A Quality Interruption
By James Kislingbury
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Description
Cruz Flores and James Kislingbury love movies and love yelling at each other about them. Whether they're good, bad, involve lesbian vampires, or a good old fashioned vigilante shooting spree, we'll be there, over thinking all of it.
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Clean#165 James Ellroy's Narc (2002) | EPISODE #165-- On today's episode Cruz and James tackle Joe Carnahan's first feature: Narc. They also talk about Their Finest, Honeydripper, Belle (again), Cobra, Stranger Things (again), The Last Jedi (again), Dunkirk, You Were Never Really Here, I... | 4/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#164 Tom Clancy's WarGames (1983) | EPISODE #164-- Today we are joined by return guest, Lezlie Moore, to discuss the techno-thriller, WarGames. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show.. | 4/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#163 Patrick O'Brian's Splash (1984) | EPISODE #163-- Today the boys are joined by the hilarious Jamie Janek (@jamiejanek and @ginblopro on Instagram and YouTube). She's better at this than us and has done cooler things than us. Like be the voice of Del Taco. Support her endeavors. Anyways.. | 4/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#162 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Death of Stalin (2018) | EPISODE #162-- Today Cruz and James tackle the latest political satire from Armando Ianucci with "The Death of Stalin." This and other films, I'm sure. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram... | 3/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#161 George G. Toudouze's The Fog (1980) | EPISODE #161-- Cruz and James return to John Carpenter with. . . The Fog? Really? Huh. Okay. They talk about this and other things, I don't know. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram... | 3/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#160 Jack Kerouac's Wild at Heart (1990) | EPISODE #160-- Today Cruz and James grapple with a minor masterpiece of David Lynch's: Wild at Heart. We also talk about Enlightened, Tampopo, Ghost World, Silence of the Lambs (again), Gangs of New York, Back to the Future, and Belle! Donate to the... | 3/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#159 Jack Kirby's Point Break (1991) | EPISODE #159-- Cruz and James tackle the all-time classic surfer/crime movie from Kathryn Bigelow: Point Break. Better yet, they're met (and outmatched) by the effulgent Vanessa Jefferson! Say hello Vanessa! They talk surfers, Nazis, and Nazi surfers,.. | 3/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#158 Noel Calef's The Hitch-Hiker (1953) | EPISODE #158-- Today Cruz and James tackle the totally free film noir from Ida Lupino "The Hitch-Hiker." They also talk about a whole bunch of other films, obviously. Uh. Give it a listen? Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on... | 3/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#157 Nick Cave's Ravenous (1999) | EPISODE #157-- Today Cruz and James tackle the thriller/horror/western/black comedy that is Ravenous. Come and get it. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch... | 2/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#156 John Updike's The Love Witch (2017) | EPISODE #156-- Happy Valentime's! Today Cruz and James are joined by the talented Tannalee Kendall. Today the trio discusses "The Love Witch" from Anna Biller! GET IT. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter... | 2/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#155 Shigeru Mizuki's Audition (1999) | EPISODE #155-- Cruz and James return to the font of madness that is the ouevre of Takashi Miike with the thriller/romance Audition! It's a lot of fun! The episode, not the movie. God no, not the movie. GET IT. Donate to the cause at... | 2/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#154 Ursula La Guin's Beastmaster (1982) | EPISODE #154-- On today's episode Cruz and James are well met by "Almost Adults'" Gage Agnew. Say hi, Gage! Anyways, we talk about Beastmaster. It's a bad movie. Don't watch it. But do listen to Gage's show "Almost Adults"... | 1/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#153 H.G. Wells' Mars Attacks! (1996) | EPISODE #153-- In which we talk about the classic Tim Burton science fiction film "Mars Attacks!" while half of the podcast is on sleeping medication/overcoming a diabetic coma! Try to guess which one! James is right and Cruz is wrong. Come and... | 1/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#152 H.G. Bissinger's BMX Bandits (1983) | EPISODE #152-- Today Cruz and James tackle the Aussie flick BMX Bandits (1983). It's a whatever movie. More importantly, we rap about Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). James is right and Cruz is wrong. Come and marvel at the disparity. GET... | 1/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#151 Top Ten of 2017 (2018) | EPISODE #151-- Jimmy K has got the studio at Kislingbury Manor locked down and he's shooting a solo episode out into the ether. GET IT. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram... | 1/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#150 Booth Tarkington's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | EPISODE #150-- Here it is, rugged and raw! Episode one-hundo-fifty! They said we couldn't make it! They said we'd never amount to anything! Well, they were half right! Today we tackle James' favorite Wes Anderson movie, The Royal Tenenbaums. Put it in.. | 1/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#149 Charles Dickens' Pottersville (2017) | EPISODE #149-- Take some time away from your family speaking ill of everyone who isn't at dinner this year with Cruz and James reviewing the hit Netflix feature, Pottersville. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter... | 12/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#148 Ursula LeGuin's Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) | EPISODE CXLVIII-- STAR WARS | 12/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#147 Margaret Atwood's The Road Warrior (1981) | EPISODE #147-- Cruz and James return to the road to talk about one of the greatest action movies of all time. Get it. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can... | 12/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#146 Hunter S. Thompson's Dick (1999) | EPISODE #146-- Cruz and James return to the podcasting game with special guest Lezlie Moore (IG: Lezlie_Moore). Today we talk about the Nixonian comedy "Dick!" Get it! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter... | 12/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#145 Vladimir Nabokov's Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | EPISODE #145-- Cruz and James rap about the retro-future. Among other things. Spoilers ahead for Denis Villenueve's Blade Runner 2049. It's a good one, folks. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and... | 11/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#143 John Grisham's Michael Clayton (2007) | EPISODE #143-- Hey, we accidentally skipped a number! Anyways, we're back and we're tackling the lawyer-based thriller/character study Michael Clayton. It's a good episode about a good movie. Get it. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow... | 11/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#144 George Plimpton's Breaking Away (1979) | EPISODE #144-- We're back to our regularly scheduled program with the Peter Yate's coming of age/biking moving "BREAKING AWAY." We also talk Mean Streets, Italian cinema, Jackie Chan, and Netflix. Get it. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on... | 11/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#142 ENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Hellraiser III (1992) | EPISODE #142-- We round off our annual SPOOTASTICLE SPOOKTEMBER with another Hellraiser movie. And, yes, this is the one "with the CD cenobite." Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show... | 10/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#141 ENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Carrie (1976) | EPISODE #141-- We re-enter the tournament of terror that is the SPOOKTAGON. Today we have special guest Hayley Jackson of the South Coast Repertory join us to talk about the coming-of-age/coming-of-DEATH black comedy/exploitation movie CARRIE. And... | 10/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#140 ENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Maximum Overdrive (1986) | EPISODE #140-- Boo! Ha! Did I scare you? Of course I did, because it's SPOOKUMS SEASON and to celebrate it, Cruz and James talk about Stephen King's underwhelming masterpiece MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Also other things. BOO! Watch it. Listen to it. Love... | 10/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#139 ENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Phantasm (1979) | EPISODE #139-- Hey, guys and GHOULS, it's our annual tradition: Watching bad horror movies, which is different from our usual deal of watching bad horror movies because this time we have a TITLE FOR IT. Today Cruz is out and well-known metal man, Eric.. | 10/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#138.4 The State of the Pod and RIP HDS | EPISODE #138.5-- Just another stupid filler episode. Don't mind me. Just talking briefly about the state of this dumb show and remembering the life of Harry Dean Stanton (and ignoring the fact that I lost an entire episode due to sheer incompetence).... | 10/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#18 Larry McMurrty's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | EPISODE #18-- A QUALITY QLASSIC. As time marches on, so do our archives. Long-time friend, fan, and compadre Steven Hausdorfer joins us for one of our first episodes. Sorry for the delay the past couple of weeks. Illness and bad timing has beset our... | 10/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#138 Kazuo Koike's 13 Assassins (2010) | EPISODE #138-- We finally did it! 13 Assassins! It's a good one! Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." Thanks to our... | 9/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#137 Lord Bryon's Poltergeist | EPISODE #137-- Cruz and James are back and tackling the Tobe Hooper/Steven Spielberg suburban horror masterpiece: Poltergeist. Come for the waffling. Stay for the whinging. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit.... | 9/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#136.5 SOLO FILLER EPISODE | EPISODE #136.5-- Due to sickness and the world coming to an end, we missed an episode. In lieu of a full-blown actual episode, here's James recommending a couple of movies and a pervy anime. Have a happy Labor Day! Workers of the world unite! Ni dieu... | 9/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit#136 James Jones' The Dirty Dozen (1967) | EPISODE #136-- Nazis are no good and they should all be destroyed. We rap about The Dirty Dozen. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live... | 8/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#135 H.G. Welles' Innerspace (1987) | EPISODE #135-- The boys are back in rare form to tackle another Joe Dante film. They have a lot of fun. Listen, won't you? What? You want more than that? Go pound sand! We give this show away and this is how you repay us?! Follow James on Twitter... | 8/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#134 James Michener's Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai | EPISODE #134-- Jim Jarmusch is great. Ghost dog is great. This episode is great. Listen to it. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." You can follow James on... | 8/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#133 Christopher Hitchens' Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) | EPISODE #133-- Alex Smith (@giraffetermath) returns as a guest star to talk about maybe the third most anti-Catholicism title we've ever done: Alice, Sweet Alice. It's a bad episode. I don't know. Take it or leave it. We also talk about I'm Sorry,... | 8/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#132 Hong Ying's Hard Boiled (1992) | EPISODE #132-- Today Cruz and James are joined by the hilarious and effulgent Andy Kneis (@kneisage on twitter). Together they rap about the insane and wonderful carnival that is John Woo's Hard Boiled. Get it. Follow James on Twitter... | 7/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#131 Ed McBain's Miller's Crossing (1990) | EPISODE #131-- We liked talking about Fargo so much, we decided to do another Coen Brothers movie. They're real good at movies. We're also met by the effulgent Hayley Jackons (who can be found on Instagram @littleredpixie and on Twitter... | 7/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#130 Adam Johnson's Fargo (1996) | EPISODE #130-- Cruz and James sweat it out to their first Coen Brothers episode. Today they tackle the classic "Fargo." It's a classic. I don't know. Listen to the episode, why don't you? Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits. You can watch Cruz and... | 7/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#129 Jon Krakauer's Grizzly Man (2005) | EPISODE #129-- Today Cruz and James get into it with Werner Herzog's seminal documentary/descent into madness: Grizzly Man. They also get into it about Moana, Lego Batman, Triple 9, and the AMC TV show Preacher. More to follow. Follow James on... | 7/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#128 Hugo Munsterberg's Matinee (1993) | EPISODE #128-- Today Cruz and James tackle the Joe Dante picture Matinee. Listen to it. Watch it. Know it. Then they talk about Edge of Seventeen, Cowboy Bebop, Preacher, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and A Soldier's Story. Follow James on Twitter... | 7/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#127 L. Frank Baum's Zardoz (1974) | EPISODE #127-- Zardoz sucks. Never watch it. We also talk about Oh Hello, Wonder Woman, The Free State of Jones, Skyfall, and Cowboy Bebop. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in... | 6/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#126 W. Sumerset Maugham's Death Becomes Her (1992) | EPISODE #126-- This episode is a long time coming, but here we are. Caitlin Cutt/Lemaire of "White Wine, True Crime" joins James for a childhood favorite: Death Becomes Her. They talk about everything: Life, Death, Paris, and not this movie. It is... | 6/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#125 Kingsley Amis' Licence to Kill (1989) | EPISODE #125-- On today's episode Cruz and James are once more joined by the effulgent Lauren Bruniges to discuss the classic John Glen helmed James Bond film "Licence to Kill." Warning: It is going to go a bit 1980's. We also discuss Avatar, Search... | 6/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#124 