“Discovered” at 19, Betty Joan Perske became one of the brightest (and most durable!) stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She also became Lauren Bacall! In this episode, Scott and Marty learn how to whistle by blowing through Bacall’s first two decades onscreen. Jump around a bit, why don’t you? To Have and Have Not (1944, Dir. Howard Hawks) at 2:14 Key Largo (1948, Dir. John Huston) at 19:45 How to Marry a Millionaire (1953, Dir. Jean Negulesco) at 35:36 Written on the Wind (1956, Dir. Douglas Sirk) at 49:26 Continuity Boulevard at 1:04:33 Lightning Round at 1:12:37 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google…

So, this one’s called “An Exercise in Fatality” because it’s about an exercise dude. Get it? And then there’s “Stranger than Fiction,” and that one’s about an author, see? And then “Camille,” well that’s the cleverest episode title of all… uh… Pilloried this week: Columbo S4E1 “An Exercise in Fatality” (at 1:51) Moonlighting S2E18 “Camille” (at 19:08) Forever Knight S2E3 “Stranger than Fiction” (at 34:17) And don’t forget Continuity Boulevard (48:10) and the Lightning Round (52:25)! Get it? Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

‘Tis the Season, and Scott and Marty have been seasoning a four-course Yule feast for your ears! If your family doesn’t have a Chirstmas movie-watching tradition, here are four merry (or scary) selections to consider. Or, who knows? Maybe listening to this very episode will become your yearly thing! Fa la la la la along to: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Dir. Frank Capra) at 1:41 Black Christmas (1974, Dir. Bob Clark) at 17:32 Scrooged (1988, Dir. Richard Donner) at 32:13 Elf (2003, Dir. Jon Favreau) at 51:48 Continuity Boulevard at 1:07:37 Lightning Round at 1:20:05 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,…

In this colossal episode of detective-TV podcastery, Scott and Marty ascend the Ziggurat of Cleanliness and educate themselves (and you!) about the World’s Second Oldest Profession. Join in! Conquered in this episode: Columbo S3E8 “A Friend in Deed” at 2:13 Moonlighting S2E17 “Funeral for a Doornail” at 18:10 Forever Knight S2E2 “A Fate Worse Than Death” at 31:25 Continuity Boulevard at 41:50 Lightning Round at 45:36 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Put on your best stabbin’ hat and hop on your motorized scooter, cuz it’s time for Part Two of Donapalooza! Scott and Marty follow Sutherland, Sr. into the 21st century, and in the process learn about the world’s most famous Canadian (no, it ain’t Justin Bieber). Eye of the Needle (1981, Dir. Richard Marquand) at 2:26 Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990, Dir. Philip Borsos) at 12:35 Reign Over Me (2007, Dir. Mike Binder) at 26:41 The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019, Dir. Guiseppe Capotondi) at 46:01 Continuity Boulevard at 56:09 Lightning Round at 1:03:30 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or…

DON’T FALL ASLEEP! You’ll become a pod person, and more tragically, you’ll miss the first installment in our Donald Sutherland two-parter! Scott and Marty dive deep into Big Don’s stellar performances in four 1970s films: M*A*S*H (1970, Dir. Robert Altman) at 3:29 Little Murders (1971, Dir. Alan Arkin) at 25:16 Don’t Look Now (1973, Dir. Nicholas Roeg) at 40:32 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Dir. Philip Kaufman) at 52:07 Plus! Continuity Boulevard at 1:06:26 And! Lightning Round at 1:16:14 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

If you fall asleep while listening to this episode, you might dream that Johnny Cash had guest-starring roles in the 1980s smash hit TV show “Moonlighting” AND the 90s vampire cop romp “Forever Knight.” But you’d be wrong! Scott and Marty disabuse you of all your notions regarding the following episodes: Columbo S3E7 “Swan Song” (with Johnny Cash!) at 2:36 Moonlighitng S2E16 “Sleep Talkin’ Guy” (with, uh… Lisa Blount!) at 18:45 Forever Knight S2E1 “Killer Instinct” (with NO Gary Farmer) at 29:40 Continuity Boulevard at 44:47 Lightning Round at 50:36 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon…

“Omniverse.” What does it mean? “Om,” from the Sanskrit, meaning “you’ll achieve enlightenment if you listen.” “Ni,” from the Knights who Say Ni. And the rest… doesn’t mean anything. But that shouldn’t stop you from checking out this episode, in which Scott and Marty celebrate the all-too-short life of Gen X icon Brenda — er, I mean Shannen Doherty. Start at the beginning, or skip ahead to the following very uncomfortable places: Night Shift (1982, Dir. Ron Howard) at 3:02 Mallrats (1995, Dir. Kevin Smith) at 19:22 Nowhere (1997, Dir. Gregg Araki) at 41:03 Hot Seat (2022, Dir. James Cullen…

Everybody pipe down! This is the one where Columbo fights Robby the Robot! Okay, that’s not quite true. But it’s the season finale of Forever Knight, which is almost as cool. (Especially if, while you’re watching it, you’re mostly imagining Columbo fighting Robby the Robot…) Detected this week: Columbo S3E6 “Mind Over Mayhem!” at 2:37 Moonlighting S2E15 “Witness for the Execution” at 17:30 Forever Knight S1E22 “Love You to Death” at 31:25 Continuity Boulevard at 48:50 Lightning Round at 51:38 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

“Have you ever killed a man, George?” Christopher Lee has — at least in the omniverse, where he’s portrayed seductive monks, cult leaders, and reanimated corpses, to say nothing of all those vampires. Marty and Scott invite Abbey Schwartz back for their Halloween episode. Try not to lose your head as we revivify the following spooky classics: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957, Dir. Terence Fisher) at 3:37 Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966, Dir. Don Sharp) at 16:09 The Wicker Man (1973, Dir. Robin Hardy) at 30:12 Sleepy Hollow (1999, Dir. Tim Burton) at 46:28 Continuity Boulevard at 1:06:50 Lightning Round at 1:12:08…

Bombs away! Marty and Scott hurl their opinions at Columbo’s second “publishing industry” episode, Moonlighting’s “daddy issues” episode, and Forever Knight’s “stop flashing back, Nick, we’re in a hostage crisis” episode. Blown to bits herein: Columbo S3E5 “Publish or Perish” at 2:06 Moonlighting S2E14 “Every Daughter’s Father is a Virgin” at 15:24 Forever Knight S1E21 “1966” at 30:58 Continuity Boulevard at 47:24 Lightning Round at 54:50 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

