Nighthawks' Podcast

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?The latest fairy tale from a beloved film auteur as well as several tips into horror for the upcoming Halloween season. Pull up a seat in the booth and join the boys for a discussion of what they've been watching lately.3,000 Years of Longing– A modern fable from a modern master. Matt checked out this new genie-in-a-bottle movie from Mad Max creator George Miller.The Black Phone- C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson queue up a balloon bouquet of horror, from a short story by Joe Hill. Nope– According to Matt: Hit it as cold as possible.Bodies Bodies Bodies– Horror comedy skewers the elite influencer class in this unique take on the slasher genre.Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)– Leatherface vs. HipstersHammer Dracula- Trevor has seen all the Hammer Dracula films featuring either Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee or both. What did he learn?

WHYBW – What Have You Been Watching?Matt and Trevor wade out of the shadow of their own absence, and into the bright light of controversy. It's an al Big-time franchise streaming TV discussion in the booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner.Quit bitching about the color of fictional characters in fictional stories- Just quit it.LOTR The Rings of Power– Aside from the controversial addition of melanin to the Lord of the Rings Franchise, Matt and Trevor discuss the new Amazon Prime offering, based on the works of the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien.Obi-Wan Kenobi– Stopping at Tatooine, a planet described as being the furthest to a bright center of the universe, the boys check in on their favorite hermit-in-space. We'll also stop briefly over to discuss The Book of Boba Fett, but mostly it's just talking about how fine things are.Moon Knight– It’s not your typical Marvel Series, but is that a good thing? Is it a bad thing?She-Hulk Attorney at Law– Matt discusses what he likes in a giant hero lady lawyer, and what he li

If it bleeds, we can kill it...And this particular entry in the PREDATOR franchise seeks to kill a different kind of "it" as they attempt to give new life to a C- franchise."Kill it" they do, and Trevor and Matt are in the Nighthawks Conceptual Diner to parse out what might be the best Predator sequel since the original film was released in 1987. The iconic monster has done battle over multiple media against humans, animals, Aliens, and themselves- but this time the warrior hunter race is out hunting 18th century first nations tribes.A prequel by definition, Prey could serve as a stand alone entry, or even a jumping on point for this sci-fi horror series, with a special treat of a cast primarily made up of first nations actors.

Whose house?!  ARThouse!I said whose house?! ARThouse!After a long stint of Hollywood blockbusters and major franchises, the Nighthawks order something off the International Menu at the conceptual diner.Director Andrei Tarkovsky's, STALKER is a Soviet era Russian film about three characters wandering into a heavily guarded exclusion zone where some untold calamity has rendered the area allegedly uninhabitable. Stalkers are people who you can hire to ferry you in and out of the exclusion zone for a price.Why would anyone do this? Legend has it that a room, inside an abandoned building, in the heart of The Zone has the ability to grant the heart's desire of anyone who enters.A far cry from most modern filmmaking with high paced action and fast cuts, STALKER is an example of deliberate and effective long-fuse filmmaking. The shot length in Stalker averages out to under one shot per minute. It's a pensive and existential examination of art, science, faith, humanity, and so many other things...or is it?No. Really.

Matt and Trevor check into their regular booth at the Nighthawks conceptual diner to just chin wag a little bit about some of the movies and projects they've been watching lately.Morbius- Dr. Michael Morbius is a sickly but brilliant doctor who uses his big brain and his equally sick friend's big wallet to fund radical bat research. Radical in that it is out of the ordinary, not in the Tony Hawk sense. This mad science goes awry and now Jared Leto is a vampire...or something like that. The new Spider-man extended universe is leaving Matt feeling like he bought a Marvel movie off of Wish.Uncharted- Based on the wildly successful Playstation game franchise this globetrotting treasure hunt features Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, and (controversially) Tom Holland as the rugged Nathaniel Drake. Going in with a heart full of hate meant that this one surpassed expectations for Matt.Jackass Forever- It's Jackass, but a fourth movie. The torch is passed, the guys get hurt, and the world looks back on an over 20 year

