Michael May's Blog, page 11

Hellbent for Letterbox | The Great Silence (1968)

Since we're heading into winter, Pax picked a snowy Western with Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski. 
I also catch up with some Halloween Westerns - Wesley Snipes in Gallowwalkers and Danny Trejo in Dead in Tombstone - while Pax gets Christmas cheer from Roy Rogers in Trail of Robin Hood.
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After Lunch | Better Off Dead... (1985)

In our next Sleigh Bell Cinema rerun, I talk to Shawn Robare about Savage Steve Holland's Better Off Dead... (starring John Cusack, Diane Franklin, and Curtis Armstrong) and how much it actually has to do with Christmas.
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After Lunch | Gremlins (1984)

In another rerun from the former Sleigh Bell Cinema podcast, I talk with Nerd Lunch's Jeeg about the Joe Dante almost-Christmas classic, Gremlins.
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After Lunch | Shazam! (2019)

This Christmas season is all about Tangential Christmas Movies on After Lunch. After our discussion of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang last episode, we're going to spend the next couple of weeks re-running discussions of other Tangential Christmas Movies from my old Sleigh Bell Cinema podcast. Starting with this one about Shazam! with my son, David May.
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After Lunch | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Officially kicking off the Christmas season on After Lunch, Rob and I welcome back Jacob Bean-Watson (The Movie Connection podcast) to discuss the tangential Christmas movie, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan.
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After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – Where'd Everybody Go?

Rob, Pax, and I finish this month's lounge discussion with what we've been watching and thinking about, including She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Mike Flanagan movies, Black Adam, The Sound of 007, Clerks 3 and the View Askewniverse, elderly action heroes, Jack Ryan, the recent Halloween trilogy, in-universe canons, and Twitter.
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After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – ValuKast

Rob, Pax, and I gather in the After Lunch After Dinner Lounge to talk about what we've been listening to and reading this month, including Agatha Christie, early Marvel comics, and James Tynion IV.
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Seriously Felicity | Sophomoric

Kristi and I return to school, get new living quarters, and deal with fallout from last year.
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After Lunch | Doctor Sleep

Christmas is a time for ghost stories. And though it may not be Christmas season for everyone yet, it's never too early for a haunted tale. Rob and I kick off what we hope is a new After Lunch tradition of November ghost stories by talking about Doctor Sleep, in which one of our favorite film directors adapts a book by one of our favorite authors.
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After Lunch | Literary Villains Sour 16

Rob and I welcome back Chris Bailey (aka Charlton Hero) to the show to match up the greatest literary villains of all time in an ultimate showdown to determine the absolute best. Also featuring picks from Evan Hanson, who sadly couldn't join us for the recording. 
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