Sneaky Dragon

[https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Fansplainers_iTunes-e1598142178720.png?w=1200&ssl=1] [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/48-The-Way-of-the-Gun.jpg?resize=500%2C744&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/48-The-Way-of-the-Gun.jpg?ssl=1 This week Mary and Dave start off their new series McQuarrying by watching Christopher McQuarrie’s directorial debut The Way of the Gun starring the deadpan Benicio Del Toro and the might-be-dead pan of Ryan Phillippe. A neo-noir – with its ’90s irony-laced heart very much on its sleeve. Two lowlife losers kidnap the surrogate mother of the wrong man. Mayhem and gunfire ensue. It should have been a fun, smart crime thriller, but it isn’t. Why? Well, let Dave and Mary fansplain it for you. [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/48-The-Way-of-the-Guy-1.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/48-The-Way-of-the-Guy-1.jpg?ssl=1

[https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sneaky-Dragon-Web-Image.png?w=1200&ssl=1] Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the most up-to-date podcast since last week! We’re sorry to say that Ian has to step back from his Sneaky Dragon duties for a few weeks due to work deadlines. Thank you to Sean Condon – a first time friend of the show – for stepping in! This week: movie maniacs; little big movie; slopstream; the Netflix hole; obsessed asshole; curve ball; full-mography; gimme fiction; McCloud!; splitsville; Cuts off; Chilly welcome; all ritual – no rules; vice squad; P.T.A.’s L.A.; Allen-ated; Exorcist routine; the big sleeper; hey there lonely man; dental plans; big tackle; speed freak; recycled material; big Hill; Close encounters; P.E.T. teacher; Mazursky run; critics’ circle; slash fiction; wave theory; asshole perspective; Peckin-blah; salary stock; Kid stuff; repeat a treat; clear the dreck; just a Gigolo; cruising for a bruising; musical cues; a friend’s notes; a multitude of synths; new noir; Cat bumble; callboy; talkin’ Blue; Straight story; afflicted; tales of Hoffman; the sensual prude; tasteful no nudity; little said soonest Mendes; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; decade dance; dental damned; sentimental favourites; pasta present; word flood; brain drained; implicated identification; and, finally, crimena! Question of the Week: What’s your favourite underrated film? Sub-question of the Week: Which character in cinema history do you most closely relate to? Thanks for listening. An incomplete list of movies touched on during the show: * American Gigolo * Body Double * Obsession * The Domino Principle * Brewster McCloud * California Split * Short Cuts * Chilly Scenes of Winter * Husbands and Wives * Curse of the Jade Scorpion * Light Sleeper * Inherent Vice * Someone to Watch Over Me * Exorcist: Dominion * North Dallas Forty * Two Minute Warning * The World According to Garp * Moscow on the Hudson * The Osterman Weekend * Major Dundee * Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid * Bad Timing * Hardcore * The Morning After * Blue Collar * Straight Time * Affliction Let’s check out the trailer for American Gigolo:

[https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sneaky-Dragon-Web-Image.png?w=1200&ssl=1] Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that started stagflation! We’re sorry to say that Ian has to step back from his Sneaky Dragon duties for a few weeks due to work deadlines. Thank you to Jason Dedrick, co-host of our sister podcast Refresh My Memory, who stepped in on extremely short notice! This week: Jason the dragon; drop the mic; low flies; hosting issues; hate driving; the Carvey-on gang; bad impressions; a joke too far; where the streets have a name; map quest; what’s your angle; road weary; plotting development; a river runs through it; sub-prime time; the porn trap; bath time; R.I.P. Brian Wilson; Brian’s smile; endless summers; fair ordeal; he’s bugged at his old man; love for Love; kind of a drag; the British were coming; little girl lost; dump tracks; pet sound; mobile studio; Cycle path; my favourite years; honey pie; surf is turfed; daddy issues; not a chants; unlucky sun; ancient voices; George best; in the studio; doofus reaction; lost voices; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Lingo was its name; one man shows; them’s starting words; Brooks no argument; quality grandpa; schreckliche Oz; the awful truth; Korg-ated; water pricked; in the buffer; the conversation; and, finally, boxed out. Question of the Week: Which decade had the best music? Sub-question of the Week: What is your worst experience at the dentist? Thanks for listening. Here’s George Martin visiting Brian Wilson at his LA home. (As they say on Instagram, wait for the end!)

[https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Refresh-My-Memory.jpeg?w=1200&ssl=1] A half hour’s worth of memories of 1986’s sword and sorcery classic Highlander? There can be only fun. [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/highlander-poster.jpg?resize=500%2C708&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/highlander-poster.jpg?ssl=1 Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van give you a heads up and heads off about their first experiences with this slice of life epic. Along the way they enjoy some Pez and Scotch whiskey. They also create the tribute drink A Kind of Magic. Want to make it? Here’s the recipe… * Pour: * 1 oz Scotch Whiskey * 1 oz Vodka * and 1 oz Sherry into a silver chalice The producer’s wife said, “Ugh! This is like drinking peat. But, like. taken out of a fireplace. In Chernobyl.” It was not finished. [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/highlander-drink.jpg?resize=500%2C667&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/highlander-drink.jpg?ssl=1 If you make A Kind of Magic or, better yet, make up one of your own, please send a picture to sneakyd@sneakydragon.com by following this link! [sneakyd@sneakydragon.com?subject=Refresh My Memory Pics] Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you. Also let us know what you think of the show and if you have any suggestions for future films. Produced by Ian Boothby Edited by Vicky Van Theme song by Chris Roberts

[https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Fansplainers_iTunes-e1598142178720.png?w=1200&ssl=1] [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/47-The-Phoenician-Scheme.jpg?resize=500%2C781&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/47-The-Phoenician-Scheme.jpg?ssl=1 This week Mary and Dave explore Wes Anderson’s latest quirkfest The Phoenician Scheme and quietly dab their eyes watching Mike Flanagan’s third Stephen King adaptation, The Life of Chuck. [https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/47-The-Life-of-Chuck.jpg?resize=500%2C739&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/www.sneakydragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/47-The-Life-of-Chuck.jpg?ssl=1 Tune in to the end of the episode as they reveal their latest watch through! Thanks for listening!