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| LEXG ON THE FILMS OF 2024 SO FAR | 18 Jul 2024 | 02:00:56 | |
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” | 25 Jun 2024 | 01:03:13 | |
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 RETRO REVISIT: CRASH (2005) PLUS OTHER RAMBLINGS | 10 Feb 2023 | 01:24:26 | |
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 | 08 Nov 2022 | 01:41:47 | |
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 | 21 Jun 2022 | 01:53:14 | |
John Carpenter Lighting Round by LexG
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| THE FILMS OF 1987 by LexG | 20 May 2022 | 01:56:04 | |
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 | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:45:26 | |
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 | 21 Mar 2022 | 01:08:30 | |
LexG discusses the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture.
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| THE LEXG JAMES BOND PRELIMINARY LIGHTNING ROUND | 14 Oct 2021 | 01:23:37 | |
LexG on Bond.
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| LEXG ON MICHAEL MYERS (THE GOD OF HALLOWEEN) | 30 Jun 2021 | 00:36:31 | |
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 | 25 Jun 2021 | 00:49:17 | |
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 | 11 Jun 2021 | 00:25:04 | |
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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| LEXG REVIEWS FALL GUY, FURIOSA, I SAW THE TV GLOW | 30 May 2024 | 01:08:32 | |
After a box office ramble, LexG discusses recent releases The Fall Guy, Furiosa, and I Saw the TV Glow
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| CLINT EASTWOOD LIGHTNING ROUND 1964-1990 | 01 Jun 2021 | 00:59:40 | |
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 | 28 May 2021 | 00:19:54 | |
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) | 27 May 2021 | 00:32:18 | |
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 | 26 May 2021 | 00:28:25 | |
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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| LEXG’S HAIR CHAT | 24 May 2021 | 00:47:41 | |
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 | 14 May 2021 | 01:01:06 | |
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? | 13 May 2021 | 00:26:19 | |
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 | 12 May 2021 | 00:46:52 | |
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 | 09 May 2021 | 00:27:22 | |
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 | 06 May 2021 | 01:57:28 | |
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 FILMS OF 2023 OSCAR CHAT | 09 Mar 2024 | 01:21:40 | |
Better late than never, LexG discusses the nominated films and performances of the 2023 movie year.
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| LEXG HUMP DAY FREE-FOR-ALL | 29 Apr 2021 | 00:43:25 | |
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 OSCAR CHAT 2021 | 25 Apr 2021 | 00:35:11 | |
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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| THE FILMS OF 1999 | 24 Apr 2021 | 01:23:38 | |
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 | 19 Apr 2021 | 00:45:27 | |
I take a brief look at the career of Mark Wahlberg and discuss his 6-part reality show “Wahl Street.”
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| ARCLIGHT MEMORIES | 13 Apr 2021 | 00:26:35 | |
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 | 13 Apr 2021 | 00:32:41 | |
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 | 11 Apr 2021 | 00:55:06 | |
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 | 05 Apr 2021 | 00:32:27 | |
Freeform rant about various ways in which we process movies now versus my formative era.
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| SPIKE LEE LIGHTNING ROUND | 31 Mar 2021 | 01:24:48 | |
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 | 25 Mar 2021 | 01:13:18 | |
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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| LEXG ON MICHAEL MANN AND FERRARI | 02 Mar 2024 | 01:03:44 | |
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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| MY VIDEO STORE MEMORIES | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:40:41 | |
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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| INTRODUCTION TO SHEEN | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:30:11 | |
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 | 16 Mar 2021 | 00:19:27 | |
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 | 16 Mar 2021 | 00:47:47 | |
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 | 12 Mar 2021 | 01:32:11 | |
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 | 10 Mar 2021 | 00:26:01 | |
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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| Quick take: BODY DOUBLE | 09 Mar 2021 | 00:14:40 | |
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? | 09 Mar 2021 | 00:13:46 | |
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 | 04 Mar 2021 | 00:26:49 | |
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 | 28 Feb 2021 | 00:31:20 | |
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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| LEXG FALL 2023 MOVIE CATCH-UP | 07 Dec 2023 | 01:47:55 | |
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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| DOCTOR SLEEP Review | 26 Feb 2021 | 00:23:06 | |
LexG talks about doing a 180 on this uneven but interesting belated sequel to one of his favorite movies.
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| WHY DID I NOT MISS GOING TO THEATERS? | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:14:09 | |
B-side episode, no movie review today but just musing about theaters reopening,
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| CREEPSHOW 2 Review | 23 Feb 2021 | 00:21:15 | |
For fans of Creepshow 2, I do a deep dive on this awesomely terrible film. Timely as ever!
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| JOHN LANDIS MEMORIES | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:12:13 | |
Tossed-off early bonus episode where I remember how much John Landis meant to me as a little kid in terms of understanding filmmaking. Also I run out of breath very obviously at some points
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