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This week, we examine the quirky action film and Bob Odenkirk starrer, Nobody.

Odenkirk, of course, is best known for two exemplary shows, Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, and is hardly the first actor to spring to mind when you think “action.” But he acquires himself wonderfully here as a supposed family man with a shady shady past who crosses wires with some Russian goons.

On this episode:

• John Wick
• Bob Odenkirk
• Road House
• Canadian suburbs
• A History of Violence/Eastern Promises
• Middle aged masculinity
• Tattoos in action films

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And if you’re a fan of nutty genre films, check out two of the books I co-authored: Mine’s Bigger Than Yours! The 100 Wackiest Action Movies and Death by Umbrella: the 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons. 

 

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This week on the podcast, a trip back to arguably the greatest decade in cinema, the 70s, for the caper, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

A Tokyo transit delegation is visiting the Big Apple, getting a tour of the MTA headquarters, and learning how the city runs its transit.

Against this backdrop, Hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train near Central Park, and threaten to kill a passenger a minute if their demands aren’t met.

Rip-roaring stuff, starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.

This one uses naming character conventions of Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, etc., which Quentin Tarantino paid homage to (err, ripped off) in Reservoir Dogs.

Accept no substitutes, and no crummy remakes with Travolta and Denzel.

The doors are now closing, stand clear of the doors!

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New episodes of the show are uploaded every Friday.