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Gather ye 'round, children, and we'll weave ye' a tale. From the Highlands of Scotland where the breeze kisses the heather, and Liam Neeson kisses Jessica Lange under an upright boulder.Matt and Trevor order off menu for a steaming plate of haggis to discuss Rob Roy, the other Scottish period film from 1995, and one that contains 100% less Mel Gibson than the alternative.Rob Roy McGregor, a Scottish chief would live to become an outlaw, before entering legend as a folk hero. His true story is loosely adapted for the screen, with an all-star cast including Neeson, Lange, Brian Cox, Tim Roth, John Hurt, Eric Stoltz, and Andrew Keir. Solid performances, dynamic swashing of buckles, and expert sword play bring the world of 18th century Scotland to life, in what amounts to a crime/fugitive thriller by today's standards.Also, Rob Roy is very in love with his wife. They don't want you to forget that.Love, honor, revenge, pride, politics, and crime are all on display amid the breathtaking scenery of the Scottish High

"An unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates"The best place to be is here. The best time to be is now."-Wyld Stallyns"Bake 40 to 45 minutes or just until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack."-Betty CrockerWisdom comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it's from history's greatest philosophers pondering life and death. Sometimes it's a 30-year-old slacker film franchise pondering time and space.Sometimes it's a trusted brand in consumer baking telling you how to cook brownies.In any case something nice and special happened, if only of the most brief and frivolous moment, and the Nighthawks would like to share that with you.But first, it's time to make good on an episode we've long teased. What you have on your device in front of you is the Bill and Ted Trilogy episode of the Nighthawks Podcast.We have a spoiler-filled discussion of the first two nearly-30-year-old films in the franchise, which introduced a generation of Gen X and Elder Millennials to Bil

Ol' Matt and Trevor Did Dare to Endeavor To watch a film by Frank Marshall Along Came Some Spiders And they were venomous biters To this Amblin Thrillomedy we're partialIt's the late Frank Marshall's directorial debut: Arachnophobia. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, the movie was branded as (god only knows why) a "Thrillomedy," seeking to give wide audiences a movie that would scare them silly.Starring Jeff Daniels, John Goodman, and Julian Sands; Arachnophobia is the PG-13 killer spider thriller that gave the heebie jeebies to younger versions of Matt and Trevor. On the film's 30th anniversary, does it hold up?Or is it a desiccated and dried up husk?

This Episode of the Nighthawks Podcast is not censored for profanity or content. Listener discretion is advised.Nighthawks Diner special Guest Host Terry Fleming drops in to talk to Matt about a movie they've been familiar with since they were young. Trevor, on the other hand, is watching this John Singleton 1991 classic for the first time.Today the Nighthawks Diner is abuzz with discussion of Boyz n the Hood, the Freshman film for the late John Singleton, who would have a long and impressive career before his death. Meanwhile Boyz n the Hood also offers us babyfaced performances from Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Regina King, Angela Bassett, Lawrence Fishburne and a cavalcade of others.What was John Singleton saying in 1991? What does the movie say about the modern day?Are we listening yet?Special thanks to our guest, Terry Fleming: https://www.instagram.com/terryfphotos/https://www.facebook.com/unfilteredbachelor/Resources for addressing and understanding the current BLM movement in the United States are avai

It's one of those magical times when the late Tony Scott crossed paths with the legendary Denzel Washington.Believe it or not, Trevor watched this movie for the FIRST time, specifically for this episode. Would the kidnapping revenge thriller hold up to nearly 25 years of build up?Matt saw this in a timely manner and has been a fan. No question about it, Matt thinks the movie works.Links from the intro:One Of US Net’s Live From the End of the World webcast that specifically discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, and what allies need to know and how to help. The webcast was facilitated by Chris Cox at One of Us, and featured an all black panel.https://oneofus.net/2020/06/one-of-us-show-live-from-the-end-of-the-world-ep-11/Panelists include:Joshua Dylan Hunter: The Reel Pineapple - https://www.facebook.com/thereelpineappleMichael Van Slyke: Archangel Arts - https://www.facebook.com/pg/archangelarts/community/Gene Seliasse - Is a critic, screen writer, comic writer, friend of the podcast. His comic anthologie

