A couple months back we discussed our favorite body horror moments in film history. This week, we're back to discuss the films of the body horror, David Cronenberg.

Corey is joined by local filmmakers Kyle Kleege and Lakota Ruby-Eck to break down and power rank the films in honor of his new film, Crimes of the Future.

Grab a beer and join us on the back porch to discuss all the gooey greatness.

In honor of Top Gun: Maverick’s recent release, we’re finally releasing an episode that has been two years in the making. 

When lockdown started way back in March 2020 (can you believe it’s been more than two years?!?!?!?) Beam and Corey set off on a mission. Some might say the mission was impossible. They were going to watch all 46 movies in Tom Cruise’s filmography. It turned out the mission was impossible. They couldn’t bring themselves to watch Lions For Lambs.

But with the fresh knowledge of 45 Cruise flicks, they are joined by their good friend John Stegemann as they try to build the ideal roster of Cruise’s most indelible characters.

We’re back this week with the next installment in the “Wait, you haven’t seen…” series where we watch a “classic” movie we’ve never had the pleasure of viewing.

We’ve been firmly in a Nicolas Cage space the past few weeks and before we leave the nouveau shamanic actor behind, it seemed appropriate for us to finally watch his oscar winning performance in Leaving Las Vegas.

Grab some popcorn and a beer and join us on the back porch to discuss Nicolas Cage drinking himself to death in Las Vegas. On second thought, maybe we should substitute that beer with a seltzer.

Two weeks ago, we explored folk horror movies on the pod, expressing admiration for Robert Eggers’ The Witch. Last week on the pod, we discussed the filmography of Nicolas Cage from 2017-2021.

This past Friday, Robert Eggers’ new film The Northman and Nicolas Cage’s new film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent both dropped and we were so excited that we went to go see them opening night (well, Corey did anyway)

On the first half of the pod, Beam and Corey discuss the super meta Cage film and how it compares to his recent slate of films (3:10). This discussion is spoiler-free so even if you haven’t seen it, tune in to hear our thoughts before checking it out.

Corey is then joined by returning guest, Lakota Ruby-Eck to discuss Robert Eggers’ The Northman (37:50). The first part of this discussion is spoiler free, so stick around for a while but make sure to tune out before they start spoiling if you haven’t had the chance to see it yet (53:45).

Once upon an evening of drinking many beers and conversing, Beam and Corey could be found remarking on the stunning number of Nicolas Cage movies that have been released in the last decade. 

“What if we watched all those movies and podded about it?” queried Beam.

“Bro, that’s like 50 movies. No way,” Corey responded.

And so the conversation went until they finally settled on the twenty-two (yes, you read that correctly) movies starring Nicolas Cage released between 2017 and 2021.

With the imminent release of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a movie where Nicolas Cage is playing, well, himself, it seems like an appropriate time to drop this episode that has been in the works since late last year. 

Beam and Corey are joined by their good friend John Yost, cofounder of the APB film collective, and a key figure in the capital region filmmaking scene, to discuss their relationship with Nicolas Cage’s career and power rank all twenty-two of those movies, both in terms of quality, and in terms of Nic Cage Energy.

This week, Corey is joined by Capital Region cinematographer and filmmaker Lakota Ruby-Eck to explore the world of folk horror, a subgenre defined by witches, cults and fire. Lots and lots of fire!

Tune in as Corey and Lakota discuss the origins of the genre with 1971s The Blood on Satan’s Claw all the way through the modern horror classic, Midsommar (2019).

Grab a beer and whatever you need to ward off all those evil spirits and join us on the back porch.

We’re a week and a half away from the 2022 Academy Awards and the slap heard ‘round the world. With some distance away from all the controversy, one thing remains true about the academy; they often get it wrong. 

We really loved CODA but it’s not really in the pantheon of tremendous artistic achievement with the likes of former Best Picture winners Moonlight and Parasite.

With that in mind, Corey is joined by Oscars expert Cory Schneider to revisit the 84th Academy Awards celebrating the films of 2011. This was one of the all-time head-scratchers as The Artist took home many of the year’s major trophies and films like The Help and War Horse racked up nominations, while great films like Drive and Fast Five (only half kidding) were completely shut out.

In an attempt to right these wrongs, the two Cor(e)ys are forming a two-person academy and remixing the 2012 Oscars to let people know what a worthy slate of nominees and winners would have looked like.

After all the build up and excitement towards the 2022 academy Awards, we're left with only one thing to talk about.

It's not CODA winning Best Picture, it's Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on live television...you're welcome.

It's Oscars week!

With the biggest day in movies arriving this Sunday, Corey and Beam sat down with their good friend Cory Schneider to discuss the nominees, make predictions and share their personal winners.

Join us on the Back Porch as we discuss the best that 2022 in movies has to offer (according to the academy anyway).

A couple weeks back, we were joined by our good friend Steve Tyson, aka Ellect, to discuss the year of 1993 in Hip-Hop. Snoop Dogg was a big part of that discussion. 

Since that episode dropped, Snoop absolutely killed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, acquired Death Row Records, and released an album on the label that made him a superstar. It only seemed right that we dedicate an episode to talk about these monumental events.

This week we’re back with another installment in the “Wait, you haven’t seen…” series where Beam and Corey watch and discuss a “classic” film that they never got around to. 

We decided (okay fine, Corey decided) to finally tackle Oliver Stone’s 3 hour epic about the John F. Kennedy assassination, JFK. 

