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242. The Outer Limits Ep. Soldier (Sept.19, 1964) & Demon with a Glass Hand (October 17, 1964)
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In this week's episode, we discuss James Cameron vs. Harlan Ellison. Katie and Darren talk about The Outer Limits episodes that James Cameron watched before he made The Terminator, "Soldier" starring Lloyd Nolan & Catherine McLeod and "Demon with a Glass Hand" starring the great Robert Culp & Arlene Martel. Darren talks about how these are some of …
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This week in the first episode of a new season Katie and Darren talk about Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott claasic novel Little Women. They chat about how this was the led up project to her taking on Barbie, her second film with both Saoirse Ronan & Timothée Chalamet, and also this is the first film that Timmy & Florence Pugh got tog…
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240. Peter Pan (2003) (20th Anniversary Edition)
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Merry Christmas!! We conclude season 6 with a 20 year-old classic that noboby talks about. Katie and Darren talk about Peter Pan. It was the holiday season of 2003 when Peter Pan first hit the theater. The gang mentions how they were excited when the tralier came out playing to "Clocks" by Coldplay and then neither one saw it in the theater. Both d…
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This week we are going backn in the way back machine to 2011 when indie sci-fi was on the in. Another Earth is the film written by director Mike Cahill and star Brit Marling. This film duo makes a gem of a movie about how a tragic accident derails a young girls potential as a mirror Earth is discovered. Enjoy Katie and Darren's discussion on the fi…
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238. 13 Assassins (2010) {13 Film Series Ep.1}
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Starting off our reviews of movies with the number 13 in it; the guys sit down to tal;k about 13 Assassins. This kick ass samurai tale is one oft a kind in its genre and we highly recommend you check it out. Enjoy!!
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An October that had a friday the 13th, of course, the movie of the month we are talking is the original Friday the 13th. Enjoy!!
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236. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
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This week Darren is joined by residential Indiana Jones fan Penny to conclude the series with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Nuff said!! Enjoy!
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235. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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This week we cover the next installment of the Indiana Jones film series with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Darren and Adrienne are here to break downthe movie as well as the fakeout at the end when it looks like Mutt was ready to take up the mantle of Iniana Jones; only to have Indy snatch the hat away from him. The two also …
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234. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Continuing our celebration of the Indiana Jones movies with The Last Crusade. Darren explains why this one holds a special place in his heart for summer blockbusters. Also the. movie stars Harrison Ford and James Bond himself, Sean Connery. Hope you enjoy our chat about this one.
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233. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
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Next up is the second film in the Indiana Jones series, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. A darker silly uneven sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. We discuss the ups the downs and everything in between. Enjoy!!
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232. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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This week your hosts Penny and Darren talk about the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark circa 1981. What else could we say to hype this episode other than with Dial of Destiny in theaters we are celebrating Indiana Jones this summer. Enjoy!!
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This week's movie is Prey, a sequel and prequel and everything we wanted in a new Predator movie. This film was one of the highlights of movies being dumped on streaming services in 2022. It is a cool action flick and worthy sequel of the Predator franchise. So come on and join us as we eat, love, and talk about Prey.…
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230. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
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A long absents and we are back out of the gate with a tale from the master satirest William Shakespeare and starring one of the best romantic duos in Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. We are talking about the 1967 hit romantic comedy The Taming of the Shrew directed by Franco Zeffirelli. This rom-com has endeared and inspired a lot of modern day…
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To end our long hiatus, Katie and Darren talk about The Halloween Tree. Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, this Hanna-Barbera animated tv film was made in one of the greatest decades of animated works, which might have lead to its obscurity. It has Leonard Nimoy anchoring the voice actors. Check it out and enjoy.…
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Happy Halloween everybody!! Katie and Darren give their thoughts on the one and only classic Halloween movie, Halloween circa 1978 directed by John Carpenter and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, PJ Soles, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Stephens, and Kyle Richards. Enjoy!!
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227. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
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Trigger Warning: This podcast features the two hosts talking about how James Fenimore Cooper and others referred to Native Americans. If this is upsetting, you have been warned. With that out of the way we have a great show. Katie and Darren talk about The Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine St…
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This podcast is dedicated to Edward Delgado, who past away in August of this year and he is the father of Darren, Kevin, Dj, and Penny. They talk about his favorite Shane from 1953, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Jack Palance. Enjoy!! Also apologies for the audio issues because this podcast is broken up into two parts. Thank you.…
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225. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
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This week Darren and Klara finish up their reviews of the adapted Steig Larrson novels with The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Enjoy!!
