Podcast #193: Sick of Myself (2023) & Total Frauds

Welcome to Episode #193 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss four comedies about shameless opportunists who are living a lie, starting with the Scandinavian art world satire Sick of Myself (2023).

00:00 Welcome

01:33 Cuddly Toys (2023)
11:11 Touki Bouki (1973)
16:20 Blonde Venus (1932)
18:16 Shotgun Wedding (2022)
22:57 Paid in Full (2002)
29:56 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

35:14 Sick of Myself (2023)
49:50 Not Okay (2022)
1:12:05 World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
1:33:01 Never Been Kissed (1999)

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-The Podcast Crew

Lagniappe Podcast: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss the psychedelic daylight horror Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), a New England ghost story.

00:00 Welcome

02:14 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
08:50 Dr. Strangelove (1964)
15:45 The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2023)
25:30 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
35:55 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3 (2023)
44:50 Invincible (2001)

51:20 Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

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Podcast #192: Drunken Master (1978) & “Jacky” Chan

Welcome to Episode #192 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss Jackie Chan’s early career as a Hong Kong action star, starting with Drunken Master (1978).

00:00 Welcome

03:06 San Soleil (1983)
06:15 Talk to Me (2023)
09:53 The Outlaws (2023)
12:49 Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
16:09 Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me (2023)
20:52 Sink or Swim (1990)
27:27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

33:20 Drunken Master (1978)
54:15 Police Story (1985)
1:15:45 Police Story 3: Supercop (1993)
1:25:15 Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

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-The Podcast Crew

Lagniappe Podcast: 2046 (2004)

For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer, Brandon, and Alli discuss Wong Kar-wai’s indirect, sci-fi tinged sequel to In the Mood for Love, 2046 (2004).

00:00 Welcome

06:06 The Hairy Bird (1998)
08:22 Leonor Will Never Die (2023)
13:00 Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)
17:50 The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012)
26:56 Nimona (2023)
31:36 The First Wives Club (1996)
38:48 Oppenheimer (2023)
47:00 Touch of Evil (1958)
53:10 Talk to Me (2023)

57:27 2046 (2004)

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

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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-The Podcast Crew

Podcast #190: Picnic (1955) & Summer Heat

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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-The Podcast Crew

Lagniappe Podcast: Richard III (1995)

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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-The Lagniappe Podcast Crew

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

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)

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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-The Lagniappe Podcast Crew