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TMBDOS! Episode 337: "Narrow Margin" (1990).

This Week Lee and Daniel are yet again joined by friend Jack Graham to cap off the extended look into both Gene Hackman and 1990s thrillers with Peter Hyams' remake of "The Narrow Margin" (1952), "Narrow Margin" (1990). Does this train ride take too long or does it have one hell of a sexy caboose? The host's also talk about what they've watched as of late. Buy the ticket, take the long, slow ride through misidentified Canadian geography.
"Narrow Margin" IMDB 
Listen to Daniel and Jack on the I Don't Speak German podcast. 
Daniel's Bluesky. Daniel's Parteon. 
Jack at Eruditorum Press. Jack on Not the Same Log Podcast.Jack's Bluesky. Jack's Patreon. 
Featured Music: "Sleeper" & "Theme from Narrow Margin" by Bruce Broughton.

TMBDOS! Episode 336: "Enemy of the State" (1998).

Lee, Daniel & Jack hunker down in a van full of sweaty tech bros and spy on everyone in this week's episode covering "Enemy of the State" (1998), directed by Tony Scott, and starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Is this a sequel to "The Conversation", as movie discourse seems to demand it be these days, or it it just a massive piece of shit? This is talked about, and more, including what the hosts have watched this week. Now quick, sweep for bugs before you listen!
"Enemy of the State" IMDB 
Jack and Daniel can be heard together on the I Don't Speak German podcast. 
The Art of Storytelling and The Book of Henry, by Dan Olson, as mentioned by Daniel in the episode. 
Daniel's Bluesky and Patreon.  Jack's Bluesky and Patreon.  Lee's Bluesky (also doubles as the TMBDOS! Bluesky). 
Featured Music: "We Got a File on You" by Blur & "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 86: You Probably Think This Episode is About You (Vanity Projects Pt. 3).

Lee decided to get back on the vanity project kick this month, covering yet more soundtracks and scores from those films made by someone with a singular and sometimes misguided cinematic vision.
--Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') from "Clay Pigeon" (1971) --Taj Mahal--Just You, Just Me from "The Groove Tube" (1974) --Ken Shapiro--Tuesday Afternoon from "The Astrologer" (1976) --The Moody Blues--No Way Back from "No Way Back" (1976) --The Dells--The Mancunian from "Grievous Bodily Harm" (1983) --John Agar (Cliff Twemlow)--Main Titles from "The Dark Side of Midnight" (1984) --Doug Holroyd--Heads Will Roll from "Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare" (1987) --Thor & The Tritonz--The Tower from "Miami Connection" (1987) --Jon McCallum--FleshEater Theme from "FleshEater" (1988) --Erica Portnoy--Living On The Edge from "Deadly Spygames" (1989) --Jack M. Sell, Adrianne Richmond & Hutch DeLoach--Jean Kayak and His Acme Applejack from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Wayne Frank Tews & The Seafield Monster Sextet--Deadly Nightshade from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Tim Souster--Lubricator from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Frank McDonald & Chris Rae
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.

TMBDOS! Episode 335: "Rising Sun" (1993).

Lee and Daniel are joined in this episode by their friend Jack Graham, who co-hosts the I Don't Speak German podcast with Daniel, to talk about "Rising Sun" (1993), directed by Philip Kaufman, and based on the novel by Michael Crichton. The film follows Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes as they navigate Japanese culture, while trying to solve a murder, in ways that sometimes make Mickey Rooney's yellow face performance in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" look somewhat tame in comparison. Is there anything to salvage from this outdated trainwreck? Is the Crichton novel any better? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Thankfully no racist Japanese accents were used in the recording of this podcast, but a few bad Connery impressions might have slipped by the edit.
"Rising Sun" IMDB 
Jack and Daniel can be heard together on the I Don't Speak German podcast. 
Daniel's Bluesky and Patreon.  
Jack's Bluesky and Patreon.  
Lee's Bluesky (also doubles as the TMBDOS! Bluesky). 
Featured Music: "Eddie's Alive" and "Cemented" by Toru Takemitsu.

