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The Movies That Made Me

The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    RUNNER director Scott Waugh

    Scott Waugh, director of the acclaimed new Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson starrer Runner, sits down with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down his favorite scenes from action movies! Sometimes, they are not action scenes at all...

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Runner (2026)

    Jack Reacher (2012)

    Lethal Weapon (1987) - 43:07

    Lethal Weapon II (1989)

    Lethal Weapon III (1992)

    Lethal Weapon IV (1998)

    Act of Valor (2012)

    Die Hard (1988)

    Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

    Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

    Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

    Need for Speed (2014)

    Commando (1985)

    Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

    Hooper (1978)

    The Wrestler (2008)

    The Last Movie Star (2018)

    Deliverance (1973)

    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    Expend4bles (2023)

    Rocky (1976)

    Hidden Strike (2023) 

    Step Into Liquid (2000)

    First Blood (1982)

    Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

    Top Gun (1986)

    Return of the Jedi (1983)

    Against All Odds (1984)

    The French Connection (1972)

    Point Break (1991)

    The Matrix (1999)

    Eat My Dust (1976)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    Alan Ritchson  

    Owen Wilson

    One Shot novel by Lee Child (2005)

    Paramount Pictures

    Tom Cruise

    Reacher TV series (2022- )

    Fred Waugh

    Joe Pesci

    Steven Spielberg

    Tobey Maguire

    Miles Hubley and Tommy White

    Michael Mann

    Hal Needham

    Burt Reynolds

    Our Buddy Joe Hooker podcast episode

    Stunts Unlimited

    Dick Ziker

    Jackie Gleason

    TFH Guru Adam Rifkin

    Harrison Ford

    Sylvester Stallone

    John Kerry

    Bob Kerrey

    Clint Eastwood

    Jackie Chan

    Bruce Lee

    Mel Gibson

    Alan Rickman

    Rodrigo Santoro

    Bruce Willis

    John Rambo

    Clay Cullen

    Peter Cullen

    Optimus Prime

    Transformers

    Tony Scott

    Tom Cruise

    Keanu Reeves

    Patrick Swayze

    Glenn Wilder

    James Bond

    TFH Guru Roger Corman

    Quentin Tarantino

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    15 September 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    IDIOTS co-writer/director Macon Blair

    Idiots director/co-writer Macon Blair breaks down his favorite comfort movies with podcast host Josh Olson!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

    Idiots (2026)

    Straight Outta Compton (2015)

    State of Grace (1990)

    Jaws (1975)

    Goodfellas (1990)

    Bugsy (1991)

    The Godfather Part III (1990)

    Miller’s Crossing (1990)

    Rattle and Hum (1988)

    Suburbia (1983)

    Repo Man (1984)

    Green Room (2016)

    Trust (1990)

    Amateur (1994)

    Simple Men (1992)

    Boogie Nights (1997)

    Inherent Vice (2014)

    Licorice Pizza (2021)

    The Late Show (1977)

    The Lost Boys (1987)

    Near Dark (1987)

    Dracula (1931)

    Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

    The Taking of Pelham 123 (1998)

    The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

    Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

    Batman Returns (1992)

    The Dark Knight (2008)

    Heat (1995)

    Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

    Elephant (2020)

    A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) 

    Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)

    Highlander (1986)

    Point Break (1991)

    Commando (1985)

    Alien (1979)

    Aliens (1986)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    Henry Cavill

    Dave Franco

    O'Shea Jackson Jr.

    Kiernan Shipka

    Nicholas Braun

    Peter Dinklage

    Ice Cube

    Macon’s last podcast episode

    Phil Joanou

    The Washington Post

    Gary Oldman

    Mickey Rourke

    Robert Shaw

    Ed Harris

    Robin Wright 

    John C. Reilly

    Sean Penn

    Thomas Jane

    U2

    Penelope Spheeris

    The Vandals

    T.S.O.L. 

    D.I.

