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We’ve seen the Sasquatch(es)! We head into the woods to talk wild animal actors, convincing bigfoot suits, bodily functions, and the legend of Sasquatch itself, with comedian and writer Joey Clift. Then, a new set of HALL OF EXCELLENCE nominations, this time for best non-speaking performance! What’s Good Alonso - It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery Drea - wool dryer balls Joey - Furiosa and Garfield coming out on the same day Ify - Mammoth, moving, and some Warhammer inclusivity stuff ITIDIC At CinemaCon, NATO CEO Warns Studios Against Relying on BlockbustersAt Coachella, Will Smith Makes a Surprise Appearance to sing ‘Men in Black’Staff Picks Drea - Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Alonso - Pom Poko (also callback to Hundreds of Beavers) Joey - Fancy Dance Ify - Monkey Man Get your own “Tap the Sign” sign, hand-lettered design by Producer Marissa, to proclaim your commitment to PhYSiCAL MeDiA! Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Vera Drew’s very personal, exceedingly irreverent, and definitely unauthorized THE PEOPLE’S JOKER got its TIFF premiere in 2022, but has been fighting a path to (legally) be shown in theaters ever since. That fight is finally over, and THE PEOPLE’S JOKER can be seen by the people…though certain folks seem to be forming their opinions on the movie sight-unseen. We get into the film, plus pitch our own “Code 17” movies (and yes, we’ll explain what that means!). What’s Good Alonso - American Genre Film Archive, and their 15th Anniversary series at USC Drea - Midwesterners of NCAA Women’s Basketball All-Tournament Team Ify - “I’m into fountain pens now” ITIDIC David Lynch Wants to Make An Animated Movie for the whole familyFrancis Ford Coppola Screened His Self-Funded Epic to Studios…So Who’s Buying?Disney Sets (and Re-Sets) a Ton of Movie Release Dates Through 2026Staff PIcks Alonso - Two for the Road Drea - Rotting in the Sun Ify - Between Two Ferns: The Movie Call the Hotline! maximumfun.org/hotline Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

The second feature from director Rose Glass has been on our watchlist since Sundance…even longer in the case of our guest Mallory O’Meara (Reading Glasses), who had the film’s poster on her wall far before its premiere. Now that we’ve left Arrakis in the rearview, we’ve got our hands free to take on the buff and bloody (and yes, horny) LOVE LIES BLEEDING. What’s Good Drea - graphite chopsticks/improved chopstick game Mallory - Washington Capitals making the NHL playoffs Alonso - The Good Place (finally!) ITIDIC Dev Patel’s AMA Sheds Light on the Challenges of Indie FilmmakingAng Lee Rejects 3D, Saying the Industry Is Not Built For ItThe Billboard Charts May Be BrokenLetterboxd list "Song Lyrics as Titles" Staff Picks Drea - Pain & Gain Alonso - Pumping Iron / Pumping Iron II: The Women Mallory - My Animal Ify - also My Animal malloryomeara.com Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

It’s the final episode of Dune Month, aka “How You Dune? Month”...and it’s also the final days of #MaxFunDrive! If you’ve got the means and you’ve been putting it off, please join or upgrade to keep the MaxFilm flowing (much like the spice must flow). Head to maximumfun.org/join. And remember to email a screenshot of your confirmation email to maximumfilm@maximumfun.org to get a Staff Pick from one of the gang! IGN’s Kim Horcher joins us for the grande finale of a truly epic month (and don’t worry, Alonso weighs in too – PS, Pre order the audiobook of Hollywood Pride!) What’s Good Drea - (Righteous fury re: Ify not telling her about) having the best drag queens on Um, Actually Kim - Girls 5 Eva Ify - end of a bicoastal media and event marathon, and esp Liam ITIDIC Late Night With the Devil Directors Explain Their Use of AITitanic Door Sells at auction for over $700kWorld’s First Dragon Ball Theme Park Announced in Saudi ArabiaStaff Picks Drea - La Chimera Kim - surprise anti-pick! Best. Christmas. Ever! Ify - Sicario Kim’s Physical Media Piece Kim’s Dune Bucket Piece Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

It’s #MaxFunDrive! Join (or upgrade or boost your existing membership!) to support this show directly at MaximumFun.org/join! Both monthly memberships and one-time annual membership plans are available. Thank you for everything – we couldn’t do this without you! As "Dune Month" (aka "How You Dune? Month") winds toward its climax, a foray into the world of documentary to glimpse the Dune that might have been. But would it have been…good? The Flop House’s Elliott Kalan is our dream guest, and the feeling is mutual! Plus, we pitch some other unmade projects whose true Hollywood stories we’d love to see on screen. What’s Good Drea - A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up by Margaret Wappler Elliott - Pole to Pole with Michael Palin Alonso - making a recipe “wrong” with the right ingredients Ify (probably) meeting Stu IRL ITIDIC Survey Says Millennials and Gen-Z Want Original Movies and TVIn Other Survey News…34% of Adults Would Rather Screen than StreamAmazon False Advertising Lawsuitre: selling digital contentStaff Picks Drea - Snack Shack Elliott - Anvil! The Story of Anvil Alonso - Hundred of Beavers Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

