There are some things that man is not meant to splice. This week PJ and Derek are joined by special guest Charlie as they dive headfirst into the pure cinematic mayhem of Joe Dante’s sequel that gleefully tears up the rulebook in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). In this episode they explore how Dante uses slapstick violence, mutant gremlins, and nonstop parody to mock sequels, media culture, corporate America, and even the audience itself. Whether you think this anything-goes approach makes ...
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There are some things that man is not meant to splice. This week PJ and Derek are joined by special guest Charlie as they dive headfirst into the pure cinematic mayhem of Joe Dante’s sequel that gleefully tears up the rulebook in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). In this episode they explore how Dante uses slapstick violence, mutant gremlins, and nonstop parody to mock sequels, media culture, corporate America, and even the audience itself. Whether you think this anything-goes approach makes ...
During the spookiest time of the year there are a few guidelines all ghosts and goblins should follow. Join PJ and Derek as they light another jack-o’-lantern and carve into Michael Dougherty’s cult anthology Trick ’r Treat (2007). In this episode the guys unravel how the film’s intertwining stories reinvent Halloween mythology, the eerie atmosphere that captures the spirit of Samhain through its dark humor and gory morality plays, and discuss why this once-overlooked film has become a season...
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There are some things that man is not meant to splice. This week PJ and Derek are joined by special guest Charlie as they dive headfirst into the pure cinematic mayhem of Joe Dante’s sequel that gleefully tears up the rulebook in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). In this episode they explore how Dante uses slapstick violence, mutant gremlins, and nonstop parody to mock sequels, media culture, corporate America, and even the audience itself. Whether you think this anything-goes approach makes ...