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The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #212 - Brian DuffieldBRIAN DUFFIELD is a writer/director who has been one of the most acclaimed (and busiest) screenwriters of the last decade. He has shown up on The Black List, the annual selection of the best-loved unproduced scripts in Hollywood, roughly 50 times in the last ten years, which is mathematically confusing but impressive. We talk about his unusual upbringing in this episode, and we dig into just how wild it is that he grew up denied of mainstream pop culture, only to become the creator of Spontaneous and No One Will Save You. His upcoming adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s wi...2025-05-302h 30
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #211 - Ben HosleyBEN HOSLEY is more than just a podcast producer. He runs his own fashion line, and he produces an annual Christmas album that has become a cult sensation. He met the Blank Check boys at UCB, where they first proposed a podcast that sounded like an extended bit, a show that would talk about only The Phantom Menace, as if there had never been another Star Wars film. Who knew that ten years later, they would have the most acclaimed movie podcast in the world?One of the most popular recurring bits on the show is when...2025-05-231h 21
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #210 - Joe LynchJOE LYNCH has directed movies, TV, and music videos for almost 20 years now. With his long-time buddy Adam Green, he was the co-creator and co-star of Holliston, a truly bizarre sitcom, and they have a long-running podcast called The Movie Crypt where they’ve talked to basically anyone who has ever made a horror film, and they also host an annual marathon to raise money for a Yorkie charity. You may have seen his movies Everly with Selma Hayek or Mayhem with Steven Yeun or Suitable Flesh with Barbara Crampton and Heather Graham. He is perpetually busy, so we we...2025-05-162h 02
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #209 - Kevin BiegelKEVIN BIEGEL is one of the eight hundred writers who worked on A Minecraft Movie, and that’s just the latest highlight in a career that has been dedicated to making people laugh. He broke into the industry working for the Farrelly Brothers on Me, Myself & Irene, and he has moved from one great situation to the next. He worked on South Park before landing on Scrubs, where he worked for a number of seasons before he went on to create Cougar Town with Bill Lawrence, his boss at Scrubs. He also created Enlisted, a passion project that was as...2025-05-091h 37
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #208 - Mike MitchellMIKE MITCHELL is best known these days as one of the hosts of the wildly-popular Doughboys podcast, where he reviews fast-food chain restaurants with his co-host, Nick “Tiger” Wiger. He is a prominent figure in the LA comedy scene, having trained at the UCB Theater, and he only seems to be picking up steam as an actor. This summer, you’ll see him in the second season of Peacock’s hit adaptation of the Twisted Metal videogame series, reprising his role of Stu, and he’s got a number of movies waiting to be released as well. You may have seen...2025-05-021h 35
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #207 - Eric VespeERIC VESPE cut his teeth as Quint at Ain’t It Cool, starting with the site when he was still in high school, and he grew up embedded on film sets all over the world. He has written hundreds if not thousands of interviews and set visits, and along with his creative parter Aaron Morgan, he’s also made several short horror films while developing various feature projects.He was one of the first people I invited to be on the show, in large part because he’s become a podcasting superstar with The Kingcast and The Spiel...2025-04-251h 53
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #206 - Bear McCrearyBEAR MCCREARY is our guest today, and he couldn’t have been more of a delight. From the moment I contacted him about being on the show, he was engaged and excited. He sent me a number of possible combinations of films and themes before landing on the one he went with: Movies that combine rock music and symphonic score on their soundtracks.Makes sense. After all, McCreary is one of the hardest-working film and TV composers today. His mentor was the legendary Elmer Bernstein, so he learned about film composition from one of the all-time greats, bu...2025-03-142h 03
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #205 - Clay KellerCLAY KELLER is a writer, actor, and podcaster, and one of the hosts of Screen Drafts, a collaborative competitive movie discussion game where groups of people battle it out to create the definitive lists on topic after topic after movie loving topic. He was one of the hosts of the now-defunct Vidiots podcast, and he’s helped create a sprawling community of movie fans who can endlessly debate the various categories that are introduced each week.His three Hip Pocket selections were Broadcast News, Malice, and Summer Hours. Craig chose True Stories as our response film....2025-03-071h 56
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #204 - Bryan CogmanBRYAN COGMAN is today’s guest, and he’s showing his sensitive side with his choices. This might be a surprise if you primarily know him from his WGAw-nominatd work on Game Of Thrones as a writer/producer. He was educated at Juliard as an actor, and he’s certainly got a big soft spot in his heart for great performances. He’s also worked on remakes of Sword in the Stone and Zorro for Disney, with the latter in development as a series for Wilmer Valderama.His three Hip Pocket selections were About A Boy, Broadway Danny Ro...2025-02-281h 27
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #203 - Jason ParginJASON PARGIN is today’s guest, and he came ready to dig deep! No surprise if you’ve read his acclaimed novels like John Dies at the End, Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick, or This Book is Full of Spiders, or if you know his work from Cracked.com. He has a massive TikTok following these days and his latest book, I’m Starting To Worry About This Black Box of Doom, feels like an essential text for our turbulent times.His three Hip Pocket selections were American Beauty, Fight Club, and Office Space, and I pick...2025-02-211h 47
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #202 - Allie GoertzALLIE GOERTZ is today’s guest, and if don’t already know Allie, you’re welcome for the introduction. A former editor of Mad magazine, a writer for @Midnight, a songwriter and performer, and an old-school podcaster, Allie has pretty much done it all. I’ve known her for a long time, and she was one of the first people I wanted to have on to give this format a test run.Her three Hip Pocket picks this week are A Mighty Wind, They Came Together, and Big Night, and Aundria picked Sleeping With Other People as our resp...2025-02-141h 29
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket #201 - Bill OakleyIt’s finally time for the second season of The Hip Pocket, and to get things rolling, we’ve got a very special guest.BILL OAKLEY was a writer/producer for The Simpsons, eventually showrunning the series for several seasons with his creative partner, Josh Weinstein. They co-created the cult favorite Mission Hill, and more recently, Oakley is the creator and writer of Space: 1969, an original audio comedy for Audible. He’s also become a beloved figure on Instagram for his fast-food reviews, and just celebrated the Seventh Annual Steamie Awards.Bill chose three Hip Pocket...2025-02-071h 06
