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Optimism Vaccine
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Optimism Vaccine’s panel of experts and idiots explore the dingy crevices between pop culture and forgotten trash in a never-ending quest to celebrate your guilty pleasures in the world of cinema and beyond.
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We're Not in Staten Island Anymore! (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 3)
1w ago01:07:50Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Nightbirds (1970), The Body Beneath (1970) and The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)This week Andy boards the tube and crosses the Chunnel to lend a touch of American crass to the London film scene.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Life in Mortville (The Films of John Waters Part 2)
2w ago01:08:01Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Female Trouble (1974), Desperate Living (1977) and Polyester (1981)Did John Waters predict the fame addiction that arose in the wake of social media? Absolutely. But his version was a lot more fun. Divine/Massey 2028!Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Milligan's Island (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 2)
3w ago01:11:03Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Torture Dungeon (1969), Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1972) and Blood (1973)This week we're looking at Milligan's most prolific period and his partnership with William Mishkin, as he abandons any arthouse ambitions for a slew of barely legible grindhouse cheapies.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →For Sadie, Katie, and Les (The Films of John Waters Part 1)
May 2401:10:59Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Mondo Trasho (1969), Multiple Maniacs (1970) and Pink Flamingos (1972)We've decided that the best way to break up our Andy Milligan venture is by looking at a far more gleeful trash peddler. It's well past time that we dug into the Manson-obsessed cinematic underbelly of Baltimore and the inimitable John Waters.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →You'll Never Have Peace as Long as You're Alive (The Films of Andy Milligan Part 1)
May 1901:29:59Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Vapors (1965), Seeds AKA Seeds of Sin (1968) and The Ghastly Ones (1968)Steve has finally bullied us into covering his matinee idol, Andy Milligan. Does he live up to his reputation as one of the worst filmmakers in the history of the medium? Well, he's certainly one of the angriest.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Chris Columbus: History's Greatest Monster?
May 1201:18:39Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Find the Lady (1976), Volunteers (1985) and Only the Lonely (1991)Remember these John Candy classics? We sure don't.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →I Am the Future (Class of 19XX)
May 501:24:42Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Class of 1984 (1982), Class of 1999 (1990) and Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)This one goes out to the dads and grads.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Irish Kung Fu in the Boy Zone
Apr 2701:27:51Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Taffin (1988), Fatal Deviation (1998), Moving Target (2000)We're celebrating Jack's return from his homeland with some hard-hitting martial arts-ish action straight from the Emerald Isle. Does Ireland's version of Road House hold up? Is Pierce Brosnan the most beautiful man in the world? Can a half dozen Irish farm boys make a convincing Jean-Claude Van Damme tribute film? All will be revealed.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →ABC's Wide World of Death
Apr 1901:06:22Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Faces of Death (1978), Faces of Death II (1981), Faces of Death III (1985), Faces of Death IV (1990) and Faces of Death (2026)Here's something that no one asked for! Left to their own devices for one week, Steve and Miros voluntarily dove into the endless slog of banned clip compilations that make up Faces of Death. Let the record show, wasting our time on this dreck makes far more sense than pitching a "reboot" of the Faces of Death "franchise," which is not a thing that really exists.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
Transcribe →Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie The Podcast Episode
Apr 1201:18:17Tap to summarizeTHIS WEEK: Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie (2025), Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)We're traveling (and time traveling) to the great white north circa 2008 to learn about the beauty of Canadian metal, friendship and Orbitz. Join us.Donate to Palestinian Medical AidSupport Optimism Vaccine on Patreon
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