Grab yourself some popcorn, queue up the film, and then join us on the back porch for some discussion about the movie, Oliver Stone and conspiracy theories.

A couple weeks back, we experienced one of the most heartbreaking weeks. Not in real-life, but in our entertainment lives. 

The Buffalo Bills lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo’s own Every Time I Die, one of our favorite bands, called it quits after 23 years.

We decided to get together with our good friend Joe Donlon to process our feelings on the breakup of Every Time I Die and to remember all the good times they gave us.

NOTE: We recorded this in the immediate aftermath of the breakup but held the episode for release to see if anything might change. It did not. So here it is.

We’re back this week to finish out our conversation about the year 1993 in hip-hop music.

We’re joined, once again, by Steve Tyson, aka Ellect, to finish out this gargantuan year. 

Last week, Steve and Corey discussed some big picture thoughts about the year before revealing 4 of the songs populating their list, which included some monster hits like ‘93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief. This week, they picked up where they left off and analyze the songs that make up the tops of their lists (3:30). After finishing out the lists, they take some time to shout out some honorable mentions and discuss who came out on top in 1993 (54:00).

We’ll be back again in the near future with Steve to discuss the year of 1998. Until then, stay tuned with some other musical explorations and a big time movie discussion coming up.

We’re back this week with our fifth installment in our ongoing exploration of the history of hip-hop music. After rooting around in the current century, we’re kicking it back to the nineties to discuss 1993.

As is the case with all these episodes, we’re joined by Steve Tyson, aka Ellect, to explore a year that is often considered the third greatest in history (behind only 1994 and 1988). 

With Beam as their guide, Steve and Corey discuss some big picture thoughts on this year in music and how it marked an evolution in the genre towards more experimentation (3:00). Then, they share some special acknowledgements, including a discussion on where all the rap groups have gone and why it’s a shame they’re not as common anymore (18:00). Finally, Steve and Corey share four songs from their top fives (there was some overlap) and what made these songs so special (30:35). 

As has been the case with all these episodes, this one is going to be a two-parter, so make sure to check back next week to hear Steve and Corey finish out their top fives.

On this week’s episode, Corey is joined by capital region filmmaker Kyle Kleege to discuss the genre of body horror. Kyle has a new feature film entitled Earworm that has just entered production so they decided to break down their top five body horror moments ever put to film. 

Corey and Kyle start out by trying to really define what body horror is and what separates it from the horror genre at large (2:23). They then dig into the work of David Cronenberg, a master of the genre and one of their favorite filmmakers (10:45). 

In making their top five lists, Kyle and Corey decided that it would be far too easy to populate their list with the filmography of the elder Cronenberg (although they did allow themselves one), so discussing the master at the top gave them the opportunity to give some shine to some other body horror classics.

This list and these movies are not for the faint of heart so if you’re into the visceral and upsetting world of body horror, listen in to hear which movies they included in their top five (18:00)!

The newest installment of The Matrix, Resurrections was released on HBO Max and in theaters a couple weeks back. So, of course we had to take some time to appreciate a man that we have great love and affection for on The Back Porch: Keanu Reeves. 

Our main man, Beam, absolutely had to make his triumphant return for this episode and Corey is so happy to have his co-host back on the microphone with him. To have this discussion we had to invite our good friend Dr. Gena Gerstner, one of your day one homies and the biggest Keanu/Matrix stan that we know. 

Beam, Corey, and Gena start out by discussing the newest Matrix film and their reactions to the new movie (03:18) and do their absolute darndest to avoid spoilers. From there, they transition to talk about the real reason that they’re all here, and that is Keanu Reeves (18:45).

Keanu is an actor that we’ve all loved for a VERY long time. Some might say it’s part of what connected us as friends. Throughout this discussion, we talk about Keanu the man and Keanu the actor and acknowledge our favorite movies that he has appeared in. The goal here is simple: get 100% of the population to give Keanu his god damned flowers.

New year, same podcast.

After taking a much needed break over the holiday season, we’re back in 2022 with a bunch of new episodes for y’all.

First up, Corey is being joined by local capital region filmmaker Spencer Sherry, who is going to be developing Stephen King’s story, The Monkey, into a short film. Spencer shares how he was able to acquire the rights to the film and some his plans for bringing this story to the screen. 

Corey and Spencer then share their top five Stephen King Adaptations of all time. Will 2017s smash hit It make the cut? Listen up to the episode to find out.

In honor of the release of Dune, Corey is joined by his friend and filmmaker John Yost to discuss the films of Denis Villeneuve.

The episode begins with a brief discussion about their reactions to Villeneuve's newest film (3:30). This discussion does include spoilers, so if you are yet to see Dune, skip ahead to (26:35) where Corey and Yost breakdown and rank Villeneuve's six English language films, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune.

It's the week of Halloween or Samhain for all y'all witches out there. It only seems appropriate to discuss horror movies.

Corey is joined by actor and filmmaker Kristin Noriega to discuss their favorite films that utilize a single location to tell their story.

Grab some candy corn or whatever your favorite Halloween candy is and join us on the back porch to talk some horror movies. Not so hot take, candy corn is actually trash!

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILER!

It's the end of an era for the James Bond franchise. Daniel Craig has played 007 for the last time in the new film, No Time To Die. Zac and Corey had the chance to go see it this past week and wanted to hop on with their man Stegs to discuss their thoughts on the film as well as where the franchise goes from here.

Spoilers aplenty in this episode so if you haven't had a chance to see the movie, proceed with caution.