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What happens when you can’t decide between a superhero movie, a young adult film, and a horror flick? Apparently a film so forgettable the movie studio almost forgot to release it. Is The New Mutants really that bad and what happened behind the scenes that delayed it’s release for years? Well, it just hit HBO Max so we decided to find out.Also, feeds his Mortal Kombat excitement with the 2020 animated feature Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. It’s basically the Mortal Kombat we all wanted when we were 8 years old… hyper violent and written for 8 year olds. Enjoy!Originally streamed live April 15th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.VIdeo replay and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/04/nights-4-15-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We don’t need rails where this train is going! On this episode we discuss Marvel’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode 3, get Jesse’s thoughts on Godzilla vs. Kong, and talk about… dental work? Listen, the talk is more fun than actual dental work.On the week’s TV and movie news side of things, we explore the slow rebirth of the movie theater industry as streaming services hand back some release date control, Melanie goes 99% on the Hollywood elite, Red Skill pushes things political, and the WB actually has a little excited for the animated Batman: The Long Halloween. Enjoy!Originally streamed live April 8th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, articles cited, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/04/nights-4-8-2021★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Godzilla takes on Kong, Falcon and the Winter Soldier acknowledge racism in the MCU, and the Snyder Cut cuts out several future DCEU films.On this episode of Nerd Sounds we discuss Godzilla vs. Kong, episodes 1 and 2 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Invincible animated series on Amazon, Resident Alien and more. We even squeeze in a little comic book talk and TV & movie news. Enjoy, nerds!Originally streamed live April 1st, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay and articles cited: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/04/nerdsounds-4-1-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

After years of build up and a solid year of covering non-sense, nothing news stories in our weekly #SnyderWatch segment, papa Snyder and the Warner Bros. overlords has finally blessed the world with the one, true Snyder Cut. One cut to rule them all.Okay, okay, okay. On with it. This episode we finally review Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Did it indeed suuuuuck? Did we like it? Was it an improvement on the theatrical cut? Did we rip it apart, anyway? The answer to all these questions and more… is yes. Enjoy!Originally streamed live March 25th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay & more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/03/nights-snyderwatch★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For once we actually get right to the featured topic and the featured topic this episode is REACT AT THE NEWS! We cover the week’s notable TV & movie news. Wait… no Justice League talk? Originally streamed the day Zack Snyder’s Justice League dropped we opted to give ourselves time to digest that 4 hour intestinal blockage.So, next episode we’ll dive deep into Snyder’s DC swan song. This episode, though, we discuss ANOTHER Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel that ignores the other sequels, a gender-swapped She’s All That, social distancing at the Oscars, and more. Plus, maybe a little bit of the ol’ #SnyderWatch. Enjoy!Originally streamed live March 18th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, articles cited, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/03/nights-3-18-2021★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We just can’t help ourselves, can we? This was meant to simply be an episode recapping our thoughts on Disney Marvel’s WandaVision now that the series has concluded. And we do, of course! We catch up on the final two episodes of WandaVision, talk about the series as a whole, and how the finale left us.But wait, there’s more! Melanie and Randy have been on a bit of a movie binge! The crew all finally catch up on some notable movies like Spider-Man: Far from Home, Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Atomic Blonde. Everyone is shocked to hear Randy watched Addams Family Values for the first time ever. Plus, Nicolas Cage goes Five Nights at Freddy’s in Willy’s Wonderland, Spider-man goes southern (and angry) in The Devil All the Time, A Promising Young Woman makes good on the Black Christmas remake’s promise, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live March 11th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/03/nights-3-11-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On this episode we REACT AT THE NEWS. Our favorite old school Flash to return to TV in Stargirl season 2. Also, Stargirl is a thing. A new live-action Superman movie is in the works but not the Superman you might be expecting. Oh, and Hollywood is finally remaking a movie that SHOULD be remade and Edgar Wright is attached to direct!Plus, the Mortal Kombat trailer broke the internet (as the kids say) and we’re all about it. We love/hate I Care A Lot and recommend Freaky. First, though, we dive into the fascinating world of gaucho pants, Groucho Marx, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live February 26th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.View the video stream, articles cited, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/02/nights-2-26-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

