CatBusRuss thought about calling the episode “Celebrating Roger Corman-I-May”, but then ThePoeticCritic corrected him by explaining he had left his studio, New World Pictures, by the time they first translated “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind”. But if Roger Corman was not the producing legend who founded that distributor and AIP, would we even have anime in the States? Those cheap Streamline Pictures dubs had to find inspiration somewhere. Our host and his big sister talk about the influence that Corman had on independent cinema and how that led to the careers of at least two auteurs with Best Director Oscars (Ron Howard and James Cameron). With his recent passing, the two also discuss how cinema will now fair without the continuation of the opportunities he was providing to young filmmakers. Is “Resist the Disney machine” is all they can offer?

Gregory Carl and CatBusRuss team up like the "Snyder's Justice League" to provide an introduction into the world of DC Comics' Animated Features. The two bring up at least 20 of these films, and for the most part, at least one of them will recommend each movie. Your hosts will also express how they got into these features and if you can take the short cut of watching these instead of reading the books that they are based on. NinetyForChill wants to celebrate AniMAY right, but CatBusRuss does not have any episodes revolving around the subject that need to be re-released from the podcast's original PodBean feed. So, let's expand the definition and call it AniMAYtion. And let's make sure the rest of the month is dedicated to moving drawings. Be a guest on the podcast by offering an anime feature film or three to four episodes of a beloved series and at least 40 minutes on Zoom. Email russthebus07@gmail.com to get on the show. We are currently available to record for May 15's new episode at the following times: Wednesday, May 8, after 3 pm CDT. Thursday, May 9, after 4 pm CDT. Sunday, May 12, all day. CatBusRuss is not afraid of long nights, so he is willing to accommodate.

CatBusRuss is still exhausted from the trip to Chicago, but day three was worth the physical toll. He got to argue for one of his favorite “Alien” movies with Channel Awesome. The acting insights of Maya Hawke were quite impressive. But the biggest thrill may have been meeting James Pax. Lighting from “Big Trouble in Little China” had podcast advise. How can you top that?

CatBusRuss had a fascinating day at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. He got the slap in the face about how far behind he was on the Adult Swim classic, “Rick and Morty”, and the gut punch of how great “Hannibal” sounds when he went to the Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy panel. Then it got serious after hours with Nerdlesque and Cosplay Karaoke. It becomes more intense when ThePoeticCritic interjects herself on the pod.

CatBusRuss has arrived at C2E2, and he is surviving. He is doing his best to vacation, but like anything you plan out, it is more hustle than relaxation. It was a fun day because 4.26 is “Alien Day”. Tom Skerritt and Veronica Cartwright provided a great panel about the 45 year-old film. Celebration was the theme of the day as Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes showed their respect to their audience that owes their sense of humor to “Clerks” a movie that is celebrating its 30th Anniversary.

No laptop, no #rewindwednesday. CatBusRuss is coming at you with a new movie review for another movie that was released in the last year. This week, he watched Jason Statham in “The Beekeeper”. It is essentially a solo action hero flick for the Brit which yells at you about what they did wrong with “Expend4bles” and how capitalist are awful once they inevitably sell out. Both messages we can all get behind thanks to British actors heading to Boston for a paycheck.

CatBusRuss was left to explore what might entice an audience to his podcast. This led him to the recent Uma Thurman/Samuel L Jackson movie “The Kill Room” a comedy of errors about art dealing and money laundering. That maybe too indie a genre to investigate. To find out whether or not the “Fast & Furious” franchise met the podcast parameters is a concept for the masses.

Samara Weaving week concludes. Outbreak films have been around as early as the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to say the very least, but most of these features focus on humanity being absolutely lost. Lost via body theft by aliens or demons. Individuality vanished due to a disease taking over the body and conscience. What happens when a virus removes your inhibitions and replaces it with madness? CatBusRuss investigates this idea as presented in the 1970s and the 2010s by reviewing Romero's "The Crazies", Cronenberg's "Shivers", and Joe Lynch's "Mayhem".

