The Film Thugs Movie Show

If you stop and think about it every single one of us has one of these. No matter how esoteric your tastes are, something led you to what you like. I don't care if you like Italian Neorealist, French New Wave, American Independent, Avant Garde, German Expressionism, New American Cinema, Horror, Drama, Epic, Third Cinema, Realism, Screwball Comedy, Minimalist, Formalist, Structuralist, Film Noir, Documentary, Drama, or Silent Comedy...

At some point you found one movie that led you to another movie that led you to a director who introduced you to a star who made you aware of a writer that made you fall in love with a certain type of movie.

We decided, after 44 episodes, that we should let you in on our journey.

The assignment was simple: find the five movies that directly or indirectly shaped our current tastes and walk you through our journey. This is how we became who we are, so if that at all interests you then take a walk with us through our pasts.

Oh, and if you have something like this, a path that has led you to your current fandom, send us a voicemail or a typed list so that we can all share in your journey. We showed you ours, now you show us yours.

We are going to go on record. This is the strangest episode we've ever done. Period. Noting comes even remotely close. The St. Patrick's day show that we refuse to release due to drunken nonsenserry? That is a testimony to logic and order by comparison.

Hunter over at The Midnight Movie Cowboys requested that we do a sight unseen commentary on Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's "House" or "Houseu," depending on where you are from. He described it as daffy. He understated.

If you want a wacky as hell time check out House with this commentary running.

If you don't... we totally understand.

So, the editors of the IMDB have been doing a series of lists to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the site. We decided to take a look at one and discover that perhaps the editors of the site don't really have the best taste. Some are good, some are bad, and some just don't make any sense at all.

Shane Black is a fascinating guy. How does an aspiring actor reinvent the action genre, write a beloved kids movie, become the highest paid writer in Hollywood, vanish for 8 years, then suddenly return and direct one of the best detective movies ever made? Jim and Clarkson take a look at the awesome and surprising career of the man who is defiantly not getting too old for this.