Episodes
 We're back! And we're continuing our 90s Cyberpunk batch with the film Brainscan, starring John Connor...I mean Edward Furlong. Will he be able to pull off video game levels of sneak? Will he be able to hook up with a girl inappropriately older than him? You'll have to tune in to find out. If you'd like to send in questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. We also have written reviews and a...
Published 11/19/24
Published 11/19/24
Ryan and Nathan get pulled into the dank, underground caverns of Mindwarp in this week's look at the cyberpunk boom of the 1990s. Thanks for joining us for this exceedingly gory episode.  If you'd like to send in questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. We also have written reviews and a list of all the films we've covered on Letterboxd, Kraznor and Ryan McCulloch. -N Infinisynth
Published 10/09/24
Can you decipher reality? What if you played a game where you're pulled into a reality so deep you don't know what's real anymore? Welcome to eXistenZ. Nathan and Ryan are going back to our fellow Canadian, and director of the first feature of this podcast, David Cronenberg. Join us as we look at an overlooked film of his that came out mere weeks after the cultural phenom with similar ideas, but very different execution. If you'd like to send in some questions for future shows, email...
Published 10/01/24
Virtual Reality. Hot subject in 1999, and despite being somewhat late to the party, The Thirteenth Floor still squeaks into our 90s Cyberpunk batch. Thanks for joining us. Ryan and Nathan had pretty different experiences with this one, but manage to find some conversation fruit about artificial intelligence, video games and the ethics of killing NPCs. We then dive into a discussion about great horror movie monsters.  If you'd like to send in some questions for future shows, email...
Published 09/25/24
Brett Leonard is back with another high concept tale, this time about an android made of nano-machines on a crime spree in L.A. in Virtuosity, the latest in our batch of cyberpunk films from the 1990s. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send questions in for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Instagram and Hive, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N Selina 3.2
Published 09/17/24
Ryan and Nathan are ready to Hack the Planet with the Hackers, an undervalued slice of American cheese that fits snugly into our 90s Cyberpunk study. We also unpack some baggage we've collected regarding our Gen X forefathers. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send us queries for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Instagram and Hive, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. For written reviews, check out Kraznor and Ryan McCulloch on Letterboxd. -N...
Published 09/10/24
Secret masterpiece or dated, unwatchable trash? Both? Ryan and Nathan watch the befuddling The Lawnmower Man, and discuss VR, Stephen King and weaponized chimpanzees along the way in this new entry in our cyberpunk series. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to submit questions for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. If you'd like to check out our written reviews, Kraznor and Ryan McCulloch on...
Published 09/03/24
Data security. Identity Theft. Triangulation. Pretty fresh concepts in 1995. Though it may not TECHNICALLY be cyberpunk, Ryan and Nathan felt The Net needed to be acknowledged as a tech savvy thriller that was important in the 90s, so it gets a full look here. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to email us questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. -N R.I.P. Cyberbob
Published 08/28/24
We are living in strange days. So what a better time than to watch a movie called Strange Days. We continue our foray into 90s Cyberpunk with growing-cult film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Cameron. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in some questions for future episodes, you can email (so cyber!) [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram (less cyber), okvideopocast, or BlueSky (hella cyber!), OKVideo. Check us out on Letterboxd as...
Published 08/21/24
The 90s were hella cyber and Ryan and Nathan are ready to explore that era of Cyberpunk. First up is Johnny Mnemonic, the William Gibson-penned action film featuring the most cyber man of the era, Keanu Reeves. There are some surprises in this film, to be sure. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in some questions for future episodes, you can email (so cyber!) [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram (less cyber), okvideopocast, or BlueSky (hella...