How many “Scarborough Fairs” is too many? What do Mormons put on their hot dogs? Would you rather be paid in nickels or merkins? Scott and Marty wrap up their two-part survey of a legendary director. Annunciated in this episode: The Graduate at 4:00 Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches at 26:00 Angels in America Part II: Perestroika at 57:35 Continuity Boulevard at 1:11:46 Lightning Round at 1:23:18 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Who’s afraid of Mike Nichols? None of his actors! Nor Scott & Marty, who celebrate Nichols’s filmography of heartfelt human stories by examining the director’s first, last, worst, and… best? Next week’s episode will decide! This week, we check out: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 4:07 Working Girl (1988) at 21:35 What Planet are You From? (2000) at 36:43 Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) at 59:52 Continuity Boulevard at 1:17:03 Lightning Round at 1:27:49 Exit Music at 1:48:37 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Marty and Scott (MURDER!) take listeners into the dubiously factual world (MAYHEM!) of subliminal advertising (VAMPIRES!). Maddie and David invent spiritually inquisitive banter. And Captain Stonetree has his finest (GIVE US MONEY!!!) hour. Tune in! This episode, we suffer existentialist crises over: Columbo S03E04 “Double Exposure” at 1:56 Moonlighting S02E13 “In God We Strongly Suspect” at 15:51 Forever Knight S1E20 “Fatal Mistake” at 27:48 Continuity Boulevard at 43:20 Lightning Round at 50:20 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Columbo gets political! Agnes spins off for an ep! And Toronto’s best vampire cop uncovers the confusing secrets of the beauty industry! Shows we shoot the shit about: Columbo S3E3 “Candidate for Crime” at 2:05 Moonlighting S2E12 “North by North DiPesto” at 15:38 Forever Knight S1E19 “If Looks Could Kill” at 26:46 Plus Continuity Boulevard (at 40:52) and the Lightning Round (at 47:12). GO! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Calice tabernac! Marty and Scott receive a much-needed refresher in Quebecois cursing in this, their second ep dedicated to Canadian film, in all its weird and wonderful forms. This week, they are “drivin’ the ‘bone” straight into the following four films: Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006, Dir. Eric Canuel) at 2:07 The Grand Seduction (2013, Dir. Don McKellar) at 17:56 Drinkwater (2021, Dir. Stephen S. Campanelli) at 29:35 Women Talking (2022, Dir. Sarah Polley) at 43:10 Plus, raise your cricket bats in honour of: Continuity Boulevard at 1:01:57 Lightning Round at 1:09:14 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or…

Lord T’underin’ Jaysus! Marty and Scott return from hiatus with an episode that’s more Canadian than hot poutine poured into a Beaver Canoe bunnyhug. Be prepared for some polite yet VERY adult content as M&S consider these four homegrown classics: Goin’ Down the Road (1970, Dir. Donald Shebib) at 6:30 The Canadian Conspiracy (1985, Dir. Robert Boyd) at 23:23 Exotica (1994, Dir. Atom Egoyan) at 38:32 Crash (1996, Dir. David Cronenberg) at 55:32 Plus! For one crisp, Eugene Levy fifty dollar bill, we’ll throw in: Continuity Boulevard at 1:17:49 The Lightning Round at 1:27:28 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,…

Stardate 2025.111: Joint Captains Scott and Marty of the USS Omniverse set course for a curious cluster of Star Trek-adjacent systems. Sensors are detecting the following lifeforms: Dark Star (1974, Dir. John Carpenter) at 2:19 Enemy Mine (1985, Dir. Wolfgang Petersen) at 19:59 Free Enterprise (1998, Dir. Robert Meyer Burnett) at 35:23 Galaxy Quest (1998, Dir. Dean Parison) at 50:54 Plus sonic bidets, Continuity Boulevard (1:06:53), the Lightning Round (1:16:22), and the universe-spanning threat of the Anti-Monk! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

It’s a mystery-filled world, but lucky for Scott and Marty, there are dicks aplenty to make sure justice is done. Sleuthed in this episode: Columbo S3E2: “Any Old Port in a Storm” at 1:48 Moonlighting S2E6: “The Bride of Tupperman” at 19:38 Forever Knight S1E18: “Feeding the Beast” at 29:48 Plus Continuity Boulevard (43:38) and the Lightning Round (57:18) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Scott and Marty hop a train to one of the Big Apple’s most cinematic locations: Grand Central Terminal. Amid the hustle of the daily commute, dreams and nightmares are born. But will these four films make their connections, or are they fated to go off the rails? Listen for these important announcements: Seconds (1966, Dir. John Frankenheimer) at 6:06 The French Connection (1971, Dir. William Friedkin) at 25:07 Falling in Love (1984, Dir. Ulu Grosbard) at 41:03 The Fisher King (1991, Dir. Terry Gilliam) at 55:06 Continuity Boulevard at 1:18:30 Lightning Round at 1:28:51 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,…

Can beauty kill? Is Christmas a time for crime? Can vampires have their own reality TV show? The answers await, festooned with Scott-and-Marty-flavoured fun! Columbo S03E01: “Lovely But Lethal” (at 1:25) Moonlighting S02E10: “‘Twas the Episode Before Christmas…” (at 14:25) Forever Knight S01E17: “Unreality TV” (at 25:50)

Marty and Scott continue to survey and salute the Voice of Vader. This episode takes them through the nineties, a decade known for its Hollywood cannibals. What has James Earl been jonesing for..? Listen for answers!* If you build it, commentary on the following films will come: Field of Dreams (1989, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson) at 2:36 The Hunt for Red October (1990, Dir. John McTiernan) at 24:38 The Sandlot (1993, Dir. David Mickey Evans) at 40:37 Coming 2 America (2021, Dir. Craig Brewer) at 1:01:34 Also Continuity Boulevard (1:28:11) and Lightning Round (1:36:36) Man, do those boys know how to…

In one of our most contentious episodes yet, we travel to the fabled realms of Zamunda, Hyboria, and France in pursuit of James Earl Jones’s early film roles. If you’re not coming with us, you’re either suffering from catatonia or else you’re just a baboon. BABOON!! James Earl Joints: The Great White Hope (1970, Dir. Martin Ritt) at 3:08 End of the Road (1970, Dir. Aram Avakian) at 15:50 Conan the Barbarian (1982, Dir. John Milius) at 32:04 Coming to America (1988, Dir. John Landis) at 51:58 What is good in life? Continuity Boulevard (1:12:06) and the Lightning Round (1:23:13).…

Columbo does a cooking show! Maddie meets the head of Network 23! Nick Knight pouts like a jealous teen! Scott and Marty are here to help you through it all. Columbo S2E8 “Double Shock” at 2:18 Moonlighting S2E9 “Atlas Belched” at 17:58 Forever Knight S1E6 “Only the Lonely” at 29:30 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, there was one star so bright, they kept casting her in films with “STAR” in the title! Scott and Marty provide you with the necessary cinematic pinhole box required to view Janet Gaynor’s career (without permanent vision loss)! Featuring these flashes of brilliance: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, Dir. F.W. Murnau) at 2:47 Lucky Star (1929, Dir. Frank Borzage) at 18:06 A Star is Born (1937, Dir. William A. Wellman) at 30:07 Bernardine (1957, Dir. Henry Levin) at 45:23 Plus the usual gang of Continuity (1:00:40) and Lightning (1:07:50) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,…

A good detective show is like a chess match… or maybe it’s like a blonde bombshell obsessed with her own portrait… or else it’s like, um… vampires at Woodstock? Scott and Marty take their best shot with these unconventional episodes: Columbo S2E5: “The Most Dangerous Match” at 2:10 Moonlighting S2E6: “Portrait of Maddie” at 14:55 Forever Knight S1E13: “Dying for Fame” at 28:30 Plus, we got yer Continuity Boulevard (42:58) and yer Lightning Round (47:45) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

After a dynamite run in the 1970s, working under luminaries like Altman, Kubrick, Allen, and Gilliam, Shelley Duvall’s career went… other places. Here, Marty and Scott scour the back half of this great actor’s filmography… mostly so that you don’t have to. Films we pressed against our eyeballs this week: Roxanne (1987, Dir. Fred Schepisi) at 2:51 Suburban Commando (1991, Dir. Burt Kennedy) at 21:35 Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997, Dir. Guy Maddin) at 40:00 The Forest Hills (2024, Dir. Scott Goldberg) at 55:43 Plus! Continuity Boulevard at 1:20:21 And! The Lightning Round at 1:27:10 Follow us on Spotify,…