Good evening to the denizens of the Nighthawks diner. We are pleased to report that as the world finds itself in a nightmare absurdist dystopia of COVID-19, the streets around the conceptual Nighthawks diner are a little safer from crime.Actress, producer, comedian, stunt performer, and all-around-entertainment-engine Katie Mae Peters pulls up a seat in the diner booth with Matt and Trevor to talk about her feature role in The Bee, a short film that was released online at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.We talk with Katie about her wild and crazy journey in and around the film industry. A journey that would find her as a director of a live multi-camera television show in high school, a zombie on The Walking Dead, a coach for Team USA Roller Derby, a genuine Texas filmmaker, and a stunt performer in Los Angeles.The journey also finds Katie Mae starring as the title character in the short that is the basis of this week's show.Take 14 minutes and enjoy...Important Links:Watch The Bee here: https://bit.ly/

It's that time of year, and with the calendar coincidence, we couldn't turn down another pass at a 4/20 marijuana-themed episode.This year is 2020 so 4/20 gets two extra 20s, and we're assured that means we get to consume more marijuana than normal 4/20, and we get to celebrate longer because all month is 4/20.The mysteries of this holiday are many, and we're getting to the age where we don't understand.What we do understand are raunchy pod comedies from the early millennium. We also need to apologize for a lot of comedy from the early millennium. There's a lot of gay panic in Harold & Kumar's franchise. Something that we weren't sensitive to back then but is a call for introspection this time.Speaking of introspection, it's not all insensitive humor. The poop and fart jokes still land as poop and fart jokes, and the movie offers us a refreshing look at functional stoners, as well as non-white protagonists.Issues of race and xenophobia are touched on. So are early millennium hangups on plural sexuality.Ta

Credits:Mark Ball (Podcaster- Doing the Nasty, Action Figure PhotographerChris Bucheit (Chef, Musician- Middle Class Joe)Susan Burke (Comedian, actor, director, writer- Southbound, Stan Against Evil)C. Robert Cargill (Novelist, podcaster, writer- Marvel’s Doctor Strange, Sinister)Rebecca Frost (Podcaster, critic)Steven DeGennaro (Podcaster, writer, director- Found Footage 3D, Stop)Lucas Lee Graham (Producer, director, cinematographer- Escape from Tomorrow)Cameron Maris (Oscar Czar, musician- Middle Class Joe)Matt Peters (Comedian, actor- Orange is the New Black, Weeds)Maxim Pozderic (Video clerk, live trivia game show host) Charity O’Haodagain (Podcaster, previous Nighthawks guest)Scott Schalchlin (State of Texas, previous Nighthawks guest)Nicholas Don Smith (Comedian, host- Dungeons and Comedy)Kristal Starr (Comedian)Special guest appearance by Cadence (Small child)It’s a simple question. What do movies mean to you? It’s the answers that aren’t always so simple. For this episode we asked this question of fou

It was bound to happen sooner or later and a collision of streaming coincidence allowed us to get this done in our first hundred episodes.Matt is an old aficionado of the Robert B. Parker Spenser novels, a fan of the television series Spenser: For Hire, and he has strong opinions about the made-for-TV Spenser movies from the 90s and early aughts. He’s going into the 2020 Netflix offering, Spenser Confidential, with a keenly hewn fandom and a careful critical mind.Trevor hadn’t consumed ANY Spenser properties when he finally sat down and socially distanced himself with Spenser Confidential. But after watching the new film with Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, and Iliza Shlesinger Trevor did his homework and read some Robert B. Parker to beef up for the episode.The streaming gods did also smile upon Matt and Trevor, bestowing them with an unexpected and very welcome gift- three seasons of Spenser: For Hire on ImdbTV, a free-with-commercials service.So in this episode the guys talk about Robert B. Parker’s work, Spe

Welcome to the 80s!Tortoiseshell glasses, with smoky lenses, Texas tech impresarios and Silicon Valley Dudes programing the latest hit video games.As technology began to explode into the American home, the world struggled with how to interpret this new way of life. Inevitably the artistic medium of our times saw a pretty incredible attempt to imagine the world from within technology itself.This is Disney's TRON, a 1985 science fiction film starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, and David Warner. The movie would become and infamous flop, and a bold new bar in the world of technology and animation.A harbinger of things to come, not only narratively, but in the film industry; love it or hate it, TRON has grist for the Nighthawks' Diner conversation.Pull up a seat and join us.

