400 | Unfinished Business
After Lunch
To celebrate the 400th episode of After Lunch (give or take), Michael welcomes back the original Nerd Lunch crew - CT, Jeeg, and Pax - to wrap up some unfinished business from the Nerd Lunch days. In June 2019, Jeeg led the gang, including Michael in the Fourth Chair, in an Overs/Unders exercise to predict what might happen in the proposed Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum. Of course, we never got that movie. Or... we didn't until Deadpool & Wolverine came out last year. It's finally time to tally up the scores and see who is the Best Channing Tatum...
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399 | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
After Lunch
Michael, Rob, and Pax continue their occasional look at pulp and superhero serials with The Adventures of Smilin' Jack. It's one of Michael's favorites, but will Rob and Pax feel the same way? Starring Tom Brown, Keye Luke, and Rose Hobart.
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398 | Spaceships Sweet 16
After Lunch
Michael and Rob are joined by Ben Graham and new guest Nick Casbarro to talk about Nick's novel, , and then to determine the greatest spaceship of all time. And of course we determine that the only way we know how: by listing 16 of our favorites, putting them into tournament brackets, and voting on them until only one remains.
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397 | Halloween Spook-a-Lympics
After Lunch
Michael and Rob are joined by Joanna from Bloody Popcorn and Shawn Robare to create teams of horror-themed athletes and terrifying events for them to compete in. Who will win the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals? The Hex Pistols? Scare-istocracy? The Grisly Grahams? The Hellboy Hooies? Pick your favorite team and root them on!
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396 | After Dinner Lounge – Do You Think They’re Cool Hip People?
After Lunch
Rob, Michael, and Pax finish up this month's Lounge talking about The Oracle Year by Charles Soule, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Superman comics, Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller, Zach Cregger's Weapons, KPop Demon Hunters, and more!
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395 | Predator (1987)
After Lunch
Michael, Rob, and Pax continue their occasional series covering the Predator movies by talking about the original film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and the introduction of one of the coolest-looking monsters in cinema history. And stay tuned after our conversation for a special rerun of Pax's by Paul Monette.
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394 | After Dinner Lounge – Caw!
After Lunch
It's Lounging Time again as Rob, Michael, and Pax talk about whatever's on their mind, including French Silk pie, Wonder Woman's daughter, and different ways to use the Pop Culture Eraser.
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393 | After Midnight – Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars & 30 Days of Night
After Lunch
Michael and Jess talk about Halloween and other spooky things, including the comics Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars and 30 Days of Night.
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392 | Murder by Decree (1979)
After Lunch
Rob, Pax, Jacob, and Michael reconvene our Sherlock Holmes panel to talk about lots of Holmes stuff, including Murder by Decree starring Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Holmes and Watson on the trail of Jack the Ripper.
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391 | Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
After Lunch
Michael, Rob, and Pax go back into the Fast and Furious timeline to watch Better Luck Tomorrow, an early Justin Lin film that both he and actor Sung Kang have retroactively declared to be the first appearance of Han from the Fast and Furious series. It's a crime movie, it's a high school movie... it's a Fast and Furious movie? We talk about how well it works in all three of those categories.
info_outlineThis week we finally take another crack at the Listbuster topic first heard back in Episode 17. In our crosshairs is IGN's list of the Top 25 Action Movies and riding shotgun in the fourth chair is Jon Cross from the After Movie Diner and Dr. Action and The Kick Ass Kid podcast. After a healthy discussion about just what an action movie is, we tear IGN's list to shreds and then reveal our top 10 action movie lists. In our Nerd To-Dos we get the lowdown on the Superman III novelization, a goal to chat with Steve Guttenberg, and a mini review of The Hobbit (hint: it's a long movie).