Optimism Vaccine

We watched the entire Cyborg trilogy and it's definitely better than any franchise without a villain named after a guitar and a Kato Kaelin cameo. You also get a big dollop of brooding Jean-Claude Va…

Fantasy isn't just your favorite mid-90s Mariah Carey song. It's the place where D&D nerd storytelling collides head-on with oiled-up beefcakes.

For this episode, we're digging into the gorgeous new …

Our odyssey into the bizarre corners of pseudo-pornography comes to a close with one of the best (and one of the worst) films we've watched yet. Is a horned up version of The Muppets Take Manhatten e…

What could possibly be better than starting off 2021 with a big juicy batch of porn flicks? More importantly, why are the OV wives saying "you can't hang out with Steve anymore"? Join us as we do a v…

What's the best way to gain insight into the soul of America? By watching a pair of revered genre classics from Cannon Films, of course. Special guest Colin Tanner joins us as we end the year breakin…

We're getting into the holiday spirit with our old yuletide pals: unbathed Mel Gibson and Kirk Cameron the irredeemable sewer chud! Plus, we check out an underappreciated French genre gem that begs t…

Not every great movie in 2020 can star a bloated Russell Crowe but we did find a dozen or so other films that were pretty decent. Kristy Strouse, editor-in-chief of Film Inquiry, joins us to help pic…

Is Twins a top-tier 80s comedy? Of course not. It's probably not even a top-tier Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy or Ivan Reitman movie if we're being honest. Maybe it's the funniest eugenics comedy. At …

You'd think after doing this for six years we'd run out of gimmicks for episodes, but then our genius brains come up with stuff like "films with single word titles released in 2020." After that, we r…

What's that? You're isolated from everyone you love during a holiday centered on comradery and familial gathering? Your life has been ravaged by unfettered capitalism, leaving you at the mercy of a f…

Jake and Jack finally tackle the latest (and longest) James Bond film, Spectre, with special guest, Alistair Ryder.

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We're pumping the brakes on our usual film-centric content for a very special episode.

Stephen Kohlmann and Steve Cuff return to Discourse From The Big Chair after a three year hiatus to discuss the r…

A respectable podcast would dedicate an episode to just watching the 2020 action/thriller, Unhinged. Lucky for you, we're a bunch of masochistic idiots and decided to watch EVERY movie titled Unhinge…

Another year, another batch of Blumhouse horror films unceremoniously dropped on a streaming service in October. Join us as we revel in movie mediocrity and give ourselves a big, juicy, Halloween con…

We're dragging Shawn down into the Lovecraftian depths of mid-to-late period Stuart Gordon where we discover the many uses for Charles Band's castle, how to properly court a tentacle legged priestess…

We're continuing our annual October horror slate by jumping from Italian giallo to Lovecraftian splatter and dystopian weirdness from the good old USA. Join us as we stimulate Shawn Glinis' pineal gl…

Eddie Averill of the Extended Clip podcast stops by to lend some credibility to our exploration of Sergio Martino's works. Unfortunately, he's quickly alienated by a fumbling guest host and pointless…

It's October, so in a premise that absolutely isn't straining credulity, the OV crew is returning to the land of Joe D'Amato to "introduce" Shawn to genre influencer Sergio Martino. Elaborate insuran…

This week, we're sailing the tumultuous seas of moral outrage as Ana Gavrilovska joins us to discuss Netflix's foray into pre-teen twerking: Cuties (2020). Are we bearing witness to an insidious plot…

Jack and Jake are joined by Film Inquiry Editor in Chief, Kristy Strouse, to discuss the first Sam Mendes helmed Bond flick, Skyfall. Will Jack channel his inner Adele and sing a rousing rendition of…