This week, Scott Johnson is her to talk about his first time watching Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Released in 2023, starring Paul Rudd, Evangenline Lilly, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer. Cited by some as the worst of the MCU, but what does that mean exactly? Is it really a bad movie? Or is there some fun to be found in the Quantum Rea…

This week, Drew Burris from The More You Nerd is back to talk about Summer Camp. Specifically the 1994 film, Camp Nowhere. A bunch of kids scam their parents out of the money for their various summer camps, and with the help of a former drama teacher and free spirit (played by the inimitable Christopher Lloyd) they rent some cabins for 8 weeks of s…

This week, we are back in the world of Spider-Man and the MCU with Nizzbit returning to finish out the trilogy of the wall crawler's adventures with Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Full to the brim with Spiders-Men, villains of all types, and emotional moments that tug at your heart strings. But is it a satisfying end to Peter Parker's arc in the M…

This week, Stephen Adams is back on the show to share in the GenX/Millenial Trauma that is, The Neverending Story. But is it really as traumatic as we all remember? Or maybe it's just the less than stellar ADR work that made it difficult to watch. Either way, Stephen somehow had missed this one, so we need to know what he thinks about it? Did he lo…

This week, September McCrady is back. She's brought the 2004 Horror/Comedy (with a touch of musical as well) Dead & Breakfast. Starring Erik Palladino, Ever Carradine (Daughter of Robert Carradine), Oz Perkins (Son of Anthony Perkins), and Jeremy Sisto, it's about 6 young folks on their way to a wedding who get lost in rural Texas. After stopping f…

This week, Preston from Melancholy Geek is here to talk about the 2014 film, Predestination. There will be spoilers for this mind bender, so be aware. It's a trippy, time travel laced film about an agent looking to stop the Fizzle Bomber, but with the help of a man named Joe that he meets while posing as a Barkeep. Joe's life has been a difficult o…

This week, Matthew Sargent is back on the show to talk about the 1983 animated fantasy epic, Fire and Ice. Directed by Ralph Bakshi, and produced by Bakshi and Fantasy art legend Frank Frazetta. With an epic score, absolutely gorgeous background art, and a rotoscoped look, is this one worthy of the cult classic status it has garnered over the past …

This week, Travis is joined by Jonathan Bush to talk about the 1999 film October Sky. Directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhall and Chris Cooper, based on the real life story of Homer Hickam, a high school student living in a coal mining town in 1957. He wants to build rockets and get out of the small town, but his father wants him to …

This week, Travis is joined by thatoneweirdo Theo of The Part Time Gamers and Rabbit and Red Radio to talk about the 2003 French extreme horror film, High Tension. Travis hadn't seen it before, but it's one that holds a special place for Theo. Is it worth watching? Did Travis even manage to get through the entire movie? It's a rough one, with subje…

This week, Travis is joined by Chris the Movie Psycho to talk about the 2003 film Lost In Translation. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, and starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson, it's the story of 2 people lost in life, and finding something together in Tokyo. It's a romance between a middle aged actor, and a young recent college gradua…

Travis is joined this week by Amy Robinson (@RedFraggle3) to talk about both of them watching the 1999 animated feature The Iron Giant for the first time. Directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatoullie) and starring the voices of Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr., Eli Marienthal and Jennifer Aniston, it tells the story of a young boy named Hogarth…

This week, Travis is joined by Tyra Burton of Geek meets Social to talk about her first time seeing the 1982 Don Bluth animated feature, The Secret of NIMH. It's the story of Mrs. Brisby, a mouse who has just lost her husband and needs to keep her children safe from the farm harvester. Her son is sick, and can't move, so she seeks the advice of The…

This week, Amy Frost is back and bringing another of her favorite films that somehow Travis hasn't seen before. 1996's Waiting for Guffman. Written and Directed by Christopher Guest, and starring Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, and Parker Posey. The story of Corky St. Clair, a theater director in the small town of Blaine Missour…

This week, Travis is in Las Vegas! And joining him is Joe Houde and Shane Mattox to talk about their first time ever watching Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, it's the story of Sarah and her quest through the titular Labyrinth to rescue her baby brother Toby from the Goblin King Jereth. Full of muppets, amazing se…

It's another first time watch for Travis, and another Coen brothers film. Ryan Estrada joins the show, and makes Travis finally watch the 1994 film, The Hudsucker Proxy. Starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Newman. Evoking the feel of a 1940s screwball comedy, set in the 1950s, and made in the 1990s, with a look all it's own. But, ho…

This week, Travis is joined by Tim "JayDimes" Wilson to talk about the actual first R rated film based on a Marvel comic. The Punisher. Released in 1989 starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, and Louis Gossett Jr. as Jake Berkowitz, and based on the Marvel comics character. So, how was this as an adaptation of the comic? Does it do the character …

Josh is back again this week. We had so much fun talking about the Coen brothers, we decided to go in a completely different end of the movie spectrum with 1993's Last Action Hero. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the biggest start on the planet at the time, and he stars in this movie about a boy who gets a magical movie ticket, and ends up INSIDE the mov…