It's official. South Korean Director Bong Joon Ho ties Walt Disney for the most Oscar statuettes taken home in a single night, as Parasite walks away the literal winner, and the metaphorical winner.Oscar Czar and House Musician Cameron Maris checks in with Matt and Trevor, as the Nighthawks record their first Oscar reaction episode, and what a year to do it.A lot of love gets thrown around in this episode and very, very little shade.But a little shade.

A comprehensive UNCENSORED special, exploring the 92nd Annual Academy AwardsMatt and Trevor have pulled Cameron out of cold storage, after an extra-long bout in the Nighthawks Diner's walk-in freezer- where he is stored between awards seasons. And to save ourselves a headache in the edit for our 3 hour episode...This episode is uncensored for profanity and content.We drop F-Bombs.After taking the 91st Annual Academy Awards off, the Co-Hosts and the Oscar Czar make up for lost time with a special triple-long episode, that's STILL SHORTER THAN THE IRISHMAN!!!In this episode we discuss (pulls out banjo): Dolemite is My Name; Toy Story 4; How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; Mulan; The Little Mermaid; Missing Link; I Lost My Body; Rocketman; Harriet; Breakthrough; Frozen II; Joker; Little Women; Marriage Story; Bombshell; 1917; Jojo Rabbit; The Irishman; The Two Popes; Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; What We Do In The Shadows; Uncut Gems; American Factory; Knives Out; Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood; Ju

It's a new year, and the guys in the Nighthawks diner are coming back from their holiday vacation having watched a special "Christmas Movie."No. Not Die Hard. Die Hard is soooo 1986. (Just kidding, we love you, Die Hard.)This holiday season, the boys checked in with director Harold Ramis and actors John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Platt, and Randy Quaid for a freezer-burned caper, in a Christmas time noir.In the Ice Harvest, the boys find a fantastically dark film, based on a novel from Scott Phillips. The heist has already happened, all our characters have to do is behave themselves, and they can get away.But sometimes, failing is the best way to succeed.Also in this episode, an extra-long Trailer Talk concerning Ghostbusters Afterlife, the upcoming sequel to the original Ghostbusters franchise, starring (you guessed it) Harold Ramis.Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer:https://youtu.be/ahZFCF--uRY

Star Wars 1977 - 2019Rest in PeaceIn episode 94 of the Nighthawks Podcast we discuss Episode IX of the Third Star Wars trilogy, and marking a future uncertain for the franchise.While opinions are starkly divided and battle lines have been drawn on social media- we humbly offer what we believe is a very mature, even-handed, and fair look at the movie.Like everyone else, we have our opinions, but we are able to discuss the opinions of others without insulting their mothers.

The boys celebrated Black Friday, not by going out and spending, but by staying in and watching a movie.Honoring the holiday, Matt and Trevor made this Friday especially Black by talking about a Black Movie. Shane Black, to be precise.The subject of Nighthawks Episodes 21 and 22 is on deck, and Matt and Trevor are talking about his 1970s period detective comedy The Nice Guys.First up though, the guys have been watching The Mandalorian on Disney+ an have a few spoiler free thoughts.Also with an equipped spoiler curtain in place the Nighthawks examine another writer/director turn by Shane Black. This isn't Black's latest turn in the director's chair, also briefly discussed is The Predator and the scandal involving Black hiring a known sex offender.Those wanting more information on those reports can begin here. These are historical articles and are presented here for information and context purposes:Olivia Munn Says Fox Didn’t Return Her Call Initially After Reporting ‘Predator’ Sex Offender (Variety)https://var

