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Mellow, spoiler-heavy discussions exploring an absurd physical media collection
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Mellow, spoiler-heavy discussions exploring an absurd physical media collection
This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:16:56) Shana and j. are chatting about the 1966 William Grefé Florida mummy flick Death Curse of Tartu, in addition to "Errand of Mercy" - the 26th episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:16:56-2:25:44), we talk in briefer format about five additional features as well as a TV series - starting out with the 2021 MCU series Loki, all six episodes directed by Kate Herron, and continuing with Jonathan Frakes' 1996 Star Trek franchise entry First Contact, the 1956 concluding entry in the Francis the Talking Mule series, Francis in the Haunted House, directed by Charles Lamont, the 1987 Walter Hill secret ops vs cartel Peak Action movie Extreme Prejudice, the prescient 1972 Marco Bellochio newspaper drama / crime procedural Slap the Monster on Page One, and the super-cheap 1980 Jess Franco cannibal boom picture White Cannibal Queen (aka Mondo Cannibale). As always, in part three we briefly talk about everything else we've watched on physical media since last time, and make our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:40:13) Shana and j. talk about the classic 1974 Burt Reynolds prison/war/sports film The Longest Yard (directed by Robert Aldrich), in addition to "The Devil in the Dark" - the 25th episode of Star Trek (TOS). Part two (running 1:40:14-3:19:05) features briefer discussion of a number of additional discs, including the Canadian International Pictures collection Keanu & Co. featuring the films of the NFB Family Crisis Series, George Lucas' 1999 revival of the Star Wars franchise with Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Steven Spielberg's 1984 follow-up to Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the 197? anonymous 'porno' Bat Pussy, the 'Carl Denham' psuedonymous SOV slasher Shreck, the 2011 Joe Swanberg & Adam Wingard anthology film about masturbation Autoerotic, the 1999 Stephen Sommers action-horror The Mummy, and the 1997 John Woo ludicrous action film Face/Off. As usual, in part three we talk in brief capsule format about everything else we've watched on physical media since last time, and make our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:15:12) Shana and j. cover Werner Herzog's 1979 masterpiece Fitzcarraldo, in addition to "This Side of Paradise" - the 24th episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:15:13-2:30:45), we discuss eight features in shorter form: the 2021 Cate Shortland MCU entry Black Widow, Arthur Lubin's final entry in the Francis the Talking Mule series, 1955's Francis in the Navy, David Carson's 1994 launch of the TNG movies Star Trek: Generations, David Wellington's 1988 Canadian slasher The Carpenter, Val Guest's highly influential 1957 sci-fi horror sequel Quatermass II, Richard Donner's 1998 action / buddy cop sequel Lethal Weapon 4, the 2024 Whitney Horn & Lev Kalman pastiche of 90s horny crime shows Dream Team, and Michael Mann's 1999 true story about tobacco industry whistleblowers The Insider (apologies for considerable yardwork noise at the beginning of part two). As usual, in part three we talk in brief capsule format about everything else we've watched on physical media since last time, and make our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:32:11) Shana and j. discuss the 1961 Danish kaiju movie Reptilicus (in both its Danish and American versions), as well as the 23rd episode of Star Trek (TOS), "A Taste of Armageddon." In part two (1:32:12-2:36:28), we discuss in short form all six Star Trek movies starring the original series' cast (The Motion Picture, Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, Voyage Home, Final Frontier, and The Undiscovered Country), as well as Tim Kincaid's 1987 ultra-low-budget sci-fi horror Mutant Hunt, and two early Spielbergs - the 1982 megahit E.T.: The Extraterrestrial and the theatrical version of his 1971 TV movie debut Duel. As usual, part three consists of briefer capsule discussion of everything else we've watched since last time, and our choices for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
This week on The Stacks, part one (0:00-1:42:16), begins with Yakuza Graveyard, a 1976 yakuza film from Kinji Fukasaku, in addition to "Star Seed" - the very famous 22nd episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:42:17-2:59:10), we talk in briefer format about eight additional features: the 2019 Jon Watts MCU franchise entry Spiderman: Far From Home, Arthur Lubin's fifth entry in the Francis the Talking Mule series, 1954's Francis Joins the WACs, the highly self-aware 2013 Michael J. Murphy digital video feature ZK3 (or Zombie Knights 3), the 1972 Leon Klimovsky Spanish horror film The Vampires' Night Orgy, the 1986 Tony Ching HK romance/wuxia/horror Witch From Nepal, the 1995 Michael Mann masterpiece Heat, the highly influential 1955 Val Guest British sci-fi horror The Quatermass Xperiment, and Steven Spielberg's 1981 action/adventure classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. As usual, part three consists of brief capsule discussion of everything else we've watched since last time, and our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:58:54) we discuss the ultra-Y2K megahit Mission Impossible 2, directed by John Woo, in addition to "The Return of the Archons" - the 21st episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:58:55-3:10:51), we have shorter-form discussion of seven additional features: the disastrous 2022 Daniel Espinosa superhero picture Morbius, the 1966 British low budget Montgomery Tully sci-fi The Terrornauts, the oddly proto-Twin Peaks 1974 crime drama The Midnight Man, directed by Roland Kibbee (and co-directed by Burt Lancaster), Anthony & Joe Russo's massive 2019 MCU phase-capper Avengers: Endgame, the 1991 Archie Waugh SOV LARP spectacular Way Bad Stone, the hilarious 1990 Takeshi Kitano black comedy / yakuza film Boiling Point, and the overlooked 1994 Brett Leonard cyber-thriller Virtuosity. As usual, part three consists of brief capsule discussion of everything else we've watched since last time, and our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:23:41) features a more detailed re-do of a favourite movie we covered way back in the early rougher episodes, the 1957 Fred F. Sears / Sam Katzman silly turkey-that-threatened-the-world movie The Giant Claw, in addition to "Court Martial" - the 20th episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:23:42-2:45:58), we talk in shorter form about eight additional features: Steven Spielberg's 1977 first contact blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Bart LaRue's bizarre lo-fi 1979 Satanic Panic anthology film Satan War, Jamie Luk's totally unhinged 1991 category III wuxia Robocop knockoff Robotrix, the 2019 MCU 90s flashback origin story Captain Marvel (directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck), the 1986 Lam Nai-choi splatter-adventure wuxia Indiana Jones riff The Seventh Curse, Arthur Lubin's 1953 talking animal picture Francis Covers the Big Town, Jeff Kwitny's 1988 video shop ski slasher classic Iced, and Michael Mann's 1992 quasi-historical epic Last of the Mohicans. As always, in part three, we briefly go over everything else we watched on physical media in the past week and make our choices for next time. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:33:31) features detailed discussion of triptych film New York Stories (consisting of segments directed by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen) in addition to "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (the 19th episode of Star Trek TOS). In part two (1:33:32-2:34:25), we discuss in briefer format eight additional films: the 2019 MCU entry Ant-Man and the Wasp, directed by Peyton Reed, John R. Leonetti's infamous 1997 video game movie trash-fire Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Takeshi Kitano's abstract 1989 crime film debut Violent Cop, Oliver Drake's 1969 minimalist sexploitation / rape western Ride a Wild Stud, Ralph Bakshi's 1972 adaptation of underground comix Fritz the Cat (the first x-rated animated feature), the 1968 Richard Irving TV movie Prescription: Murder (which introduces Peter Falk as Columbo), Masato Harada's deranged 2001 Japanese folk horror Inugami, and the 1934 Fernando de Fuentes Mexican gothic horror Phantom of the Monastery. As usual, part three consists of yet briefer talk on everything else we've watched on physical media since last time, and our choices for next week's episode. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
First up this week is Terry Gilliam's 1991 social drama The Fisher King, in addition to episode 18 of Star Trek (TOS), "Arena" (featuring The Gorn!) in part one (0:00-1:58:13). In part two (1:58:14-3:24:23), we discuss eight additional discs in briefer form: Anthony & Joe Russo's 2018 MCU mega-blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, Ray Dennis Steckler's 1962 debut feature / Arch Hall Jr vehicle Wild Guitar, Trey Parker's 1993 debut feature Cannibal! The Musical, Michael J. Murphy's 2007 SOV cannibal joint Skare, the animated films of John Schnall included in the Death Laughs Among Us collection, the 1986 Nico Mastorakis action-comedy Sky High, the 1974 Hammer / Shaw Brothers collab Shatter (directed by Michael Carreras and partially by Monte Hellman), Angela Chan's 1984 coming-of-age erotic thriller Maybe It's Love, and a brief revisit of Michael Mann's 1986 hyper-aesthetic police procedural Manhunter. Part three, as usual, features briefer discussion of everything else we've watched since last time and our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