Samara Weaving week continues. Michael Dubois makes his return to the podcast to further express his admiration for Samara Weaving with a discussion about 2019's action satire, "Ready or Not". CatBusRuss goes into this thinking the film was a step down from the quality of "Bill and Ted Face the Music", but only a baby step. Is Samara the next Uma Thurman? We will find that out.

Michael Dubois comes back to the podcast to discuss the most excellent trilogy when it comes to doing fan service right, "Bill & Ted". If only Disney had thought about giving "The Rise of Skywalker" to Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters, the galaxy would be what Rufus and Kenobi would consider tranquil. What is there not to like about these films? There is casual homophobia in the first two, but it is fleeting and these films course correct perfectly as they go along. But because of the language used, CatBusRuss deemed that this episode's conversation should be left uncensored.

HappyBeebsMeowMeow (or just Beebs) returns to the podcast to discuss another one of her favorite movies, "The Princess Bride". A movie with Christopher Guest and Andre the Giant, how could CatBusRuss⁠ resist? Ninety For Chill's guest said this was a feature that she knew so well, that she did not require a rewatch. To make sure everyone was in the right headspace, CatBusRuss had the feature running as the two discussed this classic comedy. After the two gush over the brilliance of Rob Reiner's second classic (Russ has not seen "Stand By Me" or "The Sure Thing", but both fit the runtime parameters of the podcast.) they essentially enjoy a virtual viewing of the film. Please do not judge our host too harshly for his attempts to do the dialogue justice. Russ and Beebs do their best to really understand the genius of this family classic. As Joel Siegel stated, "This is Walt Disney meets Monty Python". That is short changing the efforts of the son of Mel Brooks's original comedy partner, Carl Reiner. "The Princess Bride" is Mel Brooks's humor meets William Goldman's understanding of what makes a perfect screenplay. If Rob Reiner had more features under his belt when he directed this, he may have had the skill to make the best film of all time. The more Russ has seen it, the better it gets. Does Beebs agree?

If there is a master of spotting subtle horror on Shudder, it is Gregory Carl. This week he suggested a film that has a horror-worthy premise with "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" featuring a 14 year-old Jodie Foster. It is a feature that turns the seemingly defenseless adolescent premise on its head while maintaining all that 1970s creepiness in all its glory.

Perhaps the episode should have been titled, "Are @CatBusRuss & @CouchManBakes the Reitmen to Go Ghostbusting" but the pun does not feel right. Would the billing order have been right? With "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" being released this week, our host decided to get audiences prepared with all of Ninety For Chill's conversations about "Ghostbuster" movies where the lineup is not totally female. (That is available on the previous episode "Super Mario Bros. 93 with Ta2Squid".) We will first have the CatBus provide his positivity about "Ghostbusters: Afterlife". Then we will return to where the Champaign/Urbana podcast partnership began between Andrew Tiede and Russ Stevens. It is their conversation about Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis's cinematic influence that led to the 1984 classic "Ghostbusters". This was before the "12 Parsecs" rule was instated, so the two proton pack enthusiasts officially record a conversation about the Bill Murray supported comedy classics "Meatballs" and "Caddyshack".

If it is a movie adapted from a video game, you may lure out the Ta2Squid. CatBusRuss welcomes a returning Andras Bodolai to Ninety For Chill: The Podcast for a chat about what is essentially the first attempt at bringing characters from a home gaming console to the big screen, "Super Mario Bros. (1993)". Our host's first conversation with his fellow podcaster was about 2005's "Doom". Like the John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins led movie, most do not remember that feature fondly (if at all as displayed by Kollin from the Trash Panda Podcast). But, there has not been a reclamation effort for the Dwayne Johnson film. Maybe more time needs to pass. Give it 30 years (and a billion-dollar animated feature), and Karl Urban's Doom Slayer might get his proper due. Russ thinks a narrative might still hold the Martian-based movie back. It would not have even needed a sane one because what Dennis Hopper movies do? CatBus and his guest discuss how this may have been a bad adaptation of the source material, but a fun mind shag of movie that walked so "Mortal Kombat" could kick ass. This Screen Drafts Marquee of Fame entrant maybe a flawed masterpiece. The direction is lacking, but this is a movie that has a crazy enough story and charming enough characters that it may have been a decade too late for when the audience would have ate this flick up. And/or, it was a decade too early which prevented meta-obsessed fanatics from appreciating it. It definitely needs more attention since this is only the first round of the Leguizamo v. Hopper battle. Hit CatBusRuss on social media if you would like to discuss George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead". If you find this episode interesting (despite the technical issues...and a "Ghostbusters (2016)" review), we hope you still have a DVD player because that is the only legal way to watch this underappreciated film.

