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Hello From Obscurity
by Wesley Erickson, Peter Clark, Lily Lenarz Hooyman, and Sam Pavich
In our opinion, movies can be found in one of two realms. The realm of The Renown: Those active in the minds of pop culture, your masterpieces, your witty comedies, your impactful horror.There are even those so bad they’re good: cult classics.This is not a show about those movies.Instead we bravely venture into the realm of The Forgotten. We plummet the depths of cinema, searching amidst the left behind, the 7th at the box office and bottom of the bargain bin. We seek out neglected films to find the ones worth salvaging from oblivion and banish the unworthy back to the abyss. What hidden gems will we find on our exploration? What mediocre plotlines will we unearth? And what artifacts, that may at first have been overlooked, will we reclaim?
Episodes
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Playing It Cool (2014)
The year is 2014 and the world was going through a romcom deadzone. Was this genre too much for the average audience? Was romance too good for comedy? Was love dead during the 2010's??? This movie glimpses at the cynicism that may have been plaguing the millennials psyche, because it sure feeds...
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A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) finds a charming rogue named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. Soon, Rhodes' local popularity gets him an appearance on television in Memphis, which he parlays into national...
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Dinotopia (2002)
Strap in folks, it's time for Peter's pick: Starring David Thewlis, Wentworth Miller, Katie Carr, and a whole bunch of CGI dinosaurs it's god damn Dinotopia! Based off the books, two boys wash up on a dinosaur filled island after the plane with their father in it goes down in a storm. Will these...
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5 Children and It (2004)
In a very special season 3 opener, the gang gets together all in person! We watched a film that may have traumatized Sam as a child and may traumatize us as adults. When their father goes off to war, a group of children that includes the mischievous Robert (Freddie Highmore) and Cyril (Jonathan...
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Obscurity in Review (Season Finale)
We've reviewed a lot of movie on this podcast, now it's time for the reviewers to be reviewed! It's our year end episode, join us as we judge ourselves for the holidays!
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Ondine (2009)
Hey you! Do you know about Selkies? The magical people who under the sea? No. Not mermaids. Selkies are people who transform into seals when the put on their seal coats. You don’t know about them? Well, this week’s film is centered around a supposed Selkie lady (Alicja Bachleda), dragged up from...
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Identity (2003)
The year is 2003, and somewhere in Nevada, 12 strangers end up trapped in a motel on a dark and stormy night. Among them: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Clea Duvall, and John C. McGinley. Elsewhere, a convicted murderer being transported to an appeal before a judge, one day before he is to...
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Reign of Fire (2002)
The year is 2002, a blockbuster appears in theaters featuring a future world where medieval dragons have conquered and the remaining humanity must fight back with the meager resources they possess just to survive. This blockbuster is then promptly forgotten never to be heard from again. We may…
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Wendy (2020)
It is February of 2020 and after 8 long years director Benh Zeitlin, known for Beasts of the Southern Wild, is releasing his greatly anticipated next movie. What could go wrong? Uh oh. Looks like a little GLOBAL PANDEMIC has driven people inside away from theaters and this indie film is all but...
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"Madonna's" W.E. (2011)
The year is 2011, pop icon Madonna has released her film W.E. about the "Greatest Love Story of the 20th Century," between Wallace Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy). This honor may be debatable considering he was a disgraced king and she was a nazi-sympathizer. No...
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"Ang Lee's" HULK (2003)
The year is 2003, visionary film director Ang Lee has taken on a Big Green Task, adapt the Hulk for the big screen in the modern age. Can he, Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliot, and Nick Nolte take this metaphor wrapped in muscles and give a pre-marvel studios audience the action and…
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The Pirates (2014)
The year is 2014 and if you're living in South Korea, you are loving the new box office smash The Pirates at your local movie theater! However, if you were in America at the time, you've probably never heard of it. This movie features Pirates, Bandits, Imperial Generals, Emperors and a multitude…
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Permanent Midnight (1998)
The Year is 1998, an up and coming actor by the name of Ben Stiller is starring in a gritty dark comedy/drama about writer Jerry Stahl. Following his journey with drugs, working as a TV writer, and his green card marriage that leads to parenthood. Also featuring Elizabeth Hurly, Owen Wilson, Fred...
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The Belko Experiment (2016)
The year is 2016, James Gunn has written script eerily similar to The Suicide Squad. An ordinary day at the office becomes a horrific quest for survival when 80 employees (John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona) at the Belko Corp. cross between Battle Royale and Office Space, The Belko...
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5 to 7 (2014)
The year is FRANCE and Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe (a french person) are FRENCH in New York City, Meaning of course: Anton is starting a relationship with a married mother of two without knowing of this fact. Will he continue pursuong thre relationship with this added FRENCH knowledge, or...
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The Void (2016)
Content Warning: Disturbing Imagery, Cults, Loss of Pregnancy, Murder, Body Horror The year is 2016 and a couple of very talented friends specializing in SFX decide to make a movie. A very, very, gory movie. And what's more: They've gone to the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to help raise funds...
