Pop Culture Purgatory

Episode 342: MANBRUARY: Thief (1981)

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This month we celebrate one of the influential directors on cinema history, Michael Mann!!!
We kick off our series Manbruary with Michael Mann's first theatrical film Thief from1981, based off of the novel The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer, the screenplay is adapted for the screen by Michael Mann and directed by Michael Mann.
The film stars James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, William Peterson, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci, Gavin MacFayden. Chuck Adamson, Sam Cirone, Spero Anast and Walter Scott!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found.
Intro & Outro tracks from the Thief soundtrack composed and conducted by Tangerine Dream 
1. Burning Bar
https://youtu.be/_7IpubBepeM?si=PApjMz5TyxHPo4e8
2. Confrontation w/ Craig Safan
https://youtu.be/il2mxFFhtQk?si=sk5BG6vGlCQlogc5
 

Episode 341: The Hunted (2003)

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The boys are back together again and this week we jump into an early 2000's thriller and underrated in our opinions The Hunted directed by the great William Friedkin!!!! The film is written by David & Peter Griffiths and Art Monterastelli!!!
The movie stars Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nelson, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn, Jose Zuniga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino, Jenna Boyd, Aaron DeCone, Carrick O'Quinn, Lonny Chapman, Rex Linn and Eddie Velez!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and more recent episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found!!!  
Intro & Outro tracks from The Hunted soundtrack composed and conducted by Brian Tyler
1. Tabla Drive
https://youtu.be/MMLEtcAGiuQ?si=mK7M-0LDb8iIE8HI
2. Tracking Hallam
https://youtu.be/dskfBLpLrVQ?si=A_I-5E6JaVe07tS_
 

Episode 340: The Hunted (1995)

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This week Tron is out of town so Mike and Jeremy take a trip to Japan, sell some microchips, slam some sake, fight some ninja assassins and train to be samurai with a little flick from 1995 called The Hunted written and directed by J.F. Lawton!!!
The movie stars Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada, Yoko Shimada, Mari Natsuki, Tak Kubota, Masumi Okada, Tatsuya Irie, Michael Warren, James Saito, Seth Sakai, Toshishiro Obata, Ken Kensei, Hiroyasu Takagi and Michio Itano!!!
Thanks for checkin us out you can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found.
Intro & Outro tracks from The Hunted soundtrack/score by Leonard Eto, Motofumi Yamaguchi and KODO
1. Matsuri Irodosi
https://youtu.be/2NuwuvzzYWY?si=FAhlpjrcqFsW0Lys
2. Ending Titles
https://youtu.be/S3G64WsRSIE?si=MIsj4Q5Xq3RnF1uk
 

Episode 339: SPARTAN (2004)

WHERE'S THE GIRL?! WHERE'S THE GIRL JERRY?! WHERE'S THE GIRL?!
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys are back with another flick that Tron has yet to see, an underrated, forgotten gem Spartan from 2004 written & directed by the great David Mamet!!
The movie stars Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Lionel Mark Smith, Johnny Messner, Bob Jennings, Tony Mamet, Clark Gregg, Margot Farley, Natalija Nogulich, Alexandra Kerry, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Said Taghmaoui, Mark Pellegrino, Moshe Ivgy, Kick Gurry & Kristen Bell!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found!!!
Intro track "Ending credits" conducted and composed by Mark Isham from the Spartan soundtrack
https://youtu.be/VUghPMp-fuo?si=MJBP_XzKZ5g00i6s
Outro track "The Sign" (by Ace of Base) covered by ReinXeed
https://youtu.be/pNksJn6GNtI?si=CHrXY0V6KiFmCfHW
 
 

Episode 338: RAVENOUS (1999)

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We are...what we eat...
This week the boys dine on a somewhat forgotten classic with 1999's Ravenous directed by Antonia Bird & written by Ted Griffin!!!
The movie stars Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones, Sheila Toussey, Joseph Runningfox, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Neal McDonough, John Spencer and Bill Brochtrup.
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found.
Intro & Outro tracks from the Ravenous soundtrack/score composed and conducted by Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman
1. Boyd's Journey
https://youtu.be/mfXxEUAUUqA?si=AvzMLoDLZCvXbCle
2. The Cave
https://youtu.be/OjvXL0vXt8Y?si=D7Dy2fpU0Ey_T206
 

Episode 337: Home Alone (1990) Commentary

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends for the holidays!!! This episode we wanted to do during December but it was a little harder to line up everyone but...better late than never. This week the boys are joined by Bryce, Jeremy's kiddo first the first time in a very, very long time and his very first movie commentary!!! The boys jump into one of the greatest holiday movies of all time Home Alone from 1990 directed by the great Chris Columbus and John Hughes!!!
The film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Robert Blossom, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Hilary Wolf, Kieran Culkin, Bill Erwin, Billie Bard, Terrie Snell, Senta Moses, Michael C. Maronna, Kristin Miner, Larry Hankin and John Candy!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where all other podcasts are found!!!
Intro & Outro tracks composed & conducted by John Williams from the Home Alone soundtrack/score
1. Home Alone (main theme)
https://youtu.be/5empDj4EjPY?si=Ui5noPxC9DzIZO56
2. Follow That Kid!
https://youtu.be/RUjFbypzDEk?si=zUv5JQFyOWKUQe1o
 

Episode 336: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Welcome back to purgatory & Happy Holidays!!! This week the boys wrap up the holiday season with a Thanksgiving/ Christmas ish classic Planes, Train and Automobiles from 1987 Written and directed by the great John Hughes!!! The film stars Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Roberts, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Larry Hankin, Matthew Lawrence and Edie McClurg!!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where other podcasts are found!!! Intro & Outro tracks from the Planes, Trains and Automobiles soundtrack 1. E.T.A - I can take anything https://youtu.be/hqdZDpWX3mI?si=Lyio99bBYA65aYqh 2. Modigliani- Book of Love https://youtu.be/bw99HXpnlR0?si=Xy2ebq0S6fS_jZE8  

Episode 335: Reindeer Games (2000)

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This week we jump into some holly jolly action mixed with some sleeze and lots of stupidity with Reindeer Games from 2000 directed by the late great John Frankenheimer and written by Ehren Kruger!!!
The movie stars Isaac Hayes, James Frain, Clarence Williams III, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Dennis Farina, Ashton Kutcher, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise and Ben Shaftleck!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podebean.com and you can find us where all other podcasts are found.
Intro & outro tracks from the Reindeer Games soundtrack composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri 
1. Casino Heist
https://youtu.be/dwLaR2Pc-q4?si=bj-Uf7WF0oTUD2iu
2. Sleigh Bells
https://youtu.be/yGuLU7cCKTw?si=-TLZsvfR-fbg3Ojz