Apologies for slightly rough sound on this episode, there was an issue with the recording. This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:11:57) we discuss the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock black comedy The Trouble With Harry, in addition to Star Trek (TOS) episode 17, "The Squire of Gothos" bringing us yet another god-being. In part two (1:11:57-2:43:16), we talk in shorter form about nine additional features - beginning with the Steven Spielberg-directed first episode of the Columbo TV series, "Murder by the Book" as well as his first proper film, 1974's Sugarland Express, the brilliant Elaine May 1971 black comedy A New Leaf, Michael Mann's 1983 synthwave Nazi horror The Keep, Rogério Sganzerla's 1968 Brazilian polemic montage Red Light Bandit, Chris LaMartina's 2022 horror-comedy retro-VHS simulacrum Out There Halloween Mega Tape, Herschell Gordon Lewis' 1972 extreme gore feature The Gore Gore Girls, Jose Maria Forque's apocryphal 1978 entry in the Emanuelle series, A Woman From a Hot Country (also known as Fury), and finally Paul W.S. Anderson's dopey 1995 video game adaptation Mortal Kombat. As usual in part three, we discuss everything else we've watched since last time and make our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:16:31) we cover first the Michael Mak category III Golden Harvest erotic comedy Sex and Zen, in addition to "The Galileo Seven" (the 16th episode of Star Trek (TOS). In part two (1:16:31-2:48:41), we talk about 8 additional films - Michael Mann's beautifully aesthetic 1981 debut crime film Thief, Bill Bordy's super-obscure 1988 no-fi crime picture Side Roads, Joseph Cates' 1965 grim crime drama Who Killed Teddy Bear?, the 1980 Lewis Jackson Santa slasher Christmas Evil, Martin Kitrosser's ridiculous 1991 Christmas-based slasher Silent Night Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker, Adam Green's 2016 papier-mâché and drugs version of Aladdin, Matt Mitler's 1994 Surf Reality thesis film Cracking Up, and the 2000 Toshiyuki Mizutani J-horror / melodrama Isola: Multiple Personality Girl. An extended part three features capsule discussion of everything else we watched since the last episode two weeks ago, and our picks for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:45:17) consists of detailed discussion of Robert Altman's 1971 revisionist western masterpiece McCabe & Mrs. Miller, as well as "Shore Leave" - the fun 15th episode of Star Trek (TOS). Part two (1:45:18-3:05:46) we have briefer discussion of a lot more movies, beginning with AGFA's Blood-a-Rama Triple Frightmare II (consisting of Love Goddesses of Blood Island, Follow That Skirt, and The Undertaker and His Pals, 1964-66), the 2024 Mike Cheslik video game and silent film inspired comedy Hundreds of Beavers, Frank Marshall's goofy, campy 1995 Michael Crichton adaptation Congo, Richard Donner's 1989 sillied-up franchise entry Lethal Weapon 2, Joe Dante's 1984 yuletide classic Gremlins, Michael Mann's 1979 TV movie debut The Jericho Mile, David Lai and Cory Yuen's 1993 ACAB/AMAB Hong Kong exploitation action flick Women on the Run, and finally the numbingly stupid Nicholas Webster cult 1964 Christmas film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Finally, as usual in part three, we talk about everything else we've seen since last episode, and make our picks for the next one. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, part one (0:00-1:26:13) consists of in-depth discussion on Toshiya Fujita's classic 1973 chambara Lady Snowblood, in addition to "The Balance of Terror" - the 14th episode of Star Trek (TOS), which introduces the Romulans. Part two (1:26:13-2:48:55) features shorter discussion of eight additional films: Bert I. Gordon's 1973 crime thriller The Mad Bomber (aka The Police Connection), Lamberto Bava's 1987 high-fashion giallo Delirium (aka Photo of Gioia), Joseph Zito's 1985 Chuck Norris saves Christmas action extravaganza Invasion USA, 2019's infamous Tom Hooper musical debacle Cats, Michael J. Murphy's trashy 2005 SOV melodrama Roxi, the 1999 Shunichi Nagasaki J-horror Shikoku, the 1987 cheap tech-noir Alien Private Eye (directed by Viktor), and the 1988 Gary L. Keady post-apocalyptic musical Sons of Steel. Finally, as usual in part three, we talk about all the other physical media we've watched since last episode, and make our picks for the next one. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
On The Stacks this week, in part one (0:00-1:31:30) Shana and j. discuss the Enzo G. Castellari 1973 poliziotteschi classic High Crime, in addition to our continuing coverage of Star Trek (TOS), with episode 13, "The Conscience of the King" (directed by Gerd Oswald). In part two (1:31:31-3:12:42), we talk about eight additional features - 1968's wildly influential George A. Romero zombie feature, The Night of the Living Dead, the proper start to the James Bond franchise with 1962's Dr No, directed by Terence Young, Ferdinando De Leo's 1972 poliziotteschi The Italian Connection, John Pasquin's 1994 seasonal Tim Allen picture The Santa Clause, Richard Donner's legendary 1987 buddy cop comedy Lethal Weapon, Monte Hellman's bizarre 1989 oddly David Lynch-adjacent franchise entry Silent Night Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out, John S. Rad's incredibly strange years-in-the-making 2005-released vanity project Dangerous Men, and Nico Mastorakis' 1990 Andy Sidaris-lite mercenary action thriller Hired to Kill. As usual, part three consists of shorter, capsule discussion of everything else we've watched on physical media since last time, and making our decisions for next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/…
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