I am Jack’s Podcast

Today we celebrate 150 episodes with the Greatest Movie EVER,

better known as Fight Club.

Review in a Nutshell:  Mix a healthy portion of post-modern anxiety with a dash of gallows humor and a heaping helping of unapologetic violence, and you have Fight Club, a movie that is more intelligent than the trailers would lead you to believe.

This film contains:

Desperation.

Subliminal Advertising.

Battle Damage.

Imminent Fursecution!

Watch out for crows with stalker tendencies,

because The Secret of NIMH is the Greatest Movie EVER.

Review in a Nutshell: A technically masterful work of animation by Don Bluth and company, the Secret of NIMH is hampered only by the inclusion of certain inexplicable mystical elements.  As a bonus, it’s also guaranteed to traumatize the kiddies with frightening images of danger and death.

No screencaps this time.  I watched the movie through Netflix’s ‘Watch Instantly’ streaming video service.

Beware of Dog

Watch for the Werewolf Break, because The Beast Must Die is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Review in a Nutshell: The Beast Must Die is a quirky hybrid of murder mystery and werewolf movie with a stellar cast that was filmed at the beautiful Shepperton Studios in England. The film’s salient features are the Werewolf Break and the fact that the werewolf was played by a large, fluffy dog.

This movie contains:

Ground Mics!

Obnoxious House Guests.

Dog on the roof. DOG ON THE ROOF!

Exploding Helicopters.

Orphanages and Bullies Don’t Really Exist.

Don’t drink the amber rum, because The Devil’s Backbone is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Review in a Nutshell: The Devil’s Backbone is a Gothic tale of injustice and inevitability set during the Spanish Civil War. Think of it as a primer for Pan’s Labyrinth, with less magic, more realism, and no Doug Jones.

This movie contains:

Inappropriate Relationships.

Friendly Ghosts.

Burn Victims.

Savage Children.

COMING SOON!

Mom and I take a crack at The Beast Must Die. Watch for the Werewolf Break!

Radiation-Munching Space Germs!

It’s time to pick on babies and monkeys, because

The Andromeda Strain is the Greatest Movie EVER!

This movie contains:

One Unfortunate Monkey.

SCIENCE!

Pyramid Head?

Your Tax Dollars at Work.

One Buzzard and a Boa Constrictor.

Strap on your fur bikini, because One Million Years BC

is the Greatest Movie EVER!

This movie contains:

GIANT IGUANA.

Child-Eating Allosaurus.

THE SAVAGE SEA TURTLE!

Oh, yeah. Raquel Welch is in there, too.

Mike Moves His Car.

The Greatest Movie EVER!

Don’t mess with Kenshiro, because

Fist of the North Star is the Greatest Movie EVER!

This movie contains:

Piercing Gaze of the Eagle.

Gary Daniels and his Singular Facial Expression.

GRRRR! ARRRGH!

The late Chris Penn in one of his Greatest Performances.

"Do what now?"

Future Thugs. Notice that Clint Howard WEARS NO MAKE-UP.

Shin's going to go Berry Gordy on you.

THE GLOW.

"FIST OF THE NORTH STAAAAAAAR!"

HOLY ZOMBIE MALCOM MCDOWELL!

This movie largely lacks:

HIDEBU!

Exploding Heads.

Dream of a Blind Ninja (Not Zatoichi)

The Greatest Movie EVER!

This is perhaps the Greatest Movie Poster EVER made,

and Blind Fury is the Greatest Movie EVER!

This movie contains:

2000 Flushes?

Highly Addictive Toilet Cleaner.

Aw, he's sad.

Crying Freemen?

GRRR.  GRISLY MAN WITH GUN.  GRR.

“Tex” Cobb, a King among Henchmen.

NOM NOM NOM.

Haute Cuisine.

Not in the face!

“This is how blind people say hello…”

COMING SOON!

COMING SOON!

I smell a theme month…