There it is folks! CODA wins best picture, Troy Kotsur wins Best Supporting Actor, Dune took home the most Oscars of the evening, and Encanto lost out on best song.Nothing else happened.Except the thing that most folks, Oscar fans or not, seem to be talking about.Yes, we will talk about Will Smith and Chris Rock. We will talk about "The Slap" (the news event not the limited television series. But before you get the tea on the Fresh Prince making the entire night awkward for everyone, you have to hear about how good some of these movies are.We can't avoid talking about the controversy, but that's also, really, not why we're here.In the meantime be sure to get out and see CODA.It’s Tinseltown’s most glamorous night out and you are invited to the conceptual Nighthawks Diner's after party. Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, Nineteen Cent Feast, joins Matt and Trevor to talk about the results of the 94th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Awards, aka The Oscars.Slide up with a slice

Hooray for Hollywood...again! It's (still) Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you continue to be invited to the red carpet......which is still the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner.Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast, continues the conversation with Matt and Trevor discussing the 2022 94th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Awards, aka The Oscars. In this episode the Nighthawks parse the musical and performance categories, as well as the shorts and features categories.The Little Gold Film Man remains at it and there's a whole new roster of nominees to discuss including Steven Spielberg, Jane Campion, Lin Manuel Miranda, Jesse Plemmons, Kirsten Dunst, Olivia Colman, Will Smith, Denzel Washington and more! Keep your podcatchers subscribed to the channel and be sure to catch part 1, released earlier this week.Order a second slice of pie. top-off your cup of coffee and talk about this year's best.For the Official

Hooray for Hollywood! It's Tinseltown's most glamorous night out and you are invited to the red carpet......that is the red carpet in front of the door in the conceptual Nighthawks Diner.Oscar Czar and house band musician Cameron Maris, of Nineteen Cent Feast, joins Matt and Trevor to talk about the Technical and Artistic categories for the 2022 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Awards, aka The Oscars. Big changes are in store for the ceremony and the awards, we'll parse those, too.The Little Gold Film Man is back at it again and there's a whole new roster of movies to discuss including Dune, The Power of The Dog, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, tick tick...BOOM!, and many others. Keep your podcatchers Subscribed to the channel and catch part 2 later this week where we will discuss the remaining categories including Best Director and Best Picture.Slide up with a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and talk about this year's best.For the Official Nighthawks Unofficial Oscar Ballot visit our w

For the latest information on current events in Ukraine, please check these trusted global news outlets: Associated Press Reuters BBC The people of the Reno Sheriff's Department, after launching their successful hit television series 19 years ago, return for a brand new feature-length adventure.Long time fans of the Reno 911! television series (Comedy Central, Quibi, Roku Channel, syndication) Matt and Trevor do a body cavity search on the 2020 feature film offering from the nearly two-decade old franchise. Directed and starring Robert Ben Garrant, Reno 911! The Hunt for Q Anon also features Thomas Lennon, Kerry Kinney-Silver, Neicy Nash, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Cedric Yarbrough, Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Ian Roberts, Patton Oswalt, Rob Hubbel, and Rikki Lindholm.Does the Reno Sheriff's Department still have what it takes to make us laugh at inept police work? Matt and Trevor sit down in the diner to talk about that very thing and to talk about a television show that just can't be kept down.Mentioned in

Nighthawks guest host Terry Flemings is back in the Nighthawks diner, a place that is virtual and conceptual.Speaking of jokes used on the podcast, this episode covers the latest entry in The Matrix franchise: The Matrix Resurrections from director Lana Wachowski. The franchise began with Lana and her sister, Lilly Wachowski, behind the camera for The Matrix, a watershed film in blockbusters, action films, and pop culture.After two theatrically released sequels, two video games, and "The Animatrix" (a direct-to-video animation shorts collection) carried the canon of The Matrix into the 21st Century, the franchise seemed destined to get rebooted or remade in the 2020s. Instead Lana Wachowski elects to make a direct sequel.Featuring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprising their original roles and Jonathan Groff swinging in from his Mindhunting Hamilton career to take on the role of the iconic Agent Smith. Some things change, some things stay the same, and many things are not what they seem.Pop a red pill an

