DRUNK CINEMA 104: "Sinners" Is Up!

 
"You know something? Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed reliving that night. But before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life. Was it like that for you?"
"No doubt about it. Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. And just for a few hours, we was free."
-- Old Sammie Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore, Sinners

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, Xan and I watch Sinners, the 2025 horror film written and directed by Ryan Coogler, featuring Michael B. Jordan as Eljiah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore, Hailee Steinfeld as Mary, Miles Caton as Sammie Moore, and Jack O'Connell as Remmick!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan getting her husband Chris to grill her a cheese, Chris getting both his flu and COVID shot on the same day, Ryan Coogler's revival of The X-Files getting picked up by Hulu, Sinners showing there's more to vampires than Dracula, Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch in the horrible Fantastic Four (2015), Hailee Steinfeld in the superb remake of True Grit from 2010, blues legend Buddy Guy as Old Sammie, Wumni Mosaku as Ruby Baptiste in Lovecraft Country, Delroy Lindo in Romeo Must Die, Sinners getting 16 Oscar nominations but only winning four, why you should mix Antivert with alcohol, exploitation of Black workers not stopping after the Civil War, giving yourself room to negotiate down, women fashion designers not designing pockets on dresses, Xan and I not being able to talk about sawmills without bringing up Twin Peaks, my issue with the sequence of summoning spirits of performers from the past and future, how vampires know when to stop feeding on their victims, leather sleeves being cool, Smoke mowing down a bunch of Ku Klux Klan guys with a tommy gun, 1992 Stack looking like he just walked off the set of A Different World, new Drunk Mail from Jesse Jackson, my upcoming story for DC's Naughty List Christmas anthology, Christine Peruski returning to the Drunk Cinema Theater, and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month as Xan and I are joined by special guest Christine Peruski as we watch Mystery Men, the 1999 superhero comedy directed by Kinka Usher, featuring Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious, Hank Azaria as the Blue Raja, William H. Macy as the Shoveler, and Geoffrey Rush as Casanova Frankenstein!

DRUNK CINEMA 103: "Dracula A.D. 1972" Is Up!

 
"A treatise on the Black Mass? What do you want with this?"
"Oh, just a quiet bit of mind blowing."
"Jessica, this is not a subject to mess around with. These are scientific works."
"You can buy that sort of stuff in almost any shady bookshop in Soho. I think it's all kinky."
"What's that?"
"Weird, man. Way out. I mean, spooks, hobgoblins, black magic...All that jazz!"
-- Lorrimer Van Helsing and Jessica Van Helsing, Dracula A.D. 1972

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, Xan and I watch Dracula A.D. 1972, the 1972 Hammer horror film directed by Alan Gibson, featuring the return of Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Peter Cushing as Lorrimer Van Helsing, Stephanie Beacham as Jessica Van Helsing, and Christopher Neame as Johnny Alucard!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like calling out United Dairy Farmers for only having pints of Xan's favorite ice cream, '70s swinging Dracula vs. Blacula, my needing to see The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Caroline Munro in The Abominable Dr. Phibes and The Spy Who Loved Me, Stephanie Beacham as Sable Colby on Dynasty and The Colbys, Johnny Alucard's last name being the reverse of Dracula, Xan listening to the audiobook of Kyle MacLachlan's memoir, Marsha Hunt being the inspiration for the Rolling Stones song "Brown Sugar", Mannfred Mann guitarist Mike Vickers doing the score, Xan having a cheese palate, the last of my Stella Artois, Dracula's remains resembling Ming the Merciless' remains, the band Stoneground being a last-minute replacement for Rod Stewart's original band The Faces, Xan's love of the song "Dancin' With Myself", Dr. Acula comin' at you, the thickness of Hammer horror blood, the film being inspired by the events surrounding the Highgate Vampire case, how cool it would be to have Peter Cushing as your grandfather, Xan's hatred of the Chelsea Male store, Johnny Alucard getting prune fingers, Dracula standing too close to the pit filled with wooden stakes, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor and Christine Peruski, my upcoming story for DC's Naughty List Christmas anthology, Xan and I producing on the fly, and more!

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Be sure to come back in just one week as Xan and I watch Sinners, the 2025 horror film written and directed by Ryan Coogler, featuring Michael B. Jordan as Eljiah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore, Hailee Steinfeld as Mary, Miles Caton as Sammie Moore, and Jack O'Connell as Remmick!

