Ben Holt

Gremlins

December 18th, 2023  |  57 mins 1 sec

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Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante's tonal mashup.

Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.

It's A Wonderful Life

December 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Continuing December's focus on Holiday Movies, this week we've got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.

Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.

Black Christmas

December 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 34 mins

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This December, we're getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly Black Christmas! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.

Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.

The Maltese Falcon

November 27th, 2023  |  53 mins 3 secs

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Bird Month comes to a soaring conclusion with a classic noir - The Maltese Falcon! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the twists, turns, and amazing characters of John Huston's directorial debut.

Written and directed by John Huston, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving & Garfield's Thanksgiving

November 20th, 2023  |  48 mins 40 secs

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We take a break from Bird Month to focus on the only bird that matters this week - turkey! As in, Thanksgiving! Ben, Andy, Jeffrey, Kate, and Kay tackle two TV specials featuring iconic comic characters - one holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), and one complete trainwreck, Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989).

The Birds

November 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins

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Bird Month flaps ahead with Alfred Hitchcock's bird-filled classic, The Birds! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dive in to all the pecks, squawks, and oedipal weirdness of the Master of Suspense's fowl-est film.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Evan Hunter, and starring Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren and featuring Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright.

Chicken Run

November 6th, 2023  |  52 mins 51 secs

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November is Bird Month! Flying in first, it's Aardman's 2000 classic, Chicken Run! Ben and Anthony discuss the highest grossing stop motion animated film of all time.

Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick.

Train to Busan

October 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins

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Spooky Subtitles Month takes us BACK to South Korea to catch a ride aboard Train to Busan. Ben and Anthony discuss the high-speed zombie action of this 2016 thrill ride.

Directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee and Kim Eui-sung.

REC

October 23rd, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins

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Spooky Subtitles Month heads back to Europe for 2007's Spanish found-footage classic [•REC]! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss the ins and (legally not allowed to come back) outs of one of the most thrilling and acclaimed films in modern horror.

Co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza and starring Manuela Velasco.

The Wailing

October 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 48 secs

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Spooky Subtitles Month goes BACK to South Korea for The Wailing (2016), which a lot of people on the internet have called 'the most unsettling film of modern times' ...and we had a blast! What's wrong with us?! FIND OUT as Ben, Cory, and Noah delve into the many, many, MANY horror subgenres and religions bizarrely (yet... expertly?) blended by director Na Hong-jin.

Korean title: Gokseong. Directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, and Chun Woo-hee.

Let the Right One In

October 9th, 2023  |  1 hr 33 mins

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Spooky Subtitles Month heads way up north to Sweden for 2008's Let the Right One In! Ben, Greg, and Ray discuss their favorite vampire rules, how not to be an effective familiar, and whether or not you can trust the central relationship in Tomas Alfredson's modern classic.

Directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and starring Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson.

The Host

October 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 21 mins

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It's October, but this time there's a chilling twist - all non-English horror movies! That's right, it's Spooky Subtitles Month! We're kicking it off with one of the most acclaimed monster movies of the century from one of its most acclaimed directors: Bong Joon-ho's The Host! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dissect the 2006 mutant fish genre mashup.

Directed and co-written by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

September 25th, 2023  |  52 mins 2 secs

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High School Movies Month comes to a righteous conclusion with John Hughes' 1986 classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off! Ben and Kate discuss the highly quotable, oft-referenced, Chicago-based hijinks of three friends confronting the end of adolescence.

Written and directed by John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck, and featuring Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, and Edie McClurg.

21 Jump Street

September 18th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

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High School Movies Month drives ahead with another off-beat high school pick - Lord and Miller's 2012 reimagining of 21 Jump Street! Ben, Greg, and Ray have the right to remain... something, as they discuss the Jonah Hill / Channing Tatum buddy cop action-comedy.

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall, and starring Hill, Channing Tatum, Dave Franco, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, and Ice Cube.

Carrie

September 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 15 mins

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High School Movies Month continues with the classic horror/tragedy Carrie! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz go to prom, strategically avoid hitting pigs with a hammer, and get right with a really zonked-out Jesus in Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel.

Directed by Brian De Palma, written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name. Starring Sissy Spacek and featuring Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, William Katt, P. J. Soles, Betty Buckley, and John Travolta.

Rushmore

September 4th, 2023  |  54 mins 48 secs

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Another month, another theme - September is High School Movie Month! We're kicking it off with Wes Anderson's 1998 prep school classic - Rushmore! In our first ever remotely recorded episode, Ben heroically fights through post-Covid vocal strain and Anthony calls in from a secure location to discuss Jason Schwartzman's film debut, the kickoff of Bill Murray's "respected indie actor" phase, and the best script Owen Wilson ever co-wrote.

Directed by Wes Anderson, co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson, and starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, and Olivia Williams and featuring Brian Cox, Seymour Cassel, and Luke Wilson.