TMBDOS! Episode 334: "Crimson Tide" (1995).

Lee and Daniel decided to go deep (well, as deep as a Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production can get), both literally and figuratively, as they tackle the epic shouty men on a submarine film, "Crimson Tide" (1995), directed by Tony Scott, and starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman as said shouty men. Has the threat of nuclear war ever been more dumb and full of cum? Was Tarantino punching this stuff up needed? The hosts also cover what they've watched as of late. Tune in to help launch some podcast torpedos with us.
"Crimson Tide" IMDB 
Lee on Bluesky.
Daniel on Bluesky; Daniel's Podcast and Patreon.
Featured Music: "Dive" & "Main Titles" by Hans Zimmer.

TMBDOS! Episode 333: "Tombstone" (1993).

Lee, Daniel and Leah form up a posse this time out to cover George P. Cosmatos' epic 1990s western "Tombstone" (1993), starring, well, pretty much everyone who was a name or would be a name in the next few years. Val Kilmer's recent death was the excuse to cover the film, but aside from talking about his career-defining performance, the hosts also talk about just how great everyone else is, and if the actual film itself manages to keep up with them. How historically accurate was this thing anyway? Is this revisionist or is it a more traditional western? Was Wyatt Earp just a gangster pretending to be the law? How much of this film is really George P. Cosmatos responsible for? Are the hosts your huckleberries? Tune in to find out!
"Tombstone" IMDB 
Daniel's Bluesky, Podcast and Patreon.   
Lady Leah is running a marathon for charity, so help her out by donating to her in order to support local Youth Special Olympics. 
Featured Music: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp" by Hugh O'Brian with The Ken Darby Singers & "Ringo" by Lorne Greene.

TMBDOS! Episode 332: "The Lair of the White Worm" (1988).

Lee, Daniel, and their friend and fellow podcaster James Murphy talk about Ken Russell's "The Lair of the White Worm" (1988), based on a novel by some guy called Bram Stoker. Did Russell manage something better than the source material here? Just where does this film seem to fit into the history of British horror, and just how horny is this film anyway? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. So get out your bagpipes, keep a spare mongoose handy, and join us on a giant snake hunt!
"The Lair of the White Worm" IMDB 
James' BlueskyJames' PodcastJames' Pateron
Daniel's BlueskyDaniel's PodcastDaniel's Pateron
Featured Music: Excerpts from the film's score by Stanislaw Syrewicz & "D'ampton Worm" by The Tossers.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 85: Revenge 1970s Style.

This month Lee has revenge on his mind... 1970s revenge to be specific. So, he created a playlist of music from various 1970s films that deal with revenge in some form or another. Do not transgress against this podcast or it might come back to get your ass!
--Main Theme from "The Night Visitor" (1971) --Henry Mancini--Daughter of Loneliness from "Bury Me an Angel" (1971) --East-West Pipeline--Dedicated to Love from "She Killed in Ecstasy" (1971) --Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab--Wait for the Rain from "Last House on the Left" (1972) --David Alexander Hess--Amen from "Thriller: A Cruel Picture" (1973) --Ralph Lundsten--Opening Titles from "Karate Girl" (1973) --Unknown--Party People from "Death Wish" (1974) --Herbie Hancock--Mothball Karate from "The Killer Elite" (1975) --Jerry Fielding--J'entends Frapper & Notre Côté B from "Gina" (1975) --Michel Pagliaro--A Flower's All You Need from "The Night Train Murders" (1975) --Ennio Morricone & Demis Roussos--Di Corsa Oltre I Cento from "Hitch-Hike" (1977) --Ennio Morricone--Garrote from "The Farmer" (1977) --Hugo Montenegro--Max the Hunter & Max Decides on Vengeance from "Mad Max" (1979) --Brian May--The Glove from "The Glove" (1979) --Robert O. Ragland, vocals by Ernie Andrews
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.

TMBDOS! Episode 331: "Prime Cut" (1972).

