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Broken VCR#222 Dutch (1991)
Peter Faiman's 1991 Thanksgiving odd-couple road comedy, DUTCH, is our feature presentation this week! Did John Hughes phone it in with this script? Why didn't…
Broken VCRBONUS #221 The Running Man (2025)
Edgar Wright's 2025 Richard Bachman sci-fi action adaptation, THE RUNNING MAN, is our bonus feature presentation this week! We discuss Edgar Wright's body of…
Broken VCR#220 Nobody's Fool (1994)
Robert Benton's 1994 cantankerous character holiday dramedy, NOBODY'S FOOL, is our feature presentation this week! We wonder if this is one of the great…
Broken VCRBONUS #219 Bugonia (2025)
Yorgos Lanthimos' 2025 conspiracy kidnapping dark comedy, BUGONIA, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Jesse Plemmons performance, debate Yorgos'…
Broken VCR#218 Night of the Juggler (1980)
Robert Butler's 1980 pre-gentrified New York City foot-chase thriller, NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER, is our feature presentation this week! We argue over the details…
Broken VCR#217 The Big Chill (1983)
Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 nostalgic hangout dramedy, THE BIG CHILL, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the real meaning of the film's title, Kasdan's…
Broken VCRBONUS #216 Top 100 Villains (25-1)
The Broken VCR presents our Top 100 Villains in a special 4-part bonus series just in time for the month of October. This week in our fourth and final…
Broken VCR#215 Scream (1996)
Wes Craven's 1996 slasher reinvention, SCREAM, is our feature presentation this week! We talk what finally got Wes Craven to sign on, Ghostface's mask, the…
Broken VCRBONUS #214 Top 100 Villains (50-26)
The Broken VCR presents our Top 100 Villains in a special 4-part bonus series just in time for the month of October. This week in our third installment, we…
Broken VCR#213 The Monster Squad (1987)
Fred Dekker's 1987 Goonies-esque monster adventure, THE MONSTER SQUAD, is our feature presentation this week! We talk about the monsters at the heart of the…
Broken VCRBONUS #212 Top 100 Villains (75-51)
The Broken VCR presents our Top 100 Villains in a special 4-part bonus series just in time for the month of October. This week we count down #75 down to #51…
Broken VCR#211 Possession (1981)
Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 psychological horror divorce shocker, POSSESSION, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the Lovecraftian undertones, Zulawki's…
Broken VCRBONUS #210 Top 100 Villains (100-76)
The Broken VCR presents our Top 100 Villains in a special 4-part bonus series just in time for the month of October. This week we count down #100 down to #76…
Broken VCR#209 Society (1989)
Brian Yuzna's 1989 California bimbo sheen body horror, SOCIETY, is our feature presentation this week that kicks off SHOCKTOBER! We talk screenwriter Woody…
Broken VCRBONUS #208 One Battle After Another (2025)
Paul Thomas Anderson's 2025 balls-out dark comedy revolutionary action thriller, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We are…
Broken VCR#207 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Chuck Russell's 1987 Freddy Krueger sequel, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how Freddy got his…
Broken VCR#206 Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
John Boorman's 1977 techno-exorcism sequel, EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, is our feature presentation this week. We talk William Friedkin's disdain for the film…
Broken VCR#205 Psycho II (1983)
Richard Franklin's 1983 return to the Bates Motel, PSYCHO II, is our feature presentation this week. We talk matte paintings, soundstages, and the Universal…
Broken VCRGUEST FLICK PICK #204 Housekeeping (1987) with Filmmaker Martha Stephens
We welcome Filmmaker MARTHA STEPHENS to discuss Bill Forsyth's 1987 haunting comedy-drama, HOUSEKEEPING, in our bonus feature presentation this week. We chat…
Broken VCR#203 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Michael Pressman's 1991 heroes in a half-shell sequel, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: THE SECRET OF THE OOZE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk…
Broken VCRBONUS #202 Caught Stealing (2025)
Darren Aronofsky's 2025 NYC punk-rock crime ride, CAUGHT STEALING, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss if this is Aronofsky's most…
Broken VCR#201 Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Stephen Surjik's 1993 schwing-tastic comedy sequel, WAYNE'S WORLD 2, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how the film stacks up to the original…
Broken VCR#200 Heat (1995)
Michael Mann's 1995 Los Angeles cops & robbers crime epic, HEAT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the iconic pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De…
Broken VCR#199 Sicario (2015)
Denis Villeneuve's 2015 mean "War on Drugs" action thriller, SICARIO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the elevating moral symbolism, if Emily…
Broken VCRBONUS #198 Weapons (2025)
Zach Cregger's 2025 suburban horror mystery epic, WEAPONS, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the nightmarish tension, the humor, suburbia…
Broken VCR#197 The Stunt Man (1980)
Richard Rush's 1980 satirical psychological Hollywood black comedy, THE STUNT MAN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how outside forces influences…
Broken VCR#196 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Quentin Tarantino's 2019 hangout revisionist "Manson Movie", ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, is our feature presentation this week. We talk QT clearing the film…
Broken VCRBONUS #195 Eddington (2025)
Ari Aster's 2025 Covid-era neo-western, EDDINGTON, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss if the topical film is partisan, Pedro Pascal as…
Broken VCR#194 Body Heat (1981)
Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 hot & sweaty Floridian erotic thriller, BODY HEAT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk George Lucas secretly protecting…
Broken VCR#193 Tremors (1990)
