The Hell With This

Our guest today is David Ridker, a filmmaker originally from the D.C. area.  The fellas deep dive into a film that Chad brought along: "The Worst Person In The World", from 2021 - a film with a lot to say - about what?  Well, we try to find out. This is another episode of THE HELL WITH THIS - where we'll spend the first half of the podcast talking about all things SPOILER FREE... but once you hear the film's trailer play near the episode's midway point, the SPOILERS WILL FLY FREELY, so be sure to catch up and watch the film prior to listening to the second half!!! Performers of note: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Joachim Trier. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

  Mark said not to post the trailer for this week's movie (mid-podcast), but unless you're fluent in Japanese, you won't understand it anyway.  That should say just about everything you need to know about this episode.   That, and we never spoil a movie in the first half of the podcasts - sooooo, Mark will be happy as long as you watch the movie by the time you listen to the second half of the episode.  It's a weird one, suggested by a reddit thread to Mark, apparently.  Glad to bring this one to the surface for anyone who hasn't seen it. Performers of note: Shin'ichirô Ueda, Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

The boys are back!  86 episodes deep and our first episode of 2023.  The WGA & SAG strikes appear to be wrapping up and work should resume again soon in Hollywood.  We discuss AI and all the fun stuff that everyone's been arguing about - before jumping into "Watcher", a fantastic little indie from 2022.  Welcome Back.

Mark and Chad return with a modern horror classic, "Hereditary" - a film Chad's never seen.  Our first episode back in some time finds the fellas mid-break between jobs, catching up and talking exhaustion in the film industry, amongst other... things. Performers of note: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Ari Aster Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at http://www.DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit http://www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

One of these days Mark and Chad will start an episode by talking about something that's in line with the week's chosen movie.  This is not one of those episodes.  Recorded on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the fellas dive into all sorts of uplifting topics, such as where they were on 9/11, or should "Hollywood" & films be held more accountable for the crazy ideas they place into the world.  When they finish their wildly diverse array of topics, they jump straight into director Olivia Wilde's wonderful debut "Booksmart", which we don't think enough of you have seen. Performers of note: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Billie Lourd, Skyler Gisondo, Victoria Ruesga, Mason Gooding, Diana Silvers, Molly Gordon, Lisa Kudrow, Eduardo Franco, Nico Hiraga, Austin Crute, Olivia Wilde Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at http://www.DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit http://www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

If only the past lived up to the memory of it.  Some movies exceed our expectations when we revisit them for the first time in years - some don't.  In Chad's case, he's never seen the 1985 film "Explorers", even though he fit the age demographic for it, at the time.  How will it hold up now that Mark and Chad are geriatrics?  Let's find out! Performers of note: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Roberto Picardo, Joe Dante Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Mark and Chad reunite to bring focus back to indie filmmaking in its most intimate form: handheld and off-the-cuff.  2011's "Like Crazy" brought us tremendous performances from a new generation of actors - Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, and Jennifer Lawrence.  If this movie disappeared from view, we're here to remind you: this is a great "little" film. Performers of note: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Drake Doremus Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

We're back!  Did we miss anything? Mark and Chad are right back into the thick of it, putting the 1981 road movie "Road Games" under the spotlight for a quick look.  The boys catch up, talk life, and discuss this week's film (which Chad has never heard of, until now).  Welcome back!  Performers of note: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Franklin. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

What a difference a month can make, eh?  Today's episode was recorded on Oscar Sunday, which couldn't be more apparent than now, given all the happenings 'round ol' planet Earth. That said, now you've got no excuse to hunker down and watch this week's movie, 2002's seemingly forgotten "Dirty Pretty Things".  Despite its horrible title, this movie isn't about pretty things, though it could be said the seedy underbelly of humanity can make up for the "dirty" part of the title.  The movie takes on some rather topical and still-relevant topics, like immigration and the things people have to suffer through to achieve it.  Chad takes this time to introduce co-host Mark to this week's movie. Performers of note: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Steven Frears. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