Hulu Greenlights Pilot for THE X-FILES Reboot, Danielle Deadwyler to Co-Lead

 
The truth is almost out there once again.

Deadline is reporting that Ryan Coogler's planned reboot of The X-Files has received a pilot order from Hulu. In addition, Danielle Deadwyler has been cast as the project's co-lead.

The pilot will come from Onyx Collective and 20th Television, with Jennifer Yale (The Copenhagen Test, Legion, Outlander) set as showrunner. Coogler, the director of Black Panther and Sinners, is writing and directing the pilot. Yale will serve as executive producer alongside The X-Files creator Chris Carter, as well as Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler of Proximity Media. Simone Harris is a co-executive producer.

According to the article, the pilot will feature "two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents, who form an unlikely bond when they're assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena."

Deadwyler, 43, has appeared in the films The Woman in the Yard, 40 Acres, The Piano Lesson, I Saw the TV Glow, Till, and The Harder They Fall. In addition, she's appeared in episodes of Watchmen (2019), Euphoria, The Bear, Station Eleven, and Atlanta.

Carter first revealed during a 2023 podcast interview that he had spoken with Coogler, who was "going to remount The X Files with a diverse cast," adding, "He’s got his work cut out for him because we covered so much territory."

Carter’s original X-Files starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who investigated cases involving paranormal phenomena. The series premiered on Fox in 1993 and ran for nine seasons. It spawned two feature films, The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), as well as a 2016 revival, which aired on Fox for two seasons.

Coogler confirmed the project and his involvement during a podcast appearance of his own last April. "I’ve been excited about that for a long time, and I’m fired up to get back to it. Some of those episodes, if we do our jobs right, will be really fucking scary,” he said. "We’re gonna try to make something really great and really be something for the real X-Files fans, and maybe find some new ones."

DRUNK CINEMA 087: "A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)" Is Up!

 
"Whatever you do...don't fall asleep."
-- Nancy Thompson to Glen Lantz, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 1984 supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, introducing Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson, and featuring Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz and John Saxon as Lt. Don Thompson!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan taking a break from the Nightmares Film Festival, the greatness of Doug Jones, the 1982 Swamp Thing movie with Ray Wise, Xan preferring Freddy Krueger over Michael Myers, the remake making Freddy a child molester, how Freddy could go to space, Xan meeting Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund as Willie in V and V: The Final Battle, John Saxon in Enter the Dragon, the disappointing final episode of the original Quantum Leap, A Nightmare on Elm Street being New Line Cinema's first commercial success and making New Line "The House That Freddy Built", sleeping in study hall, Freddy having to use his knives because he made them, Nancy's relaxing bubble bath, Xan going to a sleep clinic, frosted vodka bottles, Nancy's mom keeping Freddy's glove secret for years, BOB from Twin Peaks being in Freddy's boiler room, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, both of us liking that we have four seasons in Ohio, paying tribute to one of my mom's all-time favorite movies, and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month as Xan and I celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Drunk Cinema as we watch Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 action comedy road film directed by Hal Needham, introducing Burt Reynolds as Bo "The Bandit" Darville, Sally Field as Carrie "Frog", Jerry Reed as Cledus "The Snowman" Snow, and Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice!

DRUNK CINEMA 086: "The Thing (1982)" Is Up!

 
"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is."
-- Clark, The Thing (1982)

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch The Thing, the 1982 science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, featuring Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady, Wilford Brimley as Blair, Keith David as Childs, and Richard Dysart as Dr. Copper!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Earth shifting its orbit, The Thing being our fourth John Carpenter film, the original 1938 novella Who Goes There? John W. Campbell Jr., James Arness as The Thing in The Thing from Another World, Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, my love of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Keith David as Spawn in the Spawn animated series, Ennio Morricone making the score sound like a John Carpenter score, the Antarctica Radio Shack, Adrienne Barbeau as the voice of MacReady's chess computer program, the Norwegian repeatedly failing to kill The Thing disguised as a dog, Richard Dysart rocking a nose ring in 1984, Blair having the "diabeetus", Xan preferring two-eyed Kurt Russell, the Norwegians digging up The Thing from being buried in the ice, Garry forgetting to use Grecian Formula on his eyebrows, Opus from Bloom County finding his mom, MacReady's love of dynamite, bonus monsters inside monsters, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski and Dave Proctor, our first John Saxon movie, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 1984 supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, introducing Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson, and featuring Johnny Depp as Glen Lantz and John Saxon as Lt. Don Thompson!

