Best Dan Gibbins and Keith Kollee Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 60: Dark Phoenixes (Feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe) 1:39:58

5h ago1:39:58

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The X-Men film franchise was weird. Highs and lows and continuity just all over the place, and rather than sum it all up, Dan and Keith and special guest/X-Men enthusiast Munsi Parker-Munroe dig into its weirdest chapter: that time they took two tries at making a movie out of the Dark Phoenix saga, and hired the same writer both times. In 2006, Bre…

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Episode 59: Roads, Houses 1:33:47

11d ago1:33:47

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Get ready for a lot of punching and a little plot as Recovered takes on Road House! In 1989, Patrick Swayze is a legendary bouncer (something we're assured exists) out to save a struggling Kansas bar from the local tyrant rich man through calm, Zen, and if needed some fisticuffs. Jump forward to about a month ago, and Jake Gyllenhaal plays a very d…

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Episode 58: Reboots to Come Revisited 1:18:47

27d ago1:18:47

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Back in early 2023, Dan and Keith did a special two-part episode looking at franchises speeding towards a reboot, and reboot/remakes hitting screens in 2023. Now they return for updates: which franchises are getting closer to hitting the screen? Which are farther away somehow and why? Plus Dan gives brief reviews of Wonka, Indiana Jones and the Dia…

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Punishers Revisited 2:19:37

1M ago2:19:37

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Recovered is taking a brief break to process some unfortunate real-world issues, and while we do that, we're pleased to bring back one of our favourites, Crimes and Punishers. Get ready for pizza parties, pity parties, and an attempt to make "Yummy in my tummy" feel threatening as Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, and the late, great Ray Stevenson bring…

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Episode 57: Two Grits 1:53:53

2M ago1:53:53

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Dan and Keith are back in the old west as a young girl, a grizzled marshal, and a cocky (and creepy) Texas ranger seek justice-slash-revenge in two takes on True Grit. In 1969, an aging John Wayne plays slightly against type as Rooster Cogburn, while still basically being John Wayne. It's considered an all-time classic western, so who would remake …

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Episode 56: Prom Nights 1:02:12

2M ago1:02:12

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Grab your corset, rent your limo, and prepare to celebrate with bad choices, because Recovered is going to the prom! For murders! Back in 1980, scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis and not-yet-comedy icon Leslie Nielsen teamed up for Prom Night, a Canadian made horror movie about four teens hunted by a masked killer due to their past misdeeds... well, eve…

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Episode 55: Groundhog Days 2: A Free Palm Springs Death Day 1:25:04

3M ago1:25:04

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We've seen how Time Loop cinema moved from magical romcom to suspense thriller to sci-fi action, and now Dan and Keith jump back into the loops for slasher horror, and back to romcoms, now with a 2020s spin. First up, Happy Death Day, a proud part of Blumhouse's "But what if the popular thing were horror" collection, as a college student must reliv…

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Episode 54: Groundhog Days Part 1: Edging Tomorrow 1:25:11

3M ago1:25:11

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Do you think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow? That's right, woodchuckers, it's Groundhog Day! And subsequent movies inspired by Bill Murray's attempts to escape eternity in February 2nd. Instead of true remakes, Dan and Keith delve into how Groundhog Day popularized the time loop, and how the genre worked its way from magical romcom throu…

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Episode 53: Fletch Quests 1:14:54

4M ago1:14:54

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Time for some whodunnits and laughs as Dan and Keith delve into the comedic mysteries of Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, investigative journalist. Way way back in the 1980s, Chevy Chase found success bringing the popular novel character to life as Fletch solves crimes through SNL sketches and determination. Over three decades and one failed attempt by Kev…

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Episode 52: Disney's Haunted Mansions 1:35:15

4M ago1:35:15

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Keep your arms and legs inside your Doom Buggy and avoid flash photography, because Dan and Keith are delving into the Haunted Mansions! First, back in 2003, at the tail end of Disney's attempts to make hit movies out of their theme park attractions, Eddie Murphy brings... comedy, question mark?... to an adventure through the Gracie Mansion. Then, …

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Episode 51: Freddy Vs Jason Vs Michael Bay 2:02:26

