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Ep. 150: 150: Change of the Guard, The Films of Peter Bogdanovich - Part 3 from 2022-02-18T13:00
Bogdanovich has claimed that the early months of 1980 were the happiest time of his life. He was in emphatic, unequivocal love with Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, and she was equally in love wi...
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Ep. 149: Change of the Guard, The Films of Peter Bogdanovich, Part 2 from 2022-02-11T13:00
It was during the casting process for The Last Picture Show when Cybill Shepherd was first brought to Bogdanovich’s attention. He and his wife Polly Platt picked Shepherd out from the c...
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Ep. 148: Change of the Guard, the Films of Peter Bogdanovich - Part 1 from 2022-02-04T13:00
Much like the French critics turned New Wave phenoms, Peter Bogdanovich was a student of the American classics. Beginning as a historian, Bogdanovich expanded his knowledge of the medium by chro...
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Ep. 147: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn Bigelow - Part 3 from 2022-01-21T13:00
It was not evident, on Oscar Night 2010, that Kathryn Bigelow would walk away a historical victor, for her modestly-sized independent film about distressed bomb technicians in Iraq had stiff com...
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Ep. 146: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn Bigelow - Part 2 from 2022-01-14T13:00
It’s 1991, and Bigelow has made a nominal name for herself in the cutthroat world of the American film industry. Point Break, Bigelow’s high-octane action thriller about a band of surfi...
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Ep. 145: Point Rank, The Films of Kathryn Bigelow - Part 1 from 2022-01-07T12:00
Bigelow’s directorial career is often recognized for its unique consideration of traditionally masculine subject matters from a more nuanced and deconstructive perspective. While her works aren’...
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Ep. 144: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 3 from 2021-12-24T14:05
Christmas Eve is upon us as we ring out the old year with this final collection of holiday features to round out the season. We've dug deep for this final handful, boasting the longest colle...
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Ep. 143: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 2 from 2021-12-17T13:00
We continue our trek through a frosty winter wonderland with six more Rankin/Bass holiday productions, adding to our mixed bag of Christmas goodies with some timeless holiday classics and some o...
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Ep. 142: Rankin' Rankin/Bass - Part 1 from 2021-12-10T18:45
The annual Christmas specials of veteran stop-motion legends Alan Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass have permeated our pop culture in an unforgettable fashion. The many iconic expansions they rendered, ...
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Ep. 141: Best in Show (2000) from 2021-11-25T13:00
It’s Thanksgiving over at The Twin Geeks HQ. Calvin and David take a break while the guest hosts take over in true substitute teacher style. Listen as known Brit (and former guest) Stephen is qu...
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Ep. 140: Last Night in Soho (2021) from 2021-11-05T18:59:17
As the thinning veil of autumn grants us passage into the darker days of winter, our spirits are lifted and renewed by the holiday season. It's Halloween. The greatest holiday of them all. T...
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Ep. 139: Halloween II (1981) from 2021-10-29T19:59:10
Would it truly be Halloween if we didn't revisit the beloved Halloween franchise? Probably, but we'll do it anyway, as its always a seasonal treat to dive into a series of incre...
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Ep. 138: Benevolent Halloween from 2021-10-22T13:00
Each year, film lovers flock to their screens for the month of October to partake in an annual ritual of Halloween-themed viewing. Most often, we pack the month with the goriest, most terrifying...
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Ep. 137: The Devil's Backbone (2001) from 2021-10-15T17:55:07
It's a podcast overflowing with enthusiasm! The Twin Geeks' newest Editor, Vaughn, an enthusiast of all things, de...
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Ep. 136: Friday the 13th, Part II (1981) from 2021-10-08T12:00
This week, we're joined by the Marvelous Matt Farley, The Earl of Christmas, Freaky Farley, the composer of 23,000 published songs, friend of the show, and the star of many site favorite cul...
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Ep. 135: Night of the Living Dead (1968) from 2021-10-01T12:00
How many horror movies can truly claim to have changed the landscape of popular culture as we know it, becoming such a widespread influence on everything to come after that the very conceit upon...
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Ep. 134: In Memory of Norm Macdonald from 2021-09-24T12:00
Last week, we lost one of the people who made us laugh the most. Iconic comedian Norm Macdonald left behind a vast legacy of work and we've spent the last week chewing over his great contrib...
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Ep. 133 PlayTime (1967) from 2021-09-17T19:00:44
After many attempts of conjoining in person yet again, a mutual love of the French comic auteur and his gargantuan masterwork PlayTime have reunited our two cohosts for an in-person dis...
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Ep. 132 Rififi (1955) from 2021-09-10T20:29:19
The inimitably stylish worlds of American Film Noir and pre Nouvelle Vague French crime cinema collide in the most commanding display of technical execution ever implemented in translating the a...