This week, Josh Munro, aka Joosh, is back to talk about a movie Travis hasn't seen before. It's the debut feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen, Blood Simple. The plot revolves around a man putting a contract kill out on his wife, and her lover. But when he ends up shot, things quickly get out of control. A private investigator with questionable mo…

Jason Peters of Esoterica Cinema is back to talk about the 2018 Cyberpunk film, Upgrade. Starring Logan Marshall Green as Grey, a man who is left crippled after his wife is killed. He's then offered an experimental implant that allows him to walk again. When the chip inside him starts to talk to him, he sets out to find the men who killed his wife.…

This week, Gary Fisher (The Senior Geek) is joining the show to talk about seeing The Exorcist for the very first time. Often cited as "The Scariest Movie ever Made", it's about a young girl named Reagan who is possesed by a demon. Or is she? The doctors don't seem to think so, but her mother knows something is happening, and she looks to Father Ka…

This week, we are staying firmly in the 1980s with one of the seminal kids adventure movies, The Goonies. Dennis Robinson of the Botched Podcast is back because he's never seen this movie. How is that possible? Didn't everyone between the age of 35 and 45 see this movie growing up? Well, not everyone apparently. So, how does it hold up? Is it still…

This week, Jay Funktastic is back to talk about the cult classic Road House. Released in 1989 starring Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott, it's about the best Cooler in the business. An Western masquerading as an 80s action film, but with a lead who's as much philospher as he is fighter. So, is it a movie that lives up to the status of cu…

This week, we're heading up to wine country to talk about the 2004 Alexander Payne film, Sideways. Bobby Frankenberger is back on the show, because he's never seen this one before. It's the story of a week in wine country for friends Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) and their misadventures as they deal with mid life, finding the…

This week, Diddi returns to talk about the 2018 DC comics adaptation of Aquaman. Starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, and Patrcik Wilson. It tells the story of Arthur Curry as he becomes the hero known as Aquaman. DC films don't have the best track record. Is this the movie that breaks the mold of the DCEU, or is it an overly long slog with no real p…

This week, Phil Rood is back to talk about a movie he's never seen. It's 1993's Only the Strong, starring Mark Dacascos. The story of a Green Beret coming back to his old high school to find it run down, and the neighborhood overrun by drug dealers. He sets out to help some of the kids at the school by teaching them a Afro-Brazilian martial art cal…

This week, Steve and Izzy from Everything I Learned from Movies are on the show to talk about the 1986 cult classic Cobra. Travis had never seen it before. Sylvester Stallone is Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, a LA cop who plays by his own rules. He's trying to stop the Night Slasher, and save a model in the process. Car chases, shootouts, one liners, and…

It's time to explore the multiverse with Searanex. He has never seen 2022's Everything Everywhere All at Once, so we are fixing that. It won several Academy Awards, including acting for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Universe hopping, elaborate fight sequences, a lot of "Wait, What?" moments, and the strangest version of "Chekov'…

This week, Kitlondon is back to talk about more AI. This time though, we're going back to the early 80s, and it's less about AI, and more about hacking. We watched Wargames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. When a High School student hacks in to a government computer thinking he's just playing a game, he accidently puts in to motion even…

This week, Travis watched the 1999 Sci Fi film Bicentennial Man for the first time. Stargate Pioneer of the Legends of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Better Podcasting podcast is back to talk about it. Starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davitz, and Oliver Platt; it is the story of an android over the course of his 200 year life. So, is it a slog at over …

It's episode 250! Travis is joined by Tim "JayDimes" Wilson to talk about the 1997 drama/thriller from writer and director James Mangold, Cop Land. It stars Sylvester Stallone (in a roll very unlike a lot of his movies before this), Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta. Along with a host of other faces you've seen before. NYPD Cops have cr…

This week, Amy Frost is back to talk about a movie that Travis had not heard about before. It's a Disney from 1981 called Condorman. Woody is a comic book writer and artist, living in Paris with his best friend and CIA fileclerk Harry when he is recruited to do a simple document drop off. But Woody pretends to be an actual spy, and ends up over his…

This week, we're diving in to the world of 1970s thrillers with Three Days of the Condor. Josh Munro is back to talk about this one, and Travis hadn't seen it before. In fact, Neither had Josh. It's often regarded as one of the best of this era, but how does it hold up to the spy movies of recent years? Is it too dated and behind the times? Does it…

This week, Travis is chatting with Nicole from The Movie Duel Podcast. They are going all the way back to 1946 and The Best Years of Our Lives. A film about 3 men returning home from World War II to find life after the war is very different for them. Winner of 8 Academy Awards in 1947, it's a movie neither Travis nor Nicole had seen before. So, doe…

Travis is joined this week by an old friend that he hasn't gotten to chat with for too long. Paul Jaissle of I Read Comic Books podcast is here to talk about the 2012 Ridley Scott Sci-Fi Horror film, Prometheus. It has some intriguing questions to ask, and compelling visuals. But just how good is it? Does it deserve the negative reviews as not bein…