5M ago2:02:26

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The Recovered Slasher Saga reaches the conclusion, as Dan and Keith take on the time Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes tried to reinvent Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger for a new generation, following the eras rules for a horror remake: bigger gore, too much CGI, and get a Supernatural cast member in there. Is this Jason the meaty murderer we'd been wa…

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Episode 50: Les Femmes Nikita 2:14:57

5M ago2:14:57

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Recovered takes a break from iconic mass murderers for... lady assassins? Okay. We head back to the 90s for a young Luc Besson's breakout movie, La Femme Nikita, and its questionably necessary American remake Point of No Return with Bridget Fonda. Video Vulture John Tebbutt returns to walk Dan and Keith through his youthful love for the French orig…

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Episode 49: Dan V Keith 2: Freddy Vs Jason 1:12:58

6M ago1:12:58

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After 10 Fridays the 13th and seven Nightmares on various Elm Streets, Dan and Keith arrive at the penultimate stop of the slasher saga: the title bout of Freddy Vs Jason. The dream terrors of Freddy Krueger collide with the brutal and blunt kills of Jason Vorhees, while Dan and Keith battle over best or worst cast member, casting conspiracy theori…

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Freddy's Dreads: The Final(?) Nightmares 1:34:22

7M ago1:34:22

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Round two of Dan and Keith and Freddy Krueger, as the franchise goes from silly to dumb to... very meta. The slow slide from dread to cartoonish began last time with The Dream Master, and now the slide speeds up through The Dream Child and into the doomed-to-be-broken promise of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Then, three years after Freddy's c…

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Episode 47: The Nightmares Elm Street, Part 1 2:20:08

7M ago2:20:08

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Dan and Keith's Freddy/Jason deep dive continues as they move from Crystal Lake to Elm Street for the various dream-crimes of Freddy Kreuger. In part one, we look at how the original shaped the franchise Wes Craven never intended, how the second film is essentially the Super Mario Bros. 2 of horror, then debate whether the original or Dream Warrior…

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Episode 46: The Stories Philadelphia 1:37:12

7M ago1:37:12

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Time for a deep cut! We jump all the way back to 1940 for the classic comedy The Philadelphia Story, in which Katherine Hepburn is torn between Cary Grant, James Stewart, and the shlub she's actually engaged to who isn't either and thus has no chance. Dan's delighted to present a true classic, Keith is out to get Cary Grant Twitter cancelled, but t…

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Episode 45: Recovered Goes to Hell: The "Final" Fridays 2:11:30

8M ago2:11:30

2:11:30

It's part two of our deep dive into the Friday the 13th Franchise, in which hockey-masked killer Jason Vorhees Lives, battles the New Blood, and takes scenic trips to Manhattan, Hell, and Deep Space. Dan and Keith break down the carnage from potentially the best installment to some of the worst, all of the ridiculous new lore lathered into the "Fin…

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Episode 44: The Fridays 13th Part 1: A New Beginning 1:38:16

8M ago1:38:16

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A new multi-franchise crossover breakdown begins as Dan and Keith pack up the van for some fun at scenic Crystal Lake, home of the Vorhees clan! We unpack the Fridays the 13th, from their humble Kevin Bacon-wrapped origins, to the three-film journey to hone Jason Vorhees as a horror icon, to the beginnings of the Tommy Jarvis Triptych, in which the…

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Episode 43: Did the DCEU Need a Reboot? 1:58:52

9M ago1:58:52

1:58:52

Short answer yes, long answer, this episode. Before we abandon superheroes for super killers, Dan and Keith take a look at the DC Extended Universe that was, and the DC Universe to come. Did the last three movies deserve to bomb? Why did they? And beyond the movies, what chronic issues were pointing to DC Entertainment needing to get its house in o…

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Episode 42: West Side Stories 2: Anita's Revenge (feat. Erin Weir & Claire Bolton) 1:16:21

9M ago1:16:21

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It's part two of the Recovered/Academy Vs Audience crossover! After Keith popped over to AVA to discuss 1961's West Side Story, Claire and Erin hop into Recovered to talk Steven Spielberg's 2021 Oscar nominated remake. What improvements did Spielberg make? What did he sacrifice to make them? Who deserved more Oscar love than they got, and who absol…