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Ep. 131: Point Break (1991) from 2021-09-04T00:25
Summer is coming to a close, but before we pack it in for the season we’ve got one last major thrill to end it on. Point Break is the ludicrous, amazing, exhilarating...
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Ep. 130: Metropolis (1927) from 2021-08-27T12:00
The titanic scale and legacy of Fritz Lang's monolithic Sci-Fi epic is undeniable, despite a tumultuous and storied history of arduous ambition, calamitous failure, enduring influence, and e...
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Ep. 129: The Sting (1973) from 2021-08-13T13:00
Paul Newman and Robert Redford pair as another couple of aces in this sleek, stylish portrait of a fantastical Depression Era Chicago in which grifters and gamblers run amok making their way the...
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Ep. 128: The Green Mile (1999) from 2021-08-06T12:03
Stephen King and Frank Darabont's second prison-set adaptation captures the same sense of literary and cinematic symbiosis that its more famous predecessor is most lauded for. Though The...
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Ep. 127: To Have and Have Not (1944) from 2021-07-30T13:00
The famous film that brought together the power couple of Bogie and Bacall, Howard Hawks' To Have and Have Not is an enigma of sensual fascination. Ostensibly an adaptation of the f...
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Ep. 126: Claire's Knee (1970) from 2021-07-23T12:00
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Ep. 125: The Gold Rush (1925) from 2021-07-16T13:00
There are few things in the history of cinema more iconic than Chaplin's Little Tramp and his many adventures. His exploits in the snowy landscape of The Gold Rush (1925) are perhap...
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Ep. 124: Chinatown (1974) from 2021-07-09T12:30
Often proclaimed as the greatest script ever written, the intricate detective plot, thoroughly sketched characters, grand unfolding conspiracy, and riveting narrative developments of Chinato...
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Ep. 123: The Lost Weekend (1945) from 2021-06-25T12:00
We like to remember Billy Wilder today more for his outstanding efforts as the foremost comic director of his time, but before the days of Some Like it Hot (1959) and Listen
Ep. 122: Whiplash (2014) from 2021-06-18T12:00
With his first directorial feature Damien Chazelle lit up the screen with a sensational depiction of musicality and determination, both as his subject and his prowess as a filmmaker. Whiplas...
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Ep. 121: Romancing the Stone (1984) from 2021-06-11T12:00
Capitalizing on the success of rollicking adventure films in the vein of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), as well as the farcical popularity of booming romance nov...
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Ep. 120: Phoenix (2014) from 2021-06-04T12:00
The dark shadow of an unbelievable atrocity plays as the background to Christian Petzold's multifaceted drama straddling such themes as evolving identity, a city scarred, the complexities an...
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Ep. 119: The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) from 2021-05-20T19:44:59
Timestamps:
0:00 AT&T’s WarnerMedia-Discovery merger, Amazon’s bid to buy MGM
7:32 Spiral: From the Book of Saw
18:41 Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad
27:47 Psycho Goreman
Ep. 118: Fargo (1994) from 2021-05-19T00:20:22
As a key solidifier of their early reputation, the Coen Brothers’ dark comic masterpiece enjoys a lauded reputation for its unique setting, memorable characters, and unequal blend of macabre drama ...
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Ep. 118: Fargo (1996) from 2021-05-14T04:38:26
As a key solidifier of their early reputation, the Coen Brothers' dark comic masterpiece enjoys a lauded reputation for its unique setting, memorable characters, and unequal blend of macabre drama ...
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Ep. 117: The Muppet Show from 2021-05-07T12:00:10
t’s the Twin Geekscast! With our very special hosts, David and Murph? For many, our cultural jubilance at the sheer presence of Kermit and the like began with this landmark sketch series, but for o...
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Ep. 116: Forrest Gump (1994) from 2021-04-30T03:40:11
With the 93rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony in the rearview, with every winner and loser alike accounted for, we look back to one of the most prolific Oscar winners of the past thirty years. One t...
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Ep. 115: Harold And Maude (1971) from 2021-04-23T06:51:01
The charming and hilarious story of a young rich boy obsessed with death and romantically entangled with a life-loving septuagenarian who has a penchant for posing nude and stealing cars, is a tale...
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Ep. 114: Destry Rides Again (1939) from 2021-04-16T13:00:19
In a year of many cinematic milestones, the comparably modest aspirations of the comedy Western Destry Rides Again still manage to stand the test of time to prove an enduring and vital classic of t...
