Episode 29: Dragged Across Concrete (2018) - The Conservative Fantasies of S. Craig Zahler

We wrap up our series on the films of S. Craig Zahler with perhaps is least palatable film DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE. In the 2018 crime thriller, Zahler focuses his increasingly fascistic lense on the issue of........police brutality (oof!). Starring Mel Gibson (double-oof!) and Vince Vaughn, Zahler's brand of gritty celluloid violence goes full-mask off and asks the big questions like: Why can't cops beat up whoever they want? Conversation also includes:

  • Craig complaining about baseball;

  • Hutton Gibson, Mel's nazi-sympathizing, conspiracy-enthusiast father.

  • Joe Biden's renewal of the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act; an

  • We discuss our recent watches including BODY DOUBLE, THANKSGIVING, SALTBURN, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD.

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Episode 26: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) - The Conservative Fantasies of S. Craig Zahler

We continue our series examining the films of S. Craig Zahler and their increasingly bizarre depiction of a violent, conservative "utopia/dystopia". This week we watched BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, Zahler's attempt at a prison exploitation flick starring Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, and Udo Kier. Also: we celebrate the death of Henry Kissinger, one of history's greatest villains; upcoming movies we're geeked for: THE IRON CLAW, THE SWEET EAST, POOR THINGS, and FERRARI; the Daily Wire has released an anti-trans comedy called LADY BALLERS (or based JUWANNA MAN); and what makes an exploitation film an exploitation film?

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