CINEMATIC OMNIVERSE is back, with one of our favourite leading ladies! How did Shelley Duvall first become an actor? Which 1930s starts inspired her performance as Olive Oyl? Why do Scott & Marty find the word “coerced” hilarious? You’ll find the answers (such as they are) in this, the first of two Duvall retrospective episodes! We cover DuvALL the following: Brewster McCloud (1970, Dir. Robert Altman) at 3:17 The Shining (1980, Dir. Stanley Kubrick) at 21:10 Popeye (1980, Dir. Robert Altman) at 47:48 Time Bandits (1981, Dir. Terry Gilliam) at 1:05:44 Continuity Boulevard at 1:25:27 Lightning Round at 1:35:57 Follow us on Spotify,…

Words cannot describe how monumental this, our 100th Episode, truly is… but we can’t figure out how to make a silent podcast, so we’re sticking with the talkies as we wrap up our series on self-reflective cinema. Join Marty and Scott as they scope out these four funky films: Tropic Thunder (2008, Dir. Ben Stiller) at 6:39 The Artist (2011, Dir. Michael Hazanavicius) at 24:17 Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019, Dir. Quentin Tarantino) at 39:20 The Fall Guy (2024, Dir. David Leitch) at 1:07:07 Plus the long and winding Continuity Boulevard (1:19:58) and the pyroclastic Lightning Round (1:35:43)! Follow…

Marty and Scott’s centuries-spanning survey of filmic navel-gazing reaches an especially gaze-worthy era: the 80s and 90s. How did the Dream Factory imagine itself? And how do you even know it’s a dream, unless you put a dwarf in it? Don’t look into the camera! Just join us. The cinematic octopi we wrestle this week: Cinema Paradiso (1988, Dir. Guiseppe Tornatore) at 2:39 The Player (1992, Dir. Robert Altman) at 18:24 Ed Wood (1994, Dir. Tim Burton) at 37:10 Living in Oblivion (1995, Dir. Tom DiCillo) at 49:18 Plus a hubristic stab at continuity (58:50) and a humbling round of…

Scott and Marty continue their chronological deep dive into self-reflective filmmaking. Tune in as they brave monkey ghosts, talking mimes, and the occasional crotch muppet in their tireless quest to answer the question: When you gaze into the camera’s lens, does the camera also look into you? Films we chase down on our motorized wheelchairs: Sullivan’s Travels (1941, Dir. Preston Sturges) at 1:52 Sunset Boulevard (1950, Dir. Billy Wilder) at 19:26 8 1/2 (1963, Dir. Federico Fellini) at 34:54 Silent Movie (1976, Dir. Mel Brooks) at 49:13 And don’t forget Continuity Boulevard (1:06:36) and the lascivious Lightning Round (1:26:30)! Follow…

Scott and Marty go back — WAYYY BACK — to the nudists, clock goblins, and rarebit fiends of silent cinema — as they launch an unprecedented FOUR PART series on how FILM SEES ITSELF! It’s so exciting, it requires ALL CAPS and LOTS of exclamation points!!! Covered this week (Holy Monkeyshines!): Meta-movies of the 19th century at 4:00 A Trip to the Moon (1902, Dir. George Méliès) at 30:09 The Great Train Robbery (1903, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 39:21 Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 50:56 Behind the Screen (1916, Dir. Charles Chaplin) at…

He’s the paragon of character actors, and the podcast’s unofficial mascot: Harry Dean Stanton. It’s a labour of love as Marty and Scott ramble through his long filmography. Check it out! The Wrong Man (1956, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) at 4:18 Paris, Texas (1984, Dir. Wim Wenders) at 18:37 Man Trouble (1992, Dir. Bob Rafelson) at 36:04 Lucky (2017, Dir. John Carroll Lynch) at 50:56 Continuity Boulevard at 1:11:04 and the barely-legal Lightning Round at 1:22:23!

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 the Rainbow” at 14:36 Forever Knight S1E14 “Spin Doctor” at 25:55 Plus our regular amazeballs features: Continuity Boulevard (at 41:50) and the ever-lovin’ Lightning Round (at 45:35). Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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. Peter Greenaway) at 35:20 10 Things I Hate About You (1999, Dir. Gil Junger) at 56:30 PLUS! Continuity Boulevard at 1:12:58, and the Lightning Round at 1:24:14 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 “Father Figure” at 30:00 Plus other stuff! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 Right Thing (1989, Dir. Spike Lee) at 30:00 and *heavy sigh* Baby Geniuses (1999, Dir. Bob Clark) at 45:40 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 S1E12 “Dead Issue” at 27:20 Plus! Trusty ol’ Continuity Boulevard (40:05) and the ever-lovin’ Lightning Round (46:30)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 “Hunters” (at 28:05) …and for Elite Listeners only (that’s you!), there’s Continuity Boulevard (at 43:55) and our patented Lightning Round (at 50:22)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 Coppola) at 17:17Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Dir. Sidney Lumet) at 29:40The Deer Hunter (1978, Dir. Michael Cimino) at 42:00Continuity Boulevard at 56:54Lightning Round at 1:22:45 NOTE: Cazale’s fifth Best Picture-nominated film was The Conversation, about which we conversed in Episode 52, our Gene Hackman ep!

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 19:47Forever Knight S1E10 “Dead Air” at 33″00 Plus Continuity Boulevard (44:51) and the ever-lovin’ Lightning Round (49:30)! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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, Dir. Nick Cassavettes) at 31:25Parts Per Billion (2014, Dir. Brian Horiuchi) at 44:51 Plus! Continuity Boulevard kicks in at 57:58, and Lighting (Round) strikes at exactly 1:03:00. Heads up!

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 2:20A Woman Under the Influence (1974, Dir. John Cassavetes) at 15:50Gloria (1980, Dir. John Cassavetes) at 33:40Another Woman (1988, Dir. Woody Allen) at 33:40 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 Mask” at 15:45Forever Knight S1E9 “I Will Repay” at 26:00 And there’s more! Continuity Blvd and a yawn-suppressing Lightning Round! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972, Dir. Woody Allen) at 2:00Kentucky Fried Movie (1977, Dir. John Landis) at 19:00Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983, Dir. Terry Jones) at 34:20Amazon Women on the Moon (1987, Dir. Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb,…

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 S1E8 “Cherry Blossoms” at 28:12 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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 (1978) at 2:50John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) at 24:50The Lost Boys (1987) at 41:50 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

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, you’re probably already listening! Commentary on the following episodes, at the following timestamps:Columbo S1E5: “Lady in Waiting” at 1:30Moonlighting S1E6 “Next Stop Murder” at 12:00Forever Knight S1E6 “Dying to Know You” at 23:20 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us…

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 Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Marty and Scott sift through a heap of half-baked mysteries, desperately seeking hints of greatness. You’ve seen the shows… now watch the podcast!! In this episode, we roast:Columbo S1E3 “Dead Weight” (starting at 1:35)Moonlighting S1E3 “Read the Mind, See the Movie” (starting at 15:13)Forever Knight S1E4 “Last Act” (starting at 29:45) Plus Continuity Blvd and our notorious Lightning Round! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Toronto has a serial killer problem! Cops and former cops face off! And the world’s greatest assassins… can’t aim worth a damn? Detectives Marty and Scott are on the case(s)! Check out our commentary of the following hard-to-track-down episodes!Columbo S1E2: “Death Lends a Hand” – 2:20Moonlighting S1E2: “Gunfight at the So-So Corral” – 14:15Forever Knight S1E3: “…For I Have Sinned” – 26:20 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Tubeheads Marty and Scott return with a very special (that is, absurdly esoteric) maxi-series on three detective shows from three different decades:1) The 1970s’ bumbling lieutenant, COLUMBO!2) Reigning screwballs of the 1980s, Maddie and David from MOONLIGHTING!3) FOREVER KNIGHT, a mostly forgotten 1990s series about a vampire cop! In this debut episode, we review the pilots. Check out our commentary at the following points:Columbo S1E1: “Murder by the Book” – 11:00Moonlighting S1E1: “Moonlighting: Pilot” – 24:40Forever Knight S1E1&2: “Dark Knight” – 42:50Check out the original episodes… uh… somewhere online? Best of luck! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,…