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Ep. 113: Rocky (1976) from 2021-04-09T04:26:21
The mere mention of Rocky Balboa brings to mind images of patriotism, a dramatic embodiment of the American Dream, where a man with nothing can rise to the top based purely on the fortitude of his ...
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Ep. 112: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) from 2021-04-02T04:34
In only three short years, Writer/Director Preston Sturges managed to climb from the lowly rung of Hollywood screenwriter to become one of the highest paid men in the entire country, making the unp...
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Ep. 111: North By Northwest (1959) from 2021-03-26T12:00:19
As one of Hitchcock's most iconic films, and perhaps the most definitive take on his favorite "Wrong Man" narrative theme, North by Northwest perseveres as an influential titan of globe-trotting ad...
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Ep. 110: Sergeant Rutledge (1960) from 2021-03-12T13:00:38
As the studio system began its slow decline in tandem with radical social changes occurring in the 1960s, the Golden Age of the Western genre itself was crawling to a close. Before long, the hyper ...
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Ep. 109: Nomadland (2020) from 2021-03-05T14:00:42
Having just taken home the Golden Globe for Best Picture and Best Director, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland feels like the film of the moment. This chronicle of American outcasts, left to wander the various...
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Ep. 108: Ball Of Fire (1941) from 2021-02-26T13:00:22
Coming off the heels of his most celebrated comedy successes, director Howard Hawks would lend his veteran sensibilities to the screenwriting talents of one pre-directorial Billy Wilder, who would ...
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Ep. 107: La Belle et la Bête (1946) from 2021-02-19T18:35:42
As one of the most influential fantasy films of its times, and the crown jewel of surrealist filmmaker Jean Cocteau's career, La belle et la Bête (or Beauty and the Beast for American audiences) is...
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Ep. 106: To Be or Not to Be (1942) from 2021-02-11T18:59:31
In the midst of America's engagement in the Second World War, when the horrors of Nazism and the eradication of the Jewish population were just coming to light, Hollywoods most renowned German émig...
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Ep. 105: Stop Making Sense (1984) from 2021-02-05T04:36:31
Often called the greatest concert film of all time, Jonathan Demme's landmark film captures the legendary artistry from pioneer New Wave rock group Talking Heads. More than just a document of the ...
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Ep. 104: Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004) from 2021-01-29T16:46:38
Adapted from two of the acclaimed seafaring novels from Patrick O'Brian, Peter Weir's swashbuckling blockbuster epic has been receiving its due resurgence in recent years, having underperformed at...
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Ep. 103: The Cameraman (1928) from 2021-01-22T19:23:03
As the silent era reared to a close, the incomparable Buster Keaton delivered one last slapstick masterpiece, serving not only as testimony to the bravura talents he'd already built up over an incr...
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Ep. 102: Unforgiven (1992) from 2021-01-15T03:57:13
There are but few others who have come to represent the Western genre as fully as Clint Eastwood. From Sergio Leone to Josey Wales, the laconically scowling scoundrel permeates our culture as the s...
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Ep. 101: Top Ten First Watches of 2020 from 2021-01-08T13:00:20
New Year, New Geeks. Watching movies in 2020 was a bit of a different experience for us all. Instead of going out, we all stayed home, and while there wasn't necessarily a shortage of new content t...
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Ep. 100: Citizen Kane (1941) from 2020-12-11T06:32:57
Long upheld as the supposed "Greatest Film of All Time," Orson Welles' original opus, the astounding Citizen Kane, is one of few films to be labeled with such a title and manage to live up to its i...
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Ep. 99: Animaniacs (2020) from 2020-11-27T16:16:06
Helloooooooo Nurse! As much as we're all tired of the lifeless, hackneyed, uninspired trend of Hollywood recycling old properties nostalgically linked to the informative upbringings of Millennials ...
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Ep. 98: Double Indemnity (1944) from 2020-11-20T05:45:04
Eddie Muller once said Double Indemnity is the essential Film Noir. While one could say there are better or more thematically interesting Film Noirs, none better encapsulate the expressionistic an...
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Ep. 97: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) from 2020-11-13T05:17:29
After taking a seasonal reprieve ourselves, we return with a lighthearted examination of Jacques Tati's famous comic outing which catapulted the indelible image of his beloved Monsieur Hulot charac...
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Ep. 96: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) from 2020-10-30T12:00:14
Reviled in its time, but now a cult classic for its creative subversion of the Michael Myers formula, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the most seasonal film of the franchise, and perhaps the ...
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Ep. 95: Happy Death Day (2017) from 2020-10-23T12:00:36
If we're being honest here, there's only one reason we're covering this film for our monthly block of horror episodes: cohost Calvin Kemph's undying enthusiasm for Groundhog Day-like films and its ...
