Movie Roulette Tuesday: The Podcast
Episodes
176 episodes
The Pirates of Penzance
Ahoy there mateys! This week is a listener pick, and our most recent submission is from loyal listener Jared, who said his mother made him watch this film every Christmas. (We are not sure if this was for enjoyment or punishment.)&n...
Race with the Devil
We finish off our “Don’t Mess with Texas” theme with 1975’s Aztec deity worshipper road movie Race with the Devil, about two couples who witness a human sacrifice while on a road trip to...
The Alamo
Our “Don’t Mess With Texas” theme continues with one of the most iconic episodes in Texas history; “The Alamo.” We chose the 2004 version of this movie, which is a little more historically accurate than the 1960 John Wayne epic. Dir...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Texas, the final frontier. It's big, bold and a little strange but most of all, don't mess with it. Well dear listener, that's our new theme for this cycle in a nutshell: "don't mess with Texas".In this episode we will explor...
Runaway Train
It’s time for another listener pick and this time the submitter is our special guest host for this episode.Loyal listener and good friend Mike wanted us to watch the 1985 film Runaway Train...
Harlequin
We go down under to close out our theme of “It’s Magic!” with the 1980 Australian fantasy thriller Harlequin. The film, a modern day retelling of the story of Rasputin, is about a magica...
Willow
We continue our magical theme this week with a fantasy film from 1988: “Willow.” Directed by Ron Howard, produced by George Lucas, and starring Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis and Joanne Whalley. You want magic? This movie delivers. ...
Lord of Illusions
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls please step right up, give us a moment of your time and be amazed! We have for you a new theme so fantastic, so incredible that you won't believe your very ears. Reaching beyond the bounds of you...
The Thing
Our next listener pick, chosen by loyal lister and family to the show Michael, is the 1982 John Carpenter classic The Thing! The film stars Kurt Russell as a member of an Antarctic resea...
Tiptoes
We close out our theme of “Movies That Couldn’t Be Made Today” with the 2002 forgotten oddity Tiptoes. You can’t make this up. Gary Oldman only did the movie because he had bills to pay. Kate ...
Black Narcissus
We continue our theme of "Movies That Couldn't Be Made Today" with one that literally couldn't (for TECH-nical reasons). . . we are watching something filmed in vibrant, beautiful, and now extinct TECHNICOLOR!!! Our shining example ...
Excalibur
We've got another new theme this week and this time we will be delving into "movies that could not be made today". There could be various social, technical, political or other reasons why but regardless, these will be movies that would no...
Taxi Driver
This week we have another listener pick for the podcast; this time it is a submission from our wonderful, longtime friend and fellow cinephile Andrew, who recommended to us (in a very off-the-cuff fashion), 1976's "Taxi Driver." Directed ...
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
We finish up our theme of “All Roads Lead to Rome” with Dario Argento’s 1970 directorial debut, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, a giallo film set in Rome. It’s about an American writer vaca...
Groundhog Day
Do you ever have that feeling of deja vu? Of history repeating itself? Of waking up to Sonny and Cher EVERY morning? Well if not, no worries! You can live vicariously through the hapless and cynical weatherman, Phil Conn...
Gladiator
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED (by our podcast)?! We are starting a new theme this week and this time it's "all roads lead to Rome". If you're unfamiliar with the phrase it is a proverb that means there are many different ways (or paths, m...
Strawberry Mansion
Our "I can't remember" theme is over and it's time for another listener pick before starting the next round. 'Strawberry Mansion' was sent to us in a dream by Kayla w...
Project Hail Mary
It’s time for a field trip as the MRT crew hits the theater for Karl’s pick, Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling as a school teacher who awakens on a spaceship with no memory of how he got...
The Snake Pit
This episode, we continue our theme of “I Can’t Remember.” Our pick, “The Snake Pit,” a very Deep Track from 1948 starring Olivia de Havilland, is about a woman who wake...
Memento
It's time for a new theme and this time around we have "I can't remember". This round will involve movies related to memory loss, amnesia, forgotten identity, ummm... loss of memory and maybe some other themes that I can't seem to recall ...
Mirrormask
We have our next listener chosen pick this week, which is 2005’s MirrorMask, suggested by friend of the show Melissa! This film is about a teenager who escapes from her life working at her famil...
Leviathan
We close out our theme of “The Ocean Is Vast” this week with 1989’s creature feature Leviathan, about a crew of underwater minors battling a mysterious undersea enemy. Is it a ripoff of Alien an...
The Poseidon Adventure
This week, the vastness of the ocean continues; this time we are trapped on a capsized cruise ship, overturned by a rogue wave and climbing our way to freedom in reverse. That's right, it's 1972's "