Lee and Daniel are joined by friend and fellow podcaster Gary Hill to cover Michael Ritchie's "Prime Cut" (1972), starring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and a young & debuting Sissy Spacek! The hosts also talk about recent watches. Just how much meat does this pulpy crime film have on it's bones? Tune in to find out!
"Prime Cut" IMDB 
Check out Daniel's other podcast, I Don't Speak German, and support its Patron.  
Check out Gary Hill's podcasts here. 
Featured Music: "The Meat" by Deadbolt & "Eat Steak" by The Reverend Horton Heat.

TMBDOS! Episode 330: "The Terminator" (1984).

Lee and Daniel are joined by new guests to the show, Steve and Izzy of the Everything I Learned From Movies Podcast, to talk about the little-known indie sci-fi slasher film "The Terminator" (1984), directed by flash-in-the-pan James Cameron, and starring people nobody has ever heard of, like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. All kidding aside, the hosts try their best to have a fun conversation about an all-time classic film. Steve and Izzy also get to play the show's new quiz game Beyond Belief: Movie Fact or Fiction, which Lee manages to screw up (of course). Also, the hosts all mention something they've watched as of late. Take that picture of our mom we gave you to jerk to, and get your ass back to the past when podcasts were not a thing, and listen to this episode if you want to live.
"The Terminator" IMDB 
Check out Steve and Izzy at their podcast Everything I Learned From Movies! 
Check out Izzy's art here and here.  
Featured Music: "Reese in the Car" & "The Terminator Theme" by Brad Fiedel.

TMBDOS! Episode 329: "Cisco Pike" (1971).

Lee and Daniel pay a bit of tribute to the recently departed Gene Hackman by talking briefly about what he meant to each of them, and then covering a film he appeared in before he hit it big in "The French Connection". The film in question is the Bill Norton-directed "Cisco Pike" (1971), which was a tailor-made debut film for then upcoming musician Kris Kristofferson. The hosts conversation revolve around this film's place in the series of counterculture films that came in the wake of "Easy Rider", the overall vibe of the film, and the familiar character actors that pop up, as well as Gene Hackman making way more out of his role than one would think was needed. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late.
"Cisco Pike" IMDB 
Catch out Lee on the latest Cinema Beef and a recent Everything I learned From Movies.  
Catch Daniel on I Don't Speak German. 
Featured Music: "Michoacan" by The Sir Douglas Quintet & "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever do Again)" by Kris Kristofferson.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 84: Better and Blacker.

Lee caps off Black History Month with another Blaxploitation playlist for your listening pleasure, in a slightly shorter episode than usual (hey, it's a short month).
--Call Me Mister Tibbs (Main Title) from "They Call Me Mister Tibbs" (1970) --Quincy Jones--Coffin Ed and Grave Digger & Cotton Comes to Harlem from "Cotton Come to Harlem" (1970) --Galt MacDermot; vocals by George Tipton--Main Theme from "Hammer" (1972) --Solomon Burke--Hit Man (What You Gonna Do) from "Hit Man" (1972) --H.B. Barnum--Tell That Man to Go to Hell & Hot Wheels (The Chase) from "Gordon's War" (1973) --Badder Than Evil--Newness in Rhythm (Throw a Punch at Me) from "Detroit 9000" (1973) --Luchi De Jesus--Three Hoods from "Sheba Baby" (1975) --Monk Higgins--Main Title & WW III from "Friday Foster" (1975) --Luchi De Jesus; vocals on Main Title by Ward L. Chandler--Pool Hall Rock from "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold" (1975) --Dominic Frontiere--End Credits from "Joshua" (1976) --Mike Irwin--Ghetto St. U.S.A. (Vocal) from "Petey Wheatstraw" (1977) --Nat Dove & The Devils with Mary Love.
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.

TMBDOS! Episode 328: "Across 110th Street" (1972).

Lee and Leah are joined this week by returning guests hosts Matt and Vaughn to talk about Barry Shear's "Across 110th Street (1972)", starring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, and Anthony Franciosa. Don't be another punk errand boy, and tune it to listen to the hosts talk about what they've watched, and what they thought about this 1970s American crime drama, that does more than just nod at the Blaxploitation genre.
"Across 110th Street" IMDB
Find Matt at the Movie Melt podcast. 
Find Vaughn at the Motion Picture Massacre podcast. 
Featured Music: "Quicksand" & " Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack.