Ron Underwood's 1990 small desert town monster movie, TREMORS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Kevin Bacon's evolving feelings on the film…
Broken VCR#192 Cockfighter (1974)
Monte Hellman's 1974 southern gothic cockfighting drama, COCKFIGHTER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Roger Corman's struggles to market the…
Broken VCR#191 The Apostle (1997)
Robert Duvall's 1997 southern gothic gospel drama, THE APOSTLE, is our feature presentation this week. We dive deep into the genuine authenticity of the world…
Broken VCRBONUS #190 F1: THE MOVIE (2025)
Joseph Kosinski's 2025 sports racing drama, F1: THE MOVIE, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's connection to Days of Thunder…
Broken VCR#189 Junior Bonner (1972)
Sam Peckinpah's 1972 neo-western rodeo drama, JUNIOR BONNER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about Steve McQueen preventing Joe Don Baker from…
Broken VCRBONUS #188 28 Years Later (2025)
Danny Boyle's 2025 zombie horror film, 28 YEARS LATER, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the lead kid kissing the skull of his dead…
Broken VCR#187 Barton Fink (1991)
The Coen Brothers' 1991 bizarre dark comedy, BARTON FINK, is our feature presentation this week. Special Guest and owner of Vulture Video, Dave Walter, joins…
Broken VCR#186 Shampoo (1975)
Hal Ashby's 1975 sexy satirical Nixon-era comedy, SHAMPOO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how the Manson Murders relates to the film, if its a…
Broken VCRBONUS #185 The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Wes Anderson's ornate heartfelt caper, THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, is our bonus feature presentation this week. Although both of the fellas are huge Wes Anderson…
Broken VCR#184 The Hot Spot (1990)
Dennis Hopper's 1990 neo-noir romantic thriller, THE HOT SPOT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Dennis Hopper's choice words for his leading man…
Broken VCRBONUS #183 Bring Her Back (2025)
The Philippou Brothers' 2025 grief-riddled domestic nightmare, BRING HER BACK is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss dread and atmosphere in…
Broken VCR#182 Saint Jack (1979)
Peter Bogdanovich's 1979 melodramatic pimp hangout movie, SAINT JACK, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about how Cybill Shepherd's lawsuit…
Broken VCRBONUS #181 Friendship (2025)
Andrew DeYoung's suburban bromance gone wrong, FRIENDSHIP, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We talk the unique comedy voice of Andrew DeYoung's…
Broken VCR#180 Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 wartime descent into madness, APOCALYPSE NOW, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the production's chaotic shoot, George…
Broken VCR#179 Out of the Blue (1980)
Dennis Hopper's 1980 haunting portrait of juvenile delinquency, OUT OF THE BLUE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Dennis Hopper taking over…
Broken VCR#178 Entertainment (2015)
Rick Alverson's 2015 anti-road trip dark comedy, ENTERTAINMENT, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the 70s cinema influence on the film, Gregg…
Broken VCR#177 The Comedy (2012)
Rick Alverson's 2012 mumblecore-adjacent entitlement non-drama, THE COMEDY, is our feature presentation this week. Special guest E. Deines of American…
Broken VCRBONUS #176 Sinners (2025)
Ryan Coogler's 2025 southern fried vampire blues fable, SINNERS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Coogler's inspiration behind the film, that…
Broken VCR#175 Amos & Andrew (1993)
E. Max Frye's 1993 interracial mismatched buddy comedy, AMOS & ANDREW, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the racial themes and if they were…
Broken VCR#174 Clifford (1994)
Paul Flaherty's 1994 silly and twisted oddball comedy, CLIFFORD, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the film's psychotic undertones, Martin Short's…
Broken VCR#173 Captain Ron (1992)
Thom Eberhardt's 1992 Caribbean sea adventure comedy, CAPTAIN RON, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Kurt Russell & Martin Short's drunken night…
Broken VCR#172 Stay Tuned (1992)
Peter Hyams 1992 satirical boob-tube comedy, STAY TUNED, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the potential of Tim Burton directing the film, all of…
Broken VCR#171 Kingpin (1996)
The Farrelly Brothers' 1996 crude bowling comedy, KINGPIN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Bill Murray's iconic villain role, all of the casting…
Broken VCR#170 Prime Cut (1972)
Michael Ritchie's 1972 strange Kansas City mob movie, PRIME CUT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Lee Marvin's feud with director Michael…
Broken VCR#169 Legends of the Fall (1994)
Edward Zwick's 1994 epic Montana frontier drama, LEGENDS OF THE FALL, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the career of Bart The Bear, the off-set…
Broken VCR#168 Downhill Racer (1969)
Michael Ritchie's 1969 ski-drama, DOWNHILL RACER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Roman Polanski's attachment to the film, Robert Redford…
Broken VCR#167 Stargate (1994)
Roland Emmerich's 1994 sci-fi adventure film, STARGATE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Kurt Russell's flattop, James Spader's negative reaction…
Broken VCR#166 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Peter Greenaway's 1989 deliciously wicked exotic black comedic fable, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk…
Broken VCR#165 Wild at Heart (1990)
David Lynch's 1990 whacked-out road romance, WILD AT HEART, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Nicolas Cage's underwear choice in the fim, Laura…
Broken VCR#164 Modern Romance (1981)
Albert Brooks' 1981 comedic study on jealousy, MODERN ROMANCE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Stanley Kubrick's love for the film, Albert…
Broken VCR#163 The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Elaine May's 1972 romantic black comedy, THE HEARTBREAK KID, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Neil Simon's screenplay, the strength of Elaine…