Sapphire's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) | EPISODE #124-- Why really screwed up not doing this movie last week, didn't we? Man. . . Anyways, let's not worry about that. Let's worry about Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw playing a game of cat and slightly more tired cat. We also rap about Fences,.. | 6/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#123 AniMAY Ghost in the Shell (1995) | EPISODE #123-- We made it! The long national nightmare that is AniMAY is over! Cruz and James conclude this horrifying (yet edifying) month with the classic film Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii. It's a humdinger of an episode! We also... | 5/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#122 AniMAY Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind (1984) | EPISODE #122-- AniMay charges forward! It heeds not your provincial morality and so-called "rules of common decency." AniMAY has no mercy. No qualms. It is only pure kawaii. . . Anyways, today we are met by the wonderful Hope Jaymes of Uncool: The... | 5/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#121 AniMAY Akira (1988) | EPISODE #121-- Now that we are in the thrall of AniMAY (the official month of Japanese animation), it becomes clear that not everyone can hack it. Cruz is out Alex Switsky is in. We rap about the classic Katsuhiro Otomo picture Akira. You like bikes?... | 5/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#120 AniMAY Expelled From Paradise (2014) | EPISODE #120-- It's AniMAY, everybody! Where in it is May and we talk about Japanese anime! It wouldn't be A Quality Interruption if it wasn't sabatoged from the outset! Today Cruz and James are met by the very lovely and very pregnant Alexis Simpson,.. | 5/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#119 Joe Hill's Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986) | EPISODE #119-- Cruz and James dive back into the majestic garbage pile that is the Jason franchise with Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives. It's a title that might just be longer than the film itself. If you like schlock and you hate teens, then this.. | 4/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#118 Marquis de Sade's Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988) | EPISODE #118-- Back up the garbage truck, because we got another Hellraiser in town. And this one. . . Hoo boy. It's not a good one. We also got Alex Smith on this episode. Besides how very doubleplus ungood Clive Barker's properties are, we also talk.. | 4/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#117 AA Milne's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | EPISODE #117-- On tonight's episode Cruz and James brave their own death throes to talk about Guy Ritchie's first film: The geezery caper "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels." Because we had to celebrate a new Fast and the Furious movie with a Jason.. | 4/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#116 William Faulkner's The Fate of the Furious (2017) | EPISODE #116-- Oh boy, get your girdles girded, because it's a SOLO EPISODE BABY! AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME. In this episode James waxes poetic about what it means to be family, fast, and/or furious and also maybe to get into a fight with a stranger... | 4/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#115 Malcolm Lowry's Joe Versus The Volcano (1990) | EPISODE #115-- Today Cruz and James are joined by Laura Hartley and Jamie Janek from GinBlo Productions! We rap about John Patrick Shanley's romantic comedy Joe Versus The Volcano! We also talk about our favorite Tom Hanks (or "T. Hank") role, as well.. | 4/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#114 Han Kang's Train to Busan (2016) | EPISODE #114-- Cruz and James decide to watch a recent release that's been seeing a lot of positive buzz, and the results are. . . Less than spectacular. After they talk about Yeon San-Ho's Train to Busan, they go on about Hello, My Name is Doris, as... | 4/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#113 Sophocles' Titus (1999) | EPISODE #113-- On today's episode Cruz and James wade into the classical-meets-trash adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus. Directed by Julie Taymor it. . . Goes places. I don't know. Give it a listen yourself. We also briefly talk about Akira... | 3/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#112 Jack Kirby's Logan (2017) | EPISODE #112-- Cruz and James are joined by Alex Smith, Ratking, to discuss Marvel's latest humdinger. Check it out, why don't you? Theme song is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Follow us on Twitter @goldenagecruz and @kislingtwits.... | 3/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#111 Harper Lee's Frailty (2001) | EPISODE #111-- Today we mourn the death of Bill Paxton, while at the same time, we celebrate his life. Instead of doing one of his more obvious movies (that we've also probably done before), we