The Butcher Shop

The Torchy’s boys are back after a long absence to ride, do some hard drugs and reminisce with a legendary gunfighter. We join Bill, Jane and array of Walter Hill regulars as he struggles to keep a hold on his addictions, his women, his struggling eyesight and his past catching up to him. This features Jeff Bridges as the titular Wild Bill, Ellen Barkin, James Gammon, David Arquette, John Hurt and James Remar.

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iris and Gary sit down with some skunk beer and some fried chicken to tell a tale about deplorable people. After a family hires a crooked cop to kill a hated relative, they endure psychological and physical trauma all in the pursuit of minimal riches and a whole lot of tragedy. Matthew Mcconaughey, Juno Temple and Emile Hirsh stars in William Friedkin’s Killer Joe.

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Ricky and Gary were late to release this one because we have been getting our chakras in order. We have been training hard with these crazy monks learning our ball handling skills. When a rag tag team of former monks get an opportunity at glory on the soccer field, they use their mystical powers to battle the opposition and beat Team Evil in gravity defying fashion. This stars the great Steven Chow who is the star of Kung Fu Hustle. Put on your busted cleats and light your smoke. No red cards allowed in this match.

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Iris, Suzanne and Gary are back and we’re feeling furry with excitement. On this one, we talk about the horned up exploits of sexy shapeshifters. When a troubled couple go hang with other white folks in the woods, they soon discover that their getaway houses a legion of werewolves in The Howling. Next up, you get horned up cat people looking for love and life forces in the Stephen King scribed Mick Garris directed Sleepwalkers.

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Cameron and Gary are on this one and they tackle a gem here. Typical story. Family goes out into space and finds a wreckage. They take on the last survivor who they nurse back to life. Little do they know that their new boarder is looking for love and possibly a whole lot of bloodshed. Richard Grieco, Corbin Bernsen and Edie McClurg star in this installment of Roger Corman’s long line of horror and sci-fi films he did for Showtime. Take your protein pills and put your condom on. It’s gonna get weird.

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The Torchy’s boys are back and we are riding side saddle with a true native legend. This is a mostly true retelling of Geronimo and his Apache people’s surrender to the US Government and the struggle of both sides through battles and constant mistrust. Wes Studi, Gene Hackman, Jason Patric, Matt Damon and Robert Duvall in Mr. Hill’s decent attempt at an epic featuring writing credits by John Milius and an accompanying epic score by Ry Cooter.

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Suzanne and Gary are back after an unwanted hiatus to bring you two reviews of films that are completely different. It’s a favorite things episode. First up, we dive into the devil’s goo with John Carpenter’s take on theology and the science that may bring on the end of the world with Prince of Darkness. 20 years later, we needed a hero and that hero will wear a cape and ride a motorbike. We cover Hot Rod from 2007. Glad to be back, beefers.

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Ricky and Gary ride their motorcars straight into the past apocalypse as we start our loving tribute to our friend Johnny with these shows. We start is out with a bang and a boob (just one) with Joe D’Amato dipping his toes into the illustrious world of the Mad Max rip-off 2020 Texas Gladiators aka Endgame from 1983.

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Original Cinema Quad Poster – Movie Film Posters The Torchy’s boys are back and we are traveling in search of riches and some ghetto shenanigans. Walter Hill takes us on a journey to East St. Louis where two firefighters are hoping to strike it rich. They get ahold of a map that leads them to an old factory and some high powered gangstas. Will they escape with the gold or lose their heads? William Sadler, Bill Paxton, Ice-T, Ice Cube and our favorite Art Evans star in Trespass from 1992.

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Join Gary Hill and Ricky Morgan (Doctor Movie) for another feature discussion where we had to gather our wits and banter to discuss this underseen tournament fighting movie. When Alex gets booted out of the fencing community for accidently killing a guy, he is recruited by a mystery man to fight in Ring Of Steel which is an underground sword fighting league where they fight to the death. Sometimes. Look for it for free on YouTube. Next up, we are going Italian Mad Max ripoff with 2020 Texas Gladiators!

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