Published 08/13/24
 This is it! We've made it to the end of our longest batch yet. This week we're talking about the Coen Brother's filmography and Nathan and Ryan give their, likely, not so similar lists. Thanks for joining us. We also reveal the subject of our next batch of films. If you'd like to send in a question for a future show, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. -R Super Coen Bros. 3 > Super Coen Bros. 1
Published 07/30/24
The final film directed by both Coen Brothers has arrived, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Six films in one. As a bonus, listen to the confidence in our voices about the release date of Horizon: An American Saga Part 2. We were so naive.  If you'd like to send in some questions for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] You can also reach out on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N Humans are basically ferrets
Published 07/23/24
Eddie Mannix has a lot of thinking do about his career, his family and his future in Hail,Caesar!, the seventeenth film by the Coen Brothers. A glowing tribute to the films of the 1950s, Nathan and Ryan find a lot to love in this offbeat comedy. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N A Story of the Christ
Published 07/16/24
His music has been to outer space. He is an Academy Award winning, living legend, and this movie is NOT about Bob Dylan. It is about a man in his shadow. Inside Llewyn Davis tells the tale of a struggling artist who learns to be more mindful of cats and their rascally ways during a tough week where he comes to the brink of quitting show-business. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Instagram and...
Published 07/09/24
Grab your bear skin and pull on up to the fire for the tale of Mattie Ross and her quest to find the right sort of bounty hunter to deal with the man who killed her father. True Grit is the tale, and it is the 15th film by the Coen Brothers. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in questions for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N You're Not LaBoeuf!
Published 07/02/24
 Farewell to Google Podcasts, one of our favourite platforms. Thanks for joining us for our ongoing look at the filmography of the Coen Brothers. This week we take a look at their 60s period-piece version of Job and get into Nathan's misunderstandings about that story with A Serious Man. Dybbuks, Whirlwinds, Bar Mitzvahs, this movie has it all.  If you'd like to send us questions for future shows and prevent further Spider-Man talk, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on...
Published 06/25/24
As Joel Coen describes it, this movie showcases what happens when the worlds of espionage and physical fitness collide. Burn After Reading is up to bat in our look at the entire filmography of the Coen Brothers. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in queries for future programs, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. For written content, check out our Letterboxd profiles at Kraznor and rammculloch.  -NThe...
Published 06/18/24
Hey friendoes, we got another Coen Brothers classic for you, No Country for Old Men. This movie won some trophies, got some accolades and some box office, but it finally got featured on an obscure Canadian movie podcast. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in some questions for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N Okay, heads then
Published 06/11/24
It's Ladykillin' Time! Ryan and Nathan are back with one of the least beloved films by the Coen Brothers, The Ladykillers, featuring an Edgar Allan Poe-loving Tom Hanks and his crew of sordid criminals scheming to steal from Stephen Root. Thanks for joining us.  If you'd like to submit questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also receiving correspondence via Instagram and Hive, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N Garbage Barge
Published 06/04/24
Ryan and Nathan discuss the merits and shortcomings of the Coen Brothers' 2003 divorce-themed romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty. Then they ponder the meaning of "success" in the world of online streaming and way the movie-going world is changing all around them. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send in questions for future shows, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. If you'd like to check out our written...
Published 05/29/24
Ryan and Nathan are back with very different reads on Ed Crane, a barber who gets into a mess of trouble in The Man Who Wasn't There, the ninth feature film directed by the Coen Brothers. Nathan gave a listen to the audio commentary track as well and shares some of those details. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send us some question for future show, email [email protected] or [email protected], or you can message us on Instagram and Hive, okvideopodcast, or BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N Silent Nod
Published 05/21/24
The Soundtrack that Changed the World. Ryan and Nathan take a look at O Brother, Where Art Thou? as part of their look at the entire filmography of the Coen Bros. Apparently America was swallowed by a dust cloud in the 30s that turned everything brown for a period. Very strange moment in history. If you'd like to send us some questions for future episodes, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Instagram and Hive, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -N I'm a Dapper Dan Man
Published 05/14/24
Ryan and Nathan take a look at the most widely discussed Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski. Rugs, bowling, white russians, the Gulf War, it's all here. Then Nathan gets a chance to vent about how much he dislikes John Grisham. Thanks for joining us. If you'd like to send us questions for a future show, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo. Check out our reviews on Letterboxd as well, Ryan McCulloch and Kraznor. ...
Published 05/08/24
After slandering Martin Scorsese's good name, Nathan and Ryan take a look at one of the Coen Brothers' most heralded films, Fargo from 1996. Is it still a near-flawless masterpiece? Yes. But you should listen to us relitigate its case once again.  If you'd like to send us some questions for a future show, email [email protected] or [email protected] We are also on Hive and Instagram, okvideopodcast, and BlueSky, OKVideo.  -NFargo
Published 04/30/24