Nighthawks' Podcast
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A film discussion podcast from Trevor T. Trujillo, critic and journalist) and Matt Foster (comedian and critic). Join Matt and Trevor at the conceptual Nighthawks cafe as they sit down and talk good movies, bad movies, classic films of yesteryear, modern masterpieces, and the weird indie films you may not have heard of (BUT SHOULD)!
Episodes
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Episode 163: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The year was 1984, and a fledgling filmmaker has made a film about post-millennium killer robots coming back to the 80s to kill a young unwed mother. If you were to travel in time to 1991, you'd see that same filmmaker release a film about post-millennium killer robots coming back to the 90s to...
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WHYBW- Telluride Horror Show (Feat. Scott Schalchlin)
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Joining the regular co-hosts is special Nighthawks guest- Scott Schalchlin, host of the podcast Observations From Life. Scott and Matt tell Trevor about their respective experiences at the Telluride Horror Show last October, for a very special What Have You…
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Episode 162: The 2026 Loosey-Goosey Oscar Watusi
Once again it’s time for a glamorous strut on the red carpet, outside the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood’s most prestigious night. Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is back for a very informal discussion of the Oscar horserace…
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WHYBW Play Dirty, V The Miniseries, One Battle After Another, Bugonia, The Long Walk, The Haar
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder. Play Dirty– A new Shane Black movie...seemingly out of nowhere V The Mini Series- A rewatch of the 80s miniseries draws comparison to modern day. On Battle After Another- An...
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Episode 161: Stranger Things SSN 5 (Feat. Terry Flemings)
A warning to the wary listener, there be spoilers here. From the Nerds at Night podcast- Terry Flemings joins the Nighthawks at the Diner for a stripped-down reaction episode discussing the finale season of Stranger Things. Ten years ago, the Nighthawks actually felt the need to advocate for…
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WHYBW- The Black Phone 2, Shelby Oaks, Voodoo Macbeth, The Powers of Darkness Podcast, The Witcher- SSN 4
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder. Black Phone 2– The Grabber is back, and this time he's killing you in your dreams. A little too Freddy? Maybe. Shelby Oaks- Part Found Footage, part finder of footage, all horror....
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Episode 160: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (MONSTEMBERFEST)
We sliced our way through THANKSGIVING (2023), we got absolutely SCROOGED (1988) for Christmas, and now we're going to let the ball drop in Manhattan for New Year's Eve as the Nighthawks pop the champagne and caviar for GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1989). Rounding out our spooky holiday offerings…
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Episode 159: SCROOGED (MONSTEMBERFEST)
A classic Christmas time-travelling ghost story, told in five staves, becomes an 80s-drenched "modern" film told in three acts: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol from 1843 becomes Dick Donner's SCROOGED from 1988. Join Matt and Trevor in the Nighthawks diner, order up a cup of hot mulled wine…
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Episode 158: Eli Roth's THANKSGIVING (MONSTEMBERFEST)
Matt and Trevor are deep in the Holiday leftovers as they serve themselves a diner slice of pumpkin pie along with an appropriately themed holiday horror film in the Nighthawks’ MONSTEMBERFEST! The holidays are a time for family, togetherness, mercy, charity, blood and guts as we remind our...
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Episode 157: The Godfather (1972)
Sit down to cannoli and espresso at The Nighthawks Diner, as the co-hosts parse one of the greatest films of the 70s. Written by the man who wrote Superman The Movie, directed by the man who directed Bram Stoker’s Dracula, starring the man who would star in The Island of Doctor Moreau, and...
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Episode 156: War of the Worlds (2025)
In 2018 the Nighthawks took a deep granular dive into the 1938 radio adaptation of War of the Worlds, that famously made Orson Welles a household name and (allegedly) scared some undetermined number of people into thinking that the United States was being invaded by an outside force. In 2020, a...
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Episode 155: Beetlejuice (1988)
The co-hosts at the Nighthawks Diner triple down on a glass of Beetlejuice and contend with the self-proclaimed "Ghost With The Most." Hot off of his success with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, former Disney animator turned director, Tim Burton, chooses life, death, and the afterlife for the subject of...
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Episode 154: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga- Nighthawks 10-Year Anniversary!
Wow... ten years. TEN YEARS! (Cue clip from Gross Pointe Blank) Folks, it has been an honor and a privilege to have been sitting in our imaginary diner having real conversations with you (okay, at you) about movies. It's been ten years of some truly remarkable films...and Shark Week. For this...
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Episode 153: Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
When The East meets The West- La Cosa Nostra will be turned on its ear by the man who does all his own stunts: Jackie Chan! The Nighthawks take a peek at Jackie Chan's first attempt to break out for western audiences, in this Hong Kong/U.S.A. co-production that pits Chan against The Mafia, roller...
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WHYBW - Alien Romulus, Batman Caped Crusader, Chop and Steele, Chimp Crazy, Born Evil - The Serial Killer and the Savior
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder. Alien Romulus– The guy who remade Evil Dead remakes the first four ALIEN films and crams them into one movie. Does it work? I mean...Star Wars did it, right? Chop and Steele- It's...
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Episode 152: The Crow (1994)
A tragic comic book, with a tragic real-life backstory, is translated into a tragic film, with a real-life tragic production, which was dropped onto an unsuspecting 1990s audience who were still reeling from the death of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. The Crow (1994) was a strangely perfect movie...
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Episode 151: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
It's the story of love and hate, the story of tradition and modernity, the story of good and evil, the story of old right hand left hand. It's 1955's The Night of the Hunter starring Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, and Peter Graves is that story. Adapted from a novel of the same…
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Episode 150: Little Monsters (1989)
This ain't your kids' monsters scaring people in their bedrooms movie! This is the one for the elder millennials who were traumatized or seduced by the dark horrors of a movie that is, for all intents and purposes, Night Breed Babies. Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Rick Ducommun, Frank...
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Episode 149: Barbie (2023)
And now, what the entire world has been waiting for...two men give you their hot takes on Greta Gerwig's 2023 film BARBIE. This is, of course, an exaggeration. This movie could use fewer male hot takes. That said, we felt it was unfair to disqualify the movie from our RSS feed just because other...
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Episode 148: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
The Nighthawks Podcast enthusiastically recommends: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. This delightful, tight, Japanese film from a Kyoto-based theatre troupe is the debut film of director Junta Yamaguchi, and we think you should see it. This movie is low budget, non-American, subtitled, and high...
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Episode 147: Poltergeist (1982) - Curse of Monstoberfest
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, find us on Facebook, and rate and review us where applicable. Also, if you really dig the show please consider contributing to our Ko-Fi campaign to help make the show extra special. Support us via Ko-Fi! It has long been told, in select circles, that…
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Episode 146: M3GAN - Curse of Monstoberfest
Just when you thought it was safe to undress in front of your tech devices, one Hollywood movie decides to blend post-Y2k tech panic with the classic formula of the killer doll, and manages to keep things fresh enough to keep The Nighthawks nodding along throughout the movie. This 2022 movie…
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Episode 145: The Relic (1997) - Curse of Monstoberfest
Support us via Ko-Fi! From the world of superstition, from the bowels of the Earth, long forgotten: IT'S THE NIGHTHAWKS PODCAST!!! We're here to get you as much Monstoberfest as our lives will allow with a comeback holiday special to chill the very bones. 2023's Halloween season kicks off with an...
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Episode 144: Every Oscar, Every Nominee, All in Two Parts- Academy Awards 2023 pt. 2
Once again it’s time for a glamorous strut on the red carpet, out front of the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood’s most prestigious night. Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is coming out of cold storage and Matt is going in.…
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Episode 143: Every Oscar, Every Nominee, All in Two Parts- Academy Awards 2023 pt. 1
Once again it's time for a glamorous night on the red carpet out front of the Nighthawks conceptual diner, to talk about Hollywood's most prestigious night. Oscar Czar and Nighthawks house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, is coming out of cold storage and Matt is going in.…
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WHYBW - Confess, Fletch; Dahmer; Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; X; Pearl; Andor
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Mysteries, murder, and rebellion on the menu at the Nighthawks Diner for a discussion of what Matt and Trevor have been watching. Pull up a seat in the Nighthawks booth and grab a heaping helping of pod-fodder. Confess, Fletch– Is it a book adaptation, a Chevy...
