Total Movie Recall

This week on Total Movie Recall, we watch the first Manic Pixie Dream Girl ever on screen, who is not a girl at all, but is most decidedly a woman. It's the perfect post-2020 movie, and not just because of the constant suicides. It's twee and precious and we absolutely loved it. Harold & Maude (1971) d. Hal Ashby w. Colin Higgins Music by: Cat Steven (Yusuf Islam) Starring: Ruth Gordon Bud Cort Vivian Pickles

Cult classic pairs Cort as a dead-pan disillusioned 20-year-old obsessed with suicide and a loveable Gordon as a fun-loving 80-year-old eccentric. They meet at a funeral, and develop a taboo romantic relationship, in which they explore the tired theme of the meaning of life with a fresh perspective.

Things discussed in the show: Savages (Oliver Stone, Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively) Santa Muerte Dunkirk (70mm, Christopher Nolan, Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance) Overlord (Julius Avery, Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier) Tenet (Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki) 1917 (Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays) Rolling Thunder (Vietnam POWs, John Flynn, William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes) Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino) Mental health and the military The Four Feathers 1939 (Zoltan Korda, John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith) The Last Blockbuster (documentary, Smash Mouth, Taylor Morden, Lauren Lapkus, Sandi Harding, Ken Tisher, Doug Benson, Doug Loves Movies podcast, Kevin Smith, Samm Levine, Brian Posehn, Jamie Kennedy, Ron Funches, Ione Skye, Lloyd Kaufman, Troma, Paul Scheer) Clerks (Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier) Letterbox app Streaming services Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank, Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton) King Billy Corgan, monarch of Chicago Suicide Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden) Next week: Full Metal Jacket

This week on Total Movie Recall, we learn that while some stories never end, mothers do, and that's the beginning of how a serial killer is made in this unflinching look inside the mind of one disturbed little boy. Hang in there with us, listen to this, and watch it again and try to tell us you didn't witness a psychotic break as this poor boy retreats inside the dark fantasies of his mind. The Neverending Story (1984) d. Wolfgang Petersen w. Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel Music by Giorgio Moroder Starring: Noah Hathaway as Atreyu Barret Oliver as Bastian Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress Deep Roy as Teeny Weeny Frank Oz

On his way to school, Bastian ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive.

Things discussed in the show: Christopher Nolan Carl Jung Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann) Enemy Mine (Wolfgang Petersen, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James) Snowden (Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo) Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney) Oliver Stone's memoir - Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game The Social Network (David Fincher, Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake) 3rd Rock From the Sun (Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) Wikileaks and Julian Assange The Intercept (Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Jeremy Scahill)

Natural Born Killers ( JFK ( Any Given Sunday ( The Disaster Artist ( The Room ( Rocky Horror Picture Show ( Midnight screenings of Rocky Horror and The Room The Crown ( Repo Man Dangerous Liaisons ( Downton Abby The Remains of the Day - novel ( Conan, Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs George Miller Next week: Harold and Maude

Ah, the good ole days of passing around R rated spank tapes. This movie is so trashy, it gave Charlie Sheen HIV. Wild Things (1998) d. John McNaughton Starring: Kevin Bacon Neve Campbell Matt Dillon Denise Richards Daphne Rubin-Vega Bill Murray

When teen debutante Kelly fails to attract the attention of her hunky guidance counselor, Sam, she cries rape, igniting a scandal that results in his arrest. Sam appeals to Ken, a hack personal-injury lawyer who has never handled a case that couldn't be helped by a prop neck brace. Soon, a second victim, Suzie, comes forward, and Detective Duquette discovers that the unfolding case is far from what it seems.

