Middle Class Film Class
Weekly movie news and review released every Monday and Wednesday. Mondays are Gab & chatter (movie news, discussion) and streaming recommendations. Wednesday is one deep dive review chose from the Wheel of Destiny. Recorded live to tape with Joseph, Pete & Tyler. Email us to be featured on the air, or for general inquiries MCFCpodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
471 episodes
Identity (2003) review / dir. James Mangold
The gang dies one by one this week as they review an early thriller from director James Mangold, Identity (2003). A Patreon pick from the listener, Ryan, this movie has a stacked cast, and a plot that will keep you guessing and on your toes. Th...
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Episode 470
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1:04:14
Gab & Chatter: Frankie Freako / Sting / English Teacher / Blown Away / It Chapter 1 & 2 / Dungeon's and Dragons / Fright Night / Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse / Bram Stoker's Dracula / Venture Bros. Movie
Hello classmates!Joseph is back from the Wilderness, a new game has entered the chat, and the classmates have something to sayVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this epi...
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Episode 469
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59:53
Paris, Texas (1964) review / dir. Wim Wenders
The gang wanders through the desert this week, as they review the Win Wenders classic American film, Paris Texas (1984). Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film festival, this hypnotic and engaging story of Travis (a self exiled loner ...
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Season 4
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Episode 468
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1:06:23
Gab & Chatter: The Scooby-Doo Project / Children of the Corn / Ip Man / The Sixth Sense / The Thing / Freddy vs Jason
Hello classmates!Joseph cuts class, Venom 3: Let there be Flopage, and looks like VHS is back on the menu boys!Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or just watch this episode rather tha...
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Episode 467
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1:02:22
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) review / dir. Antoine Fuqua
The gang dives head first into one of Heather's favorite genres this week: Gerard Butler Trash Action... as they review the movie that spawned the Has Fallen Cinematic Universe, Olympus Has Fallen. While admittedly being a cheesy pie action mov...
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Season 4
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Episode 467
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1:03:30
Gab & Chatter: Woman of the Hour / Daddy's Head / Mr Crockett / Wolfs / Haunt / Poor Things / The Belko Experiment / Crippled Avengers / All Hallow's Eve
Hello classmates!Brett Easton Ellis is pissed again, Jason Blum turns to the dark side, and 4 upcoming movies that should be on your radar Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or j...
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Episode 466
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1:50:22
The Hunt (2020) review / dir. Craig Zobel
The gang chooses sides this week, as they review the much maligned political satire wrapped up in a human hunting story, The Hunt (2020). What may go down as the most unlucky film release of all time, this twice delayed film that was the final ...
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Season 4
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Episode 465
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1:17:16
Gab & Chatter: Apartment 7A / Helloboy: The Crooked Man / Deadpool & Wolverine / Killer Heat / Oddity / Arcadian / Onyx the Fortuitous
Hello classmates!Bad movies from good directors, how old is too old for super heroes, Glad-3-iator incoming, and the sex scene that never endsVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream, or jus...
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Episode 464
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1:39:43
Tiptoes (2003) review / dir. Matthew Bright
The gang watches Gary Oldman in the role of a lifetime this week, as they dive toes first into the ill-fated tone deaf disaster, Tiptoes (2003). Conceived by writer/director Matthew Bright when he was 18 as "a story of a bunch of dwarves [humpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 463
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1:03:40
Gab & Chatter: Wild Robot / It's What's Inside / Salem's Lot (2024) / Strange Darling / Payback / The Thicket / American Mary / Hit Man / Tremors / Signs / Blue Ruin / Hustlers
Hello classmates!Daniel Day Lewis is back… somehow, TMNT notes from the class, and Megalopolis… more like MegaflopolisVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream!Channel:https://...
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Episode 462
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1:37:42
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) review / dir. Steve Barron
The gang gets shell shocked this week as they review the OG live-action 90's comic book and video game movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Pete's pick from the wheel, which is somehow a blindspot for him... did the guys find nostalgia working ...
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Season 4
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Episode 461
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1:13:07
Gab & Chatter: Brandon Tamburri director of Plan B -plus- The Substance, The Crossing Over Express, Cuckoo... and more!
Hello classmates!Director of the new comedy “Plan B”, Brandon Tamburri, calls into the show, Tyler makes it by the skin of his teeth, and Joseph has Nic Cage fever Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in...
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Season 4
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Episode 460
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1:59:49
Grizzly Man (2005) review / dir. Werner Herzog
The gang gets eaten alive this week as they review the infamous Werner Herzog documentary, Grizzly Man (2005). Follow along with Timothy Treadwell, a conservationist who spend 13 summers in an Alaskan wildlife refuge living amongst the bears in...
