Last April, I visited Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles for "CYBERJUNK", a 12-hour all-day marathon of low-budget science-fiction movies, presented in 16mm, courtesy of Secret Sixteen. The following films were screened: Cyborg (1989); Millenniu

#18 - Armageddon Time (2022) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) - M3GAN (2022)

Apr 3rd, 2023 34m 22s

I ramble general grumperies about not taking part in general arguments, before discussing three films from 2022: the coming-of-age 80s period piece Armageddon Time, directed by James Gray, and starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Banks Re

#17 - Camp Frida 6: Holiday Horrors

Oct 31st, 2022 56m 36s

After a three-year absence from The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA., I returned to enjoy their annual Camp Frida all-night horror movie marathon, where I watched the following: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997); Nightmare Beach (1989); Dead

#16 - The Laughing Woman (1969) - Pearl (2022) - Until the End of the World (1991)

Oct 1st, 2022 33m 10s

I talk about an incident at work that kinda/sorta/not really happened, before discussing three recent viewings: The 1969 erotic thriller/black comedy The Laughing Woman, directed by Piero Schivazappa, and starring Philippe Leroy and Dagmar Lass

#15 - Sunshine and Noir: 1980s L.A. Horror Marathon

May 31st, 2022 53m 15s

In which I drove like a maniac to the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica to attend a movie marathon focusing on Los Angeles-based horror films from the 1980s. The following films were screened: They Live (1988); Society (1989); The Slumber Party Mass

#14 - Top 13 TOTR Films of 2021

Apr 4th, 2022 33m 31s

As a fan of the movie podcast "Trick or Treat Radio", I decided to play along by watching the same films they covered in 2021, and forming my own "Top 13" list of favorites. Visit the Trick or Treat Radio podcast if you want to hear fun genre

#13 - A Hidden Life (2019)

Nov 22nd, 2021 26m 26s

Between bitching about car salesmen and crying about humanity, I ramble about the 2019 film A Hidden Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. Click here for the blog version of this episode

#12 - Hillbilly Elegy (2020) - The Woman in the Window (2021)

Aug 12th, 2021 31m 29s

In which I ramble about two Netflix films starring The Adorable Amy Adams. First, the 2020 adaptation of J.D. Vance's memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, directed by Ron Howard and written by Vanessa Taylor; co-starring Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley B

#11 - Femme Fatale (2002)

Mar 22nd, 2021 26m 53s

After my longest break yet, here I go giving this foolish endeavor another go-round, this time covering the 2002 Brian De Palma film Femme Fatale, starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. This was requested by my buddy Alec over a y

#10 - Doctor Who: The Movie

Dec 14th, 2019 21m 35s

It's listener request fulfillment time, so listen as your humble rambler awakens the sleeping giant of Whovians with his ignorant lack-of-knowledge as he rambles about the 1996 made-for-television film Doctor Who: The Movie, starring Paul McGan

#9 - All-Night Horror Show 2019 at New Beverly Cinema

Nov 19th, 2019 37m 34s

Greetings! Your lolly-gagging sometimes podcaster is back, just in time for Thanksgiving with ramblings on last October's All-Night Horror Show movie marathon at the world famous New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. Listen as I attempt to describ

#8 - Mid90s

May 11th, 2019 24m 28s

Five months into the new year, I figured it was high time to get back in the saddle with my perverted player-hating ramblings on Jonah Hill's directorial debut from 2018, the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film, Mid90s, starring Sunny Sulj

#7 - A Christmas Carol (1999)

Dec 29th, 2018 31m 3s

Another requested episode -- dropped just in time for New Year's Eve -- in which I ramble about the 1999 made-for-cable adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, directed by David Jones and starring Patrick Stewart as Ebeneze

#6 - Beauty and the Beast (2017) & (1991)

Dec 23rd, 2018 29m 29s

By request, I ramble about Disney's 2017 live action Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, and plenty of familiar faces providing their voices. Then I ramble a bit about the 1

#5 - Camp Frida 2018

Oct 31st, 2018 42m 53s

At the beginning of October, I went to The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA. to attend Camp Frida, a 12-hour horror movie marathon, where I watched From Dusk Till Dawn; Shaun of the Dead; Insidious; Friday the 13th Part III 3D; 30 Days of Night; a

#4 - Paulie

Oct 5th, 2018 23m 43s

The 1998 talking bird film Paulie -- directed by John Roberts, written by Laurie Craig; starring Tony Shalhoub, Hallie Eisenberg, Gena Rowlands, Cheech Marin, and Jay Mohr as the voice of Paulie -- is one of actress Amy Adams' favorite films. I

#3 - Crazy/Beautiful

Sep 17th, 2018 29m

After nearly a year of being both lazy and despondent, the EFC podcast is back with episode numero très where I ramble about the 2001 film Crazy/Beautiful directed by John Stockwell and starring Kirsten Dunst & Jay Hernandez. I say hurtful thin

#2 - Aero Horrorthon 2017

Dec 7th, 2017 43m 36s

Just in time for the holidays, I ramble about my visit last October to the 12th Annual Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorthon at the Aero Theatre, where we watched: An American Werewolf in London; Popcorn; The Tingler; Hack-O-Lantern; Shocker; Brainscan; and

#1 - Tales from the Crypt presents Demon Knight

Nov 4th, 2017 21m 3s

Welcome to my first episode of the podcast, where I read from my blog ramblings on movies. For this Halloween-themed episode released in November for reasons of incompetence, I take a request from a reader of my blog to ramble on the 1995 film,

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