Z and Keith Watched A Movie

Not to be confused with the straight-to-video franchise that began in 1989 (Puppet Master), this film is based on a novel by Robert Heinlein. Starting out as anti-communist cold war propaganda (as He…

We are pleased to be able to talk to you about this little gem staring our boy "the doc" Martin "M.D." Donovan and John "Papa Slaughter" McKay: THE Hartley alumni.
Anachronistic technology, theocracy…

This week we are pleased to bring you a film that was a major motivator for starting this here 'cast: Color of Night (1994).
A movie that almost killed the director, arguably nearly ruined the career…

The director of Das Boot brings us this psychosexual thriller which is a bit goofy, tighter than it seems and is only passable because of Bob Hoskins.
Car kill count: at least 3.
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This week's selection is the first this month to be pulled from our lockdown rewatch bag. A titillating combo of pseudoscience and nudity Sensation holds the rare distinction that it was released on …

TW: Turns out this movie has a character that weaponizes the accusation of sexual assault.
And we spend a fair amount of the episode talking about that as a trope.
Happy August!
Knox Convicted, Senten…

To put a bow on the casket of Keith's birthday month selections, we end on a classic of scifi fantasy meets ambitious CG for its day; The Last Starfighter.
Plus we rank our faves for July.
He Faked Bei…

In honor of the passing of Val Kilmer and the injustice that is Keith's continued existence, Dr. Flota joins us again, this time to discuss the absurdity that is Top Secret! (1984).
Z was very graciou…

Filling this year's "horror movie Keith recalls seeing the poster/cover/maybe a cupla scenes from as a young person and was far to scared to watch" is 1987's The Gate.
Starring a baby Stephen Dorff wi…

We open a month of Keith's birthday selections with this topsy turvy look at the upside down world of American advertising.

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Pod bookie, the "chief of d's" himself + gay = a movie we've been wanting to cover for awhile.
In the end it's a BBC afterschool special in which MD does a accent and a Redgrave stands around Redgrav…

It has been a week.

Anyway, here's In & Out

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Outro: Odyssey performing Inside Out

Our first biopic on Oscar Wilde, somewhat surprisingly.
This week we're talkin' chili with beans is woke, restorative justice, flat Fry.

Leeja Miller | How Oscar Wilde Ruined It for Gay Victorians Eve…

In which we discuss the dark woke alliance of horror and queerness.

rantasmo | Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Needs More Gay
M.A.K.C. | Psy-Ops, Repression, and the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza with Dr. Lara …

To wrap on May, we bring you the runaway smash summer blockbuster hit of 1997, Men in Black.
We talk the death of physical media, fun with "AI", and anti-intellectualism in right wing populism.
Plus we…

CW: lots of scatological talk at the top.
This week we bring you what could arguably be called the sassy sister to Bill & Ted's, it's Romy & Michele!
Plus Z breaks down the algorithmic mythos (algorit…

Feed some compost to the Mr Fusion, strap into your DeLorean, and set the flux capacitor for 1989, cuz this week we're talking about Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!
Plus sleeping habits of the poor …

Kicking off the door to May, we kick around the ball of complexity that includes, but not limited to:
Z's relationship to this film, the film's relationship to the source text, the source text's rela…

Strap in cuz Keith is only partially medicated and we talk about the relation between personal trauma and horror films.

Plus Dramarama vs Social Distortion, pining vs slutting and the month in review.
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