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Films & Filth
The Citizen Kane of Podcasting. Three dorks and often a guest have a look at the top 100 films and bottom 100 films as voted by iMDb users.
Episodes
Films & FilthKong: Skull Island (w/ Jake Rockatansky)
We done like us some monster flicks in the Sanctuary, and this is one of the better ones Hollywood has produced. Joining us is Jake Rockatasky, who looks into…
Films & FilthThe Creation of the Humanoids (w/ Ken Ammi)
Don't be fooled by the smell of early 1960's sci-fi cheeze - if you dig in you'll find concepts that are not just ahead of its time, but even ahead of Philip…
Films & FilthBack to the Future Part II (w/ Taylor Morden)
We get into the next step of Marty McFly's time tripping - all those whiplash time currents that make up this pop culture bonanza. Hoverboards, Pepsi Perfects…
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (w/ James Farley)
Continuing our trek through Trek this week. Aging actors, creepy mind violations, and knee nuts are among our deep dives for this final voyage of the original…
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The Highlander (w/ Jonathan Melville)
Full disclosure - this film is not our geek niche, though we give full and due respect to that niche (at least until the sequel). In fact - this turned out to…
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Le voyage dans la lune
"How about the space trip?" Space trip will be realized in the near future. As Apollo landed before for 30 years or more in the moon. you may do the mystical…
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Starship Troopers (w/ Tom Secker)
Ending our monster month with a whole lot of them damn bugs. Gotta kill them all!! That or get into all the socio-facist implications of this under the radar…
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"Yesterday's Enterprise" from Star Trek: TNG (w/ Eric Stillwell)
Christmas bonus for you!! It may be television, but it rates with any of the Trek films. And we can do this because it's chronologically before Star Trek VI…
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Jingle All the Way (w/ Mark Malek)
Gimmie your Christmas!! You can say it's not sci-fi, but let's not forget Turbo Man, jetpacks, and the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger exists is pretty sci-fi…
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
While this is the most recent place to get your monster action - we're not sure it's the best. Nevertheless, there are quite a few monsters to discuss here. A…
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Son of Kong
We're continuing our plunge into the monstrous this month with this medium sized monster - a Diddy Kong if you will. It's a weird mismash of 30's film styles…
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The Valley of Gwangi
We're kicking of our monster month at the Sci-fi Sanctuary with this one. It features those weird, off-brand, pre-Jurassic Park dinosaurs, but at least they've…
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The Truman Show (w/ Miguel Conner)
Lots of "metas" to wade through with Jim Carrey's first notable foray into a more dramatic role. We think a few Deep Thoughts, consider what it takes to make a…
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When Worlds Collide
This one is a groundbreaking, early sci-fi feature - but it's also a mighty dry affair and serves up a heaping pile of 1950's weird racism. Matt and Luke try…
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (w/ Scott Atkinson)
It's the Trek film so bad it's been effectively booted out of canon. But is it really that bad? Once we did our best to get past William Shatner's admittedly…
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
A year ago we watched Dark Fate, had a chat, and said we'd get back to it and T2 in a year's time. We stand by our word, homeslices. And here we are with T2…
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The Thing (w/ Henrique Couto)
Here's the Thing. Like, literally - we're talking about the Thing. Y'know - for our spooky October. Luke has always seen it as a seminal sci-fi/horror, while…
Films & FilthPreview! Monster Mash Episode 89
What’s this? Luke’s other podcast, Monster Mash, is making its triumphant return? This is the comeback episode of Monster Mash, a podcast about the monsters…
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Re-Animator (w/ Andrew Shearer)
The Sci-fi Sanctuary is getting a couple weeks spooky for this Octoberfest starting with "Re-Animator." The Webster's Dictionary defines "re-animate" as to…
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The Fountain (w/ Von Galt)
We've got a metaphysical, Hugh Jackman-sized puzzle box this week for you to solve with your interdimensional mind. All that, and some ruminations on Buddhism…
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In Time (w/ Ricky Varandas)
Gettin' your sexyback with JT in this high-concept sci-fi set in a dystopian world where everyone's time to live is literally ticking down own their forearms…
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (w/ Sue and Sarah from Women at Warp)
Wrapping up 80's sci-fi/comedy month with a film that is, of course, a full-on genre sci-fi that manages to deftly jump into those comedy waters. Yes, it is…
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Bill and Ted Face the Music
Checking back in with Bill and Ted after a 30 year break. Guess they need to finally write that world unifying song... or do they? We're rolling along with an…
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey
As our 80's comedy sci-fi month continues, Matt and Luke get deep behind the zen philosophy of Bill and Ted with this dive into their first few films. That…
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Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2
Rolling through our sci-fi comedy month is this duo of films that are as 80's as you can get. There may have been Wall-E, and 80's Robot, but Johnny Five was…
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Twins
We've seemed to have stumbled a bit into a sci-fi comedy month - we'll be getting to Short Circuit and the Bill & Ted films (including the new one) later this…
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (w/ Andrew Shearer)
It's astounding!! There's nothing more of a cult film than this one. It may have "horror" in the title, but it is far from lacking in science fiction double…
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (w/ Larry Nemecek aka "Dr. Trek")
Star Trek III is that one hanging on back at the party. You probably wouldn't notice them much, but if you strike up a conversation, you may be in for a good…
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Minority Report (w/ Charlie Robinson)
In 2002, it all seemed so fantastically dystopian. But in 2020, it comes across more like reality spiced with a few gallows humor anachronisms. We get deep…
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Magical Mystery Tour (w/ Dan Richter)
This Beatles flick is more bizarrely fantastical than science fiction, but today's guest certainly has some serious sci-fi cred. Dan Richter is at the center…