The boys from the Nighthawks diner take a special look at George Roy Hill's classic 1969 film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.This episode was originally conceived of as a pilot episode for another podcast. Unfortunately the plans for production never came to fruition, but that pilot episode is now available to our Nighthawks Podcast listeners.The Jackalope Drive-In Podcast was intended to be a region specific travel podcast that examined films relating to Wyoming through the lens of tourist destinations and attractions. In the pilot we discuss the historicity of George Roy Hill's film with the real life Butch and Sundance. Helping Matt and Trevor to parse fact from fiction is Debra Cease, Site Superintendent for the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in Laramie, Wyoming- the only prison in history to have held Butch Cassidy.

This time around the conceptual Nighthawks Diner is represented by a middle American roadside burger joint in a small town depressed by the energy downturn. This time the Ghostbusting will take place in Oklahoma and not New York City. It's been nearly 30 years since Ghostbusters 2 graced theaters and it's been nearly 30 years in canon that the Ghostbusters have been out of the public eye. The heirs to a dilapidated farmhouse in a rural Great Plains community begin to pick across the leftovers of the Ghostbusters legacy, and in doing so uncover their own connection to the men who made it happen.The movie is plagued by a new bout of Gozerism and the boys in the Nighthawks diner are going to parse the demon dogs from the full torso apparitions and discuss if this particular special offering was worth the wait.

It was the best of Monstoberfests and it was the worst of Monstoberfests. The Nighthawks have been on an unanticipated hiatus and are back with a full episode update for you! Not only do we answer the burning question of “WTF?” we also let you in on our thoughts on some of the stuff we’ve been watching.Table of Contents below.Promoted in this episode:Children’s Hospital Colorado (click here to donate)Back from the Borderline PodcastYou’ve Never Heard This PodcastEpisode Contents: 00:00:00 – 00:02:12 Cold Open 00:02:12 – 00:08:06 Catching up with Nighthawks hosts Trevor T. Trujillo and Matt Foster 00:08:06 – 00:17:32 Marvel’s Hawkeye on Disney+ 00:17:32 – 00:25:35 Marvel’s The Eternals 00:25:35 – 00:31:03 DUNE 00:31:03 – 00:33:58 Jodorowsky’s Dune 00:33:58 – 00:38:52 Dark Star- HR Giger’s World 00:38:52 – 00:47:30 CHUCKY on SyFy 00:47:30 – 00:48:56 You’ve Never Heard This Podcast 00:48:56 – 00:53:20 Back from the Borderline Podcast 00:53:20 –  00:57:15 The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix 00:57:15 -01:09:58

The Nighthawks' time is nighttime, and nighttime is NOW!Welcome to:MONSTOBERFEST 2021 aka MonstoberGUESTFor this episode, writer and renaissance man podcaster, T.C. De Witt stops by the conceptual diner to discuss his contribution to the lovingly created and crowdfunded Friday the 13th Vengeance. A not-for-profit fan film that dares to build on one of the best love slasher sagas of the 20th century, and does so very well.T.C. also talks about his process and the art of writing, as Trevor and Matt slurp down pie-shakes and hurl questions.Happy Halloween Season to y'all, hope you enjoy the podcast and the film, available on Youtube.Important Links: Watch Friday the 13th Vengeance The Studio Demands It! Podcast   More about T.C. De Witt Other Episodes Referenced in This Episode: Episode 51: Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1981) Episode 88: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2008) Episode 91: Friday the 13th (2009) Episode 58: Galaxy Quest

