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The Cinema Shock Halloween Special: Todd‘s Favorite Horror Movies

We've been promising it for months and Halloween finally seemed like a good time to let Todd "Horror Guy" Davis tell us his favorite horror movies of all time!
In this special bonus episode, Todd and Justin sit down to discuss the picks, just in time for spooky season!

THE MATRIX RELOADED / THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003) | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

After the massive success of THE MATRIX, expectations were high for the Wachowskis follow ups.
When the MATRIX sequels — THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS — were released 6 months apart in the summer and winter of 2003, they were massively successful from a financial standpoint, but left many fans disappointed, confused, and underwhelmed.
In this episode, we'll explore how the Wachowskis attempted to follow up their magnum opus by continuing the story and upping the scale of the action set pieces, and how the final result was ultimately received.
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Coming Up:
V FOR VENDETTA (2006)
SPEED RACER (2008)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, Justin Bishop, & Todd Davis.
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THE ANIMATRIX (2003) | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

In 2003, leading up to the release of the second and third MATRIX films, the Wachowskis and Warner Bros. made the unprecedented move of creating a series of short animated films tying into the franchise.
Utilizing some of the biggest names in Japanese animation, THE ANIMATRIX expands on the world of the films, exploring the many corners of the MATRIX universe.
In this special bonus episode, we'll discuss the creation of the film and how it ties into the overall MATRIX mythos.
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Coming Up:
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003)
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)
V FOR VENDETTA (2006)
SPEED RACER (2008)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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THE MATRIX (1999) | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

As our series on the Wachowski sisters continues, we arrive at their magnum opus.
 When it was released in 1999, THE MATRIX took the world by storm. An action film with a mind-blowing premise, filled with philosophical ideas and groundbreaking action sequences, the film was unlike anything audiences had seen before, and ended up becoming not only a critical and commercial success, but also one of the most influential cultural milestones in decades.
In this episode, we'll trace the story of THE MATRIX, from the Wachowskis' earliest concepts, through the release and impact of the film.
We're joined in this episode by special guest Robyn Scott!
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Coming Up:
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003)
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)
V FOR VENDETTA (2006)
SPEED RACER (2008)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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BOUND (1996) | The Wachowskis' Cinema of Fluidity

In our new series, we’re going to be exploring the career of the Wachowskis, the filmmakers behind one of the most influential films of all time, THE MATRIX.
Before they directed that groundbreaking film, they appeared on the independent cinema scene, seemingly out of nowhere, with a neo-noir thriller that has, over time, come to be known as a pioneering film in the LGBTQ+ cinema movement.
In this episode, we’ll discuss the beginnings of the Wachowskis’ careers, from their days as house painters and part-time comic book scribes to their first unfortunate foray into screenwriting, a situation which lead the siblings to decide to become directors themselves.
We’ll discuss the making of BOUND, and how, in the years since its release, it’s been re-examined through the lens of queer film, becoming the first major film to be directed by transgender women.
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Coming Up:
BOUND (1996)
THE MATRIX (1999)
THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003)
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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HOLLOW MAN (2000) | Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven

In this, the final episode of our Paul Verhoeven series, we’re taking a deep dive into the director’s final film made within the Hollywood system before retreating to his native Netherlands.
In discussions of HOLLOW MAN, most reviewers — and even Verhoeven himself — are dismissive of the film. But that unfairly discounts the incredible and innovative work that went into bringing its special effects alive. Despite what one might think of the film, its FX work deserves to be recognized.
In this episode we’ll discuss how the team of Sony Imageworks and Tippett Studios pulled it off, and we’ll get into Verhoeven’s own thoughts on the film. Then we pose the question: Is HOLLOW MAN deserving of its reputation as a failure, or did Verhoeven have more to say than most critics caught onto when it was released in 2000? How does the film play in the era of #MeToo?
All of this and more in the conclusion to our series Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven!
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Coming Up:
HOLLOW MAN (2000)
Up Next: The Wachowskis: Walking the Path
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) | Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven

After the massive failure of SHOWGIRLS, Paul Verhoeven decided that, for his next film, he'd return to the tried and true genre of science fiction.
In doing so, he retimed with ROBOCOP scribe Ed Neumeier for an adaptation of a decades old novel by legendary sci-fi author Robert Heinlein.
The resulting film, STARSHIP TROOPERS, is a departure from its source material in both plot and theme. Although it has since come to be regarded as one of Verhoeven's best films, at the time of its release, it was reviled by critics and ignored by audiences.
In this episode, we trace the film from its origins as a novel, through its subsequent adaptation and release, and its newfound cult status.
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STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
HOLLOW MAN (2000)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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SHOWGIRLS (1995) | Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven

After his third major success with BASIC INSTINCT, Paul Verhoeven had the Hollywood clout to do something truly audacious for his next film: He was going to direct a film that he wouldn’t have to cut down to get an R-rating, something he’d struggled with on all of his American productions so far.
The resulting film is the infamous SHOWGIRLS. Hailed as one of the worst films of all time when it was released in 1995, SHOWGIRLS has gone on to be re-evaluated. Over the last quarter century, it’s evolved from pariah to camp classic to, in recent years, being seen as a misunderstood film, one that’s much better than its reputation would indicate.
In this episode, we’ll explore the creation of the film itself, from an idea scribbled on a napkin by writer Joe Ezsterhas, through its production, release, and critical evaluation, all the way through its more recent resurgence.
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STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
HOLLOW MAN (2000)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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BASIC INSTINCT (1992) | Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven

With a couple of highly successful, big budget, sci-fi action movies under his belt, Paul Verhoeven was ready to move on to a smaller project, one that was more centered on character and dialogue than his previous American productions allowed.
The resulting film was BASIC INSTINCT, a Hitchcockian thriller that allowed the director to indulge in the explicit sexuality (and violence) of his earlier European films.
In this episode, we trace the film's creation, from its script by Joe Ezsterhas (which sold for a record breaking amount) to its filming and release and, of course, the considerable controversy that it generated.
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SHOWGIRLS (1995)
STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
HOLLOW MAN (2000)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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TOTAL RECALL (1990) | Sex + Violence: The Films of Paul Verhoeven

With the release of ROBOCOP, Paul Verhoeven had been catapulted onto the A-list. With that film’s success, it was inevitable that some of Hollywood’s biggest names would come calling. And in the late 1980s, there were arguably no bigger stars that Arnold Schwarzenegger.
After seeing ROBOCOP, Schwarzenegger personally tapped Verhoeven to be the director of his next project, the long-gestating Philip K. Dick adaptation TOTAL RECALL. But that film’s development didn’t begin there; the story of its creation began a decade and a half earlier, as project by the young screenwriter duo of Dan O’Bannon and Ron Shusett, who worked on the project alongside another screenplay, one that would later become Ridley Scott’s ALIEN.
In this episode, we’ll trace TOTAL RECALL’s creation, beginning in the mid-70s, all the way through its filming, release, legacy and the multiple attempts to bring a sequel to life.
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Coming Up:
TOTAL RECALL (1990)
BASIC INSTINCT (1992)
SHOWGIRLS (1995)
STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
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