Broken Clock Podcasts

Fine! I’ll Watch It 060 - Casablanca

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We are kicking off the new year with one of the most highly regarded films of all time, Casablanca! Somehow Adam and Johnny have missed this piece of film history, and one of Bridget's favorite films so they are finally checking this off the list.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 059 - The Star Wars Holiday Special

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Christmas may have come and gone but that does not mean we are not still in the holiday spirit! This week we break the rules a little bit by taking a look at a TV movie from 1978 that somehow none of us have seen up to this point, The Star Wars Holiday Special! We discuss our own personal feelings about Star Wars and how this franchise has shaped us growing up, before going trough what many have called the worst thing to come out of Star Wars.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 058 - Better Watch Out

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This week the horrors of the season rears its head again as we check out the 2016 holiday horror movie, Better Watch Out! We welcome our resident horror expert Zach back to the show to discuss this film, and find out how he missed this when it came out since he loves a good scaring. We then discuss whether this film belongs on the lists we found it on for best Christmas scary movies.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 057 - The Muppet Christmas Carol

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This week we kick the holiday cheer into overdrive with a personal favorite of Bridget and Adam, The Muppet's Christmas Carol. We talk to Johnny about his Muppet history and how he has missed this beloved re-telling of the Charles Dickens classic.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 056 - Gremlins

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This week we continue our attempts to spread holiday cheer, but can't seem to get away from the scary like we thought. That is because this week Adam is back on the hot seat for the scary Christmas classic Gremlins! Adam knows a surprising amount about Mogwais and Gremlins without having see a second of the film, so we get a feel for what he thinks once it is all put into context.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 055 - Jingle All The Way

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We have officially made it out alive after surviving both Spooky Season and #NoirNovember and are ready to celebrate the most festive time of the year! This week Bridget takes the hot seat for a tale of fatherly love and unabashed consumerism, Jingle All The Way. We talk about the funnier side of Arnold Schwarzenegger's filmography and well some of our most wanted kids items in a movie that hits every nostalgia button it can.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 054 - Basic Instinct

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This week we wrap up #NoirNovember with a film that fits right at home in the noir genre but also ramps up the sexual tension to something that would make people in the 40s very uncomfortable, Basic Instinct! We talk about the career of Michael Douglas as well as this emerging psycho-sexual thriller genre before going into scandalous detail about this detective story with many twists and turns.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 053 - Chinatown

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This week we jump forward a few decades for #NoirNovember, and take a look a 1974's Chinatown. We talk Jack Nicholson's filmography and find out what Adam is still looking for in terms of Noir staples before diving into the film and all of the real world similarities surrounding it.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 052 - Double Indemnity

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This week we continue with our monthlong series #NoirNovember, and this week we are taking a looking what many consider to be the prototype of the genre, Double Indemnity! Adam is on the hot sear again and talks about what he is still looking for in terms of the noir staples, while Johnny and Bridget talk about how they came to fall in love with this movie.

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Fine! I’ll Watch It 051 - The Third Man

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This week we continue with the cryptic, dark, and spooky present each October into what we are calling #NoirNovember! We kick the month off with an atypical example that still features many of the classic tropes of the genre, The Third Man! We discuss our history with Noir films and some of our favorites, before discussing this tale of mysterious disappearances a post war torn country.

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