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You gotta hack your own brain! Or you can just listen to our brand new episode of They Called This a Movie and we'll hack your brain for you. The year is 2021 and the world is ravaged by a virus. Sounds pretty far-fetched, right? But that's what we thought the future was going to be like back in 1995, a year when people were obsessed with the internet, despite not fully understanding it. This misunderstanding led to Johnny Mnemonic, a cyberpunk snoozefest starring Keanu Reeves, years before he entered the Matrix.Plug in as we discuss the oddball casting, the wooden acting, and cybernetic dolphins. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com.Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

Life is good, but it could be better.And now it is, as we bring you a very special episode of They Called This a Movie. Not only are we talking about one of the most-talked about movies from 2020, but we also have a special guest joining us to dissect this one. We're joined by Tia Fabi (@TC_stark) from Top 10 with Tia and Geek Vibes Nation to talk about Wonder Woman 1984 on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Get your wish stones ready as we dive head-first into this one. We discuss the baffling lack of pop music, the problematic resurrection of Steve Trevor, and discuss Princess Diana's bedroom issues. Dan even drops a hot take on the many Hollywood Chrises. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com.Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

Well... this one felt a little different when we recorded it. To ring in the New Year, we decided to satisfy one listener's request to watch one of the greatest sci-fi action flicks of all-time. Then, things got crazy and now a satire about how authoritarianism and capitalism go hand-in-hand feels even more frighteningly relevant than it did a few hours ago. We watched RoboCop for They Called This a Movie. Sorry. Despite things going on in the news, RoboCop is a fantastic movie, and we had a great time with it. Join us as we talk about Clarence Boddicker, possibly the greatest villain ever, Dick Jones's flailing arms, and the incredible fake commercials. Buy this one for a dollar. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

We're putting a bow on this weird year with a quick thank you to our listeners. We breakdown what our favorite movies we covered were this year and what we hope to accomplish in the next year. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

'Twas the night before Christmas and at every turnThey Called This a Moviereleased a podcast. Knowwhatimean, Vern?Merry Christmas, listeners! We're squeezing one more Christmas-themed episode in before St. Nick sticks his butt down the chimney and fills your stockings with a whole bunch of coal. It's our very special Christmas Eve episode of They Called This a Movie, decided by our Twitter followers. We've got Santa and we got Jim Varney donning his famous denim vest, as we watched the classic Ernest film, Ernest Saves Christmas. We discuss how good the Santa Claus is in this movie, how uncomfortable we are with certain scenes, and even start the rumor that Jim Varney invented a sex act. It's the perfect listening for Jesus's birthday. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

Every who on the internet loves this movie a lot. But one Grinch, who talks on this podcast, did NOT! Our celebration of Christmas movies rolls on, as we discuss the live action adaptation of one of the most beloved Christmas stories of all time. Muddy cinematography, dutch angles, and an in-your-face performance all collide in this holiday blockbuster helmed by Ron Howard. It's the 2000 feature film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim Carrey. Join us as we don't see eye-to-eye on this one, as one of us loves it, one of us hates it, and Mark falls somewhere in the middle. We discuss how ugly this movie looks, Jim Carrey's grating (or career-making) performance, and whether or not Christine Baranski could get it. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com. Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.

It's beginning to look a lot like Groundhog Day. Christmas. I meant Christmas. This week, we're hitting the small screen, as we exhumed a film from the lost archives of The Family Channel. Billy Jackson hates Christmas, but he's going to learn to love it when he has to relive the same Christmas over and over again. It's Erik Von Detton in a charming, family movie called "Christmas Every Day", from the first ever 25 Days of Christmas programming schedule. We discuss the main actor's performance, how dumb the love interest is, and just how embarrassing that jump shot is. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram.