In a supersized season finale podcast, cinewizards Scott and Marty cast _filmography levioso_ upon British baritone Alan Rickman, conjuring up two of Marty’s all-time favourite films as well as a bonafide hidden gem. Don’t miss it! Die Hard (1988, Dir. John McTiernan)The January Man (1989, Dir. Pat O’Connor)Dogma (1999, Dir. Kevin Smith)Eye in the Sky (2015, Dir. Gavin Hood) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Scott and Marty may not know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies, but thanks to this week’s movies, they know all about trailblazing actress Butterfly McQueen. And so, good listeners, shall you! Gone With the Wind (1939, Dir. Victor Fleming)Mildred Pearce (1945, Dir. Michael Curtiz)Amazing Grace (1974, Dir. Stan Lathan)The Mosquito Coast (1986, Dir. Peter Weir) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

The boys get frisky with this golden opportunity to explore the career of 80s golden boy Val Kilmer. Top Secret! (1984, Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker)Heat (1995, Dir. Michael Mann)Moscow Zero (2006, Dir. María Lidón)Top Gun: Maverick (2022, Dir. Joseph Kosinski) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Would Ms. Wood have wanted us to revisit even her most wretched films? I warrant Ms. Wood would! The Searchers (1956, Dir. John Ford)Tomorrow is Forever (1946, Dir. Irving Pichel)Meteor (1979, Dir. Ronald Neame)Brainstorm (1983, Dir. Douglas Trumbull) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Like any heterosexual men with eyesight, Marty and Scott find lots to love about Italian bombshell Sofia Loren. But they’re equally impressed by her acting chops in this quartet of unorthodox flicks. Saluti! NOTE: The audio for this ep gets dodgy on occasion. Sorry ’bout that. Quo Vadis (1951, Dir. Mervyn LeRoy)Two Women (1960, Dir. Vittorio De Sica)Firepower (1979, Dir. Michael Winner)The Life Ahead (2020, Dir. Edoardo Ponti)

While tracking a trailblazing filmmaker through the wilds of Newfoundland, Scott and Marty stumble on a film that blends their favourite sub-genres into one Blacktacular film! All this, plus floating houses, talking bears, and windmills of the mind. John and the Missus (1987, Dir. Gordon Pinsent)The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, Dir. Norman Jewison)Blacula (1972, Dir. William Crain)Two Lovers and a Bear (2016, Dir. Kim Nguyen)

In the 1950s, Tim Barlow lost his hearing while testing artillery for the British Army. 20 years later, he became an actor! Marty and Scott check out Tim’s best, worst, last, and first films in a strictly audio medium. Ironic? Perhaps. Awesome? Always. My Cousin Rachel (2017, Dir. Roger Michell)The Eagle Has Landed (1976, Dir. John Sturges)Privates on Parade (1983, Dir. Michael Blakemore)Hot Fuzz (2007, Dir. Edgar Wright)

Marty and Scott rub elbows with Bollywood! You’ve heard of Genghis, and Noonien Singh, now join us as we celebrate one of the great unsung Khans! Salaam Bombay! (1988, Dir. Mira Nair)Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Dir. Danny Boyle)Hisss (2010, Dir. Jennifer Lynch)The Lunchbox (2013, Dir. Ritesh Batra)

Marty and Scott take you to the Land of the Rising Sun, where they sample ramen, crime, dementia, and death. The ramen tastes great! High and Low (1963, Dir. Akira Kurosawa)Tampopo (1985, Dir. Juzo Itami)Departures (2008, Dir. Yojiro Takita)A Long Goodbye (2019, Dir. Ryota Nakano)

On this week’s film-stuffed episode, Marty and Scott pay their respects to stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury. Whodunnit, we ask? And by “it” we mean “bowled us over and won our hearts.” And the answer is… well, Lansbury. I maybe set that up wrong. But join us! Gaslight (1944, Dir. George Cukor)Mutiny (1952, Dir. Edward Dmytryk)The Manchurian Candidate (1962, Dir. John Frankenheimer)Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022, Dir. Rian Johnson)

It’s hard not to be fonda this Classic Hollywood actor, even when he appears in abominable Jaws ripoffs. Join Marty and Scott for a dubious tour of Henry Fonda’s first, best, worst, and last movies! Farmer Takes a Wife (1953, Dir. Henry Levin)Twelve Angry Men (1957, Dir. Sidney Lumet)Tentacles (1977, Dir. Ovidio G. Assonitis)On Golden Pond (1981, Dir. Mark Rydell) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Cinephiles Marty and Scott are back, unearthing the last, first, best, and worst entries in the fabulous filmography of the actor whose spit takes knew no equal: Alan Arkin! Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Scott and Marty return after a long hiatus… or was it a vacation?? It turns out your favourite cinephiles have been kicking around the great city of Los Angeles, and they’ve brought back four souvenirs to share: the City of Angels’s first, worst, best, and last appearances on film! Safety Last! (1923, Dir. Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor) 1941 (1979, Dir. Steven Spielberg) L.A. Story (1991, Dir. Mick Jackson) Destruction Los Angeles (2017, Dir. Tibor Takács)

Meet the many faces of the man who plays God… with our hearts! It’s Easy Reader’s first, best, worst, and last (so far) films! The Pawnbroker (1964, Dir. Sidney Lumet) The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Dir. Frank Darabont) Vanquish (2022, Dir. George Gallo) A Good Person (2023, Dir. Zach Braff)

Marty & Scott follow a jazz singer, glimpse the News of Huey Lewis, and learn what happens when the Devil doesn’t wash his face. Presenting Lily Mars (1943) Witchery aka La Casa 4 et al. (1988) Pump Up the Volume (1990) Short Cuts (1993)

Did the Big O blow his cinematic wad on his first try? Did his last, unfinished project hint at greater glory? Scott and Marty ponder these and other unanswerables in this plus-sized episode. Citizen Kane (1941, Dir. Orson Welles) Touch of Evil (1958, Dir. Orson Welles) Necromancy (1972, Dir. Bert I. Gordon) The Other Side of the Wind (2018, Dir. Orson Welles) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at slackandslashpod.comEmail us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Four films you’ve never heard of, featuring stellar supporting performances by an actress you’ve also never heard of! It’s Cinematic Omniverse at its most nerdy and esoteric! Reds (1981, Dir. Warren Beatty) Lonelyhearts (1958, Dir. Vincent J. Donehue) On the Right Track (1981, Dir. Lee Philips) Addicted to Love (1997, Dir. Griffin Dunne)

This week, Scott and Marty survey the WAY-too-brief career of our generation’s inimitable radioactive, narcoleptic, time-and-space-hopping Casanova. That’s right, Gen Xers: it’s River time.

