Episode 362 - On Second Thought: Media Revisited

Episode 370 - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Honestly, they had us at “a new movie by Gore Verbinski starring Sam Rockwell.” This gonzo 2025 sci-fi comedy satire adventure about timeloops and saving humanity from extinction by AI slop is ultimately a giant swing for the fences, and we are perturbed that it didn’t do as well as it should have theatrically. Tucked within its Black Mirror-like structure is all the angst of our modern world, that asks whether or not we can save ourselves through a renewed sense of shared community interaction. Or else it is just a loosely stitched script of big ideas that tries too hard to throw flashy existential spaghetti at the wall and only some of it sticks. Either way, prepare for our spoiler-laden discussion about what this kinetic film does right, where it goes awry, and whether or not it sticks the landing. Welcome back, Mr. Verbinski, where ya been!?! 0:00 - Intros 8:45 - Hacks final season (HBO) 17:15 - The Terror: Devil in Silver (AMC) 25:05 - Artifact (Benford, Gregory) 27:25 - Chicano Frankenstein (Olivas, Daniel) 37:30 - Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die

Episode 369 - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

This week on the Magnificently Huge Podcast Brian, Chris, and Eric revisit Monty Python' s final theatrical outing: - The Meaning of Life! A film that's less a movie than a series of comedy grenades tied together by the vague notion that we're all born, we suffer, and eventually the Grim Reaper shows up because someone forgot to clean the salmon mousse. Along the way, we join the Python team in satirizing religion, war, education, medicine, capitalism, fine dining, and the sheer inconvenience of existence. Here’s a link to see the movie for free on the wayback machine: https://archive.org/details/monty-python__the-meaning-of-life__1983 0:00 - Intros 8:20 - Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World) (HBO) 13:45 - Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion 16:05 - Masters of the Universe (2026) 28:35 - Euphoria (HBO) 38:50 - Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

Episode 368 - Crimewave

In 1985, Sam Raimi and the Coen Brothers were hot off their breakout indie debuts (Evil Dead and Blood Simple, respectively) and got their first shot at a studio film with a budget. What we got was one of the craziest, trainwreckiest movies of all time - Crimewave! How this one didn’t tank their careers into oblivion remains a great mystery, but suffice that if Raimin didn’t have such an awful experience with extreme studio meddling on this one, we would have likely never gotten Evil Dead II and everything after. Crimewave exists as an oddity for us film buffs, to be sure - a terrible movie with lightning flashes of the genius to come later. But should you watch it? We are still undecided on that point, tbh. 0:00 - Intros 4:55 - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Radio Dramas 13:55 - Classic Doctor Who (Britbox, etc) 29:30 - Crime Wave

Episode 367 - Parents

A young boy in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents might be cannibalistic serial murderers… but are they really? Join us for a look at one of our favorite cult films of all time - “Parents.” Randy Quaid leads a solid cast in this pitch black horror-comedy satire that explores Boomer America, an era that was apparently one giant bag of repressed ugliness simmering beneath the facade of white picket fences, cocktails and nuclear family dynamics. And cannibalism. Believe us when we say, this one is flippin’ DARK. But also sooooooo good. “What were they before they were leftovers?” “They were leftovers-to-be…” 0:00 - Intros 11:00 - The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) 22:10 - Mortal Kombat II (2026) 27:45 - The Bride! (2025) 34:50 - Fawlty Towers 37:05 - Barney Miller 42:55 - Parents (1989)

Episode 366 - Frailty

Frailty (2001) is a psychological thriller about fathers, sons, and demons. This wacky film seems to have been lost to time, as no one ever talks about it, and it hasn’t gained any cult following. Still, it has a creepy atmosphere, a killer cast, and did I mention it’s Bill Paxton’s directorial debut? 0:00 Intros 13:30 - How to Get to Heaven from Belfast 18:30 - Taskmaster Series 19 24:10 - Frailty (2001)