Inspired by George Miller's means to make Mel Gibson feel something in "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior", CatBusRuss addresses how you rarely go wrong by killing a dog on the big screen. Hoping to be ready for "Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City", CatBusRuss revisits Russell Mulcahy's "Resident Evil: Extinction". This Australian-helmed feature allows him to pick the brain of ThePoeticCritic who offers some insight into Australian Exploitation cinema.

ThePoeticCritic has always had a lot to say about the state of cinema at the moment, and she seems to appreciate the platform. The two siblings have a boundless conversation to address their favorite actors, the upcoming (2023) and previous Oscars, and hopes of fewer comic book movies. As for movie reviews, CatBusRuss was able to watch Costas Mandylor of "Saw" fame star in a 2022 knock off of the franchise he is best known for with "Death Count". With that said, we never saw Det. Hoffmanr die. So could this be considered a spinoff?

It is never too late to start the New Year. Some people hope to just get out of their comfort zone. That is the goal of Brandy Stonum, or should we call her HappyBeebsMeowMeow. With a Twitch handle like that, watching a movie where a feline plays a big role seemed perfect. So CatBusRuss was able to bend the rules of the podcast a bit, Han Solo style, and allowed Henry Selick's Neil Gaiman adaptation, "Coraline", be the focus of the show. CatBusRuss has been trying to get one of his best Champaign/Urbana pals onto the podcast since about the inception of the show. The two chat about and have watched movies in each other's company over the past couple of years, so he thought content would come naturally. Our host thought the biggest issue was just finding a movie to fit the parameters of the pod, but people can just be nervous about putting themselves out there. This was probably true of Russ until he had to cut his first wrestling promo. There were just too many quiet goth wrestlers in Peoria. Creating a character was the only in he had. Brandy is a few weeks from bringing her Twitch channel online, so like our film's protagonist, she has to make the online world in her image and not have it handed to her. Hopefully, we can get her back on the podcast once her channel goes live, but until then, lets revel in her cinematic intelligence and patience when it comes to dealing with the CatBus.

ThePoeticCritic and CatBusRuss take you on a journey ranging from the Criterion Channel's Saturday Matinees for the smart kids to the directors with obsessions of dreamlike environments. The Spanish animated gem "Nocturna" and Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on Elm St" serve as bookends to this narrative that does quite a bit of juxtaposition of features like "The Never Ending Story" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". NinetyForChill tries to capture the motivation behind Terry Gilliam's filmography in about 90 minutes.

Jeff Goldblum maybe NinetyForChill's "In case of fire, break glass" metaphor. It is an easy means to bring ThePoeticCritic back on the show to discuss a classic sci-fi feature. (With Jim Carrey's rubberface, we would be consider that to be syfy.) The guy who was the blue alien may draw TPC out, but Peter Weller seems to have an ability to capture CatBusRuss's attention. Throw in some Clancy Brown, and he will be there. Needless to say, our host has the Shout! Factory's Steelbook of 1984's "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension", an underappreciated blueprint of how all comic book movies should operate.

For the first time since CatBusRuss started making the annual trip to Evanston, ThePoeticCritic accompanied her little brother to B-Fest. It is a celebration of “The Best of the Worst” in motion pictures. That is a bit of hyperbole, and the two siblings will try to support that claim with there recap of the events. B-Fest at least met our host’s expectations. Bad musicals (The Apple), some deep hurting (She-Devils on Wheels), kaiju (Tammy and the T-Rex), and roller skates (The Monkey Hospital). If only there was some classic action, but we will let the elder sibling speak on that (Runaway).