Total Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, we go to the suck. Steve develops a thousand yard stare reserved for veterans of nightmare wars and mediocre podcasts. Ryan chalks up another point in the Irresponsible Father column, reflecting on his father’s prudent decision to let him watch this vision of insanity at a tender age yet again. If you listen to this episode, you can go to my house and fornicate with my sister. Full Metal Jacket (1987) d. w. based on his novel Starring: as as as as as as as Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis,...
info_outline TMR 065 – Harold and MaudeTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, we watch the first Manic Pixie Dream Girl ever on screen, who is not a girl at all, but is most decidedly a woman. It’s the perfect post-2020 movie, and not just because of the constant suicides. It’s twee and precious and we absolutely loved it. Harold & Maude (1971) d. w. Music by: Starring: Cult classic pairs Cort as a dead-pan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with suicide and a loveable Gordon as a fun-loving 80-year-old eccentric. They meet at a funeral, and develop a taboo romantic relationship, in which they explore the tired...
info_outline TMR 064 – The Neverending StoryTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, we learn that while some stories never end, mothers do, and that’s the beginning of how a serial killer is made in this unflinching look inside the mind of one disturbed little boy. Hang in there with us, listen to this, and watch it again and try to tell us you didn’t witness a psychotic break as this poor boy retreats inside the dark fantasies of his mind. The Neverending Story (1984) d. w. , Music by Starring: as Atreyu as Bastian as The Childlike Empress as Teeny Weeny On his way to school, Bastian ducks into a bookstore to...
info_outline TMR 063 – Wild ThingsTotal Movie Recall
Ah, the good ole days of passing around R rated spank tapes. This movie is so trashy, it gave Charlie Sheen HIV. (1998) d. Starring: When teen debutante Kelly fails to attract the attention of her hunky guidance counselor, Sam, she cries rape, igniting a scandal that results in his arrest. Sam appeals to Ken, a hack personal-injury lawyer who has never handled a case that couldn't be helped by a prop neck brace. Soon, a second victim, Suzie, comes forward, and Detective Duquette discovers that the unfolding case is far from what it seems. Things discussed in the...
info_outline TMR 062 – From Dusk Till DawnTotal Movie Recall
Remember the innocent 90s, when white directors thought they had the N-word pass for some reason? What do you think their “woke” movie would look like? Probably like this, where the N-word is replaced by horrific rape and Mexican jokes. This proto-edgelord movie was looked at as such a good time romp that it was considered the perfect vehicle to transition from the hit network show ER to the big screen. What a simpler time… From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) d. w. (story), (screenplay) Starring: On the run from a bank robbery that left several police officers...
info_outline TMR 061 – Napoleon DynamiteTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, we try to decide whether this is a charming, unique film about staying true to yourself, or a nightmarish descent into the insanity that comes with living in a barren, desolate landscape like rural Idaho, where the Uncle Ricos of the world keep subterranean dungeons for unsuspecting Debs. This might say more about where our heads are at right now than about this beloved comedy. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) d. w. , Starring: In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in...
info_outline TMR 060 – DolemiteTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, these two born-insecure honkies break down the seminal Blaxploitation movie of 1975 and do a pathetic job of trying to reconcile its progressive vision of black empowerment with the misogyny of the pimp game. It gets complicated. Dolemite (1975) d. Story by: Starring: Dolemite is released from jail after being wrongfully convicted to take on rival pimp Willie Green, corrupt police officers who framed him and even the mayor! With the help of his friends: Queen Bee (the madame of his brothel), Creeper (the heroin addict Hamburger Pimp), Reverend...
info_outline TMR 059 – Who Framed Roger RabbitTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, things get Freudian as they did for every little boy who stared confusedly at Jessica Rabbit and wondered what was happening to them. Handsome, chiseled leading man Bob Hoskins soldiers on in spite of the bleeding ulcer all that booze gave him, and Christopher Lloyd goes to eleven with his unhinged, terrifying performance. Did hentai exist before this movie? Because it sure as hell did after it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) d. Starring: Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon to investigate...
