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In anticipation of the coming deluge of Resident Evil shows and films coming to theaters and streaming platforms, Andrew and Erich revisit the original franchise—starring Milla Jovovich and written by Paul W.S. Anderson—and dissect what makes them so memorable, the inspiration they drew from the games, and much more.
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Film critic and writer Kate Hudson joins Lindsey and Andrew on this episode to discuss if Bill Baldwin is hotter than Brad Pitt, what the hell was going on with Kurt Russell's side stories, and so much more. ——— This episode is sponsored by Skillshare. Get one month free on us to learn something new. Expand your mind! https://12and24.com/skillshare…
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Jamie joins us to discuss the most 80's movie ever made, a movie which he aptly concludes that "not a single second thought was made" and your hosts Whitney and Andrew completely agree... while also LOVING IT. ——— This episode is sponsored by Skillshare. Get one month free on us to learn something new. Expand your mind! https://12and24.com/skillsha…
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Whitney, Lindsey and Andrew discuss the underseen, underappreciated, underdeveloped Winter People. We ponder over a young, Scandinavian Kurt Russell, getting killed by a river, Cole as the epitome of fuck around and find, and so much more! ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/d…
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Whitney and Andrew join forces to discuss how this movie fails to deliver the goods because it spends too much time on things that don't really matter: children's birthday parties, restaurant visits, petting cats with angel hair pasta boxes, and introducing secret third best friends in the final act. Regardless, there was still fun to be had, parti…
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We're back after a very long sabbatical, so cue up the jangly banjo whenever the situation gets tense or uncomfortable, we're going Overboard! Special guest and Vox Staff Writer Aja Romano joins Lindsey and Andrew to discuss the celebration and vilification of excess in the 80s, why Roddy McDowall is a treasure, and discuss the writer's self-procla…
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Paul W.S. Anderson sherpas Alice to the end of her journey and brings us along for the ride... or are we being pulled behind a tank? We can never tell. Regardless, join Andrew and Erich as the step through the minefield of set pieces that compose this film. Many of our questions are answered, many more questions are posed, and some things mentioned…
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It's all in the reflexes with this episode. We lean hard into this cult classic and our third Russell/Carpenter collab. We talk about how this movie pretty expertly shows that your protagonist isn't always the lead, how it handles race in a decade that was rather insensitive to it all, POGS, underground poker rings, and so much more! ——— Join our c…
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Best. Christmas Present. Ever! Join Whitney, Lindsey, Jamie, and Andrew as they chat about The Matrix Resurrections is this mega-sized episode. We dive DEEP on what works, what doesn't, and try to tackle every level of meta that this film is operating on. It's good to be back! ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questio…
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This movie is the first in the series to have one notable omission and Andrew refuses to let it go. We discuss how this is the most Resident Evil-ass Resident Evil film, talk about the return of some of our favorite characters, give excessive love to the Uber Licker and much more. —— For more of our shows visit https://12and24.com or join us and ch…
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We're back from a hiatus to chat about this film and how it all went wrong. We dive deep on actors wearing fake guts, what kind of beverage this movie most reminds us of, and tear apart all of the dumb tropes this movie was built upon. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/disco…
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Like the zombie dogs in this series we're back and you never know when to expect us! We ponder a lot of really excellent questions on this episode while occasionally discussing the film. For instance: is this someone's favorite movie? If you don't survive the apocalypse, is it because you weren't good looking enough? Or maybe you don't look particu…
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They yada yada yada'd over the whole downfall of humankind! We talk about where all the $50M dollar budget films have gone, kicking to kill, Hummers in film in the aughts, needle drops, effectively pivoting your business in the apocalypse, and much, much more. —— For more of our shows visit https://12and24.com or join us and chat with your hosts in…
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In this episode we dive deep into the social contract of people not biting each other, why STARS members might be the smartest folks in the room (or exiting the room), Erich ponders if his recollection of Oded Fehr being the lucky charm of this franchise is accurate, we accurately define the term "disturbingly heroic", begin counting to see if this…
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Join Erich and Andrew on their inaugural journey into The Hive, a train-accessible stop on the way deep under Raccoon City. Your hosts discuss how The Red Queen has the most consistent motivation throughout the entire film, how you can transfer a flashback via touch, why filming with the zombie dogs was potentially the most difficult shooting situa…
