Best Timemachine Podcasts (2024)

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Special Subject: King Vidor Sampler, the 1930s – STREET SCENE (1931), CYNARA (1932), OUR DAILY BREAD (1934) & STELLA DALLAS (1937) 1:54:39

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We went deep for our second King Vidor Special Subject episode, looking at four films from the 1930s: Street Scene (1931), adapted by Elmer Rice from his famous stage play about working-class New Yorkers; the little-known Cynara (1932), starring Ronald Colman as a kindly upper-middle-class man who stumbles into adultery and the abyss; Our Daily Bre…

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Zach Braff Mopes, Bojack Horseman Sulks, so Horray for Blankman 2:34:51

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Aug. 16-22: Bruce Willis kills the erotic thriller, Seth Green goes camping, the first Exorcist prequel, Scott Pilgrim goes forth, GamerGate gives everyone a bad name, Terry Gilliam’s hung up on math, Sin City returns, and Chloe Grace Moretz might go. All that and more this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago!…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 19: THE HOLCROFT COVENANT (1985) and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (2018) 1:11:20

6d ago1:11:20

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Our final Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode is an odd one, with Dave arguing for the value of John Frankenheimer's The Holcroft Covenant (1985), a Nazi conspiracy thriller from a novel by Robert Ludlum, and Elise arguing for the value of The Other Side of the Wind (2018), Orson Welles' startling comeback film-that-never-was. Then we give o…

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The Aussie Desert Gets Dragged, We Lose to AVP, and an Ill-Timed Cop Comedy 2:29:58

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Aug. 9-15: Sly Stallone is expendable again, the good Woodstock revival, Pauly Shore joins the army, baseball shuts down, we go inside the Actor’s Studio, the Princess Diaries return, Richard Linklater takes 12 years to make a movie, Jeff Bridges is giving, Outlander goes to the highlands, and we miss Robin Williams. All that and more from 30, 20, …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1947: BOOMERANG & KISS OF DEATH 1:11:44

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This Fox 1947 Studios Year by Year episode looks at two examples of the docu-noir: Boomerang! (directed by Elia Kazan), starring Dana Andrews as a prosecuting attorney who has to decide between morality and political expedience; and Kiss of Death (directed by Henry Hathaway), in which Victor Mature's sympathetic gangster is menaced by Richard Widma…

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Adam Sandler’s a Lone Ranger, Tom Cruise Hijacks Jamie Foxx, and the Ninja Turtles Go Big 2:33:55

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Aug. 2-8: Harrison Ford’s in danger, Ang Lee makes us hungry, Alfalfa sings, Dave Matthews craps on Chicago, horror on the open water, The Venture Brothers begin, Sharknado minus sharks, and we spend five nights at Freddy’s. All that and more, this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Guardians of the Galaxy, The Mask, The Village: Thirty Twenty Ten Jul 26-Aug2 2:44:21

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Marvel's biggest cinematic risk breaks out, M. Night Shyamalan silliest twist yet, and Jim Carrey becomes one of comedy's biggest stars. Plus Manchurian remakes, a James Brown biopic, Justice League will never die, Harold and Kumar begin their quest, and the end of Rugrats. All that and more this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago!…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 18: LOTTE IN WEIMAR (1975) and THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978) 1:17:13

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Our penultimate Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode brings us Lilli as a protagonist again at last, in Lotte in Weimar (1975), based on the Thomas Mann novel, and Lilli Lite in The Boys from Brazil (1978), an outrageous anti-Nazi sci fi story in which Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck wage an epic battle (and also get into a very brutal girl…

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Lucy, Catwoman, North, and the death of Dinosaurs: Thirty Twenty Ten Jul 19-25 3:00:27

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Jim Henson's darkest ending ever, as Elijah Wood defies expextations, Scarlett Johansson defies limits, and the actual worst DC movie ever made?! All that and more, this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago.

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1947: POSSESSED & DARK PASSAGE 1:22:59

18d ago1:22:59

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This Warner Bros. 1947 Studios Year by Year episode features two gems that put their own particular slant on noir's familiar theme of murderous conflict between women and men: Curtis Bernhardt's Possessed, starring a more-than-usually deranged Joan Crawford, with Van Heflin as the rakish object of her obsession, and Delmer Daves' Dark Passage, star…

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True Lies, Sex Tape, I Robot: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jul 12-18 2:45:39

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James Cameron’s James Bond, Will Smith Adapts Asimov, Cameron Diaz’s Sex Tape and more. Patreon.com/LaserTime

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Special Subject – Anna Magnani Sampler, Part 2 - THE ROSE TATTOO (1955), WILD IS THE WIND (1957), THE FUGITIVE KIND (1960) and MAMA ROMA (1962) 1:09:02