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WHYBW – Jurassic World Dominion, Avatar: The Way of Water, Willow, The Witcher: Blood Origin
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? An all-franchise edition of WHYBW has us looking at three sequels and one prequel from the recently-released and recently-streaming bin. A mixed bag of continuing stories for both the large and small screens. Join the Nighthawks as we serve up another hot and...
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WHYBW - Everything Everywhere All at Once, RRR, Banshees of Inisherin, Leonard Maltin's Star Struck
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? An examination of some of the best movies of the year, and one book that gave Trevor comfort in a time of need. Join Matt and Trevor in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner to go over a menu of some of 2022's best Everything Everywhere All At Once– The bonkers...
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Episode 142: A Christmas Sunset with Writer-Director T.C. De Witt
When you sit in a booth at the Nighthawks Diner you break bread at the crossroads of human experience, and tonight a very special guest is bringing their experience with them. At topic is the 2021 holiday drama A Christmas Sunset, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Matt and…
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WHYBW: Pink Flamingos, Saloum, Tumbbad, Mutiny on the Bounty '35, Robert B. Parker's Spenser
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? A rewatch of an undeniable piece of filth, a classic film watch blossoms from a Looney Tunes short, a festival favorite African film, an update on Trevor’s journey through the Spenser novels, and Matt recommends a Hindi horror fable. All of this and more as we...
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Episode 141: Hellraiser - The Whole Damned Franchise (Feat. Greg Orme)
On this, the Blackest of Fridays, Matt is joined by guest co-host Greg Orme. Greg is a stand up comedian emeritus, a comedy promoter, and punk rocker and he tests his constitution by joining Matt on a ten-film journey through the original Hellraiser franchise. Featuring the high points of the...
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Episode 140: Halloween Ends - Monstoberfest Ends
Like Laurie Strode we emerge from our nightmare (Monstoberfest be thy name) into the dawn of a new day...BUT the Halloween season has one more surprise for Matt and Trevor. Wrapping up Monstoberfest 2022, Matt and Trevor find out exactly how HALLOWEEN ENDS via the movie of that name from David...
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Episode 139: V/H/S 99 - Monstoberfest 1999
Take a seat in the booth at the Nighthawks Diner where they're about to party like it's 1999! As we discuss horror sequels, remakes, and retreads for this year's Monstoberfest, one franchise dares to look back...back to a simpler time of Y2k panic, The Matrix fandom, and ball busting elder...
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Episode 138: Hellraiser (2022) Monstoberfest After Dark
Matt and Trevor off of the current release menu for Monstoberfest this year, first up is an examination of the rebooted/retooled/relaunced HELLRAISER film released in 2022. Fans seem bitterly divided about changes made to the franchise, other seem okay with the direction the new film is going in....
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WHYBW - 3,000 Years of Longing; The Black Phone; Nope; Bodies Bodies Bodies, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? The latest fairy tale from a beloved film auteur as well as several tips into horror for the upcoming Halloween season. Pull up a seat in the booth and join the boys for a discussion of what they've been watching lately. 3,000 Years of Longing– A modern fable...
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WHYBW - LOTR Rings of Power, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi
WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching? Matt and Trevor wade out of the shadow of their own absence, and into the bright light of controversy. It's an al Big-time franchise streaming TV discussion in the booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner. Quit bitching about the color of fictional characters…
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Episode 137: Prey (2022)
If it bleeds, we can kill it... And this particular entry in the PREDATOR franchise seeks to kill a different kind of "it" as they attempt to give new life to a C- franchise. "Kill it" they do, and Trevor and Matt are in the Nighthawks Conceptual Diner to parse out what might be the best Predator...
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Episode 136: Andrei Tarkovsky's STALKER
Whose house?! ARThouse! I said whose house?! ARThouse! After a long stint of Hollywood blockbusters and major franchises, the Nighthawks order something off the International Menu at the conceptual diner. Director Andrei Tarkovsky's, STALKER is a Soviet era Russian film about three characters...
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What Have You Been Watching - Morbius; Uncharted; Jackass Forever; Human Resources
Matt and Trevor check into their regular booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner to just chin wag a little bit about some of the movies and projects they've been watching lately. Morbius- Dr. Michael Morbius is a sickly but brilliant doctor who uses his big brain and his equally sick friend's…
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Episode 135: Oscar 2022 Reactions: That Just Happened
There it is folks! CODA wins best picture, Troy Kotsur wins Best Supporting Actor, Dune took home the most Oscars of the evening, and Encanto lost out on best song. Nothing else happened. Except the thing that most folks, Oscar fans or not, seem to be talking about. Yes, we will talk about Will...
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Episode 134: The Oscars 2022 - The Nominees: Part 2
Hooray for Hollywood...again! It's (still) Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you continue to be invited to the red carpet... ...which is still the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner. Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast,...
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Episode 133: The Oscars 2022 - The Nominees: Part 1
Hooray for Hollywood! It's Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you are invited to the red carpet... ...that is the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner. Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast, joins Matt and Trevor to talk…
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Episode 132: Reno 911! The Hunt for Q Anon
For the latest information on current events in Ukraine, please check these trusted global news outlets: Associated Press Reuters BBC The people of the Reno Sheriff's Department, after launching their successful hit television series 19 years ago, return for a brand new feature-length adventure....
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Episode 131: The Matrix Resurrections- Featuring Terry Flemings
Nighthawks guest host Terry Flemings is back in the Nighthawks diner, a place that is virtual and conceptual. Speaking of jokes used on the podcast, this episode covers the latest entry in The Matrix franchise: The Matrix Resurrections from director Lana Wachowski. The franchise began with Lana…
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Episode 130: Lost Episode: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (feat. Debra Cease of the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site)
The boys from the Nighthawks diner take a special look at George Roy Hill's classic 1969 film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. This episode was originally conceived of as a pilot episode for another podcast. Unfortunately the plans for production never...
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Episode 129: Ghostbusters Afterlife
This time around the conceptual Nighthawks Diner is represented by a middle American roadside burger joint in a small town depressed by the energy downturn. This time the Ghostbusting will take place in Oklahoma and not New York City. It's been nearly 30 years since Ghostbusters 2 graced theaters...
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Episode 128: Digression December 2021 - Checking in with The Nighthawks
It was the best of Monstoberfests and it was the worst of Monstoberfests. The Nighthawks have been on an unanticipated hiatus and are back with a full episode update for you! Not only do we answer the burning question of “WTF?” we also let you in on our thoughts on some of the stuff we’ve been...
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Episode 127: Friday the 13th Vengeance (feat. T.C. De Witt) Monstoberfest 2021 aka MonstoberGUEST
The Nighthawks' time is nighttime, and nighttime is NOW! Welcome to: MONSTOBERFEST 2021 aka MonstoberGUEST For this episode, writer and renaissance man podcaster, T.C. De Witt stops by the conceptual diner to discuss his contribution to the lovingly created and crowdfunded Friday the 13th...
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Episode 126: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Every sunset must have its twilight, and as Indiana Jones left into the sunset in 1989 and in the 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull we pick him up in his twilight. As easy a target as Harrison Ford's age is, 19 years after the previous entry in the franchise, the actor shows...
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Episode 125: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The third time is the charm and we're getting the family involved. From the legendary minds of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas comes the third chapter of the Indiana Jones saga, and subsequently the third episode in the Nighthawks Indiana Jones Special! In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade…
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About this show
A film discussion podcast from Trevor T. Trujillo, critic and journalist) and Matt Foster (comedian and critic). Join Matt and Trevor at the conceptual Nighthawks cafe as they sit down and talk good movies, bad movies, classic films of yesteryear, modern masterpieces, and the weird indie films you may not have heard of (BUT SHOULD)!
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