Film Junk Podcast Episode #833: Nightmare Alley
Film Junk: The Longest-Running Movie Podcast
Release Date: 02/03/2022
Film Junk: The Longest-Running Movie Podcast
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Since we already dropped our review of You Can See Everything a bit early, this week we decided to pull a junk mail episode from the Patreon vault for listeners on the public feed. Frank says this is one of the best. Do you agree?
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It's time for the TV Junk Podcast to head to prom! What's the worst that could happen? Nuno, Sean and Greg check out Amazon Prime's Carrie for Halloween! They discuss the other Carrie adaptations, Fanagans, high school kid film tropes, the added Carrie lore and whether they are big King fans. Check it out at the link below or download and subscribe wherever you find your favourite podcasts.
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"That is a complete fucking fraud and it looks 100% real. It's the best work I've ever done in my life because it's so honest." This week on Film Junk, we revisit one of the great political satires on screen, Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog. It captured the zeitgeist and arguably predicted the future back in the late '90s but it's time to find out how it holds up in our current political climate. Is Wag the Dog more relevant now than ever? Does Frank consider it to be more "clever" than funny? Could Jay pull off the Conrad Brean look in his day to day life? What is the best 54-40 song? Don't...
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Hot on the heels of a Halloween candy high, November looks a lot like Jizzmas, thanks to a selection of films that span a cavernous genre divide. From political comedies to whatever else we picked that I can't remember. I guess you'll just have to watch / listen to find out!
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Note: You Can See Everything was intended to be part of our November line-up but we decided to release the episode early due to all of the discussion surrounding the film. "Why would I deceive you? There's no reason for me to do that." This week we get caught in the Elizabeth Holmes distortion field as we review You Can See Everything, the new documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It's a movie with so many different layers that it almost seems to be about the nature of reality itself. Was Elizabeth Holmes knowingly defrauding investors or was she just being exploited by other...
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The TV Junk Podcast recites the oath and charges their power rings to review Lanterns! A huge show as Frank, Nuno, Dax, Sean and Greg breakdown each episode and debate power rings, will power, birds, drills and someone admits that they are, in fact, crazy. Check it out at the link below or download and subscribe wherever you find your favourite podcasts.
info_outline0:00 - Intro
8:05 - Review: Nightmare Alley
39:45 - Feature: Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022
1:12:20 - Other Stuff We Watched: The Afterparty, Cobra Kai: Season 4
1:29:55 - This Week on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD
1:33:15 - Outro
1:35:55 - Spoiler Discussion: Nightmare Alley