Episodes
All Hallows Eve is upon us! Gather round the campfire friends, and Frank, Connor, Matt, and Peter, bring you the hair raising tale of DRACULA: 2000! It's a familiar tale. Boy meets girl, boy bites girl, and then another girl, and then that guy from That's 70 Show who shall remain nameless. Then boy wanders the streets of New Orleans in a long black coat, while nu metal blares in the background. Our boy, Dracula, just might like the 21st century...
Published 10/30/24
Published 10/30/24
Join for the next entry in our Campfire Series! This time, Frank, Peter and Connor travel across pond to rural England.. The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 supernatural comedy horror film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell, and starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg and Peter Capaldi. Loosely based on the 1911 Bram Stoker novel of the same name, it follows the residents in and around a rural English manor that are tormented by an ancient priestess after the...
Published 10/25/24
Won't you please let us in(to your earholes)? Peter submits his unconventional vampire film and boy is it dark. And cold. And snowy. But what did you expect from Sweden in winter? SPOILER FREE discussion up to 18:38 so please see the movie if you haven't already! It's not just a great vampire movie, but a great movie period. Let the Right One In this week on No Flicks Bitten.
Published 10/18/24
It's that time of year again! The Boys inaugurate their 2024 Campfire Series with the first of four films on "The Unconventional Vampire". Matt's pick? 1986's Vamp starring the inimitable Grace Jones...and the Great State of New Jersey. You'll have to listen to understand.
Published 10/09/24
You feel that in the air? The breeze is a little cooler, days are shorter, the buildings are on fi-...the, the buildings are on fire? What-...oh it's Detroit. But it's not as bad as-...1994. Right. As the seasons turn, the gang revisits an old classic to change our tone for the autumn harvest. We talk death, grief, and funny faces in one of Connor's favorite movies: The Crow.
Published 09/27/24
Cock-a-doodle do and how are you?Today we have a very special episode with a very special guest! We have a brand new commentary track with a brand new member of the NFG Family. Ryan Kilbane joins Frank and Peter as they revisit the 1991 Don Bluth film Rock A-Doodle. If you want to watch along, the commentary begins at 4:15. Ryan joins the boys as a donater to Extra Life, a charity dedicated to fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Believe it or not, this was his reward for...
Published 08/14/24
Welcome to The Suck Zone. We've got the full team for the first time in weeks! Connor, Matt, Peter and Frank all gather to talk about the 1996 disaster blockbuster Twister, starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Join us as we dive into a guilty pleasure all four of us - it turns out - are guilty of. This is an F5 of an episode, make sure you don't miss it before you check on Twisters coming out this weekend, which will see Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones take up the...
Published 07/19/24
"What's to happen is, you will become proper hosts. And draw tunics of the red bright light company of the South Essex, and you will hand in your precious lavaliers and draw proper microphones to go along with being proper dressed. Fit for podcasts at last!" Matt & Connor choose this moment to draw Peter into the world of Sharpe and his Company. This entry is decidedly less Horatio Hornblower and more Thin Red Line than the last few entries, but we find plenty to talk about...not least...
Published 06/26/24
Overtaxed, overworked, and paid off with a knife, a club, or a rope. No, we're not talking about today's politics, we're traveling back to Sherwood Forest! We've seen a few versions of Robin Hood in our time. Some might say too many. At the end of the day, it might just be this one that's worthy of earnest praise. So trend-setting in action/adventure film that it'd feel cliche if you didn't know better. But now you *will* know better!
Published 06/12/24
This week, the boys open up the Criterion Collection vault and pull out-[checks notes]...a Michael Bay movie? [re-reads] A Michael Bay movie. At least they'll be able to answer one of the great questions of cinema. The most famous, of course, is "what does God need with a starship?" But only slightly lesser known, "Is 1996's 'The Rock' a secret James Bond movie?" There's only one way to find out!
Published 05/29/24
We've got a special treat for you this week. The NFG boys are joined by Mark Usher & Johnny Phillips, hosts of the Mastering McConaughey Podcast. We sit down with them to discuss the 1999 comedy 'Blue Streak', starring Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson and Dave Chappelle. Lawrence plays Miles, a jewel thief who tries to retrieve a diamond he left at a police station, whereupon he disguises himself as a detective and gets paired with a real policeman to investigate burglaries. Check out Mark...
Published 04/14/24
Reign of Fire is directed by Rob Bowman and starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, with the screenplay written by Matt Greenberg, Gregg Chabot, and Kevin Peterka. The film also features Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler.
