The Schlock and Awe Podcast

S&A Quickie Review: Shawshank Redemption & The Long Walk

On this Quickie Review Lindsay (with her Partner Dan butting in) takes a look at Stephen King Sentimentality with a Double of Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption (1994) & Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk (2025)It's all about hope and that you have Get Busy and Keep WalkingOriginal Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A 217 You’ll do it for Val Kilmer: Blazing Saddles & Tombstone W/ Andrew Shaw

This week on S&A Lindsay & Andrew Shaw head out to the wild west and quote every single line. It's a Double of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974) & Tombstone (1993). Not only can you quote these movies endlessly but also both movies are looking at two very different types of Mythology.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A MIFF Re-Cap: Melbourne International Film Festival Part 2 / Kahn

On this S&A bonus episode Lindsay & film critic Kahn Duncan finish their conversation on the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). And there are still so many movies to talk about. This was the busiest MIFF since 2019.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A 216 Grey Hair and a Gun Vibe: Point Blank (1967) & The Limey W/ Preston Mitchell

This week on S&A Lindsay & Preston Mitchell walk with purpose through LAX. It's a Double of John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) & Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (1999). The Silver Fox's are looking for revenge.This is a Double of a specific style, vibe and experimentation. But more importantly they are a look at tough guy cinema. Everyone loves a tough guy.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A MIFF Re-Cap: Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 Part One W/ Kahn

On this bonus episode Lindsay and Film Critic Kahn Duncan go into the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). They go onto a busy experience trying to see as many of the over 200 movies shown over to weeks.And since we talked over 20 movies I split the conversation into two parts.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favorite podcast app

S&A 215 Down the River to El Dorado: Paddington in Peru & Aguirre Wrath of God W/ Brian Keiper

This week on S&A Lindsay & Brian Keiper head down the Amazon in search of El Dorado in a Double of Dougal Wilson's Paddington in Peru (2024) & Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972). One will give you the hard stare the other is Klaus Kinski. This is a double of colonialism and the very notion of what is wealth. With some Marmalade Sandwiches.Original Graphics by Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music by Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favorite podcast app

S&A 214 1968 A Space Oddity: Barbarella & Planet of the Apes (1968) W/ Carmelita Valdez McKoy

This week on S&A Lindsay & Carmelita Valdez McKoy get trippy with 1968 Sci Fi Roger Valdim's Barbarella (1968) & Franklin J. Schaffner's Planet of the Apes (1968). This is a Utopia & Dystopia all wrapped in the counter culture.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A Twining Titles It (1927) & It (1990) W/ Bede Jermyn

This week on S&A Twinning Titles is back! Lindsay and Bede Jermyn ask a very important question. What is IT . With a Double of Clarence Badger's It (1927) & Tommy Lee Wallace's It (1990). There is a certain It Factor that cannot be defined, whether is in the eyes or deadlights? And why we cannot keep our eyes away from It.Original Graphics Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast app

S&A 213 Monkey Business: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes & Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla W/ Daniel Baldwin

This week on S&A Lindsay and the Schlockateer Daniel Baldwin head into the wilds of 1970s Simian Sci Fi with J Lee Thompson's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) & Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1974)We got some amazing scores, cheap practical effects and intense political subtextOriginal Graphic Nadine WhitneyOriginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favorite podcast app

S&A 211 Boys Adventure: King Solomon’s Mine (1985) & Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade W/ Justin

This week on S&A Lindsay is joined by the number one Indiana Jones Fan Justin Anderson to talk Adventure. A Double of J Lee Thompson' s King Solomon's Mine (1985) & Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (1989). This is a Double that is looking at a template that Spielberg and George Lucas created back in 1981 that has been copied and replicated ever since even by the orginal Masters.Orginal Graphics Nadine WhitneyOrginal Music Anthony KingListen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast appPlease Rate & Review