TMR 066 – Full Metal Jacket
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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,...
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TMR 065 – Harold and Maude
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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...
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TMR 064 – The Neverending Story
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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...
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TMR 063 – Wild Things
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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...
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TMR 062 – From Dusk Till Dawn
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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...
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TMR 061 – Napoleon Dynamite
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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...
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TMR 060 – Dolemite
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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...
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TMR 059 – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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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...
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TMR 058 – The Princess Bride
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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...
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TMR 057 – Heat
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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_outlineThis week on Total Movie Recall, we watched the Sophie’s Choice of talking pig movies — Babe: Pig in the City. You might remember it as a sweet children’s fantasy movie about cute talking animals, but that’s just your brain trying to protect you from the harrowing nightmare that is this film. Dogs are hung from chains and drowned in front of us. Crippled Jack Russell Terriers are killed and teased with the sweet release from their worldly limitations, only to be cruelly pulled back into their wheelchair prison. Ryan and Steve started this movie as boys, but left it as men. Depressed, traumatized men.
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
d. George Miller
Starring:
Magda Szubanski
Elizabeth Daily
Mickey Rooney
James Cromwell
Mary Stein
When Babe accidentally puts farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) in traction, the debtors come looking for their payments. In order to pay their debt, Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) sends Babe off across the ocean to the city to demonstrate his talents as a sheep herder. Along with his friends, Babe meets a lot of new friends and gets into new adventures.
Things discussed in the show:
Mad Max Fury Road (George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult)
Lorenzo's Oil (George Miller, Nick Enright, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov)
True History of the Kelly Gang (Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant, George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult)
Chopper (Andrew Dominik, Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo)
MacBeth (Justin Kurzel, Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan)
Assassins Creed (Justin Kurzel, Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons)
Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug, Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins)
Super Mario Brothers (Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper)
Dark Waters (Todd Haynes, Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins)
Erin Brockavich (Steven Soderbergh, Susannah Grant, Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin)
Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Parker Posey, David Cross)
A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr.)
Best in Show (Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Michael McKean, John Michael Higgins)
This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra)
Party Girl (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Harry Birckmayer, Parker Posey, Omar Townsend, Anthony DeSando)
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Ted Raimi, Ivan Raimi)
All of Me (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant)
The Jerk (Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams)
Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, Andy Siara, Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons)
The Lonely Island
Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack)
Hot Rod (Akiva Schaffer, Pam Brady, Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Ian McShane)
Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott)
Happy Death Day (Christopher Landon, Scott Lobdell, Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine)
Happy Death Day 2U (Christopher Landon, Scott Lobdell, Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu)
Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton)
Tenacious D
Avatar the Last Airbender (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Zach Tyler, Jack De Sena, Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Filoni, Lauren MacMullan, Mae Whitman, Dante Basco, Michaela Jill Murphy)
David Filoni (Star Wars Rebels & Star Wars Clone Wars)
Dragonball Z (Piccolo, Goku, Krillin, Vegeta, Gohan, Hercule, Bulma)
Regular Show (J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, George Ogilvie, Terry Hayes, Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence)
Babe (Chris Noonan, Dick King-Smith (novel), George Miller (screenplay), James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh)
Contact (Robert Zemeckis, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt)
Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, Christina Crawford (book), Frank Yablans (screenplay), Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest)
There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds)
Garth Ennis - The Punisher
Frank Miller - Sin City
German Expressionism
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich)
John Wayne Gacy
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley)
Sophie's Choice (Alan J. Pakula, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol)
James Cromwell & PETA
W. (Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ioan Gruffudd)
Next Week: Scarface