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Ep. 94: The Fly (1986) from 2020-10-16T12:00:24
Timestamps:
0:00: The Foo Geeks: Dave Grohl Appreciation
8:45: Tromaville: The Toxic Avenger & Psycho 2
23:42: Memories of Murder Remastered
32:08: David Byrne’s American Utopia
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Ep. 93: The Evil Dead (1981) from 2020-10-09T17:31:10
Timestamps:
0:00: America’s #1 Vapecast
9:00: The Vow
14:53: Possessor
21:00: Nightstream & Favorite Horror Theater Experiences
29:16: The Evil Dead
Ep. 92: Monster House (2006) from 2020-10-01T23:27:42
As the leaves change their colors and the year crawls into the spookiest month of all, we look to those captivating holiday favorites to put us in the proper mood. While not yet regarded as a right...
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Ep. 91: Bullet In The Head (1990) from 2020-09-18T17:14:09
In the wake of the horrific Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, Hong Kong action director John Woo was inspired to apply his hyper-stylistic, ultra-violent directorial prowess to showcase the horror...
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Ep. 90: Dazed And Confused (1993) from 2020-09-11T02:45:06
For nearly two decades the rocking teen comedy dominated the cinematic landscape as the preeminent escapist dream to the days of our rambunctious youths, and none perhaps more nostalgically than Ri...
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Ep. 89: 42 (2013) from 2020-09-04T16:56:39
The tragic and unexpected passing of Chadwick Boseman has us all in deep mourning. Some would say he was just getting started, only recently having risen to the ranks of legends with breakthrough s...
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Ep. 88: Batman (1966) from 2020-08-28T03:42:50
With the first images of a new reimagining of the caped crusader recently revealed, there is no better time than the present to retrace the history of the fabled Dark Knight's first incarnation on ...
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Ep. 87: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) from 2020-08-14T12:00:25
The ultimate Spaghetti Western and one of the most iconic films of all time, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly still stands as a titan of cinema and a personal favorite of The Twin Geekscast. Just as ...
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Ep. 86: Sullivan's Travels (1941) from 2020-08-07T13:00:22
The most significant film of Preston Sturges' legacy makes a case for itself in asserting the importance of comedy as an artform like no other work has. The concluding thoughts on entertainment bei...
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Ep. 85: Ed Wood (1994) from 2020-07-29T17:14:40
Tim Burton's signature gothic styling was a perfect suit for the realization of the strange and sad, but also often humorous and heart-warming, true story of the proclaimed "worst director of all t...
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Ep. 84: Rope (1948) from 2020-07-23T19:35:58
For his first film both as a producer and in color, Alfred Hitchcock set out on a bold experiment to adapt a drawing-room set stage play about the playful murder of a former classmate by two friend...
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Ep. 83: A Place In The Sun (1951) from 2020-07-17T01:54:06
Charlie Chaplin once called George Stevens' lurid encapsulation of ambition, desire, love, and unconscionable murder: "The greatest movie ever made about America." A Place in the Sun is a titanic f...
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Ep. 82: Cinema Paradiso (1988) from 2020-07-10T12:00:24
In the wake of master maestro Ennio Morricone's passing this week, we look to one of his most memorable and emotionally stunning compositions in memoriam of his illustrious and unrivaled career as ...
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Ep. 81: For A Few Dollars More (1965) from 2020-07-02T20:40:54
Sergio Leone's electrifying follow up to the massive success of his groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars (1964) demonstrates marked improvement on everything that made the original Italian Western s...
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Ep. 80: The Breakfast Club from 2020-06-25T19:34:27
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of the most respected auteurs of the Japanese cinema. An heir to the legacy of Yasujir? Ozu, Kore-eda has found universal acclaim for his heartfelt family dramas. ...
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Ep. 79: Da 5 Bloods (2020) from 2020-06-18T21:42:59
The latest film from director Spike Lee comes at a time of utmost relevancy, as the country continues to rail against systematic racism and the imperative energy of the Black Lives Matter movement....
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Ep. 78: Deadringers (1988) from 2020-06-11T23:33:36
As a follow up to the smash, blockbuster success of his inspired body-horror remake The Fly (1986), David Cronenberg's more dramatically centered observation of inner human turmoils still more than...
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Ep. 77: A Fistful of Dollars (1964) from 2020-06-04T22:04:26
The stylized, subversive, and astonishing legacy of the Spaghetti Western starts here, with Sergio Leone's explosive genre breakthrough, making the careers of not only himself, but also squinting s...
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Ep. 76: Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) from 2020-05-28T17:30:06
Jacques Demy's beloved musical sensibilities brought to France the style and glamour of Golden Age Hollywood extravagance with the grace and grounded human elements embodied by the French New Wave ...