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket: Warm-Up #10The first season of The Hip Pocket comes to a close with an episode focused on the films of the 2020s. Aundria, Drew and Craig discuss the haunting Aftersun, the gleefully silly Love & Monsters, and the wild dark comedy Riders of Justice. Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1048 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket Warm-Up #9The first season's almost over and Aundria, Drew and Craig look at the 2010s this time, discussing the Argentine black comedy Wild Tales, the geek documentary Wolfman's Got Nards, and John Carney's super-charming Sing Street. Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-0346 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket: Warm-Up #8Drew, Aundria and Craig picks three Hip Pocket titles from the first decade of the 2000s, discussing 800 Bullets, George Washington, and the somehow still underrated Michael Clayton. Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-2852 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket: Warm-Up #6The first season of The Hip Pocket continues as Aundria, Drew and Craig pick three films from the 1980s. The Chocolate War, Summer School and The Big Easy all spark lively conversations as they discuss why they chose such unusual titles as part of this warm-up season. Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-0653 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket - Warm-Up #5This is not the '70s episode you're expecting. Drew, Aundria, and Craig all choose a Hip Pocket title to represent one of the wildest decades of film, so get ready for conversation about The Silent Partner, Robert Altman's Nashville and the enduring classic Jaws... 2. Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-2246 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket Warm-Up #4Who does a full warm-up season for a podcast? Well, we do! And this is the fourth episode of this first warm-up season. We're still working out some sound issues, but it's starting to come together. More importantly, Aundria, Drew and Craig are starting to really enjoy this time they're spending together. This time, we're talking about the '60s, with Mary Poppins, Billy Liar, and The Bellboy giving us a very odd perspective on a swinging decade! Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-1537 min
The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket: Warm-Up #3The third episode of the warm-up season is all about the 1950s. Aundria, Drew and Craig pick Out of the Past, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life.Visit the home of The Hip Pocket! Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-0945 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsMIDNIGHT RUN THROUGH w/ BenDavid Grabinski & Drew McWeenyA podcast miniseries devoted to celebrating the 1988 contemporary classic, action buddy comedy MIDNIGHT RUN, written by George Gallo & directed by Martin Brest. Hosted by Blake Howard & Jen Johans of One Heat Minute Productions & Watch With Jen, respectively, each week, we’ll explore the film we first bonded over when we became friends in 2019 by surfing through an incredible roster of guests from journalists to novelists & beyond who love it as much as we do.In episode one, we discuss theories of TREMORS using MIDNIGHT RUN’s score as their temp track in the edit, the scene of De N...2023-12-271h 01
916 at the MoviesKundun with Drew McWeeny!Kundun (1997) - Unmasking Disney's Cowardice in the Face of China's Pressure
Prepare to delve into the untold story of "Kundun" (1997), a Martin Scorsese film that has been buried by controversy and Disney's seemingly appeasing stance towards China. Join Drew McWeeny and Ben Friedman as we uncover the complex web of censorship, politics, and corporate decisions that led to this film's obscurity.
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The Hip PocketThe Hip Pocket: Warm Up #1Season One of The Hip Pocket opens with a warm-up episode.Aundria, Drew and Craig pick one Hip Pocket movie each, and this week, anything goes. We're discussing Fall, Five Corners, and Bringing Up Baby. It's a strange trio, but a great place to start!Visit the home of The Hip Pocket! Get full access to Formerly Dangerous at drewmcweeny.substack.com/subscribe2023-09-2044 min
Childlike At Best with Mike ValdesBlowing Our Allowance On Comic Books & Garbage w/ Drew McWeeny 😄📚🗑️On this episode of "Childlike at Best with Mike Valdes," Mike chats with Drew McWeeny (film journalist! 🎞️ Netflix's Voir! ⭐️ Movie Trivia Schmoedown!). Drew spills the beans about his journey from a kid drooling over local movie theater posters 🎫 to hobnobbing with the likes of James Cameron 🎞️ and David Fincher 🎞️ — talk about dreams coming true, right? Even then, Drew managed to land himself in some pretty wild cinema escapades. He tells Mike about the time he got his hands on a copy of the Reservoir Dogs script before it was made 📝, and his unique "first day of school" experience with the unforget...2023-07-311h 33
A Very Good Year1999 with Drew McWeenyJason, Mike, and film critic, historian, and Substacker extraordinaire Drew McWeeny take on the formidable task of breaking down 1999, a movie year so juicy that it has inspired entire podcasts and books of its own. “There was that feeling in ’99 that it was a really special moment,” Drew explains, and picking a top five was a tough task, so check out what made the cut. Plus: why that year’s Oscar winners and box office top 10 are such a bummer! For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttond...2023-01-151h 07
Screen DraftsGODZILLA mini-MEGA (with Graham Skipper, Beth Accomando, Drew McWeeny, & Toshi McWeeny)The King of the Monsters finally gets its due as Graham Skipper ("The Ultimate Guide to the King of the Monsters"), Beth Accomando (Cinema Junkie Podcast), Drew McWeeny, (The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need) and Toshi McWeeny rank the 13 best films featuring the world's most recognizable atomic monster!2022-09-134h 33
TV Guidance CounselorTV Guidance Counselor Episode 527: Drew McWeenyAugust 28 - September 3, 1993 This week Ken welcomes film critic, screen writer and all around movie oracle Drew McWeeny to the show. Ken and Drew discuss Ken's shock that people listen to the show, 1993, the Late Night Wars, moving to LA, going to an Arsenio taping, loving Letterman, the beauty of late night TV, Tom Snyder, being terrified by the Son of Sam, watching TV late at night, SVHS, getting a snapshot of a time and place, being heavily into laserdiscs, Ken Crane, what The Grimace's Second Wife watches, 227, spin offs, the beauty of YouTube, Dick...2022-06-061h 38
SoundtrackerEpisode 24: Married to the Mob (with film critic Drew McWeeny of 80s All Over, Formerly Dangerous, and Film Nerd 2.0)Today on Soundtracker I'm joined by film critic and screenwriter Drew McWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) to talk about Jonathan Demme's MARRIED TO THE MOB. In this episode we talk about the film, the importance of soundtracks during our formative years, Demme's career as a whole, and the story behind Goodbye Horses. You can find Drew's work below, as well as VOIR, which can be found on NetflixThe Last 80s Newsletter: https://thelast80snewsletter.substack.com/Formerly Dangerous: https://drewmcweeny.substack.com/Support the show on Patreon! It's the one thing that's gonna h...2022-02-041h 53
All '90s Action, All The Time!Chanuary Part 1 - Supercop (1992) (ft. "A Ghost Waits" director Adam Stovall and The Last 80s Newsletters Drew McWeeny)It's Chanuary! Yes, for the month of January we are going to be covering two films from Jackie Chan's 90s filmography.
