Episode 104: Family-Friendly Horror

It's October again and time for some serious horror movie watching! But what if you have little ones and are looking for some gentler scares for the kids? Worry not because we've brought back Chris and Sarah, hosts of the Creating Geeks parenting podcast, to help us select some perfect movies to share with the family for the Halloween season. Listen as we discuss traumatic childhood cinematic experiences, the edginess of family films from the 1980s, and ways to get your children into the classic Universal monster movies. Warning: Contains explicit language, mild spoilers, and memories of terrifying TV show themes.

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Who doesn't love kids' horror movies? What films would you recommend showing kids for Halloween? Were you traumatized by scary movies as a child? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

Episode 73: The Little Mermaid

Chris and Sarah join us again to explore the watery depths of the Disney animated classic The Little Mermaid. We discuss the film's mixed messages regarding women's autonomy and body image, speculate on the Lovecraftian origins of merfolk, and discuss the movie's role in bringing about Disney's second golden age of animated films. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and some disturbingly phallic castle architecture.

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Have you ever seen a mermaid? Spot any other Disney cameos you'd like to point out? Have a great recipe for cooking les poisson? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

Episode 70: Jaws 2

As the weather grows warmer and the beaches reopen, we're traveling back to Amity Island with Chris and Sarah to watch Jaws 2. We discuss the troubled history of the production, play armchair screenwriters by proposing alternative storylines for the film, and battle over the relative merits of director Jeannot Szwarc's filmography. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers and potential T-shirt slogans.



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Would you have rather seen a movie about the U.S.S. Indianapolis? Think Spielberg and Dreyfuss made the right move by staying out of the water? Do you agree that one should be able to invoke Supergirl immunity? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

Episode 54: Speed

In our latest episode, Chris and Sarah hop on board for a breakneck conversation about the 1994 action hit Speed. Along the way, we discuss the film's episodic story structure, ponder alternate casting choices for the story's heroes and villain, and appreciate the maniacal laughter of Dennis Hopper. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and buses that violate the laws of physics.



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Any public transportation horror stories you'd like to share? Would you risk getting on any form of motorized vehicle with Keanu Reeves? Really, what was with that ugly-ass jacket? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

Episode 52: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Chris and Sarah join us as we try to solve that classic cinematic mystery, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Digging beneath the gags and guffaws of this groundbreaking mix of animation and live-action, we investigate its clever use of film noir conventions, uncover the movie's racial subtext, and count the passive-aggressive attacks on former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and eye daggers.



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Is there a vital clue we overlooked? Want to confess any lustful thoughts about playing pattycake with toon characters? Need to contribute your two bits to our shave and a haircut? Leave a comment and keep the conversation going.

Episode 30: Casablanca

For this Valentine's Day, Corinne, Chris, Sarah, and Tim are putting it on 22 as they grab a drink at Rick's and enjoy the charms of 1942's Casablanca. Listen in as we discuss the political dimensions of this classic romance, note how the film helped shape Humphrey Bogart's onscreen persona, and explore whether Casablanca itself symbolizes purgatory amidst the chaos of World War II. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and baby gurgling.



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Are you looking to negotiate a fair price for an exit visa? Do you have any requests for Sam the piano player? Think this movie needs more poodles? Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.

Episode 22: Arsenic and Old Lace

Chris, Corinne, Sarah, and Tim are getting off of the window seat and heading to Happydale to discuss Arsenic and Old Lace from 1944. Join us as we debate the morality and motivations of the Brewster murders, praise Cary Grant's broad acting choices, and consider the film's metaphorical criticism about American history. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!!



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Have an ingenious method of corpse disposal? Do you want to regale us with your exciting idea for a stage play? Have your own elderberry wine recipe you'd like to share? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 21: Tremors

Chris, Corinne, Sarah, and Tim dig beneath the surface of the 1990 creature feature Tremors. Subjects discussed include the metaphorical significance of the town of Perfection, the film's seamless puppet and model effects, and the great human need for further adventures with Val and Earl. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and bad TV-version overdubbing.



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Want to share your pole-vaulting technique? Care to advise us on the best high-powered rifle for subterranean monster defense? Have your own graboid origin theory? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 10: Die Hard

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It's Christmas Eve in L.A. and Corinne, Chris, Sarah, and Tim discuss the most exciting office Christmas party ever by watching that explosive yuletide classic Die Hard. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, sugar-enriched flour, partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil, polysorbate 60, and yellow dye No. 5.



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Want to debate which candy bar makes for the best pre-shoot-out snack? Have a theory utilizing theoretical physics to explain how you fit an ambulance into a cargo truck? Are you alone, tired, and haven't heard diddly-squat about the things you feel we should have discussed? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 9: Big Trouble in Little China

Everybody relax, we're here. Corinne, Chris, Sarah, and Tim crawl their way out of the Hell of Being Skinned Alive to discuss John Carpenter's 1986 cult classic Big Trouble in Little China. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and a six-demon bag.



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Want to report a missing truck and don't want to hear 'act of God'? Have any advice on what to do if one's mind and body are going north and south? Feel we left something out and failed to shake the pillars of heaven? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 8: The Changeling

October's festival of horrors starts with a classic ghost story as Chris, Sarah, and Tim dig into the crawlspaces and hidden nooks of 1980's The Changeling. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and unexplained, unearthly banging.



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Have your own real estate horror story? Want to complain about that well your house is built over? Need to vent about that damn rubber ball you can't get rid of no matter what you try? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 7: The Goonies

Grab a Baby Ruth and listen in as Chris, Sarah, and Tim follow the clues and discuss the 1985 adventure film The Goonies. Warning: Contains explicit language and spoilers but oddly enough does NOT contain an octopus.



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Want to report a sighting of the Fratellis? Have an idea as to where we can find a stash of pirate gold? Perhaps you'd like to chat about the finer points of human skull usage in subterranean architecture? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going

Episode 6: Jaws

You go on the podcast, podcast goes on the internet, you go on the internet, shark's on the internet... our shark. Chris, Sarah, and Tim are closing the beaches to talk about Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic Jaws. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and uninformed speculation regarding the state of the Brodys' marriage.

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Feel like we got something wrong (and that we don't have education enough to admit it?) Have a story about how Jaws kept you out of the water? Maybe you just enjoy talking about swimming with bowlegged women? Leave a comment below and keep the discussion going.

Episode 4: Citizen Kane

This 4th of July we celebrate the uniquely American life and times of Charles Foster Kane as Chris, Sarah, and Tim discuss Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Does this much-exalted film deserve its status as a classic? Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and dramatic crimitism... criticism... I am drunk.



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Episode 3: Back to the Future

Great Scott!! Mind-bending paradoxes and Oedipal weirdness abound as Tim, Chris, and Sarah hit 88 miles per hour and zip back to the halcyon days of 1985 to discuss the time travel classic Back to the Future. Warning: Contains explicit language, spoilers, and reminders of childhood traumas regarding a dead cartoon shoe.



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Episode 2: The Maltese Falcon

Grab your hats! Tim, Chris, and Sarah are going to talk about the black bird as we join the hunt for 1941's The Maltese Falcon. Warning: This episode contains explicit language, spoilers, and people who like talking to people who like to talk.



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