Staff Picks

Playwright Stephen Garvey joins me to discuss the greatest love story of our time, 1971's surprisingly deep comedy Harold and Maude

Teen movie fan Stephanie Katz joins me to discuss one of the greatest teen movies of all time, Emma Stone in 2010's Easy A

Horror movie fan and cinephile Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss the movie that Stanley Kubrick once called the most terrifying movie he had ever seen, 1988's The Vanishing (aka Spoorloos)

High school drama teacher Jimmy Gardner joins me to talk about the one-time flop that later turned into a beloved comedy classic, 1985's Clue

SNL podcaster and stand-up comedian Darin Patterson joins me to talk about one of the funniest movies ever made, 2016's hilarious comedy that never should have flopped, Popstar

L.A.-based filmmaker Austin Herring joins me to discuss a great (and important) movie from 1998 that hardly anyone ever talks about anymore, Edward Norton's magnum opus American History X

Pop culture fan and burlesque dancer Christine Giver joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger (and also James Bond) movie of all time, 1994's True Lies

Baseball fan and pop culture expert Dan Fields joins me to discuss the movie that I have probably seen more times than any other movie in my life, 1977's The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

Fellow podcaster and pop culture fan Brian Meagher joins me to discuss one of the craziest horror anthologies you are ever going to see, 2015's goofy future holiday classic A Christmas Horror Story

Actor, writer, and all around movie guy Johnny Pomatto joins me as we recap one of our favorite comedies of the 90's, 1992's Nicolas Cage quirk-fest Honeymoon in Vegas

Australian journalist and milkshake lover Rowan Evans joins me to discuss the fascinating hit piece about the history of McDonald's, 2016's The Founder

Lawyer and fellow Mel Brooks fan Brad Culpepper joins me to discuss one of my favorites comedies of all time, 1981's celebration of bad taste, History of the World, Part I

Horror author and Haddonfield resident Matt Carter joins me to discuss the greatest horror movie of them all, and the template for just about every other scary movie that came after it, John Carpenter's surprisingly bloodless 1978 original, Halloween. P.S. Laurie is not Michael's sister.

Horror movie fan Jessi Bentley joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest and most hardcore Stephen King horror movie of them all, 2007's The Mist

Teacher and non-demon Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss Bill Paxton and axes and religion and the creepy 2001 horror movie, Frailty

My own daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss her favorite horror movie of all time, the 1973 gut punch masterpiece, The Wicker Man

Actor and screenwriter Mike Harlow joins me to discuss my favorite serial killer movie of all time, the 1995 psychological thriller, Copycat

Movie theater projectionist Will Holston returns to discuss one of the most underrated horror movies of all time, Kate Hudson and the 2005 twist ending creepfest, The Skeleton Key

Australian movie fan Cable Brandon joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the 2003 shark/snuff film, Open Water

Professional DJ Amy Twieg joins me to discuss the better of the two magic movies from 2006, the masterpiece of art and misdirection and showmanship know as The Illusionist