First up we look at the 1992 classic Supercop! Listen as regular host Scott Murphy alongside guests "A Ghost Waits" director Adam Stovall and film critic and podcaster supremo Drew McWeeny (The Last 80s Newsletter) breakdown the awe-inspiring stunts of both Chan and Michelle Yeoh. We also talk about the dynamite chemistry between Yeoh and Chan, how much Hollywood stole from Chan films and just how ridiculously entertaining this film is!
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Cinema To The Letter182: Transformers and Mad Max Get a Reboot On the Fury Road ft. Drew McWeenyWhen a franchise gets the reboot treatment, it's always a toss up. Either you'll get a cool reinvention or a total disappointment. So, Adam, Thomas and their very special guest Drew McWeeny are here to examine the right and wrong reboot avenues! First, Michael Bay makes a soft reboot of a franchise he ran into the ground with Transformers: Age of Extinction! Then, George Miller returns to the franchise that made him shiny and chrome with the acclaimed reboot Mad Max: Fury Road! Together, our trio will answer all the crucial questions. What does a Michael Bay power move...2021-11-091h 51
Kill By Kill: Talking Horror Characters One Death At A TimeThe Exorcist III (w/ Drew McWeeny)Do you dare to walk these stairs again? Too late, we’re already falling down them into 1990’s THE EXORCIST III, and helping to cushion our fall is film and culture writer Drew McWeeny! Along the way, we tackle the film’s “one and done” filming strategy, we debate how the film’s unreality becomes a reality, the incredible performances given by George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, and the other supporting characters, we work through the high camp comedy combined with dedicated sincerity of the characters, and of course, we pick apart the film’s scariest shock sequence: Larry King ordering...2021-09-241h 06
The Outlaw Nation Podcast Network by John RochaULTIMATE SCHMOEDOWN AFTER SHOW- Schmoedown Matches of the Week with Drew McWeeny, King Kan, and Thomas HarperOn this episode of The Ultimate Schmoedown Aftershow, we welcome our special guests Schmoedown competitors Drew McWeeny, Star Wars rookie competitor Thomas Harper and rookie competitor King Kan. Also, the TUSA crew breaks down the matches of the week: Thomas Harper (The Den) Vs Adam Witt (The Dungeon), King Kan (The Finstock Exchange) Vs John Flickinger (The Dungeon), and Lon Harris (S.W.A.G.) Vs Drew McWeeny (The Usual Suspects)#schmoedown #movietriviaschmoedown #TUSA Remember to LIKE this video and SHARE it on your social media. Also, leave a COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE to The Outlaw Nation channel below.If you want to join the Pa...2021-04-202h 07
The FilmcastEp. 603 - News of the World (GUEST: Drew McWeeny from Formerly Dangerous)The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast.
It’s the dawn of a new era in America. David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Drew McWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny), writer of newsletter Formerly Dangerous, to discuss the new film News of the World. Does this reunion of director Paul Greengrass and actor Tom Hanks create the same buzz as Captain Phillips?
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One Heat Minute ProductionsAll The President's Minutes - Minute 27 with Drew McWeeny*All The President's Minutes* is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film *All The President's Men* as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute twenty seven host, Blake Howard joins internet movie journalist trailblazer, screenwriter, podcaster and unparalleled movie mind Drew McWeeny. Blake and Drew discuss Goldman creating compelling scenes that should be boring, Alan J. Pakula always being in the right place for his performers and the experience feeling like sources are closing...2020-04-0248 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsAll The President's Minutes - Minute 27 with Drew McWeenyAll The President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute twenty seven host, Blake Howard joins internet movie journalist trailblazer, screenwriter, podcaster and unparalleled movie mind Drew McWeeny. Blake and Drew discuss Goldman creating compelling scenes that should be boring, Alan J. Pakula always being in the right place for his performers and the experience feeling like sources are...2020-04-0248 min
Fantasy Schmoedown: A Schmoedown Fantasy Booking PodcastHall of Fame Tournament: John Rocha vs Drew McWeeny-EP 13Today is the first match of the Hall of Fame Tournament suggested by /u/logster2001 on reddit, this is a 16 Player Tournament to determine the goat. Today we have Rocah v McWeeny, Outlaw vs Godfather. Who ya got? As always send your matches in at babyyodatrevor@gmail.com, on Reddit at Hawkeyehaspowers2, or on the anchor.fm page through voice message here: https://anchor.fm/trevor-matteson7. You can also find me at Teens Talk Movies: https://anchor.fm/trevor-matteson9, it is my weekly film discussion show where I also run an Innergeekdom fan league. Thanks for listening.
