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Cinema Smorgasbord – Do You Otaku? – Dandadan (Season 1)

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Cinema Smorgasbord host Liam O’Donnell is an anime/manga-loving man in his 40s while his Cinema Smorgasbord co-host Doug Tilley is an anime skeptic (and grumpy old man). On DO YOU OTAKU? Liam is going to force Doug to watch popular anime TV shows and movies and RECORD THE RESULTS. On this PREMIERE episode Liam makes Doug watch the 12-episode first season of the comedy/romance/sci-fi/horror anime DANDADAN, where two high school students encounter monsters, aliens and maybe – just maybe – learn a bit about love. It’s better than that sounds. Always curious about anime but have no idea where to start? START RIGHT HERE, BOZO.

Cinema Smorgasbord – JodoWOWsky – Documentary Trio (Midnight Movies (2005), Moebius Redux (2007), My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn (2014))

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on December 29, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

After a lengthy break we’re celebrating the holiday season with some fresh-from-the-oven JODOWOWSKY featuring now only a SLEW of new Alejandro Jodorowsky news (including a surprising celebrity admirer), but also a TRIO of documentaries featuring Jodo’s always-memorable talking head! We start with the 2005 doc MIDNIGHT MOVIES: FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM (2005) which documents the origins of midnight cult cinema starting with – of course – EL TOPO, and then moving onto PINK FLAMINGOS, THE HARDER THEY COME, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and more! Featuring interviews with John Waters, David Lynch, George Romero and (of course) Alejandro Jodorowsky. Next up is the 2007 documentary MOEBIUS REDUX: A LIFE IN PICTURES tracing the career of Jean “Moebius” Giraud, and featuring an impressive collection of his collaborators and admirers. Then we finish up with the unique, revealing documentary MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN from 2014 which follows director (and Jodorowsky acolyte) Nicolas Winding Refn as he goes through a depressive episode while making hi film ONLY GOD FORGIVES. Fun! All this and SO much more. Let’s listen right now!

The Carnage Report Episode 94: The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors

Podcasts, The Carnage Report on December 24, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

On this episode of the podcast, Julie and Nick take a look at The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, a holiday anthology from the drag duo with installments from The Boulet Brothers, David Dastmalchian, Akela Cooper, and Kate Siegel, now streaming on Shudder. They also suggest some more holiday anthologies, while also digging into director Mike P. Nelson’s Silent Night Deadly Night remake, in theaters now. Plus, the pair discuss trailers galore for Killer Whale, Mother of Flies, Disclosure Day, and more (all of which you can check out in the show notes). All this and Julie and Nick share their memories (or not) of meeting Santa.

Cinema Smorgasbord – The Cinema Smorgasbord Holiday Special – Round and Round (2023) & Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on December 22, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW here comes the Cinema Smorgasbord HOLIDAY SPECIAL! And this time it really IS a holiday special, because we’re talking about the 2023 time loop Hallmark Hanukkah film ROUND AND ROUND (featuring Dropout comedy sensation Vic Michaelis) before getting cozy with the 2024 nostalgia-tinged comedy-drama CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT. All that and some thoughts about Christmas-themed music because WHY NOT? Enjoy!

Cinema Smorgasbord – Praising Kane – Scrooged (1988) (and Carol & Joy (2025)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on December 15, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

Ding dong merrily on high! PRAISING KANE returns again.. and much quicker than usual because we just happened to have the Holiday classic SCROOGED next up in our chronological look at the life and work of Carol Kane! You know SCROOGED, right? Bill Murray, Richard Donner, modern adaptation of A Christmas Carol.. You get it. What’s our take on it? LISTEN and FIND OUT. But that’s not all! We also discuss the long-awaited documentary (recently made available on The Criterion Channel) CAROL & JOY from director Nathan Silver about Carol’s relationship with her 98-year-old mother Joy (who she cares for in her piano-filled New York apartment). It’s two for one! A holiday miracle! ENJOY!

Cinema Smorgasbord – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – Train Dreams (2025)

Cinema Smorgasbord, Podcasts on December 11, 2025 0Comments 0Likes

All aboard! We choo-choo-choose you on this episode of CINEMA SMORGASBORD SELLS OUT and we’re checking out the 2025 drama TRAIN DREAMS starring Joel Edgerton, with Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy! Based on the beloved novella Denis Johnson, we follow 80 years of the life of Robert Grainier, a logger (and later hermit) who faces love, loss, triumph and tragedy at the turn of the 20th century. BUT IS IT ANY GOOD? I guess we’ll talk about it until we reach a conclusion.