Field of Screens

Our return to daytime recording is less unhinged, yet still leaves lingering concerns, most notably - what are the caveats and dimensions of Sinbad’s scholarship such that he can play football despite being a PhD student actively teaching undergrads?

We are greeted almost immediately by a memorable - if not great - Bill Conti score. This is a 90s movie, and the tunes will not let you forget it. For a second, I thought I was ba...

Another entry in the Field of Screens After Dark sub-pod, this one goes off the rails pretty quickly, only because Varsity Blues rocks so hard that we barely have anything to critique.

A movie that left an indelible mark on pop culture, not just in its own right but also through the parody of Not Another Teen Movie.

Phil had never seen this one before despite being entrenched in its pop-cultural footprint in the late 90s as an MTV Fi...

Also known as “Olympic Terror” - which do you prefer?

Colin and I are both absolute fiends for horror movies - a near-lifelong obsessions for both us - and the idea sprang to mind to do a special bonus episode. All we had to do was find a horror sports movie (that wasn’t one of the Teen Wolves).

1983’s Fatal Games left us with some unanswered questions, of course, but one thing we know for sure? That apartment...

Is James Woods a good actor or not?

Sure, he’s a total piece of shit - he seems to even take pride in it - but it’s an art vs artist high-wire we have both been balancing on for some time. With this episode, Colin and I finally confront the truth.

And the truth is - I have never seen this movie from the very beginning! What a, uh, playful and bouyant prologue in prison we get to see, capped off by one of the great protag...

Somewhere between Twin Peaks and Home Alone.

Colin and I both took notes but hardly referred to them, aside from some major questions we had top of the mind, so I wanted to share the raw notes below for a window into our fractured psyches.

Psyches littered with stray characters from classics such as Twin Peaks and Home Alone.

Colin’s:

* Mark Wahlberg has definitely seen this movie

* Dude is wearing full leather for a B Ball game

*...

We were not prepared for how good and how sad this movie is.

This movie is so damn good, it nearly tarnishes the Rocky movies and, by extension, Sly’s already shaky reputation as a somewhat narcissistic opportunist.

With a genuinely revelatory performance from Anthony Quinn at its center, Requiem feels incredibly relevent. The performance also demonstrates what separates the aforementioned movie star and someone like Quinn - th...

Pretty sure Fox was supposed to return and, uh, did not. So….

Even more discussion of Becker and Chicago Sons than you could ever imagine or want!

Colin delights Phil with the anecdote about his lost summer of amateur boxing - and why it ended.

We peel back the sports tape to unpack Chubby’s emotional triggers and why the fuck they recast the coach.

We come away scratching our heads as to why John Astin hates werewolves ...