Published 03/29/24
Though April showers may come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May! And now it's March, and here's our first episode of 2024. Well be honest, 2023 was not an easy year for the NFG boys, so we took a few months off. Fortunately we had Natalie Wilson, who made a generous donation to Timmy Nelson's (past a future guest) charity stream for Child's Play, a charity that puts video games in the hands and hearts of children that have long stays at a hospital. Natalie decided she...
Published 03/14/24
In which our heroes open their hearts and celluloid spills out. CONTENT WARNING: Death and grief. 2023 was a challenging year but especially so for Peter & Matt, who lost their dads. We took this time to talk about our dearly departed fathers by discussing their favorite movies. Hopefully it's as entertaining to listen to as it was cathartic to record. Happy New Year, folks.TIMECODES:1. Punisher: War Zone - 0:14:012. Patton - 0:35:233. Airplane! - 0:59:214. Animal House - 1:16:075. Star...
Published 12/29/23
Merry Christmas and Pod Bless Us, Everyone! Rounding out what ended up being a year of no-bummers, we knew there would only be one choice for our Christmastide Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Sit down with your favorite brand of eggnog or cocoa (or bourbon), pop in your trusty tape (or open Disny+) and hang for the next 90 minutes of holiday cheer. You'll also be able to revel in Frank's continued phobia of the Ghost of Christmas Past. LISTENER'S NOTE: we're watching the *full*...
Published 12/23/23
Merry Christmas and Pod Bless Us, Everyone! Rounding out what ended up being a year of no-bummers, we knew there would only be one choice for our Christmastide Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol. Sit down with your favorite brand of eggnog or cocoa (or bourbon), pop in your trusty tape (or open Disny+) and hang for the next 90 minutes of holiday cheer. You'll also be able to revel in Frank's continued phobia of the Ghost of Christmas Past. LISTENER'S NOTE: we're watching the *full*...
Published 12/23/23
Is it a "Santa is dropped into a Die Hard scenario" movie? Yes... Yes it is. Did you think there was more then one of those? Because this is the only one. Fatman (2020) was more of a kinda bad Coen Brothers revenge story kinda thing. Krampus was a holiday themed horror anthology. Violent Night stands alone as THE "Santa Clause is dropped into a Die Hard scenario" movie. Listen you should watch it. It's pretty good. The boys are going to talk about it for more then an hour. Merry...
Published 12/18/23
IT'S TURBO TIME!
Published 12/04/23
"You don't see a podcast. You hear it. White noise blasting by the ton on all sides. ASMR sounds blinding you and choking you and making you vomit." That's right, the Unchosen Men are back and this time they've brought a fresh recruit! Frank joins us as Sharpe trains the South Essex regiment for fighting a column of seasoned French infantrymen. Listen, it's a Sharpe movie. It's got guns, gals, and gazetted captains, though definitely not that toff Gibbons. We'll learn what a damn fine...
Published 11/28/23
You're in for a treat today! Matt and Frank are back to bring you a staple of November. No not turkey. No not massive sales on things you don't need. It's Bond season. And with that, both of them have selected two more James Bond entries to cover, as well as an in-depth conversation on the franchise as a whole. Frank and Matt previously covered Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies and No Time to Die on their other podcast Give it Five. You can check out that martini-induced ramble...
Published 11/14/23
Event Horizon is a bit delayed.... We'll get there.... someday. Happy Halloween!
Published 10/31/23
The nightmare that has been Peter's horror movie rubric finally comes to an end as we cover the third and final spooktacular entry in this year's Halloween series with Matt's pick: 1987's The Gate, which was directed by Tibor Takács and stars Stephen Dorff in his film debut. The Gate follows a group of neighborhood kids who accidentally release a horde of demons from their backyard through a large hole in the ground. Basically Goonies crossed with Evil Dead. With masterful atmosphere,...
Published 10/20/23
We're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party! The whole crew is back to the second film in the "Try not to, but also maybe try to, scare Peter to death series continues with The Return of the Living Dead, 1985's cult classic, directorial debut of famous grump Dan O'Bannon, and the debut of Hollywood star, The Tar Man! We love the Tar Man. Join us as the boys break down the film, ask some serious questions, re-litigate "The Rubric (TM)", and continue to wonder.... should we show Peter...
Published 10/13/23
Ever had a chance to catch the Pepsi to Tales from the Crypt's Coke? Here's your chance! This George Romero and Stephen King team-up serves as Frank's pitch to scare Peter with a horror movie without making him catatonic. The good news is there's five stories packed into this film so he's got plenty of chances. The bad news is there's five stories packed into this film. Peter breaks out his horror rubric (TM? probably not) so we can quantitatively determine just how close to the mark this...
Published 10/06/23