Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

The Film Junk Podcast is the longest-running movie podcast on the internet (no really, it’s official).

Long-time friends Sean, Jay and Frank convene weekly to discuss the latest theatrical and VOD releases in a laidback conversational format while also sharing personal stories and always a little bit of the unexpected.

Check out our Patreon page to support the show, join the community and enjoy tons of bonus audio and video content. Premium podcasts are also available on Bandcamp and our oldest episodes are available on Gumroad.

Subscribe:

  

Support the Show:

  

Latest Episodes:

2020 Episodes

Dec 30, 2020

Episode 780 - Dec. 29, 2020

Reviews
Wonder Woman 1984 -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      , Greg:      , Dax:      
Soul -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Greg:      , Dax:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
The Midnight Sky
Dawn of the Dead 4K
A Christmas Story (Frankie’s Disc Rot Problem)
The Mole Agent
How to with John Wilson
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
The Shop Around the Corner
It's a Wonderful Life

Music
Intro: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Outro: Jon Batiste - It's All Right


Episode 779 - Dec. 20, 2020

Reviews
The Mandalorian: Season 2 -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      , Greg:      , Dax:      

Feature
Tagline Trivia: Holiday Edition

Other Stuff We Watched
Eight Crazy Nights
Belushi
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Tenet
Wolfwalkers

Music
Intro: Ludwig Göransson - Troopers
Outro: Adam Sandler - Technical Foul


Episode 778 - Dec. 15, 2020

Reviews
Sound of Metal -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
You've Got Mail
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
Let Them All Talk
Deadly Games aka Dial Code Santa Claus
Bloody Nose Empty Pockets
Lost Bullet
Deerskin
Small Axe: Mangrove

Music
Intro: Motorhead - The Watcher
Outro: Abraham Marder - Green


Episode 777 - Dec. 8, 2020

Reviews
Mank -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
The Queen's Gambit -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
WB to Release All 2021 Movies on HBO Max

Other Stuff We Watched
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Citizen Kane
Love Actually
Scrooged
Unhinged
Blood on Her Name
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Crazy Not Insane

Music
Intro: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Scenes from Election Night
Outro: Peggy Lee - Fever


Episode 776 - Nov. 30, 2020

Reviews
Field of Dreams -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
My Psychedelic Love Story -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Hillbilly Elegy
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Mosul
Alien Xmas

Music
Intro: Moody Blues - Legend of a Mind
Outro: AC/DC - For Those About to Rock


Episode 775 - Nov. 24, 2020

Reviews
His House -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
Wonder Woman to Debut on HBO Max Simultaneously with Theatrical Release
Universal and Cinemark Reach Deal to Shorten Theatrical Window

Other Stuff We Watched
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
On the Rocks
The Nightingale
Ghost Ship
Idle Hands
The Queen's Gambit
Coneheads
The El Duce Tapes
Waco
The Vow

Music
Intro: Lil Freeny - My Time
Outro: Shocking Blue - Venus


Episode 774 - Nov. 17, 2020

Reviews
Best of the Best -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Dax:      , Colin:      
Holidate -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Dax:      , Colin:      

Other Stuff We Watched
The Secret of My Success
The Outpost
Cobra Kai: Season 2
Rocky
Moonbase 8
Night School
The Wild Goose Lake
Somebody Feed Phil
The Undoing
I Am Greta
Lady Bird
The Holiday
Norbit

Music
Intro: Jim Capaldi - Tales of Power
Outro: Jim Capaldi - Something So Strong


Episode 773 - Nov. 8, 2020

Reviews
Possessor -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Scott:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Scary Tales (1993)
Back to the Future 4K
Jurassic Park 4K
Sweetheart
Friday the 13th Box Set
Whodunit aka Island of Blood
Cemetery of Terror
The Mortuary Collection
Modern Romance
Outland

Music
Intro: John Carpenter - Skeleton
Outro: The Association - Along Comes Mary


Episode 772 - Nov. 2, 2020

Reviews
Rebecca -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Zak:      , Reed:      
On the Rocks -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Zak:      , Reed:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Lost in America
Real Life
Jezebel
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Christmas (2019)
The Devil Rides Out
In the Heat of the Night
Black Box
Landscape No. 2
The Twilight Zone: Among the Untrodden
The Mandalorian: The Marshal

Music
Intro: Phoenix - Identical
Outro: Pentangle - Let No Man Steal Your Thyme


Episode 771 - Oct. 27, 2020

Reviews
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Zak:      
The Trial of the Chicago 7 -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Zak:      