Four families, one day, no mercy. It's December, and you know what that means: it's Christmas season and we're kicking 25 Days of Christmas into high gear with not one, not two, not three, but Four Christmases! Academy Award Winner Reese Witherspoon collides with professional a**hole Vince Vaughn in a loud, obnoxious comedy that could only come from the mid-to-late 2000s. It was a long forgotten time where you could walk around without masks, no one knew what Twitter was, and you could fat shame to your heart's desire. It also brought us mean-spirited Christmas movies, like this hunk of junk. Join us as we wrestle a roided-out Jon Favreau and try to wrap our heads around this clunker. We discuss how much noise is in this movie, whether or not you should disclose your legal name to your significant other, and wonder how much Reese Witherspoon hated the entire ordeal. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

That's not cranberry sauce. What it is, though, is a special Thanksgiving episode of They Called This a Movie, featuring one of the wildest holiday-themed slasher movies we've ever come across. Twins, machetes, and a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown; it's all par for the course in Blood Rage, a Thanksgiving horror movie that only the Florida panhandle could produce. Grab your PBR, eat the leftovers right out of the fridge, and join us as we bask in the gloriousness that is this movie. We discuss the powerhouse performance from the lead actress, the constant opening and closing of sliding glass doors, and discuss 80s horror movies' fascination with the game of tennis. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

This week, we pay tribute to a legend by watching and reviewing the movie that made him quit acting. It's touching, really. On this episode of They Called This a Movie, we gather all your favorite literary characters that have become part of the public domain. That's right: Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Tom Sawyer... a vampire lady... that guy that George Lucas ripped off to make Indiana Jones. They're all here! They join forces to create some sort of steampunk Avengers in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the bland adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel. Come aboard the Nautilus with us, as we discuss the dorkiest team-up movie ever made. We talk about how ugly this movie makes Venice look, what we'd like to do to Moby Dick stans, and discuss the practicality of pansexuality for an immortal being. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

Well, it's certainly a movie we watched.  Back in the before times, all the way in 2014, some producer decided that he wanted to make a movie that would appeal to the Chinese filmgoing markets. So, he gave Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen an undisclosed amount of money, flew them to the forests of China, and made a dull, joyless sand and sandals movie about white people saving Asian royalty. We'll be honest with you, we didn't enjoy this, but nevertheless, here's Outcast on a brand new episode of They Called This a Movie. We're in for a slog this week, so we spend a bunch of time not talking about this movie. Join us as we discuss Nicolas Cage's accent, the Star Wars prequels, and how Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man movies don't need to be re-examined. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

Selleck. Simmons. And a whole lot of spider robots. On this week's episode, we head to the distant future of 1991 as told by 1984. It is a future with self-driving cars, cameras on doorbells, televisions in the palm of your hand, and other hilariously impossible pipe dreams that only the 80s could conjure up. Tom Selleck brings his mustache with him in this one, as he plays Jack Ramsay, a police officer in the Runaway division, and he's tasked with tracking down runaway robots. It's basically Blade Runner, if Roy Batty was a talking trash can. It's up to Jack to track down Gene Simmons, the man behind sabotaging regular household robots for his own personal gain. It's Runaway, directed by Michael Crichton, on this week's episode of They Called This a Movie. Put on your electromagnetic suit and tell LOIS you'll be late for dinner as we dive deep into this one. We discuss the career of Cynthia Rhodes, how Gene Simmons runs, and the many things that Michael Crichton got right. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

Who will survive and what will become of them? It's our final 31 Days of Horror episode for 2020, and this year, we let the fans decide on our last movie. It was a close final tally, but in the end, it was Tobe Hooper's classic 70s slasher, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that won out. As we put one final bow on spooky season, we come at this one with a slightly hot take. So grab your finest head cheese, break into your neighbor's house, and scream for 30 minutes straight as we dissect this one with chainsaws. We talk about everything from the likelihood that we'd pick up the hitchhiker, whether or not Leatherface belongs in the pantheon of great horror movie villains, and try to decide what it is that we're missing. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

Get ready to see more than any man has ever seen!Or... heard. It's an all new episode of They Called This a Movie. The team from Re-Animator teams up with horror legend Ken Foree for an inter-dimensional horror the likes of which only HP Lovecraft could write and only Stuart Gordon could bring to life. Put on your best dominatrix outfit and open your third eye as we discuss this cult classic. We discuss the overall horniness of the movie, the wild practical effects, and worship at the altar of Barbara Crampton. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