For our Valentine’s Day special live stream a week ago we celebrated the Hallmark holiday in the most romantic way we could think of…. by talking about serial killers! LIST EPISODE!We discuss 10 killer couples in film. While a few of the expected picks are there, like Mickey and Mallory Knox from Natural Born Killers, we also tried to the outside the box of chocolatey goodness for some picks that you won’t see on other lists. Enjoy!Originally streamed live February 14th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/02/valentines-nights/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Once again, the Recent Viewing segment dominates the show with the focus topic being WandaVision. The G-Crew catch up on the MCU Disney+ series with their thoughts on WandaVision episodes 3 through 6.Melanie and Randy also discuss a pair of mind-bending films. First, it’s a strong recommend for the psychological horror-thriller (comedy?) The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. Then a less strong recommend for the Moorhead and Benson sci-fi thriller Synchronic.Plus, more Cobra Kai talk, #SnyderWatch and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live February 11th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video version and show notes: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/02/nights-02-11-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On this episode the Recent Viewing segment unexpectedly takes over the show. As is tradition, we’ve waited an unfashionably long time to finally review a Star Wars movie with a our thoughts on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We also finally get around to talking about Blumhouse’s unique take on The Invisible Man.Randy and Melanie discover a directorial duo worth following in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead with their mind bending, sci-fi thriller, The Endless. Jesse catches up on the final season of Vikings as well as season 2 of Amazon’s The Boys. Of course, we cram some news in there including a sci-fi western Dracula film in the works, #SnyderWatch, and…. UNO!? Enjoy!Originally streamed live February 4th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, articles cited, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/02/nights-2-4-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Matty D. of the 60s Reboot Podcast joins the Grawlix Podcast crew to discuss the first two episodes of Marvel’s WandaVision series. Is the Disney+ series an interesting move within the MCU or a thin gimmack? How does it compare to the actual 50s/60s TV classics it is aping? Where is all this going? The only way we could answer such questions was with a 60s Reboot Podcast crossover episode!We also discuss other recent viewing including Cobra Kai season 3 (and 2), the final two Phantasm movies, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live January 21st, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video stream, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/01/nights-01-21-2021/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On this episode we're talking about women villains. Specifically, a TV series, a movie, and a short film featuring female antagonists. Jesse discusses one of the best Doctor Who episodes featuring the Doctor's arch nemesis in female form, Missy. Melanie tells us about Catcalls, a 2020 short film, and Randy raves about Sky High, a 2005 Disney superhero flick that took him by surprise. Enjoy!Originally streamed live January 14th, 2021.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy New Year! What a new year it’s been already, right? For the 2021 New Year’s episode we decided to skip the usual retrospective on the previous year, for obvious reasons. Instead, we’ve got a brand new blockbuster comic book movie AND new episode of Doctor Who to talk about.We get far more heated during our Wonder Woman 1984 review than anyone probably expected. However, we found ourselves pleasantly surprised with Doctor Who’s Revolution of the Daleks. Plus, brief thoughts on Netflix’s Project Power, The Old Guard, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live January 7th, 2021 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/01/nights-1-7-2021★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy Holidays, ya’ old building and loan! It’s the time of year to bust out the Jimmy Stewart impressions, mix in a bit of Randy Savage because it’s all pizza, and fire up your favorite Christmas classics. And by Christmas classics we mean horror movies, of course.Yes, it’s the gift that keeps giving… the Monster of the Week segment! We gathered the whole Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe crew around the smoldering yule log that is 2020 to discuss Holiday horror movies. It just seemed appropriate.Melanie and Randy tag team a double feature of Black Christmas. Melanie first discusses the original 1974 proto-slasher before Randy gets out-SJW-ed by the 2019 “remake”. Jesse brings some levity with the 80s Christmas comedy classic Ernest Saves Christmas. Jasper follows up with a stocking stuffed with ultra-camp in the over-the-top horror comedy Santa’s Slay starring Bill Goldberg.Finally, we stick a bow on the evening with a game! Randy finds the most ridiculous reviews of holiday classics from Letterboxd.com users for a few rounds of “guess the movie by the review.” Yeah, that’s a totally original, never before heard of game… we swear. Enjoy!Originally streamed live December 17th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/12/nights-12-17-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Yee