This week, the Rock God of Podcasting himself, Charles McFall is back on the show! This time, he's brought a movie from 2007 starring Ryan Reynolds, Mellisa McCarthy, and Hope Davis called The Nines. Written and Directed by John August, it's the story of an actor, a writer, and a video game designer and how their lives intersect. But that doesn't t…

Travis is joined this week by Jeannie, who has never seen any Alfred Hitchcock movie before. So, it's time to fix that and to start, they watched Rear Window (1954). So, what does a thriller from the 50s feel like when you watch it for the first time in 2023? Does it have any chance to live up to the hype surrounding it. Is Hitchcock truly the "Mas…

This week, we dive in to a movie that Travis loves, but his guest Jonathan Bush has never seen before. 2003's Identity is a whodunit with some added seasoning. But, does it hold up after 20 years? Do the twists and turns of the story actually work? Is it a mid budget thriller with no teeth, or does it elevate itself to something a bit more rewatcha…

Darin from the Nostalgiacast is this week's guest. He had never watched Avengers: Endgame before. So we talked about why that was, what he thought about it, and about films and cinema in general. Is it a bad thing to get off the roller coaster ride of something like a Marvel film slate? Do you need to watch all of them? Does every movie have to bri…

This week, Travis is joined by Paul Boticelli to discuss Jordan Peele's 2022 film, Nope. Neither of them had seen it yet, so it's a double first timer. But can this one live up to Peele's first movie, Get Out? Beyond that, is it any good? And just what is it about anyway? Let's find out... Thanks go out to Audie Norman (@TheAudieNorman) for the alb…

We wrap up Spooktober and the GORE podcast crossovers for 2023 by going back 10 years, to watch 2013's Evil Dead. It's a remake. No, a Re-imagining. Wait, maybe a sequel? Well, whatever it is, Travis hasn't seen it before, so we're fixing that. But how does it stand up to the franchise for him now? Would he change where he had it his ranking of the…

Spooktober rolls on, with this week being Anthology week. Every year we like to highlight a horror anthology during the month, and this year we're watching Tales of Halloween. Travis and Fae were watching it for the first time, but Wicked and Dread had seen it already. It's 10 short stories based on Halloween night. But are they any good? It's full…

We continue Spooktober with a look at the directorial debut of Jordan Peele and Get Out. Travis had never seen it before, but his guests Wicked, Fae and Dread all had. It's the story of Chris, a black man going to meet his white girlfriend's family for the first time. They seem nice on the surface, but something sinister is lurking just below the s…

Spooktober continues with the crew from GORE! Wicked, Dread, and Fae are here to talk about the 1984 horror flick, C.H.U.D. With a name like that, you should be prepared for anything. But is this one worthy of it's cult status? Is it something best left in the 80s, or could a fresh take on the idea be worth while? And where does it fall on the hier…

It's time to kick off Spooktober with the crew from GORE! Wicked, Dread, and Fae are here to talk about Stephen King's directorial debut (and only film to date) Maximum Overdrive. He wanted to have Stephen King done right, and decided to direct the movie himself. Small budgets, on set accidents, meddling producers, and a whole lot of cocaine later,…

This week, Brian Dunaway from Filmsack and the Play Retro show is here to discuss the 1984 Gothic Werewolf movie about Little Red Riding Hood and her strangely creepy grandmother. Also a witch turns a wedding party in to wolves, a girl climbs a tree, and Terrence Stamp makes a surprise appearance. Does any of this make sense? Let's find out... Than…

This week, Matt Stein of Monster Madness podcast joins the show to talk about the 1988 cult classic, Killer Klowns From Outer Space. With a title like that, it's pretty evident what you are getting yourself in to. But, does it hold up? Is it any good at all, or just not the movie to watch for the first time, hungover on a Sunday morning? Let's find…

This week, Stephen Adams of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and Those Were the Days is here to talk about tthe 2007 mob movie, American Gangster. Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and a host of other amazing actors, and directed by Ridley Scott. So, is this as good as Travis remembers? How does it hold up for a first time viewing in 2023? Le…

This week, Travis is joined by Josh Munro, a long time friend of the show, to talk about 2018's Annihilation. Written for the screen and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name, it's a strange movie to say the least. But does it have a message in it worth digging for? Or is it just a pretentious art piece, weird for the sake o…

Cage-A-Palooza 2023 Comes to a close this week, and Travis is joined by Alex Albisu to talk about his first time watching the 1996 action classic The Rock. Directed by Michael Bay, and starring Sean Connery alongside Nicolas Cage, this movie is a non-stop thrill ride. So, did Alex like it? Was it too long for an action movie? Does it stand the test…

Week 4 of Cage-A-Palooza 2023 brings us to the world of Marvel, with 2011's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Steve of Botched had never seen it before, but we fixed that. The question is, with a cast of Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba (sporting his Heimdall contact lenses), Cirian Hinds, and directed by the duo that brought us both of the Crank films, is…