John McTiernan back with the Die Hard franchise after the spectacular flop of Last Action Hero. Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson back together after Pulp Fiction. Die Hard with a Vengeance is definitely part of the “we are so back” canon. Shea Serrano (who owns every McTiernan movie on VHS) joins us to chat about this explosive action threequel that features a surprising amount of New York theater actors and a bunch of childhood games and riddles. Also, you don’t need us to tell you th...
2024-03-31 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Wow. Should we just give the crown to Tabletop Games now? Poor Highlander got BODIED!
Up today - chaos. Men in costumes and masks. Buttholes and Beatty.
It's ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ADAPTATIONS vs PULP HEROES.
With ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, we'd cover the four feature film adaptations of his musicals:
Jesus Christ Su...
2024-03-30 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Oooh sorry to Adam Sandler, but those Pulp Heroes seem invincible!! Dick Tracy, the Rocketeer, et all advance to the Final Four!
Today's matchup - the first in our Final Four - boils down to...DAVID VS BEN.
It's TABLETOP GAMES vs HIGHLANDER.
With TABLETOP GAMES, we'd cover six films (and yes, we've added Ouija: Origin of Evil to the roste...
2024-03-29 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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As we approach the Final Four, the BC gang recaps matchups and discusses the predictability of this year’s bracket. David also tries to not offend most other people in the room.
Topics include: John Williams’ work for The News, A Muppets Manifesto, and a distinct promise of what will NOT be happening if Sir Lord ALW wins the Patreon bracket.
2024-03-29 14:02:56 +0000 UTC
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Gotta say, I'm a bit surprised by Highlander's strength in this year's tournament! But will Connor MacLeod be able to defeat Tabletop Games in the next round? HMMM.
Up today - a much-anticipated matchup.
HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS vs PULP HEROES!
You can practically hear these images!
With HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS, we'd cover the six Sandler vehicles
2024-03-28 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Looks like the angel of music will carry Andrew Lloyd Webber to the Final Four! Wild stuff.
Up today - guys sitting, holding weapons, looking glum.
That's right - it's THE EQUALIZER vs HIGHLANDER
With THE EQUALIZER, we'd cover the trilogy:
The Equalizer
The Equalizer 2
The Equalizer 3
With ...
2024-03-27 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Will anything be able to stop Tabletop Games as it makes its way to the finals?? Shedding a tear right now for the Love Actually episode that will never be.
Up today - Romance! Cheese! Curly haired women!
It's ROBIN HOOD vs ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
With ROBIN HOOD, we'd cover five films:
Robin Hood (Disney Hot Fox)
2024-03-26 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Dick Tracy told Hercule Poirot to shave his mustache and go back to Belgium - Tracy and the other Pulp Heroes move on to the next round!
Speaking of next rounds, here is an update on where we stand going into the ELITE EIGHT:
Up today - a short guy vs a Tall Guy.
It's TABLETOP GAMES vs RICHARD CURTIS ROMCOMS.
2024-03-25 16:00:41 +0000 UTC
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Highlander moves on to the next round - but how will he fair in the Elite Eight? Will he get...EQUALIZED?
Anyway, up today - two franchises with old-school references and (sometimes) dazzling cinematography.
It's BRANAGH AS POIROT vs PULP HEROES.
With BRANAGH AS POIROT, we'd cover Kenneth Branagh's three outings as the famous...
2024-03-24 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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You either love this movie or you hate it, and guess what - we’re landing all over the LOST ACTION HERO spectrum this episode! Paul Scheer & Jason Mantzoukas join us once again for a clock-busting, rip-roaring time, and we’re unpacking all of this movie’s meta madness. Is John McTiernan able to parody his own work? Should the kid have actually killed people in this movie (as in the original, edgier script)? Will David have an aneurysm if this episode recording doesn’t end at...
2024-03-24 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Skimbleshanks the railway cat has commandeered the Midnight Meat Train - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER moves on to the next round!
Up today - a CIA analyst vs a immortal Scottish guy who may or may not be an alien.
It's JACK RYAN vs HIGHLANDER.
With JACK RYAN, we'd cover the following four films:
Clear & Present Danger
Pa...
2024-03-23 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Oooh, it was kind of close, but Richard Curtis has vanquished the Jay Ward adaptations!
Up today - sick and twisted perversions. Fetish content. Freak shit.
It's CLIVE BARKER ADAPTATIONS vs ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ADAPTATIONS.
With CLIVE BARKER, we would cover SIX films based on his stories - OKAY WE ADDED MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. CHOO CHOO
2024-03-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Damn, that pie got f*cked yesterday, and not in a good way. Adam Sandler moves on to the next round!
Up today - George of the Jungle vs Hugh Grant of 10 Downing St.
It's LIVE ACTION JAY WARD vs RICHARD CURTIS ROM COMS.
I crack myself up sometimes.
With JAY WARD, we'd cover the three live-action adaptations from...
2024-03-21 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Watch along with BC:SF as they "Reset the Future" with 2015's Terminator Genisys.
Topics include: Real time reaction to The Fantastic Four casting, Kyle Reese and John Connor’s hobbies and of course ARGYLLE
Movie starts at 6:25
2024-03-21 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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In another close race, the Equalizer defeats Ernest and sends him to movie jail.
Up today - formative comedies with sophomoric sensibilities.
It's HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS vs AMERICAN PIE.
Fun fact - Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs once presented Adam Sandler with a People's Choice Award! For "Favorite Comedic Movie Actor" !!
With HAP...
