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, our bodies go through some changes that we don’t know how to deal with as we take in a John Landis double feature with Thriller & An American Werewolf in London. We really just need somebody to talk to about it. What’s that, Dad? You’re busy? Okay, I’ll just go on the internet and learn some deeply ingrained, problematic attitudes about Michael Jackson, Nazi monsters and Van Morrison tantric sex cults.
d. John Landis
Special Effects: Rick Baker
The Making of Thriller (1983)
Starring:
Michael Jackson
Ola Ray
Vincent Price
The Making of “Thriller” is a behind the scenes look at the King of Pop and his groundbreaking and Grammy award-winning video.
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Starring:
David Naughton
Jenny Agutter
Griffin Dunne
John Woodvine
David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he's plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast.
Things discussed in the show:
The Reagan '80s
Leaving Neverland (Dan Reed, Wade Robson and James Safechuck)
Brazil's love of Michael Jackson
Tom Petty - "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Social media grief poachers
Kurt Cobain's death (Nirvana)
C+C Music Factory
Wahlburgers (Paul Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Mark Wahlberg)
Corey Feldman and Macaulay Culkin's relationship with Michael Jackson
Bubbles Movie cancelled (The Black List)
Jackson family:
- Joe Jackson (father)
- Katherine Jackson (mother)
- Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson (b. May 29, 1950)
- Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson (b. May 4, 1951)
- Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (b. October 15, 1953)
- Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (b. December 11, 1954)
- LaToya Yvonne Jackson (b. May 29, 1956)
- Marlon David Jackson (b. March 12, 1957)
- Brandon David Jackson (March 12, 1957 – March 12, 1957); 2 months premature
- Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
- Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson (b. October 29, 1961)
- Janet Damita Jo Jackson (b. May 16, 1966)
- Joh'Vonnie Jackson (b. August 30, 1974)
Gary, Indiana
Motown
Fantasia (Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse)
Most expensive music videos: Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - "Scream" & "Black & White" / Madonna / Guns & Roses - "November Rain"
Roger Corman
U2
The Pizza Underground
Moldy Peaches (Adam Green & Kimya Dawson)
Adam Green's Aladdin (Adam Green, Jon Wiley, Michael Cummings, Yasmin Green, Natasha Lyonne, Har Mar Superstar, Macaulay Culkin, Zoë Kravitz, Regina Spektor)
West Side Story (Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, Ernest Lehman, Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer)
James Kochalka Superstar - "Show Respect for Michael Jackson"
Dance in pop music: Arianna Grande, Cardi B - "WAP," Lady Gaga
The Chiodo Brothers did the titles for Thriller
The Crow (Alex Proyas, James O'Barr, Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, David Patrick Kelly)
Helicopter accident on the set of Twilight Zone The Movie
Twilight Zone The Movie (Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller, Steven Spielberg, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, John Larroquette, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow)
Eddie Murphey won't work with John Landis
Trading Places (John Landis, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy)
Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton)
Marlin Brando traumatizing an actress with butter
Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi )
Planet of the Apes - 1968 (Franklin J. Schaffner, Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter)
Leprechaun
Butthole Surfers
Weird Al Yankovic - "Eat It" - "Fat"
Superbowl Halftime shows with Michael Jackson, Prince and Janet Jackson
Franz Liszt
Beach Boys
Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack
MC Hammer & Vanilla Ice
Slayer and Pantera are just as hard as Elton John
Blue Moon (song)
The oldies station. Nirvana, Ice Cube and Wu Tang Clan are grandpa music.
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
How Spotify algorithmic playlists work
The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano)
Scarface and Blondie
Waukegan, IL celebrities Ray Bradbury & Jack Benny
Martian Chronicles & Something Wicked This Way Comes
Homeboy Sandman
Jehovah's Witnesses
Black Cat, White Cat (Emir Kusturica, Gordan Mihic, Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Branka Katic)
Time of the Gypsies (Emir Kusturica, Gordan Mihic, Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic)
Yugoslavian werewolves
Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Bill Bixby)
The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, John Belushi, Cab Calloway)
Three Amigos! (Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, John Landis, Chevy Chase, Martin Short)
Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett, Karen Walton, Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche)
Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen)
Bridgette Bardot
The Slaughtered Lamb Pub
Wuthering Heights
Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, David Zelag Goodman, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan)
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, Irvine Welsh, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller)
H.P. Lovecraft & Stephen King
Castlevania 2 Simon's Curse - "What a horrible night to have a curse"
"See You Next Wednesday" the fake porno
Lycanthropy in Dungeons & Dragons - werebears, werecats, wererats
Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen)
The Company of Wolves (Neil Jordan, Angela Carter, Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner)
The Muppet Show (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Jack Burns)
Nazi Werewolves & Vampires
Seinfeld (Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Wayne Knight, Jerry Stiller)
Grindhouse Werewolf Women of the S.S. trailer (Rob Zombie, Udo Kier, Sheri Moon Zombie, Tom Towles, Sybil Danning, Bill Moseley, Nicolas Cage)
Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich (Eric Kurlander)
Overlord (Julius Avery, Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier)
Dead Snow (Tommy Wirkola, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan)
Tantric cults
Noam Chomsky
After Hours (Martin Scorsese, Joseph Minion, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom)
Princess Diana
Van Morrison - "Moondance"
One Irish Rover - Van Morrison documentary
Dumpster Diving for VHS
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan)
Star Trek The Next Generation (Gene Roddenberry, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton)
The Big Labowski (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid)
Barely Legal Corrupted
Wolverine's adamantine foreskin
Next week: Children of Men