It’s our December Member Bonus Episode, and the members have spoken — we’re adding Joel Schumacher’s 1987 teen vampire horror comedy “The Lost Boys” to the list of films that coulda been a contender at the 1988 Academy Awards nominations for Best Visual Effects. It’s a fun one to return to, and has a lot more going on than we realized when we first saw it in the 80s. Tune in!
Listen Now
We continue our look at the 1988 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Nominees – and some non-nominees – with a conversation about the fantastic John McTiernan 1987 muscle-filled alien battle. That’s right, we’re taking on Predator.
Listen Now
We kick off our look at the 1988 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Nominees with Joe Dante’s miniaturization sci-fi comedy Innerspace, starring Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, and Meg Ryan. What a great way to start this incredibly fun series!
Listen Now
We conclude our series looking at the Hugo Award nominees for Best Dramatic Presentation in our conversation about Norman Jewison’s 1975 dystopian future sports movie, Rollerball.
Listen Now
We continue our exploration of the films nominated at the 1976 Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation. Today, we laugh along with one of our favorites – Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Still works as well as ever, and we even try saying a few smart things about it along the way.
Listen Now
For our November member bonus episode, we add a ‘what if?’ to our run of 1976 Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Nominees series, talking about Bryan Forbes’ 1975 film The Stepford Wives. How does it compare to the nominees?
Listen Now
We continue our 1976 Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Nominees series with John Carpenter’s first film – and mostly a student film – it’s Dark Star. Is it better than a student film? Too much about hippies in space? Or does it work in some strange way?
Listen Now
We kick off our next series exploring the nominees for the Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation award, starting with a bonkers post-apocalyptic film, L.Q. Jones’ A Boy and His Dog. Don Johnson and a telepathic dog? Jason Robards as leader of an underground society? We’re in!
Listen Now
We wrap up our conversations about the 1965 BAFTAs Best Film From Any Source Nominees with a discussion about John Frankenheimer’s brilliant film The Train. It’s got Burt Lancaster as a French train man helping keep the Nazis from stealing art from their museums near the end of WWII, and holds up exceptionally well. Tune in!
Listen Now
We continue our series looking at the 1965 BAFTAs for the nominees of the Films From Any Source category, this time with a conversation about Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater. Easy to say we loved this powerful drama.
Listen Now