TMBDOS! Episode 327: "Bucktown" (1975).

Lee is joined by fellow podcasters Matt and Vaughn to cover Arthur Marks' "Bucktown" (1975), starring Fred Williamson, Thalmus Rasulala, and Pam Grier. Is this a hidden Blaxploitation gem? Also, the co-hosts get to play a new trivia game: BEYOND BELIEF: MOVIE FACT OR FICTION, and everyone talks about what they watched as of late.
"Bucktown" IMDB 
Check out Matt at Movie Melt. 
Check out Vaughn at Motion Picture Massacre. 
Featured Music: "Main Theme" & "End Theme" by Johnny Pate.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 83: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis/Oliver Onions Part 4.

Lee tries to start off 2025 on a positive note with a playlist from everyone's favourite Italian brother duo, Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. If you're counting, this is the fourth time Lee has done a show covering the work of the prolific brothers (search the archives on Podbean for parts 1-3), be it under their names, Oliver Onions, or some of the lesser known pseudonyms they've used over the decades. In many cases, this list features instrumental versions of songs Lee has used in previous episodes, and Lee does much less talking than in previous installments of this series. This makes for an easier episode to put together for Lee, and more music for you the listener. It's like you won a new shiny red dune buggy!
--Across the Fields & Dune Buggy (Instrumental) from "Watch Out, We're Mad!" (1974)--Driving All Around (Instrumental) & Goodbye My Friend (Rock Version) from "Street Law" (1974)--Afyon (Instrumental) from "The Sicilian Connection" (1974)--Sliding Crime from "Violent Rome" (1975)--Flat Foot Cop from "Flatfoot in Hong Kong"--Suspense from "Hit Squad" (1976)--E Nun ce vojo sta from "Hit Squad" (1976) --Alberto Griso--Verso l'avventura from "Soldier of Fortune" (1976)--Ultimo Inseguimento & Agguato from "The Big Racket" (1976)--Miss Robot from "Bulldozer" (1978)--In Africa, Freedom (Single Side A Alt Mix), Diamonds #2 & African Disco from "Flatfoot in Africa" (1978)
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.

TMBDOS! Episode 326: "The Monolith Monsters" (1957).

Lee and guest host Matt Anderson leave no stone unturned as they talk about the oddball 1950s sci-fi/disaster film "The Monolith Monsters" (1957), directed by John Sherwood. How can rocks that grow be all that scary? Does the film manage to sell that idea? The hosts talk a lot about how effective this low budget film is, and the people behind it, including the influence of genre king Jack Arnold. A lot of ground is covered in this one. The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Be thankful Papa was a rolling stone and not an alien one, and come take a listen as to why that is!
"The Monolith Monsters" IMDB 
Check out Matt at:
The Mighty Peculiar 
The Bloodybits Horror Show 
On Bluesky 
Featured Music: "I'll Turn to Stone" by The Supremes.

TMBDOS! Episode 325: "The Matador" (2005).

Lee is joined this week by friends and previous guests Wick and Robby to cover the overlooked gem "The Matador" (2005), directed by Richard Shepard, and starring a post-Bond Pierce Brosnan, who is doing his best to shake off that Bond type-casting. The hosts do a fairly deep dive into a surprising character piece, that feels like it was marketed as a crazy Guy Ritchie-type crime/spy film. The hosts also cover what they've watched recently.
"The Matador" IMDB
Check out Wick's artwork on his Instagram.
Featured Music: "Town Called Malice" by The Jam & "1, 2, 3, 4" by TITAN.

TMBDOS! Episode 324: "Highlander" (1986).