It's exactly what you think it is. And by that, we mean it's an all new episode of They Called This a Movie! This week, we're going a bit obscure, as we continue our celebration of all things horror during 31 Days of Horror. A killer is loose on a Boston college campus, and it's up to a tennis pro-turned-undercover cop and the student that lays the most pipe to figure out who's behind all the murders. It's Spanish-produced slasher Pieces. Grab your chainsaw and head to the pool as we fully immerse ourselves into the insanity of this one. We discuss everything from the ridiculous tennis scene, an Oscar-worthy performance from our female lead, and Steve Guttenberg, who isn't in this movie. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

31 Days of Horror rolls right along and brings us to the backwoods for a southern-fried fairy tale. Lance Henriksen plays a grieving father out for revenge, as he summons a demon out of folklore to terrorize a group of teens. It's Pumpkinhead on this episode of They Called This a Movie. We get on our dirt bikes and do some sick tricks as we roll over some four-eyed kids in this one. We discuss everything from the awesome monster effects to the fact that everyone seems to be in the Great Depression to a sexy Lance Henriksen. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

If this one doesn't scare you, you're already dead! But if you're not, you may as well listen to our brand new episode of They Called This a Movie, as we kick off this year's 31 Days of Horror festivities with a movie that some would call a cult classic.Graveyard sex, inter-dimensional portals, gangly alien morticians, ice cream men with ponytails, slave labor, tweens driving muscle cars, this movie has it all. Let us take you back to 1979, when bell bottoms were all the rage, latchkey kids drank malt liquor and shot guns, and you could just pack up and ditch your old life for the open road with a guy named Reg. This week, we're watching Phantasm. Join us as we head straight into this one, a movie that truly throws everything against the wall to see what sticks. We discuss how every woman in this movie looks exactly the same, Angus Scrimm's walk, and how we feel about the surprise ending. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

So it's come to this: a They Called a Movie Clip Show. We took a break from reviewing a movie this week in order to take a week to acknowledge our own little accomplishment. We're very proud to have made it to this milestone, so we go through some things that have happened over the first 100 episodes. We discuss our most downloaded episodes, our favorite movies that we've covered, and we play some of our favorite moments from the podcast. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

Get ready to sine your pitty on the runny kine, my damies, as we are in celebration movie. It's our 100th episode and we're taking this moment to talk about the movie that inspired the name of our main website: The Main Damie. In 2001, a TV writer took a character he created for The Chris Rock Show and tried to make a feature length film out of it. Then, the studio butchered it and we got one of the worst put-together movies that still manages to be consistently funny. We watched Pootie Tang, and all we can say is SAH DAH TAY!Clap it up, my hammies, for this one as we don't necessarily see eye-to-eye with this one. Some of us love it, while it leaves some of us scratching their heads. Either way, we watched it and we bring this episode to you. So head to Biggie Shorty's, as we discuss everything from steel mill gorilla maulings, Bob Costas's excellent comedic performance, and try to figure out how we should feel about David Cross's role in the film. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram. 

We go across the pond this week in an all new, listener requested episode of They Called This a Movie. When the entirety of Her Majesty's Secret Service gets wiped out, there's only one man that can save England from evil that threatens the crown: Rowan Atkinson. That's right, Mr. Bean himself is here to save the day, as we discuss Johnny English, a film that surprisingly spawned two sequels. Join us as we discuss this comedic spy movie, written by the two guys responsible for the last decade of James Bond films. We discuss how bad the comedy works, try to understand what Natalie Imbruglia is doing in this film, and discuss how this is actually a better James Bond movie that some others in recent memory. You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play Podcasts. If you want to see more from us, check out the website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.  We are now part of Geek Vibes Nation, so be sure to check out their website and to look for us on their future podcast shows. This week's episode features music from Dave Katusa and you can follow him on Instagram.