TMR 066 – Full Metal Jacket
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 Maude
Total 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 Story
Total 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 Things
Total 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 Dawn
Total 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 Dynamite
Total 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 – Dolemite
Total 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 Rabbit
Total 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 Bride
Total 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 – Heat
Total 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_outlineThis week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan offend approximately 1/7th of the world’s population, which has historically gone very well. Ryan’s love of fairy tale settings don’t truck with Steve, who favors Disney’s gritty, street-level crime drama Aladdin. Ryan gets vulnerable about the deterioration of his mental health in this dumpster fire world we have, and Steve, ever a good man and a good friend, reaches out. We encourage you to reach out too. Because everything sucks right now, and you need to connect with your fellow humans to survive. Also, this is the worst Disney princess ever.
Aladdin (1992) - Disney
d. Ron Clements, John Musker
Starring:
Scott Weinger
Robin Williams
Linda Larkin
Jonathan Freeman
Gilbert Gottfried
When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save Princess Jasmine and his love for her after she sees that he isn't quite what he appears to be?
Things discussed in the show:
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan (Vice documentary)
1,001 Arabian Nights (book)
Freund, Yung and The Godhead
The Kenosha shooting
Crawl (Alexandre Aja, Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen, Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Sam Raimi)
The Hills Have Eyes - 2006 (Alexandre Aja, Wes Craven, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd)
The Hills Have Eyes - 1977 (Wes Craven, Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Robert Houston, Martin Speer)
High Tension (Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon)
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss)
What is genius?
The Founder (McDonald's, John Lee Hancock, Robert Siegel, Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch)
The Social Network (David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book), Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake)
The Last Dance (The Chicago Bulls, Jason Hehir, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, David Aldridge, Scottie Pippen, John Paxson, Bill Wennington, B.J. Armstrong, Dennis Rodman, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Barack Obama, Carmen Electra)
The Sandlot
Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Walter Isaacson (book), Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels)
Silicon Valley (John Altschuler, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Crew, Zach Woods)
Babylon Berlin (Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch)
Cabaret (Bob Fosse, Joe Masteroff, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Wesley Willis - "Rock n Roll McDonald's
Slapshot (George Roy Hill, Nancy Dowd, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin)
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball (video game, Super Nintendo, Super NES)
Harley Quinn (DC Comics, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Arkham Asylum, Bane, Legion of Doom, Batman, Commissioner Gordon, Robin, Clayface, King Shark, Justin Halpern, Dean Lorey, Patrick Schumacker, Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk)
Birds of Prey (Cathy Yan, Christina Hodson, Paul Dini, Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong)
The Tick - 1994 (Ben Edlund, Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Rob Paulsen)
The Venture Bros. (Christopher McCulloch, James Urbaniak, Doc Hammer)
Batman: the Animated Series (Bob Kane, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm, Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)
The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements, John Musker, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois)
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti)
The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones)
The Fox and the Hound (Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey)
The Rescuers (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page)
The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, James Algar, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima)
Bluebeard's Wives
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (William Cottrell, David Hand, Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne)
Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt)
Peter Pan (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried)
Toy Story (John Lasseter, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney,
Genie impressions (Ed Sullivan, Arsenio Hall, Peter Lorre, Groucho Marx, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson)
Next week: The Willies