The Nice Guys vs Scream

A private eye and an enforcer join forces to find a missing girl and investigate the death of a porn star in 1970's LA in The Nice Guys. Then two teenage friends dress up silly and dispense trivia in the delightful Wes Craven romp Scream. The theme this week is buddy movies.

Big Trouble in Little China vs The Thing vs Miracle

Today:  a Kurt Russell-off!  First a trucker (Russell) and Kim Catrall fights wizards and creatures in the "classic" Big Trouble in Little China.  Then a group of scientists in Antartica (Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, and others) battle a shape-shifting alien and paranoia in The Thing.  Finally Kurt Russell coaches the 1980 USA hockey team in the biopic about The Miracle on Ice--Miracle.  Aaron Donaldson guest stars as our judge.

The Slaughter Rule vs. They Live

This week's podcast has a special guest judge:  Sentient Rotten Tomatoes!  Zac reviews The Slaughter Rule.  It's an independent film about a teenager (Ryan Gosling) who plays six man football and deals with drama on and off the field.  They Live is a John Carpenter directed movie that pays homage to fifties sci-fi films.  Roddy Rod Piper and Keith David play two men who put on special sunglasses that show the world is run by aliens who control humanity through subliminal messages.  As always, their can be only one.