haw! This episode we’ve got so much merriment you’ll squeal like a pig. First, for this week’s horror movie Monster of the Week we plunged deep into the backwoods and swamps of rural America. And Slovenia. And South Wales, apparently. Listen, every country has their own version of the hillbilly and that’s the theme of this episode. Hixploitation!Randy talks moonshine and lederhosen with Slovenia’s first horror film, Killbillies (aka Idila). Jesse braved the primitive landscape of 2006 BBC 3 television by revisiting Torchwood Season 1, Episode 6: Countrycide. Melanie wraps the segment with a recommendation of the excellent horror-comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.Then we attempt to take on the relentless onslaught of news from the happiest investor’s call on Earth. Yep, it was Disney’s Investor Day! Just the sound of that has us filled with merriment and wonder. Enjoy!Originally streamed live December 10th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Full show notes: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/12/nights-12-10-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Forget the news, forget #SnyderWatch, it’s time to talk slashers! Loveable, bloodthirsty, teen stalking, serial killers are this episode’s Monster of the Week. It’s not all horror films, though, because we’re also joined by comic book writer/artist Robert Geronimo.Robert discusses his ongoing comic series Blood Realm (hear our original review of Blood Realm Vol. 1 back on Grawlix Podcast #88). Robert also talks about his new graphic novel, WIREHEAD, which features a cybernetic slasher stalking teens in the Pocono Mountains. You’ll be surprised by which slasher flicks Robert drew inspiration from and his take on Terminator being one of them.Then we segue into the Monster of the Week segment. Jesse digs Richard Stanley’s Hardware out of the sand dunes, Melanie crashes the sausage fest that is Dude Bro Party Massacre III, and Randy rings up the forgotten 80’s grocery store slasher Intruder. Enjoy!Originally streamed live December 3rd, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.View video, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/12/nights-12-3-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Monster of the Week this episode is infestations or pests so it’s about to get creepy crawly. Jesse rounds out a trifecta of out-there actors following Nicolas Cage and Christopher Walken in recent episodes with the 2003 remake of Willard, starring Crispin Glover. Melanie gets campy with a better than expected 2009 horror comedy Infestation and Randy discusses the truly bizarre Dario Argento film Phenomena. Wait, Phenomena had mutants, telepathic insects, and a razor blade wielding chimpanzee and STILL doesn’t get a recommend!?On the week’s React at the News segment the trio discuss the surprising Wonder Woman 1984 release announcement, no CGI James Dean for Chadwick Boseman, #DisneyMustPay, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live November 19th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-11-19-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Halloween may be over but the horror show that is 2020 continues to lumber forward so we’ve decided to keep the Monster of the Week segments going! With everything going on here in the states we decided the only appropriate monster to discuss was… government.So, each of us discuss a different political or government themed film. Randy revisits the wonderfully dry and poignant wit of In The Loop. Jesse takes the Christopher Walken, David Cronenberg, Stephen King classic The Dead Zone for a walk. And Melanie gets real with the 2016 documentary 13th.On the TV, movie, & entertainment news front we also discuss YouTube pulling the plug on Rewind 2020, Xbox enters the world of Cinevapic, Netflix actually renews some good shows, and more. Enjoy!Originally streamed live November 12th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-11-12-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Are you ready for Cage Fight round 2!? For our un-Halloween-like Halloween Monster of the Week episode we opened our eyes wide and gazed into the vast expanse that is Nicolas Cage.Jesse paid the ghost with the fairly subdued Nicolas Cage horror film, Pay the Ghost. What wasn’t subdued was the entertainingly awful hidden gem that is Between Worlds that both Randy and Melanie watched. Could this be the quintessential Nic Cage film? Enjoy!Originally streamed live October 29th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video version, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/11/nights-10-29-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It was only a matter of time till we got to them…. PUPPETS! Evil puppets and dolls are this episode’s horror movie monster of the week.Melanie talks about Chucky’s AI smart assistant makeover in 2019’s Child Play. Jesse discusses the Puppet Master franchise’s first solo character spinoff with Blade the Iron Cross. Randy shares his thoughts on 1978’s Magic, in which Anthony Hopkins has an unhealthy relationship with a puppet and throws out some real Psycho vibes.The React at the Reboot/Remake segment returns with a vengeance in this week’s entertainment news as a Battlestar Galactica movie may actually happen someday and Tim Burton eye’s an Addams Family live-action TV series. Plus, this week’s #SnyderWatch news has us thinking the Snyder Cut may NOT have actually existed.Originally streamed live October 22nd, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/10/nights-10-22-2020/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★