The Neon Movie Bunker

Two guys talking about movies, more movies, other movies, and DVDs.

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 443 05/07/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 443 Peace--labor peace, at least--continues to break out all over, and El'Ahrai, John, and The Blonde in Front, Cati Glidewell, are here to talk about it! Find out what union has come to an accord with the studios inside! Plus! Reviews of "The Devil Wears Prada 2", "Hokum", and coverage from Panic Fest! Give it a listen, you'll like it! Hi. She's the monster; I'm the robot. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/41199620

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 442 04/30/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 442 Hurry, little children, run this way--I have got a podcast at bay! John and El'Ahrai have returned to review "Mother Mary" and "Exit 8"! Plus! Lamentable acceptance, home video picks, questions, and more! Musicians for the most part are monosyllabic teenagers who really don't have a whole lot to say. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/41069980

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 441 04/23/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 441 You say you want a brand-new podcast? Well, you know... This week, El'Ahrai and John review "Over Your Dead Body" and "Lee Cronin's The Mummy". Plus! Headlines out of CinemaCon, questions, answers, and more! You should listen! Barry was one of those born clever enough at gaining a fortune but incapable of keeping one, for the qualities and energies which lead a man to achieve the first are often the cause of his ruin in the latter case. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40985230

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 440 04/17/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 440 John and El'Ahrai are back once more with tales of derring-do and reviews of a pair of films. "The Drama" and "Psycho Killer" are up for debate this week. Which one is memorable for the right reasons, and which is memorable for the wrong (really, really wrong) reasons? You'll just have to listen to find out! Plus! Tarnish on a high-end brand, home video picks, questions, and more! It's just a little medical mutiny, Doc. I'm sure the boys are still with us. Let's cut them a little slack, ok? /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40907470

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 439 04/09/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 439 Unlike certain other [gestures everywhere], Hollywood experienced an unexpected breakout of peace this week! Come join El'Ahrai and John in the Hollywood Labor Relations Story Corner for...good news? Plus! Reviews of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" and "The Mortician's Apprentice"! Also newsbits, questions, and no real explanation of mysterious absences! For what seems like the thousandth time: you should listen! These scars we have make us who we are, we're not meant to go back and fix them. Don't let your tragedy define you. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40780685

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 438 03/26/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 438 A nice, compact show this week, as John and El'Ahrai go Count-Pointercount on "Ready or Not 2: Here I Come"! Oh, the shenanigans that arise... Plus! Newsbits, video picks, questions, and more! You should listen! If you win this mail-in contest, you can choose between 90,000 dollars, or 90,000 donuts. What would you do with 90,000 donuts? /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40626955

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 437 03/19/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 437 Well, the Oscars have happened, and lots of people feel various ways about them. Despite their best efforts to the contrary, El'Ahrai and John are people, and they have some feelings, too. (The mutual rage at "Avatar: Fire and Ash" being denied Best Costume Design was incandescent.) Plus! Reviews of "Project: Hail Mary" and "Hoppers", home video picks, questions, and more! You should listen! George, I think if you were named Admiral of the Turkish navy, your aides could dip into their haversacks and come up with the appropriate badges of rank. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40538255

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 436 03/12/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 436 It's the week before the Oscars: what kind of hijinks will John, El'Ahrai, and Cati get into? Well, there are reviews of "The Bride!", "Dolly", and "For Worse"! Plus: the Writer's Guild Awards tell us nothing of use for prognostication purpooses, Beyond Fest is on its way, video picks, questions, and so much more! Don't forget to join us this Sunday for our Academy Awards Reaction Livestream at twitch.tv/neonmoviebunker! Thanks for listening! I don't get vests. What, is it winter in your torso but summer in your arms? /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40407630

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 435 03/05/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 435 What's better, seeing the Eiffel Tower or listening to a new episode of The Neon Movie Bunker? While you ponder this question, listen to El'Ahrai and John double-teaming a review of "Pillion"! With double the penetrating insights, will they come to an airtight conclusion? Plus! A threesome of newsbits, some well-disciplined home video picks, and more! Listen to it. You create your own reality. Truth is a malleable thing. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40321880