As day breaks on this year's extended Monstoberfest coverage, we send the 2019 horror season off by taking another stab at a boss monster.And we mean "boss" both as "superlative" and "in charge."In 2015's Nighthawks Episode 3, Matt and Trevor discussed the incomparable Christopher Lee and his first turn as Dracula in 1958's DRACULA from Hammer Films (distributed in the US as THE HORROR OF DRACULA).During that episode, the boys found the Hammer treatment changed a great deal from the source material and elevated it for then-contemporary audiences. This, despite Trevor's shocking confession that he doesn't like the Dracula novel all that much.This time around, in 1992's BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, director auteur Francis Ford Coppola uses older and time-honored production techniques to craft a well-executed and out-of-time look and feel for a story that was originally published in 1897.BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA features legendary makeup, costumes, and performances from Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins.Also featured: not-

The Monster is back, baby!As things in the Nighthawks Diner are often conceptual, so goes the Gregorian Calendar. The Spawn of Monstoberfest knows no bounds!As our Monstoberfest coverage bleeds into Monstember, we want to thank you for staying with the spooky coverage.Listen, we’ll be frank. When faced with the choice of jettisoning our Monstoberfest coverage vs sitting on our Telluride coverage for later release… WE DID NEITHER. OUTLAW COUNTRY!!!The gimmick is fun, but the thesis is stronger than the fun of the calendar gimmick. We promise.Hot on the heels of watching 2010’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, the boys turn the PLATINUM DUNES clock back a year and watched the re-make/boot/hash/imagining of the 1980 slasher classic FRIDAY THE 13th.Jared Padalecki stars in this non-supernatural (ahem) chapter of the hockey-mask-wearing killer Jason Voorhees. Was this another tired remake, or did the 2009 edition bring something to the table?The Redux of Monstoberfest continues.For our original discussion on Friday the

It’s a Halloween Special, WITHIN A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!! The boys postponed the Monstoberfest action, in favor of a little Monstemberfest bleed (we’re committed to this bit).This gives us a little space to bring you:Matt, Trevor, and Mark bring you the low down from two miles up (give or take) in the beautiful mountain community of Telluride, Colorado. As it would so happen, the Telluride Horror Show was also in town- so we have a lot of relevant stuff to talk about.There will be no spoilers for these films.The guys talk about hotly anticipated films from Hulu and Netflix, ELI and WOUNDS. Matt has opinions on the film 1BR, Mark talks THE DEEPER YOU DIG, and Trevor makes the case for SCARE PACKAGE.And sure to become a fan favorite, VFW gets a look from our panel, while opinions differ on the upcoming THE LODGE.Don't forget the word is: Don't miss SWEETHEART.Also! Coincidentally, spectral guest co-ghost Mark Ball, who dabbles in action figure animation, worked on this newly released video from the band Pleasure

It's a Halloween Special, WITHIN A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!!The boys postponed the Monstoberfest action, in favor of a little Monstemberfest bleed (we're committed to this bit). This gives us a little space to bring you "The Nighthawks Telluride Horror Show '19 TelluLive (on Memorex) Halloween Special with Special Ghost-Host Fancy Mark Ball" (Trademark possibly pending).Matt, Trevor, and Mark bring you the low down from two miles up (give or take) in the beautiful mountain community of Telluride Colorado. As it would so happen, the Telluride Horror Show was also in town- so we have a lot of relevant stuff to talk about.No Spoilers for these films, in this episode. The guys want you to look out for MAKING MONSTERS and AFTER MIDNIGHT. Two horror films that want to play and expand into very different but very interesting territories in the genre.The guys also discuss the (capital-G) Genius of Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Ghoul, who stopped by and pressed the flesh while dropping heavy knowledge bombs like colleg

For the autumnal season, the Nighthawks are talking about remakes of horror movies that have been covered previously in the podcast before.First up, throwing back to Nighthawks Episode 11 (Titled Wes Craven’s Impossible Dream) Matt and Trevor chatted in the diner booth about the 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street and its meta sequel Wes Craven’s A New Nightmare.The boys check back in with the Nightmare franchise, by watching the Freddy Krueger movie whose most unexpected victim was the Platinum Dunes horror remake model.Neither Matt nor Trevor had seen the 2010 Nightmare before this episode. Were they right to hold off? Does the remake deserve the hate, or is it a misunderstood innocent victim of remake prejudice?Give ‘er a spin and try us. It’s prime time…Link to Nighthawks Ep 11: https://bit.ly/2VXrkBz