The Schlock and Awe Podcast

S&A 249 Road Kill: Death Race 2000 (1975) The Long Walk W/ Michaele

This week on S&A Lindsay and Michele hit the road in this 1970s Dystopia feeling Double Feature. Paul Bartel's Death Race 2000 (1975) & Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk (2025). This is a Double of performing for Dictators, Bread and Circus where the prize is road kill. Murder for our entertainment and inspiration.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform  

S&A 248 Catherine Wants to Get Married The Heiress (1949) & Washington Square W/ Nadine

This week on S&A Lindsay & film critic Nadine Whitney know you should never underestimate a seemingly awkward woman. We are looking at the story of Catherine Sloper of Henry James' novel Washington Square. A double of William Wyler's The Heiress (1949) & Agnieszka Holland's Washington Square (1997). This is a Double of what makes an accomplished woman.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please Rate, Review & Subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform. It helps the show. 
 
 

S&A 247 Children of the Apocalypse: Children of Men & Furiosa W/ Tim

This week on S&A Lindsay and Tim from It Didn't Go Platinum Podcast wonder what it would be like to grow up in the apocalypse. It's a Double of Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men (2006) & Dr. George Miller's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). This is a Double that not only looks at gaining power or resources in a dystopia - whether it be children or a bullet farm. But more importantly the attitudes of countries like Britain and Australia and their attitudes toward dictatorships. Are we closer than we think heading toward 2027 (the answer is yes by the way) or is all about putting on a show.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform.
 
  

S&A 246 My Name is Vanity Project: The Astrologer (1976) & Champagne and Bullets W/ Bede

This week on S&A Lindsay & Bede vs The Living Dead - Bede create their own Vanity Project with a Double of Craig Denny's The Astrologer (1976) & John De Hart's Champagne and Problems (1993). Do you want a film maker who doesn't know what they are doing? A film guided by numerology, no context for scenes, grotesque sex scenes and a very drunk Wings Hauser? We have that and more. These men had a dream and too much money and we are thankful for it.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Awe as it helps the show.

S&A 245 The Way of Revenge: Ghost Dog & Oldboy W/ Preston

This week on S&A Lindsay and Preston Mitchell go the way of Revenge in a Double of  Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) & Park Chan-wook's Olddog (2003). This is a Double of many things. The rules and philosophy behind it - the Japanese & Southern Korean Rules. What does it mean to be a warrior and using spirits of the past, whether as tutors or to fuel vengeance. There is a lot going on.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
 
Please rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Awe Podcast on your favourite podcast platform. It helps the show.

S&A 244 Sam Raimi Power Plays: Send Help & A Simple Plan W/ Mike & Max

This week on S&A Lindsay & Action 4 Everyone's Mike & Max look into the different seasons of Sam Raimi with his Send Help (2026) & A Simple Plan (1998). These are Sam Raimi stretching his legs when it comes to power and capitalism in the only way Sam Raimi knows how to direct. Punishment and Americana
 
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
 
Please rate, review and subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite platform. It helps the show.
 

S&A 243 You Killed My Brother!: Ring of Fire II Blood and Steel & Riot (1996) W/ Robb

This week on S&A Lindsay & Robb Antequera head down into the underground of 1990s DTV Action with Don the Dragon's Ring of Fire: Blood and Steel (1993) & Gary Daniels' Riot (1996). This is a Double of a specific kind of action star. But it is also a Double of Budget Action Film Making, making action on the fly and how each movie handles each persona. Oh so much more round kicking and revenge than you are ready for.
 
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King 
 
Please rate, review and subscribe Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform to help the show

S&A 242 They Be Leaping: District B13 & Unleased W/ Carlo

On this week's S&A Lindsay and Luna Rossi Films & This is Film's Carlo be leaping. It's a bonkers mid naughties French double of Pierre Morel's District B13 (2004) & Louis Leterrier's Unleashed (2005). This is an action double that looks at a time and a place, but also a style of action and the history that lead up to it. It's my favourite kind of Double to cover. So much leaping! Parkour 
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please rate, review & subscribe Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform 

S&A 241 Alien Shenanigans: Communion & Galaxy Quest W/ Justin

This week on S&A Lindsay & Justin Anderson wake up in an unusual place. This is a Double of Philippe Mora's Communion (1989) & Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest (1999) is there something out there or is it really just an episode of Television. Who knows - but these movies are awesome. So best to check the historical documents.
Original Graphics Nadine Whitney
Original Music Anthony King
Please rate, review or subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast apps 

S&A 240 The Journey of Growing Up: Unpregnant & Stand by Me W/ Jim

This week on S&A Lindsay and Director's Club Host Jim Laczkowski go on a road trip through the never-ending landscape. It is a Double of Rachel Lee Goldenberg's Unpregnant (2020) & Rob Reiner's Stand by Me (1986). Lives will be had, tears will be shed. Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Musica Anthony KingPlease rate review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platforms.