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 434 02/26/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 434 Every so often in life, you reach a crossroads, and a choice is required of you. One such choice lies before you now. You could catch up on lost sleep, or you could listen to this brand-new episode! This week, John and El'Ahrai review "Crime 101" and "Dust Bunny"! Plus! BAFTA award analysis, home video picks, and the usual silliness. (We sure hope you pick "listen".) It was only a couple weeks later she suggested getting married. I said, "Don't you want to get to know me more?" She said, "Why? Does it get better?" /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40236890

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 433 02/19/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 433 The boys welcome The Blonde in Front to the show this week. El'Ahrai, John and Cati review "Wuthering Heights", "Primate", and "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die"! Plus discussion of the Independent Spirit Awards, and...a possible reopening of the Warner Brothers ownership sweepstakes? You should listen! Want to talk about what's haunting you, or should we wait for a third act flashback? /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40160190

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 432 02/12/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 432 Hey there, cats and kittens! John and El'Ahrai are back to do what they do (talk and talk about movies and movie-adjacent topics). This week, they are delivering reviews of "A Private Life" and "Send Help" into your delicate earholes! Plus newsbits, home picks, and...the possible birth of a new segment? You'll just have to listen and find out! You're a Marine. It's the reason you're still alive right now. Remember your tradecraft and you'll be fine. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40082070

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 431 02/05/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 431 The boys have returned with reviews, news, and things you can use! This week, El'Ahrai and John review "The Testament of Ann Lee" and "Twisted"! Plus BAFTA nominations, home video, and the rest. You should listen! One time in the fourth grade, I messed around with a lab frog. I figure this is my punishment. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/40001405

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 430 01/30/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 430 Oscar nominations are in, and John and El'Ahrai talk about 'em! Plus: reviews of "Mercy" and "Mother of Flies"! Also, the usual other silliness. You should listen! Every skull is a set of thoughts. These sockets saw and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39939835

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 429 01/22/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 429 The dust is settling, and we're launching headlong into a nice 2026 routine. This week, El'Ahrai and John review "Is This Thing On?" and "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple"! Plus awards review, regime change at Lucasfilm, video picks, and more! You should listen. Honey, just keep the coffee coming, or I'll give you a tip you won't forget! /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39820755

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 428 01/15/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 428 With 2025 receding into the distance, the time has arrived to look forward! This week, John, El'Ahrai, and Cati give their lists of the Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026! (So, SO hype for "The Dog Stars".) Plus reviews of "Jay Kelly", "The Voice of Hind Rajab", and "Marshmellow"! And all the usual mishegoss. You should listen! All my bad behavior I'm going to throw away to pay my debt. I will change when everybody expects it the least. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39737240

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 427 01/08/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 427 It's the one you've waited for all year: THE 2025 NEON MOVIE BUNKER YEAR-END SPECTACUGANZA IS HERE!!! Join El'Ahrai, John, and Cati for their lists of the top movies of 2025! (Somehow, "Regretting You" is the unanimous #1.) Plus a triple review of "No Other Choice", the Bruckheimer and Cage Awards, and SO. MUCH. MORE. You should listen! I got socks older than this here boy. What the hell he know about the blues? /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39654765

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 426 01/01/2026

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 426 2025 is fading from view and memory, but that doesn't mean there's no opportunity to toss a few more shovelfuls of dirt on its grave. In that spirit, John, El'Ahrai, and Cati are here to deliver their lists of the Worst Movies of 2025! (The most brutal calumnies are reserved for "The Bad Guys 2".) Plus! Reviews of "Avatar: Fire and Ash", "Sentimental Value", and "Song Sung Blue", video picks, and more! Also: the Spectacuganza is next week, so get your picks in for the best movie of the year! Well, I was gonna say stop him, but sure, if we have time we can do the limb thing. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39585150

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 425 12/25/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 425 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring , except the three film critics talking about new releases! This week, El'Ahrai, John, and The Blonde in Front, Cati Glidewell discuss "The Housemaid", "Anaconda", and "Marty Supreme"! Plus newsbits, home viewing picks, an oddly philosophical question, and more! The tree is a cancer, Harold. We have to get rid of it before it kills Christmas. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39532035

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 424 12/18/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 424 In advance of assorted birthdays, famous and infamous, John and El'Ahrai have returned with reviews of "Ella McCay" and "Silent Night, Deadly Night"! Plus newsbits, video picks, questions, and the rest. You should listen, you'll enjoy it! What better day to be alone? I don't have that hang-up like other people do about your birthday and parties. You were born alone, you should celebrate it. Celebrate aloneness. That's what birthdays are for. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39449480

