“Bags” the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some moneymaking fights. But when Bags and Shake discover that the bouts have been…
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Dirk Marshall (VH US Podcast) joins us to discuss the 1986 Canadian film THE GREAT LAND OF SMALL! We do our best to make sense of this weird and underseen kindertrauma, one that has disturbed Dirk since seeing it as a child in his father’s video store! From its New York tree-climbing moms, to a…
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In this episode, we talk about a holiday classic. While this movie doesn’t have anything to do with the holidays, it explores all the traditions of the holidays. Traditions like getting wasted on carnival moonshine and going to a strip club complete with marionettes and, of course, letting your 1-year-old child wander the land on…
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According to this movie, Christmas is a time for children. Who knew? It’s also potentially a time for magic and wonder but who’s to say? One thing we know is something wonderous did not happen in this movie. But Home for Christmas features an angry Mickey Rooney so that’s sure to bring on some level…
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