After Lunch

Michael May, Rob Graham, and Friends discuss TV, movies, comics, games, and anything else they happen to think of.

434 | A Tribute to William Bruce West 05/04/2026

434 | A Tribute to William Bruce West Our dear friend and frequent podcast guest William Bruce West passed away on April 12. We miss him dearly. Part of the grieving process has been to talk about our friend and share memories of him, so the podcast community that Will was such an important part of has put together this tribute episode. There are personal reminiscences, but also many, many clips of Will's appearances on various shows through the years. After Lunch is so pleased to present this episode, but we can't leave unrecognized that it was entirely produced - from initial concept to final edit - by Adam Pope, Will's regular podcasting partner these last few years. Thank you so much, Adam. And Godspeed, Will. Rest in Peace /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/41128150

433 | The Cast List Card Game 04/27/2026

433 | The Cast List Card Game It's Game Night! We've formed two teams of movie fans: Jaime Hood, Joanna from Bloody Popcorn, Noel Thingvall, and Rob Graham on one team; Becky Tyler, Pax Holley, Jacob Bean-Watson, and Ben Graham on the other. We're playing a card game in which Michael acts as host, giving each team a list of movies to see if they can name an actor who has been in all those movies. Some of them are easy, some of them are quite hard. Play along and see how many you get! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/41013325

432 | I Read Movies: Predator 2 04/24/2026

432 | I Read Movies: Predator 2 We talked about the movie Predator 2 earlier this week and the novelization by Simon Hawke came up a few times. To dig deeper into that, Pax is graciously allowing us to re-run the episode of I Read Movies where he explored the book and compared it to the movie. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40998425

431 | Predator 2 (1990) 04/20/2026

431 | Predator 2 (1990) Pax, Michael, and Rob continue their exploration of the Predator movies with Stephen Hopkins's Predator 2. Set 10 years after the first movie - and during another heatwave - a group of Predators come to Los Angeles to hunt drug gangs and maybe a maverick cop or four. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40923005

430 | After Midnight – The Long Walk 04/17/2026

430 | After Midnight – The Long Walk Jess and Michael talk about a novel by some guy named Richard Bachman. (*whisper* It's really Stephen King!) We're walking long this episode, but do we know why? /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40864945

429 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) 04/13/2026

429 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Having officially dubbed ourselves the After Lunch Irregulars, Pax, Jacob, Michael, and Rob talk about another Sherlock Holmes movie. This one is Herbert Ross's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, written by Nicholas Meyer, starring Nicol Williamson as Holmes, Robert Duvall as Watson, and Alan Arkin as Sigmund Freud. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40813395

428 | After Midnight – The Shining 04/10/2026

428 | After Midnight – The Shining As Jess and Michael continue to explore Stephen King novels this year, they discuss one of their favorite of his books, The Shining. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40740375

427 | After Dinner Lounge – Labradouchedle 04/06/2026

427 | After Dinner Lounge – Labradouchedle Michael, Pax, and Rob finish this month's lounge talking about chocolate, Groundhog Day theories, writing, The Bride!, a new job, and Dark Horse Indiana Jones comics. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40733965

426 | Large Spaceships Sweet 16 04/03/2026

426 | Large Spaceships Sweet 16 Expanding on our Spaceships Sweet 16 from Episode 398, we've temporarily narrowed the focus to the biggest vessels. Michael and Rob welcome sci-fi comics writer and fan extraordinaire to help determine the greatest Large Spaceship of All Time. Future episodes will concentrate on Medium and Small ships, leading to the Ultimate match up where we'll pit our Final Fours from each size category against each other. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40661580

425 | After Dinner Lounge – 1-900-Ghostface 03/30/2026

425 | After Dinner Lounge – 1-900-Ghostface Michael, Pax, and Rob are back in the lounge a little early this month talking about Silver Age Etta Candy, Scream 7, Tom Selleck’s memoir, how Les Misérables plays in 2026 Minneapolis, The Will of the Many by James Islington, and Tom Selleck movies. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40654550

424 | Dragonfly Ripple 1: Flash Gordon / Monty Python and the Holy Grail 03/23/2026

424 | Dragonfly Ripple 1: Flash Gordon / Monty Python and the Holy Grail In the first of many episodes rerunning Carlin Trammel and Michael May's old Dragonfly Ripple podcast that they hosted with their kids, here's the show's debut in which Carlin shares Flash Gordon (1980) with his daughter Annaliese and Michael shares Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) with his son David. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40582780

423 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) 03/16/2026

423 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Michael, Rob, and Pax take a detour from the main Fast and Furious series to explore the ridiculous roads, spectacular cybernetics, and inspiring islands of David Leitch's Hobbs & Shaw, starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, and Vanessa Kirby. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40489090

422 | Hands of a Murderer (1990) 03/09/2026

422 | Hands of a Murderer (1990) Rob, Pax, Jacob, and Michael are back on Baker Street, this time with Edward "The Equalizer" Woodward and John "Higgins" Hillerman as Holmes and Watson in the 1990 TV movie, Hands of a Murderer. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40353340

421 | After Dinner Lounge – Super Spicy 03/02/2026

421 | After Dinner Lounge – Super Spicy Rob, Michael, and Pax wrap up this month's lounge with talk about new Dresden Files, what makes something a “classic,” movies that make us cry, High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane, Wuthering Heights (2026), and judging art “objectively.” /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40265855

420 | After Midnight – 'Salem's Lot 02/27/2026

420 | After Midnight – 'Salem's Lot Michael and Jess take a trip to 'Salem's Lot to talk about what works and what doesn't in Stephen King's legendary second novel. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40235925