Other Stuff We Watched
A Few Good Men
An Evening with Tim Heidecker
Tenet
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Love Fraud
The Vow
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Other
Crimson Peak
Save Yourselves!
Blackpink: Light Up the Sky

Music
Intro: Aleksandar Kashtanov & Bubamara Brass Band - Manea Romi
Outro: Flood - Blessed Be the Young Children


Episode 770 - Oct. 11, 2020

Reviews
Dick Johnson Is Dead -- Sean:      , Jay:       , Frank:      
We Are Little Zombies -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
Mank Trailer

Other Stuff We Watched
Hubie Halloween
A Perfect Murder
Enola Holmes
Beetlejuice
Clifford
Real Life
American Murder: The Family Next Door
A Wilderness of Error

Music
Intro: Little Zombies - We Are Little Zombies
Outro: Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire


Bonus Podcast: Patreon Livestream - Oct. 4, 2020

Feature
Junk Mail / Q&A

Music
Intro: Industry - State of the Nation
Outro: Aleksey Ribnikov - Pesnya Lekarki


Episode 769 - Sept. 28, 2020

Reviews
Kajillionaire -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Music
Intro: Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely
Outro: Queen - I Want to Break Free


Episode 768 - Sept. 20, 2020

Reviews
Antebellum -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Memento
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Social Dilemma
Action Button Reviews Doom

Music
Intro: Nate Wonder & Roman GianArthur - Opening
Outro: The Normal - Warm Leatherette


Episode 767 - Sept. 13, 2020

Reviews
The New Mutants -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      , Dax:      

Prescribing Frank
Joy Ride -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      , Dax:      

Headlines
Dune Trailer

Other Stuff We Watched
Tenet
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
Nomadland
Gemini Man
Cyborg
Infinite Football
The Abyss
Cobra Kai
Ted Lasso
The Godfather: Part III

Music
Intro: The Replacements - Bastards of Youth
Outro: Marilyn Manson - Cry Little Sister


Episode 766 - Sept. 6, 2020

Reviews
I'm Thinking of Ending Things -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
Bill & Ted Face the Music -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Unhinged
The Goonies

Music
Intro: Shirley Jones - Many a New Day
Outro: Wyld Stallyns - That Which Binds Us Through Time: The Chemical, Physical and Biological Nature of Love; an Exploration of The Meaning of Meaning, Part 1



Episode 765 - Sept. 1, 2020

Reviews
Tenet -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Class Action Park
Action Point
Sputnik
Deja Vu
Cobra Kai
Road Games
Broadcast News

Music
Intro: Travis Scott - The Plan
Outro: Foreigner - Head Games


Episode 764 - Aug. 25, 2020

Reviews
Bacurau -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Interview
Bryan Kluger from High-Def Digest

Headlines
The Batman Trailer

Other Stuff We Watched
Unhinged
Ravage
Red Eye
Turbulence
Lovecraft Country
High Score
Dark Shadows
American Gangster
Man Trouble

Music
Intro: John Carpenter - Night
Outro: Gal Costa - Não Identificado


Episode 763 - Aug. 18, 2020

Reviews
Relic -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Scott:      
Boys State -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Scott:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Pandemonium
The Quest (1986)
Vivarium
Blood Quantum
Paris is Burning
The Queen (1968)
Immigration Nation
The Vast of Night
Watchmen (2019)

Music
Intro: Destroyer - Tinseltown Swimming in Blood
Outro: Jimmy Radcliffe - As Late As The Hour May Be


Episode 762 - Aug. 11, 2020

Reviews
An American Pickle -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
She Dies Tomorrow -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Swallow
Host
You Should Have Left
A Simple Plan
Brazil
Infinite Football
Blood Simple
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Jexi

Music
Intro: Mozart - Requiem, K.626 Lacrimosa
Outro: The Four Tops - It's the Same Old Song


Episode 761 - Aug. 4, 2020

Reviews
The Fugitive -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
Wrongfully Accused -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Daylight
Pure Luck
Assassins
Nighthawks
Blown Away
See No Evil Hear No Evil
Lock Up
Judge Dredd
Last Chance U

Music
Intro: James Newton Howard - Memorial Hospital / It's Not Over Yet
Outro: The Cure - The Dredd Song


Episode 760 - July 26, 2020

Reviews
Palm Springs -- Sean:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Unsolved Mysteries
Gretel & Hansel
Showbiz Kids
Rancho Notorious
Fear City: New York vs the Mafia
The Boys: Season 1