Things discussed in the show: Passing around R rated spank tapes Porn in the 90s and holograms Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón, Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho) Harry Potter The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes) WandaVision (Jac Schaeffer, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn) Dinosaurs (Not the Mama, Michael Jacobs, Bob Young, Stuart Pankin, Jessica Walter, Jason Willinger) The Flintstones (Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl) X-Files – (Joe Napolitano, Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi) Red Shoe Diaries (David Duchovny, Anthony Addabbo, Audie England) Skinamax Supernatural (Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert, Mark Pellegrino) SyFy Channel Z Nation (Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, Russell Hodgkinson, Nat Zang, Keith Allan) Resident Alien (Chris Sheridan, Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds) Dr. No (James Bond, Terence Young, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee) Dr. No novel (Ian Fleming) John Carter of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs) Law & Order Special Victims Unit (SVU, Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T) Spin Doctors, Third Eye Blind, Hootie and the Blowfish Scream (Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber) PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman) Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, S.E. Hinton, Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane) Michael Rapaport Swamp vs. bayou Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken Brian De Palma Next week: Black Cat White Cat

This week on Total Movie Recall, the age of innocence is over, and somehow what was supposed to be a fun episode about a trashy, campy, forgotten 90s horror movie becomes a despairing yawp into the empty air about the power structures that let abusive, predatory men get away with everything. Don't worry, we still find time to talk about the golden age of Nickelodeon and this awful, awful movie. The Willies (1990) d. Brian Peck (convicted child sex offender) Starring Sean Astin Jason Horst Joshua John Miller Bill Erwin Doug Benson Kimmy Robertson Kathleen Freeman Michael Bower Kirk Cameron

Things discussed in the show: Pedophilia in Hollywood The Return of the Living Dead (Dan O'Bannon, Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa) Leonardo DiCaprio with Brian Peck in 1991 on the set of Growing Pains An Open Secret (documentary) Qanon, The Clintons, Trump & Jeffery Epstein Casting couches, Boy Scouts & the Catholic Church Hollywood Babylon Charlie Chaplin's child bride Bryan Singer and Brian Peck Kevin Spacey My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys - the film accuses Charlie Sheen of sexually abusing Corey Haim Charlie Sheen and Brian Peck Different Strokes molester episode Victor Salva (convicted child sex offender), director of Powder and the Jeepers Creepers franchise Nickelodeon: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Solute Your Shorts (Donkey Lips), Weird Tales / the Shaver Mysteries Stand by Me's pie eating contest Fat shaming Next week: Labyrinth

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan watch the most subtle satire ever made — Starship Troopers. What exactly is this movie skewering? We're not sure. We thought we might have figured it out with the Nazi uniforms and Leni Riefenstahl shots and Aryan actors, but then we got distracted by the nudity and gore and decided not to think about it anymore. Starship Troopers (1997) d. Paul Verhoeven w. Edward Neumeier (screenplay) (as Ed Neumeier), Robert A. Heinlein (book) Starring: Casper Van Dien Dina Meyer Denise Richards Neil Patrick Harris Jake Busey Seth Gilliam Patrick Muldoon Michael Ironside

In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost...

Things discussed in the show:

Facebook and YouTube is trash (check out the Rabbit Hole podcast) The Floor is Lava (Rutledge Wood, Janine Hogan) Most Extreme Elimination Challenge The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim) Rear Window's homosexual subtext Caligula (Tinto Brass, Gore Vidal, Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren) Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Chadwick Boseman) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts) Boyhood (Richard Linklater, Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke) Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penélope Cruz) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano) Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, Judd Apatow, John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, David Krumholtz) Step Brothers (Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen) Old School (Todd Phillips, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell) Paul Verhoeven in nazi occupied Holland Nazi propaganda in Leni Riefenstahl films including the Triumph of the Will 22 Push Ups Challenge - to raise awareness and donations to help prevent veteran suicide Unit 731 and Joseph Mengele - and how it's easy to commit atrocities be dehumanizing your enemy Black Hawk Down as a military propaganda film (Ridley Scott, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore) Mazzy Star fist fight Idiocracy (Mike Judge, Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard)