It takes all sorts of people to make an underworld. Like… Vulcans? Leprechauns?! Canadian mayoral campaign managers?!? Scott and Marty circulate amongst a very odd rogue’s gallery, and return to share all the results with you. In this episode, our televisual exposés include: Columbo S2E6 “A Stitch in Crime” at 2:12 Moonlighting S2E7 “Somewhere Under…
Dust off your ruffs and merkins! It’s time for Scott and Marty and You to screw your courage to the sticking place, and check out some of Shakespeare’s weirdest cinematic outings. Feast thine ears: Chimes at Midnight (1966, Dir. Orson Welles) at 2:48 Throne of Blood (1957, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) at 20:27 Prospero’s Books (1991, Dir.…
Criminals have overrun Scott and Marty’s television sets! Maybe some vampires too. There’s only one thing to do: call in the gumshoes! In this episode, we scrape the gum off the shoes of these fine televisual offerings: Columbo S2E5 “Requiem for a Falling Star” at 1:55 Moonlighting S2E6 “Knowing Her” at 15:20 Forever Knight S1E13…
A civil rights crusader. Wife of Ossie Davis. An Oscar nominee with a career spanning EIGHT DECADES. It’s the incredible Ruby Dee! Scott and Marty scrutinize the tenacious Dee’s first, last, best, and worst movies: The Jackie Robinson Story (1950, Dir. Alfred E. Green) at 2:44 1982 (2013, Dir. Tommy Oliver) at 16:28 Do The…
By the pricking of my thumbs, something DICK FILLED this way comes! We’re talking, of course, about TV detectives, and gadzooks! There are a lot of them in this week’s episode. Scott and Marty stake out the following serials: Columbo S2E4 “A Dagger of the Mind” at 2:55Moonlighting S2E5 “My Fair David” at 15:50Forever Knight…
This week on Cinematic Omniverse… It’s David f*****g Lynch. Heads are scratched over:Eraserhead (1977) at 4:13The Elephant Man (1980) at 23:49Wild at Heart (1990) at 42:09The Straight Story (1999) at 1:00:30 Also in this super-sized episode:Continuity Boulevard at 1:17:52Lightning Round at 1:35:25 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at…
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET… in fact, just leave it alone, and instead use your favourite podcasting listening device to dig into the ear-tickling antics of Marty and Scott, as they discuss, critique, and riff on… Columbo S2E3 “The Most Cruicial Game” (at 2:25)Moonlighting S2E4 “The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice” (at 14:15)Forever Knight S1E11…
For the first podcast of 2025, Marty and Scott study the unorthodox filmography of John Cazale, who starred in FIVE Best Picture-nominated films in the 1970s… and that’s it. Your listening options are twofold: play straight through, or hop around:The Godfather (1972, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola) at 2:20The Godfather Part II (1974, Dir. Francis Ford…
