Film Class Heroes: Recent Episodes
Hot Dog Water Productions
Film buffs John, Turner and Cody explore indie cinema and blockbusters alike, picking out both classic and modern films to explore and deep dive while also being chuckleheads and goofsters
Sorry for the late upload! Spotify updated and was being dumb. Anyway enjoy this episode where Turner and John discuss Alex Garland's Civil War, Challengers, and Troma's Trailer Town
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turner: Bubby1216
Turner and John discuss Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man as well as Shudder's Late Night With The Devil and Ghostwatch (1992) directed by Leslie Manning!
John and Turner discuss the Oscars 2024 winners, Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part Two, the newest instalment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise as well as D.A' Pennebaker's Bob Dylan Don't Look Back
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Turners Letterboxd: Bubby1216
Hi! MANY audio issues with this episode, I apologize. John's recommendation for next episode is Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock. See you all next week for that one!
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Turner: Bubby1216
Turner and John finally discuss the newest entry in the Hunger Games franchise, Godzilla Minus One and 1973's The Last Detail directed by Hal Ashby!
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Turner: Bubby1216
Turner and John, along with very special guest Victoria Andrunik of the Hell House LLC series talk about Eli Roth's Thanksgiving, Gregg Araki's The Doom Generation and fun behind the scenes stories from the most recent Hell House feature film
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Turner and John discuss Five Nights At Freddy's, Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon, and Cure on this weeks episode of Film Class Heros!
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John: Giffy_Giffardo
Turner: Bubby1216
John, Turner, and special guest Nick Russo discuss 2023's The Exorcist: Believer (David Gordon Green), Netflix's Roald Dahl shorts (Wes Anderson), and 2015's Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)
Three small puppet boys with rosy cheeks and bicycles discuss 2023's Saw X (Dir. Kevin Greutert), No One Will Save You (Brian Duffield) and 1954's The Glenn Miller Story (Dir. Anthony Mann.) Also: Heat 2: Pre-Heat, Amelia Earheart, and movies to torture people with.
Intro and movie news: 6:10:00
Saw X: 6:10:01-22:55
No One Will Save You: 22:56-37:58
The Glenn Miller Story: 37:59-49:55
Questions and Recommendation: 49:56 (Interstellar)
Three fight-clubbing, funk dancing hipster boys discuss 2023's Bottoms (dir. Emma Seligman) 1984's Stop Making Sense (dir. Jonathan Demme), and frontman David Byrne's 1986 film True Stories. Also: Freddy Got Fingered, Covid movies, and Bob Iger's death
Intro and Movie News: 0:00 - 24:14
Bottoms: 24:15 - 40:17
Stop Making Sense: 40:18 - 1:13:24
True Stories: 1:13:25 - 1:31:51
Questions and Recommendation: 1:31:52 (The Glenn Miller Story)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three booty biting, chicken loving, mutant boys discuss 2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (dir. Jeff Rowe) 1977's Hausu (dir. Nobuhiko Ôbayashi), and talk to Troma veteran and horror actor Jason Yachanin (Poultrygeist, V/H/S, Blue Bloods) Also: Shaving your own butthole, giving drugs to dogs, and future movies.
Intro and Interview with Jason: 0:00 - 44:14
Ninja Turtles: 44:15 - 1:07:25
House: 1:07:26 - 1:31:50
Questions and Recommendation: 1:31:51 (True Stories)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
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Three supernatural, Burger King eating boys discuss 2023's Haunted Mansion (dir. The Disney Machine,) Talk to Me(dir. Danny and Michael Philippou) and 2009's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (dir. Werner Herzog) Also: Ghost experiences, Ariana Grande drama, and guys going nucking futs.
Intro and Movie News (Hercules Remake, Saw X, The Toxic Avenger) 0:00-7:11
Haunted Mansion - 7:12-18:27
Talk to Me: 18:28-38:54
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?: 38:55-57:59
Questions and Recommendation: 58:00 (Hausu)
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Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three theoretical, patriarchy-smashing, real boys take on 2023's Oppenheimer (dir. Christopher Nolan,) Barbie (dir. Greta Gerwig,) and They Cloned Tyrone (dir. Juel Taylor) Also: Cock-Ring Ken, Bob Iger's kinks, and Cook Out burgers.
