Best Timemachine Podcasts (2025)

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Antonio Banderas Arrives, Terry Gilliam’s Grimm Last Stand, and HBO Goes to Rome 2:30:04

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Aug. 22-28: Scott Bakula is a magic detective, Patricia Arquette and Owen Wilson are both in danger in Southeast Asia, an internet remix goes to Isengard, Matt Damon and Heath Ledger fight fairy tales, Peppa Pig warms our hearts, spooky caves are spooky, Narcos and Fear the Walking Dead debut, and like all men, we talk about Rome way too much. All …

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Steve Carrell is Sexless, Sinister 2 Scares, and Mortal Kombat Screams 2:36:55

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Aug. 15- 21: Who is Keyser Söze, Stephen Colbert’s first show, Rachel McAdams has a bad flight, the Babysitter’s Club goes big, an animated pigeon war movie, Jesse Eisenberg is a better hitman than Agent 47, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen make documentaries, the best country song ever, MTV gives up on rap, and the Six Feet Under finale makes at least …

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 7: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) and THE GLASS WALL (1953) 1:00:10

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Our Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvreview recovers from last week's rough spot with two excellent roles in two excellent films that display her range as a character actress. In Vicente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which Gloria won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, she's a sweet but silly Southern belle curiously sacrificed by …

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1932: BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES & FAITHLESS 1:09:41

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This 1932 MGM Studios Year by Year episode is a Robert Montgomery double feature, although the spotlight is on his leading ladies: an incandescent Marion Davies in Blondie of the Follies (directed by Edmund Goulding), and a distraught Tallulah Bankhead in Faithless (directed by Harry Beaumont). We discuss the strengths and incoherencies of Anita Lo…

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Michelle Pfeiffer Teaches, Marky Mark has Brothers, and a ’60s Spy Remake is Ignored 2:19:05

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Aug. 8-14: Aeon Flux flexes, Werner Herzog goes to Alaska, Keanu makes wine, Deuce Bigalow returns, Pamela Anderson gets roasted, NWA hits the big screen, RIP Jerry Garcia, and Edward Burns — did you know he’s Irish? All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Them Duke Boys are in a Mess of Trouble, the Less Fantastic Four, and Two Great Sheep Adventures 2:27:01

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Aug. 1-7: Babe wins our hearts, Denzel goes virtual, Daniel Stern goes to camp, Amy Adams begins, inside the Playboy Mansion, a girl gets a dragon tattoo, Jason Bateman gets a bad gift, and It’s Always Sunny is tasteless for the very first time. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Special Subject - Orson Welles and Jeanne Moreau – THE TRIAL (1962); CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965); and THE IMMORTAL STORY (1968) 1:10:54

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Our August Special Subject is Literature vs. Welles vs. Moreau: we discuss the three finished films that Orson Welles made with Jeanne Moreau, whom he considered "the greatest actress in the world." The Trial (1962) stars Anthony Perkins in an adaptation of the Kafka novel; Chimes at Midnight (1965) stars Welles as Falstaff in an adaptation of Shak…

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Disney Makes Their Own Superheroes, the Fifth Mission Impossible, and Kevin Costner Gets Wet 2:00:54

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July 25-31: Sandra Bullock fights the internet, John Cusack loves dogs, Jamie Foxx cashes in, Ed Helms takes a vacation, Wet Hot American Summer gets a prequel, Cicely, Alaska, closes up shop, and Danny Glover drops an elephant. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Clueless Does Jane Austen Proud, Adam Sandler Loves Video Games, and Terrence Howard Has Flow 2:15:59

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July 18-24: Steve Buscemi makes an indie movie, Free Willy gets free-er, the Real World hits the road, penguins are on the march, Rob Zombie’s rejects, Billy Bob coaches little league, Michael Bay is a clone, Jake Gyllenhaal gets in the ring, and the best game for dating pigeons. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 6: MACAO (1952) and SUDDEN FEAR (1952) 1:02:46

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In this episode of our Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, our protagonist is rudely shoved into the background of the movies, barely appearing in Josef von Sternberg's Macao (1950) (she would have liked to have appeared in it even less) and playing a rote schemer in David Miller's Sudden Fear (1952). The movies themselves don't make up f…

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The MCU Gets Small, Willy Wonka Returns, and Steven Seagal is Besieged Again 2:30:24