2024-03-20 16:00:25 +0000 UTC
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Now that we are in the Sweet 16, the BC gang recaps who edged whom and who beat out whom in Round 1 of the Main Feed bracket. They also discuss the second round matchups on the main feed and Patreon bracket.
Topics include: Major David lore, The Queen’s second birthday, Marie’s Griffin and David impression and Chip Smith returns.
2024-03-19 21:20:17 +0000 UTC
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It was close, but Robin Hood and his merry men have prevailed over Picard's crew.
Up today - two powerful screen presences. Thespians.
It's Denzel Washington as THE EQUALIZER vs Jim Varney as ERNEST P. WORRELL.
With THE EQUALIZER, we'd cover the trilogy:
The Equalizer
The Equalizer 2
The Equalizer 3
With ERNEST
2024-03-19 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Damn, Tabletop Games is shaping up to be a juggernaut! Sorry to Gomez, Morticia, et al.
Up today - STAR TREK TNG vs ROBIN HOOD!
Wait a second...
With STAR TREK TNG, we'd cover four films:
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Wit...
2024-03-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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With Pulp Heroes taking a bite out of Dracula, we've made it to the Sweet Sixteen!
A quick refresher on where we stand after the first round:
Up today, two Tim Curry performances - one forgotten and one iconic...
It's THE ADDAMS FAMILY vs TABLETOP GAMES!
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2024-03-17 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Oh baby, this one’s a STINKER! Sean Connery finds the cure for cancer but then he loses it (??). Lorraine Bracco delivers all of her dialogue like someone making a comment and not asking a question at a Q&A. They’re both playing scientists - but where’s the CHEMISTRY?? Comedian and writer Jamie Lee returns to Blank Check to talk about John McTiernan’s attempt at a serious adult drama, 1992’s MEDICINE MAN. We spend most of the episode trying to recast this movie to make it somewh...
2024-03-17 04:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Oh my god, it's the end of the first round!
Sorry, Conan. Highlander moves on, and this comment by Sam has convinced me that it maybe should win the whole thing:
"Highlander starts with a fight in a car park and the only Scottish person in the cast plays a Spaniard. Also the originator of one of the most popular funeral songs of all time. Five stars."
Wow.
Anyway, up today - PULP HEROS vs DRACULAS!
2024-03-16 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Isn't it sooo crazy that a song from Evita won the best original song Oscar over the greatest in-movie song of all time ("That Thing You Do")? Anyway, just food for thought as I acknowledge that ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER moves on to the next round!
Up today - beefy men. Swords. Loincloths and kilts.
It's CONAN vs HIGHLANDER.
With
2024-03-15 16:00:27 +0000 UTC
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And so, the quest for a truly unhinged LOVE ACTUALLY commentary lives to see another day! Sorry to Ms. Bridget Jones.
Up today - two franchises that I thought had nothing in common until I remembered, "Oh, duh - Antonio Banderas!"
It's SPY KIDS vs ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.
His smoldering knows no bounds.
With SPY KIDS, we'd cover ...
2024-03-14 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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I mustache you a question. Do you LUVVVV Kenneth Branagh as much as we do? OUI! 'E MOVES AHNN.
Up today in March Madness, it's RICHARD CURTIS vs. ..... Richard Curtis?
That's right, it's the ROM COM SCRIPTS of RICHARD CURTIS vs. BRIDGET JONES' DIARY (a franchise also written by Richard Curtis!)
With RICHARD CURTIS ROMCOMS, we'd cov...
2024-03-13 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Congratulations to the multiple iterations of Jack Ryan, who beat three opportunities to cover Tom Hanks with a mullet.
Up today - exploring exotic mysteries, either with a hot lady or a hot mustache.
It's TOMB RAIDER vs BRANAGH AS POIROT.
With TOMB RAIDER, we'd cover the three theatrically released movies:
Lara Croft: To...
2024-03-12 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The Canadian cubes were no match for the Clive Barker sickos. Hellraiser et al move on to the next round!
Up today - it's the battle of the airport paperbacks.
Tom Clancy's JACK RYAN vs Dan Brown's ROBERT LANGDON movies.
With JACK RYAN, we'd cover the following four films:
Clear & Present Danger
Patrio...
2024-03-11 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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In our first of two McTiernan-related bonus eps Griffin, David and Ben discuss Die Hard but at an airport this time with Die Hard 2 (or as some people like to call it Die Harder). Topics include: Is it Die Harder?, missing McTiernan, and a very special Dauphin-Addendum.
2024-03-11 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Alvin, Simon, and Theodore? LOSER ENERGY. Rocky, Bullwinkle, and the rest of the Jay Ward characters advance to the next round!
Up today - something for the horror sickos.
It's CLIVE BARKER vs CUBE.
With Clive Barker, we would cover five films based on his stories:
Hellraiser
Rawhead R...
2024-03-10 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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We love da submarinesh! Host of “Unclear and Present Danger” Jamelle Bouie joins us this week to talk about middle aged white guys, airport novels, and naval recruitment propaganda. That’s right - we’re talking about John McTiernan’s adaptation of Tom Clancy’s THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER! Come for our thesis on why Alec Baldwin played the best version of Jack Ryan, stay for Ben and Jamelle’s impassioned pleas for a Highlander patreon series. And of course, there will be Connery imp...
2024-03-10 05:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Okay, you perverts. American Pie moves on. Shout out to Jim's Dad and Stiffler's Mom.
Up today - I don't even know where to begin.
It's THE CHIPMUNKS vs JAY WARD ADAPTATIONS.
With the Chipmunks, we'd cover the four recent CG/live-action hybrid films:
Alvin & The Chipmunks
Alvin & T...
2024-03-09 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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