Coming to a basement near you!

In this episode, Ady, Peter, and Paul discuss underseen Genevieve Jolliffe’s 1998 film Urban Ghost Story, starring Jason Connery, Heather Ann Foster, and Billy Boyd.

Topics discussed include ghost stories with present-day settings (including Play for Today’s Vampires and Govan Ghost Story, and of course the BBC’s Ghostwatch), the differences between British and American ghost stories, the influence and impact of the Enfield Poltergeist case (and Paul does an a-m-a-zing impersonation of “Bill,” the ghost from that case), the popularity of urbex videos and explorations of “haunted” buildings on the Tubes of You, the career of Genevieve Jolliffe and collaborator Chris Jones, the book co-authored by Jolliffe and Jones entitled The Guerrilla Filmmakers Handbook, Paul’s ongoing confusion of the American Alex Jones and our Alex Jones (the Welsh telly presenter), and Paul’s experiences in basements.

Bookmaker or bookkeeper? What's the difference? Fuggedaboudit!

Nikki, Peter, and Paul take a look at Bob Giraldi's underseen 2000 film Dinner Rush, which stars Danny Aiello, Kirk Acevedo, Sandra Bernhard, Edoardo Ballerini, and John Corbett.

In this episode, topics discussed include mob movies, director Bob Giraldi's career as a filmmaker-restaurateur, food in films (with a sidebar discussion of the excellent 1996 picture Big Night), Paul's new nickname ("Paulie Puddings"), and Peter's man-crush for John Corbett.

It’s the principal, man

Peter and Paul take a look at Christopher Cain’s 1987 movie The Principal, starring James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr, and Rae Dawn Chong.

Topics discussed include the intersection of the American high school picture and the vigilante film, depictions of race and ethnicity in these films, the connection between this film and Damian Lee’s Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe (1990), and The Principal’s awkward fusion of gritty urban drama and Jim Belushi goofiness.