A podcast for former comic and beloved film historian LexG to just ramble on and reminisce about beloved movie favorites, with the occasional new review.
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LEXG ON THE FILMS OF 2024 SO FAR
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LexG takes you through the first six months of 2024 with reviews of everything from The Beekeeper to Beverly Hills Copy Axel F.
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LEXG REVIEWS ANDREW McCARTHY’S DOCUMENTARY “BRATS”
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LexG reviews the new documentary on the Brat Pack of the 1980s, leading to various riffs on the actors and youth films of the era.
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LEXG REVIEWS FALL GUY, FURIOSA, I SAW THE TV GLOW
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After a box office ramble, LexG discusses recent releases The Fall Guy, Furiosa, and I Saw the TV Glow
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LEXG FILMS OF 2023 OSCAR CHAT
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Better late than never, LexG discusses the nominated films and performances of the 2023 movie year.
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LEXG ON MICHAEL MANN AND FERRARI
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What starts as an Oscar podcast veers off into discussion of Michael Mann, the evolution of his style, and his latest film, FERRARI
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LEXG FALL 2023 MOVIE CATCH-UP
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LexG reviews The Killer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Freelance, Saw X, and The Marvels. With detours for extended Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese thoughts.
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LEXG on the HALLOWEEN 45 YEARS OF TERROR CONVENTION and FRIDAY THE 13TH 1980
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LexG attends his first horror convention and does a deep dive on the original “Friday the 13th”
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LEXG on WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
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Some words on the late, great William Friedkin. RIP.
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LEXG on STALLONE THROUGH THE YEARS AND ROCKY V
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LexG riffs about Rocky V but not until after a whirlwind riff through The Family Stallone, Tulsa King, Nighthawks, Rockys 1-4, Staying Alive, and Sly/Kurt on Oprah
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LexG reviews Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s latest, with some side riffs along the way about the 1980s, ninja movies, Matt and Ben, and Serge from Beverly Hills Cop.
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LEXG RETRO REVISIT: CRASH (2005) PLUS OTHER RAMBLINGS
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LexG revisits controversial Best Picture winner “Crash” from 2005 after some random musings about inflicting movies on people who don’t care, the Brendan Fraser comeback, Robert Altman and Woody Allen, and other odds and ends.
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LEXG CURRENT TRAILERS AND REVIEWS November 2022
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Freeform episode where LexG riffs about Richard Linklater, James Gray, trailers for The Fabelmans, She Said, and Babylon, and does capsule reviews of Black Adam, Amsterdam, Smile, Banshees of Inisherin, Blonde, and Medieval.
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LEXG ON THE FILMS OF JOHN CARPENTER
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John Carpenter Lighting Round by LexG
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THE FILMS OF 1987 by LexG
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LexG takes you back to 1987, remembering the films of that classic movie year as experienced by a 14-year-old who had to see everything.
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FATHER STU REVIEW by LEXG
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I review the Wahlberg-Gibson movie FATHER STU, with some bonus riffing about some of my favorite YouTube movie reviewers. Please note, this is meant in good fun with nothing but affection for anyone mentioned.
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LEXG 2021 OSCAR CHAT
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LexG discusses the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture.
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THE LEXG JAMES BOND PRELIMINARY LIGHTNING ROUND
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LexG on Bond.
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LEXG ON MICHAEL MYERS (THE GOD OF HALLOWEEN)
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In honor of the new Halloween Kills trailer, I discuss 4 decades of Michael Myers and how he used to be more of a genial, wacky prankster.
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LEXG ON THE FAST AND FURIOUS SERIES
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A look back at the first eight entries in the FAST AND THE FURIOUS saga!
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LEXG ON ANTOINE FUQUA, RENNY HARLIN, ACTION CINEMA, AND FILM TWITTER
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Antoine Fuqua deserves your respect, Renny Harlin rules, and Film Twitter is filled with morons who don’t know their stuff
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CLINT EASTWOOD LIGHTNING ROUND 1964-1990
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I talk about my perspective on Clint the movie star and nascent auteur from the pre-Unforgiven years
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PITCHING MY BIG MOVIE THAT WILL MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS
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LexG has nothing to lose so a pitch for the world’s great SKYPACK movie that will make me richer than my wildest dreams. A must.
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STATE OF THE PODCAST ADDRESS (BOMBING)
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Little update on the LexG Podcast which isn’t quite moving in the direction I’d like. Might be time for an overhaul or on to the next thing.
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YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHING OLD TIMEY MOVIES IS A BIT WEIRD TO ME
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25-year-olds watching the Criterion Collection — cool but a bit unrelatable. Maybe try having a social life before watching movies from 80 years ago
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Talking about hair, hair loss, celebrity hair, my hair loss, rugs and plugs and all things in between.
