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, two white guys talk about hip hop culture in a totally convincing way when they put on their mustard-colored overalls to go to the House Party. Steve, a sentient walking issue of Pitchfork, schools Ryan on the infinite subgenres of hip hop while Ryan, to no one’s surprise, gets a little weepy at touching father-son relationships.
House Party (1990)
d. Reginald Hudlin
Starring:
Christopher Reid
Robin Harris
Christopher Martin
Martin Lawrence
Tisha Campbell-Martin
A.J. Johnson
George Clinton
Kid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives.
Things discussed in the show:
Martin Lawrence's Wikipedia page
Billions (Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff)
The Big Short (Adam McKay, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie)
Succession (Jesse Armstrong, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook)
White Men Can't Jump
Risk vs. Risk Legacy (board games)
Diplomacy (game)
Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Mary Kahn)
The King of Queens (David Litt, Michael J. Weithorn, Kevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller)
Paul Blart Mall Cop (Steve Carr, Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays)
Oh No! Ross and Carrie podcast
Reckless Ben and Scientology (YouTube)
QAnon / Project Veritas
LSD on the set of Titanic
Kathleen Turner
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman)
Sideways (Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen)
Mystic Punks RPG (Exalted Funeral, Anthony Meloro)
Hard Boiled (John Woo, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Teresa Mo)
Once Upon a Time in China (Hark Tsui, Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen)
Jack Dempsy
Young Sherlock Holmes (Barry Levinson, Arthur Conan Doyle (characters), Chris Columbus, Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Henry Winkler)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (George Lucas, Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier)
Salt N' Pepa
Bebe's Kids (Bruce W. Smith, Robin Harris (characters), Reginald Hudlin, Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Robin Harris)
Harlem Nights (Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Arsenio Hall, Robin Harris)
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Robin Harris)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas)
Mo Better Blues (Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes)
Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams)
American Graffiti (Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Wolfman Jack, Harrison Ford)
Cooley High (Michael Schultz, Eric Monte, Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris)
Superbad (Greg Mottola, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Adam Goldberg, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey)
The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Flea, John Turturro)
Die Hard (John McTiernan, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia)
Kids (Harmony Korine, Larry Clark, Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny)
Mean Girls (Mark Waters, Rosalind Wiseman (book), Tina Fey, Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams)
Heathers
Dolemite (Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones)
Oliver Stone
Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, David Simkins, Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan)
The Christmas Chronicles (Clay Kaytis, Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis)
The history of hip hop
Happy Rap, New Jack Swing, Gangsta Rap, The Golden Age of Hip Hop
Afrika Bambaataa, N.W.A., Wu Tang Clan, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, Biz Markie, Hieroglyphics, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, The Fat Boys
New Jack City (Mario Van Peebles, Thomas Lee Wright, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne)
High Fidelity
The Boondocks (Aaron McGruder, Regina King, John Witherspoon, Gary Anthony Williams, Reginald Hudlin)
Black Panther and Shuri
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio)
Joe Meno
Lebron James
Shia LaBeouf
Al Pacino
Doctor Sleep (2019, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran)
Next week: Heat