Every sunset must have its twilight, and as Indiana Jones left into the sunset in 1989 and in the 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull we pick him up in his twilight.As easy a target as Harrison Ford's age is, 19 years after the previous entry in the franchise, the actor shows that he still has what it takes to punch fascists, quest for relics, and get into some dangerous daring do.Indy is joined by Ray Winstone as Mac, Shia Le Beouf as Mutt, Karen Allen as Marion Williams née Ravenwood, John Hurt as Harold Oxley, and Cate Blanchett as Irina Spakov. The communists are trying to round up the mortal remains of travelers extraterrestrial to Earth, which have been venerated by human cultures as gods. Indy deals with being an abandoning father, trusting the wrong people, getting blacklisted during the Red Scare, and rescuing old friends from new enemies.The fourth and final (for now) episode in our Indiana Jones special promises chills, spills, groans, eyerolls, and sighs.

The third time is the charm and we're getting the family involved.From the legendary minds of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas comes the third chapter of the Indiana Jones saga, and subsequently the third episode in the Nighthawks Indiana Jones Special!In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; our titular relic hunting archeologist is on the trail of the Christian Holy Grail with a soupçon of Arthurian Legend for flavor. The lesser-than-human Nazis are the bad guys once again and the race for one of Christianity's most sought after relics is on. Complicating things is the fact that Indy's Grail scholar father has fallen into enemy hands and it's up to him to rescue his patriarch and foil the Nazi's plan for global domination.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade stars Harrison Ford as the heroic Indiana Jones and also features Allison Doody, Denholm Elliott, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, and Sir Sean Connery.The Nighthawks go back for another helping of Jones and find that the third course may be the best? Join

The boys are back in town. The boys being The Nighthawks and that unflappable archeologist and relic hunter Indiana Jones.Tonight the boys discuss Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!In this prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the titular Indiana Jones finds himself with Girl Friday Willie Scott and a plucky Chinese orphan as he embarks into the jungles of India in search of the lost Sankara Stones.The stones have magical properties precious to local villagers, but they are sought after by a mysterious Thugee cult that has occupied India's Pankot Palace. It's up to Indy, Willie, and Short Round to infiltrate the Temple of Doom, recover the stones, and emancipate the enslaved villager children.It's black magic and racial insensitivity from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas; in a film starring Harrison Ford, Cate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, and Amrish Puri...

For this episode, and the next several episodes, the Nighthawks Podcast embarks on a great quest that started in 1981.At the end of the 20th century, the world was introduced to a swashbuckling mid-century hero. Archeologist by day, relic-hunter and Nazi puncher by night.Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones whose first adventure started for the Lost Ark of the Covenant in the Steven Spielberg and George Lucas project Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a juggernaut of a franchise that just won't die, the supporting cast features Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Paul Freeman, and Alfred Molina.Slide into the conceptual Nighthawks diner for coffee, pie, daring-do, scandalous affairs, rival polymaths, and evil Nazis.

What have you been watching lately?With the Nighthawks gearing up for some special episodes over the summer, they decided to lead off with a whole episode devoted to the latest movies in Matt and Trevor's queue and some of the latest movies to hit theaters!Discussed in this episode: The Mitchells vs. The Machines,  Raya and the Last Dragon,  Those Who Wish Me Dead,  F9 (aka The Fast and the Furious 9,)  Marvel's Loki,  Vicious Fun,  Good On Paper,  Bo Burnham: Inside 

A 1950s Drive-In Classic starring Steve McQueen becomes a sloppy and violent 1980s practical effects slime-fest when it comes to the amorphous THE BLOB.Originally pitched as an episode covering the 1988 The Blob only, the Nighthawks both watched the 1958 The Blob for the first time, doing homework for this episode, and they can’t help but talk about it.In both movies an object crash lands from space outside a small town populated by small town folks. A poor old man happens upon the object, touches a bubbling mass inside, and is eventually and horribly consumed, as the mass pulsates, grows, expands, and begins to hunt down the delicious townspeople.In the 1950s it was about young teenagers who aren’t believed by the establishment, and the town that has to band together for survival.In 1988 the town’s teenagers are also the vanguard against The Blob, but at the heart of the story is a dark underplot involving shadowy government dealings and agents with unclear motives.Each movie has its value, and both are on t