    Hal Hartley

    The Catcher in the Rye novel by J.D. Salinger (1951)

    Adrienne Shelly

    Martin Donovan

    Edie Falco

    Oz TV series (1997-2003)

    The Beat TV series (2000)

    Mark Ruffalo

    Derek Cecil

    Gary Shandling

    Paul Thomas Anderson

    Art Carney

    Lily Tomlin

    Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009)

    The Lost Boys musical by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (2026- )

    The Tony Awards

    Tina Turner

    Bela Lugosi

    Kiefer Sutherland

    Tim Cappello

    Joel Schumacher

    Jason Patric

    Jami Gertz

    Edward Herrmann

    Kino Lorber

    David Shire

    Walter Matthau

    Robert Shaw

    Adam Sandler

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three novel by Morton Freedgood (1973)

    John Travolta

    Denzel Washington

    Edward James Olmos

    Vincent D'Onofrio

    Lorraine Bracco

    Preston Sturgess

    Veronica Lake

    Joel McCrea

    William Demarest

    Our Peter Ramsey podcast episode

    Boaz Yakin

    Batman

    Shaun the Sheep TV series (2007- ) 

    Aardman Animation

    Wallace and Gromit

    Walt Disney Pictures

    Christopher Lambert

    Sean Connery

    Clancy Brown

    Patrick Swayze

    Keanu Reeves

    Mark L. Lester

    Crime and Punishment novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)

    The Idiot novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)

    James Cameron
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    8 September 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    ONSLAUGHT star Adria Arjona

    Onslaught star Adria Arjona joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk the movies that made her!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Onslaught (2026)

    The Guest (2014)

    The Belko Experiment (2014)

    Blink Twice (2024)

    Hit Man (2023)

    Splitsville (2025)

    John Wick (2014)

    Star Wars (1977)

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

    Step Brothers (2008)

    Bridesmaids (2011)

    Cinema Paradiso (1988)

    Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    White Dog (1982)

    Them That Follow (2019)

    Thelma & Louise (1991) - 28:13

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

    Scorn (2026)

    School of Rock (2003)

    Before Sunrise (1995)

    Before Sunset (2004

    Before Midnight (2013)

    Blue Moon (2025)

    Nouvelle Vague (2025)

    Boogie Nights (1997)

    Hard Eight (1995)

    Ratcatcher (1999)

    The Rider (2017)

    Hamnet (2025)

    Buddy (2026)

    Notting Hill (1999)

    Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 

    Love Actually (2003)

    Kill Bill: Vol. I (2003)

    Kill Bill: Vol. II (2004)

    Opening Night (1977)

    A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

    Gloria (1980)

    The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    A24

    Adam Wingard

    Irma Vep miniseries (2022)

    Our Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin podcast episode

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    Criminal TV series (TBD)

    Criminal comic book series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (2006- )

    Andor TV series (2022-25) 

    Tony Gilroy

    Our Lexi Alexander podcast episode

    Will Ferrell

    Jack Black

    Adam McKay

    Ennio Morricone

    Sergio Leone

    Matthew Pusti

    Ricardo Arjona

    The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York

    Our Walton Goggins podcast episode

    Olivia Colman

    Ridley Scott

    Callie Khouri

    Richard Linklater

    Glenn Powell

    The Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Brad Pitt

    Penélope Cruz

    Javier Bardem

    Woody Allen

    Paul Thomas Anderson

    Lynne Ramsay

    Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Chloé Zhao 

    Anne Hathaway

    Richard Curtis

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Rhys Ifans

    Quentin Tarantino

    Uma Thurman

    Gena Rowlands

    John Cassavettes

    The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank

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    1 September 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    COYOTE VS. ACME director Dave Green

    Coyote vs. Acme director Dave Green unpacks his favorite animated movies with a live-action sensibility and his favorite live-action movies with a cartoon sensibility with Josh Olson and (sometimes) Joe Dante!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

    Modern Times (1931)

    Beetlejuice (1988)

    Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

    Batman (1989)

