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In which we discuss the most aggro coat-tail chase in Hollywood History: all the pulpy 80's sci-fi post the original Star Wars trilogy release! We talk about Buckaroo Banzai, Flash Gordon (technically also an inspiration for SW) and some slightly deeper cuts that dared to spend Regan-era dollar bills for a cut of that sweet 18-34 demographic profit margins!

On this episode, we are joined by a new guest to discuss a familiar topic: unreliable narrators! First we discuss Stephen Soderbergh's "The Informant!", a fabulous example that flew under our entire panel's radar. Also, we look the 20's expressionist classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", which... we joked about constantly mid-screening. Join us for riffs, grifts, and Suessian chairs that lift!

Coincidentally, one of the most profitable/critically approved video game movies is also one of the most forgettable films of all time. As of writing this, I have watched it (twice) and cannot remember a single unique scene from it. Join us, as we discuss this movie in all its pleasingly watchable, instantly forgettable, perfectly stupid glory.

Just as a new release of the Yakuza series (Ryu Ga Gotoku if you're nasty) launches on consoles, our episode covering the original movie adaptation of the first game is conveniently complete and released! Charge your Heat Gauge with our discussion of this Takeshi Miike-ass film, which includes the greatest "this movie is based on a video game and we are not ashamed of it" moment of all time! Come the live-action Majima, stay for the Staminans!

In which we discuss notorious 80's schlock-fest, Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Spend your Halloween with us as we talk phallic circus imagery, the toll modern 4k TV has on old-school effects work, and hiring 30-year-olds to play college freshmen.

Most recently the titular Wife of this podcast's favorite Lovecraft story was made into a feature film. And for once it was in English! And stars Nicholas Cage (an American Treasure around these parts)! So we jumped at the chance to watch it, even more when we liked it so much! Come ride the purple space-bug-plant-train with us now! Bring extra shotgun shells in case there's another Alp-hydra.

Re-recorded early in Quarantine! (We lost the first version from tech issues, sorry.) Before the Oscars, we discussed the concept of "Oscarbait" cinema, and wanted to talk about the multiple ways that genre takes shape. Now, well after the Oscars, we touch on that under the blanket subject of recent best picture winner, The Shape of Water. We mourn not seeing the fish dick going in, the film's multiple genre switches, and why it is a huge Academy wank session in a few small ways.

Yeah... sorry about the multi-month sabbatical, but life did its usual borking, and we got real off-schedule. But, things are getting back on track! MARVEL! At how culturally beind this episode, recorded months ago, is! HEAR! Us drink White Claw at the peak of its cultural releveance, and discuss the ancestral comics book movies of the 70's, 80's, and 90's! ALL THAT AND THE USUAL PEDANTRY AND DIGRESSION YOU KNOW AND LOVE(?)!

It's a popular theory (to this show's host) that B-movies of yesteryear are directly responsible for the modern blockbusters we know today. And one man is almost single-handedly responsible for those: Roger Corman, king of the B-movie! Emperor of Knockoff Schlock! Learn about his interesting history; then see how his shoestring competition titles stack up against rivals of old and new!

After sitting most of this month out because the heat kind of fried our brains, we present our (not really) thoughtful discussion on what makes a blockbuster film so blockbustery. We discuss formula, inspirations, why so many are based on novels, and I attempt to explain the modern Superhero Blockbuster formula with a half-baked food analogy. We also finally get around to discussing Avengers: Endgame, because we are so very, very relevant, aren't we?

To celebrate Ashley's birthday, we watched one of her favorite movies: The Addams Family! Then we sat around and talked about while feeling sick as hell. There are a few sound issues, but enjoy hearing about how well-adjusted the most famous family of weirdos is!

CONTENT WARNING! We watched Pumpkin, the kind of movie that could only have been made in the early 2000's. Hear us carve into this half-baked pie of misplaced narrative, squandered early effort from future award contenders, and a LOT of unpleasant dialogue by unlikeable, rich white people. It's deconstructed Archie by people who never read an Archie comic, and we have opinions!

Apologies for some small audio issues, this episode just escaped a mad despot's underground lair. It slayed many henchman, averted a world crisis, and had inappropriate rectal congress with a member of Northern European royalty. It's next mission is to discuss Kingsman: The Secret Service, put your friends list on blast, shame the fake orgasms of 80's stars, get too personal about self-satisfaction, and deal with both the real and fantastical variants of crazy-murdery-robot-legs. For Queen and country!

This episode of the podcast is such a scrappy underdog, it arrived a week late! But, it'll pull through in the final round and win the day anyhow. We discuss the underdog plot structure as it applies to My Cousin Vinny, and then have a quiz to see if the other hosts can tell which underdog films are or are not about sports, just by the title!

The original topic for Episode 30 has risen from the grave and is out for VENGEANCE! Our intrepid party will discuss movies that were clearly once a screenwriter's D&D campaign (or White Wolf in the case of Underworld). Witness Vin Diesel mansplaining weather magic, Nic Cage's wig failing it's stealth rolls, Underworld being a tutorial for White Wolf games, and Percy Jackson just being a average Scion campaign!

The final episode of our discourse on Final Fantasy XIV is here! We lose a person, but gain a LOT of shocking plot twists!

We close our March of Burton with every goth kid's favorite one-star Yelp review: Sweeny Todd! Join us as we discuss Alan Rickman's old-timey porno stash, the ways this movie just ABSOLUTELY hates children, and one of us (my wife) dump-trucks us with her costume nerdgasm. Fun times in store!

In part 2 of our discussion on the plot of Final Fantasy XIV, we get progressively more inebriated until the feed becomes difficult to edit! But, a good time shall still be had by all!

Thrill! As the March of Burton perils against the movie Ed Wood! Peril! As we are all tired and under the weather, snuffling throughout the recording! Engage! With us as we talk the dynamic lighting, and constantly lose focus on said topic! And watch me run out of ideas to continue this motif with.

The March of Burton continues, this time with his 2012 movie adaptation of the 60's TV series, Dark Shadows. Join us as we talk telegraphed ceiling fixture destruction, Johnny Depp's typical Thursday outfit, some serious 70's aesthetic, the canned ham in both Eva Green's performance... and her outfits.