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Episode 41: Piranhae! 1:32:15

10M ago1:32:15

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Get set to get wet, because Dan and Keith are heading into the water for two takes on murder fish! In 1978, king of schlock Roger Corman gives newbie director Joe Dante a break with his Jaws knock-of Piranha, then decades later the self-aware schlock of the 2010s cranked the spicy content to 11 for the oddly star-studded Piranha 3D. Dan and Keith u…

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Episode 40: Capes, Fears 1:27:04

10M ago1:27:04

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Grab your Panama hat, warm up the houseboat, and keep a weather eye out for rakes, because Recovered is heading to Cape Fear! Dan and Keith head back to the 1960s, when Gregory Peck produced an adaptation of the novel The Executioners only to get out-acted by Robert Mitchum and end up bankrupting his own production company. Three decades (ish) late…

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Episode 39: The Super Mario Bros. Recovered Show! 1:28:22

11M ago1:28:22

1:28:22

Dan and Keith dig into two attempts to make the Mario Bros Movie: one live action flick that's an infamous failure, and one Minion-Motion animated movie that, depending on your take, might be a regrettable success? We've got love for Leguizamo, debates on "quippiness," and questions on how rational it is to expect every animated movie to reach the …

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Episode 38: Dungeons! Dragons! Thieves! Hats? 1:50:34

11M ago1:50:34

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Roll for initiative, listeners, because it's time to delve Dungeons for Dragons! Two movies attempted to bring the classic table-top role playing game to the big screen, and one's a true treasure chest while the other is but a vicious mimic. Dan and Keith turn the clock back to 2000 to watch Jeremy Irons savagely, remorselessly overact in Dungeons …

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Episode 37: Points Broken 1:49:00

12M ago1:49:00

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Wax your board, check your chute, and pop a Monster or a Red Bull (not NOS, wrong franchise), because it's time for EXTREME crimes in Point Break! Dan and Keith venture back to then-power-couple Kathryn Bigalow and James Cameron's surfing and bank robbing bromance, as Keanu Reeves pursues Patrick Swayze, and Lori Petty is also here to keep the homo…

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Episode 36: So It's Come to This... The Justice League Episode 2:46:07

12M ago2:46:07

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After 18 films of Batmans dark or campy, Supermans classic and infamous, and the two V-ing each other, the journey concludes, and it's time to tackle the Justice Leagues. Dan and Keith unpack all four hours of Zack Snyder's Justice League, examine the new scenes the studio hammered into the theatrical cut, and look at the strengths and weaknesses o…

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Episode 35: Dan V Keith on Batman V Superman 1:26:30

1y ago1:26:30

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And so, after 11 movies' worth of eight Batmen, and six movies covering three Supermen, Dan and Keith arrive at their intersection: Zack Snyder's... let's call it divisive opus Batman V Superman. Keith hates, Dan likes it, they're digging into to who's right while admitting that "flawless masterpiece vs worst movie ever" discourse is just, it's jus…

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Episode 34: Legally Complicated Revenge (feat. John Tebbutt) 2:20:22

1y ago2:20:22

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John Tebbutt, your Video Vulture, is back to walk Dan and Keith through the history of Donald Westlake's Parker novels, and the feature films similar to but legally distinct from his classic anti-hero protagonist. Back in the 1960s, classic Tough Guy Lee Marvin plays "Walker," the Parker-esque crook out to wring his rightful cut of some heist money…

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Episode 33: Supermans, Four: A Quest for Geeks 3:14:31

1y ago3:14:31

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With the journey through nearly every cinematic Batman complete, Dan and Keith turn their gaze to the film history of the Man of Tomorrow, the Last Son of Krypton, Superman! From Reeves to Reeve to Routh to... 'Ry Cavill, we take on every theatrically released Superman, and review the legacy of Richard Donner in both this franchise and beyond. Keit…

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Episode 32: Quiet Western Fronts 1:16:26

1y ago1:16:26

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In the wake of the 95th Oscars (recorded before they happened), Dan and Keith take on two takes of a classic war story from opposite ends of film history with All Quiet on the Western Front, and how it's evolved from the dawn of the sound era to the age of the Netflix Exclusive. First, a look the 1930 OG, the third film ever to win Best Picture, le…