    Edward Scissorhands (1990)

    Batman Returns (1992)

    Ghostbusters (1984)

    The Conjuring (2013)

    The Addams Family (1991)

    Addams Family Values (1993)

    Get Shorty (1995)

    Ratatouille (2007)

    The Incredibles (2004)

    Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

    The Lost Weekend  (1945)

    The Last Action Hero (1993)

    Airplane! (1980)

    Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

    Raising Arizona (1987)

    Predator (1987)

    M (1931)

    M (1951)

    The Black Vampire (1953)

    Barney's Great Adventure (1998)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    Samy Burch

    Mel Blanc

    Charlie Chaplin 

    Abbey Road Studios in London, England

    Tim Burton

    Wes Anderson

    Michael Keaton

    Batman: The Animated Series TV series (1992-95)

    The Real Ghostbusters TV series (1986-91)

    Beetlejuice TV series (1989-91)

    The Simpsons TV series (1989- )

    The Ren & Stimpy Show TV series (1991-95)

    Ralph Bakshi

    Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures TV series (1987-88)

    The Tick TV series (1994-96)

    The Maxx TV series (1995)

    Christopher Nolan

    Daniel Waters

    Batman TV series (1966-68)

    ArcLight Cinemas 

    Joan Cusack

    Barry Sonnenfeld

    Pixar

    Brad Bird

    Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV series (2007-10)

    Warner Bros.

    Peter Lorre

    The Animated Peter Lorre book by Matthew Hahn (2024)

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Mad magazine (1952- )

    Sergio Aragonés

    Lee J. Cobb

    Sam Raimi

    Ted Raimi

    Joel Coen

    Ethan Coen

    Nicolas Cage

    Bugs Bunny

    Wile E. Coyote

    Woody Woodpecker

    Paul Chadwick 

    Mega Man TV series (1994-96)

    Joseph Losey 

    David Wayne

    David Wain 

    The State

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    25 August 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 57 minutes 40 seconds
    BUDDY writer/director Casper Kelly

    Writer/director Casper Kelly unpacks his favorite movies about television with host Josh Olson. Casper's new movie Buddy opens August 28th!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Buddy (2026)

    Mandy (2018)

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)

    UHF (1989)

    The Ring (2002)

    Ringu (1998)

    Death to Smoochy (2002)

    Stay Tuned (1992)

    Switching Channels (1988)

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

    I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

    Network (1976)

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    Heaven’s Gate (1980)

    Room 237 (2012)

    Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein (2015)

    Dr. Strangelove (1964)

    Soylent Green (1973)

    Falling Down (1994)

    Raising Cain (1992)

    A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    On the Waterfront (1954)

    Good Night and Good Luck (2005)

    The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    The King of Comedy (1982)

    Nightcrawler (2014)

    Sound of Metal (2019)

    My Favorite Year (1982)

    Ten From Your Show of Shows (1973)

    Requiem for a Dream (2000)

    Irreversible (2002)

    Memento (2000)

    Enter the Void (2009)

    Drive (2011)

    Videodrome (1983)

    Poltergeist (1982)

    Scanners (1981)

    The Brood (1979)

    Being There (1979)

    Mulholland Drive (2001)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell TV series (2013-19)

    Too Many Cooks TV special (2014)

    Adult Swim Yule Log TV special (2022)

    Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out TV special (2024)

    Our first podcast episode with Casper

    Weird Al Yankovic

    Barry Levinson

    John Ritter

    Reacher TV series (2022- )

    Jane Schoenbrun

    Justice Smith

    Martin Scorsese

    Steven Soderbergh

    The Airport film franchise

    Rodney Ascher 

    William Holden

    Paddy Chayefsky

    Faye Dunaway

    Peter Finch 

    GG Allin

    Sterling Hayden

    Beatrice Straight 

    Ned Beatty

    Robert Duvall

    Brian De Palma

    Arrow Video

    Batman TV series (1966-68)