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A Ghost Story (2017)
The year is 2017, a small distribution company named A24 starts to produce its own films. One of their first films ever produced is A Ghost Story. A movie featuring Mara Rooney, Ben Affleck and pie. Is this think-piece on the meaning on life and death worth sticking around to haunt us or will it…
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Return to Oz (1985)
The year is 1985, forty-six years after MGM's classic film The Wizard of Oz, comes the the release of not-so-classic spiritual sequel, Return to Oz. Instead of the whimsy of the first one, we are introduced to the horrors of Oz. Instead of the wonder of Emerald City, we return to the hell-scape…
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I, Robot (2004)
The year is 2004, or is it 2034? In this sci fi action mystery loosely inspired by the works of Isaac Asimov, WIll Smith is a jaded detective with a major distrust of the ubiquitous robots that have been integrated into society. He is called to investigate an apparent suicide of the creator of…
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Pokemon: Heroes (2002)
The year is 2002, Pokemon is riding high at some of it's greatest hits continue to enthrall children around the world. They release their 5th movie in the series, set in a version of venice, featuring cat burglars, mysterious legends, strange new pokemon, and lengthy conversations about ice…
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The Last Supper (1995)
The year is 1995, Apollo 13 is being filmed at the same time as a little indie black comedy and on his off days, Bill Paxton swings by for a weekend to film the part of a racist, sexist, child murderer before going back to play and astronaut. Starring Cameron Diaz, Ron Perlman, Courtney B. Vance,...
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
The year is 2008, the director of Saw II sets out to create his passion project: a gore and angst filled musical featuring graverobbing, a culture of excessive plastic surgery and a less-then-ideal healthcare program. Repo! The Genetic Opera. When an epidemic of organ failure grips the world, the...
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
It's 1985. A year has past since the release of Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom and Steven Spielberg has decided to executive produce another movie featuring ancient civilizations and blood thirsty cults. This time in the form of an origin story for the greatest literary detective. Young…
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
In this episode, we jump into the surreal and bizarre creation of Terry Gilliam. The film follows the stories of the preposterous Baron Munchausen and his crew as they travel to such strange yet amazing settings. They journey kingdom on the moon, a Roman god's lair on the bottom of a volcano and...
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Comet (2014)
The year is 2014, Sam Esmail has just written his first feature film starring his wife: Emmy Rossum and Justin Long. It's a drama, it's a romance, it's a sci-fi that takes place in possible five different parallel universes? The gang sits down to follow along a discombobulating timeline of love...
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
The year is 2003, a film featuring pirates, sword fights and swashbuckling adventure arrives in theaters everywhere... Pirates of the Caribbean, of course! But we are not discussing that movie. Instead we are reviewing the other movie release just one week later also featuring those things…
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Anonymous (2011)
The year is 2011, Roland Emmerich is at the top of his game, 2012 has just captivated at the box office and he can do whatever movie he wants next. His choice: A largely debunked Shakespeare authorship theory. With the likes of Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, and Mark Rylance at his side, does this...
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Dark Skies (2013)
The year is 2013 and Kerri Russel and Josh Hamilton are trying to keep their family financially afloat in their upper middle class neighborhood. But things are not as they seem as strange and terrifying happenings occur within their household. Are these the hauntings from supernatural spirits? Or...
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Troy (2004)
The year is 2004, and one of the oldest stories in western civilization is about to hit the big screen with modern day greek gods Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Eric Banana, and Brian Cox? Is this epic poem set to visuals doomed to ruin in the fall of Troy or is it to be held up as a...
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
This week, we take a look back at 2012's second movie featuring our 16th President. This historically IN-accurate movie asks the question audiences all over the world want to know: what if Lincoln had a cool axe-gun and could battle immortal beings on a runaway train? It features vampires, horse...
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Priest (2011) With Lily Lenarz Hooyman
The year is 2011, for some reason Paul Bettany is on a religious movie kick and has decided to be an action star. Another graphic novel is being adapted. Karl Urban is wearing a black hat. And vampires are running rampant. With special guest Lily, Peter and Wesley are going down to cathedral city...
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The Blob (1958)
The year is 1958 and a young actor named Steve McQueen has just accepted his first leading role in a little horror movie called The Blob. Is this oozy gooey monster striking enough to scare you for years on end? Or should it remain frozen and stuffed away to never be seen again? Peter and Wesley...
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The year is 2003, Sean Connery is looking for a new project, Alan Moore comics are flying off the shelves, and Wesley and Peter are about to jump into the world of the literary avengers. Does the league still hold up nearly two decades later, or are things not as extraordinary as they once seemed?
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Tremors (1990)
The year was 1990. A new horror/comedy starring Kevin Bacon and some killer worms had just been released to little fanfare. 30 years later Wesley and Peter unearth the beasts to determine if they're even worth remembering.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In our opinion, movies can be found in one of two realms. The realm of The Renown: Those active in the minds of pop culture, your masterpieces, your witty comedies, your impactful horror.There are even those so bad they’re good: cult classics.This is not a show about those movies.Instead we bravely venture into the realm of The Forgotten. We plummet the depths of cinema, searching amidst the left behind, the 7th at the box office and bottom of the bargain bin. We seek out neglected films to find the ones worth salvaging from oblivion and banish the unworthy back to the abyss. What hidden gems will we find on our exploration? What mediocre plotlines will we unearth? And what artifacts, that may at first have been overlooked, will we reclaim?
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Wesley Erickson, Peter Clark, Lily Lenarz Hooyman, and Sam Pavich
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