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Podcast #191: Mac and Me (1988) & Junk Food Ads

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Welcome to Episode #191 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss feature films that advertise junk food brands, starting with the McDonald’s-sponsored E.T. rip-off Mac and Me (1988).

00:00 Welcome

04:25 Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
06:25 Stutz (2022)
08:25 They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
11:25 Miracle Mile (1988)
14:37 Barbie (2023)
16:44 Last Action Hero (1993)
20:18 Mystery Men (1999)

26:06 Mac and Me (1988)
56:53 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
1:22:07 Demolition Man (1993)
1:45:34 Flamin’ Hot (2023)

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Podcast #190: Picnic (1955) & Summer Heat

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Welcome to Episode #190 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of sweaty films set in summer heat, starting with the sordid beefcake melodrama Picnic (1955).

00:00 Welcome

02:45 Her (2013)
07:40 V.C. Andrews’ Heaven (2019)
13:45 Will-o’-the-Wisp (2023)
17:07 Falling Down (1993)

23:33 Picnic (1955)
46:22 Baby Doll (1956)
1:07:40 The Beach (2000)
1:23:55 Call Me By Your Name (2017)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Richard III (1995)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Ian McKellen’s 1995 anachronization of Shakespeare’s Richard III, set in an alternate-history fascist Britain.

00:00 Welcome

02:00 Stephen King miniseries
08:28 There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023)
10:00 Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
15:15 Asteroid City (2023)
18:03 Oink (2023)
21:00 65 (2023)
27:30 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

32:12 Richard III (1995)

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Podcast #189: Give Me Pity! (2023) & New Releases

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Welcome to Episode #189 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of new releases from the first half of 2023, starting with Give Me Pity!, Amanda Kramer’s feature length spoof of one-woman TV specials in the disco era.

00:00 Mozzarella sticks

04:25 Past Lives (2023)
11:45 There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023)
17:00 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
20:12 Stalking Laura (1993)

29:18 Give Me Pity! (2023)
51:00 Polite Society (2023)
1:03:25 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
1:19:40 Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023)

1:45:35 Best of 2023 so far

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Lagniappe Podcast: Prefab Story (1979)

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For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the Czech New Wave whatsit Prefab Story (1979), an experimental ensemble-cast drama about infinite urban construction from Věra “Daisies” Chytilová

00:00 Welcome

02:30 Until the Light Takes Us (2008)
09:27 The Last Starfighter (1984)
20:12 The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
25:53 Arrietty (2010)
26:53 Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
31:50 The Flash (2023)

39:57 Panelstory, or Birth of a Community (1979)

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Podcast #188: Trouble in Paradise (1932) & The Lubitsch Touch

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Welcome to Episode #188 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss the glamorously adulterous romcoms of Old Hollywood legend Ernst Lubitsch, starting with Trouble in Paradise (1932)

00:00 Welcome

03:03 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
05:48 Sorcerer (1977)
07:50 Reality (2023)
12:45 Savage Grace (2007)
16:55 You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
23:03 Rimini (2023)
28:08 Sanctuary (2023)

30:51 Ernst Lubitsch
39:35 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
55:55 Design for Living (1933)
1:13:43 The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1:28:10 That Lady in Ermine (1948)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Flaming Ears (1992)

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For this lagniappe episode of the podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the D.I.Y. lesbian sci-fi dystopia Flaming Ears (1992)

00:00 Welcome

05:38 The Curve (1998)
07:22 Memories of Murder (2003)
09:22 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
14:40 Kong: Skull Island (2017)
19:30 Dragonheart (1996)
24:44 The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2020)
28:55 Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
33:25 Shin Kamen Rider (2023)
41:50 Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie (2009)

45:13 Flaming Ears (1992)

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Podcast #187: The Tree of Life (2011) & Classic Malick

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Welcome to Episode #187 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss Terrence Malick’s signature works, starting with the brief-history-of-time family drama The Tree of Life (2011).

00:00 Welcome

01:14 Missing (2023)
03:44 The Little Mermaid (2023)
10:55 The Last Laugh (1924)
14:50 Breakdown (1997)
18:30 Sibling Rivalry (1990)
21:03 Stripper (1986)
22:52 Flashdance (1983)

28:28 The Tree of Life (2011)
55:22 Badlands (1973)
1:09:35 Days of Heaven (1978)
1:23:30 The New World (2005)

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Lagniappe Podcast: Edward II (1991)

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For this lagniappe episode of the podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Derek Jarman’s playfully, defiantly anachronistic adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play Edward II.

00:00 Welcome

02:35 Strawberry Mansion (2022)
06:05 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
14:00 Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
17:07 Parents (1989)
22:10 Freaks vs. The Reich (2023)
26:20 Candy Land (2023)
28:38 Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)

37:03 Edward II (1991)

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Podcast #186: The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970) & One-and-Done Directors

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Welcome to Episode #186 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Hanna, and Britnee discuss a grab bag of passion projects from one-and-done directors, starting with Ester Krumbachová’s The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970).

00:00 Welcome

02:02 The Doom Generation (1995)
07:13 The Black Tower (1987)
08:45 The House is Black (1963)
11:25 The Year Between (2023)
14:40 The Canyons (2013)
20:47 White Palace (1990)

25:37 The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970)
44:45 Wanda (1970)
1:03:42 Harlem Nights (1989)
1:19:25 The Evil Within (2017)

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