decided to watch one of the movies that Paxton... | 3/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#110 Guy de Maupassant's Four Musketeers (1974) | EPISODE #110-- Cruz and James tackle the sequel to the incredible Three Musketeers with the slightly less good, but still awesome Four Musketeers. They then get into it about. . . Well, that's about it. It's a short episode. Expect more later this... | 3/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#109 Albert Camus' Three Musketeers (1973) | EPISODE #109-- Do you like fun? Do you like adventure? Do you like Faye Dunaway? Then, boy howdy, have we got a movie for you. Richard Lester's Three Musketeers is why movies exist. It's why rapiers exist. It is so good, my dudes. We then talk about... | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#108 Lisa Scottoline's Moonstruck (1987) | EPISODE #108-- We didn't come here to muck about. We came here for one reason and one reason only: Because Moonstruck is the best movie ever. YOU HEAR THAT. PROVE ME WRONG, AMERICA! Cruz and James are joined by favorite guest, Alexis Smith. We also... | 2/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#107 Jo Nesbo's John Wick (2014) | EPISODE #107-- Overcoming technical maladies and LA traffic, Cruz and James convene to talk about the only thing that matters: John h*king Wick. This movie, yo. This. Movie. We get into it. We also get into FX's Legion, Author: The JT Leroy Story,... | 2/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#106 L. Ron Hubbard's Mission: Impossible (1996) | EPISODE #106-- Cruz and James dive back into the ouevre of Brian DiPalma with the spy thriller Mission: Impossible It's a real good one. All of it. So good. Then we talk about Under the Shadow, Chuck Norris Versus Communism, Chimes at Midnight, and... | 2/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#105 Robert Bolt's Theater of Blood (1973) | EPISODE #105-- Cruz and James get back into real quality films with the Vincent Price lead murder mystery "Theater of Blood," which is also titled "Much Ado About Murder." It's as classy as it is trashy. But in a good way. The boys then talk about... | 1/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTop 10 of 2016 | #104-- With Cruz recuperating from the acting bug, James will take his place and his own place to make a super compact solo episode! That's right! Feel free to skip this one! James goes over his top ten films of 2016 with you, the listener (that's... | 1/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPercy Shelley's Monsters (2010) | EPISODE #103-- Cruz and Jame (finally) get around to watching Gareth Edwards' debut film. It's. . . Okay? Alright? Fine? It's fine. It's whatever. More importantly Cruz and James talk about The Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), TV's Supergirl, and 12... | 1/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHayao Miyazaki's Superman (1978) | EPISODE #102-- Washing away the stink of last episode, Cruz and James launch into Richard Donner's 1978 classic Superman (The Movie). After that they get into Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It's a long one, folks. Buckle up. Follow us on Twitter... | 1/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMary Roach's Die Hard (1988) | EPISODE #101-- Instead of watching the Golden Globes or involving ourselves with awards' season at all, we decided to watch Die Hard, a film so burnt into the American sub-conscious, that one would almost hesitate at the redundancy of involving... | 1/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeverly Cleary's Rushmore (1998) | EPISODE 100-- We made it, you guys! We have (technically) finally arrived at our centenntial. To celebrate, Cruz and James are joined by World's a Mess' own Alex Smith. We watched Wes Anderson's Rushmore. It's one of our personal favorites and we... | 12/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEmma Orczy's Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (2011) | EPISODE 99-- We're almost there, folks. Almost. There. Cruz and James (and the wee baby Henry) indulge in the most tangentially connected to Christmas film that they could think of-- Tomas Alfredson's 2011 thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It's so... | 12/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#98 Charles Dickens' Gremlins (1984) | EPISODE 98-- The boys are joined once again by the effulgent Lauren Bruniges. Today they discuss a Christmas classic: Gremlins. Directed by Joe Dante, Gremlins amounts to what would happen if Quentin Tarantino directed a Christmas film and he wasn't... | 12/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBLACK SHANETEMBER Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) | EPISODE #97-- We exit the long dark night of our series on Shane Black. What hve we learned? I think we learned not to do an entire month of depressing, cynical Christmas movies. I think we learned we should have just watched The Nice Guys and called... | 12/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBLACK SHANETEMBER Lethal Weapon (1987) | EPISODE 96-- We're nearing the end! We do our fourth (of five) Shane Black movies. Today: The buddy cop masterpiece Lethal Weapon by Richard Donner. It's a real humdinger of a movie. After that, we talk about Venture Brothers, The Crown, Tarzan, X-Men.. | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBLACK SHANETEMBER Last Action Hero (1993) | EPISODE 95-- Cruz and James continue their mini-series bout Shane Black with his (partially) penned action-comedy-madnessfest, Last Action Hero. This is a real crazy one. Also, we have our audio back. That's some good news. Follow us on Twitter... | 11/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBLACK SHANETEMBER The Nice Guys (2016) | EPISODE 94-- Well, I'm sorry, but we have another BS episode. I mean, it's a good one. I really good one. But the sound quality is crap. CRAP. That's my fault (me, James). We talk about Shane Black's 1970's caper The Nice Guys. It's so good, you guys... | 11/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBLACK SHANETEMBER Predator (1987) | EPISODE 93-- We enter into another creator's series with Shane Black (previously we've done Steven Spielberg and, let me tell you, if you ever do that, stick to the classics). We quickly realize that John McTiernan's [sic] sci-fi action movie is no... | 11/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Return of the Living Dead (1985) | EPISODE 92-- Sure, we're late, but so what? Some things are evergreen. And I don't know about you, but I don't stop being spooky just because it's not October anymore. THE SPOOKTAGON IS FOREVER. Today we handle the wonderfully insane Return of the... | 11/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Maggie (2015) | EPISODE 91-- BOO! Gotcha! Ha. Never gets old-- Especially not during our VERNAL EQUINOX-RELATED HORROR EXTRAVAGANZA. Today Cruz, James, and special guest Alex Smith watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger/zombie picture Maggie. And. . .It is not good. It is a.. | 10/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanENTER THE SPOOKTAGON The Fly (1986) | EPISODE 90-- We step back into the world of the SPOOKTEMBERTACULON for a second time with David Cronenberg's classic remake-- THE FLY. It's a good movie and we mostly spend our time talking about how gross the whole movie looks. Also, that Gina Davis,.. | 10/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanENTER THE SPOOKTAGON Nightbreed (1990) | EPISODE 89-- We enter into the first episode of our yearly SPOOKTEMBERTACTIGON, in which Cruz and James dwell upon the reason for the season: Bad monster movies. Today they are joined Lauren Bruniges and they talk about Clive Barker's utterly baffling.. | 10/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMichael Shaara's The Terminator (1984) | EPISODE 88-- We aren't screwing around this month. . . I mean, we are, but hey. ANYWAYS, today we attack the cult classic/regular classic The Terminator. It's. . . An incredible film. We had so much fun talking about it, we might do a second podcast... | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMargaret Atwood's Silent Running 1972 | EPISODE 87-- HAve we really not released an episode since August? Jeese. Sorry, everybody. We're in the midst of getting our act together here. Really. We're trying. Things are nuts. Anyways, today we take on the science fiction "classic" "Silent... | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHenry James' Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015) | EPISODE 86-- The crew handles their first documentary in the form of "Death of Superman Lives," which concerns itself with one of the many Superman-related cinematic disasters. Unlike most of the other Superman cinematic disasters, this one didn't... | 8/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWAM 3 | World's a Mess Episode #3-- James and Alex return with a two month old batch of news. As we figure out how hot the mics are and how to format the title of this show, we can safely say that we've figured out one thing: We have our own RSS feed and... | 8/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBen Bova's They Live (1988) | EPISODE 85-- Cruz and James get back to the basics (ie: John Carpenter) with the film "THEY LIVE." The film features show favorite Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David (David Keith?). It's exciting. They also pine about vagrants and the squatting of said.. | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSE Hinton's The Warriors (1979) | EPISODE 84-- Cruz and James are back and what they don't know about gangs they make up for with their sharp eyes for Old New York couture. In today's episode they dive back into the wild world of Walter Hill with the cult classic "The Warriors." ... | 8/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWAM 2 | World's a Mess Episode 2-- Alex and James hit the news desk with a new crop of freshly cut news stories. We have