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Ep. 75: The Big Sick (2017) from 2020-05-22T12:00:13
A modern RomCom film with a whopper of a dramatic hook, The Big Sick is a refreshingly honest and touching tale of love, personal growth, and cultural hurdles plucked from the real life courtship o...
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Ep. 74: Popeye (1980) from 2020-05-15T03:58:59
Perceived as something like a disaster during its time, Robert Altman's bizarre realization of E.C. Segar's beloved cartoon sailor with an affinity for spinach is at once a confounding but astonish...
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Ep. 73: Police Story (1985) from 2020-05-08T12:00:14
Timestamps:
0:00: The Great Animal Crossing Conspiracy
3:30: Streaming: The virtues of the Criterion Channel and the longform Russian masterpiece War and Peace (1966)
9:18: Jacques Tour...
Ep. 72: Safety Last! (1923) from 2020-04-30T21:17:14
Often overlooked in favor of the more famous contemporary comics of his time, Harold Lloyd was at least an equal to both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton in terms of his comedic capabilities and h...
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Ep. 71: The Social Network (2010) from 2020-04-24T16:22:37
Timestamps:
0:00: The Flagship Podcast for The Twin Geeks
2:16: Steaming: Errol Morris on Criterion, Footlight Parade (1933)
7:58: Review of the Quibi Launch
16:02: Too Hot to Handl...
Ep. 70: Red Sun (1971) from 2020-04-17T13:00:13
A rare convergence of the Samurai and Western genre, embodied by the iconic figures of Toshirô Mifune and Charles Bronson, Red Sun is a fun and adventurous gem set in the style of Spaghetti Western...
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Ep. 69: The Straight Story (1999) from 2020-04-10T12:00:33
The family friendly and homogenous branding of the Disney corporation wouldn't seem to be the best fit for a visionary and singular surrealist filmmaker like David Lynch, but at the end of the prev...
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Ep. 68: Paper Moon (1973) from 2020-03-27T13:00:22
With the downbeat, somber setting of mid-Depression Era America juxtaposed with the contagiously humorous nature of the relationship between a dopey con man and a firecracker young girl who may be ...
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Ep. 67: The Lady From Shanghai (1947) from 2020-03-20T13:00:10
Timestamps:
0:00: Cinepocalypse: End of the Year -- The Best of 2020
9:40: Coronavirus: The fallout for movies & theaters
29:40: The Lady from Shanghai
Orson Welles' messy, bun...
Ep. 66: Robocop (1987) from 2020-03-13T12:00:38
Timestamps:
0:00: RIP Max Von Sydow
8:04: Bond talk with Bro
17:37: The Twin Geeks Present the Coronavirus Cancelation Prediction Game! — Part II
22:46: The Way Back
31:01: Devs...
Ep. 65: The Favourite (2018) from 2020-03-06T17:25:34
With a recent uptick in period dramas taking hold of public interest recently, with the likes of Little Women (2019) and the newly released Emma being of particular note, we are fondly reminded of ...
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Ep. 64: Dark Passage (1947) from 2020-02-28T17:30:20
The third collaboration between real life Hollywood couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and the first of Bogie's films covered here on our podcast, is the little known but marvelously enterta...
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Ep. 63: The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) from 2020-02-21T23:50:37
0:00: February is for Lovers, and not for Movies
7:23: Docs & Reality: McMillions, Survivor: Season 40
13:16: Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon
18:36: Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
21:54: ...
Ep. 62: Paths Of Glory (1957) from 2020-02-14T13:00:30
Last week, the last of Classic Hollywood's great leading men passed away. At 103, Kirk Douglas had a hell of a life, and one of the most impressive resumes of the era. We honor his memory this week...
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Ep. 61: Parasite (2019) from 2020-02-07T19:35:11
Timestamps:
0:00: The Definitive Official Podcast on Taylor Swift (also, Sundance buys)
9:15: Gretel & Hansel
12:22: The Rhythm Section
14:35: Oscars hopes, dreams, and concerns
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Ep. 60: Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) from 2020-01-31T14:00:10
Timestamps:
00:00: TV of the Year 2019
8:49: Slamdance Film Festival 2020
11:50: Little Women
15:31: RIP Kobe
18:33: Weathering with You
21:18: Color out of Space
24:57:...
Ep. 59: The Graduate (1967) from 2020-01-17T14:00:20
Last week, the great American screenwriter Buck Henry sadly passes away. He gave us many classics over the years, but none as iconic and game-changing as Mike Nichols' seminal coming of age film, T...
