Hey Return Shoot Rats! This week we’re bringing you another podcast we think you’re going to love. This week it’s Test Pattern hosted by Angus Truskett, who you might remember from our Star Wars special episode, on an episode where he is joined by the movie maestro we love, Alexei.

Make sure you check out Test Pattern (https://open.spotify.com/show/3ELRLbs4rReBtnIWNzbu47) and we’ll see you next week!

“Alexei Toliopoulos — film critic, movie lover, podcaster, comedian and video store lifer — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about movie obsession, physical media, and the fine line between critic and creator.

We get into: our origins, a mild Clint Eastwood phase, Greek intermissions, curating movies for planes, Inner West movies, combatting cultural cringe, Margaret and David, third generation physical collecting, Enter the Matrix, DVD menu loops, all-time special features and commentaries, video store shelves, Ciao Magazine’s Favourite Local Character, Film Bro canon, /r/Fancasting, stagnated franchise fandoms, first Letterboxd reviews, Refused Classification, meeting your heroes, critic vs creator, Mario Puzo’s canal metaphor.”

Today’s guest is Tansy Gardam, the host and creator of Going Rogue, one of the internet’s best film podcasts. Each episode is a deep dive into the production of a complicated ginormous blockbuster (and where it may have gone wrong). Is this the biggest podcast crossover event in the Australian movie podcast galaxy?

FOLLOW Tansy and GOING ROGUE (https://linktr.ee/tansymeg)

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Producer Em loves films, but she also loves music. This week she shares her 3 favourite films with exceptional soundtracks with Alexei (and one that sucks) and gets really excited in the process.

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Follow Alexei on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisalexei/?hl=en

And Producer Em: https://www.instagram.com/emmelinepeterson/?hl=en

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Fresh from a stint in the jungle in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Nath Valvo joins Alexei to talk through some of his favourite movies. Nath and Lex are great mates so you’re in for a bloody treat with this one.

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The world has gone crazy for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. If you’re feeling like you’d like to continue your own film odyssey, the Greek Freak himself Alexei has four films you probably haven’t seen yet, but definitely should watch.

The Last Video Store is proudly supported by Gravamen: https://gravamen.com.au/

Follow Alexei on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisalexei/?hl=en

And Producer Em: https://www.instagram.com/emmelinepeterson/?hl=en

Hit up the Last Video Store on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lastvideostorebetoota/) for all of our guests picks

Movie lover and Dropout favourite Demi Adejuyigbe returns to The Last Video Store to pick two more films he loves. Plus, he reveals whether he enjoyed Alexei’s recommendation of his favourite movie Looking For Alibrandi (I guess the title kind of gives that away). Make sure you see Demi’s show Demi Adejuyigbe Sells Out if you’re at Edinburgh Fringe!

Buy tickets for Demi’s Edinburgh Fringe show here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/demi-adejuyigbe-sells-out

See Demi’s special ‘Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8W2Y_L-tRU

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Alexei joined Justin Hamilton on his podcast (The Justin Hamilton Podcast) to share their first impressions and initial readings of Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY.

Follow the Justin Hamilton Podcast on SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/4MXRpecZi22oLacpZ8hunf?si=a27ba453d10e4e8e&nd=1&dlsi=91436d56b3824a6c) or APPLE (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-justin-hamilton-podcast/id1484150705)

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The Shadowman's Nightmare is many things: It’s Mark Bonanno’s solo project in the truest sense, it’s an homage to VHS horror boardgames, and it’s a spectacular interactive experience. We talk through how Mark made it and pick up some of the strangest cult oddities from the shelves of the Last Video Store.

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See Alexei’s solo show VHS at Comedy Republic (https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:578/)

The only podcast on the internet about MIKE MYERS returns. Cameron James and Alexei Toliopoulos return to check in on Mike Myers after many years. Like sleeper agents that have just been awoken because Mike is very much back and declaring there’s an Austin Powers 4.

Subscribe to the SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/3ENztcN5ZUzAOoyZ9ue4pN) and/or APPLE PODS (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mike-check-with-cameron-james-alexei-toliopoulos/id1148866543)feeds of Mike Check

See Alexei’s solo show VHS at Comedy Republic (https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:578/)

Earlier this year, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film THE SECRET AGENT garnered 4 Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Actor and Best Casting) and won 2 Golden Globes (Best International Film and Best Actor). He’s a true cinephile and has long been a dream guest to have in the Last Video Store, so it was a pleasure to have him stop by and talk through his favourite films with Alexei Toliopoulos while he was in town for the Sydney Film Festival.

See Alexei’s solo show VHS at Comedy Republic (https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:578/)

Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/thisisalexei/) for all the rental combo lists

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Celebrating Disclosure Day with a re-release of a classic Total Reboot Special Feature where Alexei and Cameron James discuss the top 8 films of Steven Spielberg's filmography (and assign each one to a different American Holiday).

See Alexei’s solo show VHS at Comedy Republic (https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:578/)

Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/thisisalexei/) for all the rental combo lists

Hit up the Last Video Store on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lastvideostorebetoota/) for all of our guests picks