    Andy Griffith

    Walter Matthau

    Elia Kazan 

    Jimmy Kimmel

    Clifford Odets

    Robert De Niro

    Shelley Hack

    Paul Schrader

    Dan Gilroy

    Jake Gyllenhaal

    Riz Ahmed

    The Sid Caesar Show TV show (1963-64)

    The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1961-65)

    Mel Brooks

    Errol Flynn

    Selma Diamond

    Night Court TV series (1984-92)

    Peter O'Toole 

    Mark Linn-Baker

    Your Show of Shows TV series (1950-54)

    Mr. Show with Bob and David TV series (1995-98)

    The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1990, 1992-95)

    Ellen Burstyn

    Gaspar Noé 

    Nicolas Winding Refn

    Grand Theft Auto video game series

    David Cronenberg

    Jack Warden

    Melvyn Douglas

    Twin Peaks: The Return TV series (2017)

    David Lynch

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    18 August 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL director David Kittredge

    Boorman and the Devil director David Kittredge walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies he loves that a lot of other people think are terrible!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Boorman and the Devil (2026)

    The Exorcist (1973)

    Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

    The Exorcist III (1990)

    The Godfather (1972)

    The Godfather Part II (1974)

    Blow-Up (1966)

    Rocky (1976)

    Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

    Apocalypse Now (1979)

    Excalibur (1981)

    Grease (1978)

    Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

    The Apple (1980)

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

    The Odyssey (2026)

    Barbie (2023)

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    The Thing (1982)

    E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    Sorcerer (1977)

    The Wages of Fear (1964)

    Cruising (1980)

    Bad Boy Bubby (1993)

    Taxi Driver (1976)

    Dangerous Men (2005)

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

    The Black Hole (1979)

    Star Wars (1977)

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

    Condorman (1981)

    The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    Can’t Stop the Music (1980)

    The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

    Xanadu (1980)

    Hudson Hawk (1991)

    A History of Violence (2005)

    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

    Batman Returns (1992)

    Batman Forever (1995)

    Looker (1981)

    The Stepford Wives (1976)

    Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

    Animal House (1978)

    Midnight Madness (1980)

    Meatballs (1979)

    1941 (1979)

    Jaws (1975)

    It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

    Dumbo (1941)

    Scavenger Hunt (1979)

    The Love Guru (2008)

    Southland Tales (2007)

    Room 237 (2012)

    Ghost Boy (TBD)

    Spice World (1998)

    A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

    Black Narcissus (1947)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    The Aero Theatre in Hollywood

    Mark Kermode

    John Boorman

    Martin Scorsese

    Michael Schultz

    The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

    Victor Hsu

    Aerosmith

    Earth Wind and Fire

    Steve Martin

    Carol Channing

    The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles

    Richard Kelly

    Robert Evans

    IMAX

    TCL Chinese Theatre

    Christopher Nolan

    John Carpenter

    William Friedkin

    Menahem Golan

    Rolf de Heer 

    Nicholas Hope

    Cinefile Video

    The Cannon Group

    Joss Ackland

    Walt Disney Pictures

    Roddy Macdowall

    Slim Pickens

    Anthony Perkins

    Michael Eisner

    Jeffrey Katzenberg

    ILM

    TFH Guru Edgar Wright

    The Venice Film Festival

    Caitlyn Jenner

    Allan Carr

    Valerie Perinne

    Steve Guttenberg

    The Village People

    Tammy Grimes

    Paul Sand

    Bill Butler

    Nancy Walker

    Disco

    Jeffrey Schwartz

    The cursed 1989 Rob Lowe Oscars

    Michael Beck

    Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles

    Bruce Willis 

    Danny Aiello

    Andie MacDowell 

    James Coburn

    David Caruso

    Sandra Bernhard 

    Richard E. Grant

    Steven de Souza

    Daniel Waters

    TFH Guru Michael Lehmann

    The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk by David Hughes (2026)

    David Hughes’ Rogue Commentary podcast

    Tim Burton

    Batman

    Val Kilmer 

    Nicole Kidman

    Michael Crichton

    Albert Finney

    Susan Dey

    Leigh Taylor-Young 

    HBO

    Rick Rossovich 

    Tim Rossovich

    CinemaScope

    Barry De Vorzon

    Michael J. Fox

    David Naughton

    Stephen Furst

    Andy Tennant

    CalTech

    Eddie Deezen 

    The Exorcist TV series (2016-17)

    Steven Spielberg

    The Zoot Suit Riots

    William Fraker

    Treat Williams

    Ned Beatty

    Dan Aykroyd

    John Belushi

    Joe Flaherty

    Christopher Lee

    Toshiro Mifune

    Warren OatesRobert Stack

    Mickey Rourke

    Wendie Jo Sperber

    Nancy Allen

    Murray Hamilton

    Lorraine Gary

    Tim Matheson 

    Columbia Pictures

    Universal Pictures

    Samuel Fuller

    John Williams

    The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles

    Dick Miller

    Vincent Price

    Richard Benjamin

    James Coco

    Scatman Crothers

    Ruth Gordon

    Cloris Leachman

    Cleavon Little

    Roddy McDowall

    Robert Morley

    Richard Mulligan

    Tony Randall

    Dirk Benedict

    Willie Aames

    Stephanie Faracy

    Richard Masur

    Meat Loaf

    Avery Schreiber

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Mike Meyers

    Cannes Film Festival

    Rodney Ascher 

    Steven Poster 

    Moby

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

    Sean William Scott

    Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

    Cheri Oteri

    John Lovitz

    Nora Dunn

    John Larroquette

    Miranda Richardson

    Justin Timberlake

    Kevin Smith

    Janeane Garofalo

    Wallace Shawn

    Zelda Rubinstein

    The Spice Girls

    Richard O’Brien

    Michael Powell

    Emeric Pressburger

    SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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    11 August 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds

    Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    Give it Up (2026)

    The Aristocats (1970)

    The Aristocrats (2005)

    Funny People (2009)

    This is 40 (2012)

    Man on the Moon (1999)

    Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

    I’m From Hollywood (1989)

    Comedian (2002)

    American Movie (1999)

    Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010)

    A History of Violence (2005)

    Rabbit Test (1978)

    George Carlin: Jammin’ in New York (1990)

    George Carlin’s American Dream (2022)

    George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya (2008)

    Punchline (1988)

    The Omen (1976)

    Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992)

    American Splendor (2003)

    American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)

    Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

    Blue Collar (1978)

    The King of Comedy (1982)

    Meet the Parents (2000)

    Taxi Driver (1976)

    The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

    Pee-wee as Himself (2025)

    Innerspace (1987)

    Other Notable Items

    Our revamped Patreon! 

    The Hollywood Food Coalition

    Air New Zealand

    The Dollop Podcast

    Peter Jackson

    Weta Workshop

    The Lord of the Rings film franchise

    Dave Anthony

    Our first podcast with The Dollop

    John Lennon

    Paul McCartney

    Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode

    Harlan Ellison

    New York Friars Club in New York

    The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles

    Judd Apatow

    Adam Sandler

    Scott Alexander

    TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski

    Andy Kaufman

    Jim Carrey

    Comedy Central

    ABC’s Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76)

    Elvis Presley

    Bob Zmuda 

    Fridays TV series (1980-82)

    Mark Blankfield 

    Lawrence Welk

    The Pretenders

    Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93)

    Kyle Anderson

    Jerry Seinfeld

    Gary Shandling

    Orny Adams

    Dane Cook

    Joan Rivers

    Don Rickles

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)

    The Dewey Decimal System

    Dick Clark

    Russell Crowe

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Billy Crystal

    Gareth and Dave’s Past Times Podcast

    George Carlin

    Johnny Carson

    Tom Hanks

    Sally Field

    John Goodman

    David Seltzer

    Bill Hicks

    Paul Giamatti

    HBO

    MC Hammer

    Vanilla Ice

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    Jerry Lewis

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  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    AMERICAN PSYCHO co-writer/director Mary Harron

    Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante chop it up with writer/director Mary Harron, the maestro behind the immortal American Psycho, about the movies that made her as a kid!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Avengers: Doomsday (2026)

    American Psycho (2000)

    I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

    The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

    The Anna Nicole Story (2013)

    The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)

    Fear and Desire (1952)

    8 ½ (1963)

    The Magician a.k.a. The Face (1958)

    Oliver! (1968)

    Doctor Dolittle (1967)

    Them! (1954)

    Dead of Night (1945)

    M (1931)

    M (1951)

    The Black Vampire (1953)

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

    Repulsion (1965)

    Knife in the Water (1962)

    The Seventh Seal (1957)

    The Virgin Spring (1960)

    The Last House on the Left (1973)

    Ms. 45 (1981)

    My Man Godfrey (1936)

    Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

    Dr. Strangelove (1964)

    Fail-Safe (1964)

    Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

    The World of Apu (1959)

    Red River (1948)

    To Have and Have Not (1944)

    The Big Sleep (1944)

    His Girl Friday (1940)

    All About Eve (1950)

    Switching Channels (1988)

    Deliverance (1972)

    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    The Naked and the Dead (1958)

    The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

    Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

    The Navy vs. The Night Monsters (1966)

    Wake in Fright (1971)

    First Blood (1982)

    Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

    The Young and the Damned (1950)

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    Tristana (1970)

    Belle de Jour (1967)

    Un Chien Andalou (1929)

    Exterminating Angel (1962)

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    Six Feet Under TV series (2001-05)

    The L Word TV series (2004-09)

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    Alias Grace miniseries (2017)

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    Alias Grace novel by Margaret Atwood (1996)

    Sarah Polley

    Arrested Development TV series (2003-06, 2013-19)

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    Final Draft

    The Rising album by Bruce Springsteen (2002)

    David Lynch

    David Cronenberg

    Hee-Haw TV series (1969-92)

    Don Harron 

    Virginia Leith 

    Stanley Kubrick

    Mark Lester 

    Ingmar Bergman

    Michael Redgrave 

    The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64)

    Kris Millsap

    Buck Owens

    Roy Clark 

    Tammy Wynette

    Johnny Cash

    Fritz Lang

    Peter Lorre

    Joseph Losey

    David Wayne

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    Gregory La Cava 

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    Lauren Bacall

    The Big Sleep novel by Raymond Chandler (1939)

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    Kathleen Turner

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    Shelley Long

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  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Will Tracy Returns!

    Screenwriter Will Tracy (BUGONIA, THE MENU, SUCCESSION) returns to walk Josh and Joe through movies that themselves have been cancelled or have been made with a cancelled person.

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    The Menu (2022)

    Bugonia (2025)

    Heathers (1988)

    Song of the South (1946)

    Jezebel (1938)

    The Little Foxes (1941)

    The Princess and the Frog (2009)

    Treasure Island (1950)

    The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

    The Usual Suspects (1995)

    Get Him to the Greek (2010)

    Casablanca (1942)

    Clownhouse (1989)

    Powder (1995)

    Jeepers Creepers (2001)

    Boys Town (1938)

    Stand by Me (1985)

    Lord of the Flies (1960)

    Bound (1996)

    An Officer and a Spy (2019)

    Crimes and Misdemeanors  (1989)

    Match Point (2005)

    Manhattan (1979)

    The Two Jakes (1990)

    Chinatown (1974)

    The Godfather Part III (1990)

    Knife in the Water (1962)

    Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

    Repulsion (1965)

    Predator (1987)

    Die Hard (1988)

    The Hunt for Red October (1990)

    The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

    Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

    Rollerball (1975)

    Rollerball (2002)

    The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)

    The 13th Warrior (1999)

    I Love You, Daddy (2017)

    Blue Jasmine (2013)

