The Schlock and Awe Podcast

S&A 164 Burting on Burt: Smokey and the Bandit & The Train W/ Andy and Preston

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by Preston Mitchell and Andy Gorham. As they hitch a ride and try to be Burt. Burt Reynolds & Burt Lancaster. This is an all Burt Double with Hal Needham's Smokey & the Bandit (1977) & John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964)
This is Burt as Action and Movie Star, and how both wield their cultural identities.
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S&A 163 The Purple Haze of Reality: Ready Player One & Belle (2021) W/Mark Wanner

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by Mark Wanner as they play the game and go on the hunt. It's a Double of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) & Mamoru Hosoda's Belle (2021).
This is a Double of living a Double Life, but which life is best?
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S&A Quickie Review The First Omen (2024)

On this S&A Quickie Review, Lindsay takes a look at Arkasha Stevenson's debut first feature and Prequel The First Omen (2024).
Out in in Cinemas everywhere, and distributed by 20th Century Studios.
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S&A Twinning Titles 4 Frozen (2010) & Frozen (2013) W/ Marcey

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S&A Easter Weekend Quickie Review: Immaculate & Godzilla x King Kong The New Empire

On this S&A Quickie Review Lindsay spends the Easter Long Weekend at the movies. With Michael Mohan's Immaculate (2024) & Adam Wingard's Godzilla X Kong The New Empire (2024).
Both movies are currently in cinemas nation wide.
Will the King Rise?
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S&A 162 The Perfect Family: The Stepfather (1987) & The Guest W/ Robb Antequera

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by Chainsaws & Claws Co-Host and the Cinema Drunkie himself Robb Antequera As they try to create the perfect family and only end up disappointed. It's a Double of Joseph Rubin's The Stepfather (1987) & Adam Wingard's The Guest (2014)
This is a Double of the hidden psychopath that is trying to hide in plain sight. All while using different genres to tell the story.
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S&A 161 On the Salty Sea: Below & The Fog W/ Jaye

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by The Film Strip Podcast Co-Host Jay. They take to high seas in a Double of David Twohy's Below (2002) & John Carpenter's The Fog (1980).
This is a Double about oral storytelling, the guilt that haunts us, and that will always come back.
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S&A Quickie Review The Ealing Studio Comedy Heritage: Wicked Little Letters, Passport to Pimilco & Brassed Off

On a new S&A Quickie Review Lindsay takes a look at the new Studio Canal Movie Thea Sharrock's Wicked Little Letters (2023), which hit theatres 21st March in Australia.
But also Lindsay looks the type of Comedies Wicked Little Letters fits into the Ealing Comedy Type. Lindsay also looks at Hnery Cornelius' Passport to Pimlico (1949) & Mark Herman's Brassed Off (1996).
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S&A 160 The ABCs of the Crime Procedural: 21 Bridges & To Catch a Killer W/ Max Deering

This Week on S&A, Lindsay is joined by Max Deering for a look at modern look on a classic procedural. With a Double of Brian Kirk's 21 Bridges (2019) & Damián Szifron's To Catch a Killer (2023).
This is a Double of clean HD display on dirty corruption. It's a tale as old as time.
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S&A Twinning Titles 3 Black Sheep (1996) & Black Sheep (2006) W/ Bede & Marcey

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