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Jen and Tim pick apart King Vidor’s demented vision of Ayn Rand’s equally demented novel, The Fountainhead.
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For more libertarian lunacy, listen to our episode on The Wizard of Speed and Time!
Tim and Jen take a look at those Youtube algorithm kids videos and learn that Spiderman Elsa puppet finger family bad baby songs buried alive
The Medium article that kicked off the discussion, James Bridle’s “Something is Wrong on the Internet”
Tim’s videos may be viewed at his YouTube channel, timtoon, or you can skip right to Sarcastic Hulk.
For more pure, uncut internet, listen to our episode on Wonder Boy!
Matt Christman returns to talk about that disease unique to the 90s, the Tarantino ripoff! We discuss Killing Zoe and Love and a .45. We also touch on oddball pics like The Immortals and the inexplicably beloved Boondock Saints.
Matt first guested on the show to bring us the awful Larry Bishop pet project, Mad Dog Time. Included in this episode is a Matt utterance that’s might be one of the best descriptions of a bad film ever spoken: “It’s like it all takes place in a coffin.”
Put on your mirrored shades! Jen and Tim welcome back Will Menaker to talk over the often-unfairly-maligned Cruising!
Will also joined us to talk about a St. Francis of Assisi biopic starring Mickey Rourke (!). Listen to our Francesco episode!
Jen and Tim are joined by writer K. Thor Jensen to discuss a true example of an outsider movie, Wonder Boy. It turns out that Uwe Boll is only the second worst video-game-based film director currently living.
K. Thor Jensen’s article on Wonder Boy, which includes a link to the…well, it’s barely a movie: Wonder Boy is the Most Bizarre Video Game Movie Ever Made
Update: As of 2021, the movie has disappeared from YouTube and other video upload sites. But in 2011 someone put it on DVD, we assume the creators.
For more internet madness, listen to our episode on weird algorithm-generated YouTube videos!
Jen and Tim welcome cartoonist and cultural commentator Matthew Hurwitz (dangerburger.com) to discuss internet phenomenon Lasagna Cat! Yes, Jen watched all five hours of the Lasagna Cat sex survey!
Sean Morris (@saneiscrazy) rejoins Jen and Tim for a postmortem of the Paul Schrader/Bret Easton Ellis mishap, The Canyons. This movie stars James Deen so uhhh trigger warning for discussion of rape I guess
Read the New Yorker article that spilled the tea on the ill-starred production.
Jen and Tim take a look at a singular auteur statement: a movie called The Evil Within. It’s a nasty little film made by a reclusive oil fortune heir on his own dime. Turns out it’s…pretty good!
Watch the trailer for The Evil Within:
People Magazine covered the story of filmmaker Andrew Getty soon after The Evil Within’s posthumous release in 2017.
For more weird horror, listen to our episode on Dutch anomaly The Johnsons!
Jen and Tim welcome an expert in the study of lunkheads, Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House! We dissect the themes of environmentalism and masculinity in Steven Seagal’s cri de coeur, and also stumble across evidence that Felix may be a long-lost Seagal relative.
For more Felix, don’t miss our episode on the truly demented Turkish actioner Valley of the Wolves: Iraq!
Jen and Tim discuss a GOOD film from 1987 this time: the detective story in a horror universe, Angel Heart. Remember when Mickey Rourke was beautiful?
For more moody 80’s horror, try our episode on Jacob’s Ladder!