Episode 71: The Rise of Skywalker

Jeff, Scott, and the New Movie Crew join the Resistance against the First Order just in time to hear Rey's 23andMe results.

And here's the link to Javier Grillo-Marxuach's piece on Return of the Jedi. As Jeff said: 

Everyone who enjoys Star Wars needs to read this. I have been having this exact internal mono(dia)logue since I saw Rise of Skywalker. I have been trying to find the words. Javi found them a few years ago. I am at peace now.

Episode 70: The Mandalorian

Jeff, Scott, and Mrs. C. discuss the first two episodes of THE MANDALORIAN over delicious strips of Salacious B. Crumb kebobs.

Episode 69: Terminator Dark Fate

This is a historic episode: number 69. We don't like to brag, but rarely does a foul-mouthed little podcast get to 69 episodes without a filthy, elbow-nudging 'Sixty-Nine" joke, and yet...we did it! How, you ask? Well, we attribute it to clean living,  high morals, and the fact that Scott didn't tell Jeff it was Episode 69, and he doesn't care and doesn't keep track of these things because he's not a weird little Gollum-esque obsessive like Scott.

So here you go. We talk about Edward D. Wood, Jr. and Terminator: Dark Fate. Do we draw a parallel between the two? An incredibly insulting parallel? Well, funny you should mention that, because we...Nah. We won't spoil it for you.

Episode 68: Joker

Jeff, Scott, and two-thirds of the New Movie Crew discuss their relationship status with Joker.

It's Complicated.

Episode 67: Dinosaurs and Harley-Davidsons

Jeff goes to It Chapter 2 to find closure, while Scott goes to the 40th Anniversary screening of Breaking Away to find Undead Paul Dooley. Then it's Larry Cohen's Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) starring Michael Moriarty as an aging Baby Driver who falls in with a homicidal femme fatale who also happens to be an ancient Aztec god (can this marriage be saved?) versus The Rebel Rousers (1970), featuring Diane Ladd as a pregnant spokesmodel for Scotch, and Bruce Dern as a kindly Hell's Angel from an alternate dimension.

Episode 66: Let's All Visit the National Comedy Center!

This week, Jeff goes to the National Comedy Center in New York, while Scott goes to a dark place with some puppets.

Ernie Kovacs make-up.

Episode 65: Larry Blamire Returns Again

"Clevenger, you suck!" -- Larry Blamire

Writer-Director Larry Blamire talks about the new featurettes and hilarious short films he made to accompany the Blu-ray release of his cult classic The Lost Skeleton Returns Again. Come for the Behind-the-Scenes gossip, stay to find out who that one guy is in that one thing--you know the one--and learn the secret of why Scott sucks.

Get the Blu-ray here.

Episode 64: We Didn't Go to Comic-Con Special

In this episode Jeff and Scott talk trailers, tangents, tea, sympathy, and why Jeff now has a pick up truck and chews tobacco.

Slumgullion 63: Spider-Man Far From Home

Jeff and Scott are joined by the new movie crew to discuss SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME. Scott has a theory, John & Blanche have gripes, and Jeff has ambivalence, which frees Mary to follow the beat of a different drum.

Episode 62: John Wick meets The Mummy

Jeff, Scott, and Mary talk about the best movies to watch while you quietly weep and eat ice cream on the couch in your sweatpants, and Mary explains that no, they're wrong, because 1999's The Mummy is the greatest comfort film every made. Then the New Movie Crew checks into The Continental to discuss why John Wick 3 is basically the James Brolin TV series Hotel, except everyone's a murderer.

Oh, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Belarussian Assassins has the worst ticketing system since Delta Airlines.

Episode 61: Avengers: Endgame

Jeff and Scott visit Star Wars Celebration, then drop in unannounced on several TV science fiction franchises because who can stop them? No one!

[Insert maniacal cackle here]

Then the New Movie Crew returns from a flaky death for a super spoilery discussion of Avengers: Endgame.

Episode 60: US Meets CAPTAIN MARVEL

Jeff and Scott chat about the peculiar way the new Joker trailer made them feel, then they debate the merits and demerits of Jordan Peele's Us and ultimately decide it's the best Easter Bunny movie since the Rankin-Bass holiday classic Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

Jeff remembers his mom's love of horror movies, while Scott recalls his Dickensian childhood reading crappy screenplays in a Victorian blacking factory, then they join hands and keep the lagomorph theme alive by plunging down a bottomless rabbit hole as they celebrate the joys and sorrows of dallying at the dollar theater. Finally, the entire New Movie Crew triumphantly returns to talk Captain Marvel, with many helpful tips on the care and feeding of Flerken.

Now put on your anti-alien cat eye protection and let's hit PLAY!

Episode 59: Harlequin (1980)

Jim Donahue, writer for the Daily Grindhouse joins Scott and Jeff for an all Unknown Movie Challenge show. This time, it's the 1980 Australian oddity Harlequin (AKA Dark Forces), starring Jesus of Nazareth as Rasputin, and David Hemmings from Blow-Up as a British dude pretending to be an Australian dude pretending to be an American confused about his nationality. Basically, it's Tropic Thunder gadding about in David Bowie's old Ziggy Stardust costume.

Maids melt, birds die, clowns float. You will never be the same...

Episode 58: Serenity Now!

Jeff and Scott unlock the secrets of Serenity (no, not that one. No, the other one!) and give you unlimited lives, power-ups, and extra ammo. Then they follow Liam Neeson down a rabbit hole, where they find Judy Garland in blackface, the Lego Movie sequel, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sylvester McCoy as Mr. Mushnik, Velvet Buzzsaw, and Liam Neeson's best role, as a mute, imaginary baseball player.

(Serenity spoilers start at 12:30 and end at 37:00)

Slumgullion Episode 57: Old Dark Glass Houses

Scott and Jeff try to agree about Star Trek Discovery but keep getting distracted, then agree to disagree about Glass, which made Scott extremely grumpy. Then horror novelist Steve Van Samson (Bone Eater King) joins them for the Unknown Movie Challenge and makes them watch The Old Dark House, which turns out to be the cure for grumpiness.

Have a potato.

From the Depths of Disco, I Stab at Thee!

Mike and Ike time travel back to 1977 to review Star Wars, before it was Episode IV: A New Hope.

It doesn't take 'em very long.