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One Heat Minute ProductionsINCREMENT VICE - EPISODE #6: "...not you, bong-brain..." with Drew McWeeny*”A wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: Mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in turn provides the ground for our desire to understand who and what we truly are.”*
*—Mark Frost, The Secret History of Twin Peaks*
Inherent Vice is a film that meditates not just on the impenetrable nature of mystery, but rather its reflective nature—the truest mysteries lead not to resolutions, but reflections of ourselves. In the sunstruck and hazylazy seaside mystery that spins from the Golden Fang, ol’ Doc Sportello is able to see him...2019-12-061h 34
One Heat Minute ProductionsINCREMENT VICE - EPISODE #6: "...not you, bong-brain..." with Drew McWeeny”A wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: Mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in turn provides the ground for our desire to understand who and what we truly are.”—Mark Frost, The Secret History of Twin PeaksInherent Vice is a film that meditates not just on the impenetrable nature of mystery, but rather its reflective nature—the truest mysteries lead not to resolutions, but reflections of ourselves. In the sunstruck and hazylazy seaside mystery that spins from the Golden Fang, ol’ Doc...2019-12-061h 34Screen DraftsJOHN CARPENTER LIVE (with Drew McWeeny & Joe Lynch)Our first live show! Carpenter experts Drew McWeeny (80s All Over, "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns") and Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Point Blank) draft the films of The Master of Horror in front of a live rooftop audience in Downtown Los Angeles. Recorded at Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA2019-10-191h 36
'80s All OverApril 1985It’s a weird month, with a lot of little films you’ve never heard of up front. Teen-sex comedies and weird War Games ripoffs and swords and sandals and unfunny celebrity siblings abound. But we’ve also got a Louis Malle film, some genuinely sweet and fun teen comedies, a couple of crazy riffs on fairy tales, and adaptations of both Elmore Leonard and Stephen King. That’s a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get to it with April of 1985.2019-04-2900 min'80s All OverMarch 1985March has become one of the coolest months of each season here on ‘80s All Over, and this one’s no exception. Want some crummy TV children’s animation on the bigscreen? We’ve got you covered. Want some terrible sequels to films that shouldn’t have sequels? Yep. Plenty of that. Weird tone-deaf kids films, exploitation films that make us squirm for the wrong reasons, misbegotten star vehicles? Check, check, and check. But we’ve also got a stone-cold teen classic, Eric Stoltz’s best work of the decade, one of the weirdest side trips in John Landis’s career, Madon...2019-04-1500 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #54 - Matt GourleyMatt Gourley is a man of very specialized talents. He knows his James Bond (obviously—he co-hosts Earwolf's James Bonding podcast) and he knows his Jason Voorhees (he does the In Voorhees We Trust podcast, too). Scott calls him "a crown prince of podcasting," and he's not really exaggerating at all, what with co-founding SuperEgo, creating I Was There Too, producing Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, and appearing on some of the absolute funniest episodes of Comedy Bang Bang, Never Not Funny, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and more. But truly, his finest hour must be this one, where he shoots th...2019-04-0800 min'80s All OverFebruary 1985An Oscar-winning actor directs a bunch of dancers with a dream, Richard Harris hits the road with someone else's kid, and it's time for classy Porky's! We meet Kiefer Sutherland for the first time, Matthew Modine tries to make weight, and Kurt Russell does the serial-killer two-step. All that plus Harrison Ford's best performance, a Jeff Goldblum cult oddity, and the greatest high school movie ever made? Don't you forget about February of 1985.2019-04-0100 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #53 - Peter HyamsOn this very, very special Patreon bonus episode, Drew and Scott get to sit for a spell with writer/cinematographer/producer/director Peter Hyams, a man responsible for making some of the flat-out ballsiest moves that '80s Hollywood ever saw, not least of which was "I think I'm going to make the follow up to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey." The stories of that film's making are absolute must-hears, but so are the tales of his breaking into the industry, and the rules he had to break to stay there, the time Sean Connery tried yanking...2019-03-2500 min'80s All OverJanuary 1985It's January, and it's a brand-new season of '80s All Over, so you know what that means? TOILET MONSTERS FOR EVERYONE! Okay, it also means it's time for the Coen Brothers to make their first appearance of the decade, but more importantly, TOILET MONSTERS FOR EVERYONE! Except people who actually watch the movie with the toilet monster on the cover, since there are no toilet monsters in it. Confused? You won't be after you dig into the beginning of the year with us on January of 1985.2019-03-1800 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #52 - Kevin MurphyThree different pioneers get together for a special Patreon Bonus to discuss the weird wild west days of their youth: Drew & Scott discuss what it was like wandering the wilderness of UHF and VHS and taking that education and turning it into online film critic gold—while Kevin Murphy talks about wandering the wilderness of low-budget cable programming and turning that into culture-defining comedy with his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about a bunch of '80s movies (and some not very good ones, too) while they're at it.2019-03-1100 min'80s All OverThe Best of 1984We all know the icons—Daniel-san and Mr. Miyagi, Peter, Ray, Winston, and Egon, Gizmo and Stripe, and Freddy Krueger—but 1984 was so much more than that. Before we move on, it's time to review the year's biggest winners at the box-office and at the Oscars, and for Scott and Drew to pick their ten favorite films from a very stacked year. Will you agree? Will you be infuriated? Will Scott remember that The Terminator was released this year? You'll find out all of that and more as we reach the halfway point with the Best of 1984.2019-03-0400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #51 - EG DailyEG Daily is known to millions upon millions of people as one of the voices of their childhood: Tommy Pickles from Rugrats, Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls... but so far as Drew and Scott are concerned, the voices they know her from are from her appearance in '80s films like Streets of Fire, and Fandango, and Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains; let's not forget that one little independent art film called Pee Wee's Big Adventure, of course, and yes... she was in Wacko, too.2019-02-2500 min'80s All OverDecember 1984Michael Keaton was quasi-deadly, Mel Gibson was both in prison and on the farm, and Boogaloo Shrimp was breakin’ again, thank god. Francis Ford Coppola went to Harlem so he could watch Gregory Hines fly, Peter Hyams proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he had the biggest balls in Hollywood, and David Lynch went to deep space so he could confuse a generation. We’ve got rancid farce, frustrating star vehicles, and epic adventures. Plus, if you ask real nice, we just might teach you how to do the Neutron Dance. Let’s put a bow on it and...2019-02-1800 min
