More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead’s The Endless.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Alex Garland’s Annihilation.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Ari Aster’s Hereditary.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss author Stephen King’s book On Writing.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss the series Ash vs. The Evil Dead.

Extreme violence, lengthy conversations set at tables or in cars, movie references most people won’t even notice, perfectly crafted soundtracks, liberal usage of “colorful metaphors,” and so very many shots of feet are just a few of the surface level staples of the work of Quentin Tarantino. But if you’re really paying attention you see so much more revealed with each film and he can still surprise us after 27 years and either 9 or 10 movies, depending on how you count Kill Bill (for the record, Tarantino himself considers Volumes 1 & 2 a single film). For instance, the word “heartfelt” had never come to mind with any of his earlier films but it’s clear to me that Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is just that.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.

In this bonus episode, Reed and Nathan attempt to sing “If I Didn’t Have You”, from Monsters, Inc.

In this episode, Reed and Nathan discuss the horror comedy What We Do in the Shadows.

If you’re a baseball fan then you are familiar with what a fantasy camp is. People in their fifties with disposable income throw down an obscene amount of money to have baseball practice for a week with retired Major Leaguers from their favorite team. Yes, that sounds fun to me. But it also makes me wish that movie fantasy camps existed. I’m sure sci-fi and fantasy would be the most popular genres. Horror would have huge turnouts, especially if people got to kill and/or be zombies. That’s all well and good. What I really want is to go to buddy action comedy fantasy camp. You show up on a dingy looking police station set that hasn’t been used since 1993, you get paired up with a total stranger, and then you get assigned a case. You have “gun fights, car chases, proper action and,” whatnot. Along the way you cause property damage, eat about 17 street vendor hot dogs, and get trained in the art of delivering a perfect post-kill one-liner.