This episode has been a long time coming.  Returning guest Steve Phelan and co-host Chad Peter have been waiting to force fellow co-host Mark Heiliger into watching "Paris, Texas" for a good, long while now - and the time has come to do so.  Unfortunately, or fortunately (if you're into this sort of thing), we had an additional guest on the podcast as well (one that wasn't happy about being on the podcast with us). Also be sure to listen for the addendum we've added at the end of the podcast! Performers of note: Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Nastassja Kinski and Hunter Carson. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Oh ho ho, boy oh boy we bet you never saw this one coming.  Chad and Mark invite guest (and actress) Kat Schmidt onto the podcast to help explain her love of the Transformers movie franchise, or specifically - 2018's "BUMBLEBEE".  They deep dive into the WHY and WHAT, going so far as to attempt to explain why these movies are still being made - and why certain folks enjoy them more than others.  (editor's note: after this podcast was recorded, it was announced that there's MORE Transformers films in the works). Performers of note: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, and Travis Knight. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Fasten your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen, because we're going back - WAY BACK - to another decade.  All the way back to... 2019, for a surprisingly fun soon-to-be-cult film called "Ready or Not".  This might be on the borderline for deeming it "underrated" - after all, it made its money back and then some - but not everyone has seen it, so here we are.  Specifically, for this episode, co-host Chad Peter hasn't seen it, so Mark is here to present it to him for the first time. Performers of note: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, John Ralston, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, and Tyler Gillett Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Revisiting the podcast for the first time since "Lost Highway", guest Ryan Wick drops another batshit crazy movie upon the ears (and especially eyes) of co-host Mark.  The rabbit hole they go down is so deep, not even Mark will make it out alive.  "Anguish" has all but disappeared from public view, but naturally the guys stir it up and discover some rather squeamish topics - you know, like, EYES and EYE SURGERY.  Fun things like that.  Enjoy! Performers of note: Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Clara Pastor, Àngel Jové, and Bigas Luna. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Is the sophomore slump a real thing?  Can our 75th episode count as a sophomore effort?  Mark and Chad devolve back into opening an episode with a quick discussion about STAR WARS - only they could derail their own podcast by discussing a topic that has nothing to do with their choice of "movie of the week". On topic now: David Robert Mitchell made his mark with a fan favorite of ours "It Follows" - and this follow-up had us waiting with some excitement... but then it kinda disappeared from view for about a year.  A24 picked it up and there were rumors of a re-edit occurring, but from what we gathered that re-edit never happened.  This week Chad revisits the film, while Mark has yet to see it. Performers of note: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Riki Lindhome, Topher Grace, Zosia Mamet, Jimmi Simpson, Grace Van Patten. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Tremors is one of those sci-fi(?) franchises that just seems to keep on going... and going... and going... and... really we're not sure why, exactly.  Or at least Chad doesn't.  Mark, on the other hand, proudly brought Tremors 2: AFTERSHOCKS for this week's movie for the team to view & discuss.  Are you a Tremors fan?  ARE YOU? Performers of note: Fred Ward, Chris Gartin, Helen Shaver, Michael Gross Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Sneaking out of Ireland in 2016, "Sing Street" made it across the pond to America and had a relatively decent success, considering most movies of a similar nature never reach much of an audience in America with the mass of content blasted through our eyeballs these days.  Still, this movie was missed by MOST - and we're here to remind you - it's probably not the movie you think it's gonna be, and it's pretty damn good. From the director of "Once" and "Begin Again", "Sing Street" again captures director John Carney's sensibilities as a filmmaker, songwriter and showman for the modern "Hollywood" musical (albeit not connected to Hollywood).  In our setting, Chad has seen this movie (and loves it), and Mark is seeing it for the first time. Performers of note: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Peter Campion, Ian Kenny, Mark McKenna Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