info_outline TMR 058 – The Princess BrideTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, we take a hard pivot from all the toxic masculinity of weeks past and Steve shows his gentle, romantic side. Somehow, Ryan makes this about his sad sack heartache but in the end, everybody calms down and moves on with a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. The Princess Bride (1987) d. w. Starring: A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other. Based on the...
info_outline TMR 057 – HeatTotal Movie Recall
This week on Total Movie Recall, Ryan stares out the window of his furniture-less modernist home at the endless, uncaring ocean while Steve sleeps on the floor with his hand gripped around his pistol. The pseudo-philosophy of this movie seems deeper than it is because it’s endlessly reflected in all the glass buildings of Michael Mann’s uber-masculine vision. Sure, it may be pretentious, but that’s the point, and if you’ve got a problem with that, I will take you down, because we ain’t exactly doin’ thrill-seeker podcasts with “Born to Lose” tattoos on our chests. (1995) d....
info_outlineThe Fly (1986)
d. David Cronenberg
Starring:
Jeff Goldblum
Geena Davis
John Getz
This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan enter the telepod together and come out as a new, single entity — the Brundlehost. They get sentimental revisiting the powerful tragedy of David Cronenberg's The Fly, and Ryan acts like he's the first person to ever notice that Geena Davis is one of the great beauties of our time, and Steve tries to break down particle physics and quantum mechanics so even a dumb Philistine like Ryan can understand it. Join us as we transform and leave our frail, useless flesh behind, but watch your step — that's my ear you're standing on.
When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly's cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle's girlfriend (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.
Things discussed in the show:
Vomit porn
The Sims
The Laundromat (Steven Soderbergh, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, AJ Meijer, Meryl Streep)
Pedro Almodovar
Antonio Banderas and his new acting school in Spain
The Big Short (Adam McKay, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling)
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room (Alex Gibney)
Bill and Ted Face the Music (Dean Parisot, Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Samara Weaving)
Sex, Lies and Videotape Sequel (Steven Soderbergh)
Farris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara)
Brian Henson / The Center for Puppetry Arts / Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood / Improv with Puppets - Puppet Up
Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson, Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young)
Jim Carrey's episode of Comedians in Cars getting Coffee (Jerry Seinfeld)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jelle's Marbles Runs
F1 Racing
Marble Madness
Deathrace 2000 (Paul Bartel, David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth)
Deathrace 2050 (G.J. Echternkamp, Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller)
David Carradine's erotic death
Fast Five (Justin Lin, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson)
Senna (documentary)
Ford v. Ferrari (James Mangold, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal)
Speed Racer (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci)
Jupiter Ascending (Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne)
Redline (Takeshi Koike, Takuya Kimura, Yû Aoi, Tadanobu Asano)
Madhouse - Japanese Movie Studio
Ninja Scroll (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono)
Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama)
Hayao Miyazaki
Dragon Ball Z
The Mighty Ducks (Stephen Herek, Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith)
Dungeons & Dragons
Monster of the Week / Powered by the Apocalypse
Body Horror
Crash (James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas)
Videodrome (James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits)
eXistenZ (Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm)
History of Violence (Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris)
Eastern Promises (Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl)
Dead Ringers (Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske)
The Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago
Thor Ragnorok (Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett)
The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson, Elisabeth Moss, Willem Dafoe, Timothée Chalamet)
Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, Philip K. Dick, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy)
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, Robert A. Heinlein, Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer)
Earth Girls are Easy (Julien Temple, Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey)
Glow (Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, Alison Brie, Marc Maron, Betty Gilpin)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (Renny Harlin, Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima)
Real life teleportation
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver)
The Fly deleted scene with baboon cat hybrid
Elon Musk and Grime's baby X Æ A-12
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon)
Next Week: The Devil and Daniel Johnston