Pop culture podcaster and movie fan Quintin Philipson joins me to discuss what I think was the best movie of the past five years, 2019's instant classic Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit

Sportswriter and podcaster Jack Vita joins me to discuss a movie that shouldn't have worked at all, yet somehow turned out to be amazing. It's 2011's baseball masterpiece, Moneyball.

Moneyball

Screenwriter and George Romero fan Brian Scully joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror films of all time, the original 1978 classic, Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

People Magazine writer and TV host Steve Helling joins me to discuss one of my favorite suspense/horror movies of the 2000s, 2007's Vacancy

Vacancy

Donnie McHenry, from Psychotronica: A Podcast for Forgotten Film, joins me to discuss an unfairly forgotten horror film. We're talking about the 1990 anthology Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

My daughter, fellow horror fan Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss the movie that has been scientifically proven to be the scariest film of all time, 2012's Sinister

Sinister

Horror fan and John Carpenter expert Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss "the lost Carpenter film," 1978's made-for-TV-suspense-fest Someone's Watching Me!

Someone's Watching Me!

The creator of Bonkers Ass Cinema, Matt Rotman, joins me to discuss a movie that is indeed, uh, very bonkers ass. It's 1988's all-over-the-place kinda-sorta-a-Bigfoot-movie Demonwarp.

Demonwarp

Horror author Matt Carter joins me to discuss one of the creepiest low budget movies you are ever going to see, 2014's very fittingly titled Creep

Creep

Horror fan and podcaster Kacie Rahm joins me to discuss one of the biggest and most important horror movies that has ever been made, 1999's amazing (yes, it's still amazing) The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project

Mario Lanza once again reveals his talent at talking about the obscure and little known! His podcast is one of my favorites to put on in any situation and he’s easily one of my favorite podcasters out there. Great stuff as always!

Great podcast for lesser known films

Pop culture sponge Mario Lanza and his rotating cadre of special guests highlight the underloved, misunderstood and unfairly maligned nuggets of cinema, running down the plot with detours for commentary, trivia and plenty of humor along the way. Highly recommended.

Fun and informative for cinephiles!

Staff Picks

High school drama teacher Jimmy Gardner joins me to talk about the one-time flop that later turned into a beloved comedy classic, 1985's Clue

Clue

Baseball fan Will Olsen joins me to talk about the best baseball movie most people never saw, 1994's unfairly overlooked Little Big League

Little Big League

Podcaster and former pageant winner Mike Bloom joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of all time, 1999's ode to Jesus and America and young girls everywhere, Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Horror movie fan Justin Jones joins me to discuss the movie Stephen King once called the most underrated horror film of all time, 1979's inexplicably PG-rated Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

Andrew Dick of the That Week in SNL podcast joins me to discuss one of the most criminally underrated comedies of all time, Will Forte's masterpiece of bad taste, MacGruber

MacGruber

Attorney and reindeer expert Kass McQuillen joins me to discuss her family's beloved family Christmas movie, 1983's Trading Places

Trading Places

Younger version of me Michael Feeney joins me to discuss the obscure teen movie from the 80's with THAT ENDING that will just punch you right in the face, 1982's Last American Virgin

The Last American Virgin

Actor and comedy fan Jay Fischer joins me to discuss the brilliant meta comedy that was so far ahead of its time, it's Tom Berenger's 1985 magnum western opus Rustlers' Rhapsody

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Token young guy Kevin Cummins joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of the 2000's, the masterpiece of bad taste known as 2001's Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie

Podcaster and comedy historian Vic Shuttee joins me to discuss what I think was the funniest movie of the 2000's, the insane comedy masterpiece Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Ten-frame bowling Englishman Dennis Goodman joins me to discuss maybe the funniest movie ever that flopped in the theaters, 1996's Farrelly Brothers masterpiece, Kingpin

Kingpin

Playwright and actor Ryan Lisman joins me to discuss one of the mostly oddly endearing movies I have ever seen in my life, 2017's instant indie classic, Brigsby Bear

Brigsby Bear

Hollywood screenwriter Brian Scully joins me to discuss maybe the greatest paranoia thriller of them all, 1999's unbelievably vicious Arlington Road

Arlington Road

Magic fan and Christopher Nolan expert Bruce Ragas joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the twist ending masterpiece known as The Prestige

The Prestige

Star Trek expert Mark Kalzer joins me as we set our phasers to fun, and we discuss 1999's awesome sci fi parody Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

Pop culture writer Robb Posch joins me to talk about a weird little movie that traumatized a lot of unsuspecting kids in the 80's, it's 1985's snuff film/kid's film, Fortress

Fortress

Fellow 80's movie junkie Randy Bailey joins me to discuss 1987's Three O'Clock High, which is really a 90's teen movie that was just a few years ahead of its time

Three O'Clock High

Former NFL player and fellow Mel Brooks fan Brad Culpepper joins me to discuss the importance and the hilarity of the 1974 western spoof, Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Improv comedian George Hanns joins me to talk about one of the greatest indie movies of all time, 1996's ode to Los Angeles dating life, Swingers

Swingers

Fellow Camp Northstar devotee Mike Stevenson joins me as we discuss the legend of Bill Murray, and how it all started here, in the endlessly quotable 1979 movie, Meatballs

Meatballs

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