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Show NotesFree PalestineBuckle in for a possibly uncomfortable flashback as we discuss Outbreak from 1995. Viruses, helicopter chases, sweaty Patrick Dempsey, intense Dustin Hoffman, scared Cuba Gooding, Jr., cocky Kevin Spacey, tough Renee
Show NotesFree PalestineIt’s time for Sandra Bullock to take on an early tech billionaire 1995’s The Net. Horny floppy haired assassins, men who are patently terrible at their jobs, pixelated and pixelating computer viruses and vindictive o
Show NotesEpisode 6.5 19The Killer (1989) #19 of 50Thrill makers: Gun Fu!Free PalestineJohn Woo takes us on a hell of a ride in The Killer from 1989. Guns, beautiful women, churches with good vibes and homo-romantic overtones this we
Show NotesFree PalestineMamet and DePalma bring us into a slick but dangerous 1930s Chicago in 1987’s The Untouchables. Fancy dress, guns, Ennio Morricone music, and snappy dialogue bring us into the fictional non-fiction world of Elliot Ne
Show NotesFree PalestineWe’ve got some OG anti-AI media this week with WarGames from 1983. Matthew Broderick just wants to play the latest video game, but Dabney Coleman has put his opponent in charge of the entire American military complex
Show NotesFree PalestineOne of the most unspoiled movies of all time, we watched When a Stranger Calls from 1979. If you have heard of this movie but haven’t seen it, it’s likely that you are only privy to the first 20 minutes of the film.
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week we give all our co-workers side eye as we follow Dr. Wheeler on her quest for info in Coma from 1978. She’s noticing things none of her fellow doctors are noticing, or want her to notice. Once again, the sm
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week we follow Michael York’s D’artanan into Paris to meet The Three Musketeers! Four silly men vs. Captain Hook, or rather Rochforte and a Cardinal with more interest in the court than the pulpit. A world of ex
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week we talk about The Naked Prey from 1965 (though you’d be hard pressed to know when it was made just by watching it). Filmed in Africa and staring mostly native Africans, with only a 9 page screenplay, it’s a
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week, we have to warn you that once night comes, you will be alone and no one will hear your distress as you watch The Haunting from 1963. Dutch angles, rococo design, claustrophobic sets, lens distortions, and
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week extraordinary women do bad things in the name of their mediocre husbands in Burn, Witch, Burn from 1962. A movie with many names, none of which is as good as the story it is based on, finds Tansy just tryin
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week we wax a bit poetic about Kim Stanley as we discuss the 1964 film Séance on a Wet Afternoon. How far will a woman go to be recognized for her gifts? Pretty damn far as it turns out. Two spectacular performa
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week, the French take on Patricia Highsmith in Purple Noon – the first film adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. See one of the most beautiful men you have ever laid eyes on be the luckiest psychopath in cinem
Show NotesFree PalestineWe travel to Japan this week with Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. One undercover samurai, one hidden princess and two morons travel behind enemy lines to get themselves, and a whole bunch of gold, to safety.
Show NotesFree PalestineAn infamous performance by Christopher Lee – only onscreen for seven minutes and with a mere 16 lines – leaves an indelible and unmatched stamp on the character of Dracula in Hammar Films’ classic Horror of Dracula.
Episode NotesFree PalestineTurns out you can’t mansplain your way around a demon, as Dana Andrews finds out in 1957’s Night of the Demon (Curse of the Demon if you’re outside of the US – I think?). A skeptic and self-proclaimed paranormal p
Free PalestineWe’re here to see a man about a horse in Stanley Kubrick’s racetrack heist film The Killing. Asymmetric storytelling and a world before cell phones lead to a tense will they/won’t they between a group of thieves and the heist t
Show NotesFree PalestineSpencer Tracy gets off the train and walks into immediate danger in Bad Day at Black Rock from 1955. Looking for his savior’s father, he finds murderous racists instead. Anne Francis is more bloodthirsty than you’ve
Free PalestineThis week, the film Lemuel has been referencing for two years is finally here Wages of Fear from 1953. It couldn’t go on the AFI list because of the A, but for thrills, it’s certainly packed. Four men, including a Mario AND a
Free PalestineThis week, the fix is in, or it would be if only someone told the fighter – it’s 1949’s The Set-Up directed by Robert Wise. In near real-time, we watch the rise and fall of over-the-hill boxer Stoker Thompson whose dreams of a
NotesFree PalestineWe are starting off strong (and brief) with the first iteration of The Most Dangerous Game from 1932 – spoiler alert: it’s people, just like Soylent Green (spoiler #2). Faye Wray and Robert Armstrong stuck around and film
Show NotesIt's time to make our own list of the thrilling movies that the AFI overlooked. We have films from the US, Hong Kong, Japan, and France - and that's just the first half. This week, we discuss the beginning of our list - those films
Show NotesFree PalestineWe’ve reached the top, the pinnacle, the film that the AFI has lionized as the MOST THRILLING FILM of all time – from 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Etched deep in the public consciousness and the cultural zeitgeis
Show NotesFree PalestineThis week, we watched the first summer blockbuster: Jaws from 1975. Early Spielberg, unfortunate practical effects, and some excellent performances all lead to a thrill ride that won silver in the AFI thrills list. A
Show NotesFree PalestineLemuel has been dreading this week since the beginning of our countdown and we are finally here - #3 on the list, 1973’s The Exorcist. And he liked it! Kinda…We discuss the need or lack thereof for old age makeup, w
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