Episodes

Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
146 - Black Mass and Cooties
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
This episode we review the gangster drama "Black Mass" and in doing so look at the overall career of actor Johnny Depp by listing his best/worst/overrated/underrated performances. Richard review's the horror-comedy "Cooties," and at the end of the show we discuss the 2011 indie comedy "Losers Take All" in our Netflix homework.

Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
145 - The Visit
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
This week we review the new M. Night Shyamalan film "The Visit." Is it Shyamalan's return to form, as some have claimed it to be? We also discuss our weekend at our respective local comic conventions (Long Beach and Rose City) and at the end of the show, for our Netflix homework, we review the Hungarian dog-attack movie "White God."

Monday Sep 07, 2015
144 - American Ultra
Monday Sep 07, 2015
Monday Sep 07, 2015
This week we catch up on "American Ultra," starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart and written by Max Landis. Cassidy explains his disdain for tabletop games that have complicated rules and at the end of the program we review the 70s blacksploitation movie "The Monkey Hu$tle."
Also, be sure to listen to Richard and Cassidy's guest spot on this week's Make Dad Read Comics!
American Ultra trailer

Thursday Sep 03, 2015
143 - Z For Zachariah + RIP Wes Craven
Thursday Sep 03, 2015
Thursday Sep 03, 2015
This week we say farewell to horror legend Wes Craven. We also review the apocalyptic indie romance "Z For Zachariah" and for our Netflix homework we review the 1989 shocker "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover," starring a younger Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren.

Tuesday Aug 25, 2015
142 - The End of the Tour & Tangerine
Tuesday Aug 25, 2015
Tuesday Aug 25, 2015
After a summer of wall-to-wall blockbusters we decided to cool off the end of August with a few low-budget indie flicks. This episode we review "The End of the Tour," starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace, and the feature film that was shot entirely on an iPhone, the raunchy LA street-comedy "Tangerine." We also talk a little bit of movie news, discuss the movies we weren't aloud to see as kids, and the existential angst of turning 30 years old. Enjoy!
The End of the Tour trailer

Tuesday Jul 28, 2015
139 - Trainwreck (w/ guest Andy Motz)
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015
This week friend of the show and all around nice guy Andy Motz comes on to the program to discuss feminism, filmmaking and Amy Schumer's new comedy "Trainwreck," We also discuss the news of the Minecraft and Emoji movies that are in the works.

Monday Jun 08, 2015
133 - Spy (w/ guests Brad Decker and Amanda Kowalski)
Monday Jun 08, 2015
Monday Jun 08, 2015
Richard's gone for the week so Brad Decker and Amanda Kowalski of the Quarter Life Crisis podcast come on to rap with Cassidy about the movie news and to review the new Melissa McCarthy comedy "Spy." We also talk about the disappointment that was the LA Bread Festival. For our Netflix homework we review the 1988 comedy "Naked Gun."
Check our Brad and Amanda's podcast here.

Wednesday May 06, 2015
130 - Avengers: Age of Ultron (w/ Guest Leland Brungardt)
Wednesday May 06, 2015
Wednesday May 06, 2015
This week we bring friend of the show Leland Brungardt of the Olympia-based Dampercast, to help us review every movie released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2008, including Joss Whedon's new sequel "Avengers: Age of Ultron." It's a big task but someone's got to do it, and within this discussion we celebrate what Disney/Marvel does best, as well as acknowledge their shortcomings. Enjoy.
Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer

Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
129 - Unfriended and Ex Machina
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Cassidy talks the horrors of LA traffic and Richard describes his time at Portland's CthulhuCon. We also discuss Adam Sandler's racism allegations on the set of his new Netflix movie, Jared Leto's tattooed joker pic, and we review the 'cybernatural' horror film "Unfriended" and Alex Garland's sexy robot movie "Ex Machina."

Thursday Apr 16, 2015
127 - Furious 7
Thursday Apr 16, 2015
Thursday Apr 16, 2015
After weeks of thinking and deliberating we finally reveal our fantasy film festivals. Cassidy also talks about his weekend at Wondercon, we review the new successful action sequel "Furious 7," and at the end of show, for our Netflix homework, we also review John Carpenter's 1976 film "Assault on Precinct 13."