This podcast is part of the #MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to help this podcast continue and get great gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join and become a MaxFun Member for as little as $5 a month. You can also upgrade or boost your membership for as little as $1 more a month to help the show out even more and earn gifts and certain levels. It all started with a text from Ify (who else?). Each host has chosen a "horny movie" to discuss with the class. Here's a sneak peek of the first episode, which is all about Drea's pick -- THE HANDMAIDEN (2016). To hear the whole episode, the whole MAXIMUM HORNY! series, and the entire back catalog of MaxFilm and MaxFun bonus content, you gotta be a member! Maximumfun.org/join ! Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

This special network wide event is a celebration of the MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join. We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts. J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong from “Go Fact Yourself” are joined by: Alonso Duralde & Drea Clark - “Maximum Film!” Alexis B. Preston - “Comfort Creatures” Ben Harrison - “Greatest Trek” and “The Greatest Generation” If you’d like to hear more hosts competing for trivia supremacy, visit Maximumfun.org for the full version of this show. Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

DUNE MONTH CONTINUES! If you, too, are indulging in a Dune Month, YOU might find yourself searching certain video sharing website for 2000's Sci Fi Channel miniseries FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE, aka "The one where Paul Atreides is bringing big Anakin Skywalker energy." Or perhaps you'd like to skip that and just listen to us tell you about it. Either way, this is the episode for you! We're talking all 90 minutes of Episode 1, comparing it to all the other DUNEs we know, and doing it all with self-described "Dune guy" Jeremy Bent (Eurovangelists, Mission to Zyxx)! Then a quiz about Sci Fi/SyFy Originals... What’s Good Alonso - Mark Harris’s pieces, “Missing the GBF” “How Bad Can It Get For Hollywood” Drea - Minnesota update Jeremy - Hell Divers 2 Ify - The Oscars being actually good ITIDIC The Oscars Were Last SundayStaff Picks Alonso - Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros Drea - Sunshine (2007) Jeremy - Society of the Snow Ify - Love Lies Bleeding Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

How much Dune is too much Dune? We're fixing to find out this March on Maximum Film! We're starting with the 1984 Lynch/Dino De Laurentiis space opera that was a theatrical flop, yet remains an enduring (cult?) classic. Then we'll pitch some outside-the-box auteur/book series pairings to fantasize about. What’s Good Alonso - Schmigadoon Season 2 Drea - GORP-Core and scroggin Guy - Whenever I Call You Friend at a steakhouse Ify - performing at Leicester Square ITIDIC Dune 2 Makes a Huge DebutBootleg Willy Wonka Experience to become a literal horror movie AMC Theaters Launching “New” Nicole Kidman Pre-Show SpotsDune “Glossary” handed out in theaters in 1984 Staff Picks Alonso - The Straight Story Drea - Love Lies Bleeding Guy - The Taste of Things Ify - Police Academy Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

This one is a wild ride, y’all. Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have teamed up to make a wacky, raunchy lesbian road trip crime comedy, and (almost) everyone has an opinion about the results! Then, a hotline question about “litmus test” movies. What’s Good Alonso - reading more James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time) Drea - voting and progressive voter guides Ever - bench record and new goals Ify - Naomi’s diorama ITIDIC Tyler Perry Puts $800m Studio Expansion on Hold Because of AIOnly 30% of the 100 Top Grossing Movies of 2023 Had Female Leads Spirit Awards Were Last Sunday!Staff Picks Alonso - Gay USA Drea - I Didn’t See You There Ever - The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman & Old Yeller Ify - Dune: Part Two Y’all Gay podcast Ever’s upcoming show dates Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Madame Web is Dakota Johnson seeing the future, barefoot villains with ADR as bad as their intentions, and a surprising dearth of Spider Women fighting crime. But is it the next Morbius? Is it time to #ReleaseTheClarksonCut? We’ve got resident Spider-Man-man Jordan Morris on the case! Then, a movie quiz about 2003 (did we mention this movie is set in 2003?) What’s Good Alonso - Olive Oil Chocolate Cake Drea - “Who the F did I marry?” TikToks Jordan - Pluto.tv & the Coneheads credits rap (see also: Dragnet rap, “City of Crime”) Ify - Helldivers 2 ITIDIC Ridley Scott is Making a Biopic about the BeeGeesMartin Scorsese’s Powell and Pressburger Doc Picked up by MUBITravis Kelce is a Movie Producer NowStaff Picks Alonso - Date and Switch Drea - The Promised Land Jordan - American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers Ify - Starship Troopers Pre-Order Jordan’s New Comic, Youth Group Listen to Free With Ads, starting 2/27/24 Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Today's movie takes on the guise of a weird '80s teen comedy, then adds in some supernatural phenomena and some axes. So we consult THE JV CLUB's Janet Varney on the peculiarities of Lisa's high school experience, and then make up some Monster Mash-up movies of our own. What’s Good Alonso - RO-TEL Dip Janet - Mochi Muffins from Third Culture Bakery Drea - Chocolate-dipped Twinkies ITIDIC The Oscars Are Adding a New Category: Best Casting2023 Sundance Darling FANCY DANCE Finally Finds a HomeCrunchyroll Merges with Funimation…Now Funimation Digital Downloads Will DisappearStaff Picks Alonso - Perfect Days Janet - Housebound Drea - Players Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

