036 – Lost Horizon

Tim wouldn’t be caught dead watching the musical version of Lost Horizon from 1973, so Jen entices friend of the show Darren Herzceg to visit Shangri-La!

Here are a few of the links mentioned in the show, for enthusiasts (mostly Jen):

Ken Anderson’s discussion of the film

DVD Talk review which includes some memories of the film as screened during the original run in Westwood in 1973

And don’t miss the often-exquisite Bacharach/David soundtrack

For more of Darren, check out our episode on David Cronenberg’s Crash!

035 – Things


Just in time for Halloween, Tim and Jen attempt to make head or tail of a 1989 homebrew Canadian movie called Things! Possibly one of the worst and most inexplicable movies ever made, Things went direct-to-video…and straight to our hearts.

Jen LOVES this shit

Don’t miss these outtakes and bloopers from Things, posted by the writer/producer himself, Barry J. Gillis!

Our friends at Severin Films have Things on DVD! Yes, that specific thing called Things, the movie from 1989! Third base!

For more incredibly stupid horror, listen to our episode on Truth or Dare: A Critical Madness.

033 – Livin’ Large

Sean Morris joins Jen and Tim to discuss a favorite forgotten comedy, Livin’ Large, which prefigured “Marxist propaganda” film Sorry To Bother You! We make the connections and also ramble about symptoms of dystopia like SoundCloud rappers.

For more Sean, try our episode on the Warren Beatty comedy Bulworth!

032 – Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Rothrock executing a flying kick

Jen and Tim are honored to speak with martial arts cinema legend Cynthia Rothrock! Cynthia talks about the pitfalls of acting with non-sync sound, meeting with A-list directors, and taking her career into the 21st century on YouTube. And more!

See Cynthia travel the globe, talk with other martial arts legends, and generally kick ass on her YouTube channel.

For another industry interview, try our episode with Dutch filmmaker Ate de Yong!

031 – Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Jen welcomes Mike Rosen to discuss a traumatic event from his childhood: Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure! In other words, an ill-fated animated feature directed by Richard Williams.

The Animator’s Survival Kit website is a fine tribute to Williams, an undisputed master of the animation. This guide for the aspiring animator is possibly his greatest legacy.

Here’s the screencap Jen mentions in the episode. Make of it what you will.

Babette the Doll from Raggedy Ann and Andy

For more of Mike, listen to our Nothing But Trouble episode!

030 – Francesco with Will Menaker

Will Menaker blesses us with his presence to discuss Francesco, a biopic of St. Francis of Assisi starring…Mickey Rourke?!

Mickey Rourke fucks a pile of snow in Liliana Cavani's Francesco (1989)
That’s not cocaine, believe it or not

Will also joined us a few episodes back to talk about a problematic fave from a problematic fave: William Friedkin’s Cruising!

029 – The Fountainhead

Jen and Tim pick apart King Vidor’s demented vision of Ayn Rand’s equally demented novel, The Fountainhead.

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Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, both total marks for Ayn Rand

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For more libertarian lunacy, listen to our episode on The Wizard of Speed and Time!

028 – YouTube algorithm hell world

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

Peppa Pig, Doritos, Mountain Dew, John Cena with a blunt

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!

027 – Tarantino Ripoffs with Matt Christman

Renee Zellweger aims a gun in Love and a .45 (1994)

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.”