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This week Darren and Katie talk about the latest Japanesse made Godzilla film, Shin Godzilla circa 2016. They talk about everything that makes this film unique; from not having a central character, to its focus on the government bureaucracy, and what is the film actually saying about a government's ability toi manage a crisis. So sit back and give …
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223.. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
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Apologies upfront. The zoom kept crapping out on us, so sorry for the messy editing. Also Spoiler Alert ahead. With that said, today Katie and Darren are talking about one of their favorite movies of 2022 so far. That would be Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. They talk about what makes the main character (Wanda Maxinoff aka The Scarlet …
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222. Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
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We close out our Jurassic Franchise episdoes with Jurassic World: Dominion. It was six movies made in an almost a 30 year span. This is the conclusion to the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy as Jurassic joins the Star Wars and Halloween franchises to have a sequel trilogy to the original film. Enjoy our last episode on Jurassic Park movies.…
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221. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
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Four down ttwo to go. GOF continues its reviews of the Jurassic series this week with the fifth installment, Jurassic World: Falllen Kingdom. This movie grossed a billion and pushed the series into new territory of not going back to that fucking island. Thank god it only took 5 movies for the writers to push the franchise in a new direction with ou…
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Continuing into the new trilogy of Jurassic movies, this week Darren and Adrienne give their takes on Jurassic World. This soft reboot was able to strike a chord with the generations that were kids when the original came out and appeal to the new younger generations. This episode is dedicated to our friend John Hardin who we lost later that year in…
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This week we continue with the Jurassic series with the third installment of the fanchise. Jurassic Park III is slightly better than the first sequel but still falls short of a good movie. Darren and Rob talk about their first time watching the movie and some of the things they liked and the stuff that was bad. Like what was up with that ending?? E…
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218. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
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This week GOF continue their reviews of the Jurassic Park moives with the odd sequel, The Lost World. This flick was based on the follow up novel that Michael Crichton did not want to write and the movie does not care to explore his ideas as Steven Spielberg and David Koepp do their own story. What happened to all the fun characters from the first …
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217. Loose Adaptations: Jurassic Park (1990, 1993)
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Hey there, a new Jurassic Park is coming out this week and the guys thought it would be great to go back and talk about the OG film directed by Steven Spielberg and the novel written by Michael Crichton; in this weeks episode we are subtitling Loose Adaptations. We compare the book and film, rate our favorite Crichton adaptaions, and discuss why th…
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This week Darren and Kevin talk about Unhinged, starring big Russell Crowe as a person completely Unhinged. Perfect for the climate into today's world. Enjoy!!
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In this installment of GOF the gang talks about the adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender bender trippy novel Orlando. It is story of a young man transitioning into a young woman and living forever. Orlando the film is beautifully shot with an amazing color pallet. The film stars Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane and is directed by the female Canadian v…
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This week Katie and Darren go back 30 years in our past to discuss the hidden gem Sneakers. They discuss the politics, the suspense, and the great cast of a film that came out at a simple time but it was so far ahead of its time. It stars Robert Redford, of course it was ahead of its time. Join us as we talk about a forgotten classic.…
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This week we finish off the Captain America films with the last one, Civil War. This is a repost of the guys talking about Civil War back in 2016. They mostly heap. praise on the Marvel movies while talking about the rough start of the DC Movies in the form of the 2 Superman movies and Suicide Squad. Darren and Kevin are still trying to figure out …
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212. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
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This episode was originally recorded in 2015. The guys talk about the movie and Dave explains the MCU to Kevin and Darren, who are not caught up on their Marvel watching. Enjoy!!
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211. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
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Happy Easter!! No religious movie today, however, just a movie that is uniquely American. The first Captain America movie is the center for discussion. This film completed Marvel's big three heroes films, cemented Chris Evans as a legit star, and set the stage for The Avengers the next year. Enjoy!!
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210. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
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This week Darren and Katie take a look at children's adapted fiction with Where the Wild Things Are, circa 2009. Based on the popluar kid's book, this film. came and went in 2009 and is largely forgotten but Katie and Darren talk about why this film resonates with them and the gorgeous cinematography in the film. Come and listen to the pod and find…
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209. JAH: The Batman Films Podcast (1966-2022)
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Darren and Zack talk The Batman films on this episode The subjects discussed: The Batman v. The Dark Knight, Nolan v. Reeves, Bale v. Battinson, Batflleck v. Kilmer, Batman v. Superman, Gorshin v. Dano, Kravitz v. Newmar, and Abrams v. proteges for some reason. Enjoy!!