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Hello and welcome to REwatch, a mini-series where your hosts revisit the billion-dollar, action-horror film franchise Resident Evil. To date, Resident Evil is the highest-grossing zombie film series, and for a time was the highest grossing horror movie franchise of all time. So how does a franchise with an average critical rating of 27% make 1.2 bi…
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The critics—and your hosts— are raving that this film is "unbearably average" and "watchable" and how it "covered regular ground adequately". ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/discord This episode is sponsored by Skillshare! Get your free ONE MONTH trial to LEARN ANYTHING (w…
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Join Whitney and Andrew as they discuss Ed Harris' penis surprise appearance in the opening moments of this film, people who walk their cats, how the #ReleaseTheDemmeCut folks superseded the Snyder Cuts folks by decades, and how many affairs is too many affairs. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time…
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Join Whitney, Lindsey, and Andrew as they discuss this prestige drama, cry foul at the MPAA for their dumb and arbitrary ratings systems, fight valiantly against The Void, and ultimately come out the other side with relatively little contamination. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12an…
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We come back from an inadvertent hiatus and... one of us may be an imposter! We talk about the cultural impact this film had and continues to have, discuss why there isn't a televised Oscars for Dogs™, and conclude that this is potentially the greatest Lovecraft adaptation ever made. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer …
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Join Whitney and Andrew as they re-enter the land of Kurt Russell Disney films, though of the animated flavor this time around. We talk about hollow tree conspiracies, animated foxes being the catalyst for sexual awakenings, and why the message of this movie is just plain plain bad. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer q…
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You've got 22 hours to listen to this podcast or... well, dammit, you called my bluff. Strap in and enjoy not one, not two, not three, but FOUR hosts deep dive and nerd out on this John Carpenter classic. We bring back everyone's favorite segment (with a new name, of course), discuss Kurt's hotness relative to everything we've watch thus far, and c…
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We're back after a brief hiatus to rush headlong into the 80s! We bring back some new segments, talk about the creepiest clowns, an offhanded mention of Lenny and Squiggy is made. What a time to be alive! ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/discord This episode is sponsored by…
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In our inaugural Kurt Locker Reckoning episode, Whitney and Andrew talk about the films they've watched thus far, the films they're going to watch and make some subtle changes to their rankings. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/discord Visit us on Twitter at https://twitter…
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Dan rejoins the gang to talk about final chapter of the Dexter Riley trilogy, the merits of Medfield College, why the students shouldn't have to fight to keep their janky school from going under, and much more. This is the final film review of season 1 and Andrew could not breathe a heavier sigh of relief. Bring on the mullets! ——— This episode is …
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Whitney had the week off, so Erich and Andrew slog through yet another Disney adaptation This one takes the interesting approach of making our lead is almost comically devoid of charisma and likability, so listen in to see where this lands us! Does Erich once again try to pitch not one but two additional podcasts to Andrew? MAYBE! ——— This episode …
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Whitney and Andrew discuss less conspicuous ways of moving booze during the prohibition than enlisting the help of a 10 year driver, why Fred MacMurray might not've been the best choice for the lead in this, and what it means to get "Dogstar'd". ——— This episode is sponsored by Skillshare! Learn a new skill, pick up a new hobby, or just pursue your…
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Lindsey, Whitney, and Andrew discuss this nearly beat-for-beat remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Andrew introduces a brand-new segment, the gang talks disparages the current-day college experience and reminisces for how much better it was in the 1400's, we do our best sponsor read ever (somehow), and discuss how factually incorrect the invi…
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Whitney and Andrew give incredibly salient points about why the remake of this film should star Liam Neeson, their thoughts on the main character of the film saying the name of the film in the film, and how this movie is a masterclass in character naming. ——— This episode is sponsored by Skillshare! Learn a new skill, pick up a new hobby, or just p…
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Join Whitney and Andrew as they discuss The Barefoot Executive, a film that has several great ideas and yet never sinks its teeth into any one of them. We talk about Amazon survival situations, how long is too long to keep side characters we don't care about in ledge-related peril, and read a few new reviews that made us smile, scratch our heads, a…