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Ep. 58: Film of the Year 2019 from 2020-01-09T14:00:16
Timestamps:
0:00 New Years movie resolutions, rental shops, list intro
9:34: 10. Deadwood: The Movie
13:23: 9. Rocketman
19:25: 8. Ad Astra
25:23: 7. Little Women
29:26: 6....
Ep. 57: Jack Frost (1998) from 2019-12-24T04:06:23
Who doesn't fondly remember Christmases of yore where the entire family would huddle around the television for an annual viewing of the Michael Keaton snowman movie... Nobody? Just me? Whether it's...
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Ep. 56: The Searchers (1956) from 2019-12-20T22:30:23
Timestamps:
0:00: SFCS 2019 Awards
9:55: The media takedown of Richard Jewell
16:49: The media takedown of Bombshell
20:30: The way Uncut Gems is a dope, great movie, and our top an...
Ep. 55: Ranking Scorsese from 2019-12-11T21:14:40
From the evolved college film that started it all to his most recent gangster opus, Martin Scorsese has proven himself to be one of the most important and influential directors of our times. A lead...
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Ep. 54: Chef (2014) from 2019-12-06T14:00:33
Timestamps:
0:00: This week on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, The Twin Geeks are full of it
11:00: Marielle Heller earns Oscar credibility with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
17:52:...
Ep. 53: The Shining (1980) from 2019-11-25T07:00:53
There is perhaps no more an iconic film than that of Stanley Kubrick's zeitgeist-capturing adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel. King famously hates the liberties Kubrick took with his materi...
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Ep. 52: His Girl Friday (1940) from 2019-11-15T21:41:18
Timestamps:
0:00: Launch impressions for Darkwing Duck streaming service (+ Apple+’s For All Mankind)
7:38: Ghosts of traumas past with The Invisible Man & Sonic the Hedgehog
17:04: The...
Ep. 51: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) from 2019-11-08T14:00:24
We return again to the Western genre, this time turning away from the more traditional and classic choices to the wildly revisionist world of Robert Altman. After the smash success of his 1970 anti...
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Ep. 50: Halloween (1978) from 2019-10-25T13:00:22
Timestamps:
0:00 - 5:08: Pods: The Night Jesse Came Home
5:08 - 11:48: Netflix phones it in with Wounds & The Laundromat
11:48 - 18:52: Watching Watchmen, Looking for Alaska
18:52 ...
Ep. 49: Universal Monsters (1931 - 1935) from 2019-10-18T18:07:41
Universal Studios was saved from almost complete failure when, in 1931, an A-Picture adaptation of a horror play made Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi an instant icon, followed immediately by the star-m...
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Ep. 48: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) from 2019-10-11T12:00:24
Francis Ford Coppola's gothic masterwork saw a return to form for the director after the downfall of the studio system renaissance of the 1970s. This return to grand-scale, operatic filmmaking rema...
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Ep. 47: Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) from 2019-10-04T12:00:34
It's the spookiest time of the year, and to kick it off we're starting with a lighthearted classic. The endless debate of The Nightmare Before Christmas is whether it's more of a Christmas movie or...
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Ep. 46: The Apartment (1960) from 2019-09-27T13:00:14
Off the heels of the mega-success of his comedy classic Some Like It Hot (1959), writer/directer Billy Wilder followed with yet another definitive masterpiece that would not only net him three majo...
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Ep. 45: Blue Velvet (1986) from 2019-09-20T18:02:04
Ep. 45: Blue Velvet (1986) by The Twin Geeks
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Ep. 44: The Third Man (1949) - 70th Anniversary from 2019-09-13T12:00:56
Celebrated as the best British film ever made, and one of the greatest films of all time, Carol Reed's The Third Man is the perfect embodiment of post-war cynicism which gave birth to the eclectic ...
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Ep. 43: 3:10 To Yuma (1957) from 2019-09-06T13:00:15
Timestamps
0:00 - 23:04: Fall movie season preview
23:04 - 35:03: Summer movies season review
35:03 - 37:55 : The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
37:55 - 1:06:41: 3:10 to Yuma
Ep. 42: LA Confidential (1994) from 2019-08-30T13:00:26
Film Noir is that wonderful style of film that fuses cynicism and morbid desolation with pulpy crime stories in an adventurous and artistic manner. The period may have only existed up until the lat...
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Ep. 41: Notorious (1947) from 2019-08-23T13:00:16
A special treat this week sees the uniting of David and Calvin together for our first in-person podcast. Together, they watched Alfred Hitchcock's first masterpiece, Notorious, a film which feature...
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Ep. 40: Apocalypse Now (1979) 40th Anniversary from 2019-08-16T06:36:26
This week we not only come together to celebrate one of the greatest war films ever made on its 40th Anniversary but also see the release of a brand new cut of Apocalypse Now from director Francis ...