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 423 12/11/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 423 It's a fine show this week, even if there are...tensions. El'Ahrai and John deliver big news up front about Netflix getting all spendy, plus a bunch of year-end awards were announced, and the opportunity to see something for the first time...again. Then big honkin' reviews of "Eternity" and "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You", plus video picks, questions, and the rest. You should listen! At least you found love, even if you can't get it. I've never been lucky enough to even know what the hell it is. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39364295

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 422 12/03/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 422 Sequels! Savior of the film industry, or unkillable plague spawned in the deepest pits of Satan's realm? As ever, the answer is both! This week, John and El'Ahrai review "Zootopia 2" and "Black Phone 2"! Plus all the other stuff: newsbits, video picks, light arson. You should listen! Now see what you made me do! You made me kill my own brother! He was an idiot...but he was MY idiot! /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39260975

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 421 11/27/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 421 It's another episode, despite your fervent pleas! El'Ahrai and John welcome Cati "The Blonde in Front" Glidewell back to the show this week, and between them, they review "Wicked: For Good", "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" and "Keeper", even though we AGREED to only review titles that start with W, EL'AHRAI. This year, we're thankful for you, dear listener. (And the Criterion Collection.) Everybody dies. Some of us peacefully and in our sleep, and some of us...horribly. And that's life. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39189290

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 420 11/20/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 420 A fairly quick show this week, with John and El'Ahrai reviewing "Predator: Badlands" and "The Strangers: Chapter Two". Does more colons mean more quality? Listen and find out! Plus video picks, newsbits, questions, and more! I learned a long time ago there's no sense getting all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39105000

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 419 11/13/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 419 There are reviews in this show: "Blue Moon" and "Good Boy". There is speculation about the just-announced "Gremlins 3". There are home video picks. And leavened through is the commentary from El'Ahrai and John you've come to expect. Step into the Neon Movie Bunker, and bring a friend. There's a family with kids. Do the kids first and make the mother watch. Tell her you'll stop if she can hold back her tears. I *owe* her that. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/39016385

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 418 11/06/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 418 Three critics enter. One review leaves. Ladies and gentlemen, theydies and gentlethems, children of all ages, John, El'Ahrai, and beloved guest star Cati "The Blonde in Front" Glidewell collaborate today to review "Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein". Prepare yourself for heights of hyperbole rarely reached outside the realm of professional wrestling! Plus! Newsbits, video picks, and a rundown of Cati's Autumn of 1000 Horror Festivals! You should listen, and tell a friend! I look in the mirror and the only thing I recognize, are these eyes. In this old man's face. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/38933110

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 417 10/30/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 417 O, children! It's a good episode this week. El'Ahrai and John are here to regale you with reviews of "Bugonia" and "The Toxic Avenger"! Plus there is a significant amount of discussion of hypothetical Star Wars projects, home viewing picks, and so much more, so listen and enjoy! I have an idea! If I sweat some more my body will cleanse itself and I won't be contaminated anymore! I'm already sweating! A.k.a., come lick me! /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/38838545

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 416 10/23/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 416 You know what time it is? I mean besides that. And that. And that's next week. No, it's Neon Movie Bunker time! This week, John and El'Ahrai review "After the Hunt" and "Blood on the Stars"! Which one was the good kind of weird, and which one was weirdly no kind of good? Listen to find out! When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/38750375

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 415 10/16/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 415 The days are growing shorter, and movies are still coming to theaters. And where there are movies to review, El'Ahrai and John will be there to review (some of) them! This week, "Tron: Ares" and "John Candy: I Like Me" get the treatment. Plus bits of news, home viewing recommendations, questions, you know what it's like. So listen in! But I know a good kid when I see one. Because they're ALL good kids, until dried-out, brain-dead skags like you drag them down and convince them they're no good. You so much as scowl at my niece, or any other kid in this school, and I hear about it, and I'm coming looking for you! /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/38600340

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 414 10/09/2025

The Neon Movie Bunker -- Episode 414 John and El'Ahrai are back once more, armed with reviews, opinions, and (sometimes) pizza. "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" are on the docket for today, so gather around and listen! Love is a luxury a spy cannot afford. /episode/index/show/neonmoviebunker/id/38519460

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