi's 1994 horror-comedy-zombie-romance movie Cemetery Man By the same author as #dylandog Rupert Everett is Francesco Dellamorte of Dellamorte Dellamore a cemetery caretaker who must put down zombies before they eat the …

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Chief Greta Gerwig Correspondent Lauren Chouinard talk about Little Women! #gretagerwig #florencepugh #timotheechalamet #littlewomen #emmawatson #dune2 Lauren's recent Girls State review for Merry Go Round Magazine: https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/girls-state-spells-doom-with-a-dash-of-hope-for-the-girl…

*We had a minor audio issue during this episode so apologies for the less than stellar sound. I, Jeff, did as much as I could on the back end to clean it up and make it sound as listenable as possible. We are working on some audio upgrades for the near future, but we have the current issues finally sorted out and should be back to sounding more nor…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron talk to Jacobin and FilmSuck Film Critic Eileen Jones about Craig Gillespie's 2023 Biographical Comedy Dumb Comedy. A comedy about the 2021 Reddit GameStop Saga. #dumbmoney #reddit #gamestop #sethrogen #pauldano #wallstreetbets #americaferrera #money #finance #petedavidson #shortsqueeze This whole month w…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, and Conan Neutron are joined by Chris Ferry of the upcoming EastHampton Film Festival (May 2nd-5th, 2024) to talk about Adam McKay's The Big Short #thebigshort #ryangosling #stevecarrell #bradpitt #2008 #2015 #housingmarket #financial #wallstreet Easthampton Film Festival in Easthampton, MA on May 2nd-5th tickets are on sa…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron and Kristina Oakes are joined by Ben Dixon of the Benjamin Dixon Show to talk about Martin Scorsese's the Wolf of Wall Street #wolfofwallstreet #wallstreet #martinscorsese #margotrobbie #leonardodicaprio #jonahhill This whole month we are doing movies about money! Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Conan…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and KT Baldassaro talk about James Foley and David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross #davidmamet #alpacino #money #wallstreet #kevinspacey #edharris #realestate #realestateagent James Foley directs David Mamet's Pultizer Prize Winning play about the cut throat world of real estate with a whole cast …

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and J.G. Michael discuss Oliver Stone's Wall Street #wallstreet #oliverstone #charliesheen #platoon #martinsheen #romancingthestone #michaeldouglas #darylhannah Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Conan Neutron has music available from Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends and could use music…

We continue with Leiann's Birthday Month and this time she decided to choose the 2020 film starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, Vivarium. Before we decided to check out house #9 in a housing development of infinitely identical homes with no residents, we talk a bit about the Netflix series The Sandman, based on the Neil Gaiman graphic novel. …

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and #australia correspondent Renee Ruin @ReneeRuin of the Night Shift @thenightshift3871 about director Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock #melbourne #mystery #deadpoetssociety #trumanshow #australian Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Conan Neutron has music available from Conan Neutron…

Forrest, Conan Neutron, J. Andrew World, and Kristina Oakes are joined by McKenzie Wilkes of the Criterion Connection and Austin Danger Podcasts to talk about Birds of Prey #birdsofprey #margotrobbie #ewanmcgregor #dc #dceu #maryelizabethwinstead #harleyquinn #joker Join our discord: discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Conan Neutron has music available from Cona…

It's March which means it's Leiann's Birthday month so we are watching movies of her choosing. We kick off this episode talking a bit about the recently released docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV and how it made us feel equally depressed, saddened, disgusted and angry and how I've been going back through the early 2000's superhero s…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Ron Purtee talk about Alexander Payne's 2013 comedy-drama road trip film Nebraska A decade before #theholdovers, #alexanderpayne directed this family drama starring #brucedern and #willforte about grief, aging, family, understanding and empathy. #oscars2024 #nebraska #oscars2013 #paulgiamatti We now have…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron and SIFF's Becky Rice talk about Denis Villenueve's Dune Part 2! We now have a discord: discord.gg/nPRjYrQH Conan Neutron has music available from Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends and could use music sales now more than ever.. https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com OR if you want to become a Protonic Reversal …

We are covering the 2024 Academy Awards!! Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes, and KT Baldassaro talked Academy Awards 96 LIVE, but YouTube took the stream down twice!!! #oscars #academyawards #oscars2024 #bestpicture #killersoftheflowermoon #barbie #oppenheimer #pastlives #christophernolan #gretalee #gretagerwig #margotrobbie #…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, Kristina Oakes and Renee Ruin of The Night Shift join up for the final movie of our Oscars 2023 coverage. #poorthings #oscars #yorgoslanthimos #academyawards #markruffalo Over the next month and a half, we are going to be covering the #oscars movies leading up to our Oscar Night livestream!! #academyawards #…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes talk to Zach B. Marsh about Cord Jefferson's American Fiction. Rounding out February, Cord Jefferson, like Celine Song of #pastlives, is a first time writer-director which seems to be a big thing this year.. although.. unlike Celine Song whose movie is semi-autobiographical #americanfictio…

First Watch February comes to a close with a hell of a finale. Leiann and I were joined by our very good friend and fellow podcaster from Strange Highways, Paul Steadman and his lovely wife Mary to discuss Satoshi Kon's 1997 animated feature Perfect Blue. It's always a blast to talk with Paul and it was even better having Mary on as well to talk ab…

First Watch February continues and I had the pleasure of talking with writer, director, podcast host, comedian and one of my co-hosts on Tales from The Podcast, Ron Purtee. This was Ron's selection and made a perfect movie to consume for this month. **Before you watch this movie, if you have misophonia or another auditory issue that make multiple p…

Forrest, J. Andrew World, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined by KT Baldassaro and Lauren Chouinard to talk about Todd Haynes May December #maydecember #toddhaynes #natalieportman #oscars #juliannemoore Over the next month and a half, we are going to be covering the #oscars movies leading up to our Oscar Night Livestream!! #academyawards #…

We kick off First Watch February by checking out the 2022 film The Menu. A stellar cast and a very cool premise had Leiann and I ready to sit down and dine on this one. #skewereduniversepodcast #skewereduniverse #podcast #horror #horrorpodcast #horrormovies #movies #themenumovie #themenu2022 #themenu #ralphfiennes #anyataylor-joy #nicholashoult Wan…