Oppenheimer - 0:00-31:24
Barbie: 31:25 - 1:00:55
They Cloned Tyrone - 1:00:56 - 1:16:50
Questions and Recommendation: 1:03:01 (My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three decrepit, CGI hybrid, K-Pop stanning boys discuss 2023's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (dir. James Mangold,) Joy Ride (dir. Adele Lim,) and 2021's Boiling Point (dir. Phillip Barrantini) Also: Which Beatles member is Deadeye, respawning chicken assailants, and the eternal sub vs. dub debate.
Intro and News (WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strike): 0:00 - 7:40
Indiana Jones: 7:41 - 35:59
Joy Ride: 36:00 - 48:29
Boiling Point: 48:30 - 1:03:00
Questions and Recommendation: 1:03:01 (They Cloned Tyrone)
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Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Four creatively rich, tall and charismatic young men discuss 2023's Asteroid City (dir. Wes Anderson,) The Flash (dir. The Nightmares,) 1992's Deep Cover (dir. Bill Duke,) and talk to filmmaker Andres Aya Cedeno about his short film Halfway.
Intro and Interview with Andres: 0:00 - 44:16
Asteroid City: 44:17 - 56:58
The Flash: 56:59 - 1:22:55
Deep Cover: 1:22:56 - 1:40:00
Questions: 1:40:00
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three prehistoric, filthy, traumatized film dorks discuss 2023's Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (dir. Steven Caple Jr.) and 1972's Pink Flamingos (dir. John Waters.) Also: Our dream cameos, Bob Dylan, and the Board Game Cinematic Universe.
Movie News: 2:10 (The Flash, Extraction 2, Elemental)
Transformers: 7:50
Pink Flamingos: 37:16
Questions: 59:12
Outro and Recommendation: 1:17:04 (Deep Cover)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three universe-jumping, family-loving, traumatized film dorks discuss 2023's Fast X (dir. Louis Leterrier), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers), and 2014's The Babadook (dir. Jennifer Kent). Also: Cannes Film Festival, elite movie snacks, the best movie decades, and
Movie News: 7:30 (Cannes, Succession Finale, Nosferatu)
Fast X: 13:00
Across the Spider-Verse: 27:43
The Babadook: 54:11
Questions: 1:08:30
Outro and Recommendation: 1:26:45 (Pink Flamingos)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three tragic, vivisected, physically disabled kings discuss 2023's Marvel event film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (dir. James Gunn), Turner's recc, 2017's Logan Lucky (dir. Steven Soderbergh), as well as Cody's weird Disney crushes, the Fast X Trilogy, and Channing Tatum's worst look.
Movie News: 1:53 (Beetlejuice 2, The Poor Things, Zack Cregger’s new movie)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: 6:59
Logan Lucky: 27:00
Questions: 51:06
Outro and Recommendation: 1:15:07 (The Babadook)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three balding, neurotic, screaming kings discuss all of Ari Aster's filmography, including Beau (2011), The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), and his newest film Beau is Afraid (2023), as well as Joaquin Phoenix's mouth sounds, Kafka's Metamorphosis, and lots of penis talk.
Intro 0:00-2:00
Movie News: 2:01-9:51 (Dune Part 2 Trailer, The Conjuring 4: The Last Rites, Harry Potter reboot)
Ari Aster and His Short Films: 9:52-23:27
Hereditary: 23:28-43:56
Midsommar: 43:57-1:10:27
Beau Is Afraid: 1:10:28-01:52:38
Outro and Next Week's Movie - 01:52:39 (Logan Lucky)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three fast talking, brother-mourning groovy babies discuss 2023's Evil Dead Rise (dir. Lee Cronin,) the live action 2008 adaptation of Speed Racer (dir. The Wachowski Sisters,) and the legacy of little boys playing with cars and having pet chimps as friends.
