Ben Holt

The Talented Mr. Ripley

August 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

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1999 Month continues with Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley"! Ben and Brady discuss the twists, turns, and idyllic Italian setting of the Matt Damon-starring thriller.

Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Matt Damon, and featuring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The Sixth Sense

August 12th, 2024  |  58 mins 44 secs

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This month we're gonna podcast like it's 1999! We're turning the clock back to pre-Y2K to celebrate the 25th anniversary of some of the best films in a great year for movies. First up: M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense! Ben and Anthony discuss the twists and turns of Shyamalan's most celebrated, most Oscar nominated, and most dead-people-seeing thriller.

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, and Toni Collette.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

July 31st, 2024  |  1 hr 21 mins

"Halloween in June: Part II - July" returns to the franchise that gives the month's theme its name with Halloween III: Season of the Witch! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the Irish Stonehenge magic in this Michael Myers-less installment of the classic series.

Written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and starring Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, and Dan O'Herlihy.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

July 27th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins

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"Halloween in June: Part II - July" returns to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with Wes Craven's New Nightmare! Ben and Patrick discuss the meta-slasher that Wes Craven made before Scream, a box office bomb that killed Freddy Krueger for almost a decade but is actually pretty good!

Written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, and Miko Hughes.

Jason X

July 14th, 2024  |  52 mins 52 secs

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"Halloween in June: Part II - July" continues our monthlong exploration of inexplicable sequels to horror movies we've done before with Jason X! Ben, Cory, and Noah discuss the self-parodic, "what if Jason went to space?" plotting of the tenth entry in the Friday the 13th series.

Directed by Jim Isaac, written by Todd Farmer and starring Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, and Kane Hodder.

Prometheus

July 7th, 2024  |  1 hr 33 mins

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Get ready for 'Halloween in June: Part II - July!' This month, we're talking about poorly received sequels to horror movies we've done in the past. First up, a kind-of prequel to one of our earliest episodes - Alien - it's Ridley Scott's Prometheus! Ben, Bree, Robbie, Sam, and Vaz discuss the lore-dense film, fifth in the Alien franchise, that was meant to kickoff a still-unfinished prequel trilogy about a maybe evil, definitely sexy robot. And, also, there's eventually xenomorphs.

Directed by Ridley Scott and co-written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron.

Moonlight

June 28th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins

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Pride Month continues with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight! Ben, Brady, and Patrick discuss the Oscar winning film.

Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue." It stars Trevante Rhodes, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, and André Holland.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

June 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 23 mins

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Pride Month continues with Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss the instant classic, which ranked 30th on the 2022 edition of Sight and Sound's critics' list of the greatest films of all time.

Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel.

But I'm a Cheerleader

June 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins

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It's Pride Month and we're kicking it off with 1999's But I'm a Cheerleader! Ben, Andy, Aquielle, and Kate discuss Jamie Babbit's conversion camp cult classic, starring Natasha Lyonne and Clea Duvall.

Directed by Jamie Babbit, written by Brian Wayne Peterson, and starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, RuPaul, and Cathy Moriarty.

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

May 27th, 2024  |  48 mins 33 secs

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It's the final episode of DCOM May, and we're blasting off with Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century! Ben, Kyle, Steph, and Miss Southeastern MA Teen 2024 Jaime discuss the 1999 Disney Channel classic.

Directed by Kenneth Johnson and starring Kirsten Storms and Raven-Symoné.

Smart House

May 20th, 2024  |  56 mins 29 secs

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DCOM May rolls on with 1999's Smart House! Ben, Andy, Cheddar, and Aquielle discuss the pre-Y2K-typifying millenial... classic?

Directed by LeVar Burton and starring Katey Sagal, Ryan Merriman, Katie Volding, Kevin Kilner, and Jessica Steen.

Motocrossed

May 13th, 2024  |  59 mins 37 secs

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DCOM May, our month-long look at Disney Channel Original Movies, continues with 2001's Motocrossed! Ben and Anthony tackle the second "Twelfth Night" adaption that we've done on the pod (after She's the Man) and discuss who well it holds up... if at all!

Directed by Steve Boyum and starring Alana Austin, Riley Smith, Mary-Margaret Humes, and Trever O'Brien.

Brink!

May 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 21 mins

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May is DCOM Month! By shockingly popular request, this month we're covering Disney Channel Original Movies and our first one is the third one ever: 1998's Brink! Ben, Sam, and Vaz get worked by this totally phat time capsule "film" from Greg Beeman, extremely loosely based on "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates" by Mary Mapes Dodge.

Directed by Greg Beeman, starring Erik von Detten, Sam Horrigan, Christina Vidal, and David Graf.

Superbad

April 29th, 2024  |  59 mins 57 secs

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For the last week of One Night Only Month we're talking about 2007's Superbad! Ben, Andy, Aquielle, and Kate discuss Greg Mottola's totemic millennial buddy-comedy.

Directed by Greg Mottola, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and produced by Judd Apatow. Starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera and featuring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, and Emma Stone.

After Hours

April 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

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One Night Only Month turns the clocks back to 1985 to stay up way too late with Martin Scorcese's After Hours! Ben and Vaz discuss the nocturnal misadventures of Griffin Dunne's protagonist, Paul, in this New York classic.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, starring Griffin Dunne, and featuring Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

April 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 21 mins

One Night Only Month burns the midnight oil with Mike Nichols' directorial debut - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ben, Greg, Lindsey, Marshall, and Ray discuss the ups and downs of the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton-starring 1966 classic.

Directed by Mike Nichols, adaptated from Edward Albee's 1962 play of the same name. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis.