The UK’s answer to PULP FICTION, Danny Boyle’s TRAINSPOTTING exploded into theaters and became a global phenomenon, thanks to an iconic marketing campaign. Who *didn’t* have this poster up in their dorm room? “Search Party” creator Charles Rogers returns to the pod to talk about how his own dorm TRAINSPOTTING poster contributed to his coming out at college, and how Danny Boyle’s rad...
2023-01-29 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
UK house music, a *very* active camera, and Ewan McGregor looking like a SNACK…that’s right, folks - we’re covering Danny Boyle! With the England bit retired, we’re finally giving dual citizen David Sims the time and space to actually reminisce about his very British upbringing. A sensation in the UK upon release, SHALLOW GRAVE introduced Boyle as the cinematic voice of “Cool Britanni...
2023-01-22 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostOur Qatsi commentary continues with the second installment, 1988's Powaqqatsi. Topics include: carrying, Barge Marge, the Sim franchise, Free Guy, and more!
Movie starts at...5:06
2023-01-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Henry Selick waited thirteen years to make his follow-up to CORALINE, and it feels like we’ve been waiting even longer to hear David’s TIFF Airbnb story - a yarn that finally gets unspooled with the help of friend Shirley Li. After that business is taken care of, we try our best to describe Selick’s WENDELL & WILD - a film that ranks among the more convoluted of the movies we’ve cov...
2023-01-15 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time to once again open up the Blank Check mailbag for our 7th edition! As always, the gang answers listener submitted questions, as well as, voicemails! Topics include: the Spreadmaster method, blu-ray holy grails, the next Christopher Lloyd, smelling like bleach and so much more!
Special thanks to Katey Rich, Emily St. James, and Nick Wiger!
2023-01-11 05:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The ultimate connoisseur of context, the guru of camera gear - our friend JD Amato makes his triumphant return to the main feed to walk us through the magic and genius of Henry Selick’s masterpiece CORALINE. For listeners who never had the chance to catch this film in its original 3D release, we attempt to describe Selick’s absolute mastery of the form. We go long on the history of Laika st...
2023-01-08 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year to all you dang ass freaks!
To kick off another spectacular year of podcasting, we're doing another MAILBAG SHOW!
From NOW until 10:00 PM EASTERN TIME TOMORROW (1/3), please submit your burning questions in the comments below. 2023-01-02 16:16:40 +0000 UTC View Post
BC:SF starts off 2023 with a "franchise" thats a drastic departure from the MCU origins of this feed. Its ofcourse the first entry in the Qatsi film trilogy: 1982's Koyaanisqatsi! Join Griffin, David, and Ben for this freewheeling commentary on Godfrey Reggio's experimental non-narrative tone poem film...and for the vibes. Topics include: the lasting influence of this work, the Philip Glass sou...
2023-01-01 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBC:SF opens up the book of secrets in the final installment of the National Treasure commentary series. Topics include: Justin Bartha’s looks throughout the movie, the end of the UK bit, hating the Eiffel Tower, favorite national monuments and more!
Movie starts at...3:40
Movie restarts at...1:28:00
2022-12-21 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang went to see AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER and we all got soaking wet. Fully submerged. Drenched! We’re communing with space whales, chugging coffees with Edie Falco, and learning how to hold our breath for long stretches of time to commemorate the release of James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to the biggest movie of all time. Are we one with Eywa now? How does Kate Winslet’s Na’vi ...
2022-12-18 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostOne small step for man, one giant leap for PODCAST! J.D. Amato returns for the fifth annual Talking the Walk and Checkmates you are in store for a VERY SPECIAL EPISODE. Indeed, the gang discusses the 1969 Moonwalk and the absurd conspiracy that actually Stanley Kubrick directed it. But thats not all…we also talked Talking the Moonwalk. Topics include: alternative ideas for future TtW episodes...
2022-12-11 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for Brendan Fraser’s big comeback, we’re taking a look back at his misguided collaboration with Henry Selick - 2001’s bizarro flop MONKEYBONE. Justin McElroy (no relation to Bridget Fonda’s Dr. Julie McElroy) returns to the podcast after having watched this film a whopping seven times (!!) to unpack all the madness. Why are there no rules or logic to the film’s “Dark To...
2022-12-11 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bugs! So many bugs! And…Richard Dreyfuss?? The Bug Queen Emma Stefansky returns to the podcast to celebrate all the creepy crawlies in 1996’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. We’re talking about stone fruit, Randy Newman, and cinema’s sexiest spider in this episode. Plus, we rank our favorite bugs AND our favorite Roald Dahl adaptations, and we learn about how Ben got his scar.
BC:SF begins December with a gift: a very special National Treasure commentary series! Marie Bardi joins! Topics include: wood teeth, Cage's different toupees, Liberty Bell reviews, early aughts fashion and more!
Movie starts at...00:59
2022-12-01 05:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re wearing our Hot Topic sweatshirts and enunciating every dramatic syllable to pay tribute to one of the greatest animated films of all time - Tim Burton’s (but really Henry Selick’s) THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Academy Award-nominated animator and Blankie Michael Rianda (THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES) joins us to talk about this multi-holiday classic, which is basically just a m...