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Ep. 39: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) from 2019-08-09T13:00:25
Sidney Lumet, our most popular director on the podcast to date, is one of the great underrated directors of the 70s. Though his films lack a distinctive authorial voice like Martin Scorsese or Bria...
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Ep. 38: Ranking Tarantino from 2019-08-02T13:00:05
Ep. 38: Ranking Tarantino by The Twin Geeks
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Ep. 37: Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) from 2019-07-26T18:32:01
00:00 - 7:35: Friedkin & Refn, Tarantino preview
7:35 - 21:05: Existential dread of Cats, Jojo Rabbit, Top Gun
21:05 - : 39:37: Box office: Uncanny valley with Lion King & Marvel preview
Ep. 36: Stranger Things - Season 3 (2019) from 2019-07-19T17:55:23
We set aside films this week to discuss the latest streaming sensation in the release of the third season of Netlfix's uber-popular series Stranger Things. Twin Geeks writer Brogan has already cove...
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Ep. 35: Jaws (1975) from 2019-07-12T13:00:04
During our 4th of July hiatus, we gathered together to watch the ultimate summer film, Steven Spielberg's blockbuster-birthing masterpiece, Jaws. This film is a beloved favorite from all our staff ...
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Ep 34: The Wicker Man (1973) from 2019-06-28T15:00:14
This cult horror film from 1973 has become one of the most influential and unique of all time, famously being dubbed "The Citizen Kane of horror films" upon its re-release in 1976. The Wicker Man i...
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Ep 33: Alien (1979) 40th Anniversary from 2019-06-21T13:00:09
Ridley Scott’s Alien turns 40 years old. While David’s out of town, Editors Bro & Calvin convene to discuss an absolute masterclass in horror filmmaking. The year was 1979 and there was a crowded f...
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Ep. 32: The Wild Bunch (1969) 50th Anniversary from 2019-06-14T13:00:16
One of the most important and influential films to ever come out of Hollywood, The Wild Bunch celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. Sam Peckinpah's legendary Western masterwork came at a time...
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Ep. 31: Rocketman (2019) from 2019-06-06T19:14:53
A biopic musical as flamboyant and extravagant as its subject matter, Rocketman is the explosive life story of legendary British rock artist Sir Elton John and the many ups and downs of his skyrock...
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Ep. 30: The Road To El Dorado (2000) from 2019-05-31T16:31:46
Our buddy podcast turns to the ultimate buddy comedy this week for some much needed reflection on an underrated classic. The Road to El Dorado was a major flop for Dreamworks upon initial release, ...
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Ep. 29: Midnight Cowboy (1969) 50th Anniversary from 2019-05-24T14:00:37
This week sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of John Schlesinger's daring and tragically beautiful New Wave drama that remains one of the most culturally important film in and about New York ...
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Ep. 28: Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 2019-05-17T14:00:29
Last week we talked about the latest "most ambitious crossover event in history" with Avengers: Endgame, but this week we want to discuss the real most ambitious crossover event in history, and it ...
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Ep. 27: Avengers: Endgame (2019) from 2019-05-10T14:00:09
After more than a decade, and a score of star-studded films, the long awaited conclusion of the "Infinity Saga" has come. Little did we expect when settling in to watch the first Iron Man (2008) el...
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Ep. 26: Goodfellas (1990) from 2019-05-03T14:00:19
Ep. 26: Goodfellas (1990) by The Twin Geeks
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Ep. 25: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) from 2019-04-26T14:00:19
David Mamet's masterful stage play of four salesman fighting for their jobs in the desperate world of real estate is a compelling film that is not glorified nearly as much as it deserves to be. The...
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Ep. 24: The Hidden Fortress (1958) from 2019-04-19T14:00:24
This week we return to the impressive filmography of Akira Kurosawa, discussing what is one of his more underrated classics in The Hidden Fortress. We previously discussed what is thought to be one...
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Ep. 23: Hellboy Franchise from 2019-04-12T14:00:04
Instead of a third entry from in this much beloved franchise from creature-master Guillermo del Toro, this weekend sees the release of a new interpretation of Mike Mignola's famous Dark Horse Comic...
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Ep. 22: Red River (1948) from 2019-04-05T14:00:32
A great Western classic that proves Wayne a better actor than most would claim, Red River is a defining film for the genre. The epic tale of a tyrannical cattle baron determined to drive his entire...
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Ep. 21: Us (2019) from 2019-03-29T14:00:12
In our most divisive discussion yet, we take a look at the latest hit from horror sensation Jordan Peele and his sophomore effort, Us. Peele has set his ambitions high with this followup to the 201...
