NathanGordon

The Exorcist 3 is a far better film, with two of the biggest scares I've ever experienced. Highly recommended, in case you've never seen it. The 1973 film is iconic, for sure. Probably the most seminal and enduring horror movie that isn't a slasher.

Why, because I mentioned the availability of it via piracy? I've bought the film twice, along with most of Ghibli's other work, before and after Disney licensed them. I feel no shame about pirating Disney products.

As far as I know, Disney still has the rights to most (all?) of the Ghibli catalog. Furthermore, Disney signed an exclusive streaming deal with Netflix three years ago; so far, none of the Ghibli films are available yet. The easiest way to watch this, apart from buying it (the BluRay is excellent), is via torrents. It's probably on sites like Putlocker, too. It's a wonderful film, one of Miyazaki's best works, and an equal to any Disney greats.

This fact is much more interesting that the actual song, which is not surprising if you've got a passing familiarity with the guy's music. He had a slightly popular band called "30 Odd Foot of Grunts", which yes, is one of the worst band names ever. I know this because my boss's wife is a huge fan and even has a towel Crowe used to wipe his sweat at a concert. For some reason I always get Russell Crowe and Colin Farrell mixed up, but then I remember only one of them has a sweaty towel framed in my boss's house.

Supershark VS Dupershark Megacroc VS Regular Croc Battle Pony VS War Chicken Kramer VS Kramer sorry that's four

*double post due to overwhelming sad vibes

It's been a bummer week for news. I saw a sidebar on the AV Club that said Yelchin died from a car crash, but that's not even entirely accurate; he was crushed by his own car that rolled down his driveway, which sounds like a terrible way to die. Not that there are good ones, but still. I wonder what will become of his Star Trek role now; I remember back in 2009, Abrams was saying the producers wanted young actors on the Enterprise to ensure a healthy future for the franchise -- Yelchin was only 19 when he first played Chekov! I hope whatever post-production tribute they decide to hastily edit into the new Trek doesn't include a digital face swap. Where's my bad movie podcast when I need it ( ; へ ; ) How much you want to bet they're going to do that Lifetime movie about lesbian vampires that James Franco produced?

Good point, and I agree. I think Rosemary's Baby is an interesting case because it concerns themes of maternity, "female hysteria", and male control of women while at the same time, Polanksi was treating Mia Farrow like, well, this:

What about that documentary he made, Planet of the Apes?

Jennifer's Body is good but not great, and while you could easily spend an hour talking about it, there's other, better horror/thriller films with feminist themes like Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, In The Company Of Wolves, or even Ginger Snaps. It's certainly much less interesting than Antichrist and would cover similar podcast terrain.

For some reason, in my head I mix this up with the Seth McFarlane western. I don't know why. I need to see this, though, if Monica Bellucci is in it. She's so beautiful it's almost uncanny valley territory.

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That hilariously verbose refrigerator magnet message tho It was nice that there were just enough letters for the kid to include his middle name.

I think Roger & Me would be a little less insufferable. Moore's work is important, but also loses some relevancy the further removed from its time it is. Roger & Me keeps the scope much smaller -- his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and its poor economy -- and manages to stay relatable today because of that. It's less a "big issue" film than his later documentaries. Bowling for Columbine has some parts that are straight up embarassing, like the entire sequence with Charlton Heston -- Moore placing the photo of the dead girl outside the house is one of the most fremdscham moments I've ever had.

Also, I want to mention that it's worth tracking down the physical disc of They Live for the wonderful commentary track with both John Carpenter and Roddy Piper together. They have a really great chemistry and rapport, and sound more like old friends reminiscing. Carpenter's commentary tracks are all pretty good, actually.

Your wardrobe is clearly missing the proper transitional outfit, then! I bought one of these a few months ago: It's a soft, thin fleece, comfortable, and CUTE. It has a hood and pockets, making it basically the perfect lounging outfit. I take every opportunity to wear it at home that I can -- it has replaced my yoga pants. You can get them on ebay for ~$30, in a variety of animals, too! I want to wear it all the time, everywhere. As far as buns, I've never heard anyone ever refer to man ass with that word, except in a funny/ironic way. I don't even think older women use the term. I have heard plenty of women talk about butts, especially while watching football. Buns is pretty cute and funny, though, especially when Zouks says it. p.s., on a second listen of this episode, I'm glad they pointed out the absurdity of J.Lo's character saying a Yiddish word like "shmutz". I thought that was so out of place and weird!

Have you really not seen Halloween or Big Trouble In Little China? Essential viewing!

The always wonderful Jonathan Lethem (author of Motherless Brooklyn) wrote a fascinating and very readable minute by minute analysis of They Live for Soft Skull's Deep Focus series. If you're a Lethem fan or a Carpenter buff, you can't miss it -- great read. My own favorite detail about They Live is the name of the main character: Nada.

Yeah, when your movie is less competent and coherent than The Room or Birdemic, you've problems. Neil Breen wouldn't work for this podcast, it's too inexplicable. Barely anything makes even the slightest sense, it almost defies critique or analysis because of its inscrutability. What should be an ordinary conversation between friends over dinner, in Fateful Findings becomes a Lynchian sitcom about dadaist sleepwalkers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmjQ10Sjq0 I mean, what is there to say about that?

I love that you have faulty brake murder on the mind. What happened to Leelee Sobieski? I mean, she gets work, but it seems like her career never really took off. I remember when Eyes Wide Shut came out, there was some hype around this gorgeous girl who looked like a young Meryl Streep in Kubrick's new film. Five years later she was getting punched out by Nic Cage in Wicker Man and has only appeared in worse films since (including HDTGM fave 88 Minutes).

Huh. Seemed like a pretty straight forward fantasy film. Once you accept that there's magic and whatever, it falls into place. I don't know any of the game lore, so I was a little lost at first, but it wasn't hard to follow.

Have you seen Dogtooth or ALPS? Try watching Dogtooth, it's very similar in tone and style. The kind of bizarro, skewed normalcy that Lanthimos trades in is right up my alley -- similar to Lynch's Blue Velvet (my favorite film of all time). I honestly found The Lobster to be hilarious and also very touching, especially the ending.

Definitely. But the film didn't establish the kid having asthma, his problem was allergy-related incontinence. And they never bothered to explain his reaction (which apparently can happen to people with severe allergies), he just fell down with insta-hives. I had to rewind it to see if a bee had stung him or something. Nope, turns out he's allergic to boxing. That whole scene was stupid, because it exists solely to give us Chekov's EpiPen -- which makes no fuckin' sense because getting stabbed in the eye with a needle while in a barn on fire is convoluted and unnecessary! There's tools and shit in there! J.Lo could have grabbed a pitchfork or something, but they had to use this subplot about her kid's allergies to get to this eye stabbing scene! Just give her a knife, it was already established as her weapon of choice. p.s., was anyone else expecting some Pulp Fiction style chest needling action?

This film was soooo boring and inexplicably in 3D. Hemsworth sure does get a lot of mileage out of his Aussie in King Arthur's Court accent, between this, the two Huntsmen movies, and all of his appearances as Thor. The "old guy spinning a yarn" is probably my least favorite narrative framing device. "I wonder what became of that young man.... I believe his name was... Melville." It served no purpose in the film whatsoever, it added nothing. Just have the bloody story about the whaling ship! You don't need to cut away to the guy telling the tale every fifteen minutes! Arrrgh!