Music
Intro: Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man (Radio Edit)
Outro: Bill Lee - Legend of Chuck-A-Luck


Episode 759 - July 14, 2020

Reviews
Greyhound -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
First Cow -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
The Hateful Eight
Doctor Cyclops
Das Boot (1981)
Targets
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Out of the Past
Family Ties
The Falcon and the Snowman
Dark: Season 1
Floor is Lava

Music
Intro: Blake Neely - It's Not Enough
Outro: David Bowie and Pat Metheny Group - This is Not America


Episode 758 - July 5, 2020

Reviews
Cloud Atlas -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
The Invisible Man (2020)
Family Romance LLC
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Family Ties
Citizen K

Music
Intro: Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil - Cloud Atlas Finale
Outro: M83 - Outro


Episode 757 - June 28, 2020

Reviews
I Know This Much is True -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Top 5
Best Movies of 2020 So Far

Other Stuff We Watched
The Assistant
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Days of Thunder
The Lion King (2019)

Music
Intro: The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
Outro: Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Not Yet Remembered


Episode 756 - June 23, 2020

Reviews
The King of Staten Island -- Sean:      , Frank:      

Headlines
Michael Keaton to Play Batman in The Flash Movie

Other Stuff We Watched
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Perry Mason
The Wizard of Oz
Original Cast Album: Company
Friedkin Uncut
The Children Were Watching
The Vast of Night

Music
Intro: Kid Cudi feat. MGMT and Ratatat - Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)
Outro: The Wallflowers - One Headlight


Episode 755 - June 14, 2020

Reviews
Da 5 Bloods -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Hot Topic
Making Of Documentaries

Other Stuff We Watched
Blackhat: Director's Cut
Family Ties
Shadow of a Doubt
Brittany Runs a Marathon
The Lovebirds
Space Force
Upload

Music
Intro: The Spinners - I'm Coming Home
Outro: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On


Episode 754 - May 31, 2020

Reviews
Cloak & Dagger (1984) -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
The Painter and the Thief
City So Real
They Call Me Dr. Miami
Public Enemies
Targets
Laura
Bunny Lake is Missing
Stuber
The Lovebirds
Beef House
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

Music
Intro: Nik Kersaw - Cloak and Dagger
Outro: The Zombies - Just Out of Reach


Episode 753 - May 24, 2020

Reviews
The Lodge -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
Tenet Trailer
Justice League: Snyder Cut Coming to HBO Max

Other Stuff We Watched
Miami Vice
Goodnight Mommy
The Salt Mines
The Transformation
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Trip to Greece

Music
Intro: Caribou - You and I
Outro: Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better


Episode 752 - May 18, 2020

Reviews
Capone -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
The Last Dance -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Star Wars Episodes 1-6
Bronson
The Matrix
My Lucky Stars
Scoob!
The Wrong Missy
Little House on the Prairie: Portrait of Love
Betty
Skate Kitchen

Music
Intro: Coolio - Fantastic Voyage
Outro: The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius


Episode 751 - May 10, 2020

Reviews
12 Monkeys -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
Spaceship Earth -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
AMC Bans Universal Movies

Other Stuff We Watched
Blink
Bio-Dome
The Keep
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bad Education
Devs

Music
Intro: Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now
Outro: Low - Congregation


Bonus Podcast: Cursed Films Q&A

Jay takes us through the making of his documentary series Cursed Films and answers some of your questions.

Music
Intro: I Signori Della Galassia - Sub
Outro: Electro Lounge All Stars - Tubular Bells


Episode 750 - Apr. 26, 2020

Reviews
Wendy -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Unlawful Entry
Extraction
F/X 2
Beastie Boys Story
The Last Dance
The McPherson Tape
Westworld: Season 1

Music
Intro: Dan Romer - Straight On 'till Morning
Outro: The Beastie Boys - I Don't Know


Episode 749 - Apr. 19, 2020

Reviews
Underwater -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
Twilight Zone: The Movie -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
F/X -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Coffee & Kareem
Lawrence of Arabia
Breakdown
The Signal
The Tiger King and I

Music
Intro: Marco Beltrami - Bikini Run
Outro: Imagination - Just an Illusion


Episode 748 - Apr. 12, 2020

Reviews
Sea Fever -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      
Joe Versus the Volcano -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Star Trek: Picard
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound
Kinetta
Quibi (50 States of Fright, When the Streetlights Go On)

Music
Intro: The Young Rascals - Good Lovin'
Outro: Dan Deacon - Fell Into the Ocean