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Is this the episode that breaks our cursed record or are our hosts far too jaded at this point? Press play, intrepid listener and find out! Erich Hall joins as a guest to talk about methods for detecting if you yourself are a robot, the one thing that brought Whitney back from nearly hating Kurt's character in this film, and Andrew is just plain th…
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We're back after a brief hiatus and this movie is, mercifully, not a western! However, there are very few guns, no characters named Heather, and the only real secret before us is: how many titles does this movie actually have?! If you listen closely, you can hear your hosts age while talking about this movie and laugh along as they come to realize …
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Wow, what an incredibly wild ride this movie was, and not in the way you might think! Lindsey Nelsen joins us to talk about which presidential candidate she wrote a strongly-worded letter to, racist grandpas, Summer Kitchens, at least 100 other musicals that are better than this, how much of politics have remained largely the same, and more. ——— Th…
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This episode has everything: tight pants, bad usernames, an examination of Rotten Tomatoes vs IMDb, close up magic, useful skills for the fall after the fall of capitalism, and more. We also talk about the 1967 "film" Mosby's Marauders, if you were so inclined to listen to that part! ——— This episode is sponsored by Skillshare! Learn a new skill, p…
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Let's travel to Anytown, USA and follow the exploits of the oldest-looking 25-year-old you've ever met: Lem Siddons. Whitney and Andrew discuss, one again, how weird is it that Kurt Russell still looks and acts exactly the same even as a child, uncover the reason why this film has many inexplicable time jumps, and learn that the cure for drug addic…
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In the words of William Smith of West Philadelphia: Wicky-wicky wild, wild west. While we can say this is most certainly the first time we'll be here, it certainly won't be the last in Kurt's career. Join Whitney and Andrew as they discuss how weird is it that Kurt Russell still looks exactly the same even as a child, get bamboozled by a lame Wikip…
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Join Whitney, Erich, Lindsey, Dan, and Andrew in this episode where they discuss the films of Kurt's that they've seen, some notable omissions, their very first Kurt film, and all of their hopes and dreams for the podcast at large. ——— Join our community on Discord! We hang out, chat, and answer questions in real-time: https://12and24.com/discord V…
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In this special episode, Andrew gets to sit down with Chris Barsanti, author of "What Would Keanu Do?" to discuss the creation of the book, some of the best Keanu stories, and Chris makes a very compelling case for an unexpected Keanu character sequel that will make some of you VERY happy. Special shoutout to Emily McBride of Media Lab Books for th…
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Welcome to The Kurt Locker. Each week, we’ll step through the films of Kurt Russell, starting with his early work in live-action Disney films and moving all the way to present day. Kurt Russell is the kind of actor that can, and has done it all. Whether you know him as a cowboy, the coach who can deliver one hell of a motivational speech, a psychop…
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...And just like that, your heroes have arrived at the end of this wonderful journey. Join Whitney, Evan, and Andrew as they face the proverbial music as well and talk about a most-excellent capstone to the podcast. This is truly a very special episode for us and we hope you've enjoyed the ride as much as we have. We're going out with a bang on thi…
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Welcome to The Kurt Locker. Each week, we’ll step through the films of Kurt Russell, starting with his early work in live-action Disney films and moving all the way to present day. Kurt Russell is the kind of actor that can, and has done it all. Whether you know him as a cowboy, the coach who can deliver one hell of a motivational speech, a psychop…
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Why do we mention NPR, Ilana Glazer, and drag queens on this episode? You'll have to listen! Topics covered also include: why Whitney decided to grow food over this summer, what the most sustainable and cost-effective source of meat would be in the apocalypse, and we learn that Charles doesn't even understand the concept of temperature. More Whitne…
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In this episode we go off on a tangent about Mad Max Fury Road, Andrew gets to utter the greatest sentence that perhaps exists on the whole of Wikipedia, a new Pop Quiz Asshole record is set, and we also explain why Forky is potentially the most relatable character Pixar has maybe ever created. Bonus: Whitney's Thoughts and Feelings™ on John Wick: …
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Is it possible that the architectural layout of The Continental is an intentional metaphor for the plot of this film? Maybe! Our very special guest and fellow Keanu Reeves Historian Angelica Jade Bastién joins us to discuss the importance of editing, one key difference that makes old movies better than new movies, and then proceeds to absolutely de…
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As our guest so eloquently points out: our main problems with Replicas revolve around us thinking that it's a movie rather than an unholy amalgamation. Turns out Replicas is roughly nine great ideas all with their own thoughts, feelings, motivations, and darn good questions. The problem this leaves is: can all nine movies have meaningful resolution…
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