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Episode 31: Tombs Raided (feat. Emma Gallaher) 1:53:02

1y ago1:53:02

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Dan and Keith plunge into forgotten crypts to unearth an examination of the cinematic takes on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider! First, Oscar winner Angelina Jolie takes Lara through two movies, one hyper-dumb but somewhat fun, one that's more competent but less interesting. Then, once the video games reinvent themselves to target a new audience, Oscar winn…

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Episode 30: The Batmanning Returns 2:57:23

1y ago2:57:23

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Round two of Recovered's journey through cinematic Bat-history! We leave behind the aggressive camp of the 90s and plunge into a aggressive realism of the 21st century Bats... with a detour into things animated and block-based along the way. Will we find the Best Batman? Which two wildly different movies are the lead competitors? What makes for a h…

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Episode 29: The Batmanning Begins 2:27:19

1+ y ago2:27:19

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The time has come, the promised day has arrived: Keith and Dan begin their journey through the entire cinematic history of the Dark Knight, the Caped Crusader, the goddamn Batman. This instalment takes us from the camp days of Adam West to the camp revival of Joel Schumacher, as our hosts assess each era by the aesthetics, characters, story, action…

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Episode 28: Reboots Yet To Be 2 43:10

1+ y ago43:10

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We've talked about what the big superhero franchises should do next, now Dan and Keith dive into 2023's crop of reboots, remakes, and requels to see what's worth getting excited for. Evil Dead is back? Hell yes. Can an Exorcist requel compete with Conjuring spin-offs? Are we sure the Wonka origin movie isn't a joke? Which is the one we're angriest …

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Episode 27: Reboots Yet To Come (part one) 1:11:44

1+ y ago1:11:44

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While taking a holiday break, Dan and Keith sat by roaring fires to sip seasonal beverages* and discuss not remakes that have been made, but those yet to come. Some major IPs are barreling towards rebooting; what do they need to do to improve on what's already been done? From the tone of Marvel's First Family to underused villains to criminally neg…

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Episode 26: Two Very Quiet Evenings 1:38:03

1+ y ago1:38:03

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Recovered remains festive in our own weird way as Dan and Keith dig into the horror classic Silent Night, Deadly Night, and its 2010s remake simply titled Silent Night. Santas are out to punish the guilty in elaborate, gory ways, and Keith and Dan struggle to parse exactly why and to form any sort of connection with the rapidly introduced victims. …

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Episode 25: Grinches and the Art of Stealing Christmas 1:34:21

1+ y ago1:34:21

1:34:21

Recovered gets festive as Dan and Keith dig into three takes on Dr. Seuss' classic heist tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. A brief overview of the animated short, then the two big screen Grinches: Jim Carrey in a rubber fursuit, and the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch as what Keith hates to learn is The Grinch Tumblr Got Horny For. Who Grinched t…

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Episode 24: Fistful of Djangos (w/ John Tebbutt) 2:27:32

1+ y ago2:27:32

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Special guest John Tebbutt, the Video Vulture, joins Dan and Keith through a tour of cinematic Djangos. In the beginning, the spaghetti western Django introduces a mysterious gunfighter with a coffin; decades later, Japan gets into the Django game with the Quentin Tarantino-backed-and-co-starring Sukiyaki Western Django, somehow set in feudal Japan…

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Episode 23: Rebeccas: Hitchcock Vs Netflix 1:55:11

1+ y ago1:55:11

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Recovered eases our way out of spooky season by switching from horror to suspense, with two adaptations of Daphne du Maurier's novel, Rebecca. First up, Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick takes a chance on a rookie British filmmaker named Alfred Hitchcock to bring the novel to live with (future Sir) Laurence Olivier; eight decades later,…

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Episode 22: Hells Raised 1:30:34

1+ y ago1:30:34

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Dan and Keith have such sights to show you, as Recovered tackles Hellraiser! Travel back to the late 80s, as horror Maestro Clive Barker adapts his own novella about the Cenobites, unearthly beings with no distinction between pleasure and pain, and how they become minor players in one young woman's struggle against her step-mother and abusive, rece…