bird news, we have firework-related injuries, we have breast feeding, we have bar farts. We have it all, folks. Also: Sorry about the... | 7/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWalter M Miller Jr's Hell Comes to Frog Town (1988) | EPISODE 83-- Holy heck, guys. This movie. THIS FLIPPING MOVIE. You gotta see it. Run, don't walk to the nearest computer and watch this garbage show. It is so. . . Well, not "good," exactly, but great? Hell Comes to Frogtown changed our lives. And it... | 7/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWorld's a Mess Episode #1 | Episode 1-- This is the pilot episode for a new show that host, James Kislingbury, and frequent guest, Alex Smith, are working on. The show is called "World's a Mess" and it's about the big stories the main stream media won't tell you about-- possibly.. | 7/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGame of Thrones Season 6 | EPISODE 82-- In which Cruz and James rap poetic about Season 6 of Game of Thrones. They talk murder. They talk inheritance law. They talk their greatest hopes and dreams. They talk all the hot, hot Westeros talk that you can handle. Then they go on... | 7/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJack Kerouac's The Hitcher (1986) | EPISODE 81-- We hit up another cult movie. This time Cruz and James tackle the Rutger Hauer vehicle "The Hitcher." It's a movie that's full of as much joie de vivre as it is full of nonsense. In short, it's perfect for us. Then our hosts move onto... | 6/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Peter Blatty's Sorcerer (1977) | EPISODE 80-- Metal Man Eric Bryan returns to discuss William Freidkin's troubled masterpiece, Sorcerer. James and Cruz then rap about cocaine in the 1970's, Star Wars, and the Jungle Book. James also goes on about anime for a bit. We actually edited... | 6/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Silverberg's Hellraiser (1987) | EPISODE 79-- This episode is about the all consuming heat that is the erotic works of Clive Barker. Oh man. So much leather. And blood. And brains. And stupid people having the wrong emotions. Cruz and James watch Hellraiser. Or Hellblazer. Or... | 5/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGustave Flaubert's Le Samourai (1967) | EPISODE 78-- We're back! Again! Here we are! Today Cruz and James dive back into the podcasting game with Jean-Pierre Melville's neo-noir masterpiece Le Samourai. It's on the Criterion Collection, so you know it's good. And Alain Delon, you wouldn't... | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChristopher Marlowe's To Be or Not to Be (1942) | Episode 77-- We're back and full of beans. On this episode James and Cruz tackle the Ernest Lubisch classic "To Be or Not to Be." Despite the best efforts of Hulu crapping out ever ten minutes, we got there. As a people, we got there. We also probably.. | 5/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean#17 Herge's Popeye (1980) | EPISODE #17-- A QUALITY QLASSIC! Another episode from the archives. This time we brought out Alexis Simpson because, apparently, we haven't tortured her enough. We tackle the cocaine fueled whirlwind that is the Robert Altman directed Popeye. Man. I... | 4/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBram Stoker's Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) | Episode 16-- Once again Cruz and James stall for time by bringing out old episodes. The rest of April is going to be like this folks. Sorry. The good news is that Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a dope as hell film and if you haven't seen it already,... | 4/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDavid Simon's Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) | Episode 15-- Ugh. What a long dumb journey to get these old episode back onto the feed. Kids, let this be a lesson to you all: Archive your s**t properly. Episode numbers. Lists. Excel sheets. Don't be like me. Anyways, we have our special guest @JMB... | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Ludlum's The Eiger Sanction | Episode 14-- We dig out this classic from the backlog. In this episode, Cruz and James hash over the commentary from Venture Bros. season 3. Both it and The Eiger Sanction are very good for very different reasons. One last thing to keep in mind is... | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanH Rider's Haggard's Alien Resurrection (1997) | EPISODE 13-- We dive back into the archives to revive this lost (ish) episode. In this show we are joined by local biking enthusiast Miles Merlino. James then tries to justify his affection for this movie. Cruz probably disagrees. I'm excited to get... | 4/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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I'm giving this podcast 5 out of 5 stars because iTunes won't let me give it 6 out of 5 stars. This is a great show with two smart and funny hosts discussing all sorts of movies, good and bad. Definitely worth your time.
