Oldie But A Goodie

Ben Volchok takes us on a journey into the meaning and creation of the best clips from his recurring character The Orphan.

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Sandro and Zach react to the best clips of our recurring character The Orphan, as played by Ben Volchok.

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We've been waiting all year for this. One of the greatest worst movies of all time. Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space. Starring b-roll of Bela Lugosi, a silent Vampira, a hulking Tor Johnson, and a b…

We're both big sci-fi nerds, so when the option came up to review one of the most influential science-fiction movies of all time, we had to pick it. 'Forbidden Planet' from 1956 is a goldmine of firs…

We're halfway through the 50s and you know what that means... It's time for another bonus battle! We've taken two giant monster movies from 1955 and put them head to head to see which comes out on to…

It's 1954 and we're covering our second Jules Verne adaptation of the year... '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'. It stars Kirk Douglas and James Mason, is directed by Richard Fleischer, and is produced …

We're finally doing a western! Except this isn't just any normal western... It's a musical western! This week on the show, we're checking out the Doris Day film 'Calamity Jane' from 1953. It's filled…

We're in 1952 and we've picked one of the best movies of all time. It's got everything! A fun story with excellent songs and dancing, starring characters you enjoy spending time with, and some behind…

Clean the cannons, polish the uniforms, and raise the sails... It's time to head out into the seas and have adventures during the Napoleonic Wars with Captain Horatio Hornblower! It's the first adapt…

For our first movie from the 1950s, we're heading to Japan and checking out a classic thriller from Akira Kurosawa called Rashomon. We're joined by regular guest Jack McGorlick to discuss the crime, …

We're not talking about the first man... We're not even mentioning the second... In this week's episode of the podcast, we're all about The Third Man! Our movie for 1949 is the classic film noir by C…

After many weeks of seeing films from this franchise pop up as options, it's finally time to check out a Tarzan movie. But not just any Tarzan movie! It's 1948's Tarzan and the Mermaids. "What is Tar…

What do you do when you find yourself inside a corrupt prison run by a power-hungry maniac? You break out, of course! And that's what this week's episode is all about. Yep, we're doing a prison break…

Merry July, everybody! This week, we're checking out a classic Christmas tale called 'It's a Wonderful Life'. It's a very American story about a very American man doing very American things in his ve…

Two mysteries. Two murderers. Two movies. It's time for a bonus battle! We've taken two popular murder mystery movies from 1945 and are pitting them head to head to see which one is better. Or rather…

Because we absolutely loved talking about the movie Cat People a few weeks ago, we're reviewing the sequel this week! The Curse of the Cat People was released in 1944. It's about the daughter of two …

Back in 2019, we checked out a Lassie movie from the '90s because Sandro had a DVD copy of it lying around. Because we have a history with this franchise, it seemed like a good enough reason to check…

In what may be our first proper B-movie of the year, we head to 1942 and check out a horror film called Cat People. This one's about Irena. She just got married but is worried that she'll turn into a…

Before they met Frankenstein or the Mummy or the Invisible Man, comedy duo Abbott and Costello were starring in a horror comedy called Hold That Ghost. Their work on the stage, on the radio, and in a…

As we begin our journey through the 1940s, we go back to one filmmaker we saw during the silent era... Charlie Chaplin! World War II has just kicked off and the Chap has released his biting political…