Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Dark City (1998)

›
It's another patron episode! This month we've been directed to watch 1998's Dark City, a flop at the time but a cult classic in ...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Doom (2005)

›
We're going back to video game movies with 2005's Doom! Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and starring John (the Wayne) Rockson and Kar...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Die Hard (1988)

›
Merry Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/Pancha Ganapati/Festivus/Yule/Saturnalia, one and all! To try to drag themselves into the holiday spirit, ...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Pumpkinhead (1988)

›
It's spooky season again! This time around we're watching the 1988 cult classic "Pumpkinhead" one of only two movies di...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

The Prophecy (1995)

›
Apparently there were like a lot of movies about angels in the 90s, and 1995's The Prophecy is one of them. Written and directed by our...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Men In Black (1997)

›
Aliens, you guys! This month we checked out the classic (?) 1997 movie Men In Black, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, but mostly st...
Monday, April 22, 2024

3000 Miles To Graceland (2001)

›
We're back! Life circumstances, you know how it goes, sorry for the quiet month. To make it up to you, we've forced ourselves to sit...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Dante's Peak (1997)

›
New episode is up! We're back and we're checking out another Patreon poll winner: the 1997 disaster movie Dante's Peak! ...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Elf (2003)

›
Happy Holidays everybody! This year the manatees are going a little more recent for the 20th birthday of a modern classic Christmas movie,...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Jingle All The Way (1996)

›
Happy Black Friday week everybody! In the spirit of the holidays (consumerism) we're rewatching the widely reviled but oddly charmi...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Thing (1982)

›
Happy Halloween, everyone! We're taking a look John Carpenter's 1982 classic, The Thing! Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilfo...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

›
At long last, the manatees are covering the famous story beloved around the world about a long-haired bronze age man who was crucified by an...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

Troll 2 (1990)

›
It had to happen. We finally check out the infamous, the legendary, the nigh-on-indescribable work that defined a generation, 1990's Tr...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Twister (1996)

›
We're returning to the 90's well with 1996's "Twister", directed by Jan de Bont and starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxto...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mars Attacks! (1996)

›
There are two movies out there based on Topps trading card limited series from the 60's, and of those two, 1996's Mars Attacks is ou...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Avatar (2009)

›
We're back after an unplanned month off (sorry!) and checking out the suddenly-sequeled 2009 cgi spectacle "Avatar"! Written ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

›
New episode is up! We're going back to the 80's for another movie with puppets with 1984's cult classic The NeverEnding Story, ...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

›
Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays and so forth and so on! We're staying in the sort of spooky sort of holiday spirit with the 1990...
Monday, November 28, 2022

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

›
We're starting the holiday season early with the famously saccharine Christmas romance, The Mothman Prophecies! (alternate title: Mot...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Leprechaun (1993)

›
We're revisiting some beloved Matinee Manatee alumni with Leprechaun, the 1993 comedy-horror starring Jennifer Aniston and Warwick Da...