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Our second Anna Magnani Sampler includes three Hollywood films, two with parts written for her by her friend Tennessee Williams, as well as the second film directed by Pasolini: The Rose Tattoo (1955), Wild is the Wind (1957), The Fugitive Kind (1960), and Mamma Roma (1962). Paired with a wacky Burt Lancaster, a bullying Anthony Quinn, a quietly in…

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Forrest Gump, Anchorman, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jul 5-11 2:56:48

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This episode is like a box of chocolates! Two sci-fi classics, one comedy masterpiece, and one Oscar Winner for Best Picture. All that and more, coming in hot from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 17: DE SADE (1969) and THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969) 49:10

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In this episode of our Lilli Palmer Acteur-ist Oeuvre-view series, we watched a couple of 1969 movies somewhere on the horror spectrum: De Sade, a movie of ideas that doesn't live up to them, written by famed horror/sci fi author Richard Matheson; and The House That Screamed, an Italian slasher with a twist or two to recommend it. Good parts for Li…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1947: CYNTHIA (dir Robert Z. Leonard) and HIGH WALL (dir. Curtis Bernhardt) 1:12:55

2M ago1:12:55

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For this MGM 1947 Studios Year by Year episode, we discuss Cynthia, a gentle family melodrama starring a luminous 15-year-old Elizabeth Taylor as an over-protected teenager, and High Wall, a psychiatric film noir with great roles for Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall as sweaty noir protagonists at cross purposes. Our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto…

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The Shadow Knows, Melissa McCarthy Hits the Road, and Spider-Man Returns 2:03:43

2M ago2:03:43

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June 28-July 4: John Hughes makes a baby movie for babies, Tommy Lee Jones is a mad bomber, Julia Roberts hates trouble, Bruce Campbell gets a ham sandwich, Eric Bana tries to outrun evil, and 2% of the world disappears. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 16: NOBODY RUNS FOREVER (1968) & HARD CONTRACT (1969) 51:13

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After some rocky episodes, our Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view uncovers a couple of gems: Nobody Runs Forever aka The High Commissioner (1968, directed by Ralph Thomas), a spy thriller bursting at the seams with the charms of Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer, and Hard Contract (1969, the only feature film made by writer-director S. Lee Pogosti…

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The Lion King, Transformers 4, Fahrenheit 9/11: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jun21-27 2:40:37

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The biggest animated movie ever meets the biggest documentary ever (kinda!) Plus white chicks and mega men, Larry flips back, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams charm their way to stardom, and Transformers has dinosaurs now. Whatever! https://www.patreon.com/lasertime

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1947: CALIFORNIA and CALCUTTA 48:58

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For this Paramount 1947 Studios Year by Year episode we watch a couple of films by producer/director team of Seton I. Miller and John Farrow: California, starring the belligerent sexual tension of Barbara Stawyck and Ray Milland in a left-leaning fable about the establishment of law and order in the West Coast, and Calcutta, a terrific Alan Ladd/Ga…

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Non-Soprano Jersey Boys, Jack Nicholson’s Werewolf and Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller Dodge Balls 2:12:45

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June 14-20: Everyone watches the world’s slowest car chase, Macaulay Culkin gets even, Jackie Chan goes around the world, Tom Hanks gets stuck, the best Six Feet Under death, Kevin Hart thinks like a man, Joe Rogan ends a show like a man, and it was only a kiss, how did it end up like this? All that from this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago.…

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Special Subject – The Wartime Mizoguchi – THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM (1939) & THE 47 RONIN (1941) 1:08:50

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For our June Special Subject we revisit the work of Kenji Mizoguchi, looking at two films from earlier than his best-known (in the West) period: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), about cross-class lovers and what it takes to become a great artist, and The 47 Ronin (1941), based on a true story that became emblematic of samurai values. To…

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Jump Street and Riddick Get Sequels and the Bus that Couldn’t Slow Down 2:43:38

2M ago2:43:38

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June 7-13: The OJ saga begins, Garfield is on screen (the first time), video games bust a move, Nicole Kidman is a robot, dragons continue to be trained, TLC is on fire, Zelda gets more swords, Tracy Morgan has a close call, and the Nights Watch fights mammoths. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.…

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Harry Potter 3, Fantastic Four, and Edge of Tomorrow: Thirty Twenty Ten - May 31 - Jun6 2:48:40

3M ago2:48:40

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The Fault in Our Stars has the opposite problem of cinema's first (abandoned) attempt at a Fantastic Four movie, a great Tom Cruise movie with a bad title, Sopranos penultimate finale, Harry Potter movies click into gear, the greatest abortion comedy ever made, and Game of Throne and Silicon Valley hit series highs!…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 15: SEBASTIAN (1968) & OEDIPUS THE KING (1968) 1:00:20