    One Battle After Another (2025)

    Life is Beautiful (1997)

    Crash (2005)

    Green Book (2018)

    Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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    Dalton S. Reymond

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    James Baskett 

    M*A*S*H* TV series (1972-83)

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    Elliott Gould

    Bill Cosby

    “The Devil and Daniel Webster” short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (1936)

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    Bryan Singer

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    Jonah Hill

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    Richard Wagner 

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    Victor Salva 

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    30 June 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Ron Howard

    Oscar-winning superstar director Ron Howard talks to his former New World Pictures colleague Joe Dante and co-host Josh Olson about the movies that made him and continue to impress him!

    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    Limit Up (1989)

    Grand Theft Auto (1977)

    Infested (2002)

    The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)

    Hollywood Blvd. (1976)

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

    Citizen Kane (1941)

    Rush (2013)

    Curious George (2006)

    *One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - 24:00

    Amadeus (1984)

    American Graffiti (1974)

    12 Angry Men (1957)

    The Howling (1981)

    The ’Burbs (1989)

    *The Graduate (1967) - 31:49

    Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

    Romeo and Juliet (1968)

    White Heat (1949)

    The Searchers (1956)

    *The Apartment (1960) - 39:26

    Some Like It Hot (1959)

    Sunset Blvd. (1950)

    Night Shift (1982)

    Splash (1984)

    Parenthood (1989)

    Silver Streak (1976)

    Foul Play (1978)

    Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    *As Good As It Gets (1997) - 44: 37

    All The President’s Men (1976)

    Three Days of the Condor (1975)

    Network (1976)

    *Schindler’s List (1993) - 49:00

    Amistad (1997)

    The Color Purple (1985)

    Jurassic Park (1993)

    Cape Fear (1991)

    Apollo 13 (1995)

    Frost/Nixon (2008)

    *Dog Day Afternoon (1976) - 53:41

    *Das Boot (1981) - 56:43

    Eight Days A Week (2016)

    A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

    Unforgiven (1992)

    *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 63:05

    It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

    It Happened One Night (1934)

    *A Boy And His Dog (1975) - 70:22

    David and Lisa (1962)

    Mad Max (1979)

    The Road Warrior (1981)

    Backrooms (2026)

    Obsession (2026)

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    L.Q. Jones 

    John Cassavetes

    Alvy Moore

    George Miller

    Harlan Ellison

    Jason Robards

    Robby the Robot

    Don Johnson

    Techniscope

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    23 June 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    TASK creator Brad Ingelsby

    TASK creator Brad Ingelsby walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that have had the most sustained impact on him.


    Show Notes:

    Movies Referenced In This Episode

    52 Pickup (1986)

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

    A History of Violence (2005)

    Boogie Nights (1997)

    Hard Eight (1996)

    One Battle After Another (2025)

    Phantom Thread (2017)

    There Will Be Blood (2007)

    Breaking Away (1979)

    Stand By Me (1986) 

    Freaky Tales (2025)

    Wild Tales (2014)

    Half Nelson (2006)

    Captain Marvel (2019)

    Brokeback Mountain (2005)

    Mean Streets (1973)

    Straight Time (1978)

    The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

    Goodfellas (1990)

    Deliverance (1973)

    The 400 Blows (1959)

    Saving Private Ryan (1998)


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    Fabien Frankel 

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    Alison Oliver

    Kate Winslet

    The Cannon Group, Inc.

    Elmore Leonard

    Roy Scheider

    Ann-Margret

    John Frankenheimer

    John Glover

    Viggo Mortensen

    Maria Bello

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    Attila the Hun

    Paul Thomas Anderson

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    Alfred Molina

    John C. Reilly

    Phillip Seymour Hoffman

    William H. Macy

    Don Cheadle

    Heather Graham

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    Tom Hanks

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    Michelle Williams

    Anne Hathaway

    Ernest Borgnine

    Larry McMurtry 

    Diana Ossana 

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