After Lunch

Feb 02 2025 830 ep. 89 mins 4k

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Join Nerd Lunch’s own CT and Jeeg, Paxton Holley from Cavalcade of Awesome, and special guests as they discuss a veritable smorgasbord of nerdy topics. Movies, TV, fast food, comic books, action figures, and more are on the menu of this pop culture podcast.

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341 | Nerdstradamus 2025

Feb 02 2025 131 mins

Kay, Robert Zerbe, Pax, and Michael look back at their favorite movies, shows, and books of 2024, check in on their pop culture predictions and resolutions from the year, and make new ones for 2025.

340 | After Midnight – Chance or Providence / Witch for Hire

Jan 26 2025 45 mins

Michael and Jess talk about a couple more horror comics this month. First is Becky Cloonan's dark fantasy short story collection, By Chance or Providence. Then Witch for Hire, a high school mystery by Ted Naifeh. And we also talk a little about the movies Nosferatu (2024) and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957).

339 | After Dinner Lounge – Bdellophobia

Jan 23 2025 130 mins

Michael, Pax, and Rob wrap up this month's Lounge talking about Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection, Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller, Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Sure I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford, what makes a good Sherlock Holmes pastiche, and more.

338 | After Dinner Lounge – Introducians

Jan 19 2025 220 mins

After a loungeless December, Michael, Pax, and Rob are back to talk about lots of things including the TV series Rome, stand-up comedy albums, Transformers One, Red One, Wicked, and another superhero TikTok game.

337 | The Shadow (1940)

Jan 12 2025 84 mins

Michael, Rob, Pax, and special guest The Bald Tiger (who strangely disappears whenever Rob's around) talk about the 1940 serial The Shadow starring Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, and... Roger Moore?

336 | Casino Royale (2006)

Jan 05 2025 142 mins

Michael, Rob, and Karen Flieger begin the new year with a new era in the Bond series. We're finally watching Daniel Craig and talking about Martin Campbell's reboot, Casino Royale. Or is it a reboot? What about M? Continuity is on the agenda as well as action, character arcs, and ambiguity about who the heroes and villains are.

335 | After Midnight – Horror Comics, Part 1

Dec 29 2024 70 mins

Michael and Jess start a series of episodes focusing on horror comics. In this one, we talk about Junji Ito's adaptation of Frankenstein and Emily Carroll's short story collection, Through the Woods. We also discuss the movies Smile (2022), Talk to Me (2022), Eyes Without a Face (1960), and Kuroneko (1968).

334 | Christmas Songs Sweet 16

Dec 24 2024 118 mins

Merry Christmas! As our very special gift to you, Michael, Rob, Michael DiGiovanni, and Jody Collins don't just talk about our favorite Christmas songs. We put them into brackets and vote on them until we determine the Greatest Christmas Song of All Time!

333 | Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Dec 22 2024 96 mins

Michael and Rob welcome Jeff Somogyi to talk about Les Mayfield's remake of Miracle on 24th Street, starring Mara Wilson, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, and Dylan McDermott. We have differing opinions about its quality. How much does it makes sense? How does it compare to the original? And how well does it communicate its ideas about faith, truth, and capitalism? We get i

332 | Elf (2003)

Dec 19 2024 67 mins

With this episode, all of the Sleigh Bell Cinema archives are now included in the After Lunch feed. Michael and his wife Diane talk about Jon Favreau's hilarious and heart-warming modern classic, Elf starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey Deschanel.