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Season 4
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Episode 459
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1:23:14
Gab & Chatter: I Used to be Funny / Project Grizzly / American Movie / Filth / Dawn of the Dead / The Conspiracy / Along Came Polly / ManFish / DeadTectives
Hello classmates!Greig Fraser is a busy man, Rapid Fire news from Joseph, and Fangoria announces their 2024 Chainsaw award nominees Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream!<...
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Season 4
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Episode 458
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1:35:28
Do The Right Thing (1989) review / dir. Spike Lee
The gang spends one hot day in Bed-Stuy this week, as they review the classic Spike Lee film, Do The Right Thing (1989). Spike Lee sort of stars in his 3rd feature after She's Gotta Have It and School Daze, taking place on a sweltering humid da...
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Season 4
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Episode 457
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1:05:46
Gab & Chatter: Isaac Florentine director of Hounds of War -plus- Jackpot! / Rebel Ridge... and more!
Hello classmates!Can the Star Wars franchise learn to let go? Constantine 2 is really happening! Denis Villanueve goes back to Arrakis for one last job, and Director Isaac Florentine calls in to discuss his new film, Hounds of War...
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Season 4
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Episode 456
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1:35:45
Notting Hill (1999) review / dir. Roger Michell
The gang shags a celebrity this week as they review the classic British-American rom-com, Notting Hill. Starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in their primes, it's no wonder this was a smash hit at the turn of the new millennium. But how will t...
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Season 4
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Episode 455
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1:16:30
Gab & Chatter: Rebel Ridge / The Deliverance / Kinds of Kindness / The Bikeriders / American Society of Magical Negroes / The English Teacher
Hello classmates!Rotten Tomatoes dive face first into payola, Abe Lincoln biography inbound, and Joseph brings a group project for the classVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream!Ch...
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Season 4
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Episode 454
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1:49:20
American History X (1998) review / dir. Tony Kaye
The gang bites the curb this week as they review the hard-to-watch but meaningful film, American History X. Anyone who has seen this movie can usually pick out 2-3 very hard to watch scenes that are burned into their heads forever. It's not for...
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Season 4
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Episode 453
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1:05:42
Gab & Chatter: The Watchers / The Fall Guy / #AMFAD / Deathgasm / Kill List / Another Round / Logan Lucky / Love Lies Bleeding / Orange County / Prometheus / Alien 3
Hello classmates!Gwyneth Paltrow is all out of Goop, Vin Diesel goes back to his roots, and this just in… Wynona Ryder yells at cloudVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live stream!C...
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Season 4
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Episode 452
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1:27:59
The Core (2003) review / dir. John Amiel
The gang kick starts Mother Earth this week, as they review the world-ending disaster movie that was ahead of it's time, The Core (2003). A stacked cast (Aaron Eckhart, Hillary Swank, Bruce Greenwood, DJ Quals, Richard Jenkins, and DELROY LINDO...
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Season 4
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Episode 451
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1:11:14
Gab & Chatter: Cuckoo / Strange Darling / Pain & Gain / Amazon Women on the Moon / La Chimera / Freddie Got Fingered / Aliens, Covenant, Resurrection
Hello classmates!Outrageous Tyler abandons his post, Megalopolis finally tries to save some money, and Listener Bruce sets the punk record straightVisit the YouTube channel Saturdays @ 12:30 PM Pacific to get in on the live s...
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Season 4
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Episode 450
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1:28:49
Suburbia (1983) review / dir. Penelope Spheeris
The gang gets a burn this week as they shack up with TR and live on the outskirts, while reviewing Suburbia (2983) directed by Penelope Spheeris. After the critical success of The Decline of Western Civilization a few years prior, Penelope Sphe...
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Season 4
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Episode 449
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1:20:47
Gab & Chatter: Alien: Romulus / Twisters / The Contestant / Dinner in America / Lady Bird / Five Nights at Freddy's / Luz / We're All Going to the World's Fair / Manhunter / Disturbia
Hello classmates!David O Russell gets to Clooney kiss of death, Clooney says bespoke studios are a thing of the past, and George Clooney has some choice words for Quentin Tarantino Visit the YouTube channel Saturdays @...
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Season 4
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Episode 448
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1:46:12
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) review / dir. John Landis
The gang gets schooled in the fine art of sketch comedy by Cool-Ass Yard Duty, Heather, as they review her Patreon pick from the wheel of destiny... The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). The original ZAZ production that no one believed in except Zuc...
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Season 4
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Episode 447
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1:09:23