2022-11-27 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostClosing out our Moore James Bond commentary series is 1985's A View to a Kill! Topics include: Christopher Walken baby, casting calls for the oldest stuntman ever, David's recent 4DX experience, a look into the recent end of the year poll and more.
Movie starts at...9:55
2022-11-21 05:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time in years, both Griffin and David are in agreement on a new Steven Spielberg film - what a picture! We’re playing both film critics and armchair psychologists in this episode as we unpack THE FABELMANS, a movie that is less sentimental and more complex than one would assume based on the poster. What sets this film apart from the ever-growing stack of filmmaker origin stories...
2022-11-20 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick. Ehrlich. We’re concluding our Stanley Kubrick series with 1999’s EYES WIDE SHUT and a trip to cinema’s most famous masked orgy. Indiewire’s David Ehrlich joins us as we discuss liminal spaces, the late-90s ABC sitcom “Dharma & Greg,” Nick Nightingale’s skills as a piano player, and Sydney Pollack’s barrel chest. Are there “more Christmas lights in ...
2022-11-13 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the Kubrick bonus ep, Griffin, David, and Ben discussed the director’s cut of the Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep. Topics include: how director Mike Flanagan incorporated elements from both the novels and film adaptation, Ewan McGregor’s career, spinoff tv series ideas, how Rose got her hat and more!
2022-11-11 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, maggots, listen up! We’ve got the Action Boy himself - Jon Gabrus - back on the podcast to talk about Kubrick’s bifurcated Vietnam War classic FULL METAL JACKET. We’re retiring the “retired bit” in order to talk about Matthew Modine as Private Joker. We’re getting into the etymology of “poontang.” We’re attempting to articulate what makes a movie feel like an “80s m...
2022-11-06 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re into the home stretch of our Moore Bond commentary series! In this installment Griffin, David, and Ben discussed 1983’s Octopussy. Topics include: the evolution of Moneypenny and Bond’s relationship, spider bites, the Doughboys use of the term ‘hammer’ and more!
Movie starts at…8:42
2022-11-01 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for Halloween, we’re checking into the Overlook Hotel - a haunted place not unlike the Beachwood, Ohio, Homewood Suites that Griffin and guest Timothy Simons stayed in while they were filming DRAFT DAY! Is THE SHINING about Native American genocide, or is it about how Stanley Kubrick thought ghosts were kinda nice? Is Shelley Duvall the MVP of this movie? Would Ben absolutely thr...
2022-10-30 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
NASA-quality lenses, a himbo canon-worthy performance from notoriously “chill and normal guy” Ryan O’Neal, and some flirty ribbon games all combine to make what we consider to be Kubrick’s warmest and most sumptuous film - 1975’s “Barry Lyndon.” Karina Longworth of “You Must Remember This” makes a long-awaited first appearance on the pod to wonder - did Barry actually end up s...
2022-10-23 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor October's b-b-b-bonus episode, BC:SF explores the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's landmark film! Topics include: Europa (duh), the return of H.A.L. 9000, The Animal 2 starring and directed by Rob Schneider news, actor Elya Baskin's career, and more!
Plus, SPOILER ALERT for Don't Worry Darling (9:43 - 10:43)
2022-10-21 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Attention all droogs: grab your Nadsat dictionaries and your bowler hats, it’s time to drink some drug-milk! We’ve got our very own Alex - Ross Perry, that is - on the pod to go long on Kubrick’s controversial X-rated dystopian nightmare, 1971’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. We’re reminiscing about our rebellious teenage years, which for Alex included a trip to New York to see The Prodigy in co...
2022-10-16 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's back to basics Bond with this next entry in the Moore commentary series, 1981’s For Your Eyes Only. Topics include: train sounds, the IRREPLACEABLE character Luigi Ferrara, a shirtless Charles Dance, Topol ...
2022-10-11 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Open the pod cast doors, HAL - it’s time for us to talk about one of the most important movies in cinema history. Jordan Hoffman - the friend of the pod who best represents both the “diamond-hard Sci Fi” and psychedelic head-trip factions of 2001 fandom - returns to Blank Check, and we’re doling out the knowledge *and* the giggles. When is the ideal moment to “partake” in order to g...
2022-10-09 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAll the information is in the title! VOTE NOW!!!
2022-10-03 18:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, Sean Fennessey is finally on our podcast! The Big Picture Pod host joins Griffin and David to talk about Kubrick’s razor-sharp satire, the Peter Sellers tour-de-force that is “Dr. Strangelove”. We’re asking all the questions - Could Sellers have played *every* character in this movie? Is the film paradoxically funnier because Kubrick isn’t really ...
2022-10-02 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post🎵Nobody does commentaries better!🎵 BC:SF begins October with the Moore Bond series taking James to one of the most exotic locations...the moon! Topics include: the Broccoli family rumors, the pigeon double take, nobody doing it better, Jaws' evolution and more!
Movie starts at…2:26
2022-10-01 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post