If you have been contemplating cold-blooded murder, DON’T DO IT! Or at least, check out this collection of TV detective reviews before you act. If nothing else, it will help you decide in which decade (and city) to kill. Skewered in this installment:Columbo S2E2 “The Greenhouse Jungle” at 2:10Moonlighting S2E3 “Money Talks… Maddie Walks” at…
Marty and Scott conclude their deep dive into Rowlands’s fifty-eight year filmography. After the death of her husband, auteur John Cassavettes, Rowlands… wait, what am I doing? You need to listen to the episode to get the story! Dissected within:Night on Earth (1991, Dir. Jim Jarmusch) at 1:26The Mighty (1998, Dir. Peter Chelsom) at 18:55The Notebook (2004,…
With a film career spanning 56 years, there’s no easy way to encapsulate a class act like Gena Rowlands… so Scott and Marty dedicate a two-parter to this luminous lady, whose filmography threads the careers of some of cinema’s most maverick auteurs. Didja get all that? It’s Gena time. Shadows (1958, Dir. John Cassavetes) at…
Only two men are brave enough to ask the hard questions: What’s up with all these 30-, 40-, and 50-year-old detective shows these days?? And those two men are Marty and Scott… and the answers they find can be time-logged as follows! Columbo S2E1 “Etude in Black” at 02:25Moonlighting S2E2 “The Lady in the Iron…
Are you ready for an entertainment experience more invasive than Feel-Around? More devastating than bespoke porn? More transcendent than live organ transplants? Marty and Scott return to the omniverse of film with four sketch comedy anthologies. That’s, like, 60 movies for the prize of… well, it’s all free! Sketchy flicks we excoriate:Everything You Always Wanted…
Columbo digs deep! David squares off against his own flesh & blood! And Nick Knight meets his match in Chinatown. Who knew you could immobilize a vampire with basic acupuncture? Scott and Marty did NOT. Rehashed in this episode:Columbo S1E7 “Blueprint for Murder” at 2:05Moonlighting S2E1 “Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?” at 15:30Forever Knight…
It’s still the spooky season, and we’ve got your vampires right here. COP VAMPIRES! Also, Detective Columbo and Maddie and David, who are not vampires… AS FAR AS WE KNOW. Cue the spooky music! Columbo S1E6: “Short Fuse” at 1:50Moonlighting S1E6: “The Murder’s in the Mail” at 19:00Forever Knight S1E7: “False Witness” at 31:20 Follow…
Movies are back! And just in time for Halloween! Scott and Marty celebrate in the best way possible: welcoming back horrorcore guest star Abbey Schwartz, to discuss three stone cold classics, each of which is a BRAND NEW WATCH for at least one of the three! WILL THEY SURVIVE? WILL YOU?!? Movies Vivisected:John Carpenter’s Halloween…
Would you, could you, murder somebody on a train? You both would and could if you were legendary character actor Vincent Schiavelli! If you don’t know who that is, or what is Schiavelli’s connection to Moonlighting’s Allyce Beasley, then this ep will be a real learning experience for you. If you DO know all that,…
In this episode, we learn about Marty’s sacred Moonlighting viewing ritual. All this plus a Lightning Round for the ages! Find our commentary on the episodes here:“Suitable for Framing” – 1:54“The Next Murder You Hear” – 15:22“Dance By the Light of the Moon” – 27:55 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon…