Intro - 0:00
Evil Dead Rise - 15:26-37:01
Speed Racer - 37:02-1:00:49
Questions - 1:00:50
Recommendations and Outro - 1:05:15 (Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau is Afraid)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three adventurous, capable and pasta loving kings discuss 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie (dir. Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Nintendo,) Renfield (dir. Chris McKay,) and 1969's French political parody Mr. Freedom (dir. William Klein,) as well as White Cobra Bubbles, BBC guys in suits, and slaying for the peopke.
Three roguishly handsome, brave-hearted and pure boys discuss 2023's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (dir. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein,) John Wick: Chapter 4 (dir. Chad Stahelski,) and 1974's hyper-violent yakuza thriller Violent Streets (dir. Hideo Gosha,) as well as Turner's Spotify playlists, Rian Johnson's Star Wars world, and more!
1:22 - Movie News, Trailers
26:00 - Dungeons & Dragons
39:00 - John Wick Chapter 4
53:30 - Violent Streets
1:04:00 - Questions!
Three decent, humble, and educated kings discuss 2023's Shazam! Fury of the Gods (dir. David F. Sandberg,) 1981's Possession (dir. Andrzej Żuławski,) and the recently completed HBO adaptation of The Last of Us. Spoilers!!! This one's all over the place
Three very compassionate, sensible and strong boys discuss 2023's Scream VI (dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin,) 1990's King of New York (dir. Abel Ferrara,) and discuss the 95th Academy Awards, as well as Scooby Doo fruit snacks, the A24 Dark Universe, and what the best happy meal toy is.
Movie News and Oscars: 2:37
Scream VI: 30:35
King of New York: 47:38
Questions: 1:06:14
Three incredibly handsome, well to do and joyous kings discuss recent bombshell, 2023's Cocaine Bear (dir. Elizabeth Banks,) along with both Paddington movies (dir. Paul King,) as well as the Hannah Montana Movie, the best Doctor Who portrayal, and Turner's true identity as a sweet old man.
Three very respectful, normal and decent kings discuss Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (2023, dir. Peyton Reed) & Kids (1995, dir. Larry Clark,) dunk on the MCU's last phase, and bear down for their next week!
Intro - 0:00
Quantumania- 2:33-25:23
Kids - 25:24-46:09
Questions - 46:10-52:51
Recommendations and Outro - 52:52 (Cocaine Bear and Paddington 1 and 2)
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John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - C0ffinfl0p
Three very admirable, generous and attractive kings discuss 2022's The Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh) and 2006's Old Joy (dir. Kelly Reichardt), plus trailers from The Big Game!!!, their favorite concert films, and more great accent work.
Four creatively rich, tall and charismatic young men discuss 2023's Infinity Pool (dir. Brandon Cronenberg,) 2008's Tokyo! (dir. Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho) and talk to filmmaker Michael Gallo about his new film Day of the Clown.
Day of the Clown can be watched at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dayoftheclown/788468241
Three very smart, funny, good looking and cool guys discuss 2011's Shame directed by Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender's schmeat, their favorite stupid movies and more!
Three hilarious and well read male models discuss 1972's The Harder They Come, 2023 Oscar predictions, the best deaths in movies and Lydia Tár.
Three very handsome and intellectual boys discuss 2022's Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Skinamarink, and Peacock original Paul T. Goldman
*WARNING!!! The Piano Teacher includes some disturbing content including self harm, sex abuse, domestic violence and grooming. The discussion is from 22:33 until 49:36. Please feel free to skip around but listen to the rest of the episode because we are very funny and smart.*
John, Turner and Cody, three well-rounded and eloquently spoken kings return to discuss 2001's The Piano Teacher, as well as Beau is Afraid, the Golden Globes, sequel criticism and more!
The very strong, handsome and funny kings discuss their Top 5's of 2022, Avatar: The Way of Water, and In The Soup!
The very intelligent and handsome boys discuss horror for 2023, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, and compare Joker to Taxi Driver.
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Turner: bubby1216
Cody: mayormclovin
Our first episode! John, Turner and Cody take you through their tastes in film and how wet and soggy they are for Avatar 2.
John - Giffy_Giffardo
Turner - Bubby1216
Cody - Mayormclovin