Scott and Marty peek into the campy closets of one of cinema history’s greatest frightmeisters, and discover that Vincent is great at any Price! The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, Dir. Michael Curtiz) Edward Scissorhands (1990, Dir. Tim Burton) Laura (1944, Dir. Otto Preminger) Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965, Dir. Norman Taurog)

Is Hoggle an anti-Semitic stereotype? For some reason, this question and many others are raised during an episode dedicated to glam rock legend David Bowie’s eclectic film career.  Core Connections: Il Mio West aka Gunslinger’s Revenge (1998, Dir. Giovanni Veronesi) Just a Gigolo (1978, Dir. David Hemmings) Labyrinth (1986, Dir. Jim Henson) Bandslam (2009, Dir. Todd Graff) 

Scott and Marty unearth the first, last, best and worst films of cinema’s most beloved man-child, Robin Williams. Can I Do It ‘Till I Need Glasses? (1977, Dir. I. Robert Levy) Dead Poets’ Society (1989, Dir. Peter Weir) Toys (1992, Dir. Barry Levinson) The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014, Dir. Phil Alden Robinson)

What goes on between those eye-crinkles when Hackman is acting? Scott and Marty ponder the mysteries of Gene’s first, last, best, and worst films.  Lilith (1964, Dir. Robert Rossen) Runaway Jury (2003, Dir. Gary Fleder) The Conversation (1974, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, Dir. Sidney J. Furie)

Whether you think of him as Dr. John Wayne Prentiss, Detective Virgil Tibbs, or just plain old “Sir,” Sidney Poitier is the colossal subject of this week’s filmopsis! Core Connections: No Way Out (1950, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz) The Jackal (1997, Dir. Michael Caton-Jones) Raisin in the Sun (1961, Dir. Daniel Petrie) Ghost Dad (1990, Dir. Sidney Poitier)

In a revelation-filled anniversary episode, Marty and Scott examine only ONE film… which is also, somehow, ALL the films…? Also, best-of lists, the future of the omniverse, and more! If you only buy ONE COMIC BOOK this month… I don’t care which one you choose, just LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!!! Core Connections: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012, Dir. György Pálfi) Connective Cameos: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Back to the Future 12 Monkeys Zelig Forrest Gump Casablanca The Empire Strikes Back American Graffiti THX-1148 Raiders of the Lost Ark Jaws Jurassic Park Schindler’s List Saving Private Ryan Waking Life…

Marty and Scott watch movies about people who watch movies. But when the lines begin to blur, the Cinematic Omniverse itself may be in peril!  Core Connections: Sherlock, Jr. (1924, Dir. Buster Keaton) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, Dir. Woody Allen) Last Action Hero (1993, Dir. John McTiernan) Connective Cameos: Lost Highway Being John Malkovich Holy Motors Top Gun: Maverick Knives Out It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The General The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Broadway Danny Rose A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Zelig Hannah and Her Sisters Do the Right Thing Midnight in Paris…

Whether he’s a bachelor buddy, a truculent commuter, or a gaslighting gynecologist, it’s hard not to love Charles Grodin! (Okay that last one is pretty easy.) Core Connections: Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Dir. Roman Polanksi) The Lonely Guy (1984, Dir. Arthur Hiller) So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, Dir. Thomas Schlamme) Connective Cameos: Midnight Run Catch-22 Harold and Maude Trading Places Night of the Living Dead Crimes and Misdemeanors Lady Sings the Blues Blazing Saddles The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Breakfast at Tiffany’s The Panic in Needle Park Silver Streak The Kid The Jerk Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid…

Marty and Scott court French actress Delphine Seyrig for a ménage of trois filmes françaises, including the film voted Best Film of All Time by the Sound & Sight 2022 poll. Ooh la la!  Core Connections: Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963, Dir. Alain Resnais) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Dir. Luis Buñuel) Jeanne Dielman, 28 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Dir. Chantal Ackerman)  Connective Cameos: Hiroshima Mon Amour Last Year at Marienbad The Grand Illusion L’Atalante Un Chien Andalou North by Northwest Holy Motors Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Nobody Last Night in…

Great Scott! Christopher Lloyd gets the omniverse treatment. Plus, Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison! Aaaaugh! Sorry about the audio quality in this one.  Core Connections: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1989, Dir. Robert Zemeckis) Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995, Dir. Gary Fleder) Nobody (2021, Dir. Ilya Naishuller) Connective Cameos: Batman Returns One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Back to the Future Addams Family Values Romancing the Stone Forrest Gump Space Jam Chinatown It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World It Super Mario Bros. Brazil The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Evil Under the…

His hairless pate has been a touchstone in Hollywood cinema for as long as Scott and Marty can recall. It’s time to walk a mile in the shoes of Danny DeVito. Core Connections: Lady Liberty aka La Mortadella (1972, Dir. Mario Monicelli) Ruthless People (1986, Dir. Abrahams, Zucker, and Zucker) The Comedian (2016, Dir. Taylor Hackford) Connective Cameos: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Batman Returns Throw Momma From the Train The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The Visitor, aka Stridulum The Terminal The Ratings Game Head Office Twins Airplane! Top Secret Kentucky Fried Movie The Wedding Singer Raising…

Scott and Marty get acquainted with “that guy from that thing,” aka Lance Henriksen. You know who we’re talking about! Core Connections: Network (1976, Dir. Sidney Lumet) Aliens (1985, Dir. James Cameron) Modigliani (2004, Dir. Mick Davis) Connective Cameos: The Terminator Near Dark The Visitor, aka Stridulum The Right Stuff Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb Catch-22 Broadcast News Don’t Look Up Silver Streak The Big Easy Nashville Bridge on the River Kwai Across 110th Street Jaws Star Wars Alien Iron Man The Expendables Alien3 Repo Man Midnight Run Midnight in Paris Better…

Get into the Christmas (and Hanukkah!) spirit with Scott and Marty! Core Connections: Santa Claus (1898, Dir. George Albert Smith) Miracle on 34th Street (1947, Dir. George Seaton) Ernest Saves Christmas (1988, Dir. John R. Cherry III) The Hebrew Hammer (2003, Dir. Jonathan Kesselman) Connective Cameos: Car Wash Plan 9 From Outer Space Scarface Blazing Saddles The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat  A Trip to the Moon The Wizard of Oz A Day at the Races The Patsy Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Blazing Saddles North by Northwest The Computer Wore Tennis…

Scott loves Paris, so Marty agrees to follow him to the City of Lights, where it turns out several decades’ worth of weirdoes lie in wait. Core Connections: L’Atalante (1934, Dir. Jean Vigo) Band of Outsiders (1964, Dir. Jean-Luc Godard) Holy Motors (2012, Dir. Leos Carax) Connective Cameos: The Lavender Hill Mob 12 Angry Men On the Waterfront The City of Lost Children Alien: Resurrection Shoot the Piano Player Pierrot le Fou Cleo from 5 to 7 A Hard Day’s Night Jules et Jim Amélie In Bruges Inland Empire Tusk Yoga Hosers Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Training…

Madness. MADNESS! Join Scott and Marty on a rollicking ride through Ealing, up the river, and into the Castle with the Old (Jedi) Knight himself, Sir Alec. Core Connections: The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Dir. Charles Crichton) Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Dir. David Lean) Kafka (1991, Dir. Steven Soderbergh) Connective Cameos: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi The Ladykillers Kind Hearts and Coronets A Fish Called Wanda Breakfast at Tiffany’s A Hard Day’s Night The Magic Christian Jaws Dr. Strangelove, or…

