Teacher and movie fan Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss one of those great little 80s movies that nobody seems to talk about anymore, which also happened to be one of the first P...

Sportswriter and college professor Paul Oren joins me to discuss a great time capsule of 90s college basketball, not to mention an interesting tale of morality and ethics, 1994's B...

History teacher Steve Williams joins me to discuss one of the greatest theater movies of all time, one of the funniest non-comedies of all time, and I'd argue clearly the best of t...

Podcaster and Coen Brothers fan Jonathan Haueter ("Jon Ha") joins me to discuss "the lesser Coen Brothers Movie" that we think is just as funny as any of the bigger ones, 2008's hi...

Pop culture fan Christine Giver joins me to discuss a movie that was easily one of the top twenty event movies of my lifetime, yet hardly anyone ever talks about today. We delve in...

Fellow reality TV historian Jessica Liese joins me to discuss the great early reality TV movie that no one ever talks about, 1999's EdTV

Jake Lloyd fangirl Katie Banks joins me to discuss one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time, 1996's woefully underappreciated Jingle All The Way

Canadian film fan Mark Kalzer joins me to discuss a fun little sci-fi/math/dystopian independent horror movie, 1997's Cube

Theater kid Will Olsen joins me to discuss the Best Picture Winner that has always unfairly been crapped on, the charming 1998 comedy Shakespeare in Love

Younger version of me Michael Feeney joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies of the 2000s. It's the tale of friend zones, and fat suits, and slap fights - 2005's Just Friend...

Attorney and horror fan Sean McAllister joins me to discuss one of the creepiest movies ever made, the story of the evil inside all of us, 2001's Session 9

I'm joined by my evil twin as we discuss the greatest evil twin movie of them all, 1972's unforgettable creepfest, The Other

Horror fan Christopher Chardi joins me as we lovingly tribute/roast the classic 1979 horror movie, Phantasm

Horror fan and lover of obscure movies David Markowski joins me to discuss one of the greatest made-for-TV horror movies ever made, the infamous 1981 Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Teacher and horror fan Lizzie Swanson joins me to discuss a great Spanish horror movie you have probably never seen before, 1976's Who Can Kill a Child? (aka Island of the Damned)

My daughter, Vanessa Lanza, joins me to discuss a masterpiece of a horror movie that really, really needs a better PR team, 2014's As Above, So Below

I asked young horror fan Brian Farrell to watch the 1962 cult classic Carnival of Souls for the first time, and then come onto Staff Picks and talk about it with me. This is our di...

Horror fan Jessi Bentley joins me to talk about one of the craziest horror movies ever made, 2011's The Cabin in the Woods

My childhood friend Jeff Parker joins me to discuss one of the funniest movies ever made, and a movie that was legendary to any young comedy fan growing up in the eighties, 1977's ...

Actor and voiceover artist Brett Bower joins me to discuss the number one movie I wish I could have seen in a theater, 1979's ultimate movie theater experience, Rocky 2

Fellow podcaster and non-Nebraskan Dom Harvey joins me to talk about one of the ballsiest movies ever made, 1996's abortion comedy, Citizen Ruth

Muppet historian and puppetry student Joni Newman joins me to discuss the one and only 1979 Muppet Movie

To celebrate my 100th episode, I sit down for an interview, where we talk about the history of Staff Picks as well as a bunch of fun insider trivia

Feminist author and horror fan Fiona Carter joins me to discuss one of the greatest horror movies of all time, as well as an argument why women should be allowed to read books, 196...

Former Naval Officer David Holdsworth joins me to discuss one of my favorite movies of the 90s, the big actors' showdown between Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, and Ricky Schroder...

Movie and pop culture fan P.J. Gaughan joins me to discuss what I consider the greatest comedy movie of all time, 1988's masterpiece A Fish Called Wanda

Journalist and video game fan Bailey Vogt joins me as we discuss maybe the greatest documentary ever made, 2007's The King of Kong. Warning: Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.

Video game historian Brett Weiss joins me to discuss one of the best movies of the 80's, and all things 80's in general, as we delve into the 1983 cold war paranoia thriller, WarGa...

Australian podcaster Ben Waterworth joins me as we delve into one of the funniest (and dirtiest) movies of all time, 1999's ode to profanity and censorship and ass spelunking, Sout...

Podcaster and pop culture fan Jeremy Zehr joins me to discuss his favorite family movie of all time, 1987's long-forgotten Ernest Goes to Camp

Young movie expert and chooser-of-life Ryan Weiss joins me to discuss his favorite movie of all time, 1972's disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure

Reality TV journalist Gordon Holmes joins me to discuss one of my favorite comedies of the 80's, Jim Carrey's first big movie, Once Bitten

Former therapist and bear enthusiast Leann Lindsley joins me to discuss one of the craziest documentaries you are ever going to see, Werner Herzog's 2005 masterpiece, Grizzly Man

Screenwriter Brian Scully joins me to talk about a haunting little masterpiece from Canada that you have probably never seen before, 1998's Last Night

Playwright Stephen Garvey joins me to discuss the greatest love story of our time, 1971's surprisingly deep comedy Harold and Maude

Teen movie fan Stephanie Katz joins me to discuss one of the greatest teen movies of all time, Emma Stone in 2010's Easy A

Horror movie fan and cinephile Christopher Chardi joins me to discuss the movie that Stanley Kubrick once called the most terrifying movie he had ever seen, 1988's The Vanishing (a...

High school drama teacher Jimmy Gardner joins me to talk about the one-time flop that later turned into a beloved comedy classic, 1985's Clue 

SNL podcaster and stand-up comedian Darin Patterson joins me to talk about one of the funniest movies ever made, 2016's hilarious comedy that never should have flopped, Popstar

L.A.-based filmmaker Austin Herring joins me to discuss a great (and important) movie from 1998 that hardly anyone ever talks about anymore, Edward Norton's magnum opus American Hi...

Pop culture fan and burlesque dancer Christine Giver joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger (and also James Bond) movie of all time, 1994's Tr...

Baseball fan and pop culture expert Dan Fields joins me to discuss the movie that I have probably seen more times than any other movie in my life, 1977's The Bad News Bears in Brea...

Fellow podcaster and pop culture fan Brian Meagher joins me to discuss one of the craziest horror anthologies you are ever going to see, 2015's goofy future holiday classic A Chris...

Actor, writer, and all around movie guy Johnny Pomatto joins me as we recap one of our favorite comedies of the 90's, 1992's Nicolas Cage quirk-fest Honeymoon in Vegas 

Australian journalist and milkshake lover Rowan Evans joins me to discuss the fascinating hit piece about the history of McDonald's, 2016's The Founder

Lawyer and fellow Mel Brooks fan Brad Culpepper joins me to discuss one of my favorites comedies of all time, 1981's celebration of bad taste, History of the World, Part I

Horror author and Haddonfield resident Matt Carter joins me to discuss the greatest horror movie of them all, and the template for just about every other scary movie that came afte...

Horror movie fan Jessi Bentley joins me to discuss what I would argue is the greatest and most hardcore Stephen King horror movie of them all, 2007's The Mist

Teacher and non-demon Jason Rasmussen joins me to discuss Bill Paxton and axes and religion and the creepy 2001 horror movie, Frailty