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Broken VCRBONUS #102 The Iron Claw (2023)
Sean Durkin's 2023 tragic pro-wrestling biopic, THE IRON CLAW, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the inaccuracies of the true story depiction…
Broken VCR#101 Winter Kills (1979)
William Richert's 1979 satirical black comedy political thriller, WINTER KILLS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the Kennedy family trying to…
Broken VCR#100 Fargo (1996)
The Coen Brothers' 1996 cold as ice but "Minnesota Nice" black comedy true crime film, FARGO, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the title of…
Broken VCR#99 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Jeremiah S. Chechik's 1989 physical comedy holiday classic, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is our feature presentation this week. We discuss John Hughes…
Broken VCR#98 The Holiday (2006)
Nancy Meyer's 2006 Christmas Rom-Com, THE HOLIDAY, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the long runtime, the two-stories within the film, Kate…
Broken VCRBONUS #97 The Holdovers (2023)
Alexander Payne's 2023 1970s Christmas throwback comedy, THE HOLDOVERS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the subdued emotion of the film, how…
Broken VCR#96 Trancers (1984)
Charles Band's 1984 lo fi sci-fi time traveling Christmas action film, TRANCERS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the 80s B-Movie action boom…
Broken VCR#95 Wake in Fright (1971)
Ted Kotcheff's 1971 dust-covered, sweat-drenched Aussie Christmas thriller, WAKE IN FRIGHT, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film nearly…
Broken VCR#94 Police Academy (1984)
Hugh Wilson's 1984 over-the-top slapstick cop comedy, POLICE ACADEMY, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the cast of characters that elevate the…
Broken VCRBONUS #93 Thanksgiving (2023)
Eli Roth's 2023 Thanksgiving-themed slasher film, THANKSGIVING, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss if this film lived up to the trailer from…
Broken VCR#92 Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Woody Allen's 1986 Thanksgiving relationship dramedy, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Woody's long takes, why Mia…
Broken VCRBONUS #91 The Killer (2023)
David Fincher's 2023 nihilistic assassin case-study, THE KILLER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss writer Andrew Kevin Walker reuniting with…
Broken VCR#90 The Program (1993)
David S. Ward's 1993 gritty college football deep cut, THE PROGRAM, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the heavy use of cliches and sports…
Broken VCR#89 Castle Keep (1969)
Sydney Pollack's 1969 surreal, eccentric war-time allegory, CASTLE KEEP, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the weight of Vietnam War-era World…
Broken VCRBONUS #88 Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Martin Scorsese's 2023 historical period true crime behemoth, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the running time…
Broken VCR#87 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Tobe Hooper's 1974 visceral Texas fried nightmare meat grinder, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Tobe Hooper's…
Broken VCR#86 Fright Night (1985)
Tom Holland's 1985 suburban "Boy Who Cried Wolf" vampire film, FRIGHT NIGHT, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the Chris Sarandon's hesitation…
Broken VCR#85 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Robert Rodriguez's 1996 south of the border bank robber vampire thrill ride, From Dusk Till Dawn, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film…
Broken VCR#84 The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Roman Polanski's 1967 vampire comedy homage to Hammer Horror, The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck, is our feature…
Broken VCR#83 Near Dark (1987)
Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 Neo-Western vampire noir, NEAR DARK, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the music of Tangerine Dream, James Cameron's…
Broken VCR#82 CINEMA COURT: Dawn of the Dead (1978) vs Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The case: Dawn of the Dead (1978) vs Dawn of the Dead (2004). Hoch will be arguing for Zack Snyder's remake while Chad will be defending George A. Romero's 70s…
Broken VCR#81 The Pit (1981)
Lew Lehman's 1981 perverse creature feature revenge horror, THE PIT, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the issues with the screenplay, the…
Broken VCR#80: Curtains (1983)
Richard Ciupka's 1983 Canuxploitation winter slasher film, CURTAINS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the dysfunctional set, two creative…
Broken VCRBONUS #79 Talk To Me (2023)
The Philippou Brothers' possession film for the TikTok generation, TALK TO ME, is our feature presentation this week. We give our instant reaction to the film…
Broken VCR#78 Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
William Asher's 1981 horrific contemporary Oedipus tale, BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the incredible…
Broken VCR#77 Dirty Dancing (1987)
Emile Ardolino's 1987 sexy, summer, dance phenomenon, DIRTY DANCING, is our feature presentation this week. We talk screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's real life…
Broken VCR#76 Heavyweights (1995)
Steven Brill's 1995 summer fat camp family comedy, HEAVYWEIGHTS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Disney's issues with the edginess of the film…
Broken VCR#75 After Hours (1985)
Martin Scorsese's 1985 New York City anxious dark comedy, AFTER HOURS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk how this film saved Scorsese's career…
Broken VCRBONUS #74 Oppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Nolan's new atomic bomb biopic drama, OPPENHEIMER, is our feature presentation this week. We give our instant reaction to the film and talk…
Broken VCR#73 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jim Sharman's 1975 horror B-movie musical goliath, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the pop culture phenomenon…
