Vidiots Video Store Show

It's "gleefully depraved hitman dark comedy" week on the show, with Seijun Suzuki's BRANDED TO KILL (1967) and William Friedkin's KILLER JOE (2011). Also: Hot, fresh EW Headlines! Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica, CA

Darren doesn't like Aaron Sorkin. Clay doesn't much care for Tim Burton. Let's look at one major early work by each (A Few Good Men and Beetlejuice) and try to figure out why. Also: EW headlines! 

Award season is officially over (for a few weeks anyhow)! What were the big surprises? Snubs? Etc?! Clay and Darren discuss the 88th Academy Awards. 

Pre-code sex farce/ romantic comedies are the focus of this week's show, both starring Miriam Hopkins and both directed with the Ernst Lubitsch "touch," 1932's TROUBLE IN PARADISE and 1933's DESIGN FOR LIVING. Also #AllTheirMovies, Amy Adams edition. Also also Clay misidentifies Fredric March as having been in ALL ABOUT EVE, and begs your forgiveness. 

There are those out there on the internet who say that legendary director Steven Spielberg, despite his unassailable genius, has a propensity to stumble at the finish line, favoring "happy" endings over "good" ones. Clay and Darren put this theory to the test, in a full episode devoted exclusively to #AllSpielbergEndings. Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica, CA.  

Clay makes Darren watch (soon to be) cult comedies HOT ROD and MACGRUBER. What ensues is a respectfully contentious and highly spirited discussion in which they solve comedy.  Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica. 

"How's the listening, Tommy? Tommy. How's the listening? Tommy, Tommy, Tommy." Patricia Highsmith's lovable psychopath Tom Ripley is one of fictions most indelible and durable characters, having been reinterpreted by five different actors in five different films since 1960. Clay and Darren dig into four of them, 1960's PURPLE NOON, 1977's THE AMERICAN FRIEND, 1999's THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY and 2002's RIPLEY'S GAME. Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica.  

The two fascinating collaborations between director Todd Haynes and actor Julianne Moore, 1995's SAFE and 2002's FAR FROM HEAVEN are the primary topics of this episode. Detours include: what defines a movie musical, unseen Altman movies and Pacific Rim vs. Godzilla. Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica. Hosted by Clay Keller and Darren Franich. 

Who got their due? Who got snubbed? Clay and Darren break down the 2016 Academy Award nominations and the whole idea of the Oscars in general.

It's a bittersweet week on the show as Clay and Darren talk about their favo(u)rite Alan Rickman performances, then celebrate the life and work of David Bowie through a discussion of the films Velvet Goldmine and The Man Who Fell To Earth.  

Clay and Darren gab about the 2016 (Golden) Globes then discuss two tales of revenge and murder under the bright glow of the Los Angeles sun: Steven Soderbergh's THE LIMEY and Martin McDonagh's SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS. 

It's a new year as Clay and Darren discuss the early filmography of Academy Award Winner Kathryn Bigelow (Near Dark, Blue Steel & Strange Days), tie up loose ends from the 2015 Draft and play a round of #AllTheirMovies.  

Now that Darren and Clay and everyone else on Earth have seen Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, it's time to really get into it. SPOILERS, obviously.  

What were the best films of 2015? Things get rather intense as Clay and Darren employ a brutal draft-style technique to decide upon the Vidiots Video Store Top 13 of 2015 list! 

Come in, and know several different film interpretations of A Christmas Carol better, man! Get in the holiday spirit with Clay and Darren as they discuss their favorite adaptations of Charles Dickens' classic tale, then break down the career of Christmas action movie auteur Shane Black. 

Star Wars! OOHHoohhhhhhhhh. Join Clay and Darren as they preview THE FORCE AWAKENS in true VVSS form: by talking about Akira Kurosawa's THE HIDDEN FORTRESS and Mike Hodge's FLASH GORDON. Also: #AllTheirMovies Natalie Portman edition and the guys pitch their SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON remake ideas.  

Mother... join Clay and Darren as they have what is certainly their artsiest discussion, talking about Terrence Malick's THE NEW WORLD and Michelangelo Antonioni's ZABRISKIE POINT. And what better way to begin that discussion than with twenty minutes about THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and 2015's many spy romps?

It's all Bogie this week as Clay and Darren talk about his first lead role in Raoul Walsh's HIGH SIERRA and his first on-screen pairing with Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks' TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. Plus, another round of #AllTheirMovies, Harrison Ford edition!

Realizing it's Thanksgiving, Clay and Darren delay their Bogie discussion in favor of two films about "going home:" Woody Allen's INTERIORS and Ted Demme's BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. But first, Darren dishes out up-to-the-minute Hollywood scoops.

Spectre came out like two weeks ago, so Clay and Darren, fingers ever on the pulse of pop culture, dive deep into the entire Bond canon, focusing on 1987's The Living Daylights and 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies. They also join Shia LaBeouf in #ALLMYMOVIES by doing a speed run through his entire IMDB filmography. Recorded at Vidiots in Santa Monica, California.