2M ago1:00:20

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This week's Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view sees Lilli in two small but crucial roles: Sebastian (1968), starring Dirk Bogarde as a Cold War cryptanalyst of divided political loyalties, and Oedipus Rex (1968), starring Christopher Plummer as Freud's favourite plaything of the gods. We discuss Cold War politics, the Swinging Sixties New Woman, fr…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1946: THE CAT CREEPS & SHE-WOLF OF LONDON 42:21

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For this Universal 1946 episode, we chose a B-movie double bill, The Cat Creeps (directed by Erle C. Kenton, best known for Island of Lost Souls) and She-Wolf of London (directed by Jean Yarbrough, Abbott and Costello specialist), hoping for hidden gems. But did we find any? And in the Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, our Powell and Pressbur…

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Angelina Jolie Gets Revenge, a Freezenado Hits Tomorrow, and Yabba Dabba Live Action! 2:53:23

3M ago2:53:23

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May 24-30: Beverly Hills Cop disappoints, celebrity marriages that look like publicity stunts, The Eagles freeze over hell, Keanu is the Buddha, Mario Van Peebles honors his dad, Kevin Hart takes to the air, Jon Favreau cooks something up, Family Guy goes west, Mad Men lands on the moon, and the best Mario Kart ever. All that and more looking back …

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Shrek 2, X-Men Days of Future Past, and Star Trek: The Next Generations Says Goodbye: Thirty Twenty Ten May 17-23 3:22:31

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Angle, Static Shock, Bob Ross and TNG come to a close, X-Men returns to form, the Babadook continues to haunt us, happiness and adventure return to the modern movie western just as Brisco County Jr says bids adieu, Aladdin and Shrek get sequels, and we celebrate the final piece of the Sandler/Barrymore trilogy.…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 14: MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS (1963) and OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965) 46:38

3M ago46:38

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In this week's Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, we encounter more Nazis in a couple of movies very loosely based on real WWII incidents: Disney's Miracle of the White Stallions (1963), based on Operation Cowboy (but with the equine eugenics shoved into the subtext), and Operation Crossbow (1965), about the attempt by British Intelligence…

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Special Subject – Produced By Sam Goldwyn, The 1940s: THE LITTLE FOXES (1941), THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942), THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), and MY FOOLISH HEART (1949) 1:30:39

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This week we have a whopping big episode for you: Part 2 of our look at Samuel Goldwyn Productions, dealing with the 1940s; and, in our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, brief discussions of three Powell and Pressburgers, kicking off TIFF's May retrospective. For this episode we watched The Little Foxes (directed by William Wyler), The Pride …

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The Crow, Godzilla, Troy: Thirty Twenty Ten - May 10-16 2:49:23

4M ago2:49:23

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Brandon Lee leaves a damn good legacy, the last time anybody saw The Jetsons, Godzilla Raids Again (again!), Frasier Crane says goodbye (again!), Spike Lee changes course, Homer adapted, the greatest dream seqeunce in all of television, Penny Dreadful and more! Take a look at our world 30, 20, and 10 years ago!…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1946: STEP BY STEP & CRACK-UP 48:57

4M ago48:57

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In this RKO 1946 episode we discuss Crack-Up (directed by Irving Reis), an eerie noir with a couple of great Expressionist set pieces. Pat O'Brien oozes vulnerability as a WWII vet and populist art critic who has to find out who's trying to make him look, or go, insane; Claire Trevor plays the love interest who's trying to help him (or is she?). Oh…

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The End of Friends, Van Helsing and the most forgotten Robin Williams: Thirty Twenty Ten - May 3-9 2:40:01

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There's a Robin Williams movie out there that deserves a proper restoration, Universal kills its Monsters Universe AGAIN, Seth Rogen and Zach Effron must learn how to live together, Stephen King's second most famous TV mini-series, Being Human should be properly restored, Friends are no longer there for you, arguably Jurassic Park's best game, and …

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 13: THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (1961) & THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962) 59:54

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This week's Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode is a George Seaton double feature that once again gives us Lilli the sophisticate and Lilli the saint: in The Pleasure of His Company (1961), she plays the ex-wife of Fred Astaire, an absentee father whose plan to recapture his youth by seducing their daughter into becoming his travelling compa…

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Amazing Spider-Man 2, Mean Girls, PCU: Thirty Twenty Ten - Apr 26-May 3 2:47:31

4M ago2:47:31

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Spider-Man falters, John Oliver breaks out, Principal Skinner gets fired, PCU is appropriately dated, only YOU can save JFK, and Mean Girls might be the best high school movies of the entire 2000s.

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