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, things get grim and a little too close to 2020 reality for comfort. Definitely don’t watch this movie if you’re fresh out of rehab, which Ryan can tell you all about. The future is bleak, but if it’s also as ruggedly handsome as Clive Owen is and has the greatest single-take of all time, it might not be so bad. This is also one of the greatest movies of all time, just to be clear about it.
Children of Men (2006)
d. Alfonso Cuarón
Starring:
Clive Owen
Julianne Moore
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Michael Caine
Clare-Hope Ashitey
Charlie Hunnam
When infertility threatens mankind with extinction and the last child born has perished, a disillusioned bureaucrat (Clive Owen) becomes the unlikely champion in the fight for the survival of Earth's population; He must face down his own demons and protect the planet's last remaining hope from danger.
Things discussed in the show:
Y Tu Mamá También (Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho)
A Little Princess (Alfonso Cuarón, Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Jason Woliner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Rudy Giuliani)
Impractical Jokers The Movie (Chris Henchy, Paula Abdul, Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn, Sal Vulcano)
Bad Trip (Kitao Sakurai, Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish)
Jackass The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Spike Jonze, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña)
Ali G Indahouse (Mark Mylod, Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Mazer, Emilio Rivera, Gina La Piana)
Brüno (Larry Charles, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale)
Jimmy Kimmel and Borat
The Yes Men (Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Chris Smith)
Who Is America? (Sacha Baron Cohen, Roy Elghanayan, Emanuela Postacchini)
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Dr. Sleep (Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran)
The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers)
Supernatural (Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Mark Pellegrino)
The Haunting of Hill House (Mike Flanagan, Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Mike Flanagan, Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve)
The Conjuring (James Wan, Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston)
Slimer
Scream (Wes Craven, Kevin Williamson, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy)
Blair Witch - 2016 (Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid)
The Guest (Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe)
The Blair Witch Project
Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, Drew Goddard, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan)
REC (Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza, Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano)
The VVitch (Robert Eggers, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie)
The Witches - 1990 (Nicolas Roeg, Roald Dahl (book), Allan Scott (screenplay), Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher)
The Witches - 2020 (Robert Zemeckis, Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Colin Higgins, Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise)
Anjelica Huston vs. Anne Hathaway
Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo, Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell)
Taking of Pellam 123 - 1974 (Joseph Sargent, Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam)
Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer)
Money Train (Joseph Ruben, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez)
Zombeavers (Jordan Rubin, Rachel Melvin, Cortney Palm, Lexi Atkins)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey)
Great Expectations (Alfonso Cuarón, Charles Dickens (novel), Mitch Glazer (screenplay), Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria)
The Possibility of Hope (documentary, overpopulation, climate change, the rise of fascist powers, Fabrizio Eva, John Gray, Naomi Klein)
Avengers Endgame (The Thanos Snap, Josh Brolin, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Brie Larson, Tom Holland, Tom Hiddleston, Jon Favreau, Natalie Portman, Jon Favreau, Taika Waititi)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris)
Die Hard (John McTiernan, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia)
Allegories to the Virgin Mary
The Christmas Truce of WWI
Thriller
Franz Kafka
The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Billy on the Street with Julianne Moore (Billy Eichner)
The Murder of Fred Hampton
Logan's Run (Michael Anderson, Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan)
“There’s no such thing as an anti-war film,” is a quote often attributed to the late French filmmaker François Truffaut.
American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner)
Next week: Cabin Boy