DRUNK CINEMA 084: "Psycho (1960)" Is Up!

 
"Do you go out with friends?"
"Well, a boy's best friend is his mother."
-- Marion Crane and Norman Bates, Psycho

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we celebrate the 65th anniversary of Psycho, the 1960 horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, introducing Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, and featuring Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Vera Miles as Lila Crane, and Martin Balsam as Milton Arbogast!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan joining Jesse Jackson and me on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast to discuss Autons, Psycho being our first Alfred Hitchcock movie, Barbara Bel Geddes on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, screenwriter Josef Stefano writing The Magician pilot and the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Skin of Evil", Vera Miles in the Twilight Zone episode "Mirror Image" and the Tom Hanks TV movie Mazes and Monsters, Martin Balsam as the original Dr. Rudy Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man pilot, Psycho opening titles designer Saul Bass, Tom Cassidy creeping and hitting on Marion Crane right in front of her boss, Marion switching from her angelic white underwear to her evil black underwear after she steals the $40,000, Marion's epic fail when buying a car, the introduction of Norman Bates, the advancement in suitcase technology, wishing that Anthony Perkins would've worked with David Lynch, Norma Bates being like one of Norman's stuffed birds, Norman keeping up on the dusting, Anthony Perkins making a great Scarecrow in a Batman movie, the famous shower scene, The Simpsons recreating the shower scene, seeing Anne Heche's butthole in the Gus Van Sant remake, Norman's forethought in killing Marion in the bathroom, the awkward moment when Marion's car doesn't sink all the way into the swamp, Xan fixation on California Charlie, the moment when Norman decides to kill Detective Arbogast, the great shot Norman attacking Arbogast from the side, nobody being concerned about Norman's behavior, people freaking out about Cracker Barrel's logo change, Norman Bates taking "Mama's Boy" to a whole other level, the excessive amount of stairs on the Bates property, Norman's wig and dress falling off as he's captured, the anticlimactic scene where the police psychiatrist tries to explain Norman's behavior, "Mother" giving her creepy-ass grin to the audience, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, Xan and I going back to the Grid, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I go back to the Grid and watch Tron: Legacy, the 2010 science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski, featuring the return of Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn/Clu and Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley/Tron, along with Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn and Olivia Wilde as Quorra!

DRUNK CINEMA 083: "Trick or Treat" Is Up!

 
"Demonic beasts. Whatever happened to the good old, simple love song? 'I love you.' That's what good words use. Nowadays, they have to write some sickness. It's just absolutely sick and bizarre, and I'm going to do my upmost best to try and stop it now."
"Anything you'd like to add in conclusion?"
"These evil people have just got to be stopped."
-- Reverend Aaron Gilstrom and Talk Show Host, Trick or Treat

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne as we watch Trick or Treat, the 1986 supernatural slasher film directed by Charles Martin Smith, featuring Marc Price as Eddie Weinbauer, Tony Fields as Sammi Curr, Gene Simmons as Nuke, and Ozzy Osbourne as Reverend Aaron Gilstrom!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like my car dying on me, when Spooky Season begins and ends, Xan and her husband Chris encountering Naked Guy in the Street, running down Ozzy's Osbourne IMDb, Marc Price as Irwin "Skippy" Handleman on Family Ties, Gene Simmons and Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. being offered the role of Sammi Curr, Marc Price beating Keanu Reeves for the role of Eddie "Ragman" Weinbauer, Tipper Gore and the P.M.R.C., Alice Nunn as Large Marge in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Misfits of Science, X-Files writer Glen Morgan as Roger Mockus, wondering why Tim Hainey wasn't expelled from school after locking Eddie out of the gym's locker room after taking away his towel, Hollywood thinking that geeks wanted to hang out with the popular kids, high school bullies trying to murder Eddie, why you should never play records backwards on a turntable, Underalls, Eddie smashing his stereo system, Roger being the only nerd in this high school, Sammi's Coke nails, swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers, Dee Snider testifying before Congress, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, nobody having the Screambox streaming service, our first Alfred Hitchcock movie, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I celebrate the 65th anniversary of Psycho, the 1960 horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, introducing Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, and featuring Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Vera Miles as Lila Crane, and Martin Balsam as Milton Arbogast!

DRUNK CINEMA 080: "Friday the 13th (1980)" Is Up!

