Tonight on Politics In Movies, Mike and Billy trudge through the maw of consumerism in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to explore the harrowing reality of Backrooms. The American Science Fiction psychological horror film. Directed and co-scored by Kane Parsons. Written by Will Soodik. Based on the 2022 Web Series by Parsons and the 2019 Creepypasta of the same name by the hacker known as 4chan. Sorry, can't help myself. Produced by James Wan, Michael Clear, Roberto Patino, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine, Osgood Perkins, Chris Ferguson, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Kori Adelson. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell. Music also by Edo Van Breemen. Come for the liminal spaces and analog horror, stay for the people made of Angel Food Cake. We really get into it on this one: Alcoholism, Psychology, The Bureaucracy of Scientific Study. Buckle up, buttercup. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com.

We're gonna need a bigger podcast! Tonight on Politics In Movies, Mike and Billy sink their chompers into Jaws. The classic 1975 American Thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. Music by John Williams. I think it's funny that we discussed how the technical limitations of Bruce the Shark not working most of the time ended up improving the movie since this was recorded around the time my mic started crapping out and I'm not exactly sure that improved this episode. Meta. So fair warning, I did my best to clean up the audio but it's still a little jagged in some parts, like the teeth of a Great White Shark. So enjoy as best you can. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com

Don't forget to pack your toothbrush and your Palimony agreement because on the final day of Pride Month, Mike and Billy are cleaning out the newspaper lining of The Birdcage. The 1996 American Comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols. Written by Elaine May, based on the 1978 French-Italian film La Cage aux Folles written by Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret and the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret. Produced by Mike Nichols. Starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski. Don't bury me in Palm Beach. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com.

MISTER BANNISTER! WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENJOY A FILM WITH ME, MISTER BANNISTER? POPCORN AND SODA, MR. BANNISTER? Join Mike and GS as they dissect the crumpled corpse of the 1996 Supernatural Comedy Horror film, The Frighteners. Directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Jackson and Fran Walsh. Executive produced by Robert Zemeckis. Produced by Peter Jackson and Jamie Selkirk. Music by Danny Elfman. Starring Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs and Jake Busey. Catch this one before it drifts away in the moonlight. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com

"Better late than never"-Aristotle. Check out our long delayed latest banger episode, Dick Tracy! The 1990 American Crime Action Neo Noir film based on the 1930s comic strip created by Chester Gould. Directed, produced and starring Warren Beatty. Music by Danny Elfman. Original songs by Stephen Sondheim. Written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. Featuring Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, Dustin Hoffman, James Keane, Charles Durning, William Forsythe, Seymour Cassel, Paul Sorvino, Mandy Patinkin, Catherine O'Hara, Ed O'Ross, James Caan, James Tolkan, Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, R.G. Armstrong, Estelle Parsons and Dick Van Dyke. 88 Keys can set me up anytime. Listen to Mike and GS tickle the ivories for a couple hours. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com.

Today on Politics In Movies, Mike and GS do vehicular parkour to escape an angry marine while analyzing the hit 2017 Action Thriller Baby Driver. Written and directed by Edgar Wright, our favorite Pop Culture Ourobouros. Produced by Nira Park, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzalez and Jamie Foxx. Also with a bunch of fun cameos by musican/actors like Paul Williams, Flea, Sky Ferreira. We've finally covered a Meryl Streep movie. Good joke, Edgar Wright, but It's Complicated. Ha. Alright, the pun's out of my system. We go off on many tangents and digressions in this one but we do cover all the political points we picked up on as well as some of the obvious meta ones. We do touch on the controversy of the cancellation of one of the male leads but for more on that, honestly we get into it a lot more on The Resurrection Smoothie episode of The Music Smoothie. Because Al3ph played Debra by Beck. Of course. So listen to that section of that episode for more on that. Or don't, what we say here is funnier anyway. SPOILERS FOR OF COURSE THIS MOVIE BUT ALSO FIGHT CLUB. Blame Edgar Wright. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com.

Dodge those landmines and hop on the EVAC HELO, because today Mike and GS are breaking down Spike Lee's 2020 War Drama, Da 5 Bloods. Directed, produced and co-written by Spike Lee. Also written by Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, and Kevin Willmott. Also produced by Jon Kilik, Beatriz Levin and Lloyd Levin. Starring Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Melanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Paakkonen, Jean Reno and Chadwick Boseman. We get into it on all of it. Vietnam, Nixon, Kissinger, Anthony Bourdain. Join us! Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com

PART 2! PART 2! PART 2! Today on Politics In Movies, Mike, Billy and Smoopy conclude our two-part series on Zodiac. Directed by David Fincher, written by James Vanderbilt based on the nonfiction books by Robert Graysmith: Zodiac (1986) and Zodiac Unmasked (2002). Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Chloe Sevigny, Phillip Baker Hall and Dermot Mulroney. We get down and dirty on this one and clear up all the myths and misconceptions while having fun doing it. Following the modern ethos of the podcast we're doing an homage of, we make fun of the douchebags and murderer but not the victims. Unless you count that "city pig" Toschi, I wouldn't. Victim of his own shenanigans. Hail Darlene Ferrin, Hail Cecilia Shepard. Enjoy! We certainly enjoyed roasting Zodiac, complete manchild. Paul Avery was wrong, he wasn't a "latent homosexual", he was an inept moron who probably couldn't get it up to anyone's satisfaction. Contact us at politicsinmovies@gmail.com. Order now at 1-800-MURDER and we'll throw in a free commemorative I AM NOT PAUL AVERY pin. Or Melvin Eats Blubber, your choice.