Best Mat Bradley Tschirgi Podcasts (2025)

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Richard Donner In Memoriam (1930-2021) 1:17:29

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the late Richard Donner. Although he directed his first feature in his early 30s with X-15, his motion picture directing career didn't start in earnest until the original The Omen film in 1976. Donner directed hits in a variety of genres from superhero (Superman) and family…

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Critters 2 The Main Course (1988) 1:05:59

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the 1988's Critters 2: The Main Course. Critter eggs survive a trip from the farm to the main town of Grover's Bend. Zaniness ensues. Mick Garris, the Master of Horror himself, directs and co-writes Critters 2: The Main Course. Mostly taking place in broad daylight compared to the first …

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Movies Based on Jobs We've Had 1:11:24

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss movies based on retail, restaurant, and other odd jobs from their past. Learn about quirky movies and the hosts' even quirkier lives! Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Greenlit Podcast Network Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Like our Sequelcast 2 Facebook Page Listen to Mar…

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Critters (1986) 1:13:24

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the original Critters movie from 1986. Roly poly aliens with a bite crash a family farm to feast on humans. The feature directorial debut of Stephen Herek (The Mighty Ducks, Holy Man), Critters leans heavier on science-fiction at the start before turning into a contained horror action fi…

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Mortal Kombat (2021) 1:13:56

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie. Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) and Cole Young (Lewis Tan) have to travel to Gary, Indiana to set free Kano (Josh Lawson) so they can uncover their true potential. In the works for a few decades (including once as a direct sequel to Mortal Kombat: Annihilation…

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Lost Films 1:02:50

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Alex discuss lost films and TV episodes. Sometimes the original director's cut of a movie never gets released! Other times, the film never comes out period. Among the lost films discussed are Jerry Lewis' The Day The Clown Cried, Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, and Mel Brooks' Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Sequelcas…

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) 52:36

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Armies both good and evil battle to claim the dwarven treasure. Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, and Cate Blanchett. The finale to the stuffed Hobbit trilogy, director Peter Jackson does provide on the ep…

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 1:20:20

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Bilbo is convinced to burgle by a cadre of dwarves and a wizard. Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ian McKellen, and Cate Blanchett. A meandering middle chapter in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Trilogy, Desolation of Smaug …

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Random Questions 30:27

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher ask each other random questions about film and TV. Whether it's documentary features mutating into long miniseries or Disney features that should be adapted to Broadway, this is a rambling discussion on topics you may not have even thought of before! Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Greenlit Podcast Ne…

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (GUEST: Jonathan Dunn of Our Three Cents Podcast) 1:05:18

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, Alex Miller and special guest Jonathan Dunn (host of the Our Three Cents podcast) discuss The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Bilbo is convinced to burgle by a cadre of dwarves and a wizard. Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, and Cate Blanchett. The first in a trilogy (!!!)…

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Vegas Vacation (1997) 1:02:12

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Vegas Vacation. A family goes to Las Vegas and zaniness ensues. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Randy Quaid, Wayne Newton, and Sid Caesar. Vegas Vacation is a bit long in the tooth, but Randy Quaid reprising his role as Uncle Eddie helps things greatly. Although V…

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) 1:07:54

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Terminator: Dark Fate. Grace is sent from the future to protect Dani from the Rev-9, a new model of Terminator. Starring Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yet another attempt to launch a new trilogy of Terminator films, Terminator: D…

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Psycho (1998) 54:36

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the 1998 Psycho remake. Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn) runs a motel and kills tenants once in a while. Controversial at the time for being a remake of a stone cold classic of the horror genre, Gus Van Sant's Psycho is a mostly shot for shot remake with some dreamlike imagery slapped in duri…

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Psycho 4: The Beginning 1:04:29

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Psycho IV: The Beginning. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) calls into a talk radio show about serial killers and tells the host Fran Ambrose (CCH Pounder) all about his twisted childhood. Made for Showtime and directed by horror maven Mick Garris (Critters 2), this is the only Psycho seque…

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Bates Motel (1987) 1:06:55

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Bates Motel. Norman Bates is dead but leaves most of his inheritance to Alex West (Bud Cort), a youth he befriended at the asylum. Can Alex and Willie (Lori Petty) make enough money to pay their first month's mortgage at the Bates Motel? A backdoor pilot to a TV series, this awful TV mov…

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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 50:52

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. A family reunion over the holidays leads to a shitter being full. Easily the best in the series, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation has heart along with the extreme gags. There are some references to the first film, the kids are different as always, and it has…

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Psycho III (1986) 1:14:39

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Psycho III. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is let out of an insane asylum for good behavior, but can he return to normalcy without wanting to kill Bates Motel tenants again? Although many critics labeled Psycho 3 as too camp, its giallo influenced lighting and more grisly murders make th…

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Psycho II (1983) 1:11:54

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Psycho 2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is let out of an insane asylum for good behavior, but can he return to normalcy without wanting to kill Bates Motel tenants again? An intellectual kind of sequel, Psycho II leans heavily on psychology and character dynamics. By the time we get to …

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The Dark Crystal (1983) 52:34

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Sierra's Hi-Res Adventure #6, The Dark Crystal. Based on the original feature film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, game designer Roberta Williams designed a game that sticks closely to the movie. While it's easier to play than earlier Hi-Res Adventures, it's also missing a big scope and, well, a …

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Rocky V Workprint Cut (GUEST: Mike Kunda Star of The Pretender and Author of Cue The Rocky Music) 34:11

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, Alex Miller and special guest Mike Kunda (star of The Pretender, author of Cue The Rocky Music: A Memoir, and founder and guide for the Yo, Philly! Rocky Film Tour) discuss the rare Rocky V Workprint Cut. They also dive into how his life led him to be a Rocky impersonator so great that a documentary (The Preten…

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National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) 56:08

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss National Lampoon's European Vacation. A family goes to Europe and causes mayhem. A bit less dark than the first entry, National Lampoon's European Vacation has a bigger scope but fewer laughs. Despite her comic chops (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Johnny Dangerously), director Amy Heckerling does a bi…

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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) 59:16

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss National Lampoon's Vacation. A family gets yelled at by their father in the car during a long car trip across the United States. Inspired by a John Hughes from National Lampoon magazine, National Lampoon's Vacation takes slapstick, a road trip film, and dysfunctional family dynamics into a solid comed…

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Movie Trailers 1:02:38

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss their favorite movie trailers. Sometimes better than the movies themselves, movie trailers are an art form all their own. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Greenlit Podcast Network Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Like our Sequelcast 2 Facebook Page Listen to Marc with a C's…

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Space Quest 1:02:08

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss the Space Quest PC game series. After the success of King's Quest, Sierra Online wanted a zillion games with Quest in the title. Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy launched a series of hilarious sci-fi sendups that put Spaceballs to shame. Its later titles are notable for having voice-acting, most notably Ga…

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Psycho (1960) 1:18:47

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the original Psycho movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A woman embezzles $40,000 and is on the run. Arguably Hitchcock's most well known film, Psycho adapts Robert Bloch's novel into a low budget black and white thriller that shocked audiences with its plot twists and violence. It's a b…

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Super Mario Bros. 1:23:11

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss the first few Super Mario Bros. video games on the NES. While Mario made his start as Jumping Man in 1981's Donkey Kong, he eventually became Nitendo's mascot thanks to being the de facto pack-in cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. Light on plot, Super Mario Bros. instead focuses …

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Get Him to the Greek (2010) 1:02:32

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Get Him to the Greek. A drugged up rock star is dragged by his talent scout to his big concert at the Greek Theatre. Focusing solely on the Aldous Snow character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek is a raucous road movie with a rather dark father son story at its center. Its excellen…

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) 52:57

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Forgetting Sarah Marshall. A man travels to Hawaii where he accidentally meets up with his ex-girlfriend. A romantic comedy lightened up by its Hawaiian setting, Forgetting Sarah Marshall combines heartbreak, a Dracula muppet musical, and a kind of love triangle into a mix that works better than one m…

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Queen of the Damned (2002) 56:08

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Queen of the Damned. An undead musician rises from the dead to start a mediocre goth band. Pulling in elements from The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, this dopey sequel ignores large swaths of the book to make a generic early 2000s vampire movie. Aaliyah has some fun as the titular villain an…

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Best Christmas TV Specials 38:59

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss their favorite TV Christmas specials. Apple TV+ had a recent controversy after acquiring exclusive rights to all Peanuts media, including the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas. After people complained this special was not going to air on broadcast TV as it has for decades, they worked ou…

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Interview With The Vampire (1994) 1:05:51

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Interview With The Vampire. Based on Anne Rice's best-selling book that kicked off a slew of sequels and rip-offs, this heady movie combining of historical fiction, vampires, and queer romance nails the tone of the novel. It's gory, bloody, and campy, yet it works at balancing this tricky act. Brad Pi…

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A Chinese Ghost Story 3 (1991) 45:34

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss A Chinese Ghost Story III. Set a century after the original, A Chinese Ghost Story III features new characters but some of the same actors. To make things a bit more confusing, it also revisits locations from the original film. Ching Siu-tung goes for more of a comedic bent than the othe…

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A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (1990) 48:44

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss A Chinese Ghost Story II. Picking up a few years after the original, Ning (Leslie Cheung) escapes from prison only to find a woman Windy (Joey Long) who looks remarkably like his love Siu Sin from the first movie. While the original was a legitimate romance, this one feels more like Ghos…

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The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020) 46:55

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Director Francis Ford Coppola returns to the maligned The Godfather Part III 30 years later to recut it to closer fit his original vision. Unlike a lot of director's cuts, this one runs shorter than the original. Aside from the different…