 
"The boy. Is he dead, too?"
"Who?"
"The boy -- Jason."
"Jason?"
"In the lake. The one... the one who attacked me. The one who pulled me underneath the water."
"Ma'am, we didn't find any boy."
"But... then he's still there."
-- Alice Hardy and Sgt. Tierney, Friday the 13th (1980)

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we  watch Friday the 13th, the 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham, featuring Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees, Adrienne King as Alice Hardy, Kevin Bacon as Jack Burrell, and Ari Lehman as Jason Voorhees!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan getting over a big case of Stockholm Syndrome, my original plan for us to watch John Wick instead, watching Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th, Betsy Palmer agreeing to play Pamela Vorhees so she could buy a car, both of us preferring Friday the 13th Part II to the original, Kevin Bacon being the only person in this movie who had a decent movie career, Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph, Xan's ranking of the first six Friday the 13th movies, the Friday the 13th franchise vs. the Halloween franchise, the depiction of 1958 as 1978, why we should never talk about the movie Soul Man, the current popularity of axe throwing, my hating the ending to The Blair Witch Project, action canoes with paddle-turning action, the absolutely useless life preserver, Xan's love of guys in 3/4-sleeve baseball shirts, the very unconvincing thunderstorm, Marcie's decent Katherine Hepburn impression, the point of Strip Monopoly, Flowers in the Attic being a terrible book, not wanting to live in a world without Mel Brooks, Pamela's issues with camp counselors having sex, Pamela and Alice mud wrestling, Xan's problem with the Friday the 13th franchise, my rereading The X-Files: Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, Aaron Case and Dave Proctor, my having problems with Superman III, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch Superman III, the 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent, Annette O'Toole as Lana Lang, Richard Pryor as Gus Gorman, and Robert Vaughn as Ross Webster!

DRUNK CINEMA 074: "The Silence of the Lambs" Is Up!

 
"Do you think that Jack Crawford wants you sexually? True, he is much older but do you think he visualizes scenarios, exchanges...fucking you?"
"That doesn't interest me, Doctor, and frankly, it's...it's the sort of thing that Miggs would say."
"Not anymore."
-- Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch The Silence of the Lambs, the 1991 psychological horror thriller directed by Jonathan Demme, featuring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford, and Ted Levine as Jame Gumb!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan hooking us up with DEVO tickets, running down my Top 5 All-Time Favorite Movies, The Silence of the Lambs being released on Valentine's Day, Caged Heat being the Citizen Kane of women's prison movies, Silence being the second book in the novel series by Thomas Harris, Xan and I previously discussing this movie on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast, Scott Glenn creeping Xan out, Chris Isaak as Special Agent Chet Desmond in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Xan campaigning for The Substance at this year's Oscars, Dr. Lecter being Anthony Hopkins' definitive role, Demme's love of shots where the character is looking right at the camera, Clarice looking at her car and realizing that Lecter was absolutely dead-on in his analysis of her, Clarice looking for father figures, Buffalo Bill not being transgender, Xan crushing on Mark Knopfler, the film's accurate depiction of rural southwest Ohio, the scene where Lecter's eyes bore into your very soul, "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus, that awkward moment when Jack Crawford and the FBI storm the wrong house, new Drunk Mail from Aaron Case, finally getting For Your Eyes Only back on the schedule, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch For Your Eyes Only, the 1981 James Bond series espionage film directed by John Glen, featuring Roger Moore as James Bond, 

Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock, Chaim Topol as Milos Columbo, and Julian Glover as Aristotle Kristatos!

DRUNK CINEMA 068: "Horror of Dracula" Is Up!

 
"Is there no other way? It's horrible."
"Please try and understand this is not Lucy, the sister you loved. It's only a shell possessed and corrupted by the evil of Dracula. To liberate her soul and give her peace, we must destroy that shell for all time. Believe me, there is no other way."
-- Arthur Holmwood and Dr. Van Helsing, Horror of Dracula

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're watching Horror of Dracula, the 1958 gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing, Michael Gough as Arthur Holmwood, and Melissa Stribling as Mina Holmwood!