With one extremely emotive stroke of the metaphorical podcast baton, we complete the magnum opus that is Best Picture Oscar Nominees 2023! Is Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein too big to fit on the small screens at Netflix? Find out in our MAESTRO discussion, for which we're joined by Vanity Fair's chief critic, Richard Lawson. Then, a fun movie quiz about composer biopics (well, it's fun for some of us!). What’s Good Alonso - Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs singing Fast Car at the Grammys Drea - Tracy Chapman singing Stand By Me on Letterman Richard - Australian Survivor Ify - Levels Nigerian Cuisine in St. Louis ITIDIC America Ferrera Sets Her Directorial DebutUniversal Studios Florida Reveals More Plans for “Epic Universe” Theme ParkPedro Almodovar’s Next Film Will Be His First English Language FeatureStaff Picks Drea - Amélie Alonso - Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Richard - Death Trap Ify - The Hangover Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

We catch up with Cord Jefferson's Oscar-nominated comedy that's about more than you might have guessed. Then, we've got new nominees for the Hall of Excellence: Best Fictional Books! What’s Good Alonso - Barbara Streisand’s memoir Drea - Mom’s Dave confusion Ellie - new season of True Detective Ify - clear spheres/foggy balls ITIDIC Godzilla Minus One Inching Towards a Near-Record Box Office Run Sundance Concluded With Some Big Sales Oscar Nominations Came out Last Week… Staff Picks Alonso - Household Saints Drea - Plus One Ellie - The Zone of Interest Ify - Beetlejuice [also showing at Vidiots on 2/3/24] Follow Ellie Foumbi on Instagram Leave a message for the Hotline! Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

You’ve heard the Plastics and the Art Freaks talk about their lives and loves. But what if you could hear them SING about it? That’s the service the new Mean Girls musical (adapted from the Broadway show) will provide, should you so desire. We’ve got writer/critic/musical theater wonk B.J. Colangelo with us to navigate the halls of the new North Shore High. Then, we’ll pitch some new grist for the book -> movie -> stage musical -> movie musical mill. What’s Good Alonso - Magic Coke Machine recipe Drea - Ariel Bissett’s YouTube BJ - Finding the Queen Beryl dress Ify - Warhammer Old World and Sketchfest ITIDIC Motive for Ruby Slipper Theft RevealedLindsay Lohan Sets ‘Our Little Secret’ at NetflixSundance Kicks Off, Celebrating Its 40th BirthdayStaff Picks Drea - Totem Alonso - Heathers the Musical (Live Stage Capture) on Roku BJ - Crush Ify - The Nice Guys Little Women “Christopher Columbus” video Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

We've been keeping tabs on today's movie for a while -- either a couple years or a couple decades, depending on how you count it. To discuss the movie musical adaptation of the stage musical adaptation of the movie adaptation of Alice Walker's classic novel, we brought in Tre'vell Anderson, noted Fantasia Barrino expert (and also a journalist, author, critic and expert in other things). What’s Good Alonso - The Cannon Film Guide, Volume I by Austin Trunick Drea - try turning it off and on again Tre’vell - customized ice cream Ify - “StIfy-core“ ITIDIC Chelsea Handler Hosted the Critics Choice Awards… Broadway’s Shucked Is Becoming a MovieParamount Marketing Exec Doesn’t Want to Call new Mean Girls a MusicalStaff Picks Drea - Advice on Sundance Advance Online ticket sales (Dìdi (弟弟), Exhibiting Forgiveness, In the Summers, The Mother of All Lies, FRIDA) Alonso - The Burial of Kojo Tre’vell - Camp Ify - Port Authority Historically Black Phrases Live Follow Tre’vell Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

