093 – Ruby Dee

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…

090 – David Lynch

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…

The TV Dick Triptych Episode 10

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…

088 – John Cazale

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…

The TV Dick Triptych Episode 9

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…

086 – Gena Rowlands Part 2 of 2

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,…