John Heard.  The man.  The myth.  The le... wait, who? You'd recognize him from "Home Alone" as Kevin's dad, OR maybe you're one of the five people that saw "Cutter's Way" back in 1981 when it opened for United Artists' "art film" division "United Artists Classics".  Heard leads the way here with a great performance as Alex Cutter.  He is followed up by some solid performances by Jeff Bridges and Lisa Eichhorn. "Cutter's Way" is a film buried by its own film studio, partly because the studio was a.) broke and b.) clearly didn't know how to market it.  Marketed as a zany dark comedy, this brooding mystery noir was nothing like the film's trailers - its edginess is a welcome refresher from all the mindnumbing droll currently at the box office. Returning to the podcast this week is guest is Matt "Lank" Hingstman.  Matt joins hosts Mark Heiliger and Chad Peter for a jolly chat about, uhh, stuff. Performers of note: John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Rosenberg, Patricia Donahue, Ivan Passer, Jordan Cronenweth Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

  Okay, sure - this week's movie isn't exactly "underrated", considering it won ALL THE OSCARS in 1996, but hey - it still seems to have slipped under most peoples' radars, so here we are.  Chad and Mark are back (and so very rusty at this whole podcasting thing), but gosh-darnit - they're gonna sit down and watch a movie together.  Side note: my god, "The English Patient" has one of the worst trailers of all time. Performers of note: Ralph Fiennes, Kristen Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

A podcast, you know, for kids!  And you. The Hell With This(!) is back for a fun episode with guests Jake Lloyd and Alexandra Hoey (aka fellow podcasters on the Dragon Wagon Radio network).  It's shocking, but neither Jake nor Alexandra have seen the Coen Brothers' CLASSIC film "The Hudsucker Proxy", so co-host Mark Heiliger has taken it upon himself to right that very wrong.  Strap in, it's a good one! Performers of note: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Bruce Campbell, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, and an amazing cast of character actors as only Joel and Ethan Coen could find. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Ep. 69 - "Girls" (2012-2017) Dogs and cats. LIVING TOGETHER. MASS HYSTERIA. That's right - our movie podcast is doing something strange this week. We're talking about a TELEVISION SHOW. You've heard of those, right? After all, we're supposedly in the "Golden Age" of TV right now - so it's time we finally talk about it. And by "we", we mean co-host Chad Peter and first time guest, filmmaker Shana Gagnon. Shana talks about the importance of the show on so many levels - what it means to her as a female, a filmmaker, and how the show speaks to a generation on another level. Plenty - PLENTY - of discussion about what it is to be a director, what types of actors there are, and being a filmmaker in general. Oh, and what it means to trust your creative gut. This is a first for us - podcasting about a TV show - but it'll likely happen again someday, uncommonly. In this particular case, we'll be viewing and discussing only the pilot episode. Fun aside: Shana is currently raising money for a feature film she will be directing called "Maude" - check it out!  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/maude-the-full-length-feature-film#/ Performers of note: Lena Dunham, Adam Driver, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Becky Ann Baker, Peter Scolari and many, many more. Get official The Hell With This merchandise and support the show at DragonWagonShop.com The Hell With This is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network! Visit DragonWagonRadio.com for more information.

Howdy!  Remember us?  No?  Well, shucks.  Welcome back to another episode of THE HELL WITH THIS.  Your hosts Mark and Chad have been briefly reunited to bring you a, uhm, podcast… where we talk about… things and stuff.  This week's "things and stuff" is an audience requested number, "The Ice Pirates", a not-as-forgotten-as-it-probably-should-have-been film from 1984!  The fellas also discuss the state of sci-fi (and possibly where "it went wrong"). Performers of note: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, John Matuszak, Ron Perlman and John Carradine. Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

We're back for the new year!  2019!  Episode 67.  Cruising right along.  This week Chad and guest Matt "Lank" Hingstman muse about their holiday vacations and Matt's movie selection, the wonderful Mike Mills film, "20th Century Women" from 2016. Performers of note: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann. Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

This week's movie is a legitimate classic - a 1999 documentary entitled "American Movie".  We're digging it up because maybe the world's forgotten it, or maybe you're just one of those folks who missed it at the time.  In any case, it's a goddamned treasure - and you should see it. Performers of note: Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank, Chris Smith Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

This week Mark and Chad tackle a 2014 film that seemingly snuck right by audiences.  What we can say is this: if you haven't seen the trailer for the movie: don't.  The trailers stupidly spoil the film but, fortunately, Mark and Chad went in blind (to a movie about mapping the human eye... surely there's a pun here somewhere).  As always, the first half of the podcast is spoiler-free - so if you haven't seen I Origins, come listen to the beginning of the podcast, then go watch the movie before finishing the 2nd half of the podcast with us.   Performers of note: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi, William Mapother, Cara Seymour, Venida Evans Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

We made the mistake of picking a movie with an easily mistaken title.  Is it "Haunting of Hill House"?  Or "House on Haunted Hill"?  We're not entirely sure, either, but this week we've chosen ONE of those to peruse and meander on.  To make matters worse, Mark and Chad can't recall any of the names they reference in this particular episode.  What year is it?  Where are we?  Who are you? Performers of note: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher, Ali Larter, Chris Kattan, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Max Perlich, Jeffrey Combs, Lisa Loeb, James Marsters Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Chad is back - just in time to take a swim in the pool of weird, man.  This week the boys check out the 2018 film "Mandy", starring Nicolas Cage from a director that both Mark and Chad agree is one to keep an eye on in the coming years (Panos Cosmatos). Performers of note: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy, Bill Duke, Panos Cosmatos Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Podcasting guru Jake Lloyd (aka our corporate overlord) sits in with our only useful co-host (aka Mark Alan Heiliger - not to be confused with Mark Alan Highlander).  The two of them combine their efforts to pull this week's movie out of a hat (actually).  That movie just so happened to be 2016's fart epic "Swiss Army Man", which Jake loves and Mark hadn't seen yet.  If you're afraid to watch this movie - maybe the trailer turned you off - just... give it a shot.  Please.  Do it.  Ultimately, if you hate it, it's really your own fault for not listening to your initial gut instinct (but you'll probably love it anyway).  *- Editor's note: the person writing this blurb has not seen the movie, so you can't really take this seriously, can you?  But go rent the movie.  And listen to the podcast. Performers of note: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Mark and first-time guest Chris Tonick wax on about their past days of working together, their combined love of "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" (the book and the movie, respectively) and their enjoyment of this week's insane film: "Master of the Flying Guillotine".  Chad, on the other hand, is still on hiatus... because work. Performers of note: Yu Wang, Kang Chin, Chun-Erh Lung, Chia Lung Liu, Lung Wei Wang, Chien-Po Tsen, Fei Lung Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

We're EXCITED AF to release a new episode.  We're slightly less excited that it's our LONGEST EPISODE EVER, but maybe you just want to spend more time with us.  This week Mark sits down with guest Ryan Wick to discuss the inner workings of David Lynch's "Lost Highway" - one of Lynch's less than adored and oft misunderstood films.  Chad is currently on a hiatus for the next few weeks as he wraps a TV show. Performers of note: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Blake, Balthazar Getty, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia. Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Everyone has a Japanese anime/manga phase, right?  Maybe?  No?  Fine, whatever, but we did - at some point - we, as in, Mr. Mark Alan Heiliger, Chad Philip Peter and guest Matt "Lank" Hingstman.  The fellas check out a live action film adaptation of one of Chad's favorite Japanese comic books, "BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL"! Here's a hint: the movie isn't as exciting as the title - but our conversation MIGHT be! Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Guest Matt "Lank" Hingstman brings an old favorite of his, "*batteries not included" (sic), and forces Mark and Chad to watch it while at gunpoint.  A small scuffle promptly followed, the dust settled, and Jessica Tandy was all that remained.  Or not.  Maybe none of this happened.  Maybe you don't exist.  Maybe, just maybe. Performers of note: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Pena, Michael Carmine, Dennis Boutsikaris Check out www.DragonWagonShop.com for official The Hell With This T-Shirts, Mugs & more! It's the best way to support the show. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Visit www.DragonWagonRadio.com for more.

Today the guys tackle a... children's film?  Or is this a movie for parents?  We can't decide.  The movie is 2008's "Phoebe In Wonderland", starring Elle Fanning in one of the more incredible child actor performances possibly ever.  Mark and Chad also talk "SOLO"... if you're into that sort of thing. Performers of note: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Kirk Douglas will live forever.  No, seriously, he's 101 and still putting on one-man shows in Los Angeles.  But 67 years ago he was busy starring in "Ace In The Hole", a noir(ish) morality tale from director Billy Wilder.  Mark claims this is one of his top films "of all time", and naturally Chad's never seen the movie.  Typical. Performers of note: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Richard Benedict. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Chad and Mark are back!  The guys discuss work-life balance, wondering what it is, and what it means to be a creative person with no time to be creative.  They also flip the script with Chad bringing a movie he's never seen - yet Mark had.  This week's film is a 2016 micro-budget indie called "The Void". Performers of note: Aaron Poole, Kenneth Welsh, Daniel Fathers, Kathleen Munroe, Ellen Wong, Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Woof - Mark and Chad have been BUSY with work, but they managed to carve out a little time for some movie lovin'.  Which movie exactly?  Chad has no clue.  It's Mark's pick this week, and with him he brings the 1973 murder mystery, "The Last Of Sheila". Performers of note: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch and Herbert Ross. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

It took us 53 episodes to finally tackle a documentary!  53!!!  So join Mark and Chad as they take a gander at a mostly forgotten documentary from 2008, "American Teen".  They guys discuss general ethics surrounding what it means to be a documentarian - how much should a crew get involved with its subjects, etc.  One might say they enjoyed their time with this one. Performers of note: Nanette Burstein, Jake Tusing, Megan Krizmanich, Colin Clemens, Mitch Reinholt, Hannah Bailey. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Mark's movie pick for the week comes from the disturbed mind of Clive Barker.  "Lord of Illusions" is a movie that seemingly never left obscurity - so of course we're here to dig it up!  Chad's never seen it, so the guys sit for a minute to watch what, apparently, is the Director's Cut of the film (according to Mark). Performers of note: Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel von Bargen, Joel Swetow, J. Trevor Edmond The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Sweet Jesus, this week's movie might be the smallest, most unheard-of indie film you've absolutely never heard of.  Made with cardboard set pieces and definitely shot on an iPhone, Mark and guest Brian Finifter try to make sense of 1995's indie darling: APOLLO 13. Performers of note: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton (aww), Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan. The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

It's a crowded house for our 50th episode.  Steve Phelan joins Mark and Chad to review 2012's cult hit(?) "Dredd" (originally titled "Dredd 3D", but that's a dumb title).  There's not much to discuss - Chad and Mark love this movie.  Steve hasn't seen it. Performers of note: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, and Domhnall Gleeson (in a thankless role). The Hell With This is part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. Show your support at www.dragonwagonradio.com/donate 

Not to be confused with the extremely popular TV show of the same name, 2008's "Outlander" film came and went with a whimper.  Vikings vs. space aliens?  Uhh, sure - we'll be your guinea pigs!  Mark and Chad take a chance on the film, in the hopes that it is as good as some people hint. Performers of note: Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Cliff Saunders, Howard McCain

Suddenly rocking a sweet new "The Hell With This" theme song by the amazing Zen Zenith, Chad and Mark are back with some early 80's Halloween fare.  It's Mark's choice this week, but neither of the guys have seen "Halloween III - Season of the Witch".  The guys also chat about cars, marriage and Star Wars, because why not?

Steve Phelan sits in for an absent Chad on a deep dive back to 1973's "Scarecrow", starring Gene Hackman (aww, we miss him) and Al Pacino.  The boys also go on a huge tangent about Star Wars, which seems to be a theme lately.

Dreams do come true.  Eventually.  We welcome ourselves back from an impromptu holiday vacation, which we don't even refer to in the show, because this episode was recorded before Christmas 2017 (as is the next episode as well). Ahem.  Where do we begin with this week's exploration into 1987's Wings of Desire?  Well, for one, it's an awesome film.  Arty, stylish, slow, but cool.  So cool that it was eventually remade into a Meg Ryan / Nicolas Cage tearjerker.  Typical.

Hey, unless you're living under a rock, you might have heard it's Star Wars week.  To celebrate the coming-of-age of The Last Jedi's director, Rian Johnson, Mark and Chad are here to celebrate the earliest work of the man, 2005's acclaimed indie Brick. Performers of note: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary,

Falling in line with the Zucker Brothers' history of slapstick comedy, "Top Secret!" is no exception to the rule.  It's a movie that eluded Chad for the duration of its existence… Yet, somehow, it's one of Mark's treasured favorites (he gives it a 9 out of 10 star rating).  The boys sit back, relax and try to figure out if there's an actual story to this thing, or if it's only a ploy for sight gags.  Oh, and it's the first movie Val Kilmer ever did (according to imdb). Performers of note: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Christopher Williers, Michael Gough, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter, Omar Sharif, Eddie Tagoe, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

The guys deep dive back into the world of European art-house cinema, again looking back to the works of director Krzysztof Kieslowski (we first tackled his "The Double Life of Veronique" in the 4th episode of this podcast!)).  "Three Colors: Red" falls within Chad's top-10 favorite films OF ALL TIME, for reasons mostly unknown to even him, but it remains largely unknown from the populist world at large.   Performers of note: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Benoît Régent, Zbigniew Zamachowski.

This is as good a week as any to talk about 2004's rendition of "The Punisher", considering Netflix just released their own version of "The Punisher" TV series last week.  This week, Mark presents the movie to Chad, whom has never seen ANY of the Punisher installments over the years.  The two of them dive deep into the state of comic book movies, and make an effort to introduce everyone to our slight format change.  Performers of note: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Ben Foster, Rebecca Romijn, Roy Scheider (RIP), Samantha Mathis, Kevin Nash, Laura Harring, Eddie Jemison, John Pinette (RIP).

Mark and guest Ashley Long (sans Chad, was out of town) take a look at Ridley Scott's much maligned fantasy epic, "Legend" (The Director's Cut, specifically).  Ashley stews of fond memories of the film, while Mark doesn't quite feel it was "directed by a human being". Performers of note: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Robert Picardo

Mark finally gets his Halloween wish – he and Chad tackle a movie that at least falls into the horror film genre this time.  "One Dark Night" seems to have disappeared from public view since it's release in 1982.  How we stumbled across it, only Chad knows (he totally judged the blu-ray by its awesome cover, and bought it without having seen it). Performers of note: Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman, Robin Evans, Leslie Speights, Elizabeth Daily, Adam West, Tom McLoughlin.

Happy Halloween!  Mark wanted to do a movie that actually fit the mold of Halloween for the holiday, but Chad was a grump and they stuck with the original plan.  This time we're trying something a little new (for us) – we're doing a podcast for a movie that's still in theaters!  Yes, we (mostly) loved it that much.  If you hated the new Blade Runner installment… well… go straight to hell and don't pass 'GO'. Performers of note: Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Sylvia Hoeks, Ana de Armas, Carla Juri, Dave Bautista, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, Hiam Abbass, Mackenzie Davis, Robin Wright