Remakers Mark Special Episode 21: The Sore Thumb and The Black Stain

12/10/18 • 41 min

It’s two-fer time in this Special Episode, where we tackle two topics in one go, recorded live at our yearly visit to Wicks/Miller Cottage this past August. First, we discuss ‘The Sore Thumb’ – movies where one casting choice sticks out like a, well, sore thumb, and makes you say whaaaaa? Second, we reveal our picks for ‘The Black Stain’, which is a truly terrible movie that sits among many other great movies in a well respected actor’s or actress’ body of work. Some of these are terrible in the best/worst way. Enjoy!

The Sore Thumb:

He must have the best agent in the world.

The Black Stain

They need their ‘Pulp Fiction’...their ‘The Wrestler’.

The Sore Thumb:

He must have the best agent in the world.

The Black Stain

They need their ‘Pulp Fiction’...their ‘The Wrestler’.

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Remakers Mark Special Episode 18: Go-To Movies

I need two raw turkeys, an hour of privacy, and no questions asked.

We all have movies that we have seen approximately a gajillion times, and yet are totally happy to watch them again when we don’t know what to watch, or if we happen upon it on TV – this episode is about those Go-To Movies. This was recorded at our annual get-together at the Michigan Cottage, and features special guest Kyle Hoff. Enjoy!

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Remakers Mark 45, Part 1 {Sneakers}: Unexpected Ponytail

Editorial Note: As you can tell by the dated references in this episode (“Laura Dern is in the upcoming Star Wars movie”), this was recorded many moons ago, and certainly before the accusations of sexual assault came out against Kevin Spacey. We certainly do not condone or endorse said behavior, and are very much okay with striking that pick from the record. CONSIDER IT STRICKEN.

Welcome to Part 1 of our discussion of the appropriately portmanteau’ed 1992 cape-medy (caper-comedy) ‘Sneakers’. This crew was hackers before it was cool to be hackers...I guess... But for real, this is a definite favorite of the group, and it shows in this first half, where we tackle the unenviable task of recasting this particularly great ensemble.