Based on the tragic real-life story of the wrestling family known professionally as the Von Erichs (liberties were taken, but most of them seem to have tamped the sheer tragedy down somewhat, rather than the other way around), The Iron Claw has been anxiously anticipated by some wrestling fans. Fans like our guest, Danielle Radford, who co-hosts Tights and Fights! After discussing the movie where actors played some real-life wrestlers, we dish about our favorite wrestlers-turned actors. What’s Good Alonso - Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer Drea - All You Can Eat (and seeing its creators at the Spirit Awards Brunch) Danielle - Old Nintendo games on the Switch Ify - homemaking accomplishments ITIDIC Christopher Nolan Was Dunked on by His Peloton InstructorAlamo Drafthouse Doing Rep Screenings All Year LongGolden Globes “RecapStaff Picks Alonso - I Am Santa Claus Drea - Miss Shampoo Danielle - Red, White & Royal Blue Ify - Godzilla Minus One The Dark Side of the Ring, “The Last of the Von Erichs” on Tubi Follow Danielle Radford, listen to Tights and Fights, or watch Cracked’s “Staff Picks” Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

We kick things off with New Movie Year Resolutions for 2024. Then, as promised in our Best of '23 episode, we've collected our thoughts on Jonathan Glazer's heavy and chilling new film -- the one the LA Film Critics Association voted as best of the year. Then, we lighten the mood with a movie quiz about who lives next door (to movie protagonists). What’s Good Alonso - AGNÈS VARDA: DIRECTOR'S INSPIRATION Drea - spearmint tea Alison - Vidiots’ huge rental library, It’s His Red Carpet to Lose Ify - Slamdance, Sundance, SF Sketchfest Dozen Staff Picks Drea - The Sisters Brothers Alonso - Clue Alison - The Beat That My Heart Skipped Ify - The Driver Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

The year is coming to a close, and we’ve got our annual roundup of Top 10 Lists, Maxie Awards, and films we’re looking forward to in the New Year. Thanks for sharing another great (if dramatic!) movie podcasting year with us! What’s Good? Alonso - Professional gift wrappers Drea - Listener Lee Meredith’s Color Squared Ify - Ify’s Carol Fest 2023 Between the 3 hosts, 21 titles made the top 10 lists! Drea 10 Bottoms 9 Godzilla Minus One 8 Passages 7 Eileen 6 The Zone of Interest 5 May December 4 Past Lives 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 2 Poor Things 1 All Of Us Strangers Alonso 10 May December 9 R.M.N. 8 Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret 7 The Zone of Interest 6 Bottoms 5 Godzilla Minus One 4 Killers of the Flower Moon 3 Barbie 2 L’Immensita 1 Poor Things Ify 10 Beau Is Afraid 9 M3gan 8 Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret 7 Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 6 Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse 5 Air 4 Barbie 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 2 Asteroid City 1 The Holdovers Watchlist 2024… Robot Dreams Spaceman Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Lisa Frankenstein Mickey 17 The Taste of Things Big Boys Furiosa The Fall Guy Dune: Part Two Blade? Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

It’s been two decades since Richard Curtis’s Love Actually warmed our chilly W. Bush-era hearts, and oh what a pair of decades it’s been. Now, the movie is back in theaters for its anniversary, and Ify has seen it for the first time. Does it hold up? Can we enjoy it anyway? All this, plus the final Xmas Movie Minute of the year and a hotline call from [checks notes] inside the house! What’s Good Alonso - Jose Andres Slow-Cooked Iberico Pork Ribs Drea - The Amazing Acro-Cats of New Orleans Lindy - Barry’s mystery guts Ify - Skiing, Tuna’s neutering, and Mammoth Brewing Company ITIDICs 2003 Entertainment Weekly Asks: Keanu Reeves, Is there Life After The Matrix?An “Alien Quadrilogy” 9-Disc DVD Box Set Will Be Available for $100ELF proves that Jon Favreau Can Make More Than One Kind of FilmChristmas Movie Minute El Sabor de La Navidad (Vix) Christmas on Cherry Lane (Hallmark) Friends and Family Christmas (Hallmark) Merry Little Batman (Prime) Round and Round (Hallmark) Staff Picks Drea - Go Alonso - There’s Something in the Barn Lindy - The Fugitive (and Thin Skin) Ify - Underworld Support our sponsor! Factor Meals Head to FactorMeals.com/maxfilm50 and use code maxfilm50 to get 50% off! Thanks to Lindy West! Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram With Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Ify Nwadiwe Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher