Total Movie Recall

TMR 066 – Full Metal Jacket

This week on Total Movie Recall, we go to the suck. Steve develops a thousand yard stare reserved for veterans of nightmare wars and mediocre podcasts. Ryan chalks up another point in the Irresponsible Father column, reflecting on his father’s prudent decision to let him watch this vision of insanity at a tender age yet again. If you listen to this episode, you can go to my house and fornicate with my sister.Full Metal Jacket (1987) d. Stanley Kubrick w. Gustav Hasford based on his novel The Short-Timers Starring:Matthew Modine as Pvt. JokerAdam Baldwin as Animal MotherVincent D'Onofrio as Pvt. PyleR. Lee Ermey as Gny. Sgt. HartmanDorian Harewood as EightballKevyn Major Howard as RaftermanArliss Howard as Pvt. Cowboy Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis, quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant, and pudgy Private Lawrence, nicknamed "Gomer Pyle," as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering -- and eventually participating in -- the bloody Battle of Hué. Things discussed in the show:Willy WonkaGodzilla vs. Kong (Adam Wingard, Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall)Zack Snyder's Justice League (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, J.K. Simmons)The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah)Dawn of the Dead 2004 (Zack Snyder, George A. Romero, James Gunn, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer)300 (Zack Snyder, Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham)Joss Whedon gets canceledBuffy the Vampire Slayer (Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield Ford)Cabin in the Woods (Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison)Mel Gibbson uncancelable?Toxic fandomFirefly (Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass)Moulin Rogue! (Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo)Luc BessonJosie and the Pussycats (Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Carson Daly)Sharknado (Anthony C. Ferrante, Thunder Levin, Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, John Heard)Bullitt (Peter Yates, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn)George BurnsSean ConneryLarry Sanders Show (Dennis Klein, Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor, Wallace Langham, Rip Torn, Janeane Garofalo, Jeremy Piven)Billy CrystalRequiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly)Kitbag - new Napoleon film (Ridley Scott, David Scarpa, Joaquin Phoenix, Jodie Comer)Hieronymus Bosch - Dutch painter Visual Tone PoemFrançois Truffaut on war filmsBlack Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore)John WayneThe Things They Carried by Tim O' BrienThe Mickey Mouse Club theme songDas Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann)Jungian duality of man Next week: UHF

TMR 065 – Harold and Maude

This week on Total Movie Recall, we watch the first Manic Pixie Dream Girl ever on screen, who is not a girl at all, but is most decidedly a woman. It’s the perfect post-2020 movie, and not just because of the constant suicides. It’s twee and precious and we absolutely loved it.Harold & Maude (1971) d. Hal Ashby w. Colin Higgins Music by: Cat Steven (Yusuf Islam) Starring:Ruth GordonBud CortVivian Pickles Cult classic pairs Cort as a dead-pan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with suicide and a loveable Gordon as a fun-loving 80-year-old eccentric. They meet at a funeral, and develop a taboo romantic relationship, in which they explore the tired theme of the meaning of life with a fresh perspective. Things discussed in the show:Savages (Oliver Stone, Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively)Santa MuerteDunkirk (70mm, Christopher Nolan, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance)Overlord (Julius Avery, Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier)Tenet (Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki)1917 (Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays)Rolling Thunder (Vietnam POWs, John Flynn, William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes)Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino)Mental health and the militaryThe Four Feathers 1939 (Zoltan Korda, John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith)The Last Blockbuster (documentary, Smash Mouth, Taylor Morden, Lauren Lapkus, Sandi Harding, Ken Tisher, Doug Benson, Doug Loves Movies podcast, Kevin Smith, Samm Levine, Brian Posehn, Jamie Kennedy, Ron Funches, Ione Skye, Lloyd Kaufman, Troma, Paul Scheer)Clerks (Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier)Letterbox app Streaming servicesMinority Report (Steven Spielberg, Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton) King Billy Corgan, monarch of Chicago SuicideDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden) Next week: Full Metal Jacket

TMR 064 – The Neverending Story

This week on Total Movie Recall, we learn that while some stories never end, mothers do, and that’s the beginning of how a serial killer is made in this unflinching look inside the mind of one disturbed little boy. Hang in there with us, listen to this, and watch it again and try to tell us you didn’t witness a psychotic break as this poor boy retreats inside the dark fantasies of his mind.The Neverending Story (1984) d. Wolfgang Petersen w. Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel Music by Giorgio Moroder Starring:Noah Hathaway as AtreyuBarret Oliver as BastianTami Stronach as The Childlike EmpressDeep Roy as Teeny WeenyFrank Oz On his way to school, Bastian ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive. Things discussed in the show:Christopher NolanCarl JungDas Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann)Enemy Mine (Wolfgang Petersen, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James)Snowden (Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo)Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney)Oliver Stone's memoir - Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie GameThe Social Network (David Fincher, Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake)3rd Rock From the Sun (Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)Wikileaks and Julian AssangeThe Intercept (Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Jeremy Scahill) Natural Born Killers ( JFK ( Any Given Sunday (The Disaster Artist ( The Room ( Rocky Horror Picture Show ( Midnight screenings of Rocky Horror and The RoomThe Crown ( Repo Man Dangerous Liaisons ( Downton Abby The Remains of the Day - novel ( Conan, Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs George Miller Next week: Harold and Maude

TMR 063 – Wild Things

Ah, the good ole days of passing around R rated spank tapes. This movie is so trashy, it gave Charlie Sheen HIV.Wild Things (1998) d. John McNaughton Starring:Kevin BaconNeve CampbellMatt DillonDenise RichardsDaphne Rubin-VegaBill Murray When teen debutante Kelly fails to attract the attention of her hunky guidance counselor, Sam, she cries rape, igniting a scandal that results in his arrest. Sam appeals to Ken, a hack personal-injury lawyer who has never handled a case that couldn't be helped by a prop neck brace. Soon, a second victim, Suzie, comes forward, and Detective Duquette discovers that the unfolding case is far from what it seems. Things discussed in the show: Passing around R rated spank tapes Porn in the 90s and hologramsY Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho)Harry PotterThe Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes)WandaVision (Jac Schaeffer, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn)Dinosaurs (Not the Mama, Michael Jacobs, Bob Young, Stuart Pankin, Jessica Walter, Jason Willinger)The Flintstones (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl)X-Files – (Joe Napolitano, Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi)Red Shoe Diaries (David Duchovny, Anthony Addabbo, Audie England)SkinamaxSupernatural (Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert, Mark Pellegrino)SyFy ChannelZ Nation (Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, Russell Hodgkinson, Nat Zang, Keith Allan)Resident Alien (Chris Sheridan, Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds)Dr. No (James Bond, Terence Young, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee)Dr. No novel (Ian Fleming)John Carter of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs)Law & Order Special Victims Unit (SVU, Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T)Spin Doctors, Third Eye Blind, Hootie and the BlowfishScream (Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber) PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman)Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, S.E. Hinton, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane)Michael Rapaport Swamp vs. bayouRobert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Christopher WalkenBrian De Palma Next week: Black Cat White Cat

TMR 062 – From Dusk Till Dawn

Remember the innocent 90s, when white directors thought they had the N-word pass for some reason? What do you think their “woke” movie would look like? Probably like this, where the N-word is replaced by horrific rape and Mexican jokes. This proto-edgelord movie was looked at as such a good time romp that it was considered the perfect vehicle to transition from the hit network show ER to the big screen. What a simpler time… From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) d. Robert Rodriguez w. Robert Kurtzman (story), Quentin Tarantino (screenplay) Starring:Harvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisQuentin TarantinoSalma HayekCheech MarinDanny TrejoTom SaviniFred Williamson On the run from a bank robbery that left several police officers dead, Seth Gecko (George Clooney) and his paranoid, loose-cannon brother, Richard (Quentin Tarantino), hightail it to the Mexican border. Kidnapping preacher Jacob Fuller (Harvey Keitel) and his kids, the criminals sneak across the border in the family's RV and hole up in a topless bar. Unfortunately, the bar also happens to be home base for a gang of vampires, and the brothers and their hostages have to fight their way out. Things discussed in the show: Sex Machine and Santanico PandemoniumFull Tilt Boogie (Sarah Kelly)Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette, Eric Stoltz, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Kathy Griffin)Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen)DolemiteMortal Kombat 2021 (Simon McQuoid, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson)Tenet (Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki)Mulan 2020 (Niki Caro, Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong)G.I. Jane (Ridley Scott, Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft)Bliss (Mike Cahill, Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper)The Matrix (Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss)Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz)René DescartesRick and Morty (Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland)Aliens soundtrackChingon - Robert Rodriguez's bandE.R. (Michael Crichton, Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies)Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Sonny Chiba)Grindhouse films - Planet Terror and Death ProofMacGruber (Jorma Taccone, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer)Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Gunn, Michael Rooker)Tarantino's Star TrekMercury Cougar XR7The Dusk Till Dawn Soundtrack (The Blasters, ZZ Top, Jon Wayne, The Mavericks, Stevie Ray Vaughan)Kelly PrestonOf Mice and MenNatural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield)National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah S. Chechik, John Hughes, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis)George RomeroThe Descent (Neil Marshall, Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid)The Titty Twister barDesperado (Robert Rodriguez, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida)Los LobosBuffy the Vampire Slayer (Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield Ford)Call of Cthulhu RPGAnne Rice vampires Lapdog of SatanloudQUIETloud A Film About the Pixies (Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin, Frank Black, Kim Deal, David Lovering)El Rey in Robert Rodriguez filmsThe Getaway by Jim ThompsonRifts RPG - Mexico's Vampire KingdomCharmed (Constance M. Burge, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Rose McGowan) Dirk Diggler of Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham)Gone Girl (David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry)Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl) Next week: Wild Things