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 53:45

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Gremlins 2: The New Batch. A man's former pet follows him into his high-tech workplace in the big city to cause further havoc. More zany than the original, Gremlins 2: The New Batch has more gags than an issue of MAD Magazine. Cameos abound and the variety of Gremlins will make your head spin. Some pr…

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Gremlins (1984) (GUEST: Chris Walsh) 1:03:08

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Gremlins with fan of the show Chris Walsh. A father (Hoyt Axton) gets his son (Zach Galligan) a pet with deadly consequences. Although originally conceived as an R-rated horror movie, Gremlins became more of a suburban fable. Although darker than its sequel, this has more of a family movie vibe. Jerry…

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A Little Deb Will Do Ya (GUEST: AL JEAN CO-CREATOR OF THE CRITIC AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE SIMPSONS) 1:10:38

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After Mat interviews Al Jean (co-creator of The Critic and Executive Producer of The Simpsons) about the first season of The Critic, hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss A Little Deb Will Do Ya, the fifth episode of The Critic. Jay Sherman helps his sister Margo prepare for the debutante ball. There are some nice moments between Jay and …

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Time Zone (1982) 43:16

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Time Zone (Hi-Res Adventure #5). Save the world by traveling through time. A magnum opus of sorts for Roberta Williams, Time Zone originally shipped on six double sided floppies with a retail price of $99. Sales were poor and so was the gameplay. Sierra would later gain infamy in the 1990s for shippin…

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A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) 1:05:42

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the original A Chinese Ghost Story movie. Inspired by a short story from Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, A Chinese Ghost Story weaves a fable mixing the comedy, action, horror, and musical genres into a charming motion picture. Director Ching Siu-tung's first massive…

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8K + 4K UHD in Theaters and At Home 1:19:31

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the current trend of home video and gaming going from HD (720P, 1080P) to UHD (4K, 8K). According to analysis from Decision Data, Internet bandwidth in the United States is ranked 11th in the world. As the world economy shifts more to remote work, Internet speed is faster than ever, but …

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The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) 1:03:25

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Crow: Wicked Prayer. A crow revives a murdered man to get revenge on the Satanists that killed him. Based on the tie-in novel by Norman Partridge, The Crow: Wicked Prayer to its credit tries to shake things up a bit. It takes about half its running time before killing off the main ch…

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Clerks 2 (2006) 1:06:49

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Clerks II. Desperate for work, Dante and Randall start to flip burgers for Mooby's and wonder what went wrong with their lives. Kevin Smith returns to his roots with Clerks II. Featuring a mixture of crude humor and soap opera confessions, Clerks II has Smith on surer footing than the reviled Jersey G…

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) 53:16

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. A celebration of Kevin Smith's ahead of its time rabid online fanbase, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back takes its inspiration from The Muppet Movie. A road flick about the toking twosome driving from New Jersey to California to stop a Hollywood movie of Bluntman & Chronic…

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Movies We're Watching During Quarantine 45:51

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss movies we're watching during quarantine. With movie theaters closed across the United States, your faithful hosts have been watching more streaming content than usual. They go from the normal to the bizarre and back again. Think of it as a super extended "Watcha Watchin'?" segment. Enjoy…

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The Crow: Salvation (2000) 1:05:47

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Crow: Salvation. After Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) gets the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he tracks down and murders those actually responsible. Loosely based on the tie-in novel The Crow: The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite, The Crow: Salvation mixes up the formula a bi…

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Sean Connery In Memorian (1954-2020) 53:52

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the late Sean Connery. After a three-year stint in the Royal Navy, Connery placed third in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest. After making friends with Michael Caine, he took a greater interest in acting. Aside from playing the first James Bond on the silver screen, his notable…

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The Crow: City of Angels (1996) 59:36

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Crow: City of Angels. Ashe Corven (Vincent Pérez) rises from the dead courtesy of a crow to take vengeance upon the gang that killed him. One of many direct-to-video sequels that are basically loose remake of the original The Crow, The Crow: City of Angels works as well as a bad phot…

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Dogma (1999) 1:01:03

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Dogma. Fallen angels Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon) start an apocalypse. Originally promised in the credits of Clerks as Kevin Smith's next film, Dogma is a comedy that digs deep into Biblical lore. One of Smith's higher grossing films, Dogma's killer cast and thoughtful story combines t…

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The Crow (1994) 1:17:03

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Crow. After a man and his girlfriend are murdered, the man comes back to life to get revenge. Based on the indie comic by James O'Barr, The Crow combined moody goth visuals with a simple revenge story into one slick feature. Director Alex Proyas uses aggressive editing, brief flashba…

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A Year of Disney Plus 1:14:42

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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss their thoughts on Disney+ after roughly one year of using the popular streaming service. There are both good and bad things to the service. It's nice it has nearly every animated Disney feature, but many special features from the DVDs are missing. Original programming can be hit (The Man…