Grindhouse Messiah The Farsighted Network

Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.

Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.


It’s time to dive into Dave Bautista aka WWE’s Batista (guess the “u” was too confusing for Vince). The Jerks talk two of his top rated matches and his silver screen star turn in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. But before we jump in, Justin talks Mania coming to his city and the events he’ll be attending. Doug also highlights some of the shows he’s most excited to catch online this weekend.

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Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares

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Episode 2 with a full team. Broken ankles, technical difficulties, and Justin being lazy (not really but he’s easy to blame) pushed back the release a couple weeks, but ALAS… we’re still on pace for a monthly episode, though we’re pushing to the third week of the month moving forward instead of the first… whoops… but we’re here, we promise! But it’s time for the important questions…

Is Nicolas Cage a legitimate acting genius?

An utter piece of silver screen trash?

Or somewhere in between?

On this month’s episode, Justin’s wife, and the illicit love of both Loki and Merder, joins to discuss her favorite Cage jawn, Kick-Ass! Spoiler alert, Merder HATES… how much she loves Nic in this one! If you’re watchign along, next month we’re watching 1993’s Deadfall, one of the the couple 0% Rotten Tomatoes films that Nic happens to star in, so maybe Merder will get to truly hate on him again next month, we shall see!

And the contest we promised last month officially drops right here in the show notes (instead of on Instagram)…

It’s easy as 1-2-3…



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Let us know your favorite episode of the show and your favorite Cage film in the comments for this episode


Winner of the Willy’s Wonderland 4K/Blu-ray from Scream! Factory will be announced on the next episode, which we’re recording the week after next… so get your entry in 11:59 PM EST on Monday, April 8th!





SPECIAL THANKS to The O’Mulligans for allowing us to use their fantastic track “Cage Rage” as our official theme song! Listen to “Cage Rage” on Bandcamp and support the band!

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Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.

Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.


Originally record for November, then eventually slated for February release, and now it finally drops in late March. But it’s worth it… we think.

Listen to Doug and Justin chat about Abdullah the Butcher in the ring and on the silver screen… with 1981’s Roaring Fire. Alongside Sonny Chiba as “Mr. Magic”, Abdullah plays bigass bodyguard Spartacus in this bizarre and fun little action joint.



Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares

Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.

Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.

This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.

Coming soon, the newest addition to The Farsighted Network, CAGEMATCH – the monthly podcast where we ask the important questions:

Is Nicolas Cage a legitimate acting genius?

An utter piece of silver screen trash?

Or somewhere in between?

SPECIAL THANKS to The O’Mulligans for allowing us to use their fantastic track “Cage Rage” as our new official theme song!

Done in 60 Seconds by The O'Mulligans

This podcast will soon be available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that.

You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/cagematch/.

It’s been too long, but we’re back and here to stay. With this, our first episode of 2020, you can expect us back roughly every two weeks with new episodes for at least the next few months. We’ve missed you. But we’re back in time to kick off this weekend’s great Magnolia International Film Fest… the 23rd annual such event, in fact. This year’s Director/Head Programmer – who happens to be Blaine’s brother – Brandon McLaren is our guest and we discuss a few of the films we really enjoy from their program this year.

Check out the festival website at www.magnoliafilmfest.com.

Also check out Brandon’s podcast, Sip N’ Pop Culture, once you’re done with this episode here!

Please support Justin Burning, the awesome musician who made our theme song. You can check out more of his music at Soundcloud.



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Logan Marshall-Green just released his feature length debut as a director and Justin was lucky enough to grab a quick chat with him. Check out this bonus pod to hear their discussion and then stick around to hear a promo for Dino and Michele’s Huuuh?Podcast – a podcast about film, family, and whatever else they feel like talking about… here on The Farsighted Network.