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Taxi Driver

2022-04-29

Join Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie in the cab this October as they take Patrons through Taxi Driver - one of Martin Scorsese’s most acclaimed films! Is there a better way to beat insomnia than spending time with unhinged Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) as he plots to wash away politicians and pimps alike from the dirty streets of 1970s Times Square? And will angel Cybill Shepherd, or a preteeen Jodie Foster in her first Oscar-nominated role, be the lucky girl in the backseat when all the shooting is over? Become a Patron and find out!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 103 MB - Duration: 1:46:43m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Badlands

2022-04-29

Before he traveled up a Vietnamese river to hunt down a rogue soldier, Apocalypse Now star Martin Sheen took Sissy Spacek (aka Carrie) on a killing spree through the Badlands of South Dakota and Montana. The debut feature from acclaimed writer/director Terrence Malick is often cited as being one of the most influential films of the 1970s. Become a Now Playing Patron this November and find out if hosts Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie want to convict Kit and Holly for impersonating Bonnie & Clyde, or have a true romance with this uniquely poetic road movie.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 73 MB - Duration: 1:15:16m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Flash Gordon

2022-04-29

Before Now Playing rockets back to that fabled galaxy far, far away, Brock, Arnie and Stuart weather the space opera George Lucas once sought to make instead of Star Wars. Comic strip hero Flash Gordon didn’t break any box office records when it crashed into movie theaters back in 1980, but has since won a substantial cult following thanks to colorful visuals, a rockin’ Queen score, and a pervasive sleazy vibe that starts with Playgirl centerfold/star Sam Jones! Find out if it’s the disaster Ming The Merciless hoped it to be by becoming a December Patron.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 114 MB - Duration: 1:58:16m (128 kbps 48000 Hz)
Amadeus

2022-04-29

Hear the voice of God… or at least podcasters Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob… when you receive an exclusive show devoted to Amadeus. Was Mozart (Tom Hulce) murdered by jealous court composer Salieri (F Murray Abraham) in an elaborate plot to steal away his final musical composition? And didn’t the cackling brat kind of deserve it for being such an irresponsible husband and disappointing celebrity in person? Find out why this 1780 costume drama became one of the biggest hits of the 1980s when you become a Now Playing Patron this January.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 120 MB - Duration: 2:05:15m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Closer

2022-04-29

Get to know Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob in revealing new ways this February when you listen to their decidedly un-romantic Valentine’s Day review of 2004 drama Closer. Will London writer Jude Law find the words to break up with American stripper Natalie Portman after falling for married photographer Julia Roberts? And will doctor Clive Owen send the stringy trickster to the ER for catfishing him in a chatroom? Find out who gets screwed, and who gets screwed over, when you sign the contract to become a Now Playing Patron!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 106 MB - Duration: 1:49:43m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Dragged Across Concrete

2022-04-29

Mel Gibson has been Dragged Across Concrete for more than a decade over drunken, hateful comments caught on tape. Can he make a comeback in the buddy cop genre that made him a superstar? Indie filmmaker S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk) pulls Lt. Riggs out of retirement, and asks him to meditate on police ethics in the age of viral outrage while on stakeout with new partner Vince Vaughn. One listener called it his favorite film of 2019 and assigned Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie to the case. Find out if they agree when you Enlist as a March Now Playing Patron.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 97 MB - Duration: 1:40:26m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

2022-04-29

Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers help folks see the lighter side of apocalypse with their 1964 Cold War classic Dr. Strangelove. What happens when a paranoid general (Sterling Hayden) decides to protect American bodily fluids by ordering fighter pilot Slim Pickens to drop 50 megaton bombs on unsuspecting Soviet targets? Can George C. Scott and a Nazi scientist convince the US President there’s an upside to starting World War III? Find out when you become a Now Playing Patron and join Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob in the bunker this April.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 82 MB - Duration: 1:25:21m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Color of Night

2022-04-29

Color of Night

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2022-04-29

In 1968, director Stanley Kubrick concluded mankind’s space odyssey would be cut short by an evil computer named HAL. In 2001, sentimental friend Steven Spielberg completed the dead filmmaker’s exploration into Artificial Intelligence with one Siri-ously trippy sci-fi collaboration called A.I. What happens when android Pinocchio Haley Joel Osment takes sexbot Jude Law and a talking teddy bear along on his quest to become a flesh-and-blood boy? The Now Playing hosts promise to keep it real when you upgrade to Patron status this May.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 98 MB - Duration: 1:41:24m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
Real Genius

2022-04-29

Anyone can make a popcorn film, but it takes a Real Genius to engineer one of the greatest comedies of the '80s! Join Arnie this June as he slips on the Deely Bobbers and heads back to his Reagan-era school days for another look at this cherished Cold War spoof from the creators of Valley Girl and Police Academy. Can party animal Val Kilmer teach a 15-year-old nerd how to stop worrying and love the high powered laser they're developing for satellite warfare? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you need to become a Now Playing Patron and listen now!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 83 MB - Duration: 1:25:52m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)

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