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July 11-17: Windows 95 starts up, Hugh Grant makes a bit of a mistake, Frank Oz adapts a classic, weddings are crashed, San Andreas spills its coffee, Johnny Depp’s got a golden ticket, Snape kills Dumbledore on page 574, Ian McKellen’s game is afoot, Amy Schumer is a trainwreck, Andy Samberg plays tennis and Bojack’s back. All that and more from 3…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1932: THE MAN I KILLED aka BROKEN LULLABY & HORSE FEATHERS 1:00:04

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For this round of Paramount 1932, we watched our first Marx Brothers movie for the podcast (hard as that is to believe), Horse Feathers (directed by Norman Z. MacLeod), alongside Ernst Lubitsch's only sound-era drama, Broken Lullaby. Lubitsch's batshit WWI melodrama, bursting with intensity and unease, claims our attention first, and then we turn t…

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King Sean Connery, Fantastic Four Part 1, and Minions Begin 2:06:03

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July 4-10: TLC gives boating advice, aliens get sexy, Richard Gere’s at the round table, Jennifer Connelly gets wet, Chris Evans is flaming, a reality-show dynasty begins, Jared from Subway is busted, and the Minions get a billion bananas. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!

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Tom Hanks Vs. Space, Tom Cruise Vs. Aliens, and Terminator Vs. Us Caring 2:29:22

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June 27-July 3: Judge Dredd is the law, Leprechaun goes to Vegas, Martin Lawrence coaches, the other Bennifer is born, male entertainers go on a road trip, TV gets gay, Anne Rice gets devilish, and The State dips its balls for the last time. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 5: IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) and THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952) 1:13:21

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This week in our Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvre-view we watched one of her best-known films, In a Lonely Place (1950), directed by Nicholas Ray and co-starring Humphrey Bogart, alongside the unpromising Cecil B. DeMille circus drama The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). This may be the only time you find these two movies discussed together with rough…

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Disney Gets Colonial, Romero Rises Again, and Ted’s Back 2:23:38

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June 20-26: Julianne Moore is allergic, the biggest artwork ever, Reddit gets a thumbs up, Nicole Kidman is a terrible witch, Lindsay Lohan gets a magic car, Dwayne Johnson balls, Jon Stewart leaves (the first time), and Mr. Robot fights Evil Corp. All this and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Batman Both Begins and is Forever and Pixar Gets Feelings 2:25:52

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June 13-19: The greatest break-up album of all time, people stop running around the market for prizes, the 10th Doctor appears, Hilary Duff catfishes her mother, Jeb! asks you to clap, Cersei does the walk of shame, and we’ll never think of golden escalators the same. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1931: BAD SISTER & STRICTLY DISHONORABLE 58:57

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For our Universal 1931 Studios Year by Year episode we took in a Sidney Fox double feature, Bad Sister (adapted from a Booth Tarkington novel, with an early role for Bette Davis as the good sister) and Strictly Dishonorable (adapted from Preston Sturges' only successful play and directed by John Stahl). Laemmle Jr.'s protegée uses her ingenue quali…

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Special Subject - Supported By Oscar Levant – the 1950s – AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951); THE I DON’T CARE GIRL (1953) & THE BAND WAGON (1953) 1:03:34

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Our final Oscar Levant Special Subject episode covers his contribution to two of the greatest MGM musicals, Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris (1951) and The Band Wagon (1953), plus a 20th Century Fox curiosity, The I Don't Care Girl (1953) in which Mitzi Gaynor supposedly plays early 20th century vaudeville wild woman Eva Tanguay. Levant rea…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1931: CIMARRON (dir. Wesley Ruggles) and TRAVELING HUSBANDS (dir. Paul Sloane) 1:02:39

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The movies we viewed for this RKO 1931 Studios Year by Year episode couldn't be more different: the sprawling Cimarron (starring Richard Dix as America's psychotic inner conflict) prompts us to speculate about Edna Ferber as a source auteur and the intertwining of her vision of America with Hollywood across three decades; while the tight, play-like…

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A Michael Crichton Double Feature and the End of Braniston 2:04:46

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June 6-12: Parker Posey is an It Girl, Ernie Hudson saves Congo, Jurassic Park finally opens, Harvey Keitel smokes, yacht rock is born, Shark Boy fights Mr. and Mrs. Smith, TNT does their biggest western yet, a teen weepie, and why is there a Honeymooners movie? All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.…

