Saturday Night Freak Show

This week, Travis chooses Idiots and Angels (2008), a film from animator Bill Plympton, known for his distinctive art style and early-year MTV interstitials. In Idiots and Angels, a curmudgeonly fellow awakens one day to find he's grown a pair of wings which prevent him from indulging himself in bad deeds. Plympton, an iconoclastic animator, undertakes the entire process of animating a feature film himself. Plus, find out how the Chexist Chainsaw Massacre ties in, and listen as we attempt to trace the lineage of adult animation, from Ralph Bakshi all the way through Adult Swim! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Colin chooses Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children (1995), a visionary tale of a dystopian, steampunk-ish fantasy world filled with clever visual design reminiscent of the work of Terry Gilliam. We also talk about dark children's fairy tales, modern day cynicism in kids movies, and Tom commits a cardinal sin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Tom chose David Fincher's Fight Club (1999). In our most professional podcast yet, we analyze the film's messages, and discuss whether the film would be able to be made today. Plus, we talk about author Chuck Palahniuk, discuss David Fincher's oeuvre and opine about a select group of actors who lose themselves in a part. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On our first podcast of 2013 we revisit Joe Dante's dark version of suburban paranoia, The Burbs; Tom reveals why he hates the 1980's; and we discuss our favorite movies of 2012 and what we're looking forward to in 2013. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Year's is almost upon us as we take in Travis' pick of the Western horror comedy Cannibal! The Musical, with a pulled pork BBQ appetizer. This divisive title provokes a definitive discussion on what is funny and what is not. Eventually, as expected, this spills over into television and the merits of the career of Neil Patrick Harris. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The gang gathers to watch Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966) and eat spaghetti. Plus, there's talk about Italian Westerns, anti-heroes, subtitles, and an examination of the High Frame Rate version of The Hobbit (2012). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We watch Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, discuss the return of 3D, contrast U.S. and Japanese animation styles, and have a lengthy discussion about the Rankin/Bass Hobbit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future is analyzed for it's cultural significance; plus; there's impersonations and the attempt to define science fiction once and for all! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.