This time, Xan, and I discuss things like Xan celebrating a wedding anniversary, Xan and her husband Chris watching Logan's Run as an anniversary tradition, ranking the best Christopher Lee Dracula films from Hammer, Peter Cushing as "Dr. Who" in Dr. Who and the Daleks, Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman (1989) and the Celestial Toymaker on Doctor Who, Hammer Productions filming on the cheap, The House That Dripped Blood, our easy decision to buy digital copies of Horror of Dracula, the vampire babe with a mullet, Hammer only being able to afford one Bride of Dracula instead of three, the low-energy tavern, Christopher Lee being a miniatures gamer, Dracula making a booty call, Christopher Lee bringing an erotic element to the role of Dracula, Lucy's doctor getting called out by a little girl, Michael Gough arching his eyebrow, wondering if there was some film code that prevented women from being staked through their boobs, Xan trying Coke Zero Oreos, Dracula working on his cardio, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing being friends with Vincent Price, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski, Hudson Hawk, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure being our most downloaded episode of Drunk Cinema ever, Wolverine being a dick sometimes, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the 1991 science fiction comedy directed by Pete Hewitt, featuring the return of Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston, Esq and Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan, and the introduction of William Sadler as Death!

DRUNK CINEMA 066: "Beetlejuice" Is Up!

 
"Of course they're dead. They're ghosts."
"No, I mean they're gone, split, out of here, afterlife kids, deceased..."
"Are you a ghost, too?"
"I'm the ghost with the most, babe."
-- Lydia Deetz and Betelgeuse, Beetlejuice

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're joined by special guest Rachel Frend as we watch Beetlejuice, the 1988 horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland, Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland, and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz!

This time, Xan, Rachel and I discuss things like finally getting rain in Columbus after a long drought, Rachel finally returning to the podcast after a year, explaining the DunKings to Gen Z, Xan's current Pez collection count, our favorite Tim Burton movies, the Beetlejuice Saturday morning animated series on ABC, the Beetlejuice "Afterlife" cake from Crumbl Cookies, the greatness of Geena Davis, Dick Cavett knowing practically everybody, Beetlejuice winning the Best Makeup Oscar over Scrooged and Coming to America, Beetlejuice getting Michael Keaton the Batman gig, Lydia Deetz being an OG goth, the nod to the original version of The Fly, Robert Goulet vs. Wayne Newton, Adam Maitland being really dumb, Beetlejuice questioning why Lydia wants to be dead, Danny Elfman music, ending the movie with Harry Belafonte, Xan's review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor, Jesse Jackson making his Drunk Cinema debut, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I are joined by special guest Jesse Jackson as we watch The In-Laws, the 1979 action comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Peter Falk as Vince Ricardo, Alan Arkin as Sheldon Kornpett, Richard Libertini as General Garcia, and Ed Begley, Jr. as Barry Lutz!

DRUNK CINEMA 064: "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Is Up!

 
"Listen, we're not the last humans left. There are people who will fight you. They will find out what you're doing here."
"They'll stop you."
"In an hour...you won't want them to. In an hour, you'll be one of us."
-- Matthew Bennell, Elizabeth Driscoll, and Dr. David Kibner, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1978 science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Donald Sutherland as Matthew Bennell, Brooke Adams as Elizabeth Driscoll, Jeff Goldblum as Jack Bellicec, and Leonard Nimoy as as Dr. David Kibner!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan being my personal IKEA consultant, paying tribute to the late Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams being the wife of Tony Shalhoub, Matthew Bennell vs. Kevin McCarthy's Dr. Miles Bennell from the original 1956 version, the GoFundMe for the children of my late brother-in-law Jack Brockhaus, Matthew being too cool about getting his car windshield smashed, the origin of the term "pod person", everybody having a wok in the '70s, the classic SNL "pod people" sketch, Kevin McCarthy's cameo, mud baths, Peter Davison being a underrated Doctor on Doctor Who, Veronica Cartwright encountering a chestburster from Alien, Leonard Nimoy gaslighting everyone, body horror not needing to be rapey, the cameo by original 1956 version director Don Siegel, people leaving speed around at work, the fucked-up cameo by the dog with a human face, Florida the Explorer, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor and Christine Peruski, why we're watching Roxanne in our next episode, Xan and I taking a month off to see RoboCop (1987), and more!

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Be sure to come back in four weeks as Xan and I watch Roxanne, the 1987 romantic comedy directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Steve Martin as Charlie "C.D." Bales, Daryl Hannah as Roxanne Kowalski, Rick Rossovich as Chris McConnell, and Shelley Duvall as Dixie!

DRUNK CINEMA 062: "Shaun of the Dead" Is Up!

