Recovered Dan Gibbins and Keith Kollee

Get ready for a lot of punching and a little plot as Recovered takes on Road House! In 1989, Patrick Swayze is a legendary bouncer (something we're assured exists) out to save a struggling Kansas bar from the local tyrant rich man through calm, Zen, and if needed some fisticuffs. Jump forward to about a month ago, and Jake Gyllenhaal plays a very different Dalton out to save a somewhat different Florida Keys saloon from a mostly different blend of spoiled rich jerk through fisticuffs and if needed, some calm and Zen. Who pulls off more cool, better banter, and a more believable world? And which supporting character is the best character in either movie? Dan and Keith have takes a-plenty, listen and learn!

Back in early 2023, Dan and Keith did a special two-part episode looking at franchises speeding towards a reboot, and reboot/remakes hitting screens in 2023. Now they return for updates: which franchises are getting closer to hitting the screen? Which are farther away somehow and why? Plus Dan gives brief reviews of Wonka, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Evil Dead Rise, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, plus if you pay attention, there's an accidental sneak peek of our next episode. Tune in!

Recovered is taking a brief break to process some unfortunate real-world issues, and while we do that, we're pleased to bring back one of our favourites, Crimes and Punishers. Get ready for pizza parties, pity parties, and an attempt to make "Yummy in my tummy" feel threatening as Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, and the late, great Ray Stevenson bring three very different takes on Frank Castle's war on crime. Enjoy this Recovered Re-Release, and we'll be back soon.

Dan and Keith are back in the old west as a young girl, a grizzled marshal, and a cocky (and creepy) Texas ranger seek justice-slash-revenge in two takes on True Grit. In 1969, an aging John Wayne plays slightly against type as Rooster Cogburn, while still basically being John Wayne. It's considered an all-time classic western, so who would remake it? Joel and Ethan Coen, that's who. Three years off their first Oscar win, the Coens remake True Grit with 80% of the same dialogue but a spectacular cast. Two takes on the same story: how much of an improvement did the Coens manage? We discuss, listen in!

Grab your corset, rent your limo, and prepare to celebrate with bad choices, because Recovered is going to the prom! For murders! Back in 1980, scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis and not-yet-comedy icon Leslie Nielsen teamed up for Prom Night, a Canadian made horror movie about four teens hunted by a masked killer due to their past misdeeds... well, eventually. After a while. Nearly three decades later, a new team borrows the title and very little else for 2008's Prom Night, in which a teen girl is hunted by an obsessed teacher, and by "hunted" we mean he hangs around her hotel room and waits for victims to show up. How do the Nights Prom hold up as slasher horror? What 90s films does the remake owe more to? Meet us in the gym and we'll find out!

We've seen how Time Loop cinema moved from magical romcom to suspense thriller to sci-fi action, and now Dan and Keith jump back into the loops for slasher horror, and back to romcoms, now with a 2020s spin. First up, Happy Death Day, a proud part of Blumhouse's "But what if the popular thing were horror" collection, as a college student must relive her final day over and over until she figures out who's killing her. Then Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti are stuck at the destination wedding that never ends in Palm Springs. And to wrap up, a surprise bonus movie that may not have true time loops, but still captures the themes and emotional hooks that made the sub-genre resonate. Which movie did it best? Listen and find out!