419 | After Dinner Lounge – Oops! All Comics! 02/23/2026

419 | After Dinner Lounge – Oops! All Comics! Rob, Michael, and Pax re-enter the Lounge to talk about the Wonder Man TV show, Black Canary: Best of the Best, Dungeon Crawler Carl, eternity, death, and Rocky IV. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40186165

418 | Top 10 Years Later: 2016 02/16/2026

418 | Top 10 Years Later: 2016 As is annual tradition around this time of year, Michael, Pax, and Noel Thingvall look back at the movies of 10 years ago and talk about their favorite (and also least-favorite) films of 2016. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40115265

417 | Jetpack Tiger - How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Commentary Track 02/13/2026

417 | Jetpack Tiger - How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Commentary Track Jetpack Tiger returns! Carlin and Dashiell Trammel watched last year's live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon and you recorded themselves doing it. So queue up the movie, sync with this episode, and enjoy the Jetpack Tiger How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Commentary Track! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40052940

416 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) 02/09/2026

416 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Michael, Rob, Pax, and Jacob gather one more time in Dartmoor to discuss the first Basil Rathbone Holmes film: 20th Century Fox's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Last month we talked about the Hammer version from 1959, so we do some compare/contrast to that as well as the Conan Doyle novel. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/40030140

415 | After Dinner Lounge – Snowing the Blow 02/02/2026

415 | After Dinner Lounge – Snowing the Blow In the second half of this month's Lounge, Pax, Rob, and Michael discuss Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Rob and the Ramblin’ Man, our reading origin stories, our Star Wars homeworlds, and Ella McCay. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39946200

414 | After Dinner Lounge – Yeah It’s Not Scary Bro 01/26/2026

414 | After Dinner Lounge – Yeah It’s Not Scary Bro Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about a lot of things in this first half of this month's lounge: The Rise of Skywalker, Wonder Woman on TV and in comics, Stranger Things Season 5, Stephen King and Maurice Sendak’s Hansel and Gretel, and Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, for example. We also talk about our good friend (and frequent podcast guest) William Bruce West, who - we learned the day after recording this - recently suffered a stroke and is currently in the hospital. We hope and pray that he’s going to be okay, but in the meantime, there’s in progress for Will and his family as they start to navigate the uncertainty of what lies ahead for them. We hope that you'll consider donating. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39863835

413 | After Midnight – Carrie 01/23/2026

413 | After Midnight – Carrie Starting a new project for the new year where we read 12 Stephen King novels, Michael and Jess talk about all things Carrie. And not just the book, but also all the movies, and even the musical. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39774815

412 | Nerdstradamus 2026 01/19/2026

412 | Nerdstradamus 2026 Michael is joined by Pax, Kay, and Robert Zerbe to look back on the art and pop culture of 2025 and also to peek ahead at what's coming in 2026. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39770160

411 | The Fate of the Furious (2017) 01/12/2026

411 | The Fate of the Furious (2017) Michael, Rob, and Pax embrace their f8 as they talk about The Fate of the Furious, the first post-Brian movie in the series and the beginning of #JusticeForHan. Can we forgive Deckard Shaw for his crimes? And if we do, can we forgive ourselves? /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39684180

410 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 01/09/2026

410 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) While Pax remains in London to close a different case, Jacob, Michael, and Rob hit the moor to talk about the Hammer adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, André Morell as Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39608055

409 | After Midnight – Courtney Crumrin & From Hell 01/05/2026

409 | After Midnight – Courtney Crumrin & From Hell Michael and Jess talk about the horror! We start with a little on The Menu and A Ghost Story for Christmas, then a little more on Ted Naifeh's first Courtney Crumrin volume, The Night Things, and then a lot on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell and Jack the Ripper in general. That finishes our 2025 of horror comics, so we also talk about our focus for 2026. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39600030

408 | After Dinner Lounge – Rise of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 12/29/2025

408 | After Dinner Lounge – Rise of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Better late than never, but Michael, Pax, and Rob finally complete last month's lounge with conversation about Christmas podcasts, werewolf movies, Universal Monsters comics, Hamnet, an update on Pax’s Young Guns signatures, and movies we’ve never seen on the big screen, but want to. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39543920

407 | This Christmas (2007) 12/22/2025

407 | This Christmas (2007) Merry Christmas, everyone! Preston A Whitmore II's This Christmas may not be a super popular holiday movie, but Michael thinks it's underrated and under-discussed, so he's invited William Bruce West and David May to watch and talk about it. The movie stars Loretta Devine, Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Regina King, Keith D Robinson, Mekhi Phifer, and others as members of a family coming together for the holidays after a few years apart and everyone has secrets. Shhh! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39488120

406 | The Christmas Special Multiverse 12/15/2025

406 | The Christmas Special Multiverse Michael and Rob welcome Sue London and Michael DiGiovanni to come help build a cinematic multiverse out of our favorite Christmas specials. We've assigned each other a couple of specials each to crossover, then once we've revealed our mashups, we work together to create an Avengers-style feature combining all eight of the original ideas. It's nice, it's occasionally naughty, but most of all it's fun. Merry Christmas! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39404005

405 | Shower of Stars: A Christmas Carol (1954) 12/08/2025

405 | Shower of Stars: A Christmas Carol (1954) In the first part of a sort of crossover with the podcast, Mike Westfall joins Michael and Rob to talk about an unusual version of A Christmas Carol. From CBS's 1954 anthology variety show, Shower of Stars, it features Fredric March as Scrooge, Basil Rathbone as Marley, and bunch of questionable songs. And be sure to tune in next Sunday to for Part Two in which Michael and Rob will join Mike to discuss another musical Christmas Carol, 2004's A Christmas Carol: The Musical starring Kelsey Grammer, Jason Alexander, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jesse L Martin, and Geraldine Chaplin. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/39309275

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