 
"Shaun! How are you doing?"
"Surviving..."
-- Yvonne and Shaun Riley, Shaun of the Dead

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Shaun of the Dead, the 2004 romantic zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, featuring Simon Pegg as Shaun Riley, Nick Frost as Ed, Bill Nighy as Philip, and Penelope Wilton as Barbara Riley!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like both of us having a pint and waiting for the whole thing to blow over, finally watching the first film in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, Lucy Davis in The Office UK, not wanting to throw Prince's Batman soundtrack, Peter Serafinowicz in Look Around You, many of the actors appearing in Doctor Who, Shaun failing as a boyfriend, the Death Becomes Her shot, Shaun of the Dead being inspired by the Spaced episode "Art", Edgar Wright wondering what a British person's reaction to a zombie apocalypse would be, Shaun stepping up as a leader, remembering to always take the child locks off in the zombie apocalypse, David being completely useless, Dianne learning that David isn't in love with her, wondering why Zombie Ed doesn't have a mouth guard to prevent him from biting people, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski and Dave Proctor, the Fuck Marry Kill order for the Cornetto Trilogy, Richard Dreyfus losing his fucking mind, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch Jaws, the 1975 thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as Quint, Richard Dreyfus as Matt Hooper, and Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody!

DRUNK CINEMA 058: "An American Werewolf in London" Is Up!

 
"A naked American man stole my balloons."
-- Little Boy, An American Werewolf in London

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we celebrate Xan's birthday by watching An American Werewolf in London, the 1981 comedy horror film directed by John Landis, starring David Naughton as David Kessler, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price, and Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like celebrating Xan's last week of being 47, Rick Baker winning the first-ever Oscar for Best Makeup, John Landis being partially responsible for the death of Vic Morrow, David Naughton's song "Makin' It", Griffin Dunne as Tommy Kelly in Johnny Dangerously, the three Doctor Who connections, this being our second Frank Oz film, Xan delivering pizza to Torchwood headquarters at Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales, The Slaughtered Lamb being the worst British pub ever, the cameo by Rik Mayall from The Young Ones, wondering why the pub guys didn't shoot David right after the werewolf attack, my wondering why I didn't get a hot nurse like Alex Price when I was in the hospital, Alex wearing David's NYU shirt, the pointless scene of David pacing back and forth in Alex's flat, David's first transformation into a werewolf being amazing for the time but taking way too long, the surprise appearance by UNIT from Doctor Who, the magic bullets going around Alex to shoot David, new Drunk Mail from Christine Peruski and Dave Proctor, finally getting around to Ghostbusters II, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I watch Ghostbusters II, the 1989 supernatural comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, featuring the return of Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Ray Stantz, Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler, and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore!

DRUNK CINEMA 053: "Halloween (1978)" Is Up!

 
"It was the Boogeyman..."
"As a matter of fact, it was."
-- Laurie Strode and Dr. Samuel Loomis, Halloween (1978)

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're watching Halloween, the 1978 slasher horror film directed by John Carpenter, introducing Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Donald Pleasance as Dr. Samuel Loomis, and Nick Castle as Michael Myers!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's father passing away, the worst thing about the Rob Zombie remake of Halloween, Donald Pleasance as the villain in The Pumaman, all the Halloween movies Jamie Lee Curtis has appeared in, Nick Castle directing The Last Starfighter, Annie Brackett begging to be killed in this movie, Charles Cyphers as Charlie Donavan in Major League, Halloween (1978) making $70 million from a budget of just $325,000, the terrifying opening credits pumpkin, the opening prologue with 6-year-old Michael Myers stabbing his sister Judith with a kitchen knife, wondering when Michael Myers learned how to drive a car, Xan's stance against bringing boys over to have sex while babysitting, Laurie turning a corner from dry streets and sidewalks to wet streets and sidewalks, how sunny California was made to look like Illinois in October, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth not having a lot of subtlety in the work, Tommy's stack of fake superhero comic books, wondering why no one bothers to turn on the lights when they enter a room, Annie honking the horn instead of opening the driver's side door, Dr. Loomis creeping on kids from the bushes, the Friday the 13th movies killing teenagers for having sex, Laurie's asshole neighbors that refuse to open the door and help her, Loomis knowing that shooting Michael Myers wouldn't be enough, both of us watching Moonlighting episodes on Hulu, our upcoming third anniversary of Drunk Cinema, paying tribute to Xan's father by watching The Maltese Falcon, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks as Xan and I pay tribute to Xan's father by watching The Maltese Falcon, the 1941 film noir directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, Mary Astor as Ruth Wonderly/Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo, and Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman!