Tara and Andrew Versus The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide

So many rings!

We discuss the movies we saw through the Nightstream virtual film festival, as well as the overall experience

Written by Ingmar Bergman and directed by Liv Ullmann, Faithless is a fun romp from 2000 follows a family that, like in our previous episode, is utterly destroyed by an affair.

Wherein we watch Agnes Varda's 1965 idyllic depiction of a family that's about to take a real bad turn, and then sort of recover, in a weird and not entirely satisfactory way.

Or: “Fun Movie Making Fact #127: If Your Movie Doesn’t Open With a Shot on a Train, Ideally a Space Train, You Done FUCKED UP.”

We talk about boring-ass early 2000's spy code-breaking drama/thriller Enigma. Roger Ebert said "It's A Brilliant Film", which reminds me of the episode of Arrested Development where Tobias and Carl Weathers go to Burger King and Tobias announces "It's a wonderful restaurant!"

Squarespace wants me to write a full description of the episode with detailed information, but to heck with that. In this episode we watch a 1983 football(soccer) fighting movie with snakes masquerading as belts, tango fights, and and ending that plays up the lighter side of unrequited amputation!

or: “Coming To Theaters In 2023: The Bathroom Edit of `Once Were Warriors’”

We watch and talk about every single fucking Saw movie that's been released (so far).

j/k, it’s a pretty gross movie.

When you really think about it, more movies would benefit from cameos from Hulk Hogan. And I mean REALLY think about it.

In this episode, we: * appropriate the fanfare from the "Fire Ant" episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast * Talk about Michael Landon's mid-seventies made-for-TV movie about bed-wetting * Get very full of ourselves for managing to put out 50 episodes of this fuckin' thing. Insufferable, really. * Wax poetic about the greatness of the video oddities made by the folks behind Everything Is Terrible!

In this episode: Cat raising tips!Thorough (?) analysis of Hitman/Contract Killer!Insight into young Andrew’s plans to become a superhero!We talk about Running Man, our favorite Korean variety show!

Wherein we watch a compelling, at times unsettling documentary filmed right as the 1989 revolution in Romania was taking place. Like, *literally* right as it was taking place. It is intense.

it's definitely not a quick and cheap cop-out for recording a proper episode after losing all of the audio for the episode that we had intended to record. What would ever give you that impression?

In this episode we watch the documentary (*mostly*) that helped make Arnold Schwarzenegger a more recognizable face and/or body. As a result, we are now both super into getting pumped-- have you HEARD what he says it feels like? Sign. Us. Up!

We talk about the 1949 adaptation of the Robert Penn William novel of the same name which TOTALLY isn't about Huey Long you guys, and how could you ever come to that conclusion in the first place? Also, and more excitingly, we talk about the 1970's tarantulasploitation classic (?) Kingdom of the Spiders. Who's in it, you ask? Oh, we don't know, have you ever heard of WILLIAM GODDAMNED SHATNER?

(or: “To Be Fair, If It Had Been A Movie About Cannibals, The Title Would Be A Little Too On The Nose”)

(or: “Ho Ho HUH?!!?!”)

(or: “A Rare Case Where A Thousand Pardons May Be Insufficient”)

(or: “An Episode So Great, It Was Two Months In The Making! Wait, What Do You Mean That The Length Of Time It Takes To Create Something Has No Bearing On Its Quality?”)

Wherein we take a break from watching movies selected at random and instead talk about some of our favorite horror movies.

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(or: “Boy, Chris Hardwick’s Late-Night Game Show Sure Had A Weeeeeiiiird Origin”)

(Or: “The Movie So Nice, We Had To Talk About It Twice, Mostly Because Andrew Forgot To Hit The Record Button The First Time Around”)

(or: “Nuance Over Shitty, Lazy Comedy? Will Wonders Never Cease?”

(or: “Jerkin’ It: The Movie”)

(or: "In Conclusion, Paul Schrader is a Land of Contrasts")

(or: "Roger Ebert, Betrayer of Trusts")

(or: “Fuck You, Keep Listening!”)

(or: "`People Get Murdered All the Time' -- Andrew Wagster, 2018")

(or: "The Textbook Definition of Grading on a Curve")

(or: "A Thorough Critique of Rock Hudson's Kissing Technique— Hey, That Rhymes!")

(or: "Spoiler Alert: The Story of How Gamera Died For Our Sins")

(or: “So, in summation: who cares?”)

(or: "You Had Us At `3D CGI Anime Porn (not really, though)'")

(or: "Just How Uncomfortable Can Two People Get While Talking About the Details of a Movie's Plot? The Answer May Surprise You!")

(or: "What is the Sound of One Man Sadly High-Fiving the Air?")

(or: "All Cakes Must Be Destroyed!")

(or: "If the Octopus Doesn't Get Ya, The Spider Will")

(or: "Way to spoil a pivotal point in your movie-- you don't see them calling `Star Wars' `The Boy Who Blew Up the Death Star', do you? DO YOU?")

In this episode we watch a movie where a family of former Confederate soldiers try to get a coffin full of stolen money back to the south so that the south can rise again, and then a lot of them end up dying, and good riddance.

(or: "Tara and Andrew Versus Upper Respiratory Infections")

(or: "No One Wants to Know How the Podcast Sausage Gets Made")

(or: "Exhibit A in the Case of Why We're Doomed to Eternal Damnation")

(or: "Irrefutable Evidence That We're in the Pocket of Big Ginger Ale")

Wherein we watch a Blaxploitation classic, talk about the TV show Search Party, and make our feelings about watching a Bonaroo festival movie undeniably clear.

Wherein we learn about the incredibly romantic world of barge living!

Wherein we watch a surprisingly violent comedy about everyone's favorite sport, iced canes!

Wherein we watch some British people be all butler-y and shit.