Broken VCR#72 Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Brian De Palma's 1974 Faustian rock opera satire, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the breakneck style and pace of the…
Broken VCR#71 Repo Man (1984)
Alex Cox's 1984 Punk Rock Atomic Age dark comedy, REPO MAN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Alex Cox clashing with Harry Dean Stanton, what…
Broken VCR#70 Mulholland Drive (2001)
David Lynch's 2001 surreal Hollywood nightmare fuel, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the theories and mysteries behind…
Broken VCR#69 Asteroid City (2023)
Wes Anderson's 2023 western-infused, deadpan cosmic comedy, ASTEROID CITY, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the all-encompassing production…
Broken VCR#68 Field of Dreams (1989)
Phil Alden Robinson's 1989 mystical ghost story love letter to baseball, FIELD OF DREAMS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the construction of…
Broken VCR#67 The Swimmer (1968)
Frank Perry's 1968 suburban allegorical dream-state drama, THE SWIMMER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Sydney Pollack taking over the film…
Broken VCR#66 Stand By Me (1986)
Rob Reiner's 1986 Stephen King coming-of-age adaptation, STAND BY ME, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Rob Reiner's becoming involved in the…
Broken VCR#65 The American Friend (1977)
Wim Wenders' 1977 Euro-noir, THE AMERICAN FRIEND, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the performances of Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz, Wenders…
Broken VCR#64 In The Bedroom (2001)
Todd Field's 2001 New England domestic revenge drama, IN THE BEDROOM, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Stanley Kubrick's influence on the film…
Broken VCR#63 Butt Boy (2019)
Tyler Cornack's 2019 ass-vortex infused dark cop noir fantasy, BUTT BOY, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the social media origins of the film…
Broken VCR#62 Observe & Report (2009)
Jody Hill's 2009 dark and twisted mall cop romp, OBSERVE & REPORT, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Jody Hill's style of filmmaking and comedy…
Broken VCR#61 Fail Safe (1964)
Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War brink of doom suspense film, FAIL SAFE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the lawsuit filed by Stanley Kubrick and…
Broken VCR#60 Sideways (2004)
Alexander Payne's 2004 wine country road trip buddy comedy, SIDEWAYS, drunkenly stumbles into our feature presentation this week. We talk the stellar…
Broken VCR#59 A Place In The Sun (1951)
George Steven's 1951 American dark-drama, A Place In The Sun, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the talent and tragedy of Montgomery Clift and the…
Broken VCR#58 Marathon Man (1976)
John Schlesinger's 1976 pulse-pounding dental nightmare infused conspiracy thriller, MARATHON MAN, is our feature presentation of the week. We talk Dustin…
Broken VCR#57 Dr. No (1962)
Terence Young's 1962 James Bond debut spy film DR. NO is on deck this week. We talk the birth of one of Hollywood's most successful franchises and the iconic…
Broken VCR#56 Step Brothers (2008)
Adam McKay's 2008 comedy goldmine, Step Brothers is up this week. We talk the brilliance that is Will Ferrell and John C. Riley, the Frat Pack, Adam Scott's…
Broken VCR#55 Out of the Past (1947)
Jacques Tourneur's 1947 film noir, OUT OF THE PAST, is up for discussion this week. We talk about the early screen performances by Robert Mitchum and Kirk…
Broken VCR#54 Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Jay Roach's 1999 small-town hockey dramedy is up this week. We talk the real life hockey connections to the film's creators, cantankerous Burt Reynolds and his…
Broken VCR#53 Stone Cold (1991)
Craig R. Baxley's 1991 outlaw biker explosion extravaganza, starring "The Boz" Brian Bosworth, is our film this week. We discuss the director issues on set…
Broken VCR#52 Little Women (2019)
Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of the coming-of-age period novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is up for discussion... or should I say debate? The fellas do not agree on this…
Broken VCR#51 King Boxer (1972)
We're back on our very own channel! We're back with the Shaws Brothers classic, KING BOXER from 1972. We discuss the similarities between the western and kung…
Broken VCR#50 True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott's 1993 romantic crime epic TRUE ROMANCE is on deck this week. We talk about the Quentin Tarantino screenplay, Gary Oldman's character "Drexel", the…
Broken VCR#49 The Revenant (2015)
We're back with Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 2015 fur-trapper revenge film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Spoiler alert: the fellas do not agree on this…
Broken VCR#48 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Merry Christmas, everyone! This week Frank Capra's iconic Christmas classic is up for discussion. We chat about the film being Jimmy Stewart & Capra's first…
Broken VCR#47 Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT, the 1984 Christmas slasher film from director Charles E. Sellier Jr is this week's film. We talk about the massive controversy…
Broken VCR#46 The Silent Partner (1978)
The Silent Partner, 1978's Santa-infused Canuxploitation bank robbery thriller from Daryl Dukes is up this week. Is this film a Christmas movie? The boys…
Broken VCR#45 Varsity Blues (1999)
We get nostalgic for Brian Robbins' 1999 MTV-Gen football flick… or do we? Let's talk Jon Voight's big bad "Bud Kilmer", James Van Der Beek, Ali Larter & Amy…
Broken VCR#44 Son in Law (1993)
Pauly Shore's 1993 fish out of water Thanksgiving comedy is up for discussion. We talk "the weasel" persona, Pauly's rise and fall, character actor Lane Smith…
Broken VCR#43 The Hunted (2003)
William Friedkin's 2003 sleeper knife-porn action thriller is up for discussion. We go into the survivalist/tracker tech advisor Tom Brown, Tommy Lee Jones &…