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USE YOUR ILLUSION I AND II RETRO REVIEW AND GNR CHAT
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I look back at Guns N’ Roses and their famous 1991 double album, including the landmark trio of videos it spawned (Don’t Cry, November Rain, Estranged.) Kind of an off-topic episode for GNR and rock fans
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WHO ASKED FOR ANOTHER MOTLEY CRUE MOVIE?
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Off-topic episode where I talk about Motley Crue, beer drinking, metal, and the ridiculous first glimpse photos of Sebastian Stan and Lily James as Tommy and Pam in a movie nobody asked for.
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REVISITING SCOTT PILGRIM
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I take a look back at Edgar Wright’s modern fave and riff about who I was then and how this beloved movie made me feel ancient, and give it a modern shot at the glad hand!
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FAILING AT LOS ANGELES BY LEXG
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An off-topic LexG BitterCast where I whine about being in LA three decades with nothing to show for it.
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BRIAN DE PALMA LIGHTNING ROUND
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LexG takes you through five decades of Brian De Palma films, including “Sisters,” “Carrie,” “Dressed to Kill,” “Scarface,” “The Untouchables,” “Carlito’s Way,” “Mission to Mars,” “The Black Dahlia,” “Domino,” and all points in between. Enjoy!
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LEXG HUMP DAY FREE-FOR-ALL
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A bit of a potpourri episode rambling from Halloween III to School Ties to whining about my life to screenwriting to horrible kids restaurants of the 1980s.
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LexG breaks down the Oscar nominated films of 2021, with particular insight into cinematography and acting, A little time killer for Oscar day!
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LexG looks back at the hallowed movie year of 1999 to see which films have stood the test of time and which have fallen by the wayside.
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MARK WAHLBERG AND WAHL STREET
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I take a brief look at the career of Mark Wahlberg and discuss his 6-part reality show “Wahl Street.”
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Upon hearing the news that the Arclight and Pacific chains are going out of business in the LA area, esteemed film historian LexG shares some memories in a heartfelt appreciation.
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SPACE JAM REVIEW: 25 YEARS LATE
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LexG riffs about coming to ‘90s kid “classic” “Space Jam” a quarter century late, and how the silly movies we watch as kids stick with us.
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LEXG OFF-TOPIC MUSIC EPISODE: ROCK AND METAL 1982-1995
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Nothing about sheen or movies in this one, so no hard feelings if it’s not for you. I talk about being a dork trying to rock out when I was already too old for it.
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LEXG ON FILM TWITTER, ELAINE MAY, THE MALE GAZE, AND LIV TYLER
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Freeform rant about various ways in which we process movies now versus my formative era.
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SPIKE LEE LIGHTNING ROUND
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I take you through the films of Spike Lee, from thematics to wardrobe to music to SHEEN to how his filmmaking evolved, interweaving stories of where I was in life and how they affected me.
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SCHWARZENEGGER LIGHTNING ROUND
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A little trip down memory lane as I discuss Arnold’s biggest hits of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Apologies to any “Junior” superfans — just genuinely forgot about it.
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I talk about my memories of VHS, mom-and-pop video stories, and Blockbuster in the 1980s and ‘90s, with some discussion of the documentary “The Last Blockbuster.”
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I explain the concept of movies and TV having a SHEEN. Visual sheen can be a result of painterly cinematography, a television broadcast signal, a studio’s preferred processing aesthetic, or modern color timing.
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ZONING OUT AT THE MOVIES
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I discuss the phenomenon of zoning out when watching a movie. When exhaustion, boredom, sameness, dull sheen, and bad projection intersect, you enter The Zone!
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THE FILMS OF JOEL SCHUMACHER
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I go through the career of the late, great Joel Schumacher, focusing on how this genial libertine often had an inadvertently darker undercurrent.
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STEVEN SPIELBERG LIGHTNING ROUND
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I go through every Spielberg movie from Duel to Ready Player One in an epic endurance test. Enjoy at your leisure, apologies for the length!
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EDDIE MURPHY DOUBLE FEATURE: COMING 2 AMERICA and BEST DEFENSE
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Coming 2 America sends me down memory lane with my ‘80s buddy Eddie and somehow I land on his bomb Best Defense
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Just a brief look back at one of my favorite Brian De Palma movies, Body Double starring God Craig Watson.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO PULP FICTION?
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I ask how Inglourious Basterds took Pulp Fiction’s spot as everyone’s favorite QT. Mini episode.
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LEXG’S FORMATIVE HANGOUT MOVIES
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I indulgently run through some party movies of my formative years — Animal House, Saturday Night Fever, 80s teen comedies, Back to School, Bright Lights Big City, The Doors, riffing about where I was in life, culminating with Swingers. A bit different.
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TOM CRUISE LIGHTNING ROUND 1981-2001
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I take you through the first 20 years of movies starring the most powerful human being in the history of the world — Tom Cruise. Super fast like beyond fast.
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