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Ep. 20: Get Out (2017) from 2019-03-20T17:56:27
In anticipation of Jordan Peele's second feature, Us, we are looking back at his horror debut that launched him into superstardom, even garnering him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. ...
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Ep. 19: Yojimbo (1961) from 2019-03-15T01:40:22
This week we bring on fellow Twin Geeks writer Graham Austin to discuss the samurai classic, Akira Kurosawa's masterful Yojimbo. Making waves in both Japan and around the world first in 1961, this ...
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Ep. 18: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 25th Anniversary from 2019-03-07T21:19:23
This week we return to the filmography of the much beloved Coen Brothers to look at one of their more under-appreciated films. As we briefly discussed on our ranking of the Coen Brothers filmograph...
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Ep. 17: The Shape of Water (2017) from 2019-02-28T23:12:08
In light of last weekend's Oscars award ceremony we take a look back at last year's Best Picture winner, comparing and contrasting how the Academy did so well with who they chose to nominate and re...
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Ep. 16: 12 Angry Men (1957) from 2019-02-21T23:33:26
When we think of classic films some titles that come to mind are iconic titans like Casablanca (1942) or Citizen Kane (1941), but other juggernaut of cinematic perfection comes from Sidney Lumet, w...
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Ep. 15: The Great Silence (1968) from 2019-02-14T22:39:26
The blankets of snow brought upon by the chilling February freeze have left us here in the Pacific Northwest mostly trapped within our homes. To keep warm we gather around the warm glow of our tele...
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Ep. 14: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) from 2019-02-06T23:26:45
This week on The Twin Geekscast, we're transported back to the cusp of the millennium, diving into the grungy, angst-driven world of 1990s Seattle, a world our two hosts are quite familiar with. As...
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Ep. 13: Groundhog Day (1993) from 2019-01-30T01:03:21
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today. It's coooold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach? It's that special time of year where ...
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Ep. 12: Glass (2019) from 2019-01-24T08:38:56
This week on The Twin Geekscast we head back to the theater to see the latest film from M. Night Shyamalan. Glass brings back Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson from Shyamalan's classic Super-Hero ...
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Ep. 11: Shane (1953) from 2019-01-17T01:32:24
This week on The Twin Geekscast we travel back to the roots of America to dive into George Stevens' great Western classic, Shane. This foundational film within the Western genre is a favorite aroun...
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Ep. 10: Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse (2018) from 2019-01-09T23:13:29
This week on The Twin Geekscast we go back to the theater to dive into a more recent film. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is yet another film in the chronicle of everyone's favorite web-slinging...
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Ep. 9: Film Of The Year 2018 from 2019-01-05T09:04:30
Ep. 9: Film Of The Year 2018 by The Twin Geeks
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Ep. 8: Die Hard Christmas Special from 2018-12-20T08:50:10
?Jingle bells, shotgun shells?
?McClane will save the day?
?Christmas is near, and we’ll all cheer?
?When Bruce Willis says “yippie kay-ay”?
Everyone gather ’rou...
Ep 7: Barry Lyndon (1975) from 2018-12-12T07:29:54
This week on The Twin Geekscast we're taking a look at a great masterpiece from one of cinema's most legendary directors. Barry Lyndon is a more overlooked film from Stanley Kubrick's filmography, ...
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Ep. 6: The Wrestler (2008) from 2018-12-05T19:46:27
This week on The Twin Geekscast we're celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Darren Aronofsky's intimate portrait of a faded celebrity attempting to make peace with his humble life before one fina...
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Ep. 5: Network (1976) from 2018-11-29T21:01:57
This week on The Twin Geekscast we jump into the dangerous ground of political satire with Sidney Lumet's 1976 masterpiece, Network (1976). This film boasts one of the greatest ensemble casts ever ...
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Ep. 4: Ranking the Coen Brothers from 2018-11-22T07:50:47
Ep. 4: Ranking the Coen Brothers by The Twin Geeks
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Ep 3: The Other Side Of The Wind (2018) from 2018-11-07T20:54:40
The time has come! We go in-depth with Orson Welles' long-awaited The Other Side of the Wind, with a 35mm showing, documentaries, and the film we've all been waiting for. Meanwhile, interesting dev...
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Ep. 2: Misery (1990) from 2018-10-31T22:03:10
There are many great Stephen King adaptations out there, as to be expected from an author as prolific and lauded as the Monarch of Horror Fiction. Many point to The Shining (1980) as the greatest o...
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Ep. 1: Halloween (2018) from 2018-10-24T16:59:04
Welcome to the first episode of The Twin Geekscast. Our seasoned site editors Calvin Kemph and David Punch will serve as the knowledgeable hosts of this movie podcast, which will dive into both cur...
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