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Cinema Smorgasbord – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Living in Oblivion (1995)

BIG NEWS on this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? where we discuss the recent distressing assault on Steve Buscemi on the streets of New York City, all the recent Buscemi news – including him joining the cast of WEDNESDAY – and we go long on Tom DiCillo’s indie black comedy LIVING IN OBLIVION! We also chat about our own limited experience as making movies and talk about why some find the film inspiring, while it’s scared others from the movie business entirely! CHECK IT OUT!

The Carnage Report Episode 56: Fatal Games

On this episode of the podcast, Julie and Nick look at the vintage sports slasher Fatal Games from director Michael Elliot, now on Shudder. Plus, the pair recommend you go watch some other sports-centric horror, talk about getting back into books (with a bonus plug for @the_wandering_reader on Insta), get hyped on this fall’s General Mills Monsters cereals, and discuss trailers galore for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, A Sacrifice, Bogieville, and more. Plus, Julie and Nick discuss their histories with sports.

Content warning: the ending to Fatal Games is transphobic as hell and we spoil the heck out of it. We recommend YouTuber Celeste de la Cabra’s insightful analysis, which you can check out in the show notes.

Cinema Smorgasbord – Cinema Fantastica – X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963) & Phase IV (1974)

On this episode of Cinema Fantastica we’re traveling back to 1984 and the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts – one of the longest running genre film festivals in the United States! This iteration was an all-night science fiction movie marathon, and we’re putting two genre classics against each other: Roger Corman’s unnerving X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES from 1963 vs Saul Bass’ environmental sci-fi/horror PHASE IV from 1974! WHICH FILM WILL REIGN SUPREME? Listen and find out!

Cinema Smorgasbord – We Do Our Own Stunts – Fantasy Mission Force (1983)

After helping him get out of his previous contract (and some messy business with some Triads) Jackie Chan owed martial arts superstar Jimmy Wang Yu some big favors, and he started paying up by appearing briefly in the truly bizarre 1983 action/comedy FANTASY MISSION FORCE. Despite a plot structure that (loosely) copies The Dirty Dozen, FANTASY MISSION FORCE throws in amazons, Nazis, vampires, ghosts, Brigitte Lin, musical numbers, Mad Max-style cars and lots and lots of explosions. There’s even a few kung fu fights for good measure, It’s far from boring, but is it any good? Let’s find out!