TMR 047 – Return to Oz

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11/16/20 • 94 min

This week on Total Movie Recall, we acknowledge that The Wizard of Oz is, yes, a classic. However, it’s missing a certain je ne sais quoi, and we try to put our fingers on exactly what it needed. We conclude that classic, whimsical children’s film needed more childhood lobotomy, forced imprisonment, Queens pulling their own heads off, and Veruca Salt. Or Fairuza Balk? Potato potato. Return to Oz (1985) d. Walter Murch Based on books by L. Frank Baum Starring: Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Nicol Williamson as the Nome King Jean Marsh as Mombi Piper Laurie as Aunt Em Brian Henson as Jack Pumpkinhead

Dorothy discovers she is back in the land of Oz, and finds the yellow brick road is now a pile of rubble, and the Emerald City is in ruins. Discovering that the magical land is now under the control of an evil empire, she sets off to rescue the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion with the help of her new friends.

Things discussed in the show: Electroshock Therapy / Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) The Willies - Labyrinth - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Tik-Tok of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Ozma of Oz PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman) Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts)

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TMR 046 – Leprechaun

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan wonder why kids are scared of the stupidest boogeymen. The Leprechaun haunted Ryan for his entire childhood, waiting in dark corners, making it unable for him to pee in the middle of the night. If only he had watched the movie when he was seven years old, and seen how stupid, unscary, unwitty, and half-assed this boring, lazy movie is, he wouldn’t have wasted another second being scared. The Leprechaun can’t even be bothered to turn limericks into dirty rhymes. Nantucket! It rhymes itself! Leprechaun (1993) d. Mark Jones Starring: Warwick Davis Jennifer Aniston Ken Olandt

Dan O'Grady steals 100 gold coins from a leprechaun while on vacation in Ireland. The leprechaun follows him home, but Dan locks the him in a crate, held at bay by a four-leaf clover. Ten years later, J.D. Redding and his daughter, Tory, rent O'Grady's property for the summer. When their new neighbors accidentally release the leprechaun, he goes on a murderous rampage to reclaim his gold.

Things discussed in the show: The words "Cop Salon" sounds better than "Cellar Door" Donnie Darko Tolkien (Dome Karukoski, David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford, Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney) The difference between New Mexico, North Dakota and Los Angeles, California Badlands (Terrence Malick, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates) Carrie (Brian De Palma, Stephen King (novel), Lawrence D. Cohen, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving) Coal Miner's Daughter (Michael Apted, Thomas Rickman, Loretta Lynn, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones,

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TMR 048 – The Sixth Sense

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve holds Ryan’s hair back while he cries and dry heaves and rocks back and forth like his cat just died, because there has never been a movie more perfectly designed to make him cry like The Sixth Sense. Misunderstood children? Check. Put-upon mothers just trying their best? Check. An exasperated but committed psychologist just trying to figure out how to reach this kid? Double check. Get your tissues for this one. The Sixth Sense (1999) d. M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Bruce Willis Haley Joel Osment Toni Collette Donnie Wahlberg Mischa Barton

Young Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: he is visited by ghosts. Cole is frightened by visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. He is too afraid to tell anyone about his anguish, except child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe. As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequences for client and therapist are a jolt that awakens them both to something unexplainable.

Things discussed in the show: PEN15 season 2 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman) YouTube prank channels Aokigahara, the Japanese suicide forest Bloody Mary Minecraft Heathers Unspooled Podcast Mean Girls (Mark Waters, Tina Fey, Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams ) Donnie Darko Big Mouth (Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Jordan Peele,