Merc With A Movie BlogTalkin' Schmoedown #7: CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED VS THE HARRIS BROS. & MARK REILLY VS DREW MCWEENYOn the latest episode of Talkin' Schmoedown, I break down the No. 1 Contender Teams match between Critically Acclaimed and The Harris Brothers as well as the singles match between Mark "Yodi" Reilly and "The Godfather" Drew McWeeny. All this and more on this week's Talkin' Schmoedown!So, sit back and enjoy!And be sure to RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE!Check out more from Merc With A Movie Blog on social media:Facebook: www.facebook.com/MercWithAMovieBlogTwitter: www.twitter.com/MovieBlogMercInstagram: www.instagram.com/MovieBlogMercWebsite: www.mercwithamovieblog.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/movieblogmerc/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor...2019-02-1250 min'80s All OverNovember 1984We re-elected Reagan, and that's not even the scariest thing that happened this month. Freddy Krueger may cast a long shadow over the entire decade, but it all started here. You'll believe a spin-off can suck, Santa's gonna let you know you've been naughty, and Chuck Norris manages to rip Stallone off... from the future! We've got killer pigs, fake broken legs, and Nancy Allen singing and dancing. All this plus two Larry Cohen movies? What did we do to deserve November 1984?2019-02-0400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #50 - Diane FranklinSome of these bonus episodes are delightful, some are surprises, and then there's Diane Franklin's episode, which is consistently one delightful surprise after the other. Scott and Drew dig into her filmography, and the stories she shares about the making of all-time classics like The Last American Virgin, Better Off Dead and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure are as charming as you'd expect... but it's the stories about Amadeus and Amityville that really go places.2019-01-2800 min'80s All OverOctober 1984October is a weird month every year so far in the '80s, and this year's no exception. We've got Linda Blair and a crossbow, stolen diaries and horny housewives, slashers and horny teens and... one of the greatest documentaries of the decade? Okay, didn't see that coming. We're going to England, to Alaska, to Israel, and to Encino. Paul McCartney shits the bed, JoBeth Williams shows up twice, and we've got at least three stone cold classics. All that and BODY DOUBLE? Let me wallow. It's October 1984.2019-01-2100 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #48 - April WolfeOne of the best things about the bonus episodes is the opportunities it allows both Scott and Drew to nerd out with some of their very favoritest people, and that very much includes Switchblade Sisters co-host, film critic, and Blumhouse's Black Christmas screenwriter April Wolfe, who shares some of her biggest influences, tells stories of how her horror fandom has changed her life, and digs into some of her most treasured '80s horror classics.2019-01-1400 min'80s All OverSeptember 1984This month took a toll on Scott and Drew, and small wonder—Imamura lays the punishment on thick, while Mario Van Peebles just... plain lays it on thick. We've also got the best first 20 minutes to an exploitation film in a while, Karen Allen's smile, Lorenzo Lamas as Chilly, and horny Jeremy Irons... in French! Charlie Bronson kills some folks, as Charlie Bronson does, and Hollywood discovers farms! A Fast Times sequel that isn't! Kathleen Turner versus Anthony Perkins! Joe Morton's detachable eyeball! And Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, too? September 1984 is serious business!2019-01-0700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #47 - The Dead ZoneThe ICE... IS GONNA BREAK2018-12-3100 min'80s All OverThe '80s All Over Holiday SpecialFor Christmas, Drew and Scott chose to give themselves the gift of a couple weeks off from the podcast grind—but they didn't wanna just leave you hanging over the holiday break, and so: The '80s All Over Holiday Special, the sort of "We left a VHS tape at Gramma's house because she's got satellite and she'll record all our favorite shows for us if we circle the good stuff in the TV Guide for her" compilation that many '80s kids lived on!
...Okay, yeah, it's a clip show. But that's also a very '80s...2018-12-2400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #46 - Rebecca SwanDrew McWeeny has been many things in his life. Laserdisc slinger, Popcorn schlepper, cub reporter, theatre director, hopeless romantic, internet raconteur... but when he came to Los Angeles, it was in answer to the siren song of screenwriting. And this very special bonus episode digs deep into a lot of that history courtesy of today's special guest, filmmaker Rebecca Swan, Drew's writing partner on the Masters of Horror episodes Pro-Life and Cigarette Burns. They talk at length about their favorite films, shared obsessions, the way each informed the other's sensibilities, and much more.2018-12-1700 min'80s All OverAugust 1984The controversies just keep coming.
Maybe it was something in the air, but things were weird this month. Bo Derek made a movie so bad it broke Cannon’s distribution deal with MGM. A long-in-development property finally made it to the screen and no one noticed. John Cassavetes released his last major work, Sean Connery showed up wearing Cate Blanchett’s outfit from Thor: Ragnarok, and Jamie Lee Curtis lost a bet and had to play love scenes with C. Thomas Howell. You want Michael Landon making a Bible allegory about himself? Or naked Clint Eastwood slathered in b...2018-12-1000 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #45 - It's Saturday Night LiveMaybe one of the single most influential and impactful forces on the world of film in the 1980s wasn't a director, or a writer, or the alumni of one film school or another. It was a sketch comedy show that didn't start until 11:30pm at night, and frankly wasn't very good a lot of the time. But when it was good? Oh, it was change the world good, and Drew and Scott dive into the legend of Saturday Night Live and the way it became a legitimate star-making machine that greatly benefitted the films of the 1980s.2018-12-0300 min'80s All OverJuly 19841984 giveth, and 1984 taketh away. After a month as great as June of 1984, it almost seems inevitable we'd get a terrible Cheech & Chong movie, some weird-ass Judge Reinhold thing you've never heard of, and a fistful of movies that Scott and Drew disagree on pretty wholeheartedly.
