Ludicrously Specific

Sep 15 2024 45 ep. 109 mins 19

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Three movies. One improbable connection. Countless puns. Endless pedantry. From the grindhouse to the arthouse, join Doug Dillaman, Steve Skeet and Darren Waugh on this New Zealand-based, Internet-distributed audio podcast. That’s not just specific - that’s *ludicrously* specific.

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46: What We Watched, Winterlong

Sep 15 2024 129 mins

Is this thing on? Oh, yes it is. Get ready for two hours of zombie ninjas, oversized canaries, Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippo, and whatever the hell XTRO is. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. From Victor Erice to Bruce Leung, join us for a ramble as we discuss - that's right - what we watched for the last three months.

45: A Corman Tribute, With Digressions

Jun 10 2024 130 mins

Roger Corman may be the only man who was involved with the making of more films than we could mention in a single podcast. But that doesn't mean we don't try! Come celebrate BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, THE TOMB OF LIGEIA, DEATH RACE 2000, A BUCKET OF BLOOD and much much more. Plus we conclude with a brief (lol) round of What We Watched, which explains why this is the only Roger Corman

44: Radiant Snipers, Fully Exposed

May 25 2024 62 mins

If you pay attention to obscure UK boutique Blu-ray labels - and who doesn't? - you know that Radiance is the most exciting new player in the market. Profiling two of their titles from Europe in the mid-70s would have been specific. Choosing two that had male nudity would be very specific. But two that also have their plot disrupted by the arrival of a sniper? Well, some might say

43: What We Watched, Summer Edition

May 09 2024 91 mins

Two martyrs, three sperm donors and a kajillion ninjas walk into a podcast. And then there's the robot, the senile mother, and the devil. Tune in for ninety minutes of everything we've been watching: comedies, classics, current releases, and, of course, a Godfrey Ho film.

42: Sinister Zombie, Not Sinister Zombies

Apr 05 2024 71 mins

ELMER GANTRY. DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS. Two films bound together by nothing whatsoever. Except the sinister urge of Rob Zombie, who sampled them both on the first track of one of his albums. The Sinister Urge, to be specific.

41: What We Watched, Holidays Edition

Jan 22 2024 126 mins

You know Darren wouldn't let go of the holidays that quickly. We're kicking off the year with a few faves since our last recording, from Christmas-y musicals to two takes on the future 90s style at the absolute opposite ends of the budget and quality spectrum to, of course Godfrey Ho. We also take a surprisingly soulful detour into the question: if you could watching only 10 more m

40: A Very, Very Unmerry Sally Field 70s TV Movie Xmas

Dec 01 2023 86 mins

Another Christmas, another set of Christmas-adjacent movies. But what *is* Christmas-adjacent, anyway? What makes a Christmas movie? And why does Darren love TV movies so much? All these mysteries - and more - are explored through the lens of two 70s tv movies featuring Sally Field available on YouTube that you've probably never seen: MONGO'S BACK IN TOWN and HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

39: WWW, 2023 Wrap-up Edition

Nov 16 2023 126 mins

Is 2023 over already? No, sorry. But we're over with 2023, and so we're chatting about our best cinema experience, biggest cinematic disappointment, our favourite film of the year, and much more. From Hundreds of Beavers and Rat Race to Stop Making Sense and Oppenheimer, join us for another ramble where we traipse through films that are sublime, films that are ridiculous, and at le

38: Beat It, NYC 50s Style

Oct 30 2023 109 mins

In our latest connections episode, it's time to take two charismatic singers, put them on the streets of New York, give them percussion skills, and watch them squirm their way through very stressful situations, in luminous black and white. It's Frank Sinatra in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM and Harry Belafonte - *not* Sidney Poitier - in ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW! Spoiler section at end

37: What We Watched, Q3 Edition

Sep 25 2023 108 mins

So: it's been a time since adulthood and winter bugs have allowed us to gather And it's only a few moments before the 24th Annual Movie Marathon. So it's a double duty episode: a rave about Auckland's (New Zealand's?) (Australasia's?) (The Universe's?) greatest cinemagoing event that doubles as a chance to shamelessly beg for our dream programming, and the usual onslaught of random