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 4: A WOMAN’S SECRET (1948) and ROUGHSHOD (1949) 53:50

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Our Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvre-view continues with A Woman's Secret (1949), an oddball psychological drama with a screenplay by Citizen Kane writer Herman J. Mankiewicz and directed by Grahame's new husband Nicholas Ray; and Roughshod (1949), a consciously feminist Western written by a bunch of leftists. Proving her versatility-within-typecast…

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Bridges of Madison County, Spy, Cinderella Man: Thirty Twenty Ten - May30-Jun6 2:29:28

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Both McCarthy's rise, a talking dog, Pants that travel, Entourage AND Community's thrilling conclusion. All that and more 30, 20, and 10 years ago. Support us on Patreon, get more stuff: https://www.patreon.com/lasertime

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1931: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE and SURRENDER 59:01

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A curious pairing for this Fox 1931 Studios Year by Year episode: an unsung WWI drama, but as good as any, William K. Howard's Surrender, starring Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, and an almost unrecognizable (both his appearance and his performance) Ralph Bellamy; and the Will Rogers version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, which mainly …

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Special Subject - Farrow vs. Allen – Part 4: ALICE (1990); SHADOWS AND FOG (1991) & HUSBANDS AND WIVES (1992) 1:08:11

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We say farewell to Farrow and Allen (for now, although we'll probably encounter them individually on the podcast again) with this final episode on their cinematic collaboration, covering Alice (1990), Shadows and Fog (1991), and one of their very best, the ill-fated Husbands and Wives (1992). In the first two, two more Allen characters struggle to …

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Mel Gibson’s Scotland, Ben Stiller’s Africa, and The Rock Punches an Earthquake 2:27:32

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May 23-29: Keanu’s a human hard drive, Tales from the Hood, a friendly ghost, Dr. Katz can see you now, Adam Sandler plays football (again), Lost opens the hatch, Bradley Cooper says Aloha, and Tom Cruise couch jumps. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 3: SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947) and MERTON OF THE MOVIES (1947) 42:59

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In this Gloria Grahame Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode we get to see more of what MGM was (not) doing with our acteur's career. Underused in Song of the Thin Man (1947), in which she brings the only real noir energy to the final Thin Man film, she gets a similarly brief but memorable role in the Red Skelton vehicle Merton of the Movies (1947), playin…

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Star Wars 3, Die Hard 3, and Mad Men Buys You a Coke 3:05:46

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May 16-22: Mr. Burns gets shot, French weirdness, Billy Crystal plays basketball, The Critic cancelation stinks, another Exorcist prequel, CSI is buried alive, Raymond’s love lost, George Clooney tries to make the future better, and Top 10 reasons we miss David Letterman. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago.…

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Denzel and Hackman Roll Tide, Jane Fonda vs JLo, and Mad Max’s Lovely Day 2:10:27

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May 9-15: Hugh Grant goes up a hill, another talking pig, Stephen King’s worst, Sega’s big fail, Jet Li is unleashed, Will Ferrell kicks it, Enterprise is scuttled, the Bellas are back, it was Agatha Christie all along, W’s close call, and we finally see Shelbyville. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!…

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Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers - 1931: NIGHT NURSE & BLONDE CRAZY 53:49

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This round of Warner Bros. 1931 brings us two gems by a couple of Pre-Code masters, Roy Del Ruth's Blonde Crazy and William A. Wellman's Night Nurse, showing off the early star charisma of Jimmy Cagney (oozing vulnerability) and Barbara Stanwyck (spitting fire), ably supported by Joan Blondell in both cases. Bonus: Young Clark Gable shows up for an…

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Kevin Kline Frenches Meg Ryan, Legolas Gets Heavely and Reese Witherspoon is in Hot Pursuit 1:45:03

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May 2-8: Matlock rests his case, Jurassic Park crushes TV, Jimmy Smits is family, Leroy Jenkins is the hero we deserve, Paris Hilton dies, Gwen Stefani is bananas, Arnold’s best acting, and 2/3rds of 9 to 5 comes to Netflix. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!

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Ice Cube’s Chillin’, the Answer is 42, and Ultron Has Aged 2:38:09

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April 25-May 1: Evil blond kids, Tarantino loves Top Gun, Chuck Norris gets a dog, Danny Boyle makes millions, Sealab explodes for the last time, hitchhiking the galaxy, fusilli Jerry, and Family Guy’s triumphant return. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!