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Batman Begins
SWEAR TO ME YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST!!! We will be getting to more Nolan films, but this is the last of our 2020 Nolan month, which ends without a new…
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Inception (w/ Santiago Velasquez)
The original idea was so do a Nolan month that would be capped off by Christopher Nolan’s new sci-fi, “Tenant.” In our weird world, that one has been pushed…
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Interstellar (w/ Dr. Erin MacDonald)
This week we’ve decided to add some class to an intellectually superior sci-fi film, but Matt and Luke are not the ones up for that job. Fortunately, we do…
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Gotta Go Fast!!! - in this somewhat shorter episode of the Sci-Fi Sanctuary. How does the world of Sonic turn out in this film? Can Jim Carey still be properly…
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Detective Pikachu
Luke loves Pokemon and is an expert on the topic. Matt played a few minutes of HeartGold ten years ago. Thus, we enter the world of Detective Pikachu with…
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Total Recall
I think we’ve already made it clear that this is an Arnold positive podcast, and this one is about as Arnold as you can get. Director Paul Verhoven went as…
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Independence Day (w/ Mark Malek from "Quaranstein")
Luke is British and watches this every Independence Day. Mark is American, got sick in the theatre watching this, and would definitely not vote for Bill…
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Revolt in the Fifth Dimension
Matt decided to make Luke watch 1967’s “Revolt in the Fifth Dimension” without mentioning what it was. Several minutes of hijinks ensued. Please do like…
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Transformers (w/ Stuart Webb from Podcast Maximus)
This week we chat about what is arguably the template for the 2010’s blockbuster. If our normal conversation isn’t geek enough for you, we’ve brought in Stuart…
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Space is the Place
We rolled tape on this Blaxploitation, Afro-Futurist jam on May 24th, not knowing that the next day the whole world was gonna straight up open that putrid can…
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Back to the Future (w/ David Turner from "The Computer Game Show")
Everyone loves this one, right? It’s like a Platonic solid of a movie. Luke and Matt needed some heavy artillery to do this one justice, so we are joined by…
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Spider-Man 2
Achtung! Das ist nicht ein Deutsches podcast! Wir sind nicht Deutsch sprechen auf Spider Man 2. Mattias und Lukas sind bose Deutsch sprechen. Please do like…
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Godzilla
Matt and Luke take on this monster of a flick from atop a rugged Japanese mountaintop. Be warned, the original is not one of the fun Godzilla flicks, but it…
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Color Out of Space
It’s like the color, maaannn. And the space. And crazy Nic Cage having a go with Lovecraftian sci-fi horror. The movie pretty much came out of nowhere, but…
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Mad Max
Is he mad because he’s angry?…. crazy? Probably because he’s both? But hey, Matt and Luke are here to compare this film about a slow apocalypse in progress…
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Silent Running
Bruce Dern pulls off the greatest social distancing, self-isolating hat trick ever as he murders his crewmates on the cargo ship Valley Forge, and heads off…
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Dragonball: Evolution
We is getting ballz deep in these Dragonballz!! Should I have used those Z's? You'll find that our view is that a few rectified mistakes might have made this a…
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
Maybe this bit of Monkey Magic isn't so much bad, but horribly misguided. It's like a puzzle where none of the pieces fit together, but a few of them are still…
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (w/ Norman Lao and John Champion from "Mission Log")
Taking a break from our bad movie month to do a really good movie - with really good guests. The sci-fi geek who would besmirch the name of Khan is a rare…
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Ready Player One
Are you to live free, or not? Matt doesn't like this reference heavy dystopian fantasy. Luke sees the bet, raises, and profanely rages against this movie with…
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Batman & Robin
This week, our latex-rubber nipple firm up for a discussion about Joel Schumacher's magnum opus. Matt is still pissed about his opening night impressions…
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Ghostbusters (2016) (w/ Andrew Shearer from Gonzoriffic)
Matt and Luke, joined by Andrew Shearer from GOnZoRiFFiC, bop this train wreck of a film over the head with a shovel, toss it in the boot of a ‘79 Oldsmobile…
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Bonus - Star Trek: Picard ("Et in Arcadia Ego Parts 1 & 2")
Did “Star Trek: Picard” land with our intrepid podcasters? Listen and find out. We take a deep dive into this synthetic future and Matt romantically serenades…
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Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro's 2012 film shows us a 2020 where the world must unite to fight monsters. Idris Elba plays a supporting role. So pop open a Corona Beer, sit…
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High Life
This indie flick takes an unflinching look at some dark, mature subject matter. Matt and Luke aren't really qualified for that, so we mostly prattle on about…
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Bonus - Star Trek: Picard ("Nepenthe" and "Broken Pieces")
The existential dread of “Star Trek: Picard” meets the warm fuzzies of TNG. How does that all work out? You most likely have your own answer to that question…
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The Matrix
You can't really have a Sci-Fi Sanctuary if you're not gonna invite Morpheus into it. We may not take the red pills in said Sanctuary, though. Yet, in light of…
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Dr. Who and the Daleks
Doctor Who mania quickly stoked this feature film, now on the big screen in colour and starring classic actor Peter Cushing as a man named, uh, Dr. Who. What…
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Star Trek: Picard ("Stardust City Rag" and "The Impossible Box")
Getting onto the next few episodes of Picard. How do Luke and Matt feel about unnecessary eye surgery and MK Ultra triggering. Have a listen and find out. Then…
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Flash Gordon
This one is still a bit of a thing in the UK, and it's certainly a bit of a cult classic in the US. Matt and Luke take a bite into this eight course cheese…