Lee and Daniel are joined by friends and past guests Nick and Greg to talk about Russell Mulcahy's "Highlander" (1986), starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. Bad accents; excellent visuals; confusing lore; Michael Ironside with a mullet; and a legacy of a franchise with fantastic highs and bottom of the barrel lows are things that are talked about, along with a ton of other asides, including the soundtrack and dead media formats zoomers might not know about. The hosts also talk about what they've been watching as of late. There can be only one podcast about Highlander. Actually, that's not true, but at least this is one of them.
"Highlander" IMDB 
Daniel's other show, I Don't Speak German 
Daniel on Bluesky 
Nick's YouTube 
Featured Music: "Victor Kruger" by Michael Kamen & "Princes of the Universe" by Queen.

TMBDOS! Episode 323: The Best (and Worst) First-Time Watches for 2024.

2024 has come and gone. Lee and Leah are together for the first TMBDOS! of 2025 to talk about their best and worst first-time watches during the past year. Lee also has some honourable mentions to get through as well. Of note, this episode was recorded during a live stream, so there's some brief moments where the hosts are interacting with the chat as well. It made for a long but fun show!
Lee's Honourable Mentions:
6. "Strange Darling" (2023)5. "The Beach Bum" (2019)4. "Sonny Boy" (1989)3. "Infested" (2023) 2. "Run and Kill" (1993)1. "Enter the Clones of Bruce" (2023)
Leah's Best-of:
10. "Safe" (2012)9. "Deadpool and Wolverine" (2024)8. "Carry-On" (2024)7. "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" (2023)6. "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928)5. "Alien" (1979)4. "Wait Until Dark" (1967)3. "Persepolis" (2007)2. "Last Night in Soho" (2021)1. "Wicked" (2024)
Lee's Best-of:
10. "Love Lies Bleeding" (2024)9. "Day of the Cobra" (1980)8. "A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse" (1975)7. "Targets" (1968)6. "Wolf Guy" (1975)5. "Wait Until Dark" (1967)4. "Ace in the Hole" (1951)3. "Persepolis" (2007)2. "Exhuma" (2024)1. "I Saw the TV Glow" (2024)
Leah's Worst-of:
9. "The Misfits" (2021)8. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" (2023)7. "Red One" (2024)6. "Hard Target 2" (2016)5. "The Babysitters" (2007)4. "Something Borrowed" (2011)3. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" (2024)2. "Marry Me" (2022)1. "Solomon Kane" (2009)
Lee's Worst-of:
9. "The Sea Serpent" (1985)8. "The Swamp of the Ravens" (1974)7. "Renfield" (2023) 6. "Evils of the Night" (1985)5. "America 3000" (1986)4. "Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster" (1989)3. "Joker: Folie à Deux" (2024)2. "Terrifier 2" (2022)1. "Terrifier" (2016)
Featured Music:
Excerpts from "Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti; "Tell Me Something Good" by Chaka Khan & Rufus; & "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito.
"The Silent Screen" & "At the Movies" by Hot Butter, and "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" by Zager & Evans.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 82: Late for Christmas.

Lee finally broke down and did the obvious for the Christmas season, and built a playlist featuring movies set during the Christmas season. This time out they all happen to be from movies in the 1980s, and mostly Christmas horror. Of course, due to the release schedule of this podcast, it's a few days late. Ho, ho, ho.
--Suite from "Christmas Evil" (1980) --Don Christenson, Joel Harris, & Julia Heywood--End Theme from "To All a Good Night" (1980) --Richard Tufo--Main Title from "The Dorm the Dripped Blood" (1982) --Christopher Young--Ming the Merciless from "A Christmas Story" (1983) --Paul Zaza--Too Many Gremlins; The Fountain/Stripe's Death; The Gremlin Rag from "Gremlins" (1984) --Jerry Goldsmith--Naughty from "Silent Night, Deadly Night" (1985) --Perry Botkin Jr.--Theme from "Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2" (1987) --Michael Armstrong--I Can Take Anything from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987) --E.T.A.--Christmas in Hollis from "Die Hard" (1988) --Run DMC--Let it Snow from "Die Hard" (1988) --Vaughn Monroe--Christmas Vacation from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989) --Mavis Staples
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.