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A couple months back we discussed our favorite body horror moments in film history. This week, we're back to discuss the films of the body horror, David Cronenberg.

Corey is joined by local filmmakers Kyle Kleege and Lakota Ruby-Eck to break down and power rank the films in honor of his new film, Crimes of the Future.

Grab a beer and join us on the back porch to discuss all the gooey greatness.

In honor of Top Gun: Maverick’s recent release, we’re finally releasing an episode that has been two years in the making. 

When lockdown started way back in March 2020 (can you believe it’s been more than two years?!?!?!?) Beam and Corey set off on a mission. Some might say the mission was impossible. They were going to watch all 46 movies in Tom Cruise’s filmography. It turned out the mission was impossible. They couldn’t bring themselves to watch Lions For Lambs.

But with the fresh knowledge of 45 Cruise flicks, they are joined by their good friend John Stegemann as they try to build the ideal roster of Cruise’s most indelible characters.

We’re back this week with the next installment in the “Wait, you haven’t seen…” series where we watch a “classic” movie we’ve never had the pleasure of viewing.

We’ve been firmly in a Nicolas Cage space the past few weeks and before we leave the nouveau shamanic actor behind, it seemed appropriate for us to finally watch his oscar winning performance in Leaving Las Vegas.

Grab some popcorn and a beer and join us on the back porch to discuss Nicolas Cage drinking himself to death in Las Vegas. On second thought, maybe we should substitute that beer with a seltzer.

Two weeks ago, we explored folk horror movies on the pod, expressing admiration for Robert Eggers’ The Witch. Last week on the pod, we discussed the filmography of Nicolas Cage from 2017-2021.

This past Friday, Robert Eggers’ new film The Northman and Nicolas Cage’s new film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent both dropped and we were so excited that we went to go see them opening night (well, Corey did anyway)

On the first half of the pod, Beam and Corey discuss the super meta Cage film and how it compares to his recent slate of films (3:10). This discussion is spoiler-free so even if you haven’t seen it, tune in to hear our thoughts before checking it out.

Corey is then joined by returning guest, Lakota Ruby-Eck to discuss Robert Eggers’ The Northman (37:50). The first part of this discussion is spoiler free, so stick around for a while but make sure to tune out before they start spoiling if you haven’t had the chance to see it yet (53:45).

Once upon an evening of drinking many beers and conversing, Beam and Corey could be found remarking on the stunning number of Nicolas Cage movies that have been released in the last decade. 

“What if we watched all those movies and podded about it?” queried Beam.

“Bro, that’s like 50 movies. No way,” Corey responded.

And so the conversation went until they finally settled on the twenty-two (yes, you read that correctly) movies starring Nicolas Cage released between 2017 and 2021.

With the imminent release of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a movie where Nicolas Cage is playing, well, himself, it seems like an appropriate time to drop this episode that has been in the works since late last year. 

Beam and Corey are joined by their good friend John Yost, cofounder of the APB film collective, and a key figure in the capital region filmmaking scene, to discuss their relationship with Nicolas Cage’s career and power rank all twenty-two of those movies, both in terms of quality, and in terms of Nic Cage Energy.

This week, Corey is joined by Capital Region cinematographer and filmmaker Lakota Ruby-Eck to explore the world of folk horror, a subgenre defined by witches, cults and fire. Lots and lots of fire!

Tune in as Corey and Lakota discuss the origins of the genre with 1971s The Blood on Satan’s Claw all the way through the modern horror classic, Midsommar (2019).

Grab a beer and whatever you need to ward off all those evil spirits and join us on the back porch.