Author: Brian Elkins

Episode 208: The Crew’s running from a pair of man-eating lions while discussing Stephen Hopkins’ The Ghost and the Darkness. The film had a pair of stars (Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer), an Oscar winning screenwriter and cinematographer (William Goldman and Vilmos Zsigmond), and was based on a crazy true story. Despite all this talent, the film wasn’t a box-office hit. And the Crew has different opinions on how well the story and tone work.

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Episode 207: The Crew’s running in the forest with a sexy Daniel Day-Lewis while discussing Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans. This was the box-office success that took Michael Mann from TV (Miami Vice) to big budget films. Daniel Day-Lewis was fresh off his first Best Actor Oscar (he won three throughout his career). The soundtrack, cinematography, editing, and every performance are prefect. But the Crew debates whether the movie is more than a beautiful adventure film.

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Episode 206: The Crew’s trying to escape the Motaba virus while watching Wolfgang Petersen’s Outbreak. The film was a box-office hit in 1995, and had a loaded cast with hot newcomers (Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey, and Cuba Gooding Jr.) and veteran talent (Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, and Morgan Freeman). Wolfgang Petersen treats the story like a disaster film, which makes it entertaining but ultimately unrealistic. The Crew discusses…

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Episode 205: The Crew’s trying to escape a subterranean laboratory (The Hive) full of zombies and other T-virus infected monsters. That’s right, they’re discussing Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil. This 2002 film spawned five sequels and became the highest grossing film series based on a video game.

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Episode 204: The Crew’s playing chess with Death while watching Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. This conversation gets heated as arguments erupt over Bergman’s use of symbolism and heavy handed dialogue. The film is considered a masterpiece and launched (Swedish writer/director) Ingmar Bergman’s career.

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Episode 203: The Crew’s spending the week in the woods with a flesh eating virus, while watching Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever. Eli Roth’s first feature is loaded with homages and started his own filmmaking career in the horror genre. In the early 2000’s, Cabin Fever was a different type of horror film in the heyday of Scream. But to be honest, the film is more of a comedy with gore than a scary horror movie. The Crew discusses…

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Episode 202: Long Live the New Flesh! The Crew’s been exposed to David Cronenberg’s Videodrome signal, which gives you hallucinations of sex organs. Videodrome is considered a cult classic now, but it was a box-office bomb in 1983. The plot is fairly simple, but the visuals and themes aren’t. The Crew can’t even agree what’s really happening… they discuss.

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Episode 201: The Crew’s suffering from PTSD after watching Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. The film was a modest hit in 2011, making $136.5 million on a $60 million budget, and received critical praise. But with the COVID-19 pandemic happening, it’s truly terrifying. The Crew discusses….

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Episode 200: The Crew’s worried about the Russians polluting their precious bodily fluids as they discuss Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This film is considered one of the greatest comedies of all time. It was a box office hit, and was nominated for 4 Oscars (The first of four Direction nominations for Stanley Kubrick, although he never won). Peter Sellers (performing in 3 roles here) and George C. Scott are super funny and their energy carries this film. The Crew discusses…

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Episode 199: The Crew’s running thru the streets of SoHo as they discuss Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Griffin Dunne is Paul, a word processor stuck in the SoHo district of New York. He’s trying to get home after a bad date, but runs into problem after problem. Martin Scorsese and Cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus add loads of creative energy to the lighting and camerawork. The Crew discusses…

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