We're ready to crap on your childhood favorite, so say goodbye to your favorite horse. It's July of 1984.2018-11-2600 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #44 - Video Games, Movies, and the '80Here in 2018, movies and video games enjoy a very... well, maybe healthy isn't the correct word, but accepted and expected relationship. But in the 1980s, video games were still more or less brand new, and movies didn't quite know what to make of this burgeoning industry that would soon be in direct competition for the youth market's eyes and ears. Scott and Drew discuss the decade's first attempts at incorporating (or hijacking, really) the appeal of video games, what video games appealed to them, and why that relationship between the two artforms has never been all that stable.2018-11-1900 min'80s All OverJune 1984This is it. This is the month many of you have been waiting for since the podcast began. We get it. It's a monolith. Gremlins. Ghostbusters. The Karate Kid. That's a huge month.
But it's so much more. It's so much deeper. This is a perfect example of why we do the show. Because, yes, you'll get Star Trek and Conan and Beat Street and Streets of Fire, but you'll also get weird thrillers with Roger Moore and Rutger Hauer and English boarding school dramas and imports from Sweden and Australia and Germany. One of the weirdest...2018-11-1100 min'80s All OverMay 1984Neil Jordan and Stephen Rea get started, Judd Nelson smarms it up, and Peter Fonda can't settle on a terrible title for a terrible movie. Summer gets off to a strange start with a baseball myth, some spring break bullshit, and two of the most heated conversations about big cultural icons we've had so far. Pop and lock with us, won't you? It's May of 1984.2018-10-2900 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #42 - The Halloween SeasonYou're in Weinberg's world now, kids. Halloween means horror movies, and as you might have heard, Scott is somewhat of an aficionado of the fright flick. Drew isn't chopped liver when it comes to having chiller bonafides either, and their combined love for the Halloween season is something to behold, as they run down some of their favorite scary movies, the power of the genre as a whole, the (oft-undeserved) critical response it receives, and they even try to scare each other, a little... to varying effect.2018-10-2300 min'80s All OverApril 1984You know what kids love? Comedies about poop and tax laws! You want horse talk? We've got horse talk! You want a bunch of horror legends standing around looking confused about why they're all together? Man, are you set. And sex crimes? Well, it is the '80s.
Timothy Hutton's in love with a caveman, Jamie Lee Curtis gets startlingly naked, and Jonathan Demme pays homage to Rosie the Riveter. All that, and the very last Friday the 13th movie anyone ever made? Holy crap! It must be April of 1984!2018-10-1500 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #41 - Jason BaileyDrew is flying solo for this episode while Scott soaks up Fantastic Fest, but that doesn't mean he's without friends: Film critic Jason Bailey steps in to talk about his favorite and most formative '80s films, and the conversation is made all the better for the fact this is literally the first time, after years and years of talking and swapping stories online, that these two wordslingers are having a real life, real-time conversation about cinema, and they take that opportunity to do what they both do best. Go on some serious DEEP DIVES into their favorite films.2018-10-0900 min'80s All OverMarch 1984We've had big shows before, but nothing like this one. You wouldn't think this would be such a crazy month, being smack dab in the middle of the spring, but you'd be wrong. Sure, there's a fistful of junk this week—including an uneven Vietnam war romance, dogs from Hell, and a barely-released adaptation of a novel every med student knows—but we also see the kickoff of one of the biggest franchises of the decade, a delightful coming-of-age film with three of the most promising young actors of the decade, and Tom Hanks romancing a mermaid.
Still...2018-10-0100 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #37 - Mail Call vol. 4No matter how many times they try to empty it, the '80s All Over mailbag never actually hit inbox zero. Pretty sure it never even got close. Maybe it was due to all the kibitzing and old-school-breakdancing going on in this episode, but then again—what good is efficiency in answers if you're robbed of the high-quality kibitizing Drew and Scott are known for. (The dancing? Not so much). Topics include the goodies found in movie novelizations, the filmmaker who had the best filmmaking streak in the '80s (it's not Spielberg!), and what '90s film was th...2018-08-1400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #35 - Strange Brew with James RocchiSure, Drew and Scott could probably do this movie by themselves, verbatim, due to how magical it is and how often they've both seen it, but that wouldn't make for a fun commentary, really. What would be fun would be getting former film critic, current educator of the youth, and—most importantly—Canadian person of renown and acclaim James Rocchi to join them for a truly ahead-of-its-time comedy that still worked within its time because drunken SCTV stars saying "hoser" a lot will never not be funny.2018-07-1700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #34 - Carrie RickeyIt's not often one gets to talk to their heroes, and in this episode, Scott Weinberg gets to have a conversation with the film critic who helped him realize that's a thing he could be, too. Carrie Rickey joins Scott and Drew to discuss her history in Philadelphia media, her favorite movies, and her experiences surviving the '80s.2018-07-0300 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #32 - This is an Alan Smithee PodcastOne of the most prolific directors in film history had a pretty busy 1980s, and Drew and Scott dive into his history and that filmography—ignoble (yet fascinating!)—as it may be, touching on his most mediocre-est of hits! Or misses. Mostly misses, really.2018-06-1900 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #30 - The Best Musicals of the '80sThe decade began with The Blues Brothers getting released to theaters, and was swiftly followed up by Popeye coming ashore on the big screen; you've gotta know that with an opening that strong, the '80s were going to be a decade that delivered some amazing musicals, and Drew and Scott come together to discuss their very favorites, including some of the usual singing and dancing suspects, and some you might not expect to get their share of the spotlight!2018-05-2200 min
Vidiots Video Store Show117: Drew's Pix (with Drew McWeeny)Drew McWeeny (80's All Over) joins the guys to talk about growing up with 80s film culture, introducing children to the great movies, and the films on his carefully curated Vidiots Pix shelf, with special focus on 1966's GAMBIT and 1992's DEATH BECOMES HER. Recorded at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica2018-04-241h 34'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #28 - Ready Player One with Zak PennWhile the main show is solely for qualitatively cherished entertainments of the '80s, this bonus episode not only allowed Scott and Drew a chance to dig into Steven Spielberg's brand-spankin-new adaptation of a book that could have only been written because of the '80s, Ready Player One, but those insights are fleshed out via an interview with that film's writer, Zak Penn, who talks at length about his own intense '80s experiences, and the films that inspired him to become a filmmaker.2018-04-2400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #25 - Paul ScheerOne-third of maybe the most popular movie podcast in podcast history (All 12 or so real years of it) sees fit to grace Scott and Drew with his presence. Granted, there's some technical difficulties with his mic, but look: If you can get Paul Scheer of How Did This Get Made and The Disaster Artist and The League and The Good Place on your podcast to talk about underrated, unsung, and plain weird faves from the '80s, you do it, and the boys absolutely dug into some stuff you're definitely going to wanna seek out once this show is...2018-03-1300 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #24 - The Most Punchable Dicks of the '80sSome of cinema's most sneeringest, preeningest, smarmiest, most-punchable-in-the-biggus-dickusest villains came straight out of the '80s, and Drew and Scott came together to champion the actors who brought them to life, and to revel in just how lovably hatable these characters are.2018-02-2700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #22 - Time BanditsDrew and Scott come together with a bunch of notes, a head full of memories, and full hearts full of nothing but a whole lotta love for a very important movie to both of them, Terry Gilliam's twisted fairy tale Time Bandits. They get into how the film came together, how innovative its making was, the charms of its myriad stars, and how it still packs a powerful punch all this time later.2018-01-3000 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #19 - Bill HaderCan you believe Bill Hader agreed to sit (and hit it and quit it) with Drew to talk about all his favorite '80s films? We couldn't either. But he did, and if you thought "I bet Bill Hader likes some pretty weird and obscure '80s flicks," guess what - YOU'RE RIGHT! If you were also thinking "I bet this bonus is full of joyful Bill Hader-y goodness..." RIGHT AGAIN. Get listening already!2017-12-1900 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #18 - Bill RosemannIn this special Patreon Bonus, Drew goes one-on-one with a childhood friend with whom he shared many a formative filmgoing experience... a friend who just so happened to grow up and become the Executive Creative Director for Marvel Games, a guy named Bill Rosemann. You could only imagine the sort of '80s-era movie adventures they had, but that's the whole point of this bonus episode - you don't have to imagine. You can hear them!2017-12-0500 min'80s All OverJuly 1982In July of '82, things were all over the place, and this is one of our weirdest episodes yet as a result. We've got the creator of Happy Days chasing the success of Airplane!, we've got the start of the big S.E. Hinton landrush with Disney's Tex, and we've got one of the weirdest Chuck Norris films of the era. And that's just to warm up.
If you've ever wondered what it would have been like if George Lucas had starred in Smokey and the Bandit, you can fina...2017-11-2700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #16 - Joe LynchIt was a foregone conclusion that '80s All Over would spend some time talking film with Joe Lynch: Not only is he one of Drew's friends, but he's also one of his favorite directors (Wrong Turn 2, Everly, Mayhem) and Mr. Lynch is also a podcaster, co-hosting the must-listen The Movie Crypt with Adam Green. And after launching into a... questionable Scott Weinberg impersonation, Lynch brings to the table a list of '80s movies he truly treasures on a personal level, and helps invent a guest format that will continue into future bonus episodes.2017-11-0700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #15 - Listener ReactionsEveryone loves a reaction video right? Well, maybe not everyone, but enough people for it to be a viable income stream on YouTube, because that's how we gauge success in the 21st Century. Well, this is kinda like that, except what's happening is that listeners are watching movies that have been covered on the show, and sending in their reactions, and then Drew and Scott react to those reactions! It's all part of the wonderful journey of (re-) discovery the show goes on every month.2017-10-2400 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #14 - The Best Soundtracks of the '80sDrew and Scott spent a very long time preparing for this episode... and then with less than a few hours before the scheduled record, Drew had to go to the doctor for some sort of radical back-replacement procedure... or something like that. So in the face of such short notice and no real alternative, their producer makes his first and only on-mic appearance, where he and Scott draft their five favorite soundtracks of the decade — an endeavor that is a lot harder than it sounds, considering the '80s is basically when the movie soundtrack became an artform unto it...2017-10-1000 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #12 - The John Carpenter Retrospective (or: The Secret Origins of '80s All Over)Listeners already know about the first two test episodes of '80s All Over, set in the last year of the '70s, but while you might think those two episodes are where the show began, that's not really the truth. This episode, recorded in 2010, inside a Toronto hotel room, after the premiere of John Carpenter's The Ward, is essentially this show's secret origin. Drew hit record on a career-spanning conversation he and Scott were going to have anyway, and the late night experiment not only succeeded, but it eventually led to the creation of their own show.2017-09-1200 min'80s All OverThe Best Of 1981Wow! We've made it to the end of our second year of the ten-year project, and we're celebrating with another best of episode. While Scott and Drew ended up agreeing completely on their number one film, they surprise each other throughout with their choices, and the results highlight just what a diverse and strange year of movies 1981 was.
There's little doubt we'll be talking about Indiana Jones, but we'll also be talking about Albert Brooks, two werewolf movies, throwbacks to film noir and movie musicals, as well as commies and gamblers and time-traveling little people, oh my...2017-08-2100 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #10 - Mail Call, vol. 1You got questions? '80s All Over has answers. The first in a series of episodes where the big ol' mailbag gets dumped over onto Scott and Drew's desks, and they try to answer what they can, as well as they can, before time is up. And the while the questions might not be all that out there, the places this episode winds up are... very interesting, to say the least.2017-08-1500 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #9 - Steven E. DeSouzaThere have been storytellers as special guests on '80s All Over before, but there are storytellers and then there's writer/director Steven E. De Souza, who hits the ground running in this conversation with Drew and Scott, and literally never stops, starting from day -1 of his career and continuing through some jaw-dropping anecdotes starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, Walter Hill, John McTiernan, and more. Pull up a seat and be regaled by true tales from a key architect of some of the '80s most influential action classics.2017-07-3100 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #8 - '79 All Over (Test Episode 2)The elements of the show start to lock into place, albeit in forms still not quite ironed out all the way—and wouldn't be until around the fourth or fifth episode of the show proper. But you can already tell that '80s All Over was well on its way, despite the way overlong intro and the not-so-quality sound quality. It certainly helped that August of 1979 provided Scott and Drew with a ton of great topics to touch on, including Apocalypse Now, The Amityville Horror, and the comic majesty of one Biggus Dickus.2017-07-0300 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #7 - Flash GordonThe last Patreon exclusive was recorded shortly after one of the show's biggest decisions was made: To call the show '80s All Over as opposed to the original title... "Klytus, I'm Bored." An amazingly delivered line, but maybe not the most appealing or informative name for the podcast. But the proper tribute was shortly paid, as Drew and Scott convened for this commentary focused fully one of their most favorite films of the entire decade.2017-06-1900 min'80s All OverAugust 1981Not one, but two comedies about the homeless or the mentally ill this week, because in Reagan's America, who didn't find an unbalanced street person delightful? Scott and Drew try to figure out how films like CHU CHU AND THE PHILLY FLASH and HONKY TONK FREEWAY got made, they talk about the lack of charisma that is Chuck Norris, they discuss the weird and often upsetting sexual mores of early '80s comedies, and they debate the relative merits of STUDENT BODIES.
We've got early films from Australian icons John Duigan...2017-06-1200 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #6 - '79 All Over (Test Episode 1)You can't just start a podcast fully-formed with your very first episode. Rather, I'm sure you can, it just won't stay that way very long, and it probably won't sound all that great. Usually you gotta put some training wheels on the bike and take a couple laps around the block before you show off to your friends. Before the "official" launch, Scott and Drew had to figure out their rhythm and get used to transforming their conversations into a show, and that meant practicing on the month of December, 1979, with films including Spielberg's infamous 1941, Peter Sellers' award-winning performance...2017-06-0500 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #5 - PopeyeOf all the films Drew and Scott have championed on the show, none are as thoroughly beloved as this: Robert Altman's bizarre, unique, touching, and authentic adaptation of the classic comic strip, giving star Robin Williams one of his earliest opportunities to show he was more than just Mork; and casting Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl - which is still the single most perfect piece of comic movie casting in film history.2017-05-2200 min
One Perfect PodAfter the Credits: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 with Drew McWeenyTo review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, we connected with Film Nerd 1.0, longtime writer and critic Drew McWeeny to chat about the return of Marvel's intergalactic group of a-holes.
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @OnePerfectPod, follow host Matthew Monagle (@labsplice) and this week's guest Drew McWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny). If you like what you hear, leave us a review on iTunes. It helps others discover our channel.2017-05-0800 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #3 - The FogOn a chilling, cold, and super-spooky (checks notes) ... Sunday morning in broad daylight, Scott and Drew convened, triumphed over technological shortcomings, and delivered their appreciations, admirations, and thoughts on the John Carpenter classic, The Fog.2017-04-2400 min'80s All OverApril 1981Get ready to listen to the only podcast you will ever hear that manages to transition from Tony Danza in GOIN' APE to Federico Fellini's CITY OF WOMEN. That's right, it's April 1981, and that means it's one seriously weird line-up.
There are some classics, like EXCALIBUR and NIGHTHAWKS, and there are some no-so-classics like CAVEMAN and BLOODY BIRTHDAY. We found a delightful and largely forgotten Western with Burt Lancaster, and you'll get to hear a story about how Drew was a total creep to Susan...2017-04-1700 min'80s All OverPatreon Bonus #2 - Lea ThompsonOne of the most important ingredients in some of the '80s most memorable movies sits down with Drew and Scott to discuss her work in multiple classics, including Back to the Future, Some Kind of Wonderful and... yes, Howard the Duck, too.2017-04-0500 min
Electric Shadow"Banned From the Ranch" (Special Edition) with Drew McWeenyJust after Disney acquired LucasFilm in the fall of 2012, Moisés spoke with film critic Drew McWeeny about the doors opened by a regime change, the early days of Ain't It Cool, his being officially banned from Skywalker Ranch, and the best way to watch Star Wars with your kids, among other things. 2.5 years later, and on the heels of the opening of Star Wars Celebration 2015, Drew comes off as more prescient than anyone gave him credit for being...at the time or since.The discussion featured in this episode first posted on 5 November 2012.2015-04-161h 11
The Movie CryptThe Movie Crypt: Ep. 69: Critic/Writer Drew McWeenyFilm critic and screenwriter Drew McWeeny (HitFix, MASTERS OF HORROR, FEAR ITSELF) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career in entertainment thus far, including his beginnings writing for the stage, writing on the front lines for AIN'T IT COOL NEWS as "Moriarty", launching and running his own entertainment site with HITFIX, the perils of being a film critic when a film's director gets personally offended, stepping back across the line from critic to screenwriter with his two John Carpenter directed episodes of MASTERS OF HORROR ("Cigarette Burns" and "Pro Life") and his episode of FEAR ITSELF ("Skin and Bones"...2014-09-152h 11
Fire Talk With Me4: Rope and Plastic (Drew McWeeny)
Drew McWeeny (chief film critic at HitFix) discusses his first-person experience with David Lynch (and, in a shocking twist, Mädchen Amick!), as well as his hunger to return for Fire Walk With Me. Examined here: episode 4 (3rd after The Pilot) of Twin Peaks.Show Notes and LinksDrew is chief film critic at HitFixSleepwalkers means something more to Drew than it does to anyone else on the planet.Are you Jake Destree? Send Jeremy an email as he mentions in the show.2014-08-191h 18