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This week Dave, Darren, and Curtis talk about the new The Batman. They delve into the new entry in the Batman mythos, as well as mentioning where they would rank it and Robert Pattinson as they new caped crusader. Enjoy!!
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This week Katie and Darren check out the Tobe Hooper sci-fi flick Lifeforce circa 1985. This film is based on a 70s novel and is also an homage to the excellent Quatermass movies of the 50s and 60s. Katie and Darren take a look at the creative choices and significant themes of the film; such as, sex, Mathilda May's performance, sex, space vampires,…
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206. The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
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Welcome Back!! This week Darren and Klara continue their coverage of the Stieg Larsson dark world, with The Girl who Played with Fire. This second entry of Lizabeth Salander and Mikael Bloomkvrist's adventure is the best of the series.Noomi Rapace shines as Salander and is super bad ass and she has a great love scene with actress Yasmine Garbi. Joi…
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205. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
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This week Klara joins Darren to talk about the good version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, sorry Fincher fans, the Swedish version. Based on the world wide popular novel by Stieg Larsson, the film stars Noomi Rapace in her breakout perform as Lizabeth Salander, the computer hacker who helps journalist Michael Bloomkvist solve a mystery. Enjoy!…
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204. The Quentin Tarantino Retrospective Episode
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Trigger Warn, I mean we are talking about Quentin Tarantino movies. What was supposed to be a episode on Reservoir Dogs, turns into the Guys just getting drunk and randomly talking Quentin Tarantino. This podcast was recordrd in the summer of 2013. Have fun listening to nonsense and hot takes.
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203. JAH- Dune (1984) v. Dune (2021)
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This week GOM concludes the Dune talk, for now, with comparing the David Lynch and Denis Villeneuve versions. The guys also talk about the Ridley Scott and Alejandro Jodorowsky failed attempts. And then they ponder what is the better desert, Mexico or The United Arab Emirates. Join ius for this enlightening conversions.…
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Kevin and Darren talk about one the best movies of 2021 which happens to be based on one the best novels of all time. You guessed it, they are reviewing the new Dune film. They talk about their love for nthe novel, the film's visual language, its place among other Dune adaptations and who they would like to see play the key roles in the next instal…
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This week the gang talks the first adptation of the masterpiece sci-fi novel Dune. They talk about how David Lynch was a controversial choice to direct the film. Darren thinks he pulled it off as much as was possible at the time. This podcast was recorded in 2014 so the gang does not talk about the Denis Villeneuve film. That will be left to for ne…
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This week Zack and Darren take a little time to talk about some of the movies they got to see in 2021. Enjoy!
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201. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
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A Christmas movie to close out the year and what a film this one is. No more Sean Connery, until the next one, James Bond was handed to unknown model George Lazenby and The Avengers' star Diana Rigg. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a underrated film. So pour your favorite beverage and join us for this enlightening conversation. Have a Happy New …
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Spoiler Alert: For Spider-Man No Way Home. Our 200th Episode and we are talking Spider-Man Hoemcoming. Nuff said!!
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Thanks for joining us for our bonus Christmas episode and we are talking about a Shane Black Christmas classic, Lethal Weapon. The original buddy cop movie perfecta , Riggs and Murtaugh Have a Happy Holiday Season!!
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199. Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014)
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This week Darren chats with Katy aka Blissful Melancholy about the anime film Garm Wars The Last Druid. This revolutionary film is directed by the legendary Mamoru Oshii, who made such classics as Patlabor 1 & 2 and Ghost in the Shell. Katy and Darren talk about the stunning visuals, the plot heavy story line, and the basset hound featured in the f…
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This week the guys delve into the dark mind of a rich person in Cameron Crowe's remake of Abre Los Ojos, Vanilla Sky. The gang talks about Crowe's choice of music, if there was a conspiracy to remove David from the company, Kurt Russell's supporting performance, and how wonderful of an actress Penelope Cruz is. Enjoy!!…
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This episode Darren is joined by Klara to talk about Mel Gibson's war epic Hacksaw Ridge. Enjoy!!
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In preparation for The Matrix Resurrection, this episode is an old post from 2013 of the OG Matrix movie. The gang talks about their first impressions and where they were when they first watched this ground breaking sci-fi action film. And Kevin explains how this is a paranoids wet dream, why he walked out of the much maligned sequel The Matrix Rel…
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