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Podcast #165: RRR (2022) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #165 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2022, starting with S.S. Rajamouli’s ahistorical action epic RRR.

00:00 Welcome

01:00 Nope (2022)
05:00 Alexandra’s Project (2003)
08:00 Elvis (2022)
18:00 Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

23:45 RRR (2022)
52:33 Fresh (2022)
1:11:11 We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2022)
1:27:11 Vortex (2022)

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Podcast #164: The Great Dictator (1940) & Charlie Chaplin

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Welcome to Episode #164 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss four classic comedies directed by Charlie Chaplin, starting with the anti-fascist satire The Great Dictator (1940).

00:00 Welcome

00:57 Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
05:25 Last Night in Soho (2021)
09:45 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
13:05 Studio 666 (2022)

18:50 The Great Dictator (1940)
38:30 City Lights (1931)
47:00 Modern Times (1936)
1:01:45 Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

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Podcast #162: Field of Dreams (1989) & Dad Movies

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Welcome to Episode #162 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss their dads’ favorite movies, starting with the Kevin Costner baseball fantasy Field of Dreams (1989).

00:00 Welcome

01:40 Crimes of the Future (2022)
08:22 Flux Gourmet (2022)
14:42 Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
19:56 The Shout (1978)

26:26 Field of Dreams (1989)
56:56 Seven Samurai (1954)
1:15:40 Dumb & Dumber (1994)
1:35:25 Tommy Boy (1995)

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Podcast #161: Fatal Instinct (1993) & Genre Spoofs

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Welcome to Episode #161 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of genre spoofs, starting with Carl Reiner’s erotic thriller send-up Fatal Instinct (1993).

00:00 Welcome

02:10 Inland Empire (2006)
06:50 The Northman (2022) & Men (2022)
18:45 Pleasure (2022)

24:30 Fatal Instinct (1993)
49:25 This is Spinal Tap (1984)
1:04:00 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
1:19:05 Black Dynamite (2009)

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Episode #160 of The Swampflix Podcast: Wild at Heart (1990) & Heartthrob Nic Cage

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Welcome to Episode #160 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, and Hanna discuss movies that cast Nicolas Cage as a heartthrob leading man, starting with David Lynch’s Wizard of Oz homage Wild at Heart (1990).

00:00 Welcome

01:08 Here Before (2022)
04:45 Field of Dreams (1989)
11:50 John Wick (2014)

20:50 Wild at Heart (1990)

40:10 It Could Happen to You (1994)
56:25 City of Angels (1998)
1:12:49 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2004)

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Episode #159 of The Swampflix Podcast: The Song Remains the Same (1976) & Concert Films

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Welcome to Episode #159 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of classic concert films, starting with Led Zeppelin’s stoner odyssey The Song Remains the Same (1976).

00:00 Welcome

03:23 The Northman (2022)
06:01 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
08:34 Con Air (1997)
12:37 Bullshit
13:54 Smooth Talk (1985)

18:53 The Song Remains the Same (1976)
34:49 Sign O The Times (1987)
47:25 Depeche Mode 101 (1989)
1:06:17 T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

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Episode #158 of The Swampflix Podcast: Perfect Blue (1997) & Anime Basics

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Welcome to Episode #158 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of classic anime films, starting with Satoshi Kon’s technophobic psych thriller Perfect Blue (1997).

00:00 Welcome

00:48 Ambulance (2022)
04:40 Aline (2022)
15:40 The Fear (1995)
20:40 Catwoman: Hunted (2022)

23:40 Perfect Blue (1997)

48:40 Princess Mononoke (1997)
1:04:46 Akira (1988)
1:17:50 Vampire Hunter D (1985)

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Episode #156 of The Swampflix Podcast: In the Cut (2003) & 2022’s Best Director Nominees

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Welcome to Episode #156 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of genre films from this year’s Best Director Oscar nominees, starting with Jane Campion’s 2003 erotic thriller In the Cut. Enjoy!

00:00 Welcome

00:38 Oliver Twist (2005)
04:10 Radhe Shyam (2022)
07:00 Turning Red (2022)
10:45 Master (2022)
15:10 Deep Water (2022)
21:00 Parallel Mothers (2022)

28:25 In the Cut (2003)
46:25 Duel (1971)
1:02:30 Dead Again (1991)
1:14:45 Asako I & II (2018)
1:29:00 Hard Eight (1996)

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Episode #154 of The Swampflix Podcast: Last Year at Marienbad (1961) & Bad Vacations

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Welcome to Episode #154 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss movies about miserable vacations, starting with the hypnotic headscratcher Last Year at Marienbad (1961). Enjoy!

00:00 Welcome

01:30 Moonfall (2022)
04:47 Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
15:42 Ema (2021)
20:30 Donkey Skin (1970)

28:11 Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
50:20 Vegas Vacation (1997)
1:14:03 Force Majeure (2014)
1:34:53 The Lost Daughter (2021)

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Episode #153 of The Swampflix Podcast: Leave Her to Heaven (1945) & Lady Killers

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Welcome to Episode #153 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss movies about murderous women, starting with the classic noir-flavored melodrama Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Enjoy!

00:00 Welcome

03:10 Jackass Forever (2022)
07:20 Bad Grandpa (2013)
09:27 Bad Words (2013)
11:46 Parallel Mothers (2022)

16:33 Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

38:35 Lady Snowblood (1973)
55:33 Basic Instinct (1992)
1:15:55 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)

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