Scott and Marty skip a groove again, but end up landing comfortably on Madeline Kahn, the Teutonic Tit-willow.  Core Connections: Paper Moon (1973, Dir. Peter Bogdanovich)Blazing Saddles (1974, Dir. Mel Brooks)The Muppet Movie (1979, Dir. James Frawley) Connective Cameos:ClueNixonJudy BerlinMidnight RunSilver StreakThe Darjeeling Ltd.Leon: The ProfessionalRain ManThe Last Picture ShowNational Lampoon’s VacationThe GriftersDr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the BombAirplane!The GunfighterThe Towering InfernoDjango UnchainedMinionsMuppet Treasure IslandThe Muppet Christmas CarolThe Great Muppet CaperE.T.: The Extra-TerrestrialHoward the DuckEmmet Otter’s Jug Band ChristmasSpaceballsBy the SeaIt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldPlan 9 From Outer SpaceScarfaceThe Man Who Shot…

Scott and Marty use a wide lens to capture a Broad bent in three of Sir Jim’s finest film outings. (NOTE: In 2002, Jim Broadbent actually declined a knighthood. But he’ll always be “Sir” in our hearts!) Core Connections: Bullets Over Broadway (1994, Dir. Woody Allen) Brooklyn (2015, Dir. John Crowley) Brazil (1985, Dir. Terry Gilliam) Connective Cameos: Paddington Hot Fuzz Bridget Jones’s Diary Richard III Time Bandits Goodfellas Broadway Danny Rose Young Frankenstein A Serious Man Mighty Aphrodite Blue Jasmine Hannah and Her Sisters Blow-Up Crooklyn Star Wars: The Last Jedi Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Ex Machina…

You don’t have to be an expert sleuth to find three excellent films featuring Sir Michael Caine. Even Scott and Marty could do it! Core Connections:Sleuth (1972, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, Dir. Frank Oz)Youth (2015, Dir. Paolo Sorrentino)  Connective Cameos:Austin Powers in GoldmemberAlfieEvil Under the SunThe GodfatherPsychoGet CarterA Hard Day’s NightRuthless PeopleMy Cousin VinnyBedtime StoryReturn of the JediBroadcast NewsGoodfellasThe Three AmigosThe JerkDead Men Don’t Wear PlaidThe Spanish PrisonerNashvilleCrimes and MisdemeanorsPower of the DogThe Addams FamilyAddams Family ValuesCasablancaThe PianoIntoleranceSliding DoorsBad LieutenantPulp FictionZuluMarathon ManThe Constant GardenerA Mighty WindOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestIt’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldBeing…

Guest star and Hep-Cat Danielle Paradis leads feckless call-boys Marty and Scott on a romp through the beloved 60s (dark?) comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s and… two other… things. Core Connections: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, Dir. Blake Edwards)Viva Zapata! (1952, Dir. Elia Kazan)A Comedy of Terrors (1963, Dir. Jacques Tourneur) Connective Cameos: Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryThe GraduateWest Side StoryTouch of EvilA Streetcar Named DesireCheThe GodfatherThe PatsyRhubarbThe Story of MankindMCasablancaJaws 3DI Am LegendThe Last Man on EarthThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingAcross 110th StreetWhen Harry Met SallyA Star is BornForrest GumpA Mighty WindThe Emoji Movie  Linked…

BOO! Or rather, CHEER for Cinematic Omniverse’s Hallowe’en special! SCREAM with joy along with Marty, Scott, and special GHOST – er, guest – Abbey Schwartz! Core Connections:House of 1,000 Corpses (2003, Dir. Rob Zombie)Spider Baby (1967, Dir. Jack Hill)Trilogy of Terror (1975, Dir. Dan Curtis)  Connective Cameos:A Clockwork OrangeBeetlejuicePoltergeistThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe RingFriday the 13th The Rocky Horror Picture ShowEd WoodPlan 9 From Outer SpaceThe AristocratsClerksScreamThe MunstersNight of the HunterThe GolemLord of the RingsDjango UnchainedNashvilleVertigoDr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombBatmanThe HangoverArachnophobiaThe PatsyThe Addams FamilyFoxy BrownThe Fear ChamberSwitchblade SisterThe Snake PeoplePolice AcademyThe ExorcistThe ShiningChild’s PlayHouse…

Kirsten Dunst: Permanently prepubescent bloodsucker, or time-hopping beauty queen?Also in this ep: Scott and Marty deliver their Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison pitches! Core Connections: Interview with the Vampire (1994, Dir. Neil Jordan)Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999, Dir. Michael Patrick Jann)The Power of the Dog (2021, Dir. Jane Campion)  Connective Cameos: Bram Stoker’s DraculaNosferatuDraculaWhat We Do in the ShadowsLegends of the FallTrue RomanceThe Addams FamilyThe Iceman ComethThe Tree of LifeBeing John MalkovichRashomonFight ClubBonfire of the VanitiesNew York StoriesPlan Nine from Outer SpaceFargoThe PianoCity Slickers1917The HobbitDoctor Strange12 Years a SlaveWar HorseSpider-Man1984BatmanAustin Powers: International Man of MysteryAustin Powers: The Spy Who…

Film frontiersmen Scott & Marty can spot the most character-istic of character actors — and even in a room full of Roberts, it’s Ryan every time. Core Connections: Crossfire (1974, Dir. Edward Dmytryk) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, Dir. John Sturges) The Iceman Cometh (1973, Dir. John Frankenheimer) Connective Cameos: Act of Violence Rashomon It’s A Wonderful Life It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans The Great Escape Gunfight at the OK Corral The Magnificent Seven Marty Back to the Future Die Hard The Princess Bride Idle Hands Greed Leaving Las Vegas…

Is it possible to be a successful career woman AND a single mom? What about…?

Movie mavens Scott and Marty enter the (Radio)head of Stephen Tobolowsky, a character actor you’ll never forget… unless you have anterograde amnesia, that is. Have we already had this conversation? Core Connections: Mississippi Burning (1988, Dir. Alan Parker) The Grifters (1990, Dir. Stephen Frears) Memento (2000, Dir. Christopher Nolan) Connective Cameos: The Patsy Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Groundhog Day Spaceballs True Stories Monty Python’s Life of Brian Pink Floyd’s The Wall Child’s Play One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Nashville The Big Easy The Visitor aka Stridulum Goodfellas Saw Super Mario Bros Dark City Labyrinth The Dark…

In their most audacious act of interconnectedness yet, Marty and Scott travel from the Silent Age to the cusp of New Hollywood, on the trail of the moustachioed “Snub” Pollard. Core Connections: By the Sea (1915, Dir. Charlie Chaplin) Billy Blaze, Esq. (1919, Dir. Hal Roach) It’s a Gift (1923, Dir. Hugh Fay) Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Dir. Gene Kelly) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, Dir. John Ford) Connective Cameos: Casablanca Last Night in Soho Scarface Intolerance Safety Last Red River It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Goodfellas A Hard Day’s Night Monty Python’s Life of…

Marty and Scott are doing the Lord’s work – and by “the Lord” they mean Franco Nero, aka Django Jesus. Join the crusade! Core Connections: Red River (1948, Dir. Howard Hawks) The Big Heat (1953, Dir. Fritz Lang) Django Unchained (2012, Dir. Quentin Tarantino) Connective Cameos: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid The Visitor aka Stridulum The Night of the Hunter Cleopatra Jones Rio Bravo The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Go West Blazing Saddles She Done Him Wrong Twelve O’Clock High The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Celluloid Closet Superman Gilda It’s A Wonderful Life Without Love North…

From the Gay Nineties to the Noir Eighties, gumshoes Scott and Marty unravel the threads of cinema’s greatest seamstress, Edith Head. Core Connections: She Done Him Wrong (1933, Dir. Lowell Sherman) Notorious (1946, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982, Dir. Carl Reiner) Connective Cameos: Casablanca The General Intolerance Dracula The Patsy Without Love Go West It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World North by Northwest The Incredibles The Manchurian Candidate No Way Out The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Zelig Airplane! Give My Regards to Broad Street F/X Ball of Fire Sorry, Wrong Number The Spanish Prisoner The…

Scott and Marty pay an oblique and pointless tribute to the world’s greatest soul-funk supergroup as they continue their deep dive into cinema’s secret continuity. Core Connections: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Dir. Nicolas Roeg) A Mighty Wind (2003, Dir. Christopher Guest) Ball of Fire (1941, Dir. Howard Hawks) Connective Cameos: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song That’s the Way of the World Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Don’t Look Now Performance Walkabout Catch-22 Pork Chop Hill The Third Man The Rocky Horror Picture Show This is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman Best in…

How high can Scott and Marty get, as they consider the concept of time in the omniverse? Core Connections: Twelve O’Clock High (1949, Dir. Henry King) Three O’Clock High (1987, Dir. Phil Joanou) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Dir. Amy Heckerling) Connective Cameos: Die Hard Dangerous Minds Lean on Me Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope King Creole The Gunfighter Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Titanic Pulp Fiction Pork Chop Hill The Patsy Airplane! Back to the Future Young Guns Stand by Me Throw Momma From the Train The Terminator…

Marty, Scott, and guest John Hudson spend a super-sized episode discussing merkins, zithers, and precious bodily fluids. Core Connections: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb The Third Man Strange Brew Connective Cameos: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Barbarella Easy Rider The Magic Christian Barry Lyndon A Clockwork Orange 2001: A Space Odyssey Airplane! Idle Hands Metropolis Silence of the Lambs Fail Safe Catch-22 MASH The Hunt for Red October It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Lost Highway The Magic Christian A Shot in the Dark The World of Henry…

Glavin! In a classic-crammed episode, Marty and Scott trace the weird career of career weirdo, Peter Lorre. Core Connections: M (1931, Dir. Fritz Lang) Casablanca (1942, Dir. Michael Curtiz) The Patsy (1964, Dir. Jerry Lewis) Connective Cameos: Batman Returns The Grand Illusion O Z Q Citizen Kane Star Wars Jaws Birth of a Nation The Story of Mankind Goodfellas Nosferatu Dracula Play It Again, Sam 1941 How I Won the War Cleopatra Anatomy of a Murder The Grand Illusion Catch-22 The Bellboy Arsenic and Old Lace The Obscure Object of Desire Lady Sings the Blues One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s…

In this episode, itinerant cinephiles Marty and Scott invite you to join them on a triptych of trips to New Orleans! Core Connections: Panic in the Streets (1950, Dir. Elia Kazan) The Big Easy The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Connective Cameos: The General A Streetcar Named Desire The Bad Sleep Well Spaceballs Batman Batman Returns City Slickers Shane The Wizard of Oz The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Beverly Hills Cop The Buddy Holly Story Great Balls of Fire! Broadcast News Nashville Silver Streak Rain Man Bad Lieutenant The Shape of Water Take Shelter One Flew Over the…

Marty and Scott scrutinize the career of Dick Warlock, Hollywood’s coolest (and coolest named) stunt double. Core Connections: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969, Dir. Robert Butler) The Stunt Man (1980, Dir. Richard Rush) Spaceballs (1986, Dir. Mel Brooks) Connective Cameos: Terminator 2: Judgement Day Escape From New York The Absent-Minded Professor North by Northwest It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The Story of Mankind The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995, Dir. Peyton Reed) Tron Tron: Legacy Lassie 48 Hours Beverly Hills Cop Lethal Weapon Freebie and the Bean Color of Night The Godfather Nashville Night of the Hunter…

Scott and Marty turn their red, unfocused eyes towards Roger Deakins, one of the greatest living cinematographers. Directors of photography? Whatever. Core Connections: 1984 (1984, Dir. Michael Radford) A Serious Man (2009, Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) 1917 (2019, Dir. Sam Mendes) Connective Cameos: Citizen Kane The Big Lebowski Brazil Pink Floyd’s The Wall Snowpiercer Logan’s Run The Comedians Westworld V for Vendetta Alien Melancholia King Ralph Splash Max Headroom Barton Fink The Hudsucker Proxy Fargo Call Me By Your Name Burn After Reading Raising Arizona Crimes and Misdemeanors Throw Momma From the Train Spaceballs Lady Sings the Blues Hedwig…

After noticing the prevalence of train films in the omniverse, Marty and Scott go full steam ahead on three loco-motion pictures. Core Connections: The General (1926, Dir. Clyde Bruckman) Throw Momma From the Train (1987, Dir. Danny DeVito) SnowPiercer (2013, Dir. Bong Joon Ho) Connective Cameos: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  How I Won the War The Fugitive Strangers on a Train War of the Roses Death to Smoochy The Goonies One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Batman Returns The Addams Family Catch-22 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Broadcast News…

Scott and Marty hopscotch through the variegated career of American actor William Hurt (1950-2022). Core Connections: The Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985, Dir. Hector Babenco) Broadcast News (1987, Dir. James L. Brooks) Dark City (1998, Dir. Alex Proyas) Connective Cameos: Body Heat The Big Chill The Panic in Needle Park Addams Family Values Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Short Circuit True Lies The Shawshank Redemption Moon Over Parador As Good As It Gets Raising Arizona Network All the President’s Men The Tree of Life One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Being John Malkovich Rocky Nosferatu Batman Begins The…

Cinephile conspiracy fabulists Marty and Scott take a cross-Pacific holiday to inaugurate three classic Japanese films into the omniverse. Core Connections: The Bad Sleep Well (1960, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) Ran (1985, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) Late Spring (1949, Dir. Yasujirô Ozu)

Cinephiles Scott and Marty welcome fellow Fab Four fanatic A.J. Richardson for a super-sized tour through the Beatles’ solo film careers.  Core Connections: How I Won the War (1967, Dir. Richard Lester) The Magic Christian (1969, Dir. Joseph McGrath) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979, Dir. Terry Jones) Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984, Dir. Peter Webb) Join the conversation on our Slack and Slash Pod Discord server!

Enter a vertiginous labyrinth of interconnected films, as Scott and Marty pay tribute to Dame Maggie Smith and Margaret Nolan in a devilishly fun fashion. Core Connections: Evil Under the Sun (1982, Dir. Guy Hamilton) Last Night in Soho (2021, Dir. Edgar Wright) A Hard Day’s Night (1963, Dir. Richard Lester) Connective Cameos: North by Northwest Goldfinger Diamonds are Forever Live and Let Die The Man With the Golden Gun Knives Out Sleuth Rashomon Spartacus The Comedians Logan’s Run Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery The Great Muppet Caper Repulsion Old Boy Doctor Zhivago Mulholland Drive Vertigo Zoolander Midnight in…

Join Marty and Scott in a wacky universe of symmetry and kitsch, where all the movies tell one story, and that story is… elaborate. Core Connections: The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Dir. Wes Anderson) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Dir. Woody Allen) North by Northwest (1959, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Connective Cameos: Scott Pilgrim vs The World The Tree of Life The Addams Family Addams Family Values Bottle Rocket Fantastic Mr. Fox Scarface Annie Hall Virgin Spring Persona Through a Glass Darkly The Tenant One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Frances Prizzi’s Honor Pork Chop Hill Rosemary’s Baby Manhattan The Sweet Smell of…

Join Marty Schwartz (a great examination of a collapsing psyche) and Scott Sharplin (his milkshake brings all the boys to the yard) as they upend cinema history… Canadian style! Core Connections: Mean Girls (2004, Dir. Mark Waters) Waydowntown (2000, Dir. Gary Burns) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010, Dir. Edgar Wright) Connective Cameos: Run Lola Run (1998, Dir. Tom Tykwer) Road to the Lemon Grove (2018, Dir. Dale Hildebrand) Encino Man (1992, Dir. Les Mayfield) Easy A (2010, Dir. Will Gluck) American Pie (1999, Dir. Paul Weitz) Legally Blonde (2001, Dir. Robert Luketic) Black Christmas (2006, Dir. Glen Morgan) Catch-22…

Follow cinephiles Marty and Scott as they scamper irreligiously through 125 years of movie history.

Join Scott and Marty as they careen quixotically through more than a century of cinema!

Scott & Marty welcome retro-futurist fashionista Christine Sokaymoh Frederick to discuss a seminal sci-fi classic, plus its secret prequels & sequels! This Podcast Begins Where Imagination Ends!

Join Marty Schwartz (“He Was a Bashful Bride!”) and Scott Sharplin (“He Walks in his sleep!”) as they presumptuously pioneer new ways of looking at cinema.

Marty Schwartz and Scott Sharplin: Who are they? What are they? Who moved the rock?!? Core Connections: Addams Family Values (1993, Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld) Idle Hands (1999, Dir. Rodman Flender) Silver Streak (1976, Dir. Arthur Hiller) Connective Cameos: Intolerance (1916, Dir. D.W. Griffith) The Panic in Needle Park (1970, Dir. Jerry Schatzberg) The Addams Family (1991, Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld) Ghostbusters II (1989, Dir. Ivan Reitman) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Dir. Milos Forman) The Opposite of Sex (1998, Dir. Don Roos) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Dir. Terry Gilliam) The Matrix Resurrections (2021, Dir. Lana Wachowski)…

Join Marty Schwartz (classic MacGuffin) and Scott Sharplin (overcooked drug cliché) as they ponder the interconnectivity of all movies great and small. Core Connections: The Spanish Prisoner (1997, Dir. David Mamet) Goodfellas (1990, Dir. Martin Scorsese) The Panic in Needle Park (1971, Dir. Jerry Schatzburg) Connective Cameos: Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Dir. Otto Premnger) Super Mario Bros (1993, Dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton) State and Main (2000, Dir. David Mamet) Pulp Fiction (1994, Dir. Quentin Tarantino) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, Dir. David Mamet) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, Dir. Frank Oz) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal…

Join prurient puppeteer Marty Schwartz and merciful dinosaur Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: The Tree of Life (2011, Dir. Terence Malick) Being John Malkovich (1999, Dir. Spike Jonze) Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Dir. Otto Premnger) Connective Cameos: Super Mario Bros (1993, Dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton) Days of Heaven (1978, Dir. Terence Malick) The Thin Red Line (1998, Dir. Terence Malick) 12 Monkeys (1995, Dir. Terry Gilliam) Fight Club (1999, Dir. David Fincher) Interview With the Vampire (1994, Dir. Neil Jordan) Boyhood (2014, Dir. Richard Linklater) Con Air (1997, Dir.…

Join Marty “Nursed on a Witch’s Venom” Schwartz and Scott “Twisted by Endless Orgies” Sharplin as they brazenly pioneer new ways of looking at cinema. Core Connections: Go West (1940, dir. Edward Buzzell) The Story of Mankind (1957, dir. Irwin Allen) Super Mario Brothers (1993, dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton) Connective Cameos: Intolerance (1916, Dir. D.W. Griffith) The Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) Goodfellas (1990, Dir. Martin Scorsese) Taxi Driver (1976, Dir. Martin Scorsese) The King of Comedy (1982, Dir. Martin Scorsese) Lost Highway (1997, Dir. David Lynch) Duck Soup (1933, Dir. Leo McCarey) Go West…

Join Marty Schwartz, interstellar mew-tant, and Scott Sharplin, a Sun-Play for the Ages, as they BS their way through 125 years of cinema history. Core Connections: The Visitor AKA Stridulum (1979, dir. Michael J. Paradise) The Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) Intolerance (1916, dir. D.W. Griffith)  Connective Cameos: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894, Dir. Thomas Edison) Scarface (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) Airplane! (1980, dir. Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker) Piranha II: The Spawning (1981, dir. James Cameron and Ovidio G. Assonitis) Lethal Weapon (1987, Dir. Richard Donner) The Omen (1976, Dir. Richard Donner) Django (1966,…

In this special episode, Marty & Scott are joined by Jorden Dupe, spaghetti Maritimer and professional musketeer, to integrate a bona fide film masterpiece into the omniverse. Core Connections: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966, Dir. Sergio Leone) Winter Kills (1979, Dir. William Richert) Shaft in Africa (1973, Dir. John Guillermin) 

Join jive-lingual translator Marty Schwartz and raccoon truther Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Wakefield (2016, dir. Robin Swicord) Big Trouble (1986, dir. John Cassavetes) Airplane! (1980, dir. Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker) Connective Cameos: American Beauty (1999, dir. Sam Mendes) Rear Window (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Falling Down (1993, dir. Joel Schumacher) Taxi Driver (1976, dir. Martin Scorsese) Before Sunrise (1994, dir. Richard Linklater) Before Sunset (2004, dir. Richard Linklater) National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983, dir. Harold Ramis) Big Trouble (2002, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld) Big Trouble in Little China (1986, dir. John Carpenter) The…

Join Marty Schwartz, “Black Don’t Crack” proselytizer, and Scott Sharplin, unconfirmed Billthazar, as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Lost Highway (1997, Dir. David Lynch) Pork Chop Hill (1959, Dir. Lewis Milestone) Repo Man (1984, Dir. Alex Cox) Connective Cameos: Brewster’s Millions (1985, Dir. Walter Hill) Mannequin (1987, Dir. Michael Gottlieb) Mannequin: On the Move (1991, Dir. Stewart Raffill) Apocalypse Now (1979, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Dunkirk (2017, Dir. Christopher Nolan) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953, Dir. Charles Lamont) Sid and Nancy (1986, Dir. Alex Cox) Cannonball Run (1981, Dir. Hal…

Join Marty Schwartz, human organ grinder/gatling gun, and Scott Sharplin, Scatman phat stan, as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Batman Returns (1992, Dir. Tim Burton) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Dir. Milos Forman) Lady Sings the Blues (1972, Dir. Sidney J. Furie) Connective Cameos: The Dark Knight (2008, Dir. Christopher Nolan) John Wick (2014, Dir. Chad Stahelski, David Leitch) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016, Dir. Zach Snyder) Scarface (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) Dangerous Minds (1999, Dir. John N. Smith) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Dir. Frank Capra) Batman (1989, Dir.…

Join sagacious cinema meshugganah Marty Schwartz and uber-groovy movie goober Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Dracula (1931, Dir. Todd Browning) Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957, Dir. Edward J. Wood, Jr.) Scarface (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) Connective Cameos: Frankenstein (1931, Dir. James Whale) The Mummy (1932, Dir. Karl Freund) The Invisible Man (1933, Dir. James Whale) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man  (1943, Dir. Roy William Neill) Abbot and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949, Dir. Charles Barton) Midnight Run (1988, Dir. Martin Brest) First Wives Club (1996, Dir. Hugh Wilson)…