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Episode 21: Flatlines and the Doctors Who Cross Them 1:01:08

1+ y ago1:01:08

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Welcome to spooky season! Dan and Keith begin to settle into the Halloween spirit with the brat pack (citation needed) thriller Flatliners and the 2010s remake that see med students attempting to peek beyond the veil to see what waits beyond death, only to learn the answer is varying amounts of murder ghosts. The original assembles an early 90s all…

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Episode 20: Ocean's 30 2:07:48

1+ y ago2:07:48

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Three movies, two cities, 30 heisters! Dan and Keith go back to the 60s for Ocean's 11, the Rat Pack's heist flick that gave them an excuse to party in Vegas, then hop to 2001 for the remake that spawned a franchise, and to 2018 for the female led requel Ocean's 8! Who had the best crew? The best heist? Could they maybe have had better female roles…

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Poseidon's Adventures 1:28:36

1+ y ago1:28:36

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Get set to get wet as Recovered goes to sea for the Poseidon Adventure, one of the highlights of the 70s disaster flick craze, and it's 2000s remake, simply titled Poseidon. The 70s bring a star-studded cast, and the remake is filled with actors Dan knows from things Keith refuses to watch. Ships are flipped, lives are lost, and don't get attached …

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18: Poltergeists 1:31:02

1+ y ago1:31:02

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Dan and Keith venture back into horror for iconic 80s classic Poltergeist, and the 2010s sequel they needed to be reminded happened. We dig into the big questions: who really directed the original? How can the remake star both Sam Rockwell and Jared Harris yet pass this unmemorably? Who's using the supporting cast better? If practical effects can b…

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Death Races 2000 and Something 1:59:18

1+ y ago1:59:18

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Dan and Keith speed into the far flung future year of 2000 as envisioned by 1975, for the dystopic blood sport of Death Race 2000. Car-based gladiators slaughter their way through a cross-country race of miles and mayhem in a world dominated by the cruelty of minority rule fascism, where the resistance can't stop fighting each other long enough to …

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Episode 16: Totally Recalled 1:30:34

2y ago1:30:34

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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Your wife tried to kill you Can you escape to reality? Total Recalls Get your ass to Mars and seeeeeeee Dan and Keith take on two very rough adaptations of Philip K. Dick's We Can Remember It For You Wholesale: Arnold Schwarzenegger's hyper-violent 90s classic Total Recall, and Colin Farrell's 2012 remak…

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Episode 15: Candymen 1:16:45

2y ago1:16:45

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Grab your hook and your beard of bees as Dan and Keith return to horror through Candyman! First we dive into the Clive Baker-inspired 90s original, as Virginia Madsen is haunted by the iconic Tony Todd through the ghettos of Chicago, then jump aaaaallll the way to 2021 as Jordan Peele helps usher in Nia DaCosta's remake that turns out to be a surpr…

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14: Lucky Sevens Part 2: The Magnificents 2:01:40

2y ago2:01:40

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Our two-part look into the legacy of the Seven Samurai continues as Dan and Keith take on the western so nice they made it twice, The Magnificent Seven! The manliest men of the early sixties put a cowboy twist on Kurosawa's samurai epic, then a surprising number of decades later, Denzel Washington reunites with Antoine Fuqua, director of Training D…

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Episode 13: Lucky Sevens Part 1: Samurai and Swords 1:36:00

2y ago1:36:00

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In a topic too big for one episode, Dan and Keith travel back to feudal Japan to revisit Akira Kurosawa's classic, The Seven Samurai, and the films it inspired. There's a lot to break down: legendary warriors, a town in crisis, and a debate among our co-hosts on Toshiro Mifune's wardrobe choices for the big siege, and then it's time to jump forward…

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Episode 12: The Movies Muppet 1:59:20

2y ago1:59:20

1:59:20

It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to unpack Muppets on Recovered 'cast tonight. Dan and Keith re-examine that old, forgotten emotion of "joy" as they revisit Jim Henson's The Muppet Movie and Jason Segel's tribute/reboot, The Muppets. Brace for hot takes on quality of cameos and quantity of Gonzo. Is there ever s…

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