Episode 747 - Apr. 5, 2020

Reviews
Knowing -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Tunnel
Onward
TV Junkie
The Long Good Friday
The Goonies

Music
Intro: Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams - Captain Praxis
Outro: Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 - Allegretto


Episode 746 - Mar. 31, 2020

Reviews
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Sonic the Hedgehog
Malabimba
The Platform
News From Home

Music
Intro: Joe Exotic - Here Kitty Kitty
Outro: Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty & Sueco the Child - Speed Me Up


Episode 745 - Mar. 24, 2020

Reviews
The Hunt -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Black Christmas (2019)
Surviving the Game
Hardware
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Ma
Bad Times at the El Royale
Caniba
Blow the Man Down
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Viy
Deathtrap
Spookies
Watchmen

Music
Intro: Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta
Outro: Rose Graham - Black Christmas


Episode 744 - Mar. 17, 2020

Reviews
Queen & Slim -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Headlines
Movie Delays and Early VOD Releases Due to Coronavirus

Other Stuff We Watched
Tread
Love is Blind
Knives Out
Dark Waters
Color Out of Space

Music
Intro: The Pharcyde - Runnin'
Outro: Roy Ayers - Searchin


Episode 743 - Mar. 10, 2020

Reviews
Spenser Confidential -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Hot Topic
Best Outbreak / Pandemic Movies

Other Stuff We Watched
Friday Night Lights
Looking for Richard
A Quiet Place
Star Trek: Picard
Devs
McMillions

Music
Intro: Boston - Foreplay / Long Time
Outro: Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After Coma


Episode 742 - Mar. 3, 2020

Reviews
The Invisible Man -- Sean:      , Jay:      

Top 5
Most Anticipated Movies of 2020

Other Stuff We Watched
Serpico
Night Tide
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Patty Hearst
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Cruising
Interior. Leather Bar.
The Anderson Tapes
Hollow Man
The Jericho Mile
X: The Unknown
Underwater!
McMillions

Music
Intro: Benjamin Wallfisch - Escape
Outro: Sunna - Power Struggle


Bonus Podcast: Movie Organization Manifesto, Part 6

We revisit the core tenets of the manifesto and discuss the current state of boutique Blu-ray distribution plus we also weigh the pros and cons of moving to digital and answer many of your Blu-ray organization questions.

Top 5
Most Embarrassing Blu-rays in Our Collections

Music
Intro: Wolf Parade - Baby Blue
Outro: Olivia Newton-John - Physical


Episode 741 - Feb. 11, 2020

Reviews
Birds of Prey -- Sean:      , Frank:      , Dax:      

Other Stuff We Watched
Bad Boys for Life
Captain Marvel
Avengers: Endgame
The Mandalorian
Almost Famous
Rain Man
Jerry Maguire
Pain and Glory
American Dharma
Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
Little America
Servant

Music
Intro: Heart - Barracuda
Outro: Hans Zimmer - Las Vegas / End Credits


Episode 740 - Feb. 5, 2020

Reviews
Terminator: Dark Fate -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      , Reed:      

Hot Topic
Movie Review Payola

Other Stuff We Watched
Miss Americana
Star Trek: Picard
6 Underground
Knock Knock
No Blade of Grass
Demon Seed
The Ultimate Warrior
What Did Jack Do?
Portrait of a Lady On Fire
The Two Popes
Missing Link
The Souvenir

Music
Intro: Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
Outro: Roger Whittaker - No Blade of Grass


Episode 739 - Jan. 28, 2020

Reviews
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Hot Topic
2020 Oscar Nominations

Feature
Top 10 Movies of the Decade

Other Stuff We Watched
Bad Boys For Life
Doctor Sleep
Diamantino

Music
Intro: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - In Motion
Outro: Johnny Greenwood - Able-Bodied Seamen


Episode 738 - Jan. 14, 2020

Reviews
1917 -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Features
Top 10 Movies of 2019
2019 Junkies

Music
Intro: Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On (Quentin Tarantino Edit)
Outro: Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'


Episode 737 - Jan. 6, 2020

Reviews
Uncut Gems -- Sean:      , Jay:      , Frank:      

Hot Topic
Letterboxd Police Interrogation

Other Stuff We Watched
Little Women
Richard Jewell
Cats
Atlantics
The Farewell
Shaft
Tammy and the T-Rex
The Art of Self-Defense
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Dunkirk
The Aeronauts
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Mandalorian

Music
Intro: Oneohtrix Point Never aka Daniel Lopatin - Mohegan Suite
Outro: Lloyd Webber - Overture