I scream, you scream, we all scream for the SCREAM FRANCHISE!
Here is where we stand at the end of the first round of voting:
Up today, two franchises - both related to Vegas in big and small (yet crucial) ways.
It’s OCEANS vs. ROCKY.
With the Ocean's franchise, we'd get 5 films:<...
2023-03-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAll you need is BEATLES, apparently! Sayonara, drunk Dudley Moore.
Up today, it’s our final first-round matchup, and it’s a bunch of slasher movie teens vs. one very intense middle-aged Irishman.
It’s SCREAM vs. the collaborations of Jaume Collet-Serra and Liam Neeson.
With SCREAM, we’d cover the 6 franchi...
2023-03-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGuess you intellectuals would rather spend six hours contemplating the existential questions posed by the CARS franchise than hang out with Gerard Depardieu’s pot belly. Asterix - nous sommes désolés.
Up today - it’s Patreon’s Battle of Britain!
It’s THE BEATLES vs. ARTHUR.
(Fun fact - that photo of John Lennon was from Dudley Moore’s TV...
2023-03-15 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMORTAL KOMBAT WINS. FATALITY. We apologize to the entire country of Japan.
Up today - a series of kooky live-action French movies based on a comic about some oddly-shaped Gaulish warriors, vs an animated trilogy that has LOOMED LARGE over our podcast without ever really being discussed.
It’s ASTERIX vs. CARS.
With ASTERIX, we’d cover ...
2023-03-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, Trekkies - the Dickies (fans of Philip K. Dick? Is that a thing?) won yesterday’s vote.
Up today - one big lizard monster takes on a cabal of video game fighters.
It’s GODZILLA (Millennium Series) vs. MORTAL KOMBAT.
With GODZILLA, we’d cover 6 films in the Millennium series:
(Don Pardo voice) IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT LIIIIVE! Teen Shakespeare found dead in a ditch after yesterday’s matchup.
Up today - it’s a Science Fiction Showdown!
It’s PHILIP K. DICK ADAPTATIONS vs. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
With PHILIP K. DICK, we’d narrow the field and cover 6 films:
How did Danny Boyle choose to follow up the ultraviolence of 28 Days Later? With a winsome kid’s movie about morality and currency conversion, of course! Filmspotting’s Adam Kempenaar joins us to revisit 2004’s Millions, which he originally covered in the second episode of Filmspotting back in 2005 (!) Why did Danny Boyle want to make a family-friendly film? Should this have been a musical? Was there ever a point in time where it seemed like Britain would adopt the Euro? Plus, the most ...
2023-03-12 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was another close one yesterday, but Elmore Leonard found John Grisham in contempt of Patreon court. Chili Palmer and Ray Nicolette move on to the next round.
Up today - a real barrel of laughs.
It’s SNL Movies vs. Teen Shakespearean Comedies.
With SNL, we’d cover 8 movies:
In the first Danny Boyle bonus episode, Griffin, David, and Ben discuss the follow-up to 28 Days Later. Topics include: Idris Elba’s career, the etymology of the surname Poots, the American tradition of ‘prom’ and more!
2023-03-11 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn an encouragingly close race, the most excellent dudes Bill & Ted beat out Bogey & Bacall for a spot in the next round.
Up today - a battle of our favorite 90’s adaptations.
It’s JOHN GRISHAM vs. ELMORE LEONARD.
For GRISHAM, we’d cover 8 legal thrillers:
Wobble wobble…wobble wobble…that’s the sound of JELLY moving on to the next round, baby!!!
Up today - two dynamic duos with sizzling chemistry:
BILL & TED vs. BOGEY & BACALL
With BILL & TED, we’d cover 3 films:
It’s a win for “dang ass freaks” everywhere, as those sexy cenobites and their torture boxes live on to fight another day! Hellraiser moves on to the next round.
Up today - two venerated trilogies that are both definitely in the Criterion Collection:
THE JELLY TRILOGY vs. THE APU TRILOGY.
With the JELLY TRILOGY - a ...
2023-03-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostFinal Destination put The Purge franchise in an early grave, either burning it alive inside a tanning bed, or impaling it on a bunch of logs - take your pick.
Up today - another spooky-scary matchup!
It’s THE RING vs HELLRAISER.
Sometimes I get cute with the graphics.
With THE RING, we’d cover 6 films:
Damn, Jackie Chan just absolutely bodied JCVD - apologies to our buff Belgian daddy as POLICE STORY advances!
Up today - y'all can either avoid death OR mete it out on the one day a year when killing is legal!! It's FINAL DESTINATION VS. THE PURGE:
For FINAL DESTINATION, we’d cover 5 films:
It was another close one yesterday, with those heroes in their half-shells taking the crown. Perhaps it was the announcement yesterday of Blankie fave Ayo Edebiri voicing April O’Neill in the upcoming TMNT animated movie? Or the announcement that Jackie Chan will be voicing Splinter….
SPEAKING OF - today’s match pits two international action superstars against each other…
It’s Jean Claude Van Damme’s UNIVERSAL SOLDIER vs. Jackie Chan’s POLICE...
2023-03-05 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again we gather together to celebrate excellence in the motion picture industry - but rest assured, we have our own Blankies Crisis Team standing by to avoid any catastrophes after last year! Joe Reid of “This Had Oscar Buzz” joins us for our eighth ceremony, and we shine a spotlight on all the best performances, wettest films, and putteringest murmurs of 2022. Plus - a very special top ten list from a surprise guest.
Congratulations to Pazuzu and Georgetown University - THE EXORCIST wins!
Up today - it’s a battle between childhood icons - SUPERMAN vs. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.
With SUPERMAN, we’d do 6 films - the Reeves movies and the 21st-century reboots:
Truly a down-to-the-wire nail-biter yesterday with ROCKY taking the win by only 25 votes!!** You can't make this shit up!
Up today - a rematch from last year’s horror region…PSYCHO vs. THE EXORCIST. Both are franchises with auteurs and secret bangers!
With PSYCHO, we’d cover the 4 theatrically-released films:
Wow - Danny Ocean just poured himself some Casamigos tequila and told Mike Lane to stick to making furniture. RIP Magic Mike, the Ocean's gang moves on to the next round!
Up today: the "Italian Stallion" vs the "Little Dragon" - it's ROCKY vs. BRUCE LEE.
With ROCKY, you get 6 films:
Oh my god, it's MARCH AGAIN ALREADY!!!111!!! We want to congratulate Roger Moore for a spectacular run as our 2022 champ, but now it's time to crown a new franchise king.
Our first matchup? It's a tough one. Sodey v. Sodey (and probably the only way we'd get to cover him) - OCEANS v. MAGIC MIKE.
With the Ocean's franchise, we'd...
2023-03-01 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Men in Black commentary series continues with the 2002 follow-up: Men in Black II. Topics include: the many failings compared to the original film, both of Johnny Knoxville’s heads, the infamous pitch and more!
Move starts at…11:18
2023-03-01 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post*AIR HORN BLOWS*
*Jock Jams Intensifies*
Join us and the newly-instated president of FIFA Chip Smith as we preview this year’s MARCH MADNESS Tournament!
Who will be this year’s Kubrick? How would we handle some of the longer filmographies? Are we finally pronouncing “Baz” correctly? All your burning questions answered - plus some special sound effects.
2023-02-28 17:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostDrumroll please - presenting this year's franchise bracket:
While this year's main feed bracket revolves around world cinema, our patreon bracket is just filled with a grabbag of fun stuff we'd love to cover.
Jelly is this year's unofficial mascot.
2023-02-26 19:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Fast zombies, a deserted London, and potato-quality digital cinematography - 28 DAYS LATER proved to be a genre-defining hit for Danny Boyle after the disappointment of THE BEACH. Humorist and Blankie favorite David Rees returns to the podcast to take us back to the immediate post-9/11 period, a mood and time which this film conjures instantly. Join us for a deep dive into the zombie canon, a tangent on the famed “Young British Artists” of the 1990s, a primer on Canadian anti-capitalist b...
2023-02-26 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter almost 8 years of promising, the boys have finally made good! Today begins our Men in Black commentary series! Topics include: all the MVPs involved in this film, the impressionist algorithm, the mechanics of the VFX and practical effects, TLJ rocking the house, and more!
Movie starts at...25:39
2023-02-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Mother is back, and she’s taking us all to THE BEACH! Emily Yoshida makes her long-awaited return to the pod to speak about her experience in the writer’s room of the still-unproduced TV version of Alex Garland’s titular novel. We’re asking all the big questions - when did Leonardo DiCaprio stop being “baby” and become a big boy on screen? Why is no one practicing ethical non-monogamy or doing heroin on this island? Is it cool to like Moby again after that weird Natalie Portman th...
2023-02-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Knock knock! Who’s there? M. Night Shyamalan, of course! We’re answering the door and ushering in the apocalypse with a look at Night’s latest offering.
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3…2…1…BEN’S CHOICE! For this month’s bonus episode Producer Ben Hosley selected Street Fighter to discuss. Topics include: how major studios approach video game adaptations, catching someone latter, SF2 setting the model, the Channel 5 news team, and so much more!
2023-02-11 05:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post
After the smashing success of TRAINSPOTTING, Danny Boyle reteamed with star Ewan McGregor and writer John Hodge to…make a movie where Dan Hedaya plays the Archangel Gabriel, Stanley Tucci plays a cuck dentist, and Ewan has one of the worst haircuts in the history of cinema? Shockingly, 1997’s A LIFE LESS ORDINARY was not a hit. Actress and comedian Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra, “The JV Club”) joins us as we attempt to make sense of this bizarro road trip romance.
BC:SF has reached the third and final installment in the Qatsi trilogy! But how does Naqoyqatsi: Life as War stand apart from any other movie we've covered on the podcast? Why is it so hard to watch? What was Godfrey Reggio on when he made this? Griffin, David, and Ben try to answer these questions and so much more!
Movie starts at...2:09
2023-02-01 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post