Monkey Off My Backlog

Childhood Favorites! The Flight of the Navigator, Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Seahawk, The Wizard

Episode  |  August 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 33 mins

basil rathbone, captain blood, casablanca, christian slater, cinema, claude rains, errol flynn, film, fred savage, jenny lewis, nintendo, olivia de haviland, technicolor, the adventures of robin hood, the flight of the navigator, the seahawk, the wizard

This week, Tessa and Sam make each other watch some childhood favorites, including 'The Flight of the Navigator,' 'Captain Blood,' 'The Adventures of Robin Hood,' 'The Seahawk,' 'The Wizard.'

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 19

Episode  |  August 12th, 2022  |  39 mins 51 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about the finale of Season 4, "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 and 3."

The Wachowskis: Bound, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending

Episode  |  August 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 20 mins

bound, cloud atlas, david mitchell, jupiter ascending, keanu reeves, lana wachowski, lilly wachowski, speed racer, the matrix, the wachowskis

This week, Melissa from 'Wild Pretty Things' joins us to talk about all the films directed by the Wachowskis that don't have "Matrix" in the title: 'Bound,' 'Speed Racer,' 'Cloud Atlas,' and 'Jupiter Ascending.'

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 18

Episode  |  August 5th, 2022  |  39 mins 48 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "Cabin Fever" and "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1."

Camp! Barbarella, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Episode  |  August 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins

abba, amanda seyfried, barbarella, camp, campy, cher, christine baranski, colin firth, films, gay, guy pierce, hugo weaving, jane fonda, jukebox musical, lily james, madonna, mamma mia, mamma mia! here we go again, meryl streep, musical, pierce brosnan, queen of the desert, queer, stellan skarsgård, terence stamp, the adventures of priscilla, trangender, trans

This week, we are joined by Matt to discuss camp.

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 17

Episode  |  July 29th, 2022  |  34 mins 24 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "The Shape of Things to Come" and "Something Nice Back Home."

John Cho: Selfie, Searching, Cowboy Bebop

Episode  |  July 25th, 2022  |  55 mins 44 secs

This week we talk about the one the only John Cho. Sam covers Selfie (#justiceforselfie), Dr. Tessa goes Searching, Andy talks about the well intentioned Cowboy Bebop live action show

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 16

Episode  |  July 22nd, 2022  |  37 mins 39 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "Ji Yeon" and "Meet Kevin Johnson."

Rockumentaries and Concert Films! Amy, Awesome; I F*****' Shot That, No Direction Home

Episode  |  July 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

a24, amy, amy winehouse, bob dylan, joan baez, martin scorsese, no direction home, pete seeger, the beastie boys

That's right...Sam hosted this episode! We're talking rockumentaries and concert films. Because 'The Song Remains the Same' was so terrible. This week, we're talking about films centered on Amy Winehouse, the Beastie Boys, and Bob Dylan.

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 15

Episode  |  July 15th, 2022  |  41 mins 1 sec

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "The Constant" and "The Other Woman."

Jack Assigns! Dick, Wet Hot American Summer, Local Hero

Episode  |  July 11th, 2022  |  43 mins 54 secs

amy poehler, bradley cooper, christopher meloni, comedy, comfort films, dick, films, h jon benjamin, janeane garofalo, kirsten dunst, laughter, local hero, michelle williams, nixon, paul rudd, watergate, wet hot american summer

In our second ever guest hosted episode, Jack assigns us three comfort films from his personal canon: 'Dick,' 'Wet Hot American Summer,' and 'Local Hero.'

Westerns! Fort Apache, A Bullet for the General, Yellowstone

Episode  |  July 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

a bullet for the general, film, films, fort apache, henry fonda, john wayne, kevin costner, shirley temple, spaghetti western, the dollars trilogy, western, westerns, yellowstone

This week, we are joined by Ryan to discuss a classic American genre: the western!

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 14

Episode  |  June 30th, 2022  |  30 mins 50 secs

bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv

This week, we're talking about "The Economist" and "Eggtown."

Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 13

Episode  |  June 23rd, 2022  |  38 mins 14 secs

We're back with for Season 4 of 'LOST'! This week, we're talking about the first two episodes of the season, "The Beginning of the End" and "Confirmed Dead."

Ep. 105 - The Song Remains the Same, New Spring, These Three/The Children's Hour

Episode  |  June 20th, 2022  |  54 mins 53 secs

audrey hepburn, led zeppelin, lillian hellman, new spring, robert jordan, shirley maclaine, the children's hour, the song remains the same, the wheel of time, these three, wheel of time

Tessa and Sam are back! Sam talks about the Led Zeppelin rock doc 'The Song Remains the Same,' while Tessa discusses both film adaptations of Lillian Hellman's play 'The Children's Hour' and Andy can't get enough of the Wheel with Robert Jordan's prequel 'New Spring.'

Ep. 104 - Stop Worrying! There Probably Is an Afterlife, Loop Hero, The State of Indie Games w/ ProbablyJacob

Episode  |  June 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

Andy is joined by youtubist ProbablyJacob to talk about spirituality and